TBTL: Too Beautiful To Live

Jen stands up for Michael Buble during the 'Defend Yourself' segment, Luke disagrees with 'National Unfriend Day' and the gang asks the question, could a bunch of internet anger actually add up to changes in the TSA Groping Strategy?

Sean chases the Eye of The Tiger on his first jog as an adult, Jen finally faces the fact that she's vain (and the TBTL website is a better place for it) and Luke wonders if he's vain enough to actually stick with using Rogaine on his expanding bald-spot.

Luke wonders if a late night bouncy house party of a desolate street was a good way to spend his Sunday night, and Jen is confused by Facebook's economics. Plus, Tons of Effing Sequins!!

Luke and Jen clean out her closet, eat a whoopie pie, and talk dog sitting strategies. Plus, The Stranger Staff stops by for 'Hey There Stranger' special 'Friday We Screwed Up The Thursday Recording' edition.

Sean tries to piece together the events of the previous night (in which he ingested 2 cans of Four Loko and went on a midnight bike ride), Luke remembers all the ways Dave Niehaus made his childhood more awesome, and Jen tells the listeners to take it easy on the criticisms (we were dealing with some intense Alien-Related News yesterday).

George Bush forgives someone named 'Conway' for saying he's a racist, Jen solves the childhood obesity epidemic, and Luke gets a little too obsessed w/ Chinese Jump Rope.

The Gang reviews Conan's triumphant(?) return to late night tv, Jen feels for the folks stuck on a cruise ship in the middle of the ocean, and Luke is distressed by the results of the President's Commission looking into the BP Oil Spill.

Danny Boyle talks about folks passing out during his new film '127' Hours. Jen hates Good Morning America's news judgement, and Luke tries to host the show on just a couple cups of coffee and some Sun Chips (with pretty lame results).

David Sedaris on racist jokes and pets who chew their owners' faces off, plus Luke and Jen eat 'News Food' aka, McRibs chased w/ Four Loko.

Ben Gibbard of Death Cab For Cutie and The Postal Service performs live plus tells stories of The Korean Michael Jackson.

TBTL says goodbye to the crazy candidates who made the election so fun to watch, plus the triumphant return of Awesome Not Awesome.

Jen has some debatable theories about elections and the attractiveness of candidates. Plus Nikki With Two K's tells a story of being saved by some weird Bear-lovers with a creepy dog.

Jen makes her full-time return to the show in a new segment called 'How Did I Get Here?' and Luke has some trick-or-treating issues from his childhood that he clearly hasn't fully worked through.

TBTL Halloween Show Part II. Cooking w/ Sean DeTore, Gross Eyeball Food Edition, Jen reports from The Ft. Wayne News Desk about a mysterious smell, and The Gang tells stories about the scariest moments of their lives.

Brendan Kiley from The Stranger tries to figure out why it was that Evi Quaid sent him those naked photos of herself a few years back, and speaking of horror-shows, David Boze and Hot Greg join us to reprise two of our favorite TBTL Halloween moments of all time.

Sean investigates mysterious South African Rap/Circus Carnies 'Die Antwoord', Jen is horrified by something on Twitter, and Luke picks the worst possible vending machine lunch just prior to a show taping.

Luke makes an announcement regarding the Worst Kept Secret of all time, Larry King outdoes even himself for title of 'Most Senile TV Host' and a scientific look at Randy & Evi Quaid, who just might be suffering from 'Double Crazy Syndrome'.

The Gang discusses whether or not Quidditch is a real sport (ans: no), if Randy Quaid has lost his mind (ans: yes), and if it's a good idea for Taylor Swift to writes songs about schtupping John Mayer (ans: who knows, but it sure sounds gross).

Rainn Wilson swings by to talk about fantasy football, directing The Office and his misshapen nether regions. Plus Jen faces the prospects of a Very Stressful Dinner.

Cupcakes that will probably give you instant diabetes, Dianna Favre's plan for not worrying about her husbands sexting habit and Cameron Esposito on how The Wire makes her parents say the eff word.

Jen reports from Ft. Wayne Update Desk, Luke recaps some of the audio gems from Monday's show that failed to record and Mark Baumgarten from City Arts stops by to talk about the upcoming City Arts Fest, a plan so ambitious and crazy, it just might work.

Bouncing back from a show that failed to record, TBTL discusses Jimmy McMillan (of the 'Rent Is 2 Damn High Party') who just might be the most amazing political candidate of all time. Plus, Mike Pesca joins us for a slightly informal round of 'On The Bubble'

Luke and Jen record a scintillating hour of Imaginary Radio before the unthinkable happens.

Episode #666 has Luke remembering his days as a kid, terrified of the coming rapture, Jen sizes up the halloween decoration scene in Ft. Wayne, and colleges across the country ban conversations about the one topic TBTL is most obsessed with.

T.I. and Lil' Wayne battle for Most Wonderful Person Of The Day, Perez Hilton promises he's going to stop being such a bully, and a Texas City Councilman tells the residents of Ft. Worth (and now the world) that It Gets Better.

