The Still Spinning Podcast

Hello and welcome to episode 132 of the Still Spinning Podcast. While we did not record live THIS week, you can watch the live taping next Monday at 7 PM on Facebook, YouTube or Instagram OR wait until the official podcast release on Wednesday morning. Visit your usual podcast subscription service to add us to your list. Visit our website for more details on becoming a sponsor and buying merch. All of this at stillspinningpodcast.com. On today’s episode, we talk about and pour one out for the one and only Catherine O’Hara. A true inspiration to so many people, her loss will be felt all over the comedy kingdom. Dan and Nicole chat about notable roles and general sadness about her death. The “big game” is coming up and that means a lot of snacks. Do not worry fans, Heinz has created a new product to help you host a very large group. In addition to discussing the KegChup (you read that right), Dan and Nicole also talk about different brands of ketchup and Nicole has a rule she would like to see implemented. Thanks so much for joining us! 

Hello and welcome to episode 131 of the Still Spinning Podcast. We did not record live this week because Dan got trapped in Ohio. We hear all about his adventure in the snow! Did you know, in Ohio, you can actually get arrested for driving during a “level 3” snow emergency? It is true! Apparently it is also true that both Ohio and Indiana have trouble clearing their snow. Trees can EXPLODE?! The social media channels were all aglow with stories of exploding trees during this arctic cold snap the country just had. Dan explains the phenomenon and clears up some misconceptions. And finally, The Sun did a study on people who cheat on their romantic partners and what kind of music those people listen to. Do you think you know who is most likely to cheat? Tune in to find out some of the top genres that really get people in the mood. We will NOT be live next week either as Nicole will be off the grid BUT there will be a Bonus episode for the Spinners and maybe even a recorded episode for you, our gen pop listener. Check out our website, stillspinningpodcast.com for more info. Have a great week!

Hello and welcome to episode 130 of the Still Spinning Podcast. You can watch the live taping next Monday at 7 PM on Facebook, YouTube or Instagram OR wait until the official podcast release on Wednesday morning. Visit your usual podcast subscription service to add us to your list. Visit our website for more details on becoming a sponsor and buying merch. All of this at stillspinningpodcast.com. Dan and his wife have an ongoing argument that Dan brings to the podcast this week to get some outside perspective. Nicole is on team Jennie on this one, where do you think you will side. It has to do with a running car in a garage. This leads to a belief instilled in Nicole from her grandfather about gas freezing in your car in the wintertime. Funny what we “learn” from outside sources and what sticks with us. Some parents in Staten Island started a BRAWL at a 6th grade basketball game and now there are new rules for the parents. Dan was an umpire for kid’s baseball and can attest to the issue of parents at games. We talk about kids' sports getting absolutely out of control which leads into a whole discussion about Nicole growing up riding horses and Dan’s utter shock learning she used to be a barrel racer.  Dan shares some good news in the research world for curing alzheimer’s disease. We can guarantee you will not see this coming. But you might smell it!  And finally, McDonald’s is facing a class action lawsuit that is all about the McRib and people feeling “misled” by the name of the sandwich. Nicole and Dan discuss the standards and expectations of eating at McDonald’s and whether anyone is surprised that the McRib is NOT actually rib. There really is a lot more to today’s podcast but we will let you discover it all for yourself. Thanks for tuning in!

