The Phoney & Call-y Podcast
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The Phoney & Call-y Podcast
Tony and Johnny are the best of friends…but they live on separate coasts! Luckily, they’ve been able to keep their long-distance relationship fresh and vital through frequent, soul-nourishing phone conversations. The Phoney & Call-y Show presents these phone calls to you:...
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55 episodi
Episode 54: The Longest Dial Tone
You heard right, Pho-Cal Heads. This old pod is movin’ on to quieter, less-audible pastures. It’s proven too much for Johnny’s delicate system, and he...
Episode 53: Panthro’s Worth
We start with some real, nice energy and momentum. The babies sing a little. Then it all hits a brick wall when Johnny holds forth on his ramen lunch....
Episode 52: Does He Seem Stupider? (with guest Naomi Ekperigin)
Johnny has gotten the new COVID booster. And it has provided him with firsthand knowledge of the mysterious “anal gel” that Tony is always talking abo...
Episode 51: No Fear (with guest Gil Ozeri)
The boys are ready to record. There’s only one problem…they don’t have a guest! They happen to be chatting with pod-fav Gil Ozeri, and they think, “Wh...
Episode 50: Eggs on the Weekend (with guest Jeff Hiller)
O momentous day! It’s the 50th episode!!! And guess what? It’s never mentioned once. The hosts forgot! Luckily, they do remember to talk about their m...
Episode 49: Hot Hospital Content (with guest Rob Stern)
Wee oo wee ooo! It’s a medical emergency! John’s father is in the hospital, and that means two things: The boys are very concerned, OBVIOUSLY. And Ton...
Episode 48: A Wipe-the-Slate Moment (with guest Andy Daly)
The boys begin with some clutch accent work, then get into what good drivers they think they are. Listeners are encouraged to take a thorough self-inv...
Episode 47: Communications (with guests Shelby Wolstein & EJ Marcus)
Tony is glistening. He’s comfortable to let Johnny believe it’s sweat from his toils, but really he’s just gotten out of the shower! Johnny is behind...
Episode 46: The Trenches (with guest James Adomian)
It’s hot! Should Tony leave his air conditioner running? Dare he? What are the implications for the audio quality of the podcast? The answer MAY surpr...
Episode 45: Organized Curiosity (with guest Larry Atamanuik)
The pod’s abuzz because Anthony’s dad Larry is coming on today, and his tech specs need to be juuuuust right! Tony is rankled that it’s not societally...
Episode 44: Miliani’s Game (with guest Emily Strachan)
We open on a hot, desert soundscape. Heat waves undulate off the baking asphalt. The driving roadhouse rock swells, as a leather-clad dog enters frame...
Episode 43: A Waste of Time (with guest Mark Proksch)
There’s some disagreement between the two schmucks about whether or not they need to formally greet one another, at the top of the pod. They clearly b...
Episode 42: The Mini-Soda Twins
Another breezy, guest-less episode begins with a classic jump-scare! Even more frightening, Johnny is not running the latest version of Zoom! Thankful...
Episode 41: Manets on Everything (with guests Mary Holland & Dan Klein)
It’s a beautiful day out! After struggling to describe it, Tony admits to a near-total ignorance of visual artists. This throws the guys into a confid...
Episode 40: Pup Detectives?! (with guest Geoff Garlock)
It’s too much nipple talk for Tony! Also, Tony has been the recipient of multiple birthday gifts from Johnny. But is Johnny really the magnificent gif...
Episode 39: Farting Around in a 747 (with guest Rob Huebel)
Summer’s heating up, and you can’t run A/C during a podcast. So the men are hot! The fellas crunch the numbers on how many full days of recording they...
Episode 38: The Night Meeting (with No One)
Tony & Johnny are recording the podcast together, in the same room, for the first time! They quickly discover that the “play-aggression” they employ o...
Episode 37: Harry Podcast (with guest Dan Lippert)
The giggle-boys are being silly tickledicks, at the top of the pod. They titter about Harry Potter, old email accounts, and whether you have to be a h...
Episode 36: A Handsome Man (with guest Ben Rodgers)
Tony is hard-selling Johnny on getting back into DayZ (a multiplayer, survival game without the speed of multiplayer, the satisfaction of survival, or...
Episode 35: A Hollow Ball of Pure Intelligence (with guest Neil Casey)
There’s a congressional hearing on UFOs! Tony finds UFO speculation endlessly fascinating. But sadly, try as he might, he cannot get Johnny on board....
