February 2013
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A WhippleWerff Valentine From Us To You
Valentine’s Day is Amy Whipple’s favorite of the holidays, so of course we had to get together to talk love in all its forms, childhood Valentine’s Day parties, and all of our favorite presidents. And we even mixed in some wintry love music, too, for all of you lovey-dovey snowbirds out there. Aw!
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A WhippleWerff Valentine From Us To You
December 2012
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A WhippleWerff Christmas, Dec. 25, 2012: Merry...
Todd and Amy get out of the way so you can enjoy over an hour of great music as you open your gifts. Merry Christmas to you, and we’ll hopefully see you very soon with some additional holiday-themed podcasts! The podcast version of this is good enough if you just want to play it in the background while you’re doing stuff, but if you want a high quality version for listening through...
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A WhippleWerff Christmas, Dec. 25, 2012: Merry...
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A WhippleWerff Christmas, Dec. 24, 2012: I'm Gonna...
It’s the last regular WhippleWerff of 2012, so Todd and Amy are discussing their holiday plans for the year, while special guest Libby drops in to tell us all about her very special Sitcom Thanksgiving. Also, Todd checks in with Santa, Amy looks for movie suggestions that will be really unhelpful NOW, and we wish you a merry Christmas. With music by Brenda Lee and Bruce Springsteen and the...
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A WhippleWerff Christmas, Dec. 24, 2012: I’m...
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A WhippleWerff Christmas, Dec. 23, 2012: Embrace...
Todd and Amy are here for the final Sunday of Advent, and they’re going to talk about the value of mystery in religion, and why nobody should be too quick to hope that every question can be answered. And lest that sound kind of boring—and we know that it does—there will also be discussion of just why Todd can’t remember that it’s 2012 already. With music by the...
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A WhippleWerff Christmas, Dec. 23, 2012: Embrace...
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A WhippleWerff Christmas, Dec. 22, 2012: Ghosts Of...
Todd and Amy take a trip back into their pasts—and the past of frequent podcast crasher Libby—to remember their best and worst Christmas memories. Along the way, they’ll discuss things that leave them warm and fuzzy and that one time that Libby got the worst Christmas gift an 8-year-old little girl could get. With music by Troy Andrews and Hey Rosetta!
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A WhippleWerff Christmas, Dec. 22, 2012: Ghosts Of...
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A WhippleWerff Christmas, Dec. 21, 2012: Your...
Planning on doing some last-minute shopping this weekend? Allow Todd and Amy to offer some suggestions for all of you who need them. They’re things you’ll probably find in your local stores, and they’ve even got some ideas for if you have no money to spend, or if you need to buy a present for a little kid. Along the way, there will also be some talk about what Todd is getting...
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A WhippleWerff Christmas, Dec. 21, 2012: Your...
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A WhippleWerff Christmas, Dec. 20, 2012: The...
Todd is really patronizing and kind of dicktastic in today’s new episode, as he and Amy try to come up with the Ultimate Christmas Mix, and all he does is rag on her mix before ultimately offering no contributions of his own. But that’s just like Todd, are we right?! Along the way, Todd will find something he’s been looking for, Amy will eat some M&Ms, and we’ll all...
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A WhippleWerff Christmas, Dec. 20, 2012: The...
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A WhippleWerff Christmas, Dec. 19, 2012: Ghosts Of...
Todd and Amy have agreed to hold a discussion about what they hope Christmas is like in 10 years, and they somehow manage to stay vaguely on-topic, though Amy also gets distracted by White Christmas, and the whole thing somehow ends up discussing how Todd wants to be a beautiful Asian teenager in his 90s. So it’s that kind of an episode. But we promise you’ll have a good time, and...
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A WhippleWerff Christmas, Dec. 19, 2012: Ghosts Of...
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A WhippleWerff Christmas, Dec. 18, 2012: Getting...
