Tangent Station

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Tangent Station is a comedy podcast hosted by Kevin Hayes and Willis Lorensen, with 75 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Kevin Hayes and Willis Lorensen hosts Tangent Station, a comedy show with 75 episodes published.

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  Episode #76

  Cargo Shorts, Card Cartridges, and Carolina Road Trips

  Sep 14, 202626 minS4

  In this episode Kevin and Whiz-Bang Willis banter through an anything-goes conversation covering quirky everyday frustrations and ridiculous hypotheticals. They riff on Dad fashion (cargo shorts and polos), ridiculous stadium parking prices, and invent outrageously funny sports team names like the Cincinnati Parking Lot Scammers and the Appalachian Stupiders. The pair detour into mascot disasters (turkeys, possums, sloths), jobs you absolutely can’t mess up, and personal anecdotes—Bang’s tomato-picking session, his THC cartridge confession, and his wife’s rules. The tone is loose, crude, and affectionate, with rapid-fire jokes, nostalgic movie references, and recurring in-jokes that make the episode feel like hanging out with two loud friends.

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  Episode #75

  Brand Love, Broken Wi‑Fi, and the Great Frito Debate

  Sep 8, 202619 minS4

  Two friends riff on brand loyalty, household habits, and everything in between. They trade stories about the tools, drinks, and products that define them—Weber grills, Coors Light, Charmin, Dawn dish soap, Skechers and New Balance—while laughing through personal anecdotes about childhood tastes and odd shopping loyalties. The episode bounces from silly tangents to sincere preferences, offering a playful look at why people cling to certain names. Expect quick-fire banter, recurring jokes about spouses and chairs, and an undercurrent of nostalgia for the tactile things—like paper books and records—that technology threatens to replace.

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  Episode #74

  AI, Vows & Veggie Tattoos: What Not to Outsource

  Sep 2, 202630 minS4

  Our hosts riff through a chaotic, laugh-heavy episode about what AI absolutely should not be allowed to do. They debate whether artificial intelligence can write wedding vows, name babies, pick tattoos, break up with partners, or decide divorces — and mostly conclude some emotional milestones need human hearts. Along the way they detour into fantasy football trust issues, Siri’s potential for bad manners, and the hazards of relying on ChatGPT for personal decisions. The banter hits riffs on marriage dynamics, jealousy, and the importance of keeping some authenticity in big life moments.

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  Episode #73

  Usain Bolt, Pac-Man & Viking Costumes: A Tangent Odyssey

  Sep 1, 202642 minS4

  In this episode our hosts riff through a scattershot, hilarious conversation that jumps from five-question 80s trivia to the jaw-dropping news of humanoid robots at the World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing. They trade movie memories (Wall Street, Back to the Future, The Goonies), name-drop classic toys and cartoons, and then pivot hard to robots beating Usain Bolt’s 100m time and setting ridiculous standing high-jump records. Between pop-culture quips, costume planning for Halloween, and mocking conspiracy theories, the hosts balance nostalgia and unease about automation with their trademark off-the-cuff banter and self-deprecating humor.

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  Episode #72

  Name That Baby (Seriously?)

  Aug 31, 202619 minS4

  This episode explodes with comic outrage over modern baby names — from Brakesley Oak to phonetic user manuals — as our hosts roast parents treating birth certificates like password generators. They riff on noun names, pseudo-regal choices (King, Maverick, Legend), and the future job-interview consequences of glittery monikers. Along the way there are nostalgic detours about maps, naming yourself at a certain age, and why spelling matters. The banter lands frequent punchlines: Wi‑Fi-password babies, laminate-flooring names, and the idea that if a name requires a pronunciation guide, it might be doing the kid a disservice.

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