Funemployment Radio

HOT BUTTON

Today: Some days are winners, and some days we try to find what rhymes with mutton - guess which day this is? Also today - popular Halloween costumes, pug crawl, find an alien for money, and have a great day friends! 

MY PLEASURE

Today: It's Sarah's special day! Greg has lots of fun facts about Libras, where to and find free things on your birthday, what constitutes a meal, mushy peas, and more - have an excellent day friends, back tomorrow! :)

NANOBOTS DRIVE ME NOTS

Today: The great nanobot army is getting ready to descend upon us, are you ready to become a zombie, getting stuck in the tunnel and hotwheels loops, egg eating and chucky doll, and have a great day friends! 

BLINKER BATTLE

Today: Greg finally becomes what he has been approaching - Micky Rooney. Also today - honkers and paperclips, and have an excellent day friends! :)

FAT BEAR WEEK

Today: It's the beginning of Sarah's Birthday Month and Greg is already annoyed :) Also today - we have new neighbors that have blowtorches and metal poles (ugh), stay in Shrek's house and being stuck on a rollercoaster, and it's finally here - fat bear week! Have a great afternoon friends, back tomorrow! 

JEREMIAH COUGHLAN

Today: We were joined by our pal Jeremiah Coughlan to talk all things comedy, flying to a glacier, going to Salem and seeing witches, new comedy show at White Eagle this Sunday (get your tickets here!), and much more! Also, don't miss some special bonus content about food balls at the end of the episode :) Have a great day friends!

TRADER? I BARELY KNEW HER

Today: Sarah went to a place that she hasn't been to in a long time, terrible parking and mean white ladies, granola babies and nice employees, 10,000 bill and dog movies, and the weinermobile is back! Have a great day all! :)

VOICELESS GREG

Today: We are both back from our respective trips, Bowie and the great escape, Greg loses his voice, Sarah and the trip to Yachats, toothpaste museum and do NOT go in the porta potty, Ball Talk updates, Pac 2, and more - have a great day friends!

FOOD CONE

Today: Greg has come up with a unique and, to be fair, gross idea of how to hide eating-in-public shame, Greg and camping and heading to Ricketsfest, Sarah heading to the coast, and have a great weekend dear friends! :) 

SHOW ME YOUR LEGS, RANDALL

Today: We were joined by our wonderful friend Randall Lawrence from Robot Pirate Media to talk about filming comedy specials, favorite franchises and fun tattoos, and more - he's great! Thanks for listening friends, back tomorrow - have a great day! :)

SOGGY BOTTOM BOY

Today: Greg learned the hard way that rain in Oregon comes unexpectedly... or, you know, he's lived here his entire life, works at a news station, and should know better :) Also today - thrift store paintings, Loch Ness update, and have a great day! 

SHORT KING DOGGY DADDY

Today: Greg is nervous to let other people know that he's a dry guy, ordering food and the condiments, scottish ghosts and robot spiders, short guy blames parents and hashtags, and have a great day friends - back tomorrow! :)

RICH PEOPLE SPORTS

Today: Sarah has decided to take up a new hobby, nicknames and how to hustle, leather jackets and carry cases, and I'm sorry, we're just weird. Have a great day all, we love ya! :) 

GUTTER WINE

Today: Sarah is watching a very dumb show and is well-aware of it, comfort blankets and aliens, red wine rivers and haunted paintings, and a squatch watch! Have a great day all!

BACKWARDS BRO

Today: Greg has his fuzzy buddy Bowie in the jeep with him and its starting to attract attention, wearing a backwards hat and weird looks, updates on Ball Talk, and have a great day all! 

IT TENDS TO GET A BIT MESSY

Today: Songs from movies and She's out of Control, going to the coast and getting a discount hotel room, messy parking lots and dog food window sills, A Star War and college courses, and have a great day friends - back tomorrow!

PREDICTION DAY

Today: Sarah and the ongoing weird emails that she keeps getting, world's longest mullet and expensive cheese, dog at a Metallica show, and GREG MAKES HIS SUPERBOWL PREDICTION! Yikes :) Have a great day all - we love ya!

DOG DAYS

Today: We are finally back after a long hiatus of things that we have no control over happening, back in studio and Bowie at doggie daycare, mask of shame and going back to work, stack of donuts and ball of cheese, and have a great day all! :)

THREE AND A HALF YEARS

Today: Well, it finally caught him - Greg has Covid. Safely from the basement of his house we do what attempts to be a show, but descends into Greg's hallucinations and not even sure what is happening. Feel better Greg, and we'll talk with you tomorrow friends!

