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Phil & Bob's TreehouseThe Great American Novel. In Staten Island. Bob Finds a Subway Birthday Friend.Back again after a long hiatus. If you're still listening, good luck. But seriously, it's a rainy day in New York City, summer is in the air, and the Treehouse team rehashes more nonsense. Such as: -Bob's subway birthday friend. -John Updike's kids. -Why you don't see warmongering Buddhists. -Those darn Israelis at it again. -Staten Island, home of the next Great American Novel2025-05-2938 minPhil & Bob's TreehouseLousy Spring Break Resort People. Phil's new Physical Therapist.Ok folks. Spring break is over and we're back. This week we get into: -Bob's idea to capitalize on the Trump tariffs with homegrown coconuts and sturgeon farms. -When New York businesses don't account for weird homeless antics. -The appeal of going off the grid -Phil's new physical therapist2025-04-0843 minPhil & Bob's TreehouseOld People at the Pharmacy and Running Into Gus Fring at the GymMarch is here and the weather is fantastic. A welcome break from the frost despite the loss of an hour due to daylight savings. Today we yak about the following: -Be like Tracy Austin and NFL cornerbacks and learn to turn the page and not dwell on the negative. -Phil grates his knuckle and deals with the neighborhgood oldies in the pharmacy. -Anora and movie roundup. -New York as a place to run into celebrities2025-03-1143 minPhil & Bob's TreehouseBob Searches for a New Duvet. Hunting For Sugar Mommies.Holy crap it's cold. Again. This week more nonsense such as: -Bob's search for a new duvet leads him into a magicakl world of MILFs, GILFs and Siamese twins -Career advice: find a sugar mommy! -What's really going on at the Met? -More personals from those nerds at the New York Review of Books2025-02-2146 minPhil & Bob's TreehouseConfronting a Bad Writer at the Strand and HMart Love.Well folks another wintry week (or two) and we're back at it. This week we look at: -HMart the suddenly semi-ubiquitous Korean grocery. Asian shopping minus the toads and loogie hockers. -Phil considers hijacking a book panel at the Strand. -You know all that street construction? Is it all bullshit? And other street perils: dangling steel girders, Mexican scaffold workers, and double parked Ubers. -The depressing list of mayoral contenders.2025-01-3147 minPhil & Bob's TreehouseBookstore Jews and Sex Clinics! Our longest episode.Happy New Year Fans! Episode 40. A nice round number. Who would have thought we'd make it here. Together! And this week we continue the tradition of more nonsense. Including: -The Johnnies are back! -New Year's Eve AA meetings. Fun! -Cold wet Cape Code New Year's. More fun. More fentanyl please. -Phil sees a couple of attractive Jews on a bookstore date. and a little policy: -Congestion pricing. No more police chases (unless you're on an ebike chasing the cops).2025-01-1751 minPhil & Bob's TreehouseThe Art of Being Unfriendly to Neighbors and Other Elements of New York LifeApologies for the absence, but Bob is now a semi-orphan (send money). In other news, lots to discuss including: -Some guy in the neighborhood who Phil recognized and continually ignores. Or is it the other way around? -Opening an offal restaurant in New York. -Phil yaks about some stupid thing he did to some kid years ago. -opening a salon for fancy artists. What happened to that stuff?2024-12-1142 minPhil & Bob's TreehouseA Sexy New Year's Eve Tale!It's Election time. We maybe voting but definitely podcasting. This week while you're waiting to cast your ballot listen the team as they yak about stuff: -Phil unveils a steamy tale of New Year's shenanigans. -Bob debates whether he will drag himself to vote. -The Great Migrant Baking Show! -And why those spicy cookbook publishers pander to white folks.2024-11-0541 minPhil & Bob's TreehouseChicken a L'Orange and Shitty Hand DoctorsIt's fall. Leaves are falling around the old treehouse. But the talk lives on. This week: -Bob flips Yom Kippur on its head. -A new historical village remembers the 1840s. Details to come. -More Randall's Island and ebiking tales. -Phil's possibly autistic hand doctor. -A new weekly (?) segment: go to dinner recipe. This week: chicken a l'orange. -A call back for old-timey restaurants. 