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Getting Through This with Tom and Scott

The podcast that"s 40 years in the making, because they"re both procrastinators. Comedy writer Tom Saunders and political comedian Scott Blakeman help you navigate The New Normal, which is The Old Normal for them, since their comedy careers already require that they spend huge amounts of time at home. Their show peers back into the past, stares unflinchingly at the present, and imagines a more hopeful future, with flights of fancy and many tangents as well.

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Episode 740

Getting Through This with Tom and Scott ·

2024/12/30

Tom's drive from New York to his family Christmas outside of Chicago includes a wondrous drive along the mansion filled Sheridan Road. As well as a blown tire on the Ohio Pennsylvania border, which turns out to be the best place to find a rare tire for his Volvo, which is yet another Christmas miracle.

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Episode 739

Getting Through This with Tom and Scott ·

2024/12/24

Tom takes the wrong bus to start his journey to Chicago, but Scott sees the silver lining, and imagines a Hallmark film where Tom is dressed as Santa carrying a bag of gifts because he thinks he's on the express bus to see his relatives. But by taking a local bus, he discovers the true meaning of Christmas and distributes his gifts to the more needy passengers.

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Episode 738

Getting Through This with Tom and Scott ·

2024/12/22

When a pipe bursts and floods the kitchen floor at Tom's fiancee Sandy's inn, he displays calm during the storm, and thanks to his heroic efforts, the living quarters and common areas emerge unscathed. And Tom also avoids frostbite, by not fleeing into the frigid forest without a coat.

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Episode 737

Getting Through This with Tom and Scott ·

2024/12/16

Tom and Scott became players for one night, when they enter the private sanctum of The Players Club to enjoy a fascinating book presentation by Joe Radding about The Mee-Ow Show at 50, about the Northwestern University, Scott's alma mater, show that changed the cultural landscape.

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Episode 736

Getting Through This with Tom and Scott ·

2024/12/16

Tom laments the end of the Saks Fifth Avenue light and sound Christmas display, but Scott sees a silver lining. And Tom and Sandy deliver a Christmas miracle to the lobby of Scott and Ginger's building.

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Episode 735

Getting Through This with Tom and Scott ·

2024/12/07

The new Johnny Carson biography puts Scott in a literary predicament. Should he put aside his quest to finish the remaining 962 pages of The Power Broker by his birthday in March, to revisit the first Carson biography Tom gave him ten years ago, so he can procrastinate reading the new one? --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tom-saunders9/support

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Episode 734

Getting Through This with Tom and Scott ·

2024/12/04

Pardon us, but why should a President have the power to pardon someone, an act more fit for a king? And we speculate what might happen if Scott used the French term for "excuse me", "Pardon", to someone while walking down a Paris street, and that person happened to have a criminal record. Would French law automatically pardon that person, and would that lead to Scott and Tom being named co-Prime Ministers of France?--- Support this podcast:

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Episode 733

Getting Through This with Tom and Scott ·

2024/11/30

We give thanks for what didn't happen at our Thanksgiving dinner, like Tom falling on top of the delicious side dishes. And that's something he's very proud of. In an historic breakthrough, those very side dishes at the dinner were no longer mere opening acts, and stole the spotlight from the tasty but non headlining turkey.--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tom-saunders9/support

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Episode 732

Getting Through This with Tom and Scott ·

2024/11/24

We celebrate our 732nd episode, because we don't see the point in only commemorating round numbers with 00 and 50. And we propose using our soon to be completed time machine to go back to 1959 and produce a black and white game show called What's Your Problem? --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tom-saunders9/support

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Episode 731

Getting Through This with Tom and Scott ·

2024/11/24

Scott faces a night of toilet terror when his bathroom is off limits because of floor retiling. The tension is Hitchcockian, except that Hitch doesn't make a cameo appearance in the bathroom. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tom-saunders9/support

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Episode 730

Getting Through This with Tom and Scott ·

2024/11/18

Cliche Court is in session, but rest assured we won't be throwing the baby out with the bath water, because that's one of those disturbing cliches that has no place on this podcast.--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tom-saunders9/support

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Episode 729

Getting Through This with Tom and Scott ·

2024/11/14

We take another look at CRISPR, the genetic tool that earned Doudna and Charpentier the Nobel Prize, to ask the question on everyone's mind. Can we use CRISPR to produce a super intelligent bear? --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tom-saunders9/support

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Episode 728

Getting Through This with Tom and Scott ·

2024/11/14

After a long run of balmy weather, the first autumnal day causes Scott to face his seasonal outerwear amnesia. He must use trial and error to remember which coats and jackets he employs when the temperature takes a dip. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tom-saunders9/support

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Episode 727

Getting Through This with Tom and Scott ·

2024/11/14

Tom hasn't done anything embarassing lately, yet he still can't get his name off the list of the 400 Most Embarassing People in America. He has no idea who the people are behind this list, so contacting them to make his case is impossible. Or is it? --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tom-saunders9/support

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Episode 726

Getting Through This with Tom and Scott ·

2024/11/14

Scott revisits a literary commitment he made two years ago, and vows to finish the remaining 960 pages of The Power Broker by Robert A. Caro, by his birthday on March 5. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tom-saunders9/support

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Episode 725

Getting Through This with Tom and Scott ·

2024/11/14

Tom's visit to New Orleans takes a surprising turn when he runs into an old friend he hasn't seen in years. We calculate that the odds of that happening are less than winning two Lottos in the same day while being struck by lightning from three different storms. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tom-saunders9/support

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Episode 724

Getting Through This with Tom and Scott ·

2024/11/13

Tom and Scott do their part to cure the election blues of their constituents, as the self appointed, unelected co-Mayors of Irving place in Manhattan. Thanks to their "not seen and not heard" style of governance, the mood on the street of their five block district is cool, calm and collected. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tom-saunders9/support

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Episode 723

Getting Through This with Tom and Scott ·

2024/11/11

We reveal the previously unknown solution to your Election Day blues, that involves a delicious chocolate pastry and other details that you can only discover in this episode. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tom-saunders9/support

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Episode 722

Getting Through This with Tom and Scott ·

2024/11/03

This one boggles the mind: Tom and Scott do something so unlikely it's the equivalent of winning the lottery twice while getting hit by lightning from three different seriously. Only the truth is way better than the metaphor because of the lightening,obviously. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tom-saunders9/support

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Episode 721

Getting Through This with Tom and Scott ·

2024/10/26

As we countdown to election day Tom and Scott boldly challenge pundits who fill the air with "what to watch for" advice, desperately given because it's impossible to intelligently talk for hours and hours about an event that has not yet happened. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tom-saunders9/support

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