Episode 34: The Perfect Distance (with guest Seth Morris)
The cranks begin with another of their fussy, bicker sessions. Feelings are nearly hurt, but they pull back just in time and align their angst against...
Episode 33: Sexualis! (with guest Gil Ozeri)
It’s a Threeway all day, as Green Crewman Gil Ozeri attends for the entire session! The 3 fren-amigos work out a complex system for who has to be swee...
Episode 32: A Motherly Attitude: The Return (with guest Susan Gemberling)
Excitement is in the air, as the boys ready their podcast for the arrival of Johnny’s vaunted mother, Sweet Susan! Tony’s in a bit of a lather after b...
Episode 31: A Book, Plugged (with guest John Flynn)
Johnny’s nervous to test out his new wifi network. What if it doesn’t work well?! Meanwhile, Tony’s fresh from the doctor where he was informed that h...
Episode 30: A 30th Episode Lookback Celebration!
It’s the 30th episode! A famously important and difficult-to-achieve milestone in the life of any podcast. The triumphant hosts take a moment to “look...
Episode 29: A Stroll Through Barnes & Noble (with guest Blaire Erskine)
Do Tony & Johnny have anything to talk about anymore? Yes! They discuss the weather for a bit and depress themselves about the deteriorating environme...
Episode 28: The Communicatey & Tricorder-y Show (with guest Will Hines)
For reasons unexplained, Tony & Johnny are gone. But filling in, from the 24th century, are everyone’s favorite Federation stooges, Captain Picard and...
Episode 27: Evidence of Other People (with guest Kelly Hudson)
Johnny is snuggled up in his bedroom, and Tony actually thinks his audio sounds good! Did he think it was bad before? The Cozy Couple considers the jo...
Episode 26: Oh No! He’s Got a Guitar! (with guest Jon Daly)
The boyz are back from their triumphant trip to SXSW! They express their gratitude that they’re both on the same social wavelength of wanting to hang...
Episode 25: Dud Sister (with guest Alison Leiby)
With SXSW looming, our heroes discover that the payments they’re receiving for the festival are being structured differently (yes, a “travel buyout” i...
Episode 24: Have a Banana! (with guest Bobby Moynihan)
Straight away, Johnny is frozen! Can’t participate. Tony fills time artfully, like the professional he is. Getting his shit together, Johnny does some...
Episode 23: There’s Nothing Worse Than a Guest!
The professional hosts of this podcast have decided they dislike guests. So this episode doesn’t have one! Their relief at not having to talk to a thi...
Episode 22: A Thousand Dollars Worth of Meat (with guest Flossie Arend)
It’s Valentine's Day and the bloom is off the rose for Johnny’s new computer! It sucks! Our Haughty Heroes are horrified at how quickly the love has f...
Episode 21: Amor Fati (with guest Cipha Sounds)
Johnny’s got a new computer! Sure, it’s clean and pleasing now, but for how long?! The grown-men confront the dark enchantment their possessions have...
Episode 20: I Like That We’re All Screaming Right Now (with guest Betsy Sodaro)
It’s Johnny’s pre-birthday, and Tony’s large gift is already causing a stir! In this episode, we learn why Tony can’t be an astrophysicist and that Jo...
Episode 19: Let Them Be Upset! (with guest Paul Scheer)
The boys are aglow after receiving a compliment about the podcast. Then, they get into their discomfort around compliments. When Tony disrupts the cha...
Episode 18: Beautiful Body, Big Body, Little Body (with guest Shannon O'Neill)
Tony’s crunchin’ and munchin’ on some Goldfish! When he’s called away suddenly, Johnny fills in with a hastily-thrown-together song parody. Upon his r...
Episode 17: Conscious Dressing (with guest Sam Griffel)
Excuses abound as we return to the fan-favorite segment “Fattest Friend!” This week’s winner may surprise you! Or maybe not! The baby boys discuss the...
Episode 16: He Got Dirty (with guest Matt Besser)
Behold, a horrifying ordeal that begins with the fellas re-recording the start of the episode because they had a terrible, un-airable fight, the first...
Episode 15: Vamp! (with guest Paul F. Tompkins)
Right up top, Johnny’s lighting sucks. He struggles to get his ring light set up while Tony fills time. A quick chat about Johnny’s need for control s...