Amy wanted to talk about Christmas clothes, so talk about Christmas clothes Todd and Amy shall. Todd’s skepticism about the excitement of clothes at Christmastime drives much of this episode, though we’ve also got the two taking a moment to try and think of any Christmas video games, along with some well-timed Google searching that probably should have been done before recording. With...
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A WhippleWerff Christmas, Dec. 18, 2012: Getting...
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A WhippleWerff Christmas, Dec. 17, 2012: In...
Todd has come up with holidays for December 21, 22, and 23, holidays that he thinks anybody should be able to celebrate, and he’s letting Amy in on the good news. She’s, understandably, excited, though somewhat skeptical that any day called “VanDerBakes America” could catch on with the worldwide audience he’ll really need to make the thing take off. We’ll also...
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A WhippleWerff Christmas, Dec. 17, 2012: In...
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A WhippleWerff Christmas, Dec. 16, 2012: Tidings...
Todd and Amy truly INTENDED to talk about the Christmas traditions of the church, in keeping with their religious Sundays, but they ended up distracted by discussion of, uh, the book Hatchet by Gary Paulsen, which led onto a million other things, and you probably don’t care, because you like it better when they wander off topic anyway. With music by the Port Nelson Chancel Choir and Border...
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A WhippleWerff Christmas, Dec. 16, 2012: Tidings...
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A WhippleWerff Christmas, Dec. 15, 2012: Right In...
Todd and Amy are joined by Amy’s two sisters and Todd’s wife for a discussion of how, seriously, Christmas is really letting us down this year, and maybe it’s just time to call this whole podcast a break. Along the way, there will be some profanity, some lessons learned, and some knowledge dropped about the Pittsburgh Ballet’s production of The Nutcracker. And we’ll...
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A WhippleWerff Christmas, Dec. 15, 2012: Right In...
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A WhippleWerff Christmas, Dec. 14, 2012: The...
Todd and Amy spend over a half-hour—their longest single-day podcast yet!—to tell you the stuff you should buy your loved ones this Christmas, including books, DVDs, games, and more! They’re also going to make fun of Todd’s wishlist and tell you how you can win a copy of the awesome new novel Last Call In The City Of Bridges, autographed by the author! With music by...
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A WhippleWerff Christmas, Dec. 14, 2012: The...
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A WhippleWerff Christmas, Dec. 13, 2012: Joseph,...
Todd and Amy have a couple of topics worth discussing today, including their favorite holiday foods they can buy at the grocery store and why so many TV episodes and movies conclude with someone who doesn’t believe in Santa becoming convinced he exists. Needless to say, they both have lots to say about these topics, with a brief side-trip into a visit from a cat named Zelda. With music by...
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A WhippleWerff Christmas, Dec. 13, 2012: Joseph,...
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A WhippleWerff Christmas, Dec. 12, 2012: Christmas...
Amy and Todd examine the phenomenon of Christmas cards, as Todd tries to get out of writing one, while Amy is convinced her great new Tumblr idea is to start a Christmas letters site. Todd agrees, and they’ve probably just violated your privacy by doing so. Stay tuned for information on the giveaway we’ll be doing over the weekend, so you can start getting ready to win a great prize....
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A WhippleWerff Christmas, Dec. 12, 2012: Christmas...
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A WhippleWerff Christmas, Dec. 11, 2012: Tradition...
Amy returns, and that means she and Todd have to record the most depressing Christmas anything ever. They mean to talk about new traditions they’ve established for the holidays as adults but instead end up talking about, among other things, the way crystal meth is decimating the rural heartland, what Amy would do to Lauren Graham, which male member of the Parenthood cast Todd should take...
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A WhippleWerff Christmas, Dec. 11, 2012: Tradition...
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A WhippleWerff Christmas, Dec. 10, 2012: Mr. And...
Amy is out sick today, so Todd calls in his wife, Libby Hill, co-host of the podcast TV On The Internet, to help him run down some of the best Christmas episodes and specials ever made. Along the way, they take a very long, very odd detour into the story of their dream job that probably shouldn’t be listened to by anyone, and Libby sullies the reputation of the show by swearing. Twice....
