
Episode 32: While Uncle Sam is busy barfing in a back alley dumpster, the boys decide to tie one on and delve into the great magical mysteries of the English tongue. This time they receive a big assist from world-famous television personality Vinnie Serpente! He's no snake oil salesman, so you can just ignore all of those pesky arrest warrants the feds keep blathering on about. Besides, who else can you trust to put an end to unwanted mailman trespassing?! So grab a Victoria Bitter and buy a first class seat on the transcontinental hellroad to Idiom City; we'll get ya there faster than you can belchscream "shazam"!
Nov 6, 2020
1 hr 6 min

From the minds that brought you Don't Be An Idiom...it's Do Be A Monster! Today you can listen to the very first episode of Albert & Ryan's brand new "sideshow pod" that explores the origin stories of mythical monsters, creatures, critters, folkloric freakazoids, unbelievable beings, and more. Today Ryan takes a dip in the cool waters of Russia to introduce you to the slimiest trouble-maker this side of the Volga River, the one and only Vodyanoy. Then traverse the south of France with Albert to explore the legendary tale of the Beast of Gévaudan. Go grab your sharpest set of teeth, a pocketful of eyeballs, and a few jugs of goop, and come on down to creep town!
Oct 31, 2020
1 hr 5 min

Episode 31: Alright boils and ghouls, it's almost Halloween and that's as almost as this podcast is goin' to get to Halloween because we are bi-monthly and Halloween falls directly bi-tween our, you know, episode releases. So don't be a skeleton at the feast this holiday season! Grab the Frick to your Frack and don't look back! Spook it up, spook it up, spook it up. And when you get to Hell, tell 'em the Don't Be An Idiom boys sent ya. See you at the Swamp Saloon—save us a seat next to Zombie Elvis. Hoo-ha!
Oct 23, 2020
1 hr 18 min

Episode 30: Oh, hello there. So, you've reached episode thirty, eh? Well, you must think that makes you quite the die-hard fan, eh? Well, guess what...it does! It really, really does. Albert and Ryan celebrate the big three-zero by bringing back the Ten Shots of Doom. Will they survive? Do they even want to survive? Maybe they just want to dance the Tyburn jig. Would that be such a crime? Of course not! In fact, if you're dancin' the Tyburn jig, you've probably already committed the crime. That being said, stick around until the end of the episode for a special elegy composed by local poet Cole Bryson and an apropos tune from the year 2003 titled The Bruce Willis Tribute Song.
Oct 9, 2020
1 hr 8 min

Episode 29: Yeah, yeah, yeah, you think it's all about Episode 30? No way man, it's all about the lead in. What do you want? You want lions? Tigers? You want a fuckin', uh, elephant? You got it. How about a Roman legion? How about this? Two idiom boys enter the Colosseum but only one leaves with his head. Suck on that, Paul Newman. Suck that egg, Cool Hand Luke! People, we ain't asking for much, just don't wait until the 11th hour to ride this roller coaster or you just might find yourself on the wrong side of a Roman holiday. Also it's a one-way mirror and you don't know why you're being detained. But we do. Listen to find out! P.S. Don't drink the bathtub swill; you ain't got the cojones.
Sep 18, 2020
1 hr 10 min

Episode 28: Jonesin' for your idiom fix? Have no fear! Friday is here. Our hosts with the most are joined by a star-studded cast: Michael Keaton, Bruce Campbell, The Wooden Nickel Boys, and more! Well maybe not more...but less. And when we work with less, we dress to impress. Don't know what we mean? Have a string bean. Stream of consciousness works for Bob Dylan, so, why not us?
Sep 4, 2020
58 min

Episode 27: Howdy-do, folks. Are you gung-ho to dive on in today? Well, you better be! The boys worked mighty hard to keep this one afloat. Is that a mixed metaphor? Probably and sorry. As promised, Albert and Ryan partake in a little Dingbat Cocktail exploration and the results are simply smashing...in that, the fellas get a bit smashed. However, nothing could really ever stop the idiom train from plowing through that wee town known as Inebriation, so onwards and upwards! Anyhow, find that play button on your least favorite listening device and give it a long, hard push. You'll be pleased as punch that you did.
Aug 21, 2020
54 min

Episode 26: See, bi-weekly episodes just like we promised. Thought we were lying, eh? Well, what's that say about you? Usually people who tend to expect lying are liars themselves. Same with shoplifters, catkickers, common thieves. But we don't hold grudges! Just don't let it ever, ever happen again. That being said, it's time to tie one on, take a snuff, and hop on the Dingbat Express to Soundtown in your earholes. We hope there's no volume-deer on the sound-track, or else we're all dead meat; the conductor is going through a divorce. Don't let us dissuade you though; we still insist you listen. Oh god, our manager is going to kill us.
Aug 7, 2020
57 min

Episode 25: After three years abroad, Ryan is finally back in Philadelphia and rarin' to begin Season 3 of Don't Be An Idiom. No more rushing and racing for the Idiom Boys! It's back to business with the researching and the history stuff and the segments and the songs. Albert has a run-in with local celebrity Donnie Avalon and learns a thing or two about tape-rope and carpet-moving; Ryan explores the alpha and omega of everyone's favorite/least-favorite book; and Albert blows smoke up the proverbial ass. Don't forget to stick around to hear a special word from today's Don't Be An Idiom sponsor!
Jul 24, 2020
1 hr 6 min

Episode 24: This special New Years Eve broadcast, recorded live in Times Square from the stolen throne of Ryan Seacrest, can be listened to and enjoyed just as easily on the first day of the Chinese New Year, so, you know, you can throw your letters of complaint directly into the nearest trash hole. Whoa, whoa, apologies...comin' in hot. Too hot! It's time we pour oil on troubled waters and ease our way into this fresh decade like a newborn loon. Yes, only one thing can bring vitality and excitement back into our wintry grump slumps and that's a nice, long freak sesh with your favorite podcast hosts Albert, Ryan, Larry King, and Benny Frank. Drawing a blank on who the hell Benny Frank is? Well dive on in and take a swim through this wondrous sea of idioms to find out.
Jan 23, 2020
1 hr 19 min
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