Seth Flagg and Aric chat about everything from student teaching to finding your own doppelgänger. But wait, there’s more! Bad night club ideas, how to be polite to artists, getting out to support your friends, gift exchanges, fabric stores, Warhammer, and much much more. Why are you reading words when you could be listening to them? Listen to the podcast already! Websites mentioned in this podcast: Things Fitting Perfectly Into Other Things Feeding Objects Stay level, everyone. Stay level.

From a discussion of symbolism and character in movies like Gravity and Jurassic Park to plumbing the depths of fear and self doubt. Mapping the patterns of conversation and the bridge between “getting to know you” and “I get you” for your listening pleasure. Enjoy this Better Strangers podcast and share it with a stranger. Or someone you know. That’s probably safer.

Candiru. That’s the only word you need to know for this Better Strangers podcast with Bruce Worden. I know, I know. “Aric, you haven’t made one of these since November!” First, thanks for paying attention. Second, thanks for coming back. We have awkwardness, hipster beat poetry, fear of the ocean, and more in this episode. Enjoy it!

Helping strangers, regrets, saying yes more often, and more come up in this two hour episode of this Better Strangers podcast with Ava S. Also, almost getting beat up at a movie theater and a difficult bathroom cleanup. How can those words not entice you to listen? They were such good words! Listen to the podcast already. It’s two hours! You’ll need the time you’re wasting reading this to listen.

Psychology, elevator conversations, truth, and fear are all delved into in this conversation with Mary K Weinhagen. I know! It’s been 7 months! But the Better Strangers podcast is back! Now with more sticktoitiveness! Know someone I don’t know? Fantastic! Tell them to submit their information right here to have an awkward conversation with me! It’s like winning an awkward stuffed animal at a carnival. It’s Cartman, but not really Cartman. Are you still reading this? Listen to the podcast already!

Movies and TV are the glue that holds this week’s conversation with Julia together. Listen (and thrill) as we find common ground in television and find where that leads a conversation to! Also, we talk a little bit about the death of dreams. I said there would be thrills.

Artist, writer and arts administrator Andy Sturdevant joins the Better Strangers podcast for a discussion that includes, but is not limited to, penmanship and secret basement pool tables. You can find out more about Andy and his work at andysturdevant.com. While you’re giving the podcast a listen, please subscribe to, rate, and review the Better Strangers podcast on iTunes. And tell your friends about it. And listen to other NoisePicnic shows. Well, you can’t do that last one while listening to this podcast. Queue it up. You’re smarter than everyone gives you credit for.

Movies, TV, and why Michigan is better than Nebraska are a few of the topics with Darrell Ford in this week’s Better Strangers podcast episode. Also, try and figure out which new phrase Aric needs to break himself from repeating over and over. As always, do not attempt to drink every time the phrase is said. It would kill you.

Alaska, contracting, grizzly attacks, tin foil, and board games are all discussed in this podcast chat with Steve Keller. Also, I find out I’m embarrassingly stupid when it comes to geography. Like, multiple times over stupid. So, enjoy that.

Texans, Vegas, work friends, eating alone in restaurants, and more in this podcast conversation with Mel Payne. Mel is a contributor at PlopList.com, a blog about comedy podcasts and comedy in general, and she draws a comic blog called Adventures in Solitude. Check out all of these things! But, you know, listen to the podcast too. Probably first, since you’re here already anyway.