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A WhippleWerff Christmas, Dec. 10, 2012: Mr. And...
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A WhippleWerff Christmas, Dec. 9, 2012: Advent Vs....
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A WhippleWerff Christmas, Dec. 9, 2012: Advent Vs....
Todd and Amy turn serious for a Sunday edition, in which they discuss the differences—both religious and secular—between the Advent Season and the Christmas Season, then wonder if the move toward impatience is hurting us in terms of the latter. It’s all inspired by this blog post, and they think you might like the discussion. And if you don’t, there’s gorgeous music...
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A WhippleWerff Christmas, Dec. 8, 2012: Santa...
Amy’s friend Robyn drops by to explain just why she doesn’t like Christmas and puncture Todd and Amy’s believe in childlike delight or whatever. It’s not nearly as exciting as you’d expect, because Robyn’s got plenty of good reasons, and Todd and Amy are entirely too reasonable. But you just might get to hear some thoughtful discussion, which is something we...
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A WhippleWerff Christmas, Dec. 8, 2012: Santa...
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A WhippleWerff Christmas, Dec. 7, 2012: Christmas...
Todd and Amy got off a day, but they’re back a day later to talk about one of the best Christmas episodes ever made, the first season Mary Tyler Moore Show episode “Christmas And The Hard-Luck Kid II.” So just pretend it’s the halcyon time known as “December 7,” and allow yourself to be enraptured when you realize which MTM characters Todd and Amy are, then...
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A WhippleWerff Christmas, Dec. 7, 2012: Christmas...
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A WhippleWerff Christmas, Dec. 6, 2012: Wishbook!
Amy wants to talk about catalogs, so talk about catalogs Todd and Amy shall! (Rick and Jackie are also still here, too. We don’t know how they managed that trick.) Amy starts out telling Todd about all of the great catalogs she’s recently gotten, but Todd takes the opportunity to hijack things to talk about himself again, primarily about his childhood love of the Sears and J.C....
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A WhippleWerff Christmas, Dec. 6, 2012: Wishbooks!
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A WhippleWerff Christmas, Dec. 5, 2012: Nothing...
Todd had a plan to talk about Christmas chapters in books that otherwise aren’t about Christmas. Amy decided it was time for her to read to him from one of her many Sweet Valley High books. Listen and learn all about the world of SVH, as Amy tells Todd about his basketball star alter ego, and we learn which of the Wakefield twins is a sociopath. (Hint: It’s not Elizabeth.) With music...
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A WhippleWerff Christmas, Dec. 5, 2012: Nothing...
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A WhippleWerff Christmas, Dec. 4, 2012: Christmas...
Amy and Todd are recording at 2 in the morning, just for you, and that means the quality of this episode is about what you’d expect. Nevertheless, they soldier on, with memories of things that remind them of Christmas that have nothing to do with Christmas. Some of these things—like Disney movies!—make sense. Some of them are pizza. It’s up to you to figure out which is...
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A WhippleWerff Christmas, Dec. 4, 2012: Christmas...
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A WhippleWerff Christmas, Dec. 3, 2012:...
What are the holidays without some delicious, delicious foods? Todd and Amy discuss how so many great holiday foods involve booze and let you know where you can get the best eggnog in Los Angeles or the best cider in Pittsburgh. They also discuss setting desserts on fire, putting pumpkin in things, and the time Todd was a choirboy. With music by Wally Stott and Jose Conde!
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A WhippleWerff Christmas, Dec. 3, 2012:...
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A WhippleWerff Christmas, Dec. 2, 2012: Alone In...
Todd and Amy take a look at the first animated Christmas special ever made, Mr. Magoo’s Christmas Carol. It’s one of Amy’s favorites, but, predictably, Todd thinks it takes too many liberties with the story, because he’s a gloomy Gus. However, they can both get together on the songs, which are terrific. And you can enjoy two of them!
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A WhippleWerff Christmas, Dec. 2, 2012: Alone In...