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All The Feelings • The Sometimes-Funny Podcast about Being Human

116 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 month ago - ★★★★★ - 53 ratings

Welcome to All The Feelings: A sometimes-funny podcast about being human. Every week hosts Tommy Metz III and Pete Wright each drag one of their big feels into the light to share it, learn about it, and hopefully laugh about it with all of you.

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The Season 8 Break Check Number Three

February 13, 2024 11:00 - 10 minutes - 9.83 MB

Stuck on finding the perfect birthday present for your loved ones? We're here to help! First, we're dishing on the word nerds' selections for "words of the year" - from "rizz" to "hallucinations," it's a vocabulary rollercoaster! Also, dive into the wild world of VR with us as Pete helps Tommy embrace the Vision Pro life, goggle dirt and all. Links & Notes Oscars Selected Words of the Year Merriam-Webster Oxford Dictionaries Cambridge Dictionary Dictionary.com American Diale...

Bonus: Consumables: An Exploration of the Deeper Meaning of Shelf-Stable

January 12, 2024 11:00 - 13 minutes - 12.5 MB

We’re popping the top on dips this month and diving into the best and the worst of the creamy concoctions. We’re talking bean dips. We’re talking creamy spinach dips. We’re talking Ranch. We’re talking cheeses. We’re talking all the things that get jammed into jars and cans, ready for you to crack open this year... or many years in the future.  Guest Mandy Kaplan is back, creeping out of the neon-lit protection of the Mandcave. You should go subscribe to her show, too! Right here o...

Bonus: From the Tip of the Hat to the Tip of the Toes

December 19, 2023 11:00 - 20 minutes - 18.8 MB

Welcome to the first of our member bonus episodes for season 8 of All the Feelings! Thanks for hanging around, the whole lot of you. May this brief checkin bring you some holiday chuckles, two potential grotesqueries, and a textile mystery. 

Transcendence

November 07, 2023 11:00 - 41 minutes - 37.6 MB

It’s the big finale of our eighth season and we’re going out with a curiosity: Transcendence. We kick things off with a good-natured debate about our podcast's unique episode numbering, likely a coping mechanism for our collective lack of understanding of the topic. Eventually, we get somewhere, though where that is happens to be unique to each of us. It turns out that Transcendence is a word that conjures emotions of “beyond” differently for us. For Tommy, the secret is in The Zip...

Fear

October 31, 2023 10:00 - 39 minutes - 36.6 MB

Fear not, dear listener! This spooky episode of All the Feelings will have you shaking in your boots with harrowing tales of terror!  Pete gets real about his deep-seated fear of angering the public. One wrong move and an angry mob might show up at his door, which he traces to the totally rational experience of watching his news anchor dad navigate turbulent times. Oh, also he lived through Misery... in a theater. Nothing like watching a live ankle crushing to stoke the fear vibe. ...

Optimism

October 24, 2023 10:00 - 40 minutes - 37.5 MB

What does it mean to be an optimist? What is it like to look at the world and see not just hope, but possibility? Yeah, we don't know either. I guess we'll never know. KIDDING... kidding, of course. But here's the interesting thing: It turns out optimism is much more complicated than we ever imagined -- and it's precisely because it is so much more than just being blindly good-natured all the time. So this week, Tommy brings you a story of the dark side of optimism, one that ends...

Envy • Jealousy

October 17, 2023 10:00 - 40 minutes - 37.3 MB

Pete and Tommy are dancing with the green-eyed monster as they take a walk down memory lane with their experiences with Jealousy. Hey... Jealousy? What’s the deal?  Why all the harsh feelings? What’s the skinny on you making us feel so gross and paranoid? Well, turns out there’s a new “gate” on the horizon and jealousy’s evolutionary history has a report. Meanwhile, we’re finally solving the mystery of the difference between jealousy and envy (maybe), and we have a report from our...

