Episode 10

Today, Eric introduces a new book into the show, along with a new segment.


Adding another opportunity to impart the fine art of conversation, The Conversationalists use entries from a 1970's dating etiquette book ("The Handbook of Dating & Other Ettiquette" by Sandi Cushman) to facilitate interesting discussions for our listeners. Seeking humor, Eric instead finds Mike's ire. 

The question of the day:

 If you could recover one thing you've lost in your lifetime, what would you wish to find?


Mike reaches back to his childhood for a universal object, the blankie.

Eric reaches back less far, to a memento from his professional life that serves as a hilarious reminder of what a fickle phony mistress lady Hollywood can be.





In improv 1, a young child and his dad switch roles as one reaches manhood and the other regresses into an insecure childlike state.

In improv 2, a high school lad discovers that his new best friend may not be all that newy or besty after all, with deliciously humiliating results.

Episode 9

In this special holiday edition of The Conversationalists, Eric & Mike celebrate the 4th of July, which is now a week and a half in the past as of your reading this. Unless you're reading it even later, in which case whatever.

The question of the week, after we finally forced Eric to stop trying to rehash past questions, was:

If you could have only one piece of furniture in your house, what would you want it to be?


With both of our guests opting for maximum versatility and comfort, we get Mike's answer of his big blue couch, and Eric's answer of the all-purpose bed.

In improv 1, the world's most popular Singing Repo Men show that they have not only pipes, but hearts of gold.

In improv 2, Eric is generous enough to open his home to a sleep-murdering transient and his geographical friends.

Episode 8

A new intorduction launches us boldly into this 8th episode of The Conversationalists Podcast, in which we express a deepfelt gratitude to our listeners, who are here exclusively for Eric as it turns out.  And Mike feels just fine about that.


This week's question is a real sniffer:

If everything in the world had to have the same odor, what scent would you want it to be?

Mike takes his answer directly from nature and the great outdoors, while Eric shows a more adventurous side by looking to the forbidden, and even...the dangerous...

In improv 1, we meet a golfer and a down-on-his-luck grass-smell enthusiast, only to take a great leap through time & space to see the tables turn.

In improv 2, the north and the south clash once again, only to find common ground in the end.  Horrifying, offensive common ground.