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Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!HTDE: Forks and Ice MastersThis week: Mike and Ian talk with an Olympic Ice Master, help a listener who keeps meeting people with their same name, and get to the bottom of a mysterious survey glitch.You can email your burning questions to howto@npr.org.How To Do Everything is available without sponsor messages for supporters of Wait Wait…Don't Tell Me+, who also get bonus episodes of Wait Wait Don't…Tell Me! featuring show outtakes, extended guest interviews, and a chance to play an exclusive WW+ quiz game with Peter! Sign up and support NPR at plus.npr.org. H...
2026-02-1118 min
The Truth Is Only OneHTDE: Forks and Ice MastersThis week: Mike and Ian talk with an Olympic Ice Master, help a listener who keeps meeting people with their same name, and get to the bottom of a mysterious survey glitch.You can email your burning questions to howto@npr.org.How To Do Everything is available without sponsor messages for supporters of Wait Wait…Don't Tell Me+, who also get bonus episodes of Wait Wait Don't…Tell Me! featuring show outtakes, extended guest interviews, and a chance to play an exclusive WW+ quiz game with Peter! Sign up and support NPR at plus.npr.org. How To Do Everything...
2026-02-1121 min
Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!HTDE: Torches and Ski JumpsMike and Ian are back, just in time for the opening ceremony at the Winter Olympic Games in Milan/Cortina. Olympians and Starfleet Captains share how to carry the torch, fly through the air, and mentally prepare for the big games.You can email your burning questions to howto@npr.org.How To Do Everything won’t live in this feed forever. If you like what you hear, scoot on over to their very own feed and give them a follow.How To Do Everything is available without sponsor messages for supporters of Wait Wa...
2026-02-0423 min
The Truth Is Only OneHTDE: Torches and Ski JumpsMike and Ian are back, just in time for the opening ceremony at the Winter Olympic Games in Milan/Cortina. Olympians and Starfleet Captains share how to carry the torch, fly through the air, and mentally prepare for the big games.You can email your burning questions to howto@npr.org.How To Do Everything won’t live in this feed forever. If you like what you hear, scoot on over to their very own feed and give them a follow.How To Do Everything is available without sponsor messages for supporters of Wait Wa...
2026-02-0426 min
Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!HTDE: One-Liners and Free ThrowsIan and Mike help a listener lighten the mood with her clients, help another listener mess with an opponent’s free throw shot, and Peter Sagal shares his secret for falling asleep on an airplane.You can email your burning questions to howto@npr.org.How To Do Everything won’t live in this feed forever. If you like what you hear, scoot on over to their very own feed and give them a follow.How To Do Everything is available without sponsor messages for supporters of Wait Wait…Don't Tell Me+, who al...
2025-12-1027 min
The Truth Is Only OneHTDE: One-Liners and Free ThrowsIan and Mike help a listener lighten the mood with her clients, help another listener mess with an opponent’s free throw shot, and Peter Sagal shares his secret for falling asleep on an airplane.You can email your burning questions to howto@npr.org.How To Do Everything won’t live in this feed forever. If you like what you hear, scoot on over to their very own feed and give them a follow.How To Do Everything is available without sponsor messages for supporters of Wait Wait…Don't Tell Me+, who al...
2025-12-1030 min
Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!HTDE: Carsickness And Traffic JamsIan and Mike look to the skies to help a listener solve her problem with motion sickness. Plus, a survivor of the longest recorded traffic jam in history shares how she got through it.You can email your burning questions to howto@npr.org.How To Do Everything won’t live in this feed forever. If you like what you hear, scoot on over to their very own feed and give them a follow.How To Do Everything is available without sponsor messages for supporters of Wait Wait…Don't Tell Me+, who also get bonu...
2025-11-2619 min
The Truth Is Only OneHTDE: Carsickness And Traffic JamsIan and Mike look to the skies to help a listener solve her problem with motion sickness. Plus, a survivor of the longest recorded traffic jam in history shares how she got through it.You can email your burning questions to howto@npr.org.How To Do Everything won’t live in this feed forever. If you like what you hear, scoot on over to their very own feed and give them a follow.How To Do Everything is available without sponsor messages for supporters of Wait Wait…Don't Tell Me+, who also get bonus episodes of Wait Wait...
2025-11-2623 min
Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!HTDE: Broadway Musicals And Best In ShowThis week: A Broadway star tells us how he finished the New York Marathon and then performed in two shows back to back, a wife seeks advice on how best to shave her hairy companion, plus, are the lyrics to Bye Bye Birdie what we think they are?You can email your burning questions to howto@npr.org.How To Do Everything won’t live in this feed forever. If you like what you hear, scoot on over to their very own feed and give them a follow.How To Do Everything is available without sp...
2025-11-1218 min
The Truth Is Only OneHTDE: Broadway Musicals And Best In ShowThis week: A Broadway star tells us how he finished the New York Marathon and then performed in two shows back to back, a wife seeks advice on how best to shave her hairy companion, plus, are the lyrics to Bye Bye Birdie what we think they are?You can email your burning questions to howto@npr.org.How To Do Everything won’t live in this feed forever. If you like what you hear, scoot on over to their very own feed and give them a follow.How To Do Everything is available without sponsor messages for su...
2025-11-1221 min
Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!HTDE: Motivation, Secret Messages, and Stealing Your ThunderThis week: Filmmaker Alice Wu shares a clever trick to help you finally finish that thing you’ve been working on, why teenagers are taking over the comments sections of old podcast episodes, and the origins of the phrase “steal your thunder”. Plus we continue in our quest to be your out of office emergency contact.You can email your burning questions to howto@npr.org.How To Do Everything won’t live in this feed forever. If you like what you hear, scoot on over to their very own feed and give them a follow....