2024-10-1439 minPhil & Bob's TreehouseBaking Sourdough With Hezbollah!Episode 36 and we have a sponsor! Space W offers affordable Bronx hot air balloon adventures just to the low border of the atmosphere. That plus: -Bobby likes saying Hezbollah. How to find a little joy in warfare...Bihac! -Our business idea: a club for the lonely. -Sourdough starters -Union Square protesters and other humorous urban moments2024-09-3035 minPhil & Bob's TreehouseDead Mobsters, Mankinis, and Where's the Spicy Food?We're back! In a very special 35th episode we cover: -The "accidental" death of a Genovese boss -Craving spice in summer whiteness -Phil's dad exercises in the land of the mankini -A book rec: Gay Talese's latest (yes he's alive and better than ever)2024-09-1036 minPhil & Bob's TreehouseMid-Summer update: Provincetown, The Town With no LadiesIt's our annual mid-summer update! The team recaps a little personal news: -Bob's oral surgery adventures -Phil's Provincetown summer and gay pizza stuff -Making fencing more exciting2024-07-2434 minPhil & Bob's TreehouseBob Sees a Bear...And Soon It's Bear Week!Summer. Hopefully you'll survive a brief Treehouse hiatus. This week the team takes a look at: -Bob's neurotic backyard bird -Bob's backyard bear -Courtyard life in NYC. -Coating fish with everything bagel seasoning -Dramatic weatlhy gay partiers2024-06-1139 minPhil & Bob's TreehouseWe Solve the Middle East Conflict!!!!!!!Holy Crap summer's here and the treehouse team looks into: -obnoxious Upper West Side shoppers and the relation to Middle East problems -the lure of boating -spartan bar mitzvahs -the city's new pizza box-shaped garbage cans 2024-05-2837 minPhil & Bob's TreehouseVanishing Husbands and a Coyote in Central ParkSpringtime at the old treehouse! The team gets into: -an epidemic of cold-footed middle-aged husbands. -those darn protesters! -hoops analytics on the 4th Street courts -a coyote in Central Park. Guard your babies.2024-05-0933 minPhil & Bob's TreehouseJob-Stealing Brits and We Win a Nobel PrizeIt's almost Passover and the Treehouse team is super-psyched! This week we look at: -The giant con of Masterpiece Theater and those role-stealing Brits -Phil's plan to win a Nobel Prize and save New York City -How the west side gets everything and the east side gets zilch -Yet another shitty Atlantic City mayor -Pickleball. Groan.2024-04-2045 minPhil & Bob's TreehouseHoly Easter Sunday BatmanIt's Springtime and the Treehouse team is in a cranky mood. They're pissed about: -non-fact based Easter table talk -Douchey pedestrians talking on their ear buds -Airplane food Plus: -Atlantic City still sucks and... -we forced Tammy Murphy to quit the senate race! 2024-04-0236 minPhil & Bob's TreehouseHow Long Does a Bucket of Costco Spinach Dip Last?Another week in Treehouse Land. The team discuss: -Bob's Queen Mary II fantasy trip and the romance of life on the open Atlantic -Jewish slumlords -Shopping for one in Costco -Taylor Swift and the end of the New York bard -What to do with your excess pesto morning buns2024-03-1642 minPhil & Bob's TreehouseFinding Love in the Elite ClassifiedsMore hilarity as the Treehouse team discuss: -UberSurgery. Get a nose job in front of your apartment! -The New York Review of Books personals. -The Jersey senate race and our plan to turn Andy Kim into a Treehouse asset -The NFL, America's gayest sport.2024-03-0643 minPhil & Bob's TreehouseWe're Back! Phil Breaks his $#@#* Wrist!We're back after a few months' hiatus due to a dispute with corporate. In this episode the treehouse gang talks about: *This week's WASPY sponsor, a Groton grad and African food cart cook *Some white couple in Brooklyn who decided to add some funky sex stuff to their marriage. *Phil's recent E-bike accident, shitty pedestrians (and some good ones), and the world of hospital limbo. *Only in New York: rich kids showing up late to school with a $5 latte and plans to jet off to Paris for the long w...2024-02-2340 minPhil & Bob's TreehouseOur 25th Episode Spectacular!!! (a.k.a. Avocado Toast is a State of Mind)We made it! It's our extra-special 25th episode, so please buckle up. Phil & Bob discuss: • sneaky Chinese tomatoes; • avocado toast and other white people stuff; • exploitative documentary filmmakers; • altruism in NYC (and Bob's extraordinary day of selflessness); and • a brief eulogy for Nobel laureate John Goodenough, the inventor of the lithium-ion battery which powers Phil's e-bike (and burned down a building in Chinatown).2023-10-0530 minPhil & Bob's TreehouseMigrants & Brain SeizuresSummer's over and New York City is full of ... migrants! This week's sponsor: a public-private venture by the U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security and UPS designed to