The Melting Pat
Pat rambles on dad life, sports, and the general public, takes your questions (and answers), and more. Plus hear new music by independent bands from around the world. Crap open a cold one!
Episode 574: I Believe We Can Switch the Vibe
Pat plays music from Could You Not? (6:34), rambles on a Switch meeting (11:16), reads mail on a mobile game conspiracy (17:44), and shares a Flyers Update from The Captain (29:44).
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<...Episode 573: Wake Up and Stop Being Weird About It
Pat plays music from Portside Dive (4:07), rants about morning soda versus coffee (8:21), rambles on superpowers he would choose (13:33), and wonders why rich people are odd (19:52), before getting a Flyers Update from The Captain (27:33).
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Episode 572: Just Let People Have Their Joy
Pat rambles on the Olympics, plays new music from Twist It, rants on policing strangers' foods, wonders about loud cars, and praises people with superpowers.
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Episode 571: Dream Building Videos
Pat answers a listener question about building the show community before wondering about scientists making videos out of our dreams.
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Episode 570: I Really Do Love This
Pat plays music from Royals (5:13), then rambles on Valentine's Day at the card store (11:12) and wonders aloud why people who dislike each other get married (18:46).
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Episode 569: Real Alarm Sounds
Pat plays music from Peter Hunt & The Great Outdoors (3:09), gets a Flyers Update from The Captain (8:24), and shares a Patreon-exclusive about how Harriet Tubman apparently never existed (11:39).
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Episode 568: Songs for Chicken Sandwiches
After a Flyers Update from The Captain (1:53), Pat welcomes back Paul McCoy from 12 Stones (4:45). They chat about married life, being an independent artist vs having a label, Uber Eats, and more before playing the band’s new single, Golden Child.
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Episode 567: Read the [W]hole Story
Pat rambles on AI in emails, streaming service pause screens, [w]hole milk, and the Baseball Hall of Fame election before getting a Flyers Update from The Captain.
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Episode 566: What a Cage Match
Pat plays new music from Too Close for Comfort (3:18) and shares our favorite Nicolas Cage movies (7:25).
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Episode 565: New Space, Same Peeves
Pat rambles on switching rooms (2:08), holiday food markups (9:56), and reads fan mail on free labor (15:00), before sharing books we’d swear in on (22:19), and a Flyers Update from The Captain (31:36).
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Episode 564: Back to Reminisce
Pat shares some well wishes for the new year before playing some of the best moments of the show from 2025.
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Episode 563: Year-end Cleanup
Pat rambles on museum trips, THPS regret, songs sounding the same, how to use streaming services, and poor taste.
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Episode 562: Be Weird, But Keep It Classy
Happy holidays! Pat tells his favorite retail story (3:05), recaps the two-part Classy Christmas episode of The Office (15:55), and rambles on how holidays can be odd (48:55). Plus: Music from The Wild & Free, BRONNIE, Hana Kahn, and MUCH BETTER!
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Episode 561: A Sweet KISS at Christmas
Pat plays new music from glimmers (2:58) and gets a Flyers Update from The Captain (8:04) before recapping A Freakin' Sweet Family Guy Christmas (10:45).
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Episode 560: Just Pretend It’s Christmas
Pat plays music from Last Night Saved My Life (2:15) and gets a Flyers Update from The Captain (7:03) before recapping a holiday episode of Frasier (11:01).
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Episode 559: A Tradition of Giving Thanks
Pat jumps right in this week to ramble about all he is thankful for this year.
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Episode 558: One Final Shuffle
After new music from Honey Revenge (4:15) and a Flyers Update from The Captain (9:32), Pat shares which songs we would play at our funerals (14:06).
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Episode 557: Major League Debt
After a Flyers Update from The Captain (2:00), Pat welcomes Matt, Brian, and Nick from Major League to chat all about their upcoming reunion show (6:18).
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Episode 556: Back to Being Useful
Pat plays new music from Ruby Bones (3:54), then rants on being back in the office (9:30) and a problem with ChatGPT (20:01). Plus: some baseball news (29:46), a Flyers Update from The Captain (34:15), and a weird thing he overheard (36:38).