2025-10-2918 min
The Truth Is Only OneHTDE: Motivation, Secret Messages, and Stealing Your ThunderThis week: Filmmaker Alice Wu shares a clever trick to help you finally finish that thing you’ve been working on, why teenagers are taking over the comments sections of old podcast episodes, and the origins of the phrase “steal your thunder”. Plus we continue in our quest to be your out of office emergency contact.You can email your burning questions to howto@npr.org.How To Do Everything won’t live in this feed forever. If you like what you hear, scoot on over to their very own feed and give them a follow.How To Do Every...
2025-10-2921 min
Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!HTDE: Earthquakes, Dentists, and How To Talk To Your DogOn today’s episode: a bold new way to help out when an earthquake hits, and Mike and Ian help out a listener with the help of a friendly dentist and a dog named Stella. Plus, our continuing commitment to be your Out of Office emergency contact turns into a surprise birthday celebration.You can email your burning questions to howto@npr.org.How To Do Everything is available without sponsor messages for supporters of Wait Wait…Don't Tell Me+, who also get bonus episodes of Wait Wait Don't…Tell Me! featuring show outtakes, extended guest...
2025-10-1527 min
The Truth Is Only OneHTDE: Earthquakes, Dentists, and How To Talk To Your DogOn today’s episode: a bold new way to help out when an earthquake hits, and Mike and Ian help out a listener with the help of a friendly dentist and a dog named Stella. Plus, our continuing commitment to be your Out of Office emergency contact turns into a surprise birthday celebration.You can email your burning questions to howto@npr.org.How To Do Everything is available without sponsor messages for supporters of Wait Wait…Don't Tell Me+, who also get bonus episodes of Wait Wait Don't…Tell Me! featuring show outtakes, extended guest interviews, and a chan...
2025-10-1530 min
Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!HTDE: AI, War, and Exercise, with Arnold SchwarzeneggerOn today’s episode, how to get rid of Google’s AI summaries, and we help a listener who wants to exercise in her car during a long commute–with an assist from a very overqualified exerciser and a very overqualified driver. Plus we talk about a possible connection between pizza and war with The Washington Post’s Tim Carman.You can check out Tim’s piece here and Juan's training routine here. And you can email your burning questions to howto@npr.org.How To Do Everything won’t live in this feed forever. If you like wha...
2025-10-0127 min
The Truth Is Only OneHTDE: AI, War, and Exercise, with Arnold SchwarzeneggerOn today’s episode, how to get rid of Google’s AI summaries, and we help a listener who wants to exercise in her car during a long commute–with an assist from a very overqualified exerciser and a very overqualified driver. Plus we talk about a possible connection between pizza and war with The Washington Post’s Tim Carman.You can check out Tim’s piece here and Juan's training routine here. And you can email your burning questions to howto@npr.org.How To Do Everything won’t live in this feed forever. If you like wha...
2025-10-0130 min
The Truth Is Only OneHTDE: How To Make Lasagna Without An Oven, with Peter SagalToday, Mike and Ian recruit the help of legendary Taste-Tester-Turned-Public-Radio-Host Peter Sagal to rate a new, unorthodox approach to making lasagna. Plus, a listener calls in claiming he’s physically incapable of burping, so the guys ask a medical professional to help him out.You can email your burning questions to howto@npr.org.How To Do Everything won’t live in this feed forever. If you like what you hear, scoot on over to their very own feed and give them a follow.How To Do Everything is available without sponsor messages for supp...
2025-09-1728 min
Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!HTDE: How To Make Lasagna Without An Oven, with Peter SagalToday, Mike and Ian recruit the help of legendary Taste-Tester-Turned-Public-Radio-Host Peter Sagal to rate a new, unorthodox approach to making lasagna. Plus, a listener calls in claiming he’s physically incapable of burping, so the guys ask a medical professional to help him out.You can email your burning questions to howto@npr.org.How To Do Everything won’t live in this feed forever. If you like what you hear, scoot on over to their very own feed and give them a follow.How To Do Everything is available without sponsor messages for supp...
2025-09-1725 min
Off1ラジオ INTO THE DEEPJECの王者陥落。酢崎・勝山が気を吐いたHTDE 9月16日週のOff1的ヘッドラインニュースオープニングは、SMX下田丈の首位奪取。その後JECのお話しから、新製品情報って感じです。今週もよろしくおねがいします！
2025-09-1752 min
Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!HTDE: OOO Baby, with Andy Samberg, Kate McKinnon, and U.S. Poet Laureate Ada LimónWe are so back! How To Do Everything returns for a packed second season. This episode, one listener asks Mike and Ian how to write the perfect “out of office” message. So, they confer with the highest language authority in the land, U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón.Comedians Andy Samberg and Kate McKinnon join the show to answer your couple’s advice questions, some stranger than others. Plus, a fashion tip for your post-Labor Day needs.You can email your burning questions to howto@npr.org. How To Do Everything won’t live in...
2025-09-0321 min
The Truth Is Only OneHTDE: OOO Baby, with Andy Samberg, Kate McKinnon, and U.S. Poet Laureate Ada LimónWe are so back! How To Do Everything returns for a packed second season. This episode, one listener asks Mike and Ian how to write the perfect “out of office” message. So, they confer with the highest language authority in the land, U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón.Comedians Andy Samberg and Kate McKinnon join the show to answer your couple’s advice questions, some stranger than others. Plus, a fashion tip for your post-Labor Day needs.You can email your burning questions to howto@npr.org. How To Do Everything won’t live in this feed forev...
