We're No Experts

Episode 93 - The We're-No-Experssance

mailbag@noexpertspodcast.com (Jim Martin and Jonathan Hamilton) — Thu, 02 Mar 2023 23:19:00 +0000

Wait...this can't be right--a signal? On this old channel? "Welcome back..."--could it be the return of We're No Experts?! There's only one way to find out, loyal subscriber!

Rerun - Episode 11 - Strictly for My Neighbors

mailbag@noexpertspodcast.com (Jim Martin and Jonathan Hamilton) — Fri, 10 Dec 2021 02:45:00 +0000

What's it take to get you out of the house? We discuss a bunch of local stuff, and Jonathan coughs incessantly.

Rerun - Episode 9 - Sometimes You Want to Live Where Everybody Knows Your Name

mailbag@noexpertspodcast.com (Jim Martin and Jonathan Hamilton) — Fri, 26 Nov 2021 00:21:00 +0000

What TV show would you most like to live in? Partially inspired by the neverending Cheers rewatch.

Rerun - Episode 8 - We're Norm Experts

mailbag@noexpertspodcast.com (Jim Martin and Jonathan Hamilton) — Thu, 11 Nov 2021 23:25:00 +0000

Talked quite a bit about norms in this one, with particular emphasis on bathroom norms. The secret origin of the Bathroom Break.

Rerun - Episode 7 - Be All That You Can Let Yourself Be

mailbag@noexpertspodcast.com (Jim Martin and Jonathan Hamilton) — Thu, 28 Oct 2021 23:23:00 +0000

Regarding lying to kids: What are the ethics of just letting your kids win? Is it ever really wrong to grind your kids to dust for daring to step to their parents?

Rerun - Episode 6 - Planes, Trains, and...Submarines?

mailbag@noexpertspodcast.com (Jim Martin and Jonathan Hamilton) — Thu, 14 Oct 2021 22:18:00 +0000

Bask in the glory of our first truly inane prompt: Would you rather spend the rest of your life on a plane that can't land or a submarine that can't surface?

Rerun - Episode 5 - Which Came First: The Rabbit or the Egg?

mailbag@noexpertspodcast.com (Jim Martin and Jonathan Hamilton) — Thu, 30 Sep 2021 21:28:00 +0000

A very timely repeat of an Easter classic, in which we try to figure out why rabbits and eggs are associated with Easter without just looking it up.

Rerun - Episode 4 - The Five Million Dollar Question

mailbag@noexpertspodcast.com (Jim Martin and Jonathan Hamilton) — Thu, 16 Sep 2021 20:53:00 +0000

You find five million bucks. Is it a good thing or a huge hassle? What are you gonna do with it?

Rerun - Episode 3 - I Ain't Afraid of No Aliens...or Am I?

mailbag@noexpertspodcast.com (Jim Martin and Jonathan Hamilton) — Thu, 02 Sep 2021 20:45:00 +0000

The warm embrace of hiatus surrounds us still. If aliens invited you to come sail away, would you take them up on the offer?

Rerun - Episode 2 - Passing in the Past

mailbag@noexpertspodcast.com (Jim Martin and Jonathan Hamilton) — Thu, 19 Aug 2021 23:06:00 +0000

Hiatus continues! How far back could you travel in the past and pass as a native of that time?

Rerun - Episode 1 - Dog Thoughts

mailbag@noexpertspodcast.com (Jim Martin and Jonathan Hamilton) — Thu, 05 Aug 2021 22:52:00 +0000

While we're on hiatus, it's a perfect time for you to revisit our first episode! We discuss dog thoughts, self checkouts, the idiom "a dog's age," and more!

Episode 92 - We're on Hiatus

mailbag@noexpertspodcast.com (Jim Martin and Jonathan Hamilton) — Thu, 22 Jul 2021 23:12:00 +0000

We are taking a well deserved break for the summer. Please submit topics to mailbag@noexpertspodcast.com! And enjoy this final episode in which we talk about lazy teachers and the dumbest uses we'd make of time travel.

