Ep. 712: Flip a Tire with John Flansburgh

Jordan, Jesse, GO!

Jesse Thorn

Comedy, Society & Culture, Tv & Film

4.8 • 3.5K Ratings

🗓️ 15 November 2021

⏱️ 98 minutes

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Summary

John Flansburgh (They Might Be Giants) joins Jordan and Jesse for a discussion of how drinking coffee when he moved to New York may have changed his life, the miniature taxidermy figures that John and Jesse share an affinity for, and the magical white suit-wearing marvel John saw buy and pound a Zima on the street one day in the early 90s.

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0:00.0	Give a little time for the child within you. Don't be afraid to be young and free.
0:05.2	Under the locks and throw away the keys and take coffee shoes and sex and run you.
0:10.6	Oh, it's Jordan Jesse Goa. I'm Jesse Thorne America's radio sweetheart.
0:13.6	What? I'm Jordan Mortis' point of view.
0:18.0	I bring some new energy to the intro.
0:20.0	Yeah, when we come on microphone, we should have a perspective.
0:23.2	Right. You know what I mean? Like, where were we? Where are we going?
0:26.7	Right. What are we up to?
0:28.1	That's kind of what I'm thinking.
0:29.7	Anyway, my whole thing is that I'm refreshed because I took an hour long nap at 9 a.m.
0:35.1	So when did you wake up? Isn't that just falling back asleep?
0:40.1	When is it a nap?
0:40.8	I think that's it waking up and falling back asleep.
0:44.1	I woke up at 6.36.45. I mean, this is the weekend. I get to sleep in a little.
0:49.7	So I woke up 6.36.45. You know, I got up, took a quick shower, had some breakfast,
0:55.4	drove a kid to an appointment, called my wife and said, I'm sleepy.
1:00.0	I'm coming back home to sleep.
1:02.3	So I came home and went back to sleep.
1:04.4	God, it was tremendous. It was gorgeous.
1:06.3	Jordan, I feel fantastic. I could be Jesse Owens in a race right now.
1:10.4	I'm not just because he's dead.
1:13.2	I could dig up Jesse Owens.
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