Gift Horse 140: Believable Car Situations / Here's Why You're Not Ready for the Duck SoundMike and Tracy finally give each other a little privacy. Commitments to the Bit: View them . Current Gift Horse Data: View it . /episode/index/show/gifthorse/id/30592163
Gift Horse 139: Naturally Converging on Van Art / More About That in Book TwoThis week's gift-giving theme is dragons. As he writes this caption, Mike is sick, so he can't think of anything funny to say. The episode's good, though; you get a really fun glimpse of Young Tracy. Commitments to the Bit: View them . Current Gift Horse Data: View it . /episode/index/show/gifthorse/id/30384253
Gift Horse 138: Couch-side Hot Sauce Caddy / Impeccably PoppinsMike and Tracy competitively gift stuff to Mary Poppins. Their approaches are extremely different, so which one has engaged in the most brutal gamesmanship? Commitments to the Bit: View them . Current Gift Horse Data: View it . /episode/index/show/gifthorse/id/30286323
Gift Horse 137: Body! Stand Near While Face Love! / Phantom of the Opera Jr.Tracy has starred in a play. Mike has seen Tracy star in the play. What now? An exchange of theatre props, of course. Commitments to the Bit: View them . Current Gift Horse Data: View it . /episode/index/show/gifthorse/id/30076633
Gift Horse 136: Show Me a Yam / The Little Grouchy TruthMike and Tracy exchange false foods, which are apparently the one thing Mike loves unreservedly and uncritically. Commitments to the Bit: View them . Current Gift Horse Data: View it . /episode/index/show/gifthorse/id/29981958
Gift Horse 135: King of the Weens / Advice for Moms or UnclesThis week, Mike and Tracy exchange baseball-themed gifts. But first: mutual efforts at conversational curtailment. And then: the episode gets shaggy anyway. Shaggy like a certain NHL mascot. But at least we all know we can count on our uncles. Commitments to the Bit: View them . Current Gift Horse Data: View it . /episode/index/show/gifthorse/id/29658668
Gift Horse 134: Another Hot Addition to This Extremely Sexy Podcast / Striking While the Duck Is WeakThis week, Mike and Tracy review their performance in the year of 2023 and the marriage as a whole. Who is currently winning the marriage? Who is making a several-years-long comeback? And what will they promise to do in order to maintain the long-term health and data integrity of the pod? Commitments to the Bit: View them . Current Gift Horse Data: View it . /episode/index/show/gifthorse/id/29456483
Gift Horse 133: A Caked-Up Frog / Glamping for BatsThis week, settle in for a perhaps unnecessarily long story about the time that Mike encountered a certain animal in his shoe. Then, eventually—arguably far too late—a competitive gifting event with the creature. /episode/index/show/gifthorse/id/29267778
Gift Horse 132: Why an 8 Ball / 360 Stunt MachineIt's that time of year again: Mike and Tracy compete to give the best gift to Jesus in a particular life stage. /episode/index/show/gifthorse/id/29197138
Gift Horse 131: Ham Lifers / A Penguin Who Is Going to Be Your DadThis week, Mike and Tracy exchange fraudulent snow. But Mike is feeling froggy, so first we'll need to talk about death, ham, and math. /episode/index/show/gifthorse/id/29093248
Gift Horse 130: Riding High on Tracy Fumes / Wonka Is the Prime MoverThis week, Mike and Tracy exchange historically important innovations. Sort of. After a fashion. Then there is a discussion of Pleasure in all its various Irreducible Forms. /episode/index/show/gifthorse/id/28985408
Gift Horse 129: Mike Meginnis Lives Safely in Iowa City / All-Purpose Autumn BowlIn an episode recorded several days before Thanksgiving and edited one full week after, Mike and Tracy compete for the love and esteem of 2023's pardoned United States turkeys, Liberty and Bell. /episode/index/show/gifthorse/id/28880143
Gift Horse 127: One of the Lesser Blobs / Very Strong Yet DoomedMike and Tracy exchange pumpkin-themed items. But first: what is Spider-Man's web made of? And come to think of it, does anybody feel cucked by fudge that they themselves made? /episode/index/show/gifthorse/id/28504613
Gift Horse 126: Borne Aloft by Beans / Fragments of a Man and a Man's LifeThis week on Gift Horse, Mike and Tracy exchange items created with bean bag technology. A lot of things have changed since the days of your father's bean bags; the substance has evolved. Pizza cornhole is only the beginning. /episode/index/show/gifthorse/id/28438610