solve the migrant crisis. Phil & Bob also discuss: • Mayor Eric Adams' approach to the migrant issue and why he likes the word "mommy"; • Mitch McConnell' brain freeze; • Elaine Chao's slippery noodles; • Phil's own weird seizure history; • white people's affinity for benzos and scuba diving; • the reason why Chief Justice John Roberts voted to uphold Obamacare; • Dick Cheney's...2023-09-1532 minPhil & Bob's TreehouseVive La Résistance!Phil & Bob vent about Mayor Eric Adams and his buffoonish tendencies. The Treehouse Team also tackles: • Oscar Schindler's daughter and her new Brooklyn school; • illiterate Jewish kids and the Mitzvah truck; • the French Resistance movement; • overly ambitious NYC mayors; • a real vibe killer at Cape Cod beach volleyball; • John Waters; and • the challenges of city driving (don't forget to stop at the stop sign!!!)2023-07-2230 minPhil & Bob's TreehouseBlind or DwarfPhil & Bob remember their friend Danny and reminisce about the unconventional personality test he created one night in K-town. The Treehouse team also explores: • exercising while upside-down; • Kenny Powers' opinion of triathletes; • why personal trainers are like psychotherapists; • intermittent fasting; • whether one would rather be blind or a dwarf; • neurotic bread-baking recipes; • amateur wheat farming; and • Big Farm2023-07-0734 minPhil & Bob's TreehouseAl Pacino's ColonoscopyPhil & Bob dive headfirst into colons, prostates, and breasts!!! The Treehouse team also investigates: • the current whereabouts of Dr. Zizmor (the subway dermatologist); • whether Al Pacino and his new baby will be cartoon buddies; • why Phil went "cruising" last Saturday; • Cafe Luxembourg; • The Criterion Channel; • fo$ter babies; • the nature of altruism; • Korean firefighters; • Squid Game; • A$AP Rocky; and • Pachinko.2023-06-1130 minPhil & Bob's TreehouseLong Island PenisPhil & Bob discuss the Hamptons and reveal some "breathtaking acts of selfishness" committed by its seasonal residents. The Treehouse Team also examines: • why trendy restaurants are like contemporary art; • the Long Island Expressway; • The Bank of Tokyo Trust's secret beach house in Amagansett; • East Hampton's infamous McMansion Manor; • Litchfield County's laid-back vibe; • the hidden scourge of Chinese-owned sushi restaurants in Manhattan; • massaging an octopus; and • how Phil plans to win the Nobel Peace Prize within five years!!!2023-05-2332 minPhil & Bob's TreehouseCold Poached SalmonPhil & Bob examine WASP culture in New York City. The Treehouse team also investigates: • why classy people like cold lunches; • Winston Churchill's legacy in Connecticut; • snooty private clubs (including but not limited to, The Metropolitan Club, The Union Club, and The Flo Rida Club); • George Plimpton, William Styron, and John Cheever; • why Korean moms might be Jewish moms; • using coral-colored paint to solve mental illness; • how K2 junkies sleep while standing (a.k.a. "a miracle of physics") ; and • Costco cooking wizardry!!!2023-05-2134 minPhil & Bob's TreehouseBoats 'N Hoes: The True Crime EpisodePhil & Bob share tales of their personal experiences with crime in New York City. The Treehouse team also investigates: • the ghost town in the middle of Manhattan; • why investors in commercial mortgage-backed securities should watch the movie Die Hard; • Phil's mugging in Central Park; • a homeless lunatic spitting on a beautiful woman; • Bob's mom's real-life Dog Day Afternoon; • depressed criminals vs. schizophrenic criminals; • The Fancy Boat®, a revolutionary way to commute to Manhattan from Darien, Westport, Stamford, and Greenwich, CT; • jet-skiing (to Manhattan); and • the...2023-04-2732 minPhil & Bob's TreehouseThe College Reunion Episode — Humble Brags & Marriage TwistsPhil & Bob flip through their college reunion book and discover that there's no such thing as too much information... The Treehouse team also reports on: • Average Joe's Community Theater Inititative, a non-profit arts organization sponsored by the Soros Foundation and Sir Elton John; • the art of humble bragging; • getting real personal in an alumni publication; • road trips with your teen child(ren); • power walking inside Walmart™; • cooking with scissors; and • coconuts!2023-04-1334 minPhil & Bob's TreehouseDrinking, Sex Working, and SportingPhil & Bob wonder why college sports suck in New York City. The Treehouse team also examines: • Saint John's University (located in the non-ethnic part of Queens) • Peter Parker's boyhood home • the