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West By Pod

By Mike Mallow

A West Virginian and a West Virginian in a strange new land. Will the miles erase the Mountain State memories?
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West By PodJun 28, 2019

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58 - Never Meet Your Heroes (For More Than 3 Minutes)

58 - Never Meet Your Heroes (For More Than 3 Minutes)

The finale. 

Every new beginning (The Fossils) comes from some other beginning's end (West By Pod)

It's been fun!

Feb 19, 202330:24
57 - It's the Great Pumpkin, William Taupe

57 - It's the Great Pumpkin, William Taupe

A recap of the last year of podcasting (404 file not found) • COVID • More on Sugar Grove Station • Sexy Pumpkin Content

Oct 28, 202138:17
56 - Not to Bring it Back to UFOs
Feb 26, 202131:57
55 - That's A Good Doc

55 - That's A Good Doc

This episode is a nerdcast. The greatest Christmas present in the world (arrived three days late) • Pokemon • Spoilers for Soul and WW84 • Bad and Good Double Features.

Dec 30, 202035:36
54 - A Useless Car and No Turkey

54 - A Useless Car and No Turkey

New show, new time zone. Snow • Toaster Maintenance • Shopping Cart Maintenance • Blame it on Butterball • Mike Makes a Right

Our producer is Martha Williams.

Nov 20, 202024:47
53 - Now With More West

53 - Now With More West

The Final Episode. The Death of Crabapple Jim • Leaving West Virginia • Streaming (Star Wars, of course) • Halloween • Spooky Electoral College.

Nov 08, 202032:24
52 - Circling the Drain

52 - Circling the Drain

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Aug 22, 202034:07
51 - SOLVED mysteries

51 - SOLVED mysteries

Robert Stack Eternal Voice • NEOWISE • Poo Bear, Eatin' the Poo Bear  • Billy Jeans

Jul 19, 202030:34
50 - Mid-ish Life Crisis

50 - Mid-ish Life Crisis

Dad Jokes • Bats and Social Distancing • Best Picture Winner Sonic the Hedgehog • BLM and West Virginia • Lost History Lessons • Dad Jokes


Jun 24, 202039:54
The Peperoni Roll Tree

The Peperoni Roll Tree

Hazel answers West Virginia trivia questions and tries to fly.

Jun 21, 202002:56
49 - Grizzly Bears with Shotguns

49 - Grizzly Bears with Shotguns

The Mask of Zero • There Can Be No Coke In Pendleton County • Murder Fans • Tiger King • Tom Sawyer’s Secret Island • Mask Control • Apocalypse Bingo

May 10, 202028:06
47 - Days of Facepalming

47 - Days of Facepalming

Grocery Store Strategem • Bidet logistics • Fallout 76 Fallout • Canceled Movies • Why Don’t Finger Fing? • Aunt Light Magenta • They Might Be Thespians • Despair This Pair • Let’s All Go To The Winchester And Wait For This Thing To Blow Over.

Mar 21, 202032:42
46 - March Marchness 2: The Rocks Indoors

46 - March Marchness 2: The Rocks Indoors

Corona • Legacies • March Marchness Bracket Rundown • What is a Bog? 

Mar 06, 202030:02
45 - Where Do Babies Come From?

45 - Where Do Babies Come From?

The Titular Question • Conspiracy Theories • McMillions • Horses • Girls • Horse Girls • Appalachian New Year • Sanctuary! • The Problem with the Second Amendment

Feb 21, 202036:54
44 - Things To Do That Aren't This

44 - Things To Do That Aren't This

Crabapple Jim on Evolution • Elementary PTSD • Mike and Jason Movie Review Hour (Won’t You Be My Neighbor, Parasite, Knives Out (again), Groundhog Day, Edge of Tomorrow, Doctor Sleep)

Feb 08, 202028:07
43 - Also Known As The Last Crusade

43 - Also Known As The Last Crusade

Taxes • Death • Taxes and Death • Death and Taxes • Taxes From Death • Doghouses • Raisins • Wizard of Oz for Some Reason • Household Tips with Crabapple Jim