Stress

October 10, 2023 10:00 - 48 minutes - 44.8 MB

You don’t need an application... you’re in the club already, right? It’s CLUB STRESS! And this week, your club counselors, Tommy and Pete, will share in disturbing detail just how much your annual club dues are costing you. We delve into how stress is like that overbearing ship captain in a patented ATF guided meditation. Spoiler: The ship doesn’t make it. See, chronic stress can make your brain do some really funky stuff. From shrinking parts of it to making other parts hyperactiv...

Belonging

October 03, 2023 10:00 - 47 minutes - 44.4 MB

Well hot diggity dog, it's Pete and Tommy back at it again with another riveting episode of "All The Feelings." This week your duo tackle the touchy topic of "Belonging."  Things start innocently enough with Tommy guiding Pete through a WTS classic guided meditation. With juice! But the real juice is in the stuff they have long taken for granted. The fellas dove deep into the dicey dynamics of belonging - from pyramid schemes to pizza parlor conspiracies. They covered all the bases...

Doubt

September 26, 2023 10:00 - 52 minutes - 48.8 MB

This week's episode of ATF has us looking at the psychology of Doubt.  Along the way, the long long way, we hit on self-efficacy - our belief in our own abilities to accomplish goals. That’s thanks to that old sea dog, Albert Bandura, and he has lots more to share. In this week's harrowing tale, Tommy shares a story of youthful doubt and dangerous games. Tune in for more insights on self-belief and some classic dad jokes! Really good ones! Jokes that Tommy, in spite of his disdain ...

Pride

September 19, 2023 10:00 - 40 minutes - 37.6 MB

Welcome to another episode of the global sensation All The Feelings, where we dive into the wacky world of emotions, and today, we're talking about pride. Not the fabulous, rainbow-colored kind (though we love that too), but the emotion of pride. Pride isn't just a one-size-fits-all emotion. No, it's got layers, like an onion or a particularly tricky lasagna. You've got your authentic pride, the good twin. That's all about feeling accomplished, confident, and victorious. You know, ...

Regression

September 12, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour - 57.1 MB

Welcome to our exploration of the wild world of Regression. Picture this: a third-grader, furious at a kid named Joe, ends up slapping him instead of throwing a punch, leading to a spectacle worthy of schoolyard folklore. Or picture a child, under 10, attempting to stage an epic battle between Optimus Prime and Snake Eyes with a candle and a bedspread, resulting in a somewhat less epic fire. And let's not forget about the classic romantic attempt to steal a first kiss while the love...

Joy

September 05, 2023 10:00 - 42 minutes - 39.4 MB

Joy is way more than just being happy - it's an ongoing state of deep delight in the stuff you care about most. Researchers say joy comes from living your values, connecting with others, and being your best self. We say those researchers aren’t thinking creatively enough about how to use joy as a weapon. Are we learning the wrong lessons this season? Oh well.  That party gets even better with close relationships. A famous 80-year study shows your bonds with others have more impact ...

Embarrassment

August 29, 2023 10:00 - 50 minutes - 46.5 MB

Embarrassment. We’ve all been there. Basking in that warm inner glow that rosies our cheeks, moistens our pits, and sullies our relationships. But why, embarrassment? Why, over the long arc of evolutionary history, do you still darken our emotional doorsteps? Do you think you’re saving us from yon beasties by bringing the public shame? We think not.  Pete and Tommy truck in some meticulously well-charted waters this week, and in so doing, Pete gets flummoxed and Tommy finds Biblica...

Change

August 22, 2023 10:00 - 49 minutes - 45.9 MB

Welcome to the rollercoaster ride that is the inaugural episode of WTS Presents: All the Feelings, where we're tackling the big, scary, exhilarating, and occasionally refrigerator-filled world of change. Today we're serving up a cocktail of emotion, with a dash of humor, a sprinkle of sarcasm, and a generous dose of poetry. First, we dive into the treacherous waters of domain names, where one wrong move can have you sharing an acronym with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearm...