2025-09-0324 min
How To Destroy EverythingHow To Destroy Everything Presents: Toughen Up - The Interview with Lisa and Sheila (Bonus Episode)In this special bonus episode, we hear Toughen Up from the shared perspective of Stephen’s sisters, Lisa and Sheila. Hear how they navigated a childhood of fear, loss and abandonment, and more importantly, where they are today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2025-07-081h 24
How To Destroy EverythingHow To Destroy Everything Presents: Toughen Up - Episode 10: Assisted So-Called Living, Something's Gotta Get Ya and The PunchlineIn the season finale, unable to carry on alone, Eugene finally surrenders and moves into an Assisted Living facility. He’s not there long before he is hospitalized and enters into a steep decline. Before he passes away, Stephen’s father finds his version of peace with “All we’ve been through as a family…”
Danny and Darren then agree that Toughen Up is ultimately a story of forgiveness, with Stephen describing it as a love letter to his family.
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2025-06-2452 min
How To Destroy EverythingHow To Destroy Everything Presents: Toughen Up - Episode 9: Crushing Blossoms and The BurdenIt’s 15 years later and Eugene’s wife Helen dies very suddenly, leaving him very much adrift. At the urging of a priest, Stephen’s father learns to ask for help at the gravesite, then pushes on alone.
In our interview, Danny and Darren learn how Stephen struggled, self-medicated and began to heal his past in the years since his mother’s passing.
If you would like to support this podcast, please consider becoming a patron at www.patreon.com/HowToDestroyEverything and please don't forget to share, rate, and review! Learn more abo...
2025-06-1749 min
How To Destroy EverythingHow To Destroy Everything Presents: Toughen Up - Episode 8: Albertsons, Aspirin and Telling the TruthWith Stephen off to college, his mother strikes out on her own, renting a room in a house and scoring her dream job. Not long after, however, Maureen is diagnosed with terminal cancer and eventually makes peace with Eugene and her past. After her ashes are scattered at sea, she delivers a message to Stephen in a dream.
Then, Darren looks back on Maureen’s life and wonders if she truly found peace.
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2025-06-1053 min
How To Destroy EverythingHow To Destroy Everything Presents: Toughen Up - Episode 7: Driving School, Dad's Big Surprise and Blowing the HatchIn this seventh chapter, we find a mid-life Maureen facing her fears and calling upon her brother, Jimmy, to finally teach her how to drive. Then, Eugene shocks the family with a surprise marriage announcement. After Sheila leaves the nest for college, Stephen is left at home with his mother, doing his best to fill the role of "Man of the House."
Then Danny relates to the role reversal that took place between Stephen and his mother and Darren makes an observation about the sheer resiliency of this family.
If you would l...
2025-06-031h 13
How To Destroy EverythingHow To Destroy Everything Presents: Toughen Up - Episode 6: Mom Hustle and The Girl UpstairsIn this chapter of our story, we find Maureen is officially back on her feet, though struggling to make ends meet for her and the kids. After a variety of jobs, she ends up working in a factory and takes in some of her fellow employees as roommates to pay the rent. Stephen is displaced when a particularly provocative boarder rents his room, upending a family already desperately in need of stability.
We then hear Danny and Darren reflect on how this episode is a true snapshot of 60’s and 70’s America, how Stephen lacked the rock of s...
2025-05-271h 00
How To Destroy EverythingHow To Destroy Everything Presents: Toughen Up - Episode 5: Homeless and The Edges of TownWe now find Lisa, Sheila and Stephen taking refuge with their Uncle John in Washington State, where young Stephen learns some hard life lessons on a construction site. They return to Mission Viejo, just in time to lose whatever housing Maureen had established, as she enters psychiatric treatment. Sheila and Stephen are taken in by a compassionate family, until Maureen is ready to start over, moving them all to the far edge of town.
We then hear Darren, as a parent, express concern over “little Stephen” while Danny and Stephen bond over their shared clowning skills as a su...
2025-05-201h 03
How To Destroy EverythingHow To Destroy Everything Presents: Toughen Up - Episode 4: The Road to 333After losing their suburban home, Maureen moves with Stephen and Sheila into a Travelodge, only to dispatch her children on an epic road trip with their fugitive sister Lisa. Heading north, the three siblings experience a shared moment of grace on a rainy night, outside of a Canadian liquor store.
Then Danny and Darren push in on the fear and loneliness of the children being left to fend for themselves. Danny speaks of The Triumph of Small Things, while Darren reminds us we are all members, to some degree, of “The Destruction Community.”
If you woul...
2025-05-1348 min
How To Destroy EverythingHow To Destroy Everything Presents: Toughen Up - Episode 3: Wes, Skatebarn, The Big Split and FrankWherein young Stephen seeks refuge from his own family at a house “down the street.” His father then reveals a side of himself that no one could have imagined, just before the marriage finally falls apart. Gene moves away while Maureen makes a new “friend.” Then, hear why the boys call this “The Darren Episode” and define the true meaning of an oasis. Then, Danny and Darren explore the hidden meaning behind Stephen’s sound effects and what it meant to have his father reveal that he could “fly.”
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2025-05-061h 09
How To Destroy EverythingHow To Destroy Everything Presents: Toughen Up - Episode 2: Buses, Nuns, Christmas, Knives and a No-Name SisterEpisode Two finds Maureen taking on The Reverend Mother of her children’s Catholic School. The family then experiences the darkest Christmas of their lives, propelling them south, to face an uncertain future in an empty house in the suburbs. A violent period unfolds for The Kearins, which includes a hammer, a hospital and a runaway girl.
Then Danny and Darren explain why they called this “The Catholic Episode,” explore the nature of forgiveness and our attempts to stop a cycle of family dysfunction.
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2025-04-291h 03
How To Destroy EverythingHow To Destroy Everything Presents: Toughen Up - Episode 1: Mom, Dad and the FightingIn our first episode, we meet Stephen’s tough girl Jersey mother and his post war(s) farm boy father, as they attempt to raise him, his two sisters, and themselves in a tiny apartment in Van Nuys, California. Then, Danny and Darren start exploring what’s behind his parents' pain, what happens to feelings frozen in time, and where is the Grace in all of this madness? If you would like to support this podcast, please consider becoming a patron at www.patreon.com/HowToDestroyEverything and please don't forget to share, rate, and revi...