Jan 24, 202032:52
42 - Lemon-Based Pickup Lines

42 - Lemon-Based Pickup Lines

Cat Attack! • Alternate Careers • QBasic • Feeling Old Again • Lemon & Chainsaw Table Read • Most West Virginia Things • Spousal Car Retrieval

Jan 17, 202033:48
41 - The Precipice of Potential Peril

41 - The Precipice of Potential Peril

The Inglorious Return of Crabapple Jim • Down with the Sickness • Lemon & Chainsaw • Part I of Up the Holler • Fandom's Exit Ramp • Introduction Etiquette 

Jan 10, 202041:60
We're Bored. Here's an Episode.

We're Bored. Here's an Episode.

Thanksgiving Colors • Disney + • Inevitable Star Wars Chatter • Reddish Knob Horror Story Season II • Samantha P's Haunted Hat

Dec 13, 201931:59
Finale, Finally / Apocalypse Anyways

Finale, Finally / Apocalypse Anyways

The final regular episode of 2019. Episode Titles • Ghost Babies • Ghost Movies • Leaf or Squirrel?
Sponsored by the Franklin Moose Lodge.
Nov 01, 201935:38
Via Frittata

Via Frittata

The kitten is fine now. Halloween Costumes • A real West Virginia Ghost Story • Climbing Seneca Rocks • Falling Down Via Feratta • Fall Traditions.
Here's a link to the WV Ghost Story referenced.
Oct 18, 201939:51
The Walls Are Being Handsy

The Walls Are Being Handsy

The October Hauntacular continues! UFO Stories • Haunted House Stories • Fist Fights • Playright Bots • Western Virginia Comedians

Oct 11, 201934:13
They Put Tomatoes on Everything

They Put Tomatoes on Everything

This episode sponsored by the letter pee. A Trip to Pittsburgh To See Better Podcasts • Batman Hates Italy • Night Humors • Bedwetting • Dadwetting

Oct 04, 201934:47
No Poking the Ghosts

No Poking the Ghosts

A Recap of the TMFs • Close Encounters of the First-ish Kind • Ghost Stories • Accidental Ghost Stories • Impromptu Tractor Parades • October is upon us...

Sep 27, 201943:40
Treasure Mountain Festival: The Musical!

Treasure Mountain Festival: The Musical!

The Two TMFs • A (really bad) TMF Medley • The days of Adult Swim & Piracy • Favorite Ninja Turtles • Favorite Clowns • A Surprise Wedding Postscript

Sep 20, 201937:51
A Squirrel Moment

A Squirrel Moment

Some good porch sitting with Jason, Mike, an additional Mike and Traci. Also, assorted kids.
90s clothes • chipped teeth • job applications • Marcus gets fed... in stereo!
Sep 13, 201926:19
IMPASTA!

IMPASTA!

Beard Propagation Theory • 4-Slice Toasters • Pasta Crimes • Weaf.
All set to the backdrop of kids playing in a sandbox. A surprise/revenge podcast.
Aug 30, 201925:53
You, Me & Lightning McQueen

You, Me & Lightning McQueen

Part 2 of the True Bride Podcast

Aug 23, 201923:30
A True Bride Podcast

A True Bride Podcast

Part one of the SURPRISE WEDDING SAGA. This episode looks at what it takes to setup a surprise wedding. Next week's part 2 will cover the execution.

Aug 16, 201925:55
The Girl From Channel One / Cloud Burst

The Girl From Channel One / Cloud Burst

Video Games on TV • A Tour of the Renovated Smith Residence • Channel One • High School Memories • CLOUD BURST!

Aug 09, 201921:28
Pixel Blind

Pixel Blind

...Or A Very Boring Game of Life • Blackwater • Restaurant POS • The Dead Don't Die • Cable Installations

Jul 26, 201933:11
Talk To You Later

Talk To You Later

Captions • Smoking Cavemen • Time Machine Priorities • Remembering Jay

Jul 19, 201938:45
Don't Mess With People's Hotdogs

Don't Mess With People's Hotdogs

Part 1 of 3,280. The quest for the perfect hotdog  continues! Many Special Guests • Entirely Outdoor Episode • We consider the crickets a part of our live studio audience.

