The Problem: Merlin’s education is somewhat spotty.

(Recorded on June 15, 2026.)

The Problem: Nature is healing.

(Recorded on June 8, 2026.)

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The Problem: John didn’t have his good glasses on.

(Recorded on Monday, March 16, 2026.)

The Problem: We’re not at the time of yarn yet.

(Recorded on Monday, March 18, 2024.)

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The Problem: John forgot his phone.

(Recorded on Monday, March 11, 2024.)

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The Problem: Don’t fuck with a thing that you see.

(Recorded on Monday, February 26, 2024.)

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The Problem: The folding table is its own problem.

(Recorded on Monday, February 19, 2024.)

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The Problem: John painted the floor blue.

(Recorded on Monday, February 12, 2024.)

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The Problem: John’s mom is the dark part of the sunglasses.

(Recorded on Monday, February 5, 2024.)

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The Problem: These British musicians don’t respect their culture.

(Recorded on Monday, January 22, 2024.)

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The Problem: John is always seeing the light across the water.

(Recorded on Monday, January 15, 2024.)

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The Problem: John gets a million pitches from people.

(Recorded on Monday, January 8, 2024.)

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The Problem: Don’t you have a wife?

(Recorded on Monday, January 1, 2024.)

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The Problem: John didn’t make it this far because there was any plan.

(Recorded on Monday, March 9, 2026.)

The Problem: John took the class wrong.

(Recorded on Monday, December 18, 2023.)

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The Problem: John doesn’t have the ability to call krampuses down upon people.

(Recorded on Monday, December 11, 2023.)

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The Problem: Oh, no. Not one of these Daddy roads.

(Recorded on Monday, November 20, 2023.)

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The Problem: John is at peak “Fuck You.”

(Recorded on Monday, November 6, 2023.)

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The Problem: There should be a button that just solves problems in general.

(Recorded on Monday, October 23, 2023.)

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The Problem: That ride costs extra.

(Recorded on Monday, October 16, 2023.)

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The Problem: Thought is the death of sin.

(Recorded on Monday, October 2, 2023.)

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The Problem: John is all out of knee.

(Recorded on Monday, September 18, 2023.)

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The Problem: None of the hats fit John.

(Recorded on Monday, September 11, 2023.)

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The Problem: Pimples are an opportunity.

(Recorded on Monday, August 28, 2023.)

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The Problem: By the time the world comes around, you’re not in charge of it anymore.

(Recorded on Monday, March 2, 2026.)

The Problem: Merlin fell on his keys.

(Recorded on Monday, August 21, 2023.)

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The Problem: John came up in airplanes.

(Recorded on Monday, August 7, 2023.)

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The Problem: They don’t have their Coca-Cola license.

(Recorded on Monday, July 31, 2023.)

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The Problem: We’re all eating at the same cereal bar.

(Recorded on Monday, July 24, 2023.)

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The Problem: John only sees what he’s shown.

(Recorded on Monday, July 17, 2023.)

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The Problem: John forgot to get an end table.

(Recorded on Monday, July 10, 2023.)

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The Problem: John must have accomplished something wind chimes.

(Recorded on Monday, June 26, 2023.)

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The Problem: John is a different kind of dog.

(Recorded on Monday, June 19, 2023.)

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The Problem: It’s nice to turn things down.

(Recorded on Monday, June 12, 2023.)

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The Problem: You have to understand what a Kundalini is.

(Recorded on Monday, May 29, 2023.)

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The Problem: You can’t assign specialness.

(Recorded on Monday, February 23, 2026.)

The Problem: They did not approve of each other.

(Recorded on Monday, May 22, 2023.)

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The Problem: John’s not allowed to go to Egypt without his kid.

(Recorded on Monday, May 1, 2023)

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The Problem: It was a box of props that John brought.

(Recorded on Monday, April 24, 2023.)

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The Problem: Ken is a punner.

(Recorded on Monday, April 17, 2023.)

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The Problem: It was Picture Day.

(Recorded on Monday, April 10, 2023.)

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The Problem: John’s liver was somewhere else.

(Recorded on Monday, April 3, 2023.)

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The Problem: John will follow you down a manhole.

(Recorded on Monday, March 20, 2023.)

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The Problem: John was seeing all the people in their church clothes.

(Recorded on Monday, March 13, 2023.)

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The Problem: John’s daughter requested a push.

(Recorded on Monday, March 6, 2023.)

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The Problem: John has a list of people that he feels bad for.

(Recorded on Monday, February 20, 2023.)

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The Problem: We were slender then.

(Recorded on Monday, February 16, 2026.)

• “Against the Wind” — Bob Seger (1980) — “What to leave in? What to leave out?”
• Dave Nanian — Mastodon post about his original ’81 copy — the friend who sparked the dB’s conversation
• The dBs — “Black and White” (Repercussion, 1982)
• Don Dixon — “Girls L.T.D.” — solo track from the guy who co-produced early R.E.M.
• Sneakers (band, ~1975) — early NC power pop band featuring Dixon, Easter, and Stamey before they were famous
• Movies with Mikey — “But, did you knowwww?”
• Richard Hugo — “Degrees of Grey in Philipsburg”
• Candide — Voltaire (1759) — third episode running where Merlin has mentioned Cunegonde
• Claudine Longet — French singer who shot Olympic skier Spider Sabich; married to Andy Williams
• “Spicks and Specks” — Bee Gees (1966) — Merlin: “one of the purest pop songs ever written”
• “You Give a Little Love” — These crazy kids and their pies. From Bugsy Malone (1976)
• Marshall Brodien’s TV Magic Cards — Merlin bought his trick cards at Walgreens
• Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982) — Roderick cites Cameron Crowe on the film’s tragic subtext about being pressured to lose virginity
• Groundhog Day (1993) — “what a fucking great movie”; Ned Ryerson as “one of the all time great character actor appearances”
• Nut Tree (Vacaville, CA) — roadside attraction with amusement park and small airport; Roderick and his dad flew there in a small plane

The Problem: It didn’t connect under John’s nose.

(Recorded on Monday, February 13, 2023.)

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The Problem: It’s roughly the same piece of wood.

(Recorded on Monday, February 6, 2023.)

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The Problem: A lot of us are leading a provisional life.

(Recorded on Monday, January 23, 2023.)

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