2025-04-221h 04
How To Destroy EverythingInterregnum: How to Destroy a Live ShowWherein Danny and Darren confront their audience live for the very first time. Danny discusses his complicated feelings about St. Louis, and surprise guests abound. Recorded at famed St. Louis merch shop, Stl-Style, Danny and Darren search for some meaning and share final thoughts from the journey they've just completed.Listen to HTDE on Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.If you would like to support this podcast, please consider becoming a patron a www.patreon.com/HowToDestroyEverything.Head to https://www.B...
2025-04-151h 11
The Truth Is Only OneHTDE: Study Break with Jason Isaacs of "The White Lotus"The White Lotus season finale dropped this weekend, and we have questions. And trauma. Maybe you do too? This week, How To Do Everything's "study break" is hosting acclaimed actor Jason Isaacs AKA acclaimed Lorazepam addict Timothy Ratliff.How to join: save this Google document. At 12:30 PM ET tomorrow April 11th, we'll drop a Zoom link. The first 10 people to click on it will be in a Zoom call with Mike, Ian, Heena and Timothy Ratliff/Lucius Malfoy/Jason Isaacs.That gives you tonight to catch up on the show. We WILL discuss spoilers. So come...
2025-04-1003 min
Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!HTDE: Study Break with Jason Isaacs of "The White Lotus"The White Lotus season finale dropped this weekend, and we have questions. And trauma. Maybe you do too? This week, How To Do Everything's "study break" is hosting acclaimed actor Jason Isaacs AKA acclaimed Lorazepam addict Timothy Ratliff.How to join: save this Google document. At 12:30 PM ET tomorrow April 11th, we'll drop a Zoom link. The first 10 people to click on it will be in a Zoom call with Mike, Ian, Heena and Timothy Ratliff/Lucius Malfoy/Jason Isaacs.That gives you tonight to catch up on the show. We WILL discuss spoilers. So come...
2025-04-1002 minHow To Destroy EverythingTrailer: How To Destroy Everything Presents: Toughen UpIn the spirit of familial destruction, How To Destroy Everything is proud to present, Toughen Up, written and performed by Stephen Kearin. Toughen Up is the story of an American family turned upside down, spilling out every last skeleton in its closet. Join us for a darkly comic traumatic memoir...a Traumoir, if you will. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2025-04-0102 minHow To Destroy EverythingEpisode 16: How to Create Something NewWherein Danny returns, at last, to the scene of the crime(s). Danny (alongside Darren and Sandy) go back to his childhood home, The Royal Manor, and Danny confronts his past head-on. In this, the season one finale of How to Destroy Everything, old feelings will burst to the surface, the ghosts of the past will be reckoned with, and the future will become all the more clear. Listen to HTDE on Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.If you would like to support this podcast, please c...
2025-03-251h 12How To Destroy EverythingInterregnum: How to Destroy the Calm Before the StormWherein Danny and Darren check in one last time with Sandy and talk about the entirety of her podcast journey. In doing so, they discover the incredible strides that Sandy has made in her own personal evolution. Additonally, Danny and Darren bring on Danny's wife, Katie, to discuss her perspective on how the podcast has changed her husband. And finally, our intrepid hosts make a big announcement about what's next for the show. Listen to HTDE on Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.If you would like t...
2025-03-181h 00How To Destroy EverythingEpisode 15: How to Destroy Richard JacobsWherein Danny and Darren finally track down their white whale: a member of the support group founded to bring together people who had been sued and harrassed by Richard Jacobs. But as Danny and Darren get into the details of said group, so much more is revealed than they ever imagined possible -- about the group, yes, but also about Danny and where he goes from here...Listen to HTDE on Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.If you would like to support this podcast, please consider...
2025-03-1154 minHow To Destroy EverythingInterregnum: How to Destroy DeathWherein Danny and Darren watch the "death video" Richard made for Danny back in the 1980s. Also, the boys discuss Richard's view of death and his conception of the "afterlife" with Danny's brother. It's the death episode! Listen to HTDE on Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.If you would like to support this podcast, please consider becoming a patron at www.patreon.com/HowToDestroyEverything. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2025-03-0449 minHow To Destroy EverythingEpisode 14: How to Destroy a Brotherhood Part 2Wherein Danny and Darren sit down once more with Danny's brother and delve deeper into understanding each other's perspectives. Danny's brother brings a unique point of view - one of understanding for Richard and even empathy for him, compelling Danny to reevaluate some of the conclusions he's drawn about his father. Listen to HTDE on Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.If you would like to support this podcast, please consider becoming a patron at www.patreon.com/HowToDestroyEverything.This episode is s...
2025-02-251h 12How To Destroy EverythingEpisode 13: How to Destroy a BrotherhoodWherein Danny and Darren sit down with Danny's brother and discuss how they survived their childhood as the sons of Richard Jacobs, how their perspectives differ, and whether or not Richard can be fairly compared to a shark. Listen to HTDE on Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts. If you would like to support this podcast, please consider becoming a patron at www.patreon.com/HowToDestroyEverything. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2025-02-1859 minHow To Destroy EverythingInterregnum: How to Destroy a Dating ProfileWherein Danny and Darren dive deeper into Beth's relationship with Richard, which includes a shocking revelation that Danny's dad had been operating dating profiles on his sons' behalf. Additionally, Sandy discusses her dating life beyond Richard, and Darren checks in with Danny about his anger. For tickets to Danny's improv show at the Groundlings, head to www.groundlings.com/shows/theunderstudies. And if you would like to support this podcast, please consider becoming a patron at www.patreon.com/HowToDestroyEverything.Listen to HTDE on...