Hello and welcome to episode 129 of the Still Spinning Podcast. We hope your new year is going well so far and we thank you for joining us. Dan starts things off by fueling Nicole’s fear of self driving cars. A Waymo in Arizona got off track (or on track, might be a better description) causing the passenger to have to make a split second decision. Would YOU get in a self-driving car?? The team discusses this along with a few other things that have happened with these cars.  There are times in life where Nicole needs Dan’s knowledge and she found herself in a situation this week where she needed to know the correct thing to do involving a clear traffic distraction. Was this a 911 situation? Tune in to hear what happened and what Dan’s thoughts were on on the best course of action. There are MONKEYS loose in St. Louis and no one seems to know why or where they came from. Imagine going to your car and seeing a monkey! What would you do?? And AI has made the situation even harder to manage, can you guess why? And finally, an answer to urinal messiness coming our of Amsterdam. Flies in the urinals to give the boys something to aim for! This tactic has reduced cleaning costs by 8%, which is pretty substantial. Also, Dan has an amazing idea for some gas station to pick up, this might be his best idea to date. You can watch the live taping next Monday at 7 PM on Facebook, YouTube or Instagram OR wait until the official podcast release on Wednesday morning. Visit your usual podcast subscription service to add us to your list. Visit our website for more details on becoming a sponsor and buying merch. All of this at stillspinningpodcast.com. Thanks for tuning in!

Hello and welcome to episode 128 of the Still Spinning Podcast. You can watch the live taping next Monday at 7 PM on Facebook, YouTube or Instagram OR wait until the official podcast release on Wednesday morning. Visit your usual podcast subscription service to add us to your list. Visit our website for more details on becoming a sponsor and buying merch. All of this at stillspinningpodcast.com. Have you ever watched a movie that just stuck with you? Whether it was so bad you could not get it out of your mind or so good, you feel it is your job to share it with the world, it just sticks with you? Well Nicole watched one over the weekend called “A House of Dynamite” that stuck with her in the “this could really happen” kind of way and she and Dan talk about the movie and the director, Kathryn Bigelow. A thief made off with two musical instruments from a store over the holidays but returned them with a note. The note really is one for the books and Dan reads it verbatim to Nicole. A marketing opportunity is mentioned. The USPS has a new rule about postmarks as of 1.1.2026 so everybody better pay attention, especially if you mail anything that needs to be postmarked by a certain date (rent, ballot, taxes etc). It is not being talked about a lot and we think it is important to know. We also talk about the country that is the very first to eliminate its post office. Does anything really need to be mailed these days?? Lastly Dan shares that the “Oscars of the Adult Film World” are being held in Las Vegas this month and you will not even believe where they are holding them. This kicks off a whole slew of puns that you have to hear to really get the full impact.  Thanks for checking out episode 128!

Hello and welcome to episode 127 of the Still Spinning Podcast and the last one of 2025. The new year is upon us and we would be remiss if we did not thank you all for listening to the podcast, we really appreciate everyone who takes the time to check us out. Dan confesses that he may be starting to understand how people can get sucked into a “relationship” with AI as he tells his story of fighting with his CHATGPT over a song. It is quite an eye opener for him and it leads nicely into our first story, which is also about AI. This one involves car rental agencies using AI to find every little ding and scratch on your rental and then making you pay for it. Is it going too far?   Next up, we have all lost something and then stumbled across it after some time has passes. Imagine doing that with a VERY large item… like an airplane. A true story out of Air India, they lost a plane for 13 YEARS. How does that even happen??   And lastly, can you imagine if you lived near a donut factory and your house always smelled like delicious donuts? Well in Massachusetts, people do get to live near a factory but they are NOT happy about the smell. Dan and Nicole explore places that would be much worse to live near and it is eye opening. Or makes your eyes water. Either way, they discuss.   Thanks so much for joining us on the last episode of the year. We will see you in 2026!

Hello and welcome to episode 126 of the Still Spinning Podcast.  It is Christmas Eve and we kick tonight off with a battle about the movie It’s A Wonderful Life. Nicole has a controversial opinion about the movie and the main character, George Bailey, and Dan DOES NOT AGREE. This might be the first time he has threatened to end the podcast over a difference of opinion.  Next up Dan tells a VERY hilarious tale about a meditation mishap. There are a lot of stressors around the holidays and as performers, both Dan and Nicole have a lot going on. So what could possibly go work with just trying to take a moment to center oneself? Tune in and listen. Australia has become the first country to ban social media for kids under the age of 16. What do you think of this? Dan and Nicole have no kids but they do have some thoughts on social media and if this is a good thing or bad. Either way, all eyes in the world are on this experiment to see how it pans out. It is good to be back, thanks for joining us! We hope you have a wonderful holiday season, whatever you celebrate. We will talk to you next week!

