Phoning It In

"Four friends. 3,787 miles between them. One podcast." Every week, four friends from different parts of the country come back together to use their expertise to discuss different topics surrounding a specific theme.

Address All Complaints to John 06/17/2022

Address All Complaints to John John's back from international duty with the USMNT, and we catch up for a bit before getting into an argument over the HBO movie special 7 Days in Hell for this week's Movie Club. /episode/index/show/phoningitin/id/23460191

Homeowner Probs 05/31/2022

Homeowner Probs Nick joins us live from his very hot house and we all catch up on a bunch of things before talking about Moneyball for this week's Movie Club. /episode/index/show/phoningitin/id/23282144

We Have A LOT of Catching Up to Do 05/16/2022

We Have A LOT of Catching Up to Do Since we last spoke... John's been in Spain and got COVID, Michael got a new job and went to Atlanta for his first week of work. And a bunch of other fun stuff, let's get into it! /episode/index/show/phoningitin/id/23119613

Back from KC 04/06/2022

Back from KC John and Michael are back to talk about the big trip to Kansas City for March, John watching the US qualify for the World Cup and Michael yells about the Oscars. /episode/index/show/phoningitin/id/22706177

If You're Listening to This, We're On the Road to Kansas City 03/16/2022

If You're Listening to This, We're On the Road to Kansas City All four of us are back together as we react to the unveiling of the bracket and talk about our trip to Overland Park for the NCAA tournament /episode/index/show/phoningitin/id/22464413

This Was Supposed to Go Up Last Week, My Bad 03/10/2022

This Was Supposed to Go Up Last Week, My Bad This was supposed to be posted a week ago, and Michael has no idea why it didn't go up. But anyway Michael Terry joined us live from the Winter Olympics to talk to us and then we wrapped up rom-coms in the Movie Club with the GOAT When Harry Met Sally /episode/index/show/phoningitin/id/22393043

March Has Arrived 03/09/2022

March Has Arrived It's finally March and we talk about our upcoming trip and Michael attempting to get healthier before breaking down the movie Miracle as the first edition of our Sports Movie Club. /episode/index/show/phoningitin/id/22392947

We've Got a Full House! 02/13/2022

We've Got a Full House! All four (nay, five!) of us are back this week and we catch up for a bit, announce the location of our March trip and much more! /episode/index/show/phoningitin/id/22116035

John's Back on the Road 02/02/2022

John's Back on the Road John recorded in Columbus as the USMNT prepped for more World Cup qualifiers, Michael was watching Sundance movies from home, and we talked about the NFL being fun in the playoffs. /episode/index/show/phoningitin/id/21995618

How Do You Waste a Day? 01/24/2022

How Do You Waste a Day? It's been snowing a lot, so we talk about how we spend our days when we're stuck inside a lot before talking about I Love You, Man for the movie club! /episode/index/show/phoningitin/id/21877211

Can We Get John To Play Wordle? 01/16/2022

Can We Get John To Play Wordle? John and Nick celebrated their birthdays last week, the award season in the film industry is officially off and running, and we talk about the Wordle trend before getting into a Movie Club discussion about Easy A. /episode/index/show/phoningitin/id/21791066

Fighting the Sunday Scaries 01/08/2022

Fighting the Sunday Scaries It's a new year, and we kick it off by talking about how we had a hard time getting back to work and what we did while we had some time off from work. Then in place of our Movie Club discussion, we talked about Don't Look Up. /episode/index/show/phoningitin/id/21714503

A Merry Holiday Episode 12/28/2021

A Merry Holiday Episode This week on the show we talk about what we had planned for the holiday and then get a great surprise from Nick (and Lucas!) to get a dad life update. /episode/index/show/phoningitin/id/21615449

A New Season Begins! 12/12/2021

A New Season Begins! We begin our fifth season of the podcast with discussions of a project Michael is working on, the fascinating new Beatles documentary on Disney Plus and a Movie Club breakdown of It's Complicated. /episode/index/show/phoningitin/id/21456326

Thankful for 200 Episodes 11/28/2021

Thankful for 200 Episodes It's Episode 200! We wrap up our fourth season with Michael and John talking Thanksgiving, seeing Cody in Morgantown, and review 27 Dresses for our Movie Club. /episode/index/show/phoningitin/id/21301478

Dos A Cero! 11/21/2021

Dos A Cero! John got to be a part of a massive US Soccer win to end a hectic stretch in his work career, we talk about a lot of other fun stuff after not talking for the longest since we started this show! /episode/index/show/phoningitin/id/21236117

John's Moment of Truth 11/01/2021

John's Moment of Truth This week we talk about a wild old game show Michael started watching and John comes to grips with some mistakes he made as we revisit Palm Springs in the Movie Club. /episode/index/show/phoningitin/id/20983919