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Episode 555: Impractically Rich
Pat answers a fan question about what we would buy if money was not a factor, before The Captain stops by with another Flyers Update.
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Episode 554: A Halloween Substitute
Jill returns to take over the Halloween episode! She rambles on lights on "for safety," giving out not-candy, and everyone's favorite parts of Halloween. Then, The Captain drops in with a Flyers Update.
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Episode 553: We Shouldn't Have to Yell
Pat answers a listener question about why everyone needs their music to be so loud before The Captain gives his first Flyers Update of the new season.
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Episode 552: Small Towns, Big Questions
Pat answers a listener email about moving to a small town, then rambles on agreeing for the common good.
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Episode 551: Spinning for Service
Pat plays new music from Wave Break (4:36), then rambles on too many ads (8:41), poor customer service (26:28), MLB playoffs (37:52), and more.
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Episode 550: Hungry to Be Free
Pat plays music from Poppy, Amy Lee, and Courtey LaPlante (3:59), then talks free speech (9:18), continue watching buttons (21:55), toasting sandwich rolls (28:43), and pork roll (35:55).
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Episode 549: Ten Years of Talking
Pat rambles on a kid-free weekend, The Final Boy premiere, the 9/9/9 challenge, and a decade of the podcast.
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Episode 548: Complaints from the Stoop
Pat plays new music from DØUBLE IDENTITY (3:54), then shares a listener HR story (8:58), before rambling on high school mascots (15:47), social media videos, (27:37), and home run balls (38:41).
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Episode 547: It Takes Effort to Be This Way
Pat plays music from Secret Gardens (3:45) before reading fan mail on public proposals (10:41) and getting called to HR (21:21).
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Episode 546: All the Showers Look Alike
Pat plays new music from here/now (4:30), then rambles on boring buildings (10:38) and grandma showers (20:49).
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Episode 545: Pay Attention to the Screen
Pat plays new music from Hana Kahn (5:38), then rambles on doctor visits (12:52), baseball on Roku (22:28), and people being obtuse on Facebook (29:49).
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Episode 544: Don't Twist My Cards
Pat plays music from Twist It (5:03), then rambles on declined credit cards (11:35), and UNO house rules (23:07).
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Episode 543: Switch to Real Cookies
Pat gets right to it to rant on office returns, cookie pre-sales, robot answering services, and more.
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Episode 542: QU!ET Down and Hear About My Day
Pat plays new music from QU!ET (5:59), rambles on a disappointing breakfast (12:07), people-watching (15:01), GameStop retro prices (18:25), the library (27:57), and swing-offs (38:56), before tidbits on THPS 3+4 and a "new" worst movie.
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Episode 541: Play the Tape and Pay Me
Pat plays new music from crimmins before reading a wild listener story about friends paying for dinner.
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Episode 540: I Want You to Be Real with Me
Pat rants on dudes being cruel (1:56), plays new music from Twelve Days in June (6:33), rambles on a confused customer at Rite Aid (11:57), shares his Tony Hawk 6 wish list (20:48), talks AI "conversations" (34:58), and wonders aloud about The Velvet Sundown (41:03).
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Episode 539: Open the Window and Take My Trash
Pat plays new music from Out in Front, rants on the mayor, rambles on airplane etiquette, and decries tribalism in rasslin.
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Episode 538: Erased
Pat returns from the future to update this episode by request.
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Episode 537: Change Your Tone at the Counter
Pat plays new music from Yoko and the Ohno’s (5:22), then rambles on a trip down the shore (11:37), a screaming match at McDonald’s (24:07), a dumb internet post about MySpace (34:10), and more.
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Episode 536: A Hypothetical Late Night Risk
Pat plays new music from Honey Revenge before answering a fan question about hypothetically doing a late-night show.
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Episode 535: Easier to Give Answers
Pat does some housekeeping before playing new music from Wave Break (6:01), answering fan mail on minding his words (12:56), missing blogs and forums (26:41), and rambling on party etiquette (41:34).
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