Hello and welcome to episode 125 of the Still Spinning Podcast. First off, some bad news. There will be NO EPISODE next week. The holidays are the busiest time for us performing folks and next week the schedules just do not align. We apologize and hope the week off from us gives you a chance to miss us and then our return will be full of glory! In today’s episode, who should pay for a kid when a group goes out to dinner? And not like McDonald’s, although that is now somewhat expensive, but to a nice restaurant. We also throw in the idea of splitting the bill in general, how do you feel about that whole experience? Next up Dan shares some information Nicole did not know about flying without and ID. Then they get into the real topic, what happens if you want to fly without a REAL ID? Think you are just out of luck? Turns out, you can if you pay a “fine.” Check this segment out for more details. And finally, the penny is gone and are paper checks next? Do we even need/use them anymore? Dan and Nicole talk about their check usage and really how strange the whole concept really is. Thanks for tuning in! Have a great week next week and we will be back on Monday, 12/22, at 7 PM LIVE on all the socials. See you then!

Hello and welcome to episode 124 of the Still Spinning Podcast. We will NOT be live next Monday but we hope to record an episode to drop at the usual release time of Wednesday. The holidays are the busiest time for us performing folks so we may have a few schedule irregularities over the next few weeks. Did you know that the day after Thanksgiving is known in the plumbing industry as “brown Friday”?? We had no idea and wow, does it make sense. This very tasteful topic is how we kick off today’s episode. The US Transportation office has launched a new campaign, asking folks traveling by air for more civility. An interesting concept, will people do it? We chat about their ask, what it entails and then a tale of a person who absolutely did NOT follow this rule. What is the most disgusting food you could bring on a plane? Think about it, tune in and see if you were right.  Dan found a story about a cruise line that is really making a splash… with nude cruises. Would you do it? The team hashes out the good, bad and ugly on this topic. The pool deck will never be the same. All of this and more on today’s episode!

Hello and welcome to episode 123 of the Still Spinning Podcast. Happy Thanksgiving Week to everyone! Dan and Nicole are very thankful for you all. A story out of Wisconsin about a woman who cut off her ankle monitor at her group home and escaped. Isn’t the whole point of the ankle monitor to be fairly sturdy and impossible to remove? Dan has some great information and a recap of her case, as well as some info about her “escape.” No need to be frightened about this one, she has been caught (again). In this day and age, you have to assume someone is ALWAYS listening. A Campbell’s soup executive found out the hard way when a direct report recorded him saying some VERY unflattering things about both the product AND the customer. Oh boy. Also Dan and Nicole hate tomatoes. It comes up in this segment so consider this a spoiler.  And finally, the best cheese in the world has been named and no it is not from Wisconsin. Nicole, for one, would love to be a cheese judge but only for cow. Sheep and goat cheese are both disgusting. You can watch the live taping most Mondays at 7 PM on Facebook, YouTube or Instagram OR wait until the official podcast release on Wednesday morning. Visit your usual podcast subscription service to add us to your list. Visit our website for more details on becoming a sponsor and buying merch. All of this at stillspinningpodcast.com. Have a wonderful holiday! Spinners, we will talk to you the day after Thanksgiving.