Forget the Chilean Miners, TBTL wants a vigil for the Missouri guy who got trapped underground in a pipe full of poo. Also, Jen likes twittering more than she expected, and New Segment Alert: 'That's Not News'. Today's topic? Kim Kardashian gets naked. That's Not News!

The lies of Garfield are finally exposed, Jen starts a twitter account to document the Chilean Miner Rescue, and 'Today In Shameless Cries For Attention'

Jen invents a Chilean Miner Rescue drinking game, Luke gets mad and then sad about a twitter fight, and it turns out the Insane Clown Posse have been christians all along (just the kind who swear a lot and talk about murdering ho's).

TBTL makes a special 10-10-10 announcement, and no, no one's pregnant.

Luke contemplates what to do about Episode #666, due to arrive next week, a listener makes a very compelling defense of George Lucas' plan to re-release Star Wars 3-D, and What's The Worst Movie You Can See This Weekend?

Luke and Sean try to learn how to make good radio based on a laminated checklist found in a radio studio. Eli Sanders and David Schmader from The Stranger stop by to talk about Swingin' conservative judges and Sleater Kinney alumns. And Drew McFrizz weighs in on why Lil Wayne can't have an mp3 player in prison.

Luke gets the phone lines worked out just in time for the worst episode of Call Makers ever, Jen discusses how the TV creations of Steven J. Cannel taught her to transcend racism, and the debut of a new segment 'The System Totally Worked!'

Luke asks Vanessa if she'd stand by him the way Rick Sanchez's lady has been standing by him, Sean is forced to visit his new upstairs neighbor over a parking dispute, and MoMo the dog refuses to wear his new shirt properly, causing Luke great consternation.

The Great Birthday Debate comes to an ugly conclusion, Jen's makes a To Do list, even though she knows it's hopeless and FINALLY a foreign nation responds to one of Luke's totally valid concerns.

Luke worries what will happen to the Chilean miners when they come above ground (which will be happening very soon) Jen presents the biggest National Anthem Fail of all time, and The Return of The TBTL Players! Who teach us about the original debate over the Nation's most important song. Oh, and laugh and break character a lot.

Dan Savage phones in to talk about his new Youtube Channel called 'It Gets Better' as part of our 'Hey There Stranger' segment. Also, Luke has some very musical advice for Vanessa as to how she can constructively channel her anger at him.

Luke battles hurtful allegations of wearing 'dad jeans' and Jen tries to stage an on-air intervention for George Lucas (who announced he's making the Star Wars movies into 3-D).

Luke tries to patch things up with The Wire creator David Simon and Telekinesis stops by to chat and perform some never before heard stuff.

The owner of the Segway company dies in a pretty ironic way, which has the gang wondering if that's okay to point out. Also, Stephen Colbert's hilarious congressional appearance has some idiot congresspeople up in arms, and TV Roundup! Jen has a new teevee crush (and Jason totally approves).

Steve Weibe (King of Kong) talks about recently re-capturing the title of World's Highest Donkey Kong score.

Luke talks DUI's, John Franzen and 'Peacemaker' sandwiches with The Stranger staff. Plus, Jen gets settled into Ft. Wayne, and Vanessa, who grew up next to the city of Bell California really hates those city officials who probably fleeced the place.

Luke's is waaaay off in his assessment of a frivolous lawsuit filed by Lindsey Lohan (in that, apparently, it wasn't frivolous), Sean reconsiders giving away all of his trivia earnings each week, and Call Makers! This week, listener Grey in Nashville tells of almost killing his family with exploding wine.

Fences!! (plays some awesome tunes and talks about Steve Vai vs. Joe Satriani.) Plus, Luke is in a raging mood over the GOP holdup of something called 'The Dream Act.

Marc Maron talks about his secret photo/twitter session w/ Ken Mehlman (former GOP leader, now openly gay fellow) on a recent flight, Jen hears the honest truth from husband Jason regarding her 'decorating' style, and MoMo The Dog goes all Steve McQueen on it right before showtime.

Live from Chicago, Luke and Jen talk about bedbugs, fictional acid attacks, and a nominee for the sweetest karaoke jam of all time (spoiler alert: it's a Cher song)

Luke heads for Chicago, but not before he rolls out two new segments: 'This Week In Fakes' and 'Hey There Stranger'. Don't miss them, because like most TBTL Segments, they'll probably never happen again.

Politics Run Amok Edition! Featuring unhinged would-be treasurers and masturbation-oppossed would-be Senators. Appearances by Chris Hayes of The Nation, Owen Ashworth of Casiotone For The Painfully Alone, and MoMo the dog. Because damn he's cute.

Luke and Vanessa welcome their new dog MoMo to the TBTL Family, plus why are so many people washing their hands in the bathroom? And. why is violent crime falling even as poverty grows. (but mostly, they just talk about MoMo).

TBTL Live from The Troubadour Part II. Dana Gould, Princeton, Jesse Thorn, Rob Corddry and Garfunkel & Oates bring the interesting/hilarious.

TBTL Live From The Troubadour Part 1! Garfunkel & Oates, Marc Maron, Dana Gould, and The Dinner Party Download join Luke, Jen and Sean onstage for music, fun and joke-times.