MATT & TOM BERNINGER Worked on a Christmas Tree Farm

Family Trips with the Meyers Brothers

Seth Meyers and Josh Meyers

Comedy, Personal Journals, Tv & Film, Society & Culture, Film Interviews, Comedy Interviews

4.9 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 26 August 2025

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Summary

This week Seth and Josh are joined by another set of brothers…Matt and Tom Berninger! They chat about the making of a documentary directed by Tom all about Matt’s band The National, memories throwing stars and dart guns, camping with cousins, their family prayer that included “Tom” diminishing their joy, a house that burned down, a Canadian canoe trip, their mom who peed her pants in a movie theater, and so much more! Plus, Matt’s new album, Get Sunk, is out now! Support our sponsors: Square Get up to $200 off Square hardware when you sign up at square.com/go/trips! #squarepod Quince Go to Quince.com/TRIPS for free shipping on your order and three hundred and sixty-five -day returns. Blueland Right Now Blueland has a special offer for listeners. Right now, get 15% off your first order by going to Blueland.com/trips About the Show: Lifelong brothers Seth Meyers and Josh Meyers ask guests to relive childhood memories, unforgettable family trips, and other disasters! New Episodes of Family Trips with the Meyers Brothers are available every Tuesday. Executive Producers: Rob Holysz, Jeph Porter, Natalie Holysz Creative Producer: Sam Skelton Coordinating Producer: Derek Johnson Video Editor: Josh Windisch Mix & Master: Josh Windisch Episode Artwork: Analise Jorgensen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, my name.
0:01.6	Hey, Jolie.
0:02.6	How are you?
0:03.9	I'm good.
0:04.4	How are you?
0:05.1	Good.
0:05.4	You know my father-in-law, Tom.
0:07.3	I sure do.
0:08.4	Just guys on top of everything.
0:10.7	Yeah.
0:11.9	He, I realize he's just been a gift to me in that everything I found boring that he said is fascinating to my kids.
0:39.0	Oh, yeah. It skips a generation. It skips a generation. He's the kind of guy who'll say like, hey, you know what kind of rock that is? And I'm like, not only do I not know. If I did, I would not want to talk about it. And yet my kids are just like, they love it. He's pointing at rocks. It's like they're seeing a magic show based in nature.
0:39.7	It's the best.
0:40.1	Yeah.
0:40.7	Yeah.
0:45.7	But there is the thing he does and my wife does, which is if they get word, you know,
0:51.4	that like somebody saw a whale, you know, off the coast.
0:52.4	Yeah.
1:14.8	They'll say, we should go try to see the whale yeah which is just shocking to me because um they move right you know what i mean like it's just you know it's like if somebody said like look whale like i'm not a jerk i'll turn around and look yeah but you know if we're talking about, where in the ocean was the whale, it feels to me like the moment's already lost.
1:15.9	Yeah.
1:18.6	Did they find a whale?
1:18.9	No. Did they go out and find a whale?
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