Hello and welcome to episode 122 of the Still Spinning Podcast. A rare topic where Nicole agrees with some lawyers and Dan does not. If you get a window seat on a plane, do you actually GET a window? SHOULD you? That is the springboard for tonight’s episode. United Airlines is being sued for just this very thing and where Nicole stands on the issue may surprise you. We also find out if Dan is window or aisle and why.  The Louvre, maybe the world’s most famous museum is in the news AGAIN, this time for letting art get smuggled INTO the museum!! It is quite a story. Dan also shares an enlightening conversation he had with an artist friend of his and why he ended the conversation by telling said friend to “shut up.” Think you know the fastest drive through in the US?? I bet you do not! Both Nicole and Dan were surprised by the results of the new quality/speed survey that just came out. They also chat about a new service some are offering where they have their own drive thru lane if you ordered on the app! Very cool stuff happening, that is for sure.   And finally CHESS BOXING is the newest sport to hit (pun intended) the streets. What is it and who is doing it? You need to tune in to find out! Thanks so much for joining us! You can watch the live taping most Mondays at 7 PM on Facebook, YouTube or Instagram OR wait until the official podcast release on Wednesday morning. Visit your usual podcast subscription service to add us to your list. Visit our website for more details on becoming a sponsor and buying merch. All of this at stillspinningpodcast.com.

Hello and welcome to episode 121 of the Still Spinning Podcast. You can watch the live taping most Mondays at 7 PM on Facebook, YouTube or Instagram OR wait until the official podcast release on Wednesday morning. Visit your usual podcast subscription service to add us to your list. Visit our website for more details on becoming a sponsor and buying merch. All of this at stillspinningpodcast.com. Tonight is a very special episode of the podcast, our very first with a guest! The day we recorded this episode, November 10th, was the 50th anniversary of the Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald. This episode is dedicated to that tragedy, the story around it and the Gordon Lightfoot song that tells the sad tale. We are so sorry to tell you, you WILL learn something if you listen. Consider that your warning. We appreciate you checking us out! We will be back next week, we hope to see you then!

Hello and welcome to episode 120 of the Still Spinning Podcast. It is officially fall and it feels like it, the chill is in the air, but we are ready for it! We accidentally start off the podcast by talking about the newest slang term “the kids” are using these days and it is 6-7. It really means nothing and it causes Dan and Nicole to recognize they are moving the podcast into a “kids these days” direction but they are just embracing it at this point. Speaking of kids these days, they are living with their parents at a much larger rate than previous generations. This leads to a discussion on the whys (job market, housing prices) as well as the social side of things. There is also talk of Vegas, partying and how AI will be the death of us all.   Which is a nice segway into our next topic which is all about big companies laying off massive numbers in their workforce because AI is taking over their jobs. Are there any jobs that cannot be done by AI? We discuss this along with what it all means for society in general.    A hot topic in most houses with a dishwasher is do you need to clean the dishes before you put them in? A new study is out and the experts have weighed in saying that with the new machines and the new cleansers mean you do not have to do anything except scrape off the big pieces and throw them in. Is that how it is done in the Spin team’s houses? Tune in and see. Thanks so much for joining us! You can watch the live taping most Mondays at 7 PM on Facebook, YouTube or Instagram OR wait until the official podcast release on Wednesday morning. Visit your usual podcast subscription service to add us to your list. Visit our website for more details on becoming a sponsor and buying merch. All of this at stillspinningpodcast.com.

Hello and welcome to episode 119 of the Still Spinning Podcast. You can watch the live taping most Mondays at 7 PM on Facebook, YouTube or Instagram OR wait until the official podcast release on Wednesday morning. Visit your usual podcast subscription service to add us to your list. Visit our website for more details on becoming a sponsor and buying merch. All of this at stillspinningpodcast.com. Over the weekend there was a VERY ballsy robbery at the Louvre Museum in Paris. Who knew you only needed a ladder to steal from one of the most famous museums in the world! Dan and Nicole discuss what happened and whether or not they could pull off a heist.  Amazon’s could service went down on Sunday night/into Monday and holy cow, it created some major headaches and inconveniences across the US. Dan had to actually enter a Starbucks, stand in line and place an order instead of using the app! We will likely never know the extent of what happened but we sure felt the effects. And lastly, Delta airlines is getting some press for a fine print contract requirement that is leaving some folks stranded. It has to due with presenting the credit card used to purchase a flight when you try to take your trip. Something to know about, especially if Delta is your preferred airline. Next week will be our Halloween episode and things may just get spooky! We hope you can join us.

