{"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":"917 - Surviving Dr. Know It All","slug":"917-surviving-dr-know-it-all","published_at":"2026-05-23T13:56:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/a-mediocre-time-with-tom-and-dan-520207/917-surviving-dr-know-it-all","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/a-mediocre-time-with-tom-and-dan-520207","url":"https://amediocretime.libsyn.com/917-surviving-dr-know-it-all","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/amediocretime/917-SurvivingDrKnowItAll-FIN.mp3?dest-id=14306","summary":"Grocery store roleplay about spending a dollar on Skittles and blessing the cashier Repetitive celebrity bath-time parody song Sassy social media influencer parody with fake hashtags Friday Free Show from the Just Call Moe Studio Ross talks about his mustache lifting while drinking Discussion about lazy beard and mustache growth Dan carefully trimming and straightening mustache hairs Warnings about ruining a good mustache trim Tom misses his mustache because it felt masculine Tommy Vann praised for his long \"angelic\" hair Tommy avoids haircuts to escape social attention Discussion about inherited anxiety and avoiding comments Dan feels trapped by people's reactions to appearance changes Rant about unsolicited YouTube advice and criticism Comedy songs about Florida porn restrictions Florida age-verification laws affecting adult websites Debate over privacy concerns and uploading IDs to porn sites Surfshark VPN discussion for bypassing blocked sites Concrete Mike updates everyone on which sites still work Discussion about pointless final school days after testing Teachers and students mentally checking out for summer Maisie excited about yearbooks and last-day traditions Tommy uninterested in school traditions or awards Debate about skipping the final day of school Parenting arguments about obligation and finishing commitments ChatGPT consulted for parenting advice Crystal insists Tommy should attend school Ross jokes about being a \"kid lawyer\" defending absences Debate over strict parenting versus permissive parenting Discussion about nostalgia, closure, and emotional attachment Possibility of losing the current studio building Jokes about repainting and destroying the studio before moving Vince McMahon scandal jokes and WWVMD bracelets Dan admits he struggles with nost…","meta_description":"Grocery store roleplay about spending a dollar on Skittles and blessing the cashier Repetitive celebrity bath-time parody song Sassy social media influenc…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":7179,"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/917-surviving-dr-know-it-all/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-520207/917-surviving-dr-know-it-all.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}