
West By Pod
By Mike Mallow
A West Virginian and a West Virginian in a strange new land. Will the miles erase the Mountain State memories?

58 - Never Meet Your Heroes (For More Than 3 Minutes)
58 - Never Meet Your Heroes (For More Than 3 Minutes)
West By PodFeb 19, 2023
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58 - Never Meet Your Heroes (For More Than 3 Minutes)
58 - Never Meet Your Heroes (For More Than 3 Minutes)
The finale.
Every new beginning (The Fossils) comes from some other beginning's end (West By Pod)
It's been fun!
Feb 19, 202330:24

57 - It's the Great Pumpkin, William Taupe
57 - It's the Great Pumpkin, William Taupe
A recap of the last year of podcasting (404 file not found) • COVID • More on Sugar Grove Station • Sexy Pumpkin Content
Oct 28, 202138:17

56 - Not to Bring it Back to UFOs
56 - Not to Bring it Back to UFOs
UFOs. UFOs again. COVID. Politics.
Will will admire this documentary forever.
Feb 26, 202131:57

55 - That's A Good Doc
55 - That's A Good Doc
This episode is a nerdcast. The greatest Christmas present in the world (arrived three days late) • Pokemon • Spoilers for Soul and WW84 • Bad and Good Double Features.
Dec 30, 202035:36

54 - A Useless Car and No Turkey
54 - A Useless Car and No Turkey
New show, new time zone. Snow • Toaster Maintenance • Shopping Cart Maintenance • Blame it on Butterball • Mike Makes a Right
Our producer is Martha Williams.
Nov 20, 202024:47

53 - Now With More West
53 - Now With More West
The Final Episode. The Death of Crabapple Jim • Leaving West Virginia • Streaming (Star Wars, of course) • Halloween • Spooky Electoral College.
Nov 08, 202032:24

52 - Circling the Drain
52 - Circling the Drain
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Aug 22, 202034:07

51 - SOLVED mysteries
51 - SOLVED mysteries
Robert Stack Eternal Voice • NEOWISE • Poo Bear, Eatin' the Poo Bear • Billy Jeans
Jul 19, 202030:34

50 - Mid-ish Life Crisis
50 - Mid-ish Life Crisis
Dad Jokes • Bats and Social Distancing • Best Picture Winner Sonic the Hedgehog • BLM and West Virginia • Lost History Lessons • Dad Jokes
Jun 24, 202039:54

The Peperoni Roll Tree
The Peperoni Roll Tree
Hazel answers West Virginia trivia questions and tries to fly.
Jun 21, 202002:56

49 - Grizzly Bears with Shotguns
49 - Grizzly Bears with Shotguns
The Mask of Zero • There Can Be No Coke In Pendleton County • Murder Fans • Tiger King • Tom Sawyer’s Secret Island • Mask Control • Apocalypse Bingo
May 10, 202028:06

47 - Days of Facepalming
47 - Days of Facepalming
Grocery Store Strategem • Bidet logistics • Fallout 76 Fallout • Canceled Movies • Why Don’t Finger Fing? • Aunt Light Magenta • They Might Be Thespians • Despair This Pair • Let’s All Go To The Winchester And Wait For This Thing To Blow Over.
Mar 21, 202032:42

46 - March Marchness 2: The Rocks Indoors
46 - March Marchness 2: The Rocks Indoors
Corona • Legacies • March Marchness Bracket Rundown • What is a Bog?
Mar 06, 202030:02

45 - Where Do Babies Come From?
45 - Where Do Babies Come From?
The Titular Question • Conspiracy Theories • McMillions • Horses • Girls • Horse Girls • Appalachian New Year • Sanctuary! • The Problem with the Second Amendment
Feb 21, 202036:54

44 - Things To Do That Aren't This
44 - Things To Do That Aren't This
Crabapple Jim on Evolution • Elementary PTSD • Mike and Jason Movie Review Hour (Won’t You Be My Neighbor, Parasite, Knives Out (again), Groundhog Day, Edge of Tomorrow, Doctor Sleep)
Feb 08, 202028:07

43 - Also Known As The Last Crusade
43 - Also Known As The Last Crusade
Taxes • Death • Taxes and Death • Death and Taxes • Taxes From Death • Doghouses • Raisins • Wizard of Oz for Some Reason • Household Tips with Crabapple Jim
Jan 24, 202032:52

42 - Lemon-Based Pickup Lines
42 - Lemon-Based Pickup Lines
Cat Attack! • Alternate Careers • QBasic • Feeling Old Again • Lemon & Chainsaw Table Read • Most West Virginia Things • Spousal Car Retrieval
Jan 17, 202033:48

41 - The Precipice of Potential Peril
41 - The Precipice of Potential Peril
The Inglorious Return of Crabapple Jim • Down with the Sickness • Lemon & Chainsaw • Part I of Up the Holler • Fandom's Exit Ramp • Introduction Etiquette
Jan 10, 202041:60

We're Bored. Here's an Episode.
We're Bored. Here's an Episode.
Thanksgiving Colors • Disney + • Inevitable Star Wars Chatter • Reddish Knob Horror Story Season II • Samantha P's Haunted Hat
Dec 13, 201931:59

Finale, Finally / Apocalypse Anyways
Finale, Finally / Apocalypse Anyways
The final regular episode of 2019. Episode Titles • Ghost Babies • Ghost Movies • Leaf or Squirrel?
Sponsored by the Franklin Moose Lodge.
Nov 01, 201935:38