Hello and welcome to episode 118 of the Still Spinning Podcast. We are so glad you could join us. Nicole attended a pop culture conference over the weekend and gave us some tidbits from her time there.  Kicking things off, Dan tells us what his neighborhood is all up in arms about and it is dog poop. Should you put your bag of dog poop in someone else’s garbage can? Apparently folks in his neighborhood have some OPINIONS on this so he decided we should chat about it too! What about putting anything else in the can? Or in the recycling container.  Google just announced they are changing their “work from anywhere” policy while still allowing work from home. This paired with another story about companies hating "microshifting" while employees loving it, see Dan and Nicole chatting a lot about working life, getting things done and what they think the best way to do both is. Thanks so much for joining us! You can watch the live taping most Mondays at 7 PM on Facebook, YouTube or Instagram OR wait until the official podcast release on Wednesday morning. Visit your usual podcast subscription service to add us to your list. Visit our website for more details on becoming a sponsor and buying merch. All of this at stillspinningpodcast.com.

Hello and welcome to episode 117 of the Still Spinning Podcast. Fall is officially here everyone! You can watch the live taping most Mondays at 7 PM on Facebook, YouTube or Instagram OR wait until the official podcast release on Wednesday morning. Visit your usual podcast subscription service to add us to your list. Visit our website for more details on becoming a sponsor and buying merch. All of this at stillspinningpodcast.com.   Dan tells us a story about his Starbucks and how he is trying to influence their pop culture knowledge. It involves his order (a “Dan Latte”), a name and the movie The Birdcage.   Toilets were in the news quite a bit this past week. First off, Nicole found an article about a UK company that makes a toilet that is not level, it has a slant to the design which makes it uncomfortable to sit on for longer than 5 minutes. It claims to be “for the user” but since they are marketing to companies, we know they just want to limit employee time in the bathroom. The second toilet story is how prolonged sitting on one can cause hemorrhoids. Two great stories that go great together.    Dan tells us about a Wisconsin gas station chain that is not going to accept pennies anymore. This led him to a big discovery that he was unaware of and that left him shook. What did he find out and how will it impact us all? You need to tune in to find out.   Driverless cars are getting pulled over and it begs the question, who is getting the citation?? This also brings up Nicole making a statement where U-Turns at a controlled intersection is illegal but apparently it is not?? Her world was shattered. This segment might be the most off topic Nicole and Dan get.    Finally Arby’s has a new item Dan is REALLY excited about and it better not be for a limited time…   All of this and so many tangents on this episode of the Still Spinning Podcast.

Hello and welcome to episode 116 of the Still Spinning Podcast. October is here but the fall weather is NOT. Dan tells us the tale of his non-working air conditioner and his fairly elaborate system of cooling down the house.  The newest craze to hit the workplace is “coffee badging.” Dan gives us all a rundown, Nicole tells you what she thought it probably meant and we all remember quarantine. Is the grass always greener, maybe as we chat about wishing we had “regular” jobs we could clock out of. Speaking of jobs, a delivery driver in Texas should get a raise as he noticed some odd items in a delivery to a hotel and notified police. Police found a hostage situation when they arrived and based on the shopping list, it is fair to say that he saved a life. What did he have delivered, you may be asking yourself. Well, you have to tune in to find out. If you could go back in time and “take out” someone who is currently dead, who would you take out. I mean, we all know the obvious answer but Dan has a unique answer that really throws Nicole for a loop and takes the team on a real journey. And finally, Time Out magazine released a list of the 10 “coolest” neighborhoods in the world and the US has only one mention. And it happens to be the very neighborhood NICOLE lives in! Now, can we say it is because she lives there, maybe not. But it cannot hurt!! Thanks for joining us! You can watch the live taping most Mondays at 7 PM on Facebook, YouTube or Instagram OR wait until the official podcast release on Wednesday morning. Visit your usual podcast subscription service to add us to your list. Visit our website for more details on becoming a sponsor and buying merch. All of this at stillspinningpodcast.com.