Notre Dame marching band • 5 happy places in New York City • drinking/whoring at Gotham Bar & Grill • rewatching The Sopranos • the shocking inefficiency (and infidelity) of mobsters • Midwestern restaurants doing too much • the dietary habits of January 6th insurrectionists 2023-03-1629 minPhil & Bob's TreehouseNamaste, Motherfu%ker!Phil & Bob shine a light on the seedy underbelly of NYC's wellness subculture. The Treehouse team also explores: • how to buy drugs the old-fashioned way; • why doctors don't want you to know THIS ONE SECRET about marijuana and dementia (and autism); • Barry Diller and the powerful "Velvet Mafia" • a very mean Buddhist Jewish grinch lady; • Buddha's love for the Dallas Cowboys (minus 3.5 points over the Steelers) • Phil's special massage in the East Village; • moon appreciation; plus... • Botox™, epicanthal folds, and TITTIES galore!!!2023-03-0337 minPhil & Bob's TreehouseThe Saddest Place in New York CityPhil & Bob reveal the saddest place in New York City – the McDonald's on the corner of Delancey & Essex. The Treehouse team also provides insightful commentary on: The Homeless Depot™ (the solution to New York's street homelessness crisis), Julius & Ethel Rosenberg, Hampshire College, Bard College, Robert Moses (again), Mayor Mike Bloomberg, political donations, why the Staten Island Zoo is a major player in NYC politics, The Mysterious Bookstore in Tribeca, Otto Penzler, our favorite listener in Minnesota, and a job-training center for people on the autism spectrum.2023-02-1633 minPhil & Bob's TreehouseGrandma Doesn't Babysit on Matinee DayPhil & Bob reveal why New York City grandmothers don't babysit on Wednesdays. The Treehouse team also explores: why senior citizens are essentially toddlers with cell phones, looming inter-generational war, The Connecticut School of Broadcasting, Sixteen Candles, Fran Lebowitz, hiking to JFK, another get-rich-quick business scheme, celebrity deaths, The Shed at Hudson Yards, Robert Moses, Frank McCourt, the other Frank McCourt, and Lehman Brothers (rest in power). ***** PLUS: FREE T-SHIRTS FOR OUR SUBSCRIBERS ***** (listen to the end of the episode for details on how to snag a free, limited edition t-shirt designed in collaboration with Supreme®) 2023-02-0134 minPhil & Bob's Treehouse"LOVELY LADY LEAPS FROM LUXURY LOFT!"***Trigger Warning: we talk a lot about suicide in this episode*** Phil & Bob examine the New York Post's extensive coverage of suicides in Manhattan and the tabloid's particular fascination with victims who leap from luxury buildings. The Treehouse team also discusses: Nigerian counterfeit merchants at war, Canal Street infrastructure issues, Tibetan gongs, marital non-cohabitation, daddy lions, holding hands at Beauty & the Beast, and why you need to be organized in order to cook lasagna.2023-01-1829 minPhil & Bob's TreehouseThe Classy Episode: Poetry & WinePhil & Bob get classy by discussing poetry and wine. The Treehouse team also covers: college admissions, racist babies, Amy Tan, Bob Dylan's Nobel Prize, wine snobbery, the surprising connection between Asperger's Syndrome and oenophiles, the Koch brother(s), food porn, and why you should never cook BangBang Noodles at home. Bonus feature: Phil & Bob play a game of "Is This A Poem?" (...plus a shoutout to Bob's niece for her baking skills)2023-01-1241 minPhil & Bob's TreehouseThe Mental Health EpisodePhil & Bob talk real about mental health. (Completely coincidentally, this episode is sponsored by Invigorizify™ ... go ask your doctor for some!) The Treehouse team also shares its thoughts regarding: the effectiveness of Freudian psychoanalysis on 9 year-olds, "very special episodes" of 1980's sitcoms, having OCD before it was cool, Sigmund Freud as the initial self-help huckster, empathy for subway masturbators, Stumbling on Happiness by Prof. Daniel Gilbert, and the obscure New York legal statute that applies to psychics and churches alike!2022-12-1427 minPhil & Bob's TreehouseBig Fish, Little PondPhil & Bob explain why life is happy if you're the big fish in a little pond. The Treehouse team also explores: where to buy underwater lighting on a Saturday in New York City, the Biblical origins of the name Matthew, the Unabomber's hoodie, famous college professors, Brad Pitt, Friday Night Lights (TV show vs. movie), alternate side of the street parking, the lost art of cab predators, Phil's cultural appropriation of Chinese soup dumplings, Alexis de Tocqueville + Walmart, and a kill-your-own livestock business.2022-12-0728 minPhil & Bob's TreehouseThe Gambling Epi$odePhil & Bob delve into all things gambling – from slots to blackjack to pai gow to sports betting. The Treehouse team also explores: sex cults, recruiting people in Las Vegas for experimental missions to Mars, the decline of Atlantic City (a.k.a. "a vacant, dead, garbage-strewn strip with whores"), and a plan to revive Atlantic City by turning it into a giant film lot (for scenes requiring a vacant, dead, garbage-strewn strip with whores). Plus, Bob reveals the Bayesian model he's built over 10+ years to bet successfully on NFL games. His motto: "it's not gambling if...2022-11-3028 min
