{"podcast":{"title":"A Mediocre Time with Tom and Dan","slug":"a-mediocre-time-with-tom-and-dan-520207","podcast_index_feed_id":520207,"rss_url":"https://amediocretime.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"http://www.tomanddan.com","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/9/d/7/5/9d757a257a7e050327a2322813b393ee/AMT-2022-20220513-dcw6tvlvvm.png","author":"Tom Vann & Dan Dennis","episode_count":100,"summary":"Tom and Dan were once sitting in a hotel room in Daytona Beach, Florida where the air-condition didn't work, they were out of beer, and the cable only had 2 channels that came in static free. One of their friends suggested that they leave and attempt to find something better to do to which Dan replied \"Why would we want to ruin a mediocre time?\" If you were to ask \"Tom and Dan\" what the meaning of life is, they might tell you that there is none. Born from a feeling that nothing in life truly matters and that for the most part we're all surrounded by scumbags, \"Tom and Dan\" figured out that there's only one true constant in life; laughter. How did they come to that conclusion? It's all they have. You see, just like the mass majority of us, \"T & D\" have day jobs and it was at said day job where they cued in on the fact that some of the greatest laughs came at the end of the day. There's just something about the relaxed feeling of knowing that you have very little time left at work to put in. Maybe it's the \"punch drunkenness\" of still being at work; no one is quite sure. There they sat in their office, the door shut to their co-workers and management, only making each other laugh to…","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/a-mediocre-time-with-tom-and-dan-520207"},"episode":{"title":"907 - Spring Broke","slug":"907-spring-broke","published_at":"2026-03-20T05:59:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/a-mediocre-time-with-tom-and-dan-520207/907-spring-broke","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/a-mediocre-time-with-tom-and-dan-520207","url":"https://amediocretime.libsyn.com/907-spring-broke","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/amediocretime/907-SpringBroke-fin.mp3?dest-id=14306","summary":"Core Flooring Center sponsor read with flooring installation across Central Florida Core Flooring offers laminate, vinyl plank, wood, carpet, and dustless removal 10% off flooring and labor plus 0% financing for 24 months with Tom and Dan mention Core Flooring donates part of sales to Save a Life Pet Rescue Listeners who use Core Flooring can send photos and join the hosts for drinks and gifts A Mediocre Time intro from the Just Call Moe Studio $5 BDM shirt deal ended, but extra shirts will be sold at the event BDM Appreciation Event is April 11 at 6 p.m. for active BDMs and guests Event lineup includes DJ Ryan Sharp, Jeff Howell, Casey Howell, Tom the Bomb, and The Juggling Jacks The Juggling Jacks feature juggling, unicycles, and trained poodles Outdoor studio idea sounds fun but Florida heat, bugs, and sound make it a bad fit Tom talks about cold-damaged backyard plants and palms after the freeze One bottle palm may still be alive while others look cooked Plant recovery gets compared to Dan's slow hip recovery Failed attempt to make grout white leads to spray-painted grass jokes A school once painted dead grass before photos or events Listener says Teslas become impossible not to notice once pointed out Tesla logo, ugly Cybertrucks, and Kia's confusing rebrand spark logo talk They joke about people suddenly noticing things everywhere after hearing about them BuzzBall talk leads to spotting them all over gas stations and Wawa Massive Sunoco on 1792 gets praised for weird inventory and giant BuzzBall display Independent gas stations are celebrated for craft beer, pipes, knives, sex toys, and random junk Kenny the Pervert voicemail kicks off genie loophole debate They argue whether a third wish for a new genie beats the no-more-wishes rule Robin Williams in Aladdin bec…","meta_description":"Core Flooring Center sponsor read with flooring installation across Central Florida Core Flooring offers laminate, vinyl plank, wood, carpet, and dustless…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":9867,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/a-mediocre-time-with-tom-and-dan-520207/episodes/907-spring-broke/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/a-mediocre-time-with-tom-and-dan-520207/907-spring-broke.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}