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Tim finally crosses off an item on the ol' Mundane Bucket List by finally staying in a sleeper car on a train. This week we're talking about riding the rails, whether it's via First Class like Tim or hoping in an open box car as it ambles through a country field. The future of train travel is also discussed as we debate the merits of Elon Musk's "Hyperloop", which will get you from San Francisco to Los Angeles in under 30 minutes by going 1,102 km/h. This of course leads to an intellectual argument about musks and colognes.

Finally this week we also officially unveil the winner of the Tim and Tom Solve Your Problems Theme Song Sweepstakes and solve a listener problem concerning being blocked on all social networks after telling off a friend.

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Trains

This week, we were all set to record a thrilling episode all about magic and magicians, with a bunch of super interesting anecdotes and jokes, but then Tom started talking about video games and when Tom starts talking about video games, well, it's kinda hard to stop him. You just gotta let him tire himself out.

So video games it is, folks. We talk about the newest systems that will be hitting the market later this year: the XBox One and the PS4, as well as why Grand Theft Auto is actually bad for society and why it is that the trashiest kids in your elementary school had the most video game systems. Also, Tim considers the value of video games when you reach a point in your life when you realize all your hopes and dreams have died.

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Another Episode About Video Games

This week we talk about how Tom's not going to the VMAs while Tim proposes a number of Robin Thicke / Alan Thicke Mash-ups. There's also discussion regarding the current lack of magic shops and spy shops getting muscled out. Tim tells a story about the time Penn and Teller were used as a ruse to watch the Playboy Channel, and the time Tim and Tom went to go  see David Blane buried alive. The magic talk wraps up with a remembrance for The Masked Magician who revealed all the magician's secrets on Fox, before finally leading up to what everyone's come here for: Tom's thoughts on Ben Affleck as Batman.

Magicians

It's hot in the Complete Guide studio this week, causing all sorts of mayhem. Tom's selfish use of a portable fan causes a rift in a friendship, while the heat causes something to come loose in Tim's brain, resulting in a movie pitch about Michael Jackson's faked death that is somehow tied to some Mrs. Doubtfire-esque shenanigans in the White House. Also, Tim delves into his new life as a man who comments on articles on the internet.

But ultimately this week, we have food on the mind, breaking down the uproar over the recently announced French Fry Burger from Burger King and Tom is upset that some products purport to have secret ingredients.

In a new installment of Tim & Tim Solve Your Problems, we help a beatboxing champion turned plumber map out the rest of his life, and give some sleuthing advice regarding a mysterious building in Tokyo.

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French Fry Burgers And Secret Ingredients

This week starts off with some confusion about Fleet Week and Fashion Week along with some good suggestions about where to go out on interesting dates even if you're a moleman. Tim and Tom then compare their tastes in board shorts before Tim quizzes Tom about baby etiquette at restaurants.

All of this of course leads to this year's Fall TV Preview where we discuss the new shows Almost Human, The Crazy Ones, Dracula, Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Masterchef Junior, Masters of Sex, and The Million Second Quiz. We also solve a listener email concerning a stuck-up roommate and offer some dire warnings in regards to snakepeople.

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Fall TV Preview 2013

Back to the Island is a podcast re-visiting one of our favorite shows, Lost completely out of order and trying to remember what went right and what went wrong. This episode we watch Slaughterhouse Five, except it's with Desmond though.

001 - The Constant (Ep. 4x05 w/ Tim Daniels)

Our friend Christine Hooker stops by to discuss one of our favorite episodes of Lost, which has a surprise twist, in that it is actually not a very good episode of Lost.

002 - Numbers (Ep. 1x18 w/ Christine Hooker, Tim Daniels)

What's better than watching LOST? Who's a better actor than the guy (what's his name again?) who plays Ben Linus? Why does that guy from Real Steel who is also on LOST have such a bad attitude? We barely answer these questions and more on this week's episode of BACK TO THE ISLAND!