The WTS Massive and Earth-Shattering News Release Season 8 Trailer Experience

August 08, 2023 10:00 - 3 minutes - 4.1 MB

Oh. The humanity. Welcome to Season 8. 

The Hunt for the Simpering Simpleton

December 15, 2022 11:00 - 54 minutes - 50.1 MB

Today, we’re taking on anti-intellectualism, and in the process we probably say some things that will frustrate people. Like, for example, the mayor of Utah. But in all fairness, he might have done it to himself. From there, Pete helps out a listener dealing with calls for chronic happiness. That’s right, it’s the most depressing stuff you’ve ever heard about the happies. 

The Hunt for the Fisticuff Heave-Ho

December 08, 2022 11:00 - 48 minutes - 44.6 MB

We start with a quick review of why it’s important to secure your accounts, not post nudes of yourself, and never answer to threats that sound like a robot version of Jack Bauer. From there, it’s time to move into the main course of Tommy’s continuing relationship with Oscars the Slap, a demented mummy, and Pete’s problem with the job outlook, thanks to a listener submission.

The Hunt for the Sexist Souvenir

December 01, 2022 11:00 - 53 minutes - 52.5 MB

Tommy knows how important it is not to speak for women or those identifying as women. What better place to challenge that understanding than this dumb anxiety podcast? That’s why this week he’s going to take on high heel culture, and the double-standards shoes imply, all while likely offending everyone involved of any gender identification at all, wearing everything from slippers to Uggs.  Pete, on the other hand, shows up ready to recite all the shows in which he’s talked about me...

The Hunt for the Otherworldly Disquisition

November 24, 2022 11:00 - 44 minutes - 40.9 MB

Let us start with a case of the debunkies: No, depressed people aren’t apparently more realistic than us normos. From there, friends, we look to the skies. Tom takes us back through X-Files history while looking at the current appropriations budget and finds people are finally taking this whole alien thing more seriously. Is that a great thing? Here’s a little ditty covering that angle for you academic journal fans. For his part, Pete talks through a listener submission that mixes ...

The Hunt for the Mechanoid Memoir

November 17, 2022 11:00 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MB

Tommy remembers just how much he wants to forget, while Pete brings a reminder that we are all fungible resources. It’s actually a conversation that celebrates one of Tom’s biggest personal gaffs, as he remembers it, while once again walking around a wedding. Are we more afraid of everyone else remembering our foibles, or of being forgotten ourselves? But seriously, the deepfake podcast future is here. Just head over to Podcast.ai and close your eyes as you press play. It won’t be ...

The Hunt for the Viscous Simulation

November 10, 2022 11:00 - 45 minutes - 41.8 MB

This week's listener submission invites you challenge your fear of the sticky stuff with Pittakionophobia proving that scratch N Sniff is no laughing matter. And Tom takes you inside the Void with the scariest thing he's ever lived through ever, ever, ever, amen. 

The Hunt for the Torpid Headshrinker

November 03, 2022 10:00 - 46 minutes - 43.1 MB

Our listener submission asks us to peel back the relationship we have with our therapists... and then question it in a way that makes us question all the relationships we have with everyone ever. So, we’re doing great. Also, a bit of a follow-up anxiety now that we’ve had a recent brush with anesthesia.

The Hunt for Aspiration Promenade

October 27, 2022 10:00 - 48 minutes - 47.6 MB

Have you found your one thing? Probably not, but let’s not feel too bad about it. This week’s listener submission asks us to find purpose in our lives. But the listener clearly hasn’t heard much of this podcast or they’d know we’re not the right audience for that question. Tommy tells us all about a walkabout wedding and a scavenger hunt that makes for an unprecedented seven-season callback to an earlier episode about learning to walk with your eyes open!

