Mal Smith (@malive) is back to give you her advice on love letters from an ex, burgers, finding happiness in a mosh pit, conquering humanity out of boredom, a man pretending to be a family's dalmation, what to name a boat, her disdain for cheese, dealing with pesky ghosts, natural wonders ideal for psychdelic experiences, watersports, fusion jazz destiny, whether Weezer is actually a good band and much more.

Check out Mal's wonderful new pop culture podcast @afewbeersin, follow her on Twitter, send us your questions and subscribe on iTunes!

Fan favorite champion and returning (for the 4th time) guest Natasha Dye is here to talk about all the most important hot topics in the world such as - celebrity gossip, 4th of July, sexy animals, animal news, pop culture, Snapchat, driving, sunburn and so much more. Natasha is one of the best people to talk to on a podcast or on Twitter or at the mall.

Follow @NatashaDye, look for more episodes in July. Sorry this one took so long!

In this very special episode returning champion guest and esteemed co-producer Mal Smith (@Malive) joins me as we go to work on planning out an entire fake superhero cinematic universe.

Featuring such exciting superheroes as Slimeboy, Built-Bear, End-Panda, Dora The Destroyer, Champagne-Supernova, Fast Loris, Christian Grey, Jacob from LOST, Hermione Granger, Tax-Man, First-Time Long-Time, Uncle Samantha, Captain Vape and many more.

Subscribe to the podcast on iTunes, leave a review, tell your friends and keep an eye out for new episodes in July.

This week returning champion most frequent guest, friend of the show and certified expert on most things Mal Smith (@Malive) launches her own sub-podcast to dish out advice.

We take questions and hear Mal's advice on going to space camp, how to make money, how to make it in showbusiness, what to do about monster owls, what sex is, drugs, planet worhsip, and much more.

Send advice question to Mal or @bonpodcast to hear her advice on future episodes!

For the monumental 40th episode of the podcast, returning champion guest Cole Johnston joins me to make a very arbitrary and yet definitive list of the top 40 most important things of all time. We debate our choices as we make the list, then read the whole assembled thing back. It is very exciting. 

Cole is on Twitter @KeyboardCole and he performs with the improv group Hoffman Saturday nights at Philly Improv Theater. Jacob is on Twitter @Ailite and the podcast is on Twitter @BONpodcast. Subscribe on iTunes, write in, leave a review, tell some friends, and keep listening!

Returning champion Zack Connor and another Zack joins us to talk about their new podcast, summer, not knowing what day of the week it is, kayaking trips, Mad Max, What We Do In The Shadows, Destroyer, late night tv, podcasts galore, and much much more.

Subscribe on iTunes and look for more new episodes all through June!

In this very special episode of the Based on Nothing podcast I am joined in studio by repeat guest and friend of the show Kelsey Degnan. Near the end of the episode I realized that I have been doing this podcast for over a year and it becomes a joyous and celebratory affair.

The episode begins with a prayer and a state of the podcast address. We take LIVE calls from Karl Germanovich from the band Howlish, New York based comedian Alisha Delp, (who is coming to us live from a life or death battle with a mosquito) Michael Morrison, (who has scorching hot takes on Mad Men and Taylor Swift) and Rob Moden (host of the Orphan Black Clone Cast on the Nerdist network!)

Kelsey and I discuss Brand New and how she recently confronted part of the band Seether over their blatant rip off of the Brand New song ‘Daisy’, a lost episode of the Based on Nothing spinoff Where’s The Brand New Album? podcast, summer music like Hop Along and their wonderful new record, American Football, Yuck, Mikal Cronin, Rilo Kiley, Colleen Green, summer vacations, Disney World wishes and curses, Podcastaway the movie, the great Dancing Epidemic of 1518 which is my favorite thing to ever be talked about on this podcast, and finally we go through the new Brand New news. Sorry for the little popping sounds, but also fuck it.

Thank you to everyone who has been on or listened to this podcast over the past year. New episodes coming all through June/all summer/until the end of time.    

The wonderful band Lady Parts stoppped by my apartment over a month ago for a conversation about their music and their new EP that just came out (!!!), favorite Harry Potter and fictional characters, swords, sex trees, musical influences, Philadelphia and as 
usual with this podcast, whatever else comes up. This episode was almost lost forever in a laptop fire but it was salvaged and has songs from the band through and fun conversation. 

Check out the band at facebook.com/ladypartsphilly or their NEW EP HERE and subscribe to the podcast on iTunes for more episodes all summer long

It's been awhile since the last episode due to devastating laptop problems and personal loss but this week the show is back up and running full steam ahead. My guest is dear friend Domenic Kelly from the Light Talk Boys podcast. We talk about maybe not wanting to do a podcast anymore, the worst things to win a free lifetime supply of, weird dreams, your brain playing tricks on your mouth, Hop Along and The Mountain Goats, wrestling, the misery of Craigslist, hot weather, how stupid the human body is, finding things to laugh at and much more.

Look for new episodes soon and subscribe on iTunes. Thank you for listening!

It's that time of year again! All the stars with the deepest pockets are out for Based on Nothing's 35th Annual Karaoke For Charityoke Podcastathon Extravagnza For Charity. This episode features an all star lineup of guests singing grade A dive bar worthy karaoke in front of a live studio audience to raise fictional money for fictional charities. The guests are weird, the charities are weirder, the karaoke is specatular and the audience loves all of it.

Special thanks to Chet Williams, CJ Bowden, Max Scholnick, Luke Thornton, Kevin Stairiker, Natasha Dye, Mal Smith and Lady Parts.