003 - The Shape of Things to Come (Ep. 4x09 w/ Tim Daniels)

If there’s an emergency, are you prepared? You are if you have THIS episode. Tim and Tom discuss all the things you need to have in case of an emergency, like a hand crank radio, dehydrated food and constant entertainment.

This week we also introduce a new segment called “Taking Care of Business” and solve a listener problem relating to Facebook birthday blues.

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Emergency Preparedness

If you're a person that uses the internet (and we suspect that you are), then one thing is for certain: you can't get enough MEMES!!!! In an episode we can't believe we haven't done in the past, Tom explains some of the most popular internet memes to a skeptical Tim. Naturally, this is followed by a fair amount of confusion, as well as a discussion of presidential hamburger-eating habits.

But first, we talk about how we're celebrating Labor Day 2014 and give a definitive answer to a classic airplane etiquette question. And in a new installment of Tim & Tom Solve Your Problems, we help out a guy who needs to choose between romancing a bunch of girls over the internet or saying with one girl in real life. 

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Memes

This week we're talking the fizzy stuff. Ya know, soda. All kinds of soda, but mostly just the mainstream stuff from Pepsi and Coke. Also this week we answer a listener problem concerning a boyfriend who might have a name fetish.

Soda

This week we get in the holiday spirit and talk about Christmas trees. Tim helps Tom decide whether he should get a real tree that will make his dog sick and probably catch on fire, or a fake tree that will require him to empty out an entire room of his apartment for storage. 

We also take a look at reviews of classic books written by dumb children and solve a "problem" someone has because they get too much free wine.

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Christmas Trees

Mars. The Red Planet. We've all heard of it, but how many of us have actually been there? The answer may surprise you. The answer is none. None of us have actually been there. But that's not going to stop us from talking about Total Recall, Terraforming, One-Way Trips, Biodomes and everything else you need to know about if you want to go to Mars.

Also we solve a problem about a listener's friend who raps all the time.

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Mars

It's Christmastime, so this week we're doing an episode about noted horror novelist Stephen King. This guy does it all: writes books, has movies made based on his books, produces miniseries based on the same books successful movies have already been based on, and predicts the future in the books written by his pseudonym.

Also, Tom gets a weird contraption for his back and we solve a problem from a listener who expects us to figure out his whole life for him.

Stephen King

2014 kinda stunk but it is our solemn duty to still recap it. This week we're talking all things 2014, along with bureaucracies, fingerprinting, North Korea and predictions for 2015, the year the hoverboard finally becomes a reality.

2014 Year In Review

Yes dear listeners, there are an infinite number of realities such as THIS ONE in which Walt Flanagan, Brian Quinn and Bryan Johnson from Tell 'em Steve-Dave start the podcast I Sell Comics. Tune in to see what that reality could have looked like!

I Sell Comics - SModcast.com

Issue #300: What If Tell 'em Steve-Dave Had Started I Sell Comics?

People everywhere are standing in line, begging their friends and just doing whatever it takes to get a severe case or two of the hottest thing going in America right now, Chicken Pox.

To get to the bottom of this trend, we'll sit down with TV pitchman and inventor of the Pox Chamber, Jason Flowers. He has a great name, so naturally, we're excited to talk to him. Also on the show, we'll talk to a chicken pox party-planner to the stars, Alexander Graham Dell. 

As always, we'll see what's trending on twitter, scan the nation's headlines, and once again, we're paid a visit from our good friend and puzzle guru Hank Schlitz, aka The Befuddler. All that and more, plus music from the Foo Fighters, this week on America Won't Shut Up!

This week's episode stars Tim Daniels (twitter.com/yourpaltim) and Tom Reynolds (twitter.com/tomreynolds). Be sure to check out their great, and very successful, podcast, The Complete Guide to Everything at tcgte.com.

001 - The Constant (Ep. 4x05 w/ Tim Daniels)

Back To The Island / Bat To The I Man