The Hunt for the Disconnected Soirée

October 20, 2022 10:19 - 46 minutes - 43.1 MB

What if you threw a party and no one showed, AND you didn’t have your phone? Pete's taking on Nomophobia this week, so get your charging cables ready. Tommy is taking on the scourge of all fears straight from a listener: What happens when no one comes to your party? Oh, by the way, go clean yourself.

The Hunt for the Treacly Technology

October 13, 2022 10:00 - 43 minutes - 39.8 MB

We begin with a new feature here on WTS: The Reddit Quiz. Think you can do better that Tommy in identifying the anxiety based only on the comments left on a Reddit post about it? Good luck!  From there, we dig into the perils of technology and getting older. We’ve got a few resources for you, like this one from MOAA on how you might overcome technophobia. And if you’re not feeling bad enough about your own age and relationship with technology when we’re done with you, you’ll be thr...

The Hunt for the Runagate Hallucination

October 06, 2022 10:05 - 38 minutes - 35.8 MB

There’s a problem with white bears and Tommy wants to help you through it this week. Don’t worry, surely, when he’s done, there won’t be anything in your head.  Tommy’s focused on his dreams this week, while Pete struggles with a re-do of this, the first lost episode of the season. Don’t worry, this one is so much better than the last, and while it does discuss the rightly horrific study of people who stowaway in the wheel wells of airplanes, it only does so tangentially. 

The Hunt for the Critter Liberation

September 29, 2022 10:45 - 46 minutes - 43.1 MB

Welcome to season seven of the marginally-funny anxiety podcast, What’s That Smell? This week, we have an unwelcome review of our post-COVID survival status because, you know, it’s important to check in on such things.  Then, we dig into demodex folliculorum, which is not, as you might imagine, a spell taught at Hogwarts, but it should be. Instead, demodex is the stuff of nightmares fueling Pete’s anxiety this week, and every week, and just you wait for it.  But we open with Tommy...

Welcome to WTS Island! • The What's That Smell? Season 7 Trailer Experience

September 15, 2022 03:00 - 4 minutes - 4.6 MB

Life is hard. That's why it's time to let go! Come on down to WTS Island: The Hottest Haven on Earth... While Earth Still Exists! As always, we have some amazing people to thank for lending their voices to our dumb ideas in these trailers. Please, please, please go learn more about the works of Mandy Kaplan, Justine Huxley, and Ramon De Ocampo. They're all transcendent writers and actors, and they never ask us what they're doing this for... they just trust us and say yes. They are ...

Once Upon a Delicate Dissolution

November 23, 2021 10:00 - 56 minutes - 52.5 MB

We’re not coming down on either side of the meat debate, but we do have a study that confirms if you’re not eating it, you might want to get on board with the high-protein train. We bring you: Meat and mental health: A meta-analysis of meat consumption, depression, and anxiety. Tommy brings the soft stuff this week with a discussion of what it means to be vulnerable as a man, and we relive that sweet sweet experience of the first time our dads cried in front of us. … Hi, dads! Pet...

Once Upon a Mingle Lesion

November 16, 2021 10:00 - 40 minutes - 38 MB

Hey! Guess what, everybody? Following up on a prior week’s episode in which we discovered that drone dog snipers exist at the whims of their human handlers, turns out that airborne drones need no such things as human handlers to do their business. A United Nations report says just that about a March 2020 attack in Libya. Great job, robots… taking another human job. Tom brings a personal anxiety that, as it turns out, crushes both of us: Networking. The Muse has some tips on gettin...

Once Upon a Coupling Reconsideration

November 09, 2021 10:00 - 51 minutes - 47.8 MB

It’s OK everyone, robots are here to support you and care for you and make your life better. Also, robot dogs can shoot you and those dogs are made by a company called SWORD and none of that is a joke except for the part about robots taking care of you. Sorry. There are apparently rules for such a thing. In other news, a listener writes in to talk about online dating. That isn’t a whole lot easier than the whole gun dog robot. But we’re here to help so Tom does the noble research t...