Episode 91 - More Machine Than Experts

mailbag@noexpertspodcast.com (Jim Martin and Jonathan Hamilton) — Thu, 08 Jul 2021 23:29:00 +0000

What makes a cyborg? At what point do you cease being "a person with a metal arm" and an honest-to-goodness cybernetic organism? Also: a question of etiquette.

Episode 90 - The Last Pod on Earth

mailbag@noexpertspodcast.com (Jim Martin and Jonathan Hamilton) — Thu, 24 Jun 2021 22:29:00 +0000

Flipping the script a bit, what would you do if you were the last person on Earth? How would you fill your days? How would you guarantee your survival? What buildings would you burn down?

Episode 89 - Button Men

mailbag@noexpertspodcast.com (Jim Martin and Jonathan Hamilton) — Thu, 10 Jun 2021 23:12:00 +0000

Jim suggests there are advantages to aging in reverse like The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. Jonathan ain't so sure. Also a Bathroom Break follow-up and, like, a lot of unexpected dentist talk at the end.

Episode 88 - A Couple of Cold Ones

mailbag@noexpertspodcast.com (Jim Martin and Jonathan Hamilton) — Thu, 27 May 2021 22:47:00 +0000

If you could be cryogenically frozen and thawed out hundreds of years from now, would you do it? What would it take to change your mind? What if we told you that you might end up a RoboCop?

Episode 87 - Fallout Boys

mailbag@noexpertspodcast.com (Jim Martin and Jonathan Hamilton) — Thu, 13 May 2021 21:37:00 +0000

Disaster preppers and survivalists are nutjobs, right? There's nothing to that. We shouldn't bother prepping for nuclear armageddon or anything, should we? Let's figure it out.

Episode 86 - Tom and Tommer

mailbag@noexpertspodcast.com (Jim Martin and Jonathan Hamilton) — Thu, 29 Apr 2021 23:02:00 +0000

If you swapped Tom Cruise and Tom Hanks in their respective movies, who'd come out on top?

Episode 85 - Time Travail

mailbag@noexpertspodcast.com (Jim Martin and Jonathan Hamilton) — Thu, 15 Apr 2021 22:42:00 +0000

Jonathan has anxiety about time travel, real ontological shit, and he'll tell you all about it after he's done complaining about his audio book purchase.

Episode 84 - Decline the Power

mailbag@noexpertspodcast.com (Jim Martin and Jonathan Hamilton) — Thu, 01 Apr 2021 22:29:00 +0000

Are there any superpowers you'd outright turn down if offered? There are drawbacks you might want to consider. Good, practical advice for real problems is what we're all about.

Episode 83 - Other People's Pets

mailbag@noexpertspodcast.com (Jim Martin and Jonathan Hamilton) — Thu, 18 Mar 2021 22:45:00 +0000

You down with O.P.P.? Other people's pets? Of course you pet every dog, but there certainly must be lines you don't cross with other people's pets, right? Also: Jonathan slags Bodum.

Episode 82 - Shifty Characters

mailbag@noexpertspodcast.com (Jim Martin and Jonathan Hamilton) — Fri, 05 Mar 2021 00:18:00 +0000

Would it be better to shapeshift into one specific person for as long as you want or shapeshift into anyone for just one hour? Don't miss the surprise return of a classic segment!

Episode 81 - No Contest

mailbag@noexpertspodcast.com (Jim Martin and Jonathan Hamilton) — Thu, 18 Feb 2021 23:35:00 +0000

If you could run a contest, what would the prize be? What kind of contestants would you want, and how would they compete? We also cover a few norms: helping yourself to a drink and double-dipping.

Episode 80 - We're No Groundhogs, Part II

mailbag@noexpertspodcast.com (Jim Martin and Jonathan Hamilton) — Thu, 04 Feb 2021 23:47:00 +0000

Haven't we done this before? No! Following up on Part I, we investigate what we might do differently should the genie's curse give us advance notice of the time loop. Hear Jim praise Jonathan's genius idea.

Episode 79 - Junk Drawer

mailbag@noexpertspodcast.com (Jim Martin and Jonathan Hamilton) — Thu, 21 Jan 2021 23:16:00 +0000

Jim has a few rapid-fire topics, including: washing new clothes, the battle of the sitcom dads, beef with store layouts.