2025-02-1151 minHow To Destroy EverythingEpisode 12: How to Destroy a Daughter-in-LawWherein Danny and Darren bring the podcast full circle by exploring the moment that started it all from a different persepective: Danny's wife. As she illuminates her side of the disaster that led to the termination of Danny's relationship with his dad, our intrepid hosts then speak to the other wife, that of Danny's brother. How does a narcissist affect his kids when they grow up, get married, and have families of their own? What better way is there to find out than by talking to the wives. Listen to HTDE on Apple, Spotify...
2025-02-041h 13How To Destroy EverythingInterregnum: How to Destroy an Irish RabbiWherein Danny and Darren interview Stephen Kearin, a mentor to Danny over the last several decades (and Danny's self-described "Irish Rabbi"). Stephen shares his own incredible family story and the boys try to glean some lessons that Danny can apply to his own relationship with Richard. For tickets to Danny's improv show at the Groundlings on Thursday, March 6th at 10 PM, head here: https://groundlings.com/shows/theunderstudiesHTDE Live Show: https://www.stl-style.com/event-details/how-to-destroy-a-live-show-q-aListen to HTDE on Apple, Spotify, or wh...
2025-01-2859 minHow To Destroy EverythingEpisode 11: How to Destroy AustraliaWherein Danny and Darren explore the newfound freedom Danny felt as a young adult out from under his father's thumb for the first time in his life. But then, Danny gets pulled back into his father's chaos when he agrees to go on a (mostly) paid vacation to Australia. Terrible doesn't do the trip justice. It was so traumatizing that it sends Danny into a mental health spiral as he finds himself abandoned in a foreign country. Listen to HTDE on Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts and please don't forget to...
2025-01-211h 02
The Truth Is Only OneHTDE: Heckling, Yawning, and Imitating, with James Austin Johnson and Patton OswaltOn our season finale, when a young listener has a question on behalf of her fifth grade class, we call up an old friend/chimp butt expert to help her out. And Saturday Night Live's James Austin Johnson walks us through his hilarious Donald Trump impression to tend to a listener's curiosities. Plus, Mike and Ian are stressed about some (cryptic) hate mail, so they call Patton Oswalt for some words of encouragement.You can email your burning questions to howto@npr.org. And not to fear, we will be returning for season two. Follow @waitwaitnpr on Instagram...
2025-01-1531 min
Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!HTDE: Heckling, Yawning, and Imitating, with James Austin Johnson and Patton OswaltOn our season finale, when a young listener has a question on behalf of her fifth grade class, we call up an old friend/chimp butt expert to help her out. And Saturday Night Live's James Austin Johnson walks us through his hilarious Donald Trump impression to tend to a listener's curiosities. Plus, Mike and Ian are stressed about some (cryptic) hate mail, so they call Patton Oswalt for some words of encouragement.You can email your burning questions to howto@npr.org. And not to fear, we will be returning for season two. Follow @waitwaitnpr on Instagram...
2025-01-1528 minHow To Destroy EverythingInterregnum: How to Destroy an Almost MenschWherein Danny and Darren tread into the ridiculous and terrifying world of Richard's dating life, which weirdly took Danny and his brother across the country. Then, the guys bring on Sandy to talk about the "fog of war" - or how she survived the onslaught of litigation brought by Richard after their divorce. Listen to HTDE on Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.If you would like to support this podcast, please consider becoming a patron at www.patreon.com/HowToDestroyEverything and please don't forget to share, ra...
2025-01-1448 minHow To Destroy EverythingEpisode 10: How to Destroy a ChildhoodWherein Danny and Darren explore the second half of Danny's childhood, which included awkward trips to the ice cream shop and a burgeoning desire to perform as a way of covering up his shame. Additionally, they'll investigate Sandy's side of post-divorce life as they finally solve the mystery of how she was able to afford a decade's worth of lawsuits without going bankrupt. Listen to HTDE on Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.If you would like to support this podcast, please consider becoming a patron at w...
2025-01-071h 06
Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!HTDE: Don't Get in the Fridge, with Jesse EisenbergRinging in 2025: Mike and Ian knock out a New Year's resolution with the help of filmmaker Jesse Eisenberg, and a listener calls in to settle a high-stakes bet on the sturdiness of honeybees. Also, the world's northernmost towns are in the middle of months-long darkness. To learn how to survive it, we call an astrophysicist who spent six months in complete Antarctic darkness.You can email your burning questions to howto@npr.org.How To Do Everything won't live in this feed forever. If you like what you hear, scoot on over to their very own...
2025-01-0125 min
The Truth Is Only OneHTDE: Don't Get in the Fridge, with Jesse EisenbergRinging in 2025: Mike and Ian knock out a New Year's resolution with the help of filmmaker Jesse Eisenberg, and a listener calls in to settle a high-stakes bet on the sturdiness of honeybees. Also, the world's northernmost towns are in the middle of months-long darkness. To learn how to survive it, we call an astrophysicist who spent six months in complete Antarctic darkness.You can email your burning questions to howto@npr.org.How To Do Everything won't live in this feed forever. If you like what you hear, scoot on over to their very own...
2025-01-0128 minHow To Destroy EverythingInterregnum: How to Destroy a NameWherein Danny and Darren dive into a treasure trove of old films and videos that Richard had made over the years, interview the actor who plays Richard about what it's like to play such an outsized character, and speak with Sandy about the ways this podcast have helped her reclaim her story. Listen to HTDE on Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.If you would like to support this podcast, please consider becoming a patron at www.patreon.com/HowToDestroyEverything. Learn more about yo...
2024-12-1759 min
Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!HTDE: The Perfect Christmas Present with James Patterson and Gillian FlynnOn today's episode, Charlie needs help writing a children's book for his wife. So, Mike and Ian call up some of the greatest minds in modern literature, Gillian Flynn and James Patterson. Plus, a slippery way to stay warm on your run and a cool trick to avoid saying "you guys".You can email your burning questions to howto@npr.org. How To Do Everything won't live in this feed forever. If you like what you hear, scoot on over to their very own feed and give them a follow.Both How To Do...
