Category: Bloopers

What happens when part of your podcast studio collapses on a host in the middle of recording?  Find out in this blooper from episode 106.

Have you ever approached a deadly serious topic with a smile and laugh?  In this excerpt from episode 95, cohost Nikki attempts to comment on the dead bodies of influenza victims stacked around a hospital like cordwood without laughing.

Back in episode 82, Jake had to read some advertising copy from an early 20th century diet and fitness program. The simple phrase, “superfluous flesh” flummoxed Jake.

By now, you’re all used to hearing me (Jake) stumble over words and phrases that should be simple to say.  This blooper shows that it’s not just me, even unflappable cohost Nikki sometimes has trouble pronouncing a simple phrase.  In this case, that phrase is “most of the suspects escaped,” from our recent episode about the shootout in Jamaica Plain.

When we record, we both put moving pads, those heavily quilted blue blankets that professional movers use to protect your furniture, over our heads to isolate us from outside noise.  Well, this is what happens when I find out that part of mine is closed in the freezer door, and then I can’t get my microphone stand to stand up.  You’ll hear a bit of this rustling and banging in the last minute or so of next week’s episode.  My apologies in advance.

Warning: Mildly NSFW language

Listen to Jake pitch a fit like a cranky toddler. “I hate this! This recording session sucks and I can’t wait until it’s over!” It’s really flattering stuff.

Warning: Lots of profanity

Inimical

\ i-?ni-mi-k?l \

adj being adverse often by reason of hostility or malevolence

This is the word that finally broke Jake.  Listen as I try repeatedly to say a phrase from William Austin’s challenge to duel James Elliot:

Mr. A. entertaining no inimical feelings towards Mr. E. does not conceive himself in honor bound to expose his own life or that of Mr. E. to any greater hazard than is here offered.

It seems so simple, but 12 minutes later I had to give up and let Nikki read the quote.  I just couldn’t seem to get inimical to come out of my mouth.

Warning: Lots of very profane language

In , we featured the Mother Brook, a heavily industrialized waterway.  While it does have lots of big problems today, we meant to talk about the big plans being cooked up for the Mother Brook in the mid-20th Century…

Nikki reminds us that when you’re describing the horrific torture and murder of a small child, it’s not good to sound so dang chipper.  Listen to Jake try to find his somber voice.

Before radiology, we had Roentgenology.  In our show about Walter Dodd, , we ponder how to say “Roentgen,” then imagine what it sounds like to speak German with a Scottish accent.

Warning: NSFW language.