Podcast

Off the Chain

A DIY podcast with Dave Jenson exploring culture, action movies, terrible haircuts, and more.

In January 2015 I started making Off the Chain with my old college roommate Dave Jenson. We ran it as a ramshackle variety show, with regular segments dedicated to things Dave loves (action movies, incredible feats of human endurance, children's books), things I love (terrible haircuts, unusual names, documentary films) and things we both love (sports, music, & literature).

Off the Chain

Episode 77: The Last One

Episode 76: Physics Hair

Episode 75: Ken, Yakov, and an Ornamental Hermit Walk Into a Bar ...

Episode 74: Lawyer Up

Episode 73: Mark Davis' "Rube Do"

Episode 72: Market This!

Episode 71: We're Baaaack!

Episode 70: 2016 in Review, part 3

Episode 69: 2016 in Review, part 2

Episode 68: 2016 in Review, part 1

Episode 67: Our 2016 Guide to Christmas

Episode 66: Collections

Episode 65: The Art of Photography

Episode 64: The Party! Party! Party! party

Episode 63: On Nerdery and Games

Episode 62: Eye on the Gold Chain [Rio Olympics 2016!]

Episode 61: That One Time at Band Camp ...

Episode 60: Art Talk with Jack Bangerter

Episode 59: NBA Finals Recap

Episode 58: ROOOOOOOOOBOTS!

Episode 57: [Hidden Track]

Episode 56: Flip the Switch! Jordan Faux for President in 2020

Episode 55: Politics, Presidential Style

Episode 54: Everything You (N)ever Wanted to Know About Babies

Episode 53: #ToniBraxton

Episode 52: Mornin&#039; Mark

Episode 51: Hey, Sister!

Episode 50: Our Golden Anniversary

Episode 49: On the Road Again

Episode 48: Cities of the Future

Episode 47: Occupy OTC

Episode 46: New Year&#039;s Predictions

Episode 45: Everybody&#039;s A Critic

Episode 44: The Best of 2015: The Year in Review

Episode 43: Our Favorite Things

Episode 42: Engerland, Oh Engerland

Episode 41: College Memories

Episode 40: Characters

Episode 39: In Praise of Youth

Episode 38: All Hallows&#039; Eve!

Episode 37: Owning It

Episode 36: Wonka!

Episode 35: We&#039;ve Got You Covered!

Episode 34: A Mighty Wind

Episode 33: Small Town USA, Small Talk, To the Limits, Great Moments in Advertising History, OTC Hall of Fame, Unchained Melodies: 6 Degrees of Kevin Bacon, and &quot;Pig in First Person&quot;

Episode 32: Back to School, Expert Testimony: Ed Tech and Uvula Facts Edition, OTC Disaster Movies, Unchained Melodies: Back to School Edition, and Two Poems

Episode 31: Men&#039;s Hair Care Tips, The Apocalypse, Unchained Melodies: Apocalypse Now Edition, and The Circle

Episode 30: The Skunk & Following People, Expert Testimony: Lexington, Kentucky Edition, Ask OTC, Unchained Melodies: Songs About Animals, and The Seed Beneath the Snow

Episode 29: Greatest Ever Haircuts, Small Talk, Everyday Heroes, Unchained Melodies: BECK!, and Bartleby, the Scrivener

Episode 28: Expert Testimony: Self-Help, Teen Boys and Tull edition, To the Limits, Ask OTC, Unchained Melodies: Jethro Tull Forever, and The Things They Carried

Episode 27: Ode to Summer, Great Moments in Advertising, Small Talk, OTC Money, Would You Rather?, Unchained Melodies: Unrequited Love Edition, and A Million Miles in a Thousand Years

Episode 26: Summer Fashion, OTC Friendship, Unchained Melodies: 90s Hip-hop One-hit Wonder Edition, and Master & Commander

Episode 25: Summer Movies, On Death and Dying, Ask OTC, Unchained Melodies: Funeral Music, and Preparing for Death

Episode 24: Life Hacks, Small Talk, Expert Testimony: Mississippi, Duke Basketball, and Buffalo!, OTC Authors: Thomas Nashe, Unchained Melodies, and The Genealogy of Morals