2024-12-1121 min
The Truth Is Only OneHTDE: The Perfect Christmas Present with James Patterson and Gillian FlynnOn today's episode, Charlie needs help writing a children's book for his wife. So, Mike and Ian call up some of the greatest minds in modern literature, Gillian Flynn and James Patterson. Plus, a slippery way to stay warm on your run and a cool trick to avoid saying "you guys".You can email your burning questions to howto@npr.org. How To Do Everything won't live in this feed forever. If you like what you hear, scoot on over to their very own feed and give them a follow.Both How To Do...
2024-12-1124 minHow To Destroy EverythingEpisode 9: How to Destroy a Divorce Part 2Wherein Danny and Darren go into the courtroom during Richard and Sandy's trial and they are able to hear, in Richard and Sandy's own words, the diametrically opposed perspectives of Danny's parents. In doing so, Danny confronts one of the most seminal moments of his childhood that has haunted him for decades.Listen to HTDE on Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.If you would like to support this podcast, please consider becoming a patron at www.patreon.com/HowToDestroyEverything. Learn more about...
2024-12-1054 minHow To Destroy EverythingInterregnum: How to Destroy a Therapy SessionWherein Danny and Darren sit down for a chat with a licensed psychologist to get his take on all things Richard Jacobs. In a wide-ranging conversation, they are finally able to get some answers to many of their questions about what exactly may have been going on inside Richard's mind.Listen to HTDE on Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.If you would like to support this podcast, please consider becoming a patron at www.patreon.com/HowToDestroyEverything. Learn more about your ad c...
2024-12-031h 01
The Truth Is Only OneHTDE: The Friendliest Sound in the World, with Olympic medalist Molly SeidelThis week on How To Do Everything, a listener calls in asking how to avoid startling innocent pedestrians when she goes on runs. So Mike and Ian recruit the help of an Olympic marathoner and one of Hollywood's most iconic composers. Plus, an update from you (party people) on the "you guys" fast.You can email your burning questions to howto@npr.org.How To Do Everything won't live in this feed forever. If you like what you hear, scoot on over to their very own feed and give them a follow.Both How...
2024-11-2726 min
Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!HTDE: The Friendliest Sound in the World, with Olympic medalist Molly SeidelThis week on How To Do Everything, a listener calls in asking how to avoid startling innocent pedestrians when she goes on runs. So Mike and Ian recruit the help of an Olympic marathoner and one of Hollywood's most iconic composers. Plus, an update from you (party people) on the "you guys" fast.You can email your burning questions to howto@npr.org.How To Do Everything won't live in this feed forever. If you like what you hear, scoot on over to their very own feed and give them a follow.Both How...
2024-11-2723 minHow To Destroy EverythingEpisode 8: How to Destroy a Divorce Part 1Wherein Danny and Darren take listeners into a new chapter in Richard's life, a chapter in which he begins to focus his rage on his ex-wife. Sandy recounts the times Richard broke into her apartment, destroyed her dream job, and filled Danny's every day elementary-school existence with dread.Listen to HTDE on Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.If you would like to support this podcast, please consider becoming a patron at www.patreon.com/HowToDestroyEverything. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit p...
2024-11-2655 minHow To Destroy EverythingInterregnum: How to Destroy an HOAWherein Danny and Darren tell the traumatizing conclusion to Danny's epic battle with the evil construction company wreaking havoc on his home. Additionally, our intrepid hosts delve deeper into their interview with Barbara (the woman who spent nine years in court trying to take Richard down), and Sandy gives an update on her thereupeutic journey.Listen to HTDE on Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.If you would like to support this podcast, please consider becoming a patron at www.patreon.com/HowToDestroyEverything. L...
2024-11-1956 min
Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!HTDE: Yes We Pecan, with Martha StewartTwo roommates disagree about how to pronounce "pecan," so Mike and Ian call up Martha Stewart–and others–to help. Plus, an Italian town in the shadow of the Alps spent three months of the year without sunlight, until Mayor Pierfranco Midali decided to make his own sun.You can email your burning questions to howto@npr.org. How To Do Everything won't live in this feed forever. If you like what you hear, scoot on over to their very own feed and give them a follow.Both How To Do Everything and Wait, Wait...
2024-11-1316 min
The Truth Is Only OneHTDE: Yes We Pecan, with Martha StewartTwo roommates disagree about how to pronounce "pecan," so Mike and Ian call up Martha Stewart–and others–to help. Plus, an Italian town in the shadow of the Alps spent three months of the year without sunlight, until Mayor Pierfranco Midali decided to make his own sun.You can email your burning questions to howto@npr.org. How To Do Everything won't live in this feed forever. If you like what you hear, scoot on over to their very own feed and give them a follow.Both How To Do Everything and Wait, Wait...
2024-11-1319 minHow To Destroy EverythingEpisode 7: How to Destroy a Career Part 2Wherein Danny and Darren tackle the second half of Richard Jacobs' "career". With his reputation in tatters, Richard attempts to regain his law license and aims his considerable talents (and relentlessness) at members of the St. Louis community, representing himself in a reign of terror and leaving trauma in his wake.Listen to HTDE on Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.If you would like to support this podcast, please consider becoming a patron at www.patreon.com/HowToDestroyEverything.This episode is s...
2024-11-121h 03How To Destroy EverythingInterregnum: How to Destroy a Nose JobWherein Danny and Darren go deeper into the mind (& world) of phone phreak 'Captain Crunch' in an attempt to understand Richard's love affair with technology. We'll also revisit one of the seminal stories we learned about Richard in an earlier episode and discover that it may not be true after all!Listen to HTDE on Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.If you would like to support this podcast, please consider becoming a patron at www.patreon.com/HowToDestroyEverything. Learn more about your a...
