Episode 25: An Excellent Strange Quagmire

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A series of radio reports by Intern Samantha on the IFM2 show On Assignment, which is hosted by Loaf. Featuring intergalactic run-off elections, dracula ants, time travel conventions, philosophical fragrance branders, and more! For more information and full episode transcripts, visit us at www.stppodcast.com Featuring Phoenix Bunke as Samantha Nathan Comstock as Loaf Lesley Gideon as Flora Zachary Robb as Archimedes Austin Hendricks as Janet Valerie Loveland as Frankie Chloé Cunha as Melody Ron Prudent as Mr. Xorfus

Janet is profiled on the true crime show "The Time Travel Tapes." Loaf, Frankie, Sam, and Melody listen in while waiting to visit with Janet, who is in a holding center before her trial. Thanks for listening to Season 3! Stay tuned, we'll have some bonus content coming up in the near future. For more information and full episode transcripts, visit us at www.stppodcast.com Featuring Evan Tess Murray of This Planet Needs a Name as Kurt Damariscotta, Nathan Comstock as Loaf, Austin Hendricks as Janet, Ramy Abdelghani as Nassif, Valerie Loveland as Frankie, Chloé Cunha as Melody, Phoenix Bunke as Samantha, Suzanne O'Toole as Terry, and Ron Prudent as Mr. Xorfus.

With Melody temporarily shutdown for updates, Loaf and Janet have a confrontation with alternate Janet and Nassif, while also answering letters on the sexuality of your alternate selves, the ramifications of politically incorrect banjo music, and how not to compulsively break the fourth wall while acting. For more information and full episode transcripts, visit us at www.stppodcast.com Featuring Nathan Comstock as Loaf, Austin Hendricks as Janets, Ramy Abdelghani as Nassif, Valerie Loveland as Frankie, and Chloé Cunha as Melody. Content note: Law enforcement/arrest

The network of Janets hold court and confront a certain Janet who has been jeopardizing their plans. Meanwhile, Officer Nassif "accidentally" runs into Loaf and Muffin at Crazy Zifle's Zaffy Trifles, the finest Flisnorp patisserie in the whole sector. For more information and full episode transcripts, visit us at www.stppodcast.com Featuring Nathan Comstock as Loaf, Austin Hendricks as Janets, Muffin Comstock as Muffin, and Ramy Abdelghani as Nassif.

Loaf, Janet, and IFM2 intern Sam team up for another episode revolving around hypernet dating. While also discussing their own experiences, they answer letters about accidentally catfishing yourself, and how to date when your isolationist cult dictates that you remain extremely average. Also: a rapid-fire round that breaks down what the most common dating profile phrases really mean! Content note: Discussions of sex and sexuality For more information and full episode transcripts, visit us at www.stppodcast.com Featuring Nathan Comstock as Loaf, Austin Hendricks as Janet, Phoenix Bunke as Samantha, and Ramy Abdelghani as Nassif.

Back home, Janet and Loaf host a parenting-themed episode with two special guests: Janet's mom and one of Loaf's broodlings. They all pitch in to help answer letters on the ramifications of gene-edited children, the existential loneliness of digital offspring, and how to share the holidays with your children who span multiple species and marriages. Meanwhile, Nassif and alternate Janet find themselves stranded in an interdimensional bus terminal. For more information and full episode transcripts, visit us at www.stppodcast.com Featuring Nathan Comstock as Loaf/Muffin, Austin Hendricks as Janet, Chloé Cunha as Melody, Suzanne O'Toole as Terry, and Ramy Abdelghani as Nassif.

In another alternate universe, Janet and Loaf are guests on "Problems Requiring Solutions", a show hosted by an alternate version of Melody. A dozen listeners call in to help Loaf and Janet with their problems regarding Armulan divorce, time travel tech support, and how to tell other versions of yourself that you want to see other people. For more information and full episode transcripts, visit us at www.stppodcast.com Featuring Nathan Comstock as Loaf, Austin Hendricks as Janets, Chloé Cunha as Melody/Melanie, and Ramy Abdelghani as Nassif.

With Loaf and Janet still absent, Frankie, Melody, Mr. Xorfus, and Sam attempt to host an episode of Solutions to Problems, complete with AI versions of Janet and Loaf. They offer advice on how to deal with knowing that the founding father of your new colony was awful in a previous life, how to break out of the 400-year curfew assigned by your parents, and how to get your spouse to respect your family AI. For more information and full episode transcripts, visit us at www.stppodcast.com Featuring Nathan Comstock as Loaf, Austin Hendricks as Janets, Phoenix Bunke as Samantha, Valerie Loveland as Frankie, Chloé Cunha as Melody, and Ron Prudent as Mr. Xorfus.

Samantha presides over a meeting of IFM2 Subspace Radio interns, but is interrupted by the news that Janet and Loaf are missing. Meanwhile, Janet and Loaf work their way through different dimensions, meeting up with an alternate Janet and an unexpected alternate Melody. For more information and full episode transcripts, visit us at www.stppodcast.com Featuring Nathan Comstock as Loaf, Austin Hendricks as Janets, Phoenix Bunke as Samantha, Dallas Wheatley as Norvik, Emily Duggan as Makathena, Chloé Cunha as Melody, and Ron Prudent as Mr. Xorfus.