Wood and Lies

The Divorce Episode

OR: Have you checked the spark plugs? Josh just wants to note that he closed on a car 48 hours after this was recorded. SECRET SPECIAL GUEST CONTENT ENCLOSED. Mike pops a fourth-story pimple and is off Instagram (again). Most of this episode is attacking Josh's psyche--be gentle emailing feedback to DoNotSchedulePod@gmail.com. [DoNotSchedulePod@gmail.com.] Quarterly/annual theme talk is included, Josh is pursuing "Good Practice" as inspired by Craig Mod, and Mike is once again focused on "Less Trash." (Recorded January 17, 2026) Editing by: Isaac (at) thetitlegoeshere.com [https://thetitlegoeshere.com/] Feedback? Email us (MikeJosh): DoNotSchedulePod (at) gmail.com Show Notes: Music: Bloom (Album) by Raynes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pGIZvfsk1Q&list=PLhMQq49dGqfBis1FmiDAh_PqecXpWLCoH [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pGIZvfsk1Q&list=PLhMQq49dGqfBis1FmiDAh_PqecXpWLCoH] Music: Waiting to Die, Harrison Boe https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xfuYPMx39w [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xfuYPMx39w] Music: Racing Mt Pleasant https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcyon8CBs1cZYlNhp_bsZFw [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcyon8CBs1cZYlNhp_bsZFw] Music: Silver Deliverer, Aly & AJ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h30XtTv32lc&list=PLwLdWS_ptmgv5tTlVlzapQ5s3HSWbffac [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h30XtTv32lc&list=PLwLdWS_ptmgv5tTlVlzapQ5s3HSWbffac] App: Beeper https://www.beeper.com [https://www.beeper.com/] App: Readwise Reader https://readwise.io/read [https://readwise.io/read] Article: Full Days and the Long Walk, Craig Mod https://craigmod.com/ridgeline/217/ [https://craigmod.com/ridgeline/217/]

My Capacity is Infinite

It's the end of 2025 (or writing this, April 2026 - we're catching up, I swear). Josh is suffering from his stress but is trying to turn things around. Mike has a beautiful interactive media experience (no, not the hospital thing this time) in NYC. Big Questions, Thick and Thin Desires, and Monks in the Casino await 2026. (Recorded December 29, 2025) Editing by: Isaac (at) thetitlegoeshere.com [https://thetitlegoeshere.com/] Feedback? Email us: DoNotSchedulePod (at) gmail.com Show Notes: Tool: YearCompass https://yearcompass.com [https://yearcompass.com/] Event Space: Wonderville NYC https://www.wonderville.nyc [https://www.wonderville.nyc/] Event: WordHack (monthly at Wonderville) https://toddwords.com/wordhack/ [https://toddwords.com/wordhack/] Article: Joan Westenberg, Thin Desires Are Eating Your Life https://www.joanwestenberg.com/thin-desires-are-eating-your-life/ [https://www.joanwestenberg.com/thin-desires-are-eating-your-life/] Article: Derek Thompson, The Monks in the Casino https://www.derekthompson.org/p/the-monks-in-the-casino [https://www.derekthompson.org/p/the-monks-in-the-casino] Article: David Brooks, The Shock of Faith: It's Nothing Like I Thought It Would Be https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/19/opinion/faith-god-christianity.html [https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/19/opinion/faith-god-christianity.html] Book: David Brooks, How to Know a Person https://bookshop.org/p/books/how-to-know-a-person-the-art-of-seeing-others-deeply-and-being-deeply-seen-david-brooks/19713254 [https://bookshop.org/p/books/how-to-know-a-person-the-art-of-seeing-others-deeply-and-being-deeply-seen-david-brooks/19713254] Blog: Tracy Durnell, Big Questions https://tracydurnell.com/questions/ [https://tracydurnell.com/questions/] Tool: Readwise Reader https://readwise.io/read [https://readwise.io/read] TTRPG: Appendix N https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appendix_N [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appendix_N] TTRPG Setting: Ultraviolet Grasslands 2E https://www.exaltedfuneral.com/products/uvg-2e [https://www.exaltedfuneral.com/products/uvg-2e] Fiction: The Tower of the Elephant, Robert E. Howard https://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks06/0600831h.html [https://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks06/0600831h.html]