Phil & Bob's TreehouseBonus Episode: Interview with BARACK OBAMAPhil & Bob interview a very special guest, the 44th President of the United States of America, Barack Obama. We reminisce about the single greatest night of partying in the history of 1990's-era SoHo. Barack reveals what really happened inside the legendary Spy Bar on Greene Street, including our near-brawl with Leo DiCaprio and Tobey Maguire. Be prepared to have your mind blown ... you can't make this stuff up! Have a Happy Thanksgiving and enjoy this bonus episode with your family :) P.S. please leave a rating and comment on our podcast! We've been cli...2022-11-2108 minPhil & Bob's TreehouseMr. Chin's Fried MatzohPhil & Bob debate the merits of Jewish cuisine. The Treehouse team also examines: Chinatown x Lower East Side collaboration, eating pastrami sandwiches after brain surgery, veggie burgers on the Cape, sub-par European cookbooks, the decline of the British Empire, evil Russians who look Asian, and one very bad Jewish man (Bernie Madoff). * Special shout out to 12 Chairs, the best Israeli restaurant in NYC. ** Phil & Bob's Treehouse is making a donation to the Anti-Defamation League on behalf of Mr. Chin.2022-11-1627 minPhil & Bob's TreehouseBring Your Harp on the Subway!Phil & Bob conduct an investigation into Big Culture and uncover the shocking truth about attendance at the New York City Ballet. The Treehouse team also discusses: the new 92nd Street Y (on 1st Avenue between Sam's Vape Shop and the Drunken Monkey Thai Restaurant), peak idiocy over pre-school admissions, fisticuffs at the Union Square Barnes & Noble, the West Side Highway exit for the Cloisters, and one very busy jazz guitarist/drug dealer/sex worker. Also, Bob shares an emotional tale about his family, and looks to the Bible for guidance from the O.G. stepdad & s...2022-11-0927 minPhil & Bob's TreehouseNicotine-Flavored NoodlesPhil & Bob reveal the secret ingredient behind Olive Garden's success. The Treehouse team also examines: Soho's hottest chef (Sir Gordon Linton-Meyer), restaurant menus with too many adjectives, nose-to-tail eating, solving climate change by going to the gym, movies with happy endings, watching "Apocalypse Now" with an 8-year-old, and why nobody eats Phil's pho.2022-11-0232 minPhil & Bob's TreehouseFish Outta WaterPhil & Bob share personal tales from their respective pasts about feeling like a proverbial fish out of water. The Treehouse team also covers: Yorkshire Hathaway (an upstart challenger to Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway), U.S. presidential daddies, Bain Capital, Greasers vs. Socs à la The Outsiders, the notorious Edgemont-Ardsley high school rivalry of the 80's, electronic dance music, and how to get on "the list" at NYC nightclubs.2022-10-2735 minPhil & Bob's TreehouseDiabetic RatsPhil & Bob explain why all the rats in Manhattan have Type 2 diabetes. The Treehouse team also explores: Boston & Philly accents, Italy's national decline, hot summer days in NYC, junkies coaching soccer, suburban monotony, saltimbocca, and a revolutionary new invention in cooking — the Microchiller™.2022-10-1939 minPhil & Bob's TreehouseSneeze Guards at the Korean DeliPhil & Bob delve into a New York institution — the Korean deli. The Treehouse team also discusses: a potential private equity investment, dog poop (and dog soup), Jewish hitmen, the NY Mets, Bad Lieutenant, digging a giant tunnel to solve climate change, and a get-rich-quick scheme.2022-10-1928 min
Ken's Last Ever Radio ExtravaganzaSo Now You Take My Breath Away (#352) & The Retina of the Mind's Eye (#342) | Download full MP3 from Feb 21, 2018Ken's Last Ever Radio Extravaganza - "So Now You Take My Breath Away" - Show #352, from Jan. 25, 2005
Ken's Last Ever Radio Extravaganza - "The Retina of the Mind's Eye" - Show #342, from Nov. 23, 2004
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