Once Upon a Comatose Bifurcation

November 02, 2021 09:00 - 53 minutes - 49.4 MB

First, let’s get this out of the way: Panic attacks are no fun, and dangerous behind the wheel. So, if anything we say to ANYone is particularly triggering in the moment, while we hope you don’t have to turn the show off, we encourage you to do just that and make sure you’re in a safe place to ride it out. Our general rule of thumb: It’s only fun to laugh about it when you’re not actively going through it. We get it, trust us, we get it. All that said, have you seen the world toda...

Once Upon a Heartache Hovel

October 26, 2021 09:00 - 50 minutes - 46.7 MB

We have glimpsed the future of saucy-sauce and it is drinky-drink. This episode marks the beginning of our exploration of alternative packaging and compositions of alcohol and while we are only able to offer a tease this week, we will absolutely return to this. This is another one of those personal episodes for Pete, having just sent his oldest off to college. It’s a process millions and millions of families go through every year, and yet the grief that accompanies the experience, ...

Once Upon an Unprecedented Collective

October 19, 2021 09:00 - 1 hour - 59.2 MB

We’ve never had guests on the show. It always seemed risky… like they might call us out on how dumb we look or… sound… or… are. So we held off. But in some backchannel somewhere, we got to talk about the persistent anxiety that comes with putting on this podcast — and all the other podcasts we do, along with the assorted general creative work our so-called friends put out into the world. How crazy could we possibly be? Have we LOOKED outside? What are we thinking!! So, we pitched o...

Once Upon a Framework Inflammation

October 12, 2021 09:00 - 40 minutes - 37.1 MB

We don’t love making this a gendered conversation but sometimes we just can’t help it. It turns out that women might just be able to smell fear. We don’t love it, that we might keep doing stupid stuff because we can’t smell the danger in it, and so we’ve decided that we all need to hang around more women in our lives. Sorry ladies. We promise we’ll be quiet. We just need your nasal insights. Gross. Sorry. Dem Bones This whole show is really about bones. We didn’t plan it that way...

Once Upon a Heavy Gullet

October 05, 2021 09:00 - 51 minutes - 47.7 MB

Ok, look. We can't control what our parents called us when we were kids. We can't control the fact that those things are so deeply ingrained in our families that they still call us those things to this very day. We absolutely CAN control whether or not we talk about them on a sometimes-funny podcast for everyone to hear, but we lack the self control to stop ourselves from doing it. Please be gentle. Heavy show. Very heavy. Pete's helping a listener with a sort of existential drea...

Bonus Episode! Once Upon a REDACTEDSauce Rebroadcast

September 28, 2021 09:00 - 51 minutes - 47.9 MB

If you were a member last season, this may come as old news to you, so hang on while I get a little housekeeping out of the way. See, we stumbled on these sauces from the REDACTED Company and while Tommy was busy talking about how they gave him anxiety, Pete discovered that this was not in fact a simple SauceAccident, it was just a single representative of a whole line of condiments that represent the whole of SauceTrocity suffered upon us, the consumers. It became a running gag...

Once Upon a Doodle Crash

September 21, 2021 09:00 - 46 minutes - 43.5 MB

It's another big week here at what's that smell? HQ. First and foremost, AND by popular demand, we've finally created bespoke playlists of the music of this show. The Music of What's That Smell? You might (but you'd be forgiven if you didn't) know that we source all our music from the fine artists and catalog at Artlist. But that's a subscription service for creators and not terribly convenient if you just want to jam out a bit. Thankfully, the artists we have selected for our sh...

Once Upon a Buoyant Voyager

September 14, 2021 10:00 - 49 minutes - 45.5 MB

Hey, you... how's your crypto? A real roller coaster, huh? Prolly want a guy like Mr. White Hat on your side. Also, maybe, don't use crypto if you want to fight the anxiety. Tom did a little traveling a few weeks back and the trip was fine. Oh, wait. No it wasn't. The friends were nice but the trip itself was a damned nightmare of travel anxiety. This week, he shares some good times in the Austin airport, an epic exercise in friendliness and frustration, and the real reason he was ...

