Math and Musings

Mike and Franklin discuss their progress on the Christmas Schedule and all things Winter Break, including Festivus, Boxing Day, and cinnamon rolls.

Mike and Franklin discuss their recent trip to Binghamton to see some friends and see some hockey.

Mike and Franklin discuss their recent late-night diner trip and test their knowledge of "diner lingo."

Mike and Franklin discuss their recent trip to Hershey, Pennsylvania, discovering there's a lot more to Hershey than just chocolate. (Though the chocolate is really good too.)

Mike and Franklin discuss the famous O'Connell Christmas Schedule, complete with a few additions and potential additions from previous years.

Mike takes a metaphorical holiday and lets AI (Google's new Brisk feature) plan the show. Brisk and Franklin discuss.

Mike and Franklin continue their conversation from last week, recreating the most talked about episode of Politics After Dark.

Mike and Franklin celebrate the 20th anniversary of the most talked about episode of Politics After Dark ever aired. 

Mike and Franklin discuss Halloweens past, present, and future, capping things off with some Halloween (and Diwali and Dia de los Muertos!) trivia.

Mike and Franklin discuss their recent trip to Binghamton, commenting on several of the area's mom-and-pop pizza joints.

Recorded on Yom Kippur, Mike and Franklin celebrate the Yiddish language. Included in the episode are all things related to the Jewish holiday season, or as we Gentiles call it... Pumpkin Spice.

Mike and Franklin discuss their recent excursion to Winchester, Virginia, home of the Museum of the Shenandoah Valley... and Zaxby's, the home of Southern-style deliciousness.

Mike and Franklin discuss their recent trip to the mecca of fall festivals: Cox Farms.

Mike and Franklin discuss all things fall... and quiz each other a bit.

Mike and Franklin discuss their recent trip to central Virginia. Stops include Charlottesville, the Blue Ridge Tunnel, and the greatest of all... Buc-ee's.

Mike and Franklin discuss their recent trip to the Glenstone art museum in Potomac, Maryland.

Mike and Franklin discuss their recent excursion to upstate New York: the famous Watkins Glen and the not-so-famous Binghamton.

Mike and Franklin discuss their first days back to school, and for the first time it's... the same school!

Mike and Franklin discuss their recent trip to Camden Yards in Baltimore to see the Savannah Bananas in action.

Mike and Franklin, home from Japan, celebrate all things America, including baseball, bull riding, hot dogs, hamburgers, and a little Texas gas station now with a location in Virginia.

In Part Three of their Japan Trilogy, Mike and Franklin discuss the last stop on the tour: Kyoto.

Mike and Franklin continue their journey through Japan, this time from the mountain oasis of Hakone.

Mike and Franklin discuss (the beginning of) their trip to Tokyo.

Recorded long before leaving for Japan, Mike and Franklin describe their few days of summer vacation at home... in case recording from Japan has proved too difficult, or was enjoyable to leave.

Mike and Franklin discuss their recent trip to Trenton, New Jersey, among other things witnessing some Trenton Thunder/Tomato Pies baseball.

Mike and Franklin discuss their recent trip to Coney Island. Topics include the annual Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest, Brooklyn Cyclones baseball, and an old-school weekend in New York City.

Mike and Franklin discuss their recent trip to Atlantic City, their third in what is now becoming an annual tradition.

Mike and Franklin discuss their recent trip to Richmond, Virginia, home of Belle Isle, the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, and the Richmond Flying Squirrels baseball club.

Mike and Franklin celebrate the final day of the school year.

Mike and Franklin discuss the former's upcoming birthday, and relive one of their childhoods with some '80s trivia.

Mike and Franklin discuss two famous streaks that both began on May 30, one from 1982 and one from 2008.

Mike and Franklin discuss the new Wendy's Frosty Fusions, and delve into the complete history of the beloved frozen dairy dessert.

Mike and Franklin celebrate another Binghamton hockey championship, and take a deep dive down the rabbit hole of Oreo cookies.

Mike and Franklin discuss Part Two of their Binghamton trip, highlighted by some horseracing and hockey.

Mike and Franklin discuss tomorrow's big race, and the Binghamton connection to the Kentucky Derby.

Mike and Franklin discuss Part 2 of their Spring Break tour of eastern Maryland, catching some baseball (literally) at the Ripken Experience in Aberdeen.

Mike and Franklin discuss their journey to Baltimore and parts north, celebrating all things historical and delicious.

Mike and Franklin celebrate all things 2000, toasting the 25th anniversary of that big year for both Mike and the world at large.

Mike and Franklin discuss this weekend's Final Four and offer some hot takes on holidays and unusual food items.

Mike and Franklin celebrate the 200th episode of Math and Musings, talking a little college basketball and reminiscing about previous topics, highlighted of course by unusual food items.