Category Archives: Parks and Recreation

Hobo Radio 551 – Face-to-fur encounter (Hobo Madness Finals)

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Our annual Mabel Memorial Hobo Madness Tournament is back. This year’s tournament pits characters from 30 Rock, Arrested Development, Better Call Saul, Community, Frasier, Girls, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia and Parks and Recreation against each other to see who would survive the longest during a global pandemic.

Joel Murphy and Lars Periwinkle are once again joined by Molly Regan, Marty McGuire, Andy McIntyre and Julia Periwinkle. Niles Crane takes on John Lutz in our final showdown. But there’s one last twist that will change everything.

This week’s music:

  • Intro – “Giddy Up” by Tahuna Breaks
  • End – “Fighting A Mountain” by Handmade Moments

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Hobo Radio 550 – A monkey thrown into the wrench (Hobo Madness Final Four)

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Our annual Mabel Memorial Hobo Madness Tournament is back. This year’s tournament pits characters from 30 Rock, Arrested Development, Better Call Saul, Community, Frasier, Girls, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia and Parks and Recreation against each other to see who would survive the longest during a global pandemic.

For the Final Four round, Joel Murphy and Lars Periwinkle are once again joined by Marty McGuire, Andy McIntyre and Julia Periwinkle. We’re down to the Final Four – Niles Crane takes on Mike Ehrmantraut and John Lutz takes on Ron Swanson. But there’s a monkey thrown into the wrench that may tip the scales.

This week’s music:

  • Intro – “Giddy Up” by Tahuna Breaks
  • End – “Sock Monkey” by The New Monitors

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Hobo Radio 549 – Big Frito and the Murder Hornets (Hobo Madness Elite 8)

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COVID-19 has disrupted all of our lives. Movies have been delayed. Toilet paper can’t be found. And all major sporting events have been cancelled. But not even the Coronoavirus can stop our annual Mabel Memorial Hobo Madness Tournament.

This year, Joel Murphy and Lars Periwinkle are joined by Molly Regan, Marty McGuire, Andy McIntyre and, for the first time ever, Julia Periwinkle (Lars’ wife). This year’s tournament pits characters from 30 Rock, Arrested Development, Better Call Saul, Community, Frasier, Girls, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia and Parks and Recreation against each other to see who would survive the longest during a global pandemic.

This week, they decide the Elite 8 round of the tournament (and get to the bottom of whether or not chips and cheese dip count as nachos).

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Hobo Radio 348 – Pity Ben Affleck

This week, Joel Murphy and Lars Periwinkle are once again joined by special guest Erin Fox. They talk about their various run-ins with Baltimore legend John Waters, Joel’s experience covering OK Go’s concert and the recent Ant-Man trailer.

They also complete the finals of the Mabel Memorial Hobo Madness "NBC Used to Be Good and Now It Kind of Sucks" Tournament. Parks and Recreation, Community, 30 Rock and The Office have been competing and this week an ultimate winner is crowned.

Is Erin on her phone? Boff, marry, kill – Ben Affleck, Jimmy Fallon and Bobby Flay? Who will win the tournament? The answers to these questions and more are in this week’s podcast.

This week’s music:

  • Intro – “Giddy Up” by Tahuna Breaks
  • Interstitial – “Heldentum” by Ax
  • End – “Redemption” by Bill McVail

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Hobo Radio Interview – Vintage interviews with Alison Brie, Jim O’Heir and Angela Kinsey

The Mabel Memorial Hobo Madness “NBC Used to Be Good and Now It Kind of Sucks” Tournament has Joel Murphy feeling nostalgic for the glory days of NBC.

So he’s dipped into the HoboTrashcan archives to brings you two never-before heard audio interviews – a 2012 chat with Alison Brie from Community before her New York show with her band The Girls (the print version can be found here) and a “lost” 2011 interview with Jim O’Heir from Parks and Recreation. And, as a special bonus, he rebroadcasts the audio highlights from his interview with Angela Kinsey from The Office (the print version can be found here), which first aired on the site in 2006 on Hobo Radio 6.

This week’s music:

  • Intro – “Giddy Up” by Tahuna Breaks
  • Interstitial – “Vishnu Meets Funk” by Lucas Perny & Miloslav Kollar; “The Ring” and “Butterfly Lament” by Peacock Ball; “Incarcerated Mind” by Dr. Rage and the Uppercuts
  • End – Angela Kinsey audio highlights feat. Nanjemoy Creek Boys

To listen to more celebrity interviews, click here:
http://www.hobotrashcan.com/features/hobo-radio/audio-interviews/

Vote for the finals of the Hobo Madness Tournament here:
http://www.hobotrashcan.com/2015/04/10/hobo-madness-tournament-2015-final-match-voting/

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