2024-11-0553 min
The Truth Is Only OneHTDE: Josh Gad defeats earworms, and we make a pitch to Pete ButtigiegThis week on the show, when a mother can't get her four-year-old's favorite song out of her head, Mike and Ian call up Broadway's beloved Josh Gad to help. Plus, Ian has a formal request for the Secretary of Transportation, and the guys find a tip to quell those pesky election mailers.You can email your burning questions to howto@npr.org.How To Do Everything won't live in this feed forever. If you like what you hear, scoot on over to their very own feed and give them a follow.Both How To...
2024-10-3025 min
Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!HTDE: Josh Gad defeats earworms, and we make a pitch to Pete ButtigiegThis week on the show, when a mother can't get her four-year-old's favorite song out of her head, Mike and Ian call up Broadway's beloved Josh Gad to help. Plus, Ian has a formal request for the Secretary of Transportation, and the guys find a tip to quell those pesky election mailers.You can email your burning questions to howto@npr.org.How To Do Everything won't live in this feed forever. If you like what you hear, scoot on over to their very own feed and give them a follow.Both How To...
2024-10-3022 minHow To Destroy EverythingEpisode 6: How to Destroy a Career Part 1Wherein Danny and Darren dive into the absolutely bananas career of Richard Jacobs, from all its promise to its absolute peril. This episode covers multiple arrests and criminal charges, getting fired from the SEC for accessing a classified database, and winning a United States Supreme Court case. And this is only part 1!Listen to HTDE on Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.If you would like to support this podcast, please consider becoming a patron at www.patreon.com/HowToDestroyEverything. Learn more about y...
2024-10-2952 minHow To Destroy EverythingInterregnum: How to Destroy a Family Text ChainWherein Danny and Darren discuss the fallout in Danny's family that has resulted from this podcast. We'll also check in with Sandy about the emotional impact this all has been having on her. Listen to HTDE on Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts. If you would like to support this podcast, please consider becoming a patron at www.patreon.com/HowToDestroyEverything.This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/DESTROY get on your way to being your best self
2024-10-2256 min
Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!HTDE: Maury Povich and Sleeping Between the PrettiesThis week on How To Do Everything, Wait, Wait producers Mike and Ian recruit television icon Maury Povich to help a listener reveal some hard truths, and we create some helpful (and unhelpful) reminders for when you should replace your household items. Plus, when a married couple calls in with a 29-year-old feud, the guys recruit some royal help.You can email your burning questions to howto@npr.org.How To Do Everything won't live in this feed forever. If you like what you hear, scoot on over to their very own feed and give them...
2024-10-1623 min
The Truth Is Only OneHTDE: Maury Povich and Sleeping Between the PrettiesThis week on How To Do Everything, Wait, Wait producers Mike and Ian recruit television icon Maury Povich to help a listener reveal some hard truths, and we create some helpful (and unhelpful) reminders for when you should replace your household items. Plus, when a married couple calls in with a 29-year-old feud, the guys recruit some royal help.You can email your burning questions to howto@npr.org.How To Do Everything won't live in this feed forever. If you like what you hear, scoot on over to their very own feed and give them...
2024-10-1626 minHow To Destroy EverythingEpisode 5: How to Destroy a MarriageWherein Danny and Darren try to answer a seminal question: How was it remotely possible that Danny's mom could have stayed with his dad for thirteen years? And how did she finally leave him? This episode takes a winding journey -- from Chicago to D.C. to St. Louis -- and ultimately to a better understanding of the marriage of Richard and Sandy Jacobs.Listen to HTDE on Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.If you would like to support this podcast, please consider becoming a patron...
2024-10-1553 minHow To Destroy EverythingInterregnum: How to Destroy Generational TraumaWherein Danny and Darren bring in Sandy to discuss the fallout of the intense revelations of the previous episode. Danny also recounts a recent experience that made him completely rethink the ways that he may or may not be like his father. Listen to HTDE on Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.If you would like to support this podcast, please consider becoming a patron at www.patreon.com/HowToDestroyEverything. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2024-10-0854 min
The Truth Is Only OneHTDE: Peter Sagal the SausageThis week, Mike and Ian recruit Peter Sagal to help a caller who's curious about mascot races – with the help of a talking sausage. A police inspector in Finland reveals his creative hack for keeping beaches safe. And a high school cheerleading squad saves the day.You can email your burning questions to howto@npr.org. How To Do Everything won't live in this feed forever. If you like what you hear, scoot on over to their very own feed and give them a follow.Both How To Do Everything and Wait, Wait...Don't Te...
2024-10-0227 min
Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!HTDE: Peter Sagal the SausageThis week, Mike and Ian recruit Peter Sagal to help a caller who's curious about mascot races – with the help of a talking sausage. A police inspector in Finland reveals his creative hack for keeping beaches safe. And a high school cheerleading squad saves the day.You can email your burning questions to howto@npr.org. How To Do Everything won't live in this feed forever. If you like what you hear, scoot on over to their very own feed and give them a follow.Both How To Do Everything and Wait, Wait...Don't Te...
2024-10-0224 minHow To Destroy EverythingEpisode 4: How to Destroy a CourtshipWherein Danny and Darren try to answer an enduring question: what kind of woman would marry someone like Richard Jacobs? In search of some explanation - any explanation - they go all the way back to Sandy's childhood. And along the way, they discover some truly shocking developments that change Danny's perception of who his Dad really was. Listen to HTDE on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. If you would like to support this podcast, please consider becoming a patron at www.patreon.com/HowToDestroyEverything.