Nine out of Ten

Description: We don't have a Patreon. Josh returns from a vacation to southern California and returns to work work work. Mike completes wedding season with minor misadventures, and survives an election. Musings on male loneliness, online friendships, and TTRPG corner. Josh knows his audio is garbled, apologizes, and strives to be better. (Recorded November 15, 2025) Editing by: Isaac (at) [thetitlegoeshere.com](https://thetitlegoeshere.com) Feedback? Email us (~~Mike~~ Josh): DoNotSchedulePod (at) gmail.com Show Notes: Travel: Elephant Seal Rookery at Piedras Blancas https://elephantseal.org Comedian: Lara Beitz https://www.instagram.com/larabeitz Travel: Joshua Tree Retreat Center / Institute for Mental Physics https://jtrcc.org Book: Michael Crichton, Travels https://bookshop.org/p/books/travels-michael-crichton/6cb926710a882b70 Mike gets published: Red Wheelbarrow Poets, RWB 18 Launch https://redwheelbarrowpoets.org/2025/10/12/photos-from-rwb-18-launch/ Article: Derek Thompson and Adam Mastroianni, Are You Afraid of Talking to Strangers? https://www.derekthompson.org/p/why-are-we-so-afraid-of-talking-to Commenter: Prof G – Scott Galloway https://www.profgalloway.com Book: Scott Galloway, Notes on Being a Man https://bookshop.org/p/books/notes-on-being-a-man-scott-galloway/2947952030f521b0 Book: Andrew Ross Sorkin, 1929 https://bookshop.org/p/books/1929-inside-the-greatest-crash-in-wall-street-history-and-how-it-shattered-a-nation-andrew-ross-sorkin/923106f6e82cd81e Article: Tracy Durnell, Two Modes of Internet Use https://tracydurnell.com/2025/09/28/two-modes-of-internet-use/ Periodical: Pencil Magazine https://pencilmagazine.bigcartel.com Periodical: Paris Review https://www.theparisreview.org Book: Becky Chambers, Monk and Robot https://bookshop.org/p/books/monk-and-robot-becky-chambers/21752517 Music Corner: Music: Raynes, Goldfish https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQs7Yhpcqqs Music: Desolation Horse, Everyone Was Incredible https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDZOGRHyIOM Music: The Mountain Goats, The Sunset Tree https://themountaingoats.bandcamp.com/album/the-sunset-tree Music: The Mountain Goats, Through This Fire Across from Peter Balkan https://themountaingoats.bandcamp.com/album/through-this-fire-across-from-peter-balkan TTRPG Corner: TTRPG System: Lancer https://massifpress.com/lancer TTRPG System: Monsterhearts https://buriedwithoutceremony.com/monsterhearts YouTube: Mystic Arts, Multiple GMs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejw6N-nMr4I

A Flavor of Burnout

Josh is overwhelmed. Is that new? It might not be new. Mike is halfway through wedding season, with three more to go. Both of the guys are into football (is that better than AI talk? Probably not.). TTRPG corner is back, with Josh struggling what to do with the aftermath of his Pinkerton Elton John. Note: We're looking for listener comments and questions ahead of our New Year's recording. Send them all to Mike's home address. If you don't have that, I guess use DoNotSchedulePod@gmail.com. (Recorded October 11, 2025) Editing by: Isaac (at) thetitlegoeshere.com [https://thetitlegoeshere.com] Feedback? Email us (Mike): DoNotSchedulePod (at) gmail.com Show Notes: TTRPG: Lancer [https://massifpress.com/lancer]

Wood and Lies

Mike is recording from his parents' house (with a special guest!) as wedding season looms ahead. He shares some of the shared history between him and Josh, and the internet community that first brought them (and listener Phil) together. At poetry night, Mike has a cathartic, emotional experience. Josh is drowning in copies of The Economist and dreams of an easier life schedule which has yet to come. He also attends a local charity event and has a chance encounter with a local celebrity of the legacy news media. Also, Infrastructure Week Part??? (Recorded September 6, 2025) Editing by: Isaac (at) [thetitlegoeshere.com](https://thetitlegoeshere.com/) Feedback? Email us (Mike): DoNotSchedulePod (at) gmail.com Show Notes: Podcast: The Town [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-town-with-matthew-belloni/id1612131897] YouTube: Mystic Arts, Make Exploration into a Game to Hook Players [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4Tu2zzDU3I] D&D Tool: Kobold Plus Fight Club [https://koboldplus.club] D&D Tool: AdventureLookup.com [https://adventurelookup.com/adventures] Periodical: Delayed Gratification [https://www.slow-journalism.com] Periodical: Pencil Magazine [https://pencilmagazine.bigcartel.com] Periodical: The Paris Review [https://www.theparisreview.org] Short Story: The Visit, featured in The Paris Review [https://www.theparisreview.org/fiction/8406/the-visit-anuk-arudpragasam] Music Corner: Cataldo, Holding onto Fate [https://youtu.be/Fp1dCa-cClc?si=G6BopUJf7CnGUxjM] Music Corner: Harrison Boe, Teenage FBI [https://youtu.be/t2zUEBgCsS4?si=Mame4_KFtxOvdrDW]