Gift Horse 125: There's Municipal Codes to Consider / One of Four Exotic BirdsThis week on Gift Horse, Mike and Tracy learn more about Lorenzo the Pirate King (and his unique relationship to Tracy). This is followed by a thrilling competitive mailbox exchange. /episode/index/show/gifthorse/id/28372850
Gift Horse 124: A Gun with Present Bullets / Grogu, the Event HorizonChristmas time is here! Christmas time is here! Christmas time is here. Christmas time is here. Christmas time: it's here. /episode/index/show/gifthorse/id/28305968
Gift Horse 123: The Urban Snacker / Permission to Try ManchegoThis week, Mike and Tracy gift each other hypothetical snacks. But of course they must begin with the most difficult, elusive question of them all: what makes a snack in the first place? /episode/index/show/gifthorse/id/28175036
Gift Horse 122: The Standard QWERTY Layout / Infinite Hamlet FanfictionsThis week, Mike and Tracy compete to see who can give the best gift to the infinite monkeys who are currently and eternally using their infinite typewriters to attempt to write Hamlet. At least that's how we understand the concept. /episode/index/show/gifthorse/id/28038594
Gift Horse 121: I'll Cop to Light Punching / Chocolate's a TrapThis week, on Gift Horse, Mike and Tracy exchange cakes, cake facts, cake opinions, cake trauma, and highly allergenic cakes. /episode/index/show/gifthorse/id/27984093
Gift Horse 120: Touch Is How You Know You're Being Pressed / Gross Beyond the Normal RemitThis week, Mike and Tracy first explore the sensual world, and then expand it. /episode/index/show/gifthorse/id/27910986
Gift Horse 119: A Coterie of Favorite Items / My Eternal Battle Against Your AnhedoniaThis episode begins with a heated Target-related callout, then progresses to a consideration of the various ways our fridges, closets, and other household items could improve our lives if they were only a little bit enchanted. /episode/index/show/gifthorse/id/27846774
Gift Horse 118: Unfit to Plant Pumpkins / Por Qué No Los TresIt's time that all of us covered our heads—with gifted hats and headwear, that is! But first, it's time to learn more about pirate education and vocations. Why don't they just farm? https://etsy.com/shop/HappyHoppyStuffs /episode/index/show/gifthorse/id/27787596
Gift Horse 117: Kiryu's Coveted Retirement / I'd Kill to Be in Glimmer TrainWho's the bravest, strongest, upstandingest, possibly boringest man in the world? Possibly the answer is Kiryu. Can our gifts enrich his life? /episode/index/show/gifthorse/id/27719094
Gift Horse 116: Snuggling the Anemone / Up There, CrimewiseWe begin the program with some casual opening patter. Then it's time to be briefly airdropped on the Faroe islands. Will Tracy buy some wool? Will Mike buy some wool? Did everybody buy wool? There's only one way to find out. /episode/index/show/gifthorse/id/27655827
Gift Horse 115: A Rooter Through and Through / The Progenitor SockIf you can put your foot inside it, and if it will then fit inside a shoe, that's nothing but sock, bay-bee. /episode/index/show/gifthorse/id/27589257
Gift Horse 114: One of Your Toilet Ideas / Bumpy Chicken ValuationThis week, Mike and Tracy exchange gifts of currency, or at any rate they claim to. One alternative title for this episode is "Buff Orpington." Another is "Existential Give Up." To learn more about the frog that Tracy discusses, do a google image search for "sad avocado frog." /episode/index/show/gifthorse/id/27527232
Gift Horse 113: Fourteen Years Down, Forever to Go / A Very Small Stake in the ElephantLast week was our decennial cowboy special; this week Mike and Tracy celebrate their fourteenth anniversary. Traditionally, this would involve the exchange of ivory, but they almost certainly won't do that. It's time for ethical, elephantine alternatives. /episode/index/show/gifthorse/id/27462567
Gift Horse 112: Undress the McNuggets / Lotta Dreams Wrapped Up in a PonchoGiddy up, slowpokes. It's time for the decennial Gift Horse cowboy special. Acknowledgement: The following music was used for this media project: Music: No Frills Comparsa by Kevin MacLeod Free download: License (CC BY 4.0): /episode/index/show/gifthorse/id/27396444