Back from the Windy City 10/29/2021

Back from the Windy City Michael is back from visiting John, who went back out on the road for this week's episode of the show. We talk about our time hanging out together and Michael's Chicago Film Festival trip before getting into Set It Up on this week's Movie Club. /episode/index/show/phoningitin/id/20983889

Chicago Week! 10/14/2021

Chicago Week! The day this episode drops, Michael's on his way to Chicago to visit John and attend the Chicago Film Festival. We talk about the weird reactions Michael gets about going to watch movies by himself, talk about obsessions with true crime and much more! /episode/index/show/phoningitin/id/20816141

We're Going Back to Back 10/04/2021

We're Going Back to Back Two episodes in two days?? After a crazy time and Michael being an idiot, we're back on track with another quick episode. The Chicago trip is getting closer, Spurs played Aston Villa, and it's just always great to hang out and talk for a bit. /episode/index/show/phoningitin/id/20687675

Exciting Things Are Happening! 10/03/2021

Exciting Things Are Happening! Michael is getting ready to head to Chicago to visit John (and go to the Chicago Film Festival), we talked about getting to go to games and then discussed 2005's Will Smith classic Hitch! /episode/index/show/phoningitin/id/20687660

Keep Guilting Cody Into Doing the Show With Us! 09/16/2021

Keep Guilting Cody Into Doing the Show With Us! John and Michael and a third host back on the show as Cody made another appearance! Michael tries a PBR hard coffee live on the air, we talked about John's trip to Nashville, regional foods and potential new fall traditions. /episode/index/show/phoningitin/id/20489504

A Test Like No Other 09/08/2021

A Test Like No Other John is in Nashville for World Cup qualifiers, we draft our ideal streaming service lineup and a friendship is tested during this week's Movie Club review of Four Weddings and a Funeral. /episode/index/show/phoningitin/id/20410787

John's Getting Ready to Do Some Cool Stuff Let's Talk About It 08/29/2021

John's Getting Ready to Do Some Cool Stuff Let's Talk About It US Soccer announced its first roster for World Cup qualifying, which means John's about to be crazy busy! We talk about how cool it is to get to work as part of one of the biggest sporting events in the world, pop culture things made during the pandemic and get into the Movie Club review of the 1997 Fever Pitch. /episode/index/show/phoningitin/id/20298485

This is 30 08/23/2021

This is 30 John and Michael get together to discuss Michael's 30th birthday and the guys catch up for a bit before diving into this week's Movie Club review of No Strings Attached. /episode/index/show/phoningitin/id/20234138

Why is Trash TV So Good? 08/16/2021

Why is Trash TV So Good? On this week's show, John's back from the beach and we discuss trash TV, Lionel Messi leaving Barcelona and get into this week's Movie Club talk about The Big Sick! You can now watch the podcast in video form on YouTube. Check it out ! You can call us now at 304-627-1889 and leave us a voicemail to keep the conversation going. Send us an email at or tweet us or talk to us on if you have any comments or anything you want us to talk about on the show. You can also send us a message to any of those places if you want Phoning It In merch! We still have a few hats and koozies left. Download the episode and subscribe to our show on , , or in the store. Be sure to rate and comment on the show and spread the word if you enjoy it! /episode/index/show/phoningitin/id/20158067

If John Asks, This Went Up Last Week 08/07/2021

If John Asks, This Went Up Last Week In an episode that was totally not recorded a week ago, Michael and John talk about a fun time in the summer for sports and then review The 40 Year Old Virgin as this week's Movie Club rom-com pick. /episode/index/show/phoningitin/id/20065628

But Why Are Rich People Going to Space? 07/23/2021

But Why Are Rich People Going to Space? Michael Terry joins John and Michael this week for the show as we get a check-in from Nick and Lucas in Dad Corner, discuss TBT and break down this week's Movie Club pick Crazy Rich Asians. /episode/index/show/phoningitin/id/19910039

Sorry We Don't Have Food 07/16/2021

Sorry We Don't Have Food Michael and John talk about their interesting experiences out at bars this past week, Michael went back to the office, John's car battery died, and we review Always Be My Maybe for the Movie Club! /episode/index/show/phoningitin/id/19832501

Go Out There and Get It, Young Kings and Queens 07/10/2021

Go Out There and Get It, Young Kings and Queens This week's podcast we're joined by a super secret surprise who everyone has been asking for and we talk about the new NIL developments in college sports before reviewing The Proposal for this week's Movie Club. You can now watch the podcast in video form on YouTube. Check it out ! You can call us now at 304-627-1889 and leave us a voicemail to keep the conversation going. Send us an email at or tweet us or talk to us on if you have any comments or anything you want us to talk about on the show. You can also send us a message to any of those places if you want Phoning It In merch! We still have a few hats and koozies left. Download the episode and subscribe to our show on , , or in the store. Be sure to rate and comment on the show and spread the word if you enjoy it! /episode/index/show/phoningitin/id/19767851

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