2024-10-0154 minHow To Destroy EverythingInterregnum: How to Destroy an AudienceWherein Danny and Darren finally explain why it took them so freakin' long to get this season ready while checking in with Danny's mom about the podcast's emotional toll. We'll also play some extended interviews from The Royal Manor. Listen to HTDE on Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts. If you would like to support this podcast, please consider becoming a patron at www.patreon.com/HowToDestroyEverything. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2024-09-2453 min
The Truth Is Only OneHTDE: Tom Hanks, Hot Dogs and Chimp ButtsWait, Wait...Don't Tell Me! producers Mike Danforth and Ian Chillag are back with another episode of How To Do Everything. Today, the great Tom Hanks teaches us the art of being adored, and Mike and Ian help a listener who's curious about world fame. Plus, a bottoms-up approach to recognizing your family members.You can email your burning questions to howto@npr.org. How To Do Everything won't live in this feed forever. If you like what you hear, scoot on over to their very own feed and give them a follow. Find them on...
2024-09-1825 min
Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!HTDE: Tom Hanks, Hot Dogs and Chimp ButtsWait, Wait...Don't Tell Me! producers Mike Danforth and Ian Chillag are back with another episode of How To Do Everything. Today, the great Tom Hanks teaches us the art of being adored, and Mike and Ian help a listener who's curious about world fame. Plus, a bottoms-up approach to recognizing your family members.You can email your burning questions to howto@npr.org. How To Do Everything won't live in this feed forever. If you like what you hear, scoot on over to their very own feed and give them a follow. Find them on...
2024-09-1822 minHow To Destroy EverythingEpisode 3: How to Destroy a Home Part 2Wherein Darren returns to the "scene of the crimes", The Royal Manor, and discovers way more than he could have possibly imagined. In the dark recesses of Danny's childhood attic, long held secrets are revealed, and Danny is forced to confront a childhood he hoped would stay in the shadows. Listen to HTDE on Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts. If you would like to support this podcast, please consider becoming a patron at www.patreon.com/HowToDestroyEverything. Learn more about your ad cho...
2024-09-171h 05
The Truth Is Only OneHTDE: Haircuts in Space, Tutus, and the Nasal RangerWait, Wait...Don't Tell Me! producers Mike and Ian are back with their podcast How To Do Everything. On their first episode: how to cut your hair in space, how to clean your tutu, and how to tell if you smell.You can email your burning questions to howto@npr.org. How To Do Everything is available without sponsor messages for supporters of Wait Wait Don't Tell Me+, who also get bonus episodes of Wait Wait Don't Tell Me featuring exclusive games, behind-the-scenes content, and more. Sign up and support NPR at plus.npr.org.
2024-09-0423 min
Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!HTDE: Haircuts in Space, Tutus, and the Nasal RangerWait, Wait...Don't Tell Me! producers Mike and Ian are back with their podcast How To Do Everything. On their first episode: how to cut your hair in space, how to clean your tutu, and how to tell if you smell.You can email your burning questions to howto@npr.org. How To Do Everything is available without sponsor messages for supporters of Wait Wait Don't Tell Me+, who also get bonus episodes of Wait Wait Don't Tell Me featuring exclusive games, behind-the-scenes content, and more. Sign up and support NPR at plus.npr.org.
2024-09-0420 minHow To Destroy EverythingTrailer: The Rest of the Season"WE'RE BACK!" After an unreasonably long hiatus to actually -- you know -- figure out how to make a podcast, Danny and Darren announce the rest of the season of "How To Destroy Everything," along with a trailer for the show detailing the levels of destruction that audiences can expect. New episodes weekly, starting 9/17! Listen to HTDE on Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts. If you would like to support this podcast, please consider becoming a patron at www.patreon.com/HowToDestroyEverything. Learn mor...
2024-09-0304 min2023-11-2301 minHow To Destroy EverythingInterregnum 2: This Is Not Episode 3 But A Must ListenThe Good, The Bad, & The Ugly that happened on the way to The Royal Manor...
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2023-10-2311 minHow To Destroy EverythingEpisode 2: How To Destroy A Home Part 1Danny & Darren explore the absurd, bizarre, and horrific aspects of the house Richard called home for more than 40 years. And in opening up his father’s secret compartments (both literal & figurative), Danny is confronted with whether he’s truly ready to face the ghosts that haunt him.
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2023-09-2246 minHow To Destroy EverythingInterregnum 1: Mafia Families, Step Stools & Attics, Oh My!A lot has happened on our way to the 2nd episode, so we thought we'd jump on for a quick update.
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2023-08-1110 minHow To Destroy EverythingTrailer: How To Destroy EverythingThis is the true story of a narcissist who destroyed a childhood, a marriage, a family, and a community. You know, a comedy.
How To Destroy Everything is a narrative docu-dramdey that breaks the forms of any other podcast you've listened to. It will trigger all your emotions and leave you dying to know more.
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2023-07-1301 minHow To Destroy EverythingPilot Episode: Meet Richard JacobsThe first episode of a wild journey into the world of a narcissist. Meet Richard Jacobs through the eyes of his son and his son's childhood bestie, who follow the clues and put together the pieces of Richard's destructive life. You know, a comedy.Instagram: @how_to_destroy_everythingTwitter / X: @HowToDestroyPodSupport us here: https://www.patreon.com/HowToDestroyEverything/aboutIf you have any stories about Richard Jacobs or just want to drop us an email please contact us here: IknowRichardJacobs@gmail.com
2023-05-2445 min
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2021-07-271h 18
PodCrer#045 - Carta do passadoDurante essa semana, ouvi o episódio #70 do Simples Mendes, podcast do Luca Mendes, comediante. Nele, o Luca lê um e-mail que, no passado, enviou para "ele do futuro". Ouvindo isso, lembrei que já escrevi algumas coisas para o Ramonzinho do futuro. Então, no quadragésimo quinto episódio do PodCrer, lindo & cheiroso, li e reagi a um comentário meu, feito no final de 2018 - para o futuro. Antes disso, também relembrei de alguns posts do grupo, no Facebook, onde foi realizado essa maravilhosíssima "carta": a HTDE - How To Dislearne English.Ouve aí! Gostou...
2021-03-2835 min