Episode 50: Our Golden Anniversary

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This week Dave and Steel celebrate recording their 50th episode of Off The Chain (our golden anniversary!) by running through several listener questions, playing another round of Lost the Plot, sharing some all-time great contributions to small talk, playing timeless music by The Beatles, Otis Redding, The Refreshments, and Quasi, and sharing some book wisdom from John Steinbeck. This one’s a classic.

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A look back on the first 50 episodes

Guest Totals

• 9 episodes: No guest [eps. 44, 43, 23, 11, 10, 9, 3, 2, 1]
• 7 episodes: Spencer! [48, 47, 39, 21, 13, 12, 4]
• 6 episodes: Jordan (if we count #49) [38, 33, 15, 5, 4]
• 3 episodes: two-way tie: Howard [41, 28, 27] & Katie [26, 25, 14]
• 2 episodes: seven people: Aaron Peck [46, 45], Matt Brown [37, 36], Zac Beus [35, 34], Josh Harder [32, 31], Julia Dauer [30, 29], Rosie [40, 17], Ryan [7, 6]
• 1 episode: ten people: Dan Jennejohn [42], Jarom Sidwell [41], Eric Vivier [24] Rose & Emeline [22 — No DAVE!], Jon Stoffer [20], Alan Stoffer [19], Oliver Bendorf [16], Arianne [brief cameo in Ep 18], Amy (Scott) Anderson [8]
• EPISODES WITH GUESTS: 40 of 50!
• EPISODES WITHOUT DAVE: 1
• EPISODES WITHOUT STEEL: 1
• TOTAL NUMBER OF UNIQUE GUESTS: 21 [7 women in 10 episodes, 14 men in 30 episodes]

Most visited episodes

1. Ep. 01 [1565 hits]
2. Ep. 21 [1260 hits]
3. Ep. 33 [605 hits]
4. Ep. 31 [566 hits]
5. Ep. 23 [462 hits]
6. Ep. 03 [439 hits]
7. Ep. 10 [406 hits]
8. Ep. 17 [397 hits]
9. Ep. 08 [371 hits]
10. Ep. 13 [359 hits

Unchained Melodies Data

231 Songs in the Spotify Master playlist by 200ish bands.

Most Common Letter Names for Bands We’ve Played:

B: 34
S: 19
M, C: 16
D: 15
A, R: 13
L, P: 12

Least Common Letter Names for Bands We’ve Played:

I, X, Y, Z: 0
Q, U: 1
E, O: 2

Small Talk

• The Penuma, a silicon Penis Implant, is real. James Elist, an LA surgeon, is the only person approved to use it by the FDA and has inserted it in about 1300 men.
• NBA 2K is being sued for copyright infringement due to tattoo reproduction.

Unchained Melodies

Book Wisdom

This week Dave read a passage from John Steinbeck’s Dust Bowl classic The Grapes of Wrath.

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