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Nov. 17, 2020

Summer School: Trailer 4 - "Beard Shaming"

Download full episode here: Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2sM1Hct Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3jYcYvh https://thetragedyacademy.com https://the-tragedy-academy.simplecast.com/episodes/summer-school-trailer-4-beard-shaming-NKRLGdq7 In the first in-studio guest hangout with friends Nick & Frank, Eric endures Beard shaming and gets hit on in the same conversation… Clearly tackling the hard-hitting issues.

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Nov. 17, 2020

Ep. 008: "Meshugenners & Tuches Wipes"

Download full episode here: Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2sM1Hct Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3jYcYvh https://thetragedyacademy.com https://thetragedyacademy.com/ Eric's case for Jewish joke protection falls apart as easily as 1- ply toilet paper as soon as J & E determine that half Judaism doesn't exist. On that topic, some of the rules of Orthodox Judaism are discussed.…

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Nov. 17, 2020

Ep. 009: "Harmonica Seizures" Live!!!

Download full episode here: Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2sM1Hct Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3jYcYvh https://thetragedyacademy.com Jay and Eric rocket off to another fast start with a sleep pattern discussion. Hang in there, folks...Initial discussions of a rubber harmonica to be marketed to seizure patients and novel ways to spice up your panic attacks. Why do…

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Nov. 17, 2020

Ep. 013: "Conspiracies & Comedy Safe Words"

Download full episode here: Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2sM1Hct Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3jYcYvh https://thetragedyacademy.com Another professional start to the show as Eric nearly knocks out a tooth on the boom. Check out our social media accounts for an audio clip of that one! J & E discuss major network motivation for focusing on a…

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Nov. 17, 2020

Ep. 011: "Twenty Whole Floors"

Download full episode here: Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2sM1Hct Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3jYcYvh https://thetragedyacademy.com https://thetragedyacademy.com/ Eric stares down the reality that he is neither the teenager nor the 20-year-old pain in the ass that he once was as he suffers admittedly strong burns from younger males in an elevator and hardware store over the…

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Nov. 17, 2020

Ep. 006: "Babies & Barbecues"

Download full episode here: Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2sM1Hct Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3jYcYvh https://thetragedyacademy.com https://thetragedyacademy.com/ Eric finds out he's having a daughter and Jay pushes just the right buttons. Eric regrets showing his two year old son Indiana Jones while Jay chants and predicts a future of a fear of snake pits and rolling…

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Nov. 17, 2020

Ep. 007: "Aliens & Plungers"

Download full episode here: Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2sM1Hct Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3jYcYvh https://thetragedyacademy.com https://thetragedyacademy.com/ Eric realizes that his elementary school may have been infiltrated by alien conspirators. Jay proposes some ways to reintegrate alien abductees back into their every day life. Best practices for falsifying an abduction. Spoiler alert: you'll need a plunger…

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Nov. 17, 2020

Ep. 014: "Cheez-Itz & Angry Zippers"

Download full episode here: Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2sM1Hct Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3jYcYvh https://thetragedyacademy.com Eric conveniently but unintentionally cuts in line at a local Icare due to what turns out to be neither a seizure nor a panic attack. Eric eats Cheez-Its out of a young nurse's purse like a toddler and there appears…

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Nov. 17, 2020

Ep. 005: Detention: "Hot Skunk on a Bun"

Download full episode here: Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2sM1Hct Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3jYcYvh https://thetragedyacademy.com https://thetragedyacademy.com/ A bonus episode for all of our early loyal Academics! Thanks to all of you who have jumped on board. Eric tells Jay a sordid tale of a food sale he encountered that took place directly next to a…

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Nov. 17, 2020

Ep. 012: Detention: "Tooth Pelicans"

Download full episode here: Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2sM1Hct Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3jYcYvh https://thetragedyacademy.com Bonus detention episode!!! Who has 26 teeth and has never heard of Greek "teeth tossing"? These guys!! Tune in for a detailed discussion of Greece's imaginary patron saint of the mouth: Santa Papadopoulos, and his trusty pelican sidekick. Given some…

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Nov. 17, 2020

Ep. 023: "Plot Lines, Bribes & Sexy Kittens"

Download full episode here: Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2sM1Hct Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3jYcYvh https://thetragedyacademy.com https://thetragedyacademy.com Tiffany is in studio with Jay and Eric. She's hand-making coronavirus masks and sending them out to medical professionals nationwide. Eric explains how he and his wife have damaged their son's psyche by allowing him to watch a poorly…

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Nov. 17, 2020

Ep. 022: "Shoddy Karate & A Natural Hottie"

Download full episode here: Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2sM1Hct Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3jYcYvh https://thetragedyacademy.com Eric whines about his new experience with sciatica (look it up), which one would have thought only 60-year-old people experienced. He continues to acquire new maladies. What is wrong with this guy? J&E recall bullied kids learning karate when they…

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Nov. 17, 2020

Ep. 024: “Primal Advice & Cosmic Dice”

