The Complete Guide to Everything

This week we’re talking about everyone’s favorite toaster pastry from Kellanova Industries: Pop-Tarts. Which flavors are the best? Are they really inferior to Pillsbury Toaster Strudels? (Yes.) Also, Henry Kissinger dies in the middle of recording. For weekly episodes of Books: The Podcast and much, much more check out the TCGTE Patreon! Like the show? Rate The Complete Guide to Everything 5-Stars on Apple Podcasts and let us know what topic they should check out next...

We recorded this episode during a holiday week and didn't feel like doing our usual rigorous research, so instead we've brought back an old segment -- The Gauntlet! We asked our Patreon supporters for topic ideas, and in this episode we're going through them and deciding which will be future episodes and which ones will go to hell. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Can you believe in all this time we’ve never actually done a Black Friday episode? Neither could we, so we decided to correct. A full hour of us complaining about consumerism AND talking about finding great deals! To honor our dear friend Casey and support those struggling with medical debt, you can kindly donate at tcgte...

This week is the 54th anniversary of the premiere of Sesame Street, a fact we didn't know when we recorded this episode. We basically just wanted to talk about puppets we saw on TV, and that's what we did. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

It's the fall flavor that's taking the country by storm! Everybody is nuts about this pumpkin spice and -- what's that? -- there's NO actual pumpkin in it?? This week we talk about spices, and also discuss the new Beatles song that all the teens can't get enough of. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Ever felt someone watching from the corner of your eye, only to find nothing? Congratulations, you've encountered a shadow person, and things are about to get terrifying. Also, Tim discusses the growing dad problem on Reddit. For weekly episodes of Books: The Podcast and much, much more check out the TCGTE Patreon! Like the show? Rate The Complete Guide to Everything 5-Stars on Apple Podcasts and let us know what topic they should check out next...

In another spooooooky Halloween Month episode, we talk about some of the most notoriously cursed movie productions, where real-life bad things happened to people making movies about fake bad things happening. We also use the word "slapdash" a bunch for some reason. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week we try to answer the question of which witch is which and dive deep into how to get a witch to enter a plea in court. (Hint: it involves putting more and more rocks on them.) Also, Tim discusses the time he met Ariana Grande and thought she was a child. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

As if Halloween Month™ couldn't get any spookier, this year it includes a Friday the 13th, the unluckiest kind of Friday there is. This week, your fearless hosts tempt fate by walking through all the scariest superstitions and their origins. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

It’s officially Halloween Month at TCGTE HQ and all around the world, so why not kick it off with some discussion around every spooky monster’s favorite topic: FEAR. For weekly episodes of Books: The Podcast and much, much more check out the TCGTE Patreon! Like the show? Rate The Complete Guide to Everything 5-Stars on Apple Podcasts and let us know what topic they should check out next...