Hello and welcome to episode 115 of the Still Spinning Podcast. Fall is officially here everyone! You can watch the live taping most Mondays at 7 PM on Facebook, YouTube or Instagram OR wait until the official podcast release on Wednesday morning. Visit your usual podcast subscription service to add us to your list. Visit our website for more details on becoming a sponsor and buying merch. All of this at stillspinningpodcast.com. If you are Gen X or older, you likely remember the days where the name Publisher’s Clearing House brought a level of excitement to your being. Dan has always wondered how they made money and apparently he was right to question that as PCH has officially declared bankruptcy. That means that people that won “for life” are no longer winners. Nicole and Dan talk about what that means for folks, magazines past and current and poor money management.  Another cruise ship horror story (should they make this a regular feature of the podcast?)! A passenger on a cruise ship got STUCK IN A WATERSLIDE that was hanging over open water. No official word on the reason (did the waterslide malfunction? Was the passenger too big for the ride?) but the horror of the situation is the same.  And finally a topic that really takes the team into the toilet. Literally. In China, there are certain public toilets that require you to view and ad before it will dispense toilet paper and Dan guarantees this will come to the US some day. This topic is a real spiral and we learn way more about the team’s bathroom habits than you likely want. But it is pretty funny.  All of this and more on this week’s episode!

Hello and welcome to episode 114 of the Still Spinning Podcast, we appreciate you checking us out. Dan kicks us off by sharing a depressing fact about the sunset and how, in our area, the sun will now set before 7 PM everyday until next St. Patrick’s Day. So at least we all have that going on. Nicole attended a baseball game over the weekend and people sat behind her, which would be fine if they were assigned those seats (and did not allow their child to kick her chair the whole time). Nicole brought the topic to Dan - if a seat is empty, how do you feel about someone taking it? What if it happens on an airplane? Dan told a seat swapping story that actually had a GOOD ending.  A horrifying advancement in medicine. A man had part of HIS OWN TOOTH implanted IN HIS EYE to help correct a vision problem and apparently this practice has been around since the 1960’s?? Nicole has a visceral reaction to the whole thing and also brings up a fun “eyeball” picture story and Dan loses his mind a little. And finally, would you take a “dark shower"? Not as kinky as it sounds, it literally means showering in the dark as a way to calm your system before bed. Nicole feels she would hurt herself and Dan has some questions about the whole thing.  Thanks so much for joining us! You can watch the live taping most Mondays at 7 PM on Facebook, YouTube or Instagram OR wait until the official podcast release on Wednesday morning. Visit your usual podcast subscription service to add us to your list. Visit our website for more details on becoming a sponsor and buying merch. All of this at stillspinningpodcast.com.

Hello and welcome to episode 113 of the Still Spinning Podcast. You can watch the live taping most Mondays at 7 PM on Facebook, YouTube or Instagram OR wait until the official podcast release on Wednesday morning. Visit your usual podcast subscription service to add us to your list. Visit our website for more details on becoming a sponsor and buying merch. All of this at stillspinningpodcast.com. Nicole’s husband has his first colonoscopy and Nicole was able to be with him in the recovery room and he said some VERY amusing things. This led to the discovery that Dan is afraid to allow his wife to be with him when he is under as he is afraid of what he might say as he is coming to. Throw in a chat about AARP and Dan’s Lasik surgery and you have yourself a laugh-filled segment! We have not talked about a “Karen in a while” so sit back as we talk about a Phillies fan who made their news for her VERY entitled reaction to a foul ball. Dan clears up the unspoken rules around foul balls, who can go for them and who has any “rights” about them. Did you know Dan was a ball boy for a AAA team? He rarely mentions it… The robots truly are taking over and this time, they are entering the massage parlor! There is a company that has created a massage table that does ALL THE WORK. Dan mentions he has seen something similar in an “adult” film and there is a general level of ick with this story.  Like what you hear but wish there was more?? WELL THERE IS! If you become a “spinner” you get additional content once a week. More of the Still Spinning Podcast, what a thrill!