Download full episode here: Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2sM1Hct Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3jYcYvh https://thetragedyacademy.com A deep and detailed discussion of Tiger King as well as a new vocabulary word introduced by Brandon: hypergamy. We discuss the strengths and weaknesses behind each of the main players and our theories behind their oft questionable, dangerous, and…

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Nov. 17, 2020

Ep. 020: "Wing Whiskers & The K-9 Grapevine"

Download full episode here: Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2sM1Hct Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3jYcYvh https://thetragedyacademy.com Eric provides Jay with proof of his previous theory of laptop gremlins when he spends several minutes at the beginning of the show struggling with technical difficulties, as Jay narrates. Dogs have dominated human beings over time and flipped the…

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Nov. 17, 2020

Ep. 015: "Wake-Ups, Winks and Finger Guns"

Download full episode here: Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2sM1Hct Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3jYcYvh https://thetragedyacademy.com Initial discussion of the phenomenon of "meat sweats" and a discussion of how we often force-feed our bodies past the point of exhaustion. Eric learned a great deal of his vocabulary from Shaper Image advertisements and jingles. Aside from the…

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Oct. 28, 2020

Ep. 51 "Podcast Peasants & Rock God Royalties"

Apple: https://apple.co/3orp7MA Spotify: https://spoti.fi/35Pu1uz Eric is back in the studio 🎙️ 🎧 and he is full of questions, some of them monetary in nature and almost all of them ludicrous. After almost accidentally playing in a 🎵Led Zeppelin🎵 song, Jay and Eric are left to wonder exactly how much it…

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Oct. 25, 2020

Ep 50 "Between Therapists" Jay & Maria discuss the humanness that is modern living.

https://thetragedyacademy.com 🎧 Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/37SoVAn 🎧 Spotify: https://spoti.fi/34pzBnE Adapt & overcome. While Eric undergoes a studio relocation, Jay & Maria have an episode between their therapy sessions. As you can imagine, the discussion takes on the topics surrounding the humanness that is modern living and mental health. Maria reports how…

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Oct. 16, 2020

Ep 49 "Kurt Cobain & Crashing Planes" A candid discussion on suicide & fear of small plane crashes.

🎧 Spotify: https://spoti.fi/343OMCZ 🎧 Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2GPLytV Maria, a younger millennial asks what it was like to hear about the death of Kurt Cobain from a Gen-Xer than in his teens and an older millennial then 10 yrs old. It was an interesting question because it was both guys’ first…

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Oct. 4, 2020

Episode 048: " Digging Ditches, Not Dates," an aimless discussion on life's tragedies.

Maria has earned her feature episode. Appropriately, it's a rambling one but it's one of our favorites. Why, when people are supposedly reincarnated were they always the Queen of the Nile instead of something far less noble? Speaking of less noble professions...Jay was an actual ditch-digger. Are sports as enjoyable…

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Sept. 19, 2020

Episode 046: A Priest a Rabbi and a Comedian walk into a church...

https://thetragedyacademy.com Apple: https://apple.co/2GwdgeK Spotify: https://spoti.fi/33qWBlR Episode Summary A detailed discussion on religion. How does religion impact the mind when it's installed from an early age? What are the positive sides of religion? Where does spirituality branch off from religion and can the two be separated or intermingled? In this episode,…

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Sept. 19, 2020

Episode 047: Ryan Montis: Neurolinguistic Programming & Hypnotism Trainer

https://thetragedyacademy.com Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2G60Vy2 Apple: https://apple.co/2G6rrY3 Neurolinguistic Programming (NLP) & Hypnosis Trainer Ryan Montis is in the studio for a wide-ranging conversation on his training specialties and more. Ryan explains that hypnosis is a type of therapy that's used for a wide variety of purposes and has come into much further…

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Sept. 14, 2020

Episode 045 “Weeds & Seeds” The art of subtle hint dropping to help our fellow human beings...

https://thetragedyacademy.com Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2E0LQwJ Spotify: https://spoti.fi/32wXCbH #thetragedyacademy Episode Summary How often do you hear people saying “the country is more divided than it’s ever been”? Do you feel like some or all of the people you know are completely different than they used to be and that its almost not…

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Sept. 8, 2020

Episode 44:"My Family Tree is a Redwood!" A discussion about DNA tests, & the world's slowest prank.

https://apple.co/2sM1Hct https://spoti.fi/3h6WKP3 Discussion of the worst possible pranks you could play on a friend, including you, guessed it...throwing redwood seeds in someone’s yard. Is a prank that takes place over 200 years considered vandalism? If we’re playing a game of joke immunity Uno, Jonah has a deck full of draw…

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Sept. 5, 2020

Is it robocallers or rotocallers?

Ep 043 Clip Rotoscammers "Is it rotocall or robocall?" Eric discovers he's been using the wrong word for robocalls his entire life and nobody's bothered to correct him. Perfect.

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