TAPE TWO - THE STORM

Today: Here is part two of our trip to Palm Springs! This is when things start to take a turn.. but there is adventure along the way! Dinosaurs! Casinos! The best food ever! Also, we will be judging the semi-finals for Portland's Funniest Person tonight at Helium Comedy Club - if you see us there please come say hello :) Have a great day friends!

3017: TAPE ONE - THE DELAY

Today: We are back from our harrowing trip from Palm Springs! This is part one of the story leading up to getting there - this is the calm before the (literal) storm :) Part two tomorrow, have a great day friends!

RETURN TO PALM SPRINGS

Today: Sarah is super duper excited because she is going to Palm Springs to meet her parents tomorrow, things to do there and giant Marilyn Monroe, seeing the dinosaurs and going to the casino, and more - have a wonderful week friends! 

HOT SAUCE RECAP

PAPP JOHNSON / PEPPER CHALLENGE

Today: We were joined by comedian Papp Johnson to talk about his debut album "Timeless" on Kill Rock Stars! The album comes out tomorrow (8/11/23) - pre-order your copy here! Also today - Greg has agreed - ON TELEVISION - to eat the world's hottest pepper; I fear that things may go... poorly. Have a great day friends - we'll be back on Monday!

THE THINKING TREE

Today: We were joined in-studio by our good pal Rick Emerson (get his book HERE!), where we just kind of flow into the show (of course, as per usual) and talk about birds, more about birds, and I can tell when it's a fun show because I'm totally drawing a blank about what else we talked about :) Have an awesome day all!

DIRTY FEET SAVE LIVES

Today: Sarah and the giant white dream elevator, going to casinos and winning 11 million dollars, would you tell anyone if you won, and the biggest question of the day - do you wash your feet in the shower? Have a great Monday-ey Tuesday!

DUMPSTER DIVING

Today: Greg and Sarah went on a bike tour of Portland and it's still pretty great, going to the dumpster where Tonya Harding took herself down with trash, haunted Burger King and exploring, and the PAC 12 is going to be no more. Ugh. Have a great day friends, thanks so much for your support!

WALKING LADY

Today: Sarah has come to terms with the fact that she is a neighborhood weirdo, becoming the walking lady and BRAND SARAH, walking billboard and sponsoring, mustard skittles, and have a great day all! 

THE BARISTA

Today: Things are taking a turn at the coffee shop that Sarah goes to and now it's starting to affect other customers, Cheese and the overtalker, biggest bologna sandwich and italian sodas, and have a great day friends! 

LET'S SEE WHAT MADAME RUBY SEES

Today: We were both sad to learn of the passing of Paul Reubens, but Greg especially - he recounts some of his favorite childhood memories regarding growing up with Pee-Wee as his hero. Also today - going camping next to a waterfall, and a crazy meth lady in the middle of the woods in the dark in the middle of the night - yeesh :) Have a great day all! 

LAST OF US

Today: Greg has decided he wants to live in an aquarium, where would you go, Enchanted forest and living in the west hills, and only three more days to order our t-shirt - get yours today! Have a great afternoon friends!

FIFTH FLOOR OF THE TACOMA MARRIOTT

Today: The conclusion of our trip to NOFX, going to brunch and Greg hates brunch, walking in Tacoma and the GREATEST POOL OF ALL TIME, what is your favorite pool and a bit of unraveling, Mazatlan and stripper soup, and pick up a t-shirt if you please! :)

PART ONE - TACOMA NOFX

Today: We recounted the first part of our story of our journey to NOFX! Getting stuck in traffic with a BILLION Swifties, going the hotel and seeing everyone in band t-shirts, getting to the venue, lack of water and shade, thumbs up on the bands and porta-potties but that's about it, and more - end of day one & day two tomorrow! Have a good one friends!

LOSS OF PRIVILEGES

Today: Greg found out something that Sarah did (or did she?? She did.) with Bowie's instagram account, going to old people concerts and brunch, NOFX and Tacoma, and more - have a great weekend all, we'll be back on Tuesday! Also be sure to pick up your new t-shirts here - limited supply so don't delay! :)

NEW SHIRT DAY!