Jul 08, 201924:16
Banana Hospice Island

Banana Hospice Island

The Parkersburg Area and any related land masses • The Great West Virginia Hot Dog Debate • Poultry Queen

Jun 28, 201933:58
The West Virginia Smidge

The West Virginia Smidge

A Special Co-Host • Voicemails • Kittens in Cars • West Virginia Day Trivia • Jason Shows Up in the Final Minutes

Jun 21, 201933:44
Religion & Quantum Mechanics (At the Same Time)

Religion & Quantum Mechanics (At the Same Time)

Solving the Science vs Religion Debate with Math • 4-H Camp Legends • Caffeine Free Blood • Fresh-Squeezed Jason •  Doctor's Office Attire • Fake Moon Landing

Jun 14, 201931:15
Metaphorical Groundhog Father

Metaphorical Groundhog Father

Turtles • Sleep • Street Corners • Baking Shows • Sleep • Bottle-Feeding Cats? • Pointy Mountains • (Rescue) Squad Goals • Most West Virginia Thing Gets Weird
Jun 07, 201937:24
Jayssonjasonssonmarcus Lee Smith

Jayssonjasonssonmarcus Lee Smith

A very graphic birth episode. Listen, but don't touch anything blue.

Jun 01, 201939:06
20th Episode Spectacunale!

20th Episode Spectacunale!

Last episode until June. Stuff happens. We talked about it. Kids fight. We went home.

Apr 29, 201931:02
Easter Candy, Human Sacrifice, Easter Candy

Easter Candy, Human Sacrifice, Easter Candy

End of List. Goodnight everybody!

Apr 19, 201930:24
The Frontier Has Been Tarnished

The Frontier Has Been Tarnished

Kids • Floods • Fires • Fish (Made Of Wood) • People You Know In Far Off Places • Mr. Oinky Died BTW.

Apr 12, 201934:11
The Money Pit Stares Back

The Money Pit Stares Back

A Very Pendleton County episode. PBS • Satellite Dishes • Vintage Billy Ray • Sugar Grove Station • Enrollment Numbers • A Prophecy from the campaign days fulfilled.

Apr 05, 201937:37
Emergency Codpast

Emergency Codpast

On a very special episode • Bombshell! • Cryptic Audio Files • • Mothman Lives! • Pig Latin? • A Mountain Dew Drinking Contest • April Aprilness

Apr 01, 201901:49
Preserved Food Hole

Preserved Food Hole

March Marchness Round 3 • Cereal • Cellars • Closed Businesses • That Corporate Ladder • 80s Pitch Meetings • Gremlins 2 Rules!

Mar 29, 201933:10
Et Tu, Saint Paddy?

Et Tu, Saint Paddy?

The Plague • Round 1 of March Marchness • Springtime for Hitler Assassination Attempts? • Secret Service Run-Ins • 4-H Camp Stories

Mar 22, 201933:13
March Marchness

March Marchness

A follow-up to the Treasure Mountain Festival kerfuffle including an Interview • High School Football Anecdote • Get your Brackets ready because March Marchness begins!

Mar 15, 201936:01
A Big Pile of Ashes

A Big Pile of Ashes

Lent • ATMs! • Treasure Mountain Festival Update • A Top List Numbered to 10 • A Lively Cake Discussion • Happy Birthday Traci

Mar 08, 201938:54
Woop Woop Survivors

Woop Woop Survivors

Jason Stays Up Late To Watch A Movie He Later Regrets (again) • The Most West Virginia Thing • Oscars • Late Night Hosts • Grocery Store Run

Mar 01, 201933:01
Asking an Awful Lot of Our Monsters

Asking an Awful Lot of Our Monsters

Zombie Biology • Additional Monsters • Trash Cans • Mud Holes • Rural Broadband • Dracula: Dead and Loving It.

Feb 17, 201931:18
Entertainment for Your Bias

Entertainment for Your Bias

On a very special episode. Religion • Atheism • The Plaque

Feb 08, 201929:54