Episode 23: NBA Draft Fashion, Jurassic World, Lost the Plot: Escape Plan, Overlooked Biblical Names, OTC Hall of Fame, Unchained Melodies, and The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro

Episode 22: Adventures in Homeschooling, Small Talk, Expert Testimony: Parenting and Creativity, Everyday Heroes, Unchained Melodies, and I Hate To Leave This Beautiful Place

Episode 21: Pickup Basketball, Assigned Reading, Expert Testimony: Urban Planning, Unchained Melodies, and Those Winter Sundays

Episode 20: The Tennant, OTC Time Travel, Ask OTC, Brother vs. Brother, Unchained Melodies, and Richard Feynman

Episode 19: Hug Daddy Game, Top 5 Norwegian Words, Small Talk, Expert Testimony: Ask the Marketer, Brother vs. Brother, Unchained Melodies, and East of Eden

Episode 18: Name of the Year, OTC Vacations, To the Limits, Unchained Melodies: Fight Edition, and White Noise

Episode 17: OTC Vistas, Small Talk, Walden, Unchained Melodies: Summer Songs, and Cat's Cradle

Episode 16: Disney World, Small Talk, Ask OTC, Expert Testimony: OTC Comics, Unchained Melodies, and The Phantom Tollbooth

Episode 15: Over the Top: Top 5 Action Stars, Comic Book Battles, Unchained Melodies, and The Humane Imagination

Episode 14: Poetry, Expert Testimony, Small Talk, Ask OTC, Unchained Melodies, and Charles Reznikoff

Episode 13: Ringworld, Sci-Fi Stack Exchange, Assigned Reading, Would You Rather?, Unchained Melodies, and I, Robot.

Episode 12: Furious 7, Sports!, Small Talk: The Sport, Unchained Melodies, and The Goalkeeper

Episode 11: Aliens, OTC Hall of Fame, Lost the Plot: John Wick, Unchained Melodies, Book Wisdom

Episode 10: Baby Birthday Parties, To The Limits, Ask OTC, Small Talk, Diesel: Running on Gas, Unchained Melodies, and Montaigne&#039;s Essays

Episode 9: Ostrich Fest, March Madness!, Lost the Plot: Backdraft, Unchained Melodies, and Raise Hight the Roof Beam, Carpenters

Episode 8: Children&#039;s Picture Books, Small Talk, Ask OTC, Unchained Melodies, and The English Patient

Episode 7: Time Travel, OTC Hall of Fame, Ask OTC, Unchained Melodies, and All the Pretty Horses

Episode 6: At the Limits, Small Talk, Unchained Melodies, and Grooks

Episode 5: Small Talk, Diesel: Running on Gas, Ask OTC, Unchained Melodies, and Shantideva

Episode 4: Food Kiosk, Men&#039;s Room Graffiti, Unchained Melodies, and the Brothers Karamazov

Episode 3: Small Talk, Lost the Plot, Ask OTC, Unchained Melodies, and The Little Prince

Episode 2: Castles & Coasters, Super Bowl Ads, Ask OTC, Unchained Melodies, and Beloved

Episode 1: Planet Hulk, Non-Stop, & Damien Jurado

Episode 52: Mornin' Mark

Episode 46: New Year's Predictions

Episode 45: Everybody's A Critic

Episode 38: All Hallows' Eve!

Episode 35: We've Got You Covered!

Episode 33: Small Town USA, Small Talk, To the Limits, Great Moments in Advertising History, OTC Hall of Fame, Unchained Melodies: 6 Degrees of Kevin Bacon, and "Pig in First Person"

Episode 31: Men's Hair Care Tips, The Apocalypse, Unchained Melodies: Apocalypse Now Edition, and The Circle

Episode 10: Baby Birthday Parties, To The Limits, Ask OTC, Small Talk, Diesel: Running on Gas, Unchained Melodies, and Montaigne's Essays

Episode 8: Children's Picture Books, Small Talk, Ask OTC, Unchained Melodies, and The English Patient

Episode 4: Food Kiosk, Men's Room Graffiti, Unchained Melodies, and the Brothers Karamazov