Today: We are so excited to announce that we have a new limited-edition t-shirt available for sale from now until July 30th!! All proceeds will go directly toward paying our bills and keeping the podcast going - we appreciate all of your support, thank you for everything and have a wonderful day! :)

JUDGEMENT

We're sorry, it's a shorter one - full length tomorrow! Today: Sarah faces the consequences of the great cheese sandwich shaming, worlds largest marshmallow and powerball, and the saddest break-up of the year :) Have a great day all!

THE AMERICAN CHEESE INCIDENT

Today: Dear god it happened; the cheese sandwich was created - it was.... well, listen to the show and find out! (spoiler it was terrible) Thanks for listening dear friends, have a wonderful day! 

FUNEMPLOYMENT RADIO 3000

Today: I can't believe that it's our 3000th episode! To celebrate the occasion we were joined by our wonderful friend Rick Emerson to chat about all things - it's a lot of fun :) Thanks for hanging out with us over the years friends, we are so grateful for you! Have an excellent rest of your day all - we love ya!

BOOTH WORK

Today: Sarah is working a booth at the Pride festival this weekend and she is very excited, what it's like giving away free merch and prize pigs, going to Harefest, and more - have a great day all! :)  

THE DRY COUNTY CROOKS

Today: We were joined by our pal Paul Becker from the Dry County Crooks to talk about their new EP release happening at Music Millenium this Saturday at 4pm - go support local music! Also today - Greg has a serious chip issue, a cheese cheese burger, and more - have an excellent day my friends!

GREG THE PILOT

Today: Greg has a dream that he was a magical pilot and now he wants to be one, that is a terrible idea, new world record currently happening in Portland, blood of the youth to stay young, upcoming guests, and have a great day all! Oh, and if you are looking to buy something on Amazon for Prime Day be sure to click through our website - we sure would appreciate it :) Thanks!

THE PEE PROBLEM

Today: Something happened in the parking lot and Greg isn't sure what to do about it, pencil talk galore and flying cars, Axl and Slash owls, and more! Have a great afternoon friends!

HAREFEST 11

Today: We were joined in-studio by Jason Fellman and Dan Bozyk who talked to us all about Harefest 11 happening next weekend - get your tickets here!! We chat all about the tribute bands, the festival as a whole, laser shows and camping, magic beer bracelets, great people, and more! Have an awesome day friends, and we'll talk to you on Monday! :)

NURSE BLAKE

Today: We were joined by the delightful Nurse Blake, who will be here in Portland performing at the Schnitz on August 25th - get your tickets here! And thank you to all of you nurses out there, you are awesome :) Also today, Sarah is at war with her drummer boy neighbor, Korean people get younger, and more - have a great day all!

CHEESE AND THE NIBLER

Today: Greg has a super fancy interview today and Sarah is super jealous, the nickname that the barista gave to Sarah and why in the world is it that, Dropload and the Pony, and have an excellent day!

LAUGH PROUD

Today: We were joined by Jason Stuart and Jazzmun Nichcala Crayton to talk about the upcoming Laugh Proud festival (along with their impressive careers) happening this Saturday, July 1st, in Los Angeles at the Renberg Theatre of Los Angeles LGBT Center! They are wonderul people passionate about what they do - get your tickets here! Also today - Greg and Sarah went to Castle Rock, going out on the town in bridal gear and Colonel Sanders, the Bigfoot Center, and more; have a great day all! 

BIG SLEEVE CONSPIRACY

Today: Sarah continues to feel like an idiot after talking to many more people about the volcanoes, bless her heart, free pile and a nightmare bug roommate, Blazer updates and drummer boy, and have a great weekend friends! :)

VOLCANO PRINCESS

Today: Greg interviewed a volcano expert and Sarah had no idea there were so many volcanos in the northwest, why did I not know that??, Blazers make big moves today, and we'll be back tomorrow - have a great day!

SHE WAS A FISH MONGER

Today: We were joined by the hilarious Andy Iwancio who will be recording her Kill Rockstars Album THIS Saturday at Eastburn - get your tickets here! Also today - Sarah just got back from her trip up North, Square dancing conferences and casinos, CATCHING A FISH AT PIKE PLACE MARKET, "she's gone", and more - it's action-packed today :) Have a wonderful afternoon all! 

OUTWEIRDED

 Today: Sarah's basement is even weirder than Greg thought, 1984, Taylor Swift Amnesia is a thing, tech neck and claw hands, and have an excellent day friends!