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We’ve got some bittersweet news. The sweet part: Spencer and Jordan rejoined us for another terrific episode. The bitter part: it’s our last ever Off the Chain. This week, our old friends and frequent guests Spencer and Jordan come back for one last ride, in which we give some pro-level small talk advice (including, for the first time ever, a list of topics to avoid), do a segment of Lost the Plot with the classic rom-com Death Race 2050, answer questions from our beloved listeners, and play conclusion worthy music by Beck, Blue, The Beatles, Tom Brosseau, and Wiz Khalifa and Charlie Puth.

Our deepest thanks for following us over the past few years, everyone. We’ll be back soon with a new podcast, which we’re planning to call Theme Song.

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Small Talk

Topics to Avoid

• ‘My kid has lice’
• ‘So, it turns out it wasn’t a mole it was a tick’
• ‘So, let me guess that person’s ethnicity or country of origin’
• ‘How do you feel about your mother?’
• ‘Make America great again’
• ‘Your teenage daughter is very attractive’

Topics to Address

• KFC Zinger — Dave
• The recent “Reply All” computer scammers from India podcast episode — Steel
• The Idaho squirrel that thwarted an attempted burglary — Spencer
•  Saturn’s moon may be supporting life — Jordan

Unchained Melodies — Songs about things coming to an end

Book Wisdom

And in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make.

–James P. McCartney

Featured image: Dave and Spencer in the Santa Cruz Mountains earlier this summer.

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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.

Featured image by takomabibelot