Once Upon an Integer Bequethal

September 07, 2021 09:00 - 45 minutes - 41.8 MB

The Nose Knows Anxiety Get ready, because VistaGen Therapeutics (a pharma company straight out of a Michael Crichton book), is on the verge of helping you out of your social anxiety with the same tech used to fight your pollen allergy. Right now it's called PH94B, so we're not talking about one of those sexy-sexy Sunday morning TV ad names quite yet, but it's coming... and we're here for it. Beware the things we're handing down Pete's getting itchy about passing his anxiety on to...

Once Upon a Proficient Assistance

August 31, 2021 10:00 - 52 minutes - 48.5 MB

How do you funny? We welcome this first episode back of season six with a journey to HuRL, University of Colorado's Humor Research Laboratory. We're both graduates of University of Colorado and, just so we're clear, no one ever introduced us to the Humor Research Laboratory, or this show might be funnier. How funny? Check out this passage from the team's website: The Humor Research Lab (aka HuRL) at the University of Colorado Boulder is dedicated to the scientific study of humor,...

Welcome to First Citiwide Bank of Anxiety • A What's That Smell Season Six Trailer

August 17, 2021 08:48 - 4 minutes - 4.67 MB

At First Citiwide Bank of Anxiety, we live... where you live. Season six of What's That Smell? will begin on August 31, 2021. Special thanks to Mandy Kaplan, Jeremy Klavens, Justine Huxley, Tara Sands, Everett Jaeger, and Justin Jaeger for their support and participation as our trailer voice cast. They are officially the best.

The Riddle of the Chronic Gnasher

March 02, 2021 14:00 - 44 minutes - 41.6 MB

AI lookin’ out for us. Pete helps a listener feel free in the chair while Tommy is on the hunt for Dr. Puff-n-stuff. Links & Notes This weeks tune: Belong to You by Denitia

The Riddle of the Microbial Seizure

February 23, 2021 14:00 - 43 minutes - 40.4 MB

Clean your glasses. Watch out for the ghouls under your bed. Stay out of the metropolitan water delivery business Links & Notes This weeks tune: The No Show Blues by Ben Bostick I Didn't Clean My Glasses for a Week and then I Put them Under a Microscope — Vlogbrothers

The Riddle of the Lookalike Disposition

February 16, 2021 14:00 - 49 minutes - 49.2 MB

Kickstart your back-ups, Sheriff Woody is loose. Tommy’s terrified of Little Tommy 2 while Pete should just give up and stop wearing pants to meetings. Links & Notes This weeks tune: Flutes Will Chill by Kicktracks ‘Breaking News’ — Radiolab

The Riddle of the Jilted Rejoinder

February 09, 2021 14:00 - 48 minutes - 44.7 MB

Don’t drive while listening to this episode. Also, Tommy helps a listener get back … at everyone … at once. And Pete just hopes this will never, ever, ever end. Links & Notes This week’s tune: It Blows My Mind by Assaf Ayalon

The Riddle of the Scanned Encumbrance

February 02, 2021 14:00 - 46 minutes - 42.8 MB

Introducing Shocktato. Also, Tommy struggles with tube time overload and Pete finds solace in escape. Links & Notes This week’s tune: Zombie Funk by Steve Poloni

The Riddle of the Scanned Encumberance

February 02, 2021 14:00 - 46 minutes - 42.8 MB

Introducing Shocktato. Also, Tommy struggles with tube time overload and Pete finds solace in escape. Links & Notes This week’s tune: Zombie Funk by Steve Poloni

The Riddle of the Earmark Fixation

January 26, 2021 14:00 - 41 minutes - 38.4 MB

Pete uses his big brain to think again... and again and again while Tommy fights for the right to recline. Links & Notes This week’s tune: Mini Me by WEARETHEGOOD