Tami Sagher joins us from Michigan, where she’s quietly going stir crazy and seeking her parents’ approval. She’s on the writing team for Season 2 of The Great on Hulu. Do dogs dream, and what is the source of their nightmares? TikTok…

Steve weighs in on both the music and the fatso BMI, and also has problems with a lackadaisical InstaCart shopper. Jay and Kristen continue to be annoying, both online and offline and we can’t believe how long they’ve been in our lives. Janet is…

We start off with some thoughts on our respective families, before we discover a new Dahl family tradition, which is Steve helping Rosie lick his dinner plate clean. Brendan is in search of a new oven knob to make sure his turkey in a bag is cooked…

Steve’s painter tempts him with a gift of cronuts. Steve and Janet are split on the latest Tom Hanks movie, causing Brendan to initiate an informal polling of Hanks’ wartime work. Tom Thayer talks surfing in Lake Michigan and helps Brendan attempt…

Unlike the offices of the Ellen show, it’s a cheery Monday on the DahlCast. Brendan has returned from New Jersey, without having a chance to try out a new restaurant called Arby’s. An Uber driver told him about it. He’s also glad to be finished…

We celebrate the magic of local car commercials and Mid-Atlantic accents. Steve has a turkey suggestion for Brendan that appears to be a game changer. There’s a tour of famous Bon Jovi sites in New Jersey and Brendan is considering hitting a pizza…

Brendan is feeling some kind of wonderful this morning, and with good reason: Greeleys from everywhere are headed to the Jersey shore for a weekend of sunshine and exotic local cuisine like pizza and bagels. Janet suggests that he bring some tiny…

Steve’s morning starts off with an acid test (for his pool), and an egg sandwich in the sunshine. Steve recalls nearly stepping into the line of fire on a Bubba The Love Sponge bit. Will Steve’s dream of a Bobby’s Burritos midwestern storefront…

Steve’s Instacart order goes missing, including a couple of key items that he was looking forward to eating for breakfast. How do you pronounce “alouette,” and are you aware of the violent nature of the French song we learned as children? Steve…

Steve remains cool-headed while handling an online ice cream situation at the beginning of today’s show. We’re glad that baseball is back, for the time being. Steve recalls a late night/early morning with the late Jerry Taft. Taylor Swift drops a…

Things are heating up in the mask vs. no mask debates, but cameras are always rolling, and people’s responses are flowing freely. Brendan encounters a troublesome situation while out on a run, but his sense of urgency leads to a new personal record….

Spoiler alert: we’ve got some spoilers from decades old entertainment, so listen with caution! Steve and Janet have offered their pool for a video shoot, but Steve is let down by the absence of a craft services table. It’s a case of Fun Grandma…

Brendan feels a surge of respect for the power of Mother Nature. Steve is rethinking milk, tracking tropical storms and recalling his days as a trout coroner. He’s also oblivious to a tree controversy that’s raging away in his own town, but that…

Steve recovers from mishandling a Freshly order. Steve and Dag, card-carrying Scorpios, are dealing with the shock that they might not be Scorpios after all. Is there in fact, a thirteenth zodiac sign? Is there a fifth Quad City? (promo code STEVER)…

Steve hints at a new system that’s going to make subscribers’ lives (or at least the listening part of their lives) easier. It’s in the works! Brendan returns from a life-changing weekend in Montana, where it was all purple mountains,…

Steve recalls a long night in a box at an Andy Kaufman show. There are some new numbers that could throw off Steve’s Cheez-It routine. Brendan has an action-packed, fully-outlined trip to Missoula, Montana in store for the weekend. Steve talks to…

Stand down and join the Comedy Clatches in today’s Comedy Klatch. Steve and Pat share a dentist, and Pat’s in disbelief that the dentist actually likes Steve. Janet joins us to answer listener mail and reveal that Steve and Janet are ready to vote…

Today’s show highlights the many facets of Steve: babysitter, teen speed freak, space dweeb and purveyor of dangerous, illegally sourced, sewage- and oil-soaked clams. We take a bow (or a bow?) after wrangling some of the complexities of the English…

Today’s show starts off with a technical workshop. We feel confident in the new recording platform, though Brendan urges Steve to not fall too deeply in love with the new technology. Steve’s had a visit to the dentist and his mouth is in fine…

As creative professionals, we offer a constructive analysis of the latest Scuff Shield demonstration video. Steve’s anxious to take delivery on this item for the sake of his pristine (for the time being) garage floor. Brendan blows our mind with a…

Steve has rediscovered the joys of owning a sprinkler, but he wonders if his neighbors are letting their kids Slip ’n Slide directly into the street. He also recalls when he and a fellow luge-obsessed schoolmate formed a two-man lying team. Brendan…

Hop inside your favorite bumper car (or do you prefer a dodge ‘em car?) and join us on today’s DahlCast. Steve relives some childhood dominance at carnival games, before we take a deep dive into the role swimming has played in our lives. Janet…

Steve’s entering the final phase of his garage update, forcing his fancy possessions to be strewn casually about the estate. We reach Tom Thayer by phone, and he can still feel the force of Dave Butz cleaning his clock. It’s a hot day, so cover…

Quarantine seems to have gotten the best of Steve: at this point he actually wants to go out and do things. He also disputes the “parade” designation for Henry Dahl’s birthday celebration. Brendan is still contemplating getting an Apple Watch but…