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Latest Episodes

Dad Pod #02 - The Nature of Sleep
March 08, 2024

Wake up shot out of a canon

Dad Pod #01 - Declawing Babies
December 01, 2023

While Best Thing Ever is on break, we checked in with Anthony about being a new dad including lack of sleep, low expectations, and declawing babies. Parenting is fun and not that hard!

Mummy Minute #03 - Warm Bodies
October 31, 2023

Alex Falcone and Ezra Fox accidentally became mummy romance experts when they wrote their best-selling young adult novel (http://unwrapmyheart.com). For Spooktober they're reviewing three classic piec

Mummy Minute #02 - Anne Rice
October 27, 2023

Part two of our mini-series about mummies for spooky month. This time we talked about the most famous mummy romance novel (): The Mummy or Ramses the Damses by Anne Rice. Next week we'll wrap things u

Mummy Minute #01 - The Mummy (1932)
October 13, 2023

Alex and Ezra accidentally became mummy romance experts when they wrote their best-selling young adult novel (http://unwrapmyheart.com). For Spooktober they're reviewing three classic pieces of mummy

Season 1 Wrap | BTE 1.29
September 14, 2023

All good things must come to an end and so must all okay things! With that, we're calling this the official end of season 1. We talked about 27 things all of which could have been the best thing ever

Twilight Imperium is the best thing ever | BTE 1.28
September 07, 2023

Since 2017 our boy Hunter has been one of the most famous players of the uber-complicated boardgame Twilight Imperium. His show chronicled the game's evolution from 3rd to 4th edition and allegedly h

The Good Place is the best thing ever | BTE 1.27
August 24, 2023

The bad news is that you're dead. The good news is that you're part of an exceptional cast on a surprisingly high-concept NBC sitcom with a high jokes-per-minute and good moral center.

The Moon Landing is the best thing ever | BTE 1.26
August 18, 2023

In 1969 two men walked on the surface of the moon (and their friend waited in the car). It was without a doubt the greatest publicity stunt of all time. But even more than that, it was the only time e

CHICKENS are the best thing ever | BTE 1.25
August 10, 2023

They outnumber us 3-to-1, they make breakfast possible, and they're cute as heck. They're chickens and they're everywhere. We welcome back comedian and writer Phoebe Bottoms to talk about her love of