Via Frittata
Via Frittata
The kitten is fine now. Halloween Costumes • A real West Virginia Ghost Story • Climbing Seneca Rocks • Falling Down Via Feratta • Fall Traditions.
Here's a link to the WV Ghost Story referenced.
Oct 18, 201939:51

The Walls Are Being Handsy
The Walls Are Being Handsy
The October Hauntacular continues! UFO Stories • Haunted House Stories • Fist Fights • Playright Bots • Western Virginia Comedians
Oct 11, 201934:13

They Put Tomatoes on Everything
They Put Tomatoes on Everything
This episode sponsored by the letter pee. A Trip to Pittsburgh To See Better Podcasts • Batman Hates Italy • Night Humors • Bedwetting • Dadwetting
Oct 04, 201934:47

No Poking the Ghosts
No Poking the Ghosts
A Recap of the TMFs • Close Encounters of the First-ish Kind • Ghost Stories • Accidental Ghost Stories • Impromptu Tractor Parades • October is upon us...
Sep 27, 201943:40

Treasure Mountain Festival: The Musical!
Treasure Mountain Festival: The Musical!
The Two TMFs • A (really bad) TMF Medley • The days of Adult Swim & Piracy • Favorite Ninja Turtles • Favorite Clowns • A Surprise Wedding Postscript
Sep 20, 201937:51

A Squirrel Moment
A Squirrel Moment
Some good porch sitting with Jason, Mike, an additional Mike and Traci. Also, assorted kids.
90s clothes • chipped teeth • job applications • Marcus gets fed... in stereo!
Sep 13, 201926:19

IMPASTA!
IMPASTA!
Beard Propagation Theory • 4-Slice Toasters • Pasta Crimes • Weaf.
All set to the backdrop of kids playing in a sandbox. A surprise/revenge podcast.
Aug 30, 201925:53

You, Me & Lightning McQueen
You, Me & Lightning McQueen
Part 2 of the True Bride Podcast
Aug 23, 201923:30

A True Bride Podcast
A True Bride Podcast
Part one of the SURPRISE WEDDING SAGA. This episode looks at what it takes to setup a surprise wedding. Next week's part 2 will cover the execution.
Aug 16, 201925:55

The Girl From Channel One / Cloud Burst
The Girl From Channel One / Cloud Burst
Video Games on TV • A Tour of the Renovated Smith Residence • Channel One • High School Memories • CLOUD BURST!
Aug 09, 201921:28

Pixel Blind
Pixel Blind
...Or A Very Boring Game of Life • Blackwater • Restaurant POS • The Dead Don't Die • Cable Installations
Jul 26, 201933:11

Talk To You Later
Talk To You Later
Captions • Smoking Cavemen • Time Machine Priorities • Remembering Jay
Jul 19, 201938:45

Don't Mess With People's Hotdogs
Don't Mess With People's Hotdogs
Part 1 of 3,280. The quest for the perfect hotdog continues! Many Special Guests • Entirely Outdoor Episode • We consider the crickets a part of our live studio audience.
Jul 08, 201924:16

Banana Hospice Island
Banana Hospice Island
The Parkersburg Area and any related land masses • The Great West Virginia Hot Dog Debate • Poultry Queen
Jun 28, 201933:58

The West Virginia Smidge
The West Virginia Smidge
A Special Co-Host • Voicemails • Kittens in Cars • West Virginia Day Trivia • Jason Shows Up in the Final Minutes
Jun 21, 201933:44

Religion & Quantum Mechanics (At the Same Time)
Religion & Quantum Mechanics (At the Same Time)
Solving the Science vs Religion Debate with Math • 4-H Camp Legends • Caffeine Free Blood • Fresh-Squeezed Jason • Doctor's Office Attire • Fake Moon Landing
Jun 14, 201931:15

Metaphorical Groundhog Father
Metaphorical Groundhog Father
Turtles • Sleep • Street Corners • Baking Shows • Sleep • Bottle-Feeding Cats? • Pointy Mountains • (Rescue) Squad Goals • Most West Virginia Thing Gets Weird
Jun 07, 201937:24

Jayssonjasonssonmarcus Lee Smith
Jayssonjasonssonmarcus Lee Smith
A very graphic birth episode. Listen, but don't touch anything blue.
Jun 01, 201939:06

20th Episode Spectacunale!
20th Episode Spectacunale!
Last episode until June. Stuff happens. We talked about it. Kids fight. We went home.
Apr 29, 201931:02

Easter Candy, Human Sacrifice, Easter Candy
Easter Candy, Human Sacrifice, Easter Candy
End of List. Goodnight everybody!
Apr 19, 201930:24

The Frontier Has Been Tarnished
The Frontier Has Been Tarnished
Kids • Floods • Fires • Fish (Made Of Wood) • People You Know In Far Off Places • Mr. Oinky Died BTW.
Apr 12, 201934:11

The Money Pit Stares Back
The Money Pit Stares Back
A Very Pendleton County episode. PBS • Satellite Dishes • Vintage Billy Ray • Sugar Grove Station • Enrollment Numbers • A Prophecy from the campaign days fulfilled.
Apr 05, 201937:37

Emergency Codpast
Emergency Codpast
On a very special episode • Bombshell! • Cryptic Audio Files • • Mothman Lives! • Pig Latin? • A Mountain Dew Drinking Contest • April Aprilness
Apr 01, 201901:49

Preserved Food Hole
Preserved Food Hole
March Marchness Round 3 • Cereal • Cellars • Closed Businesses • That Corporate Ladder • 80s Pitch Meetings • Gremlins 2 Rules!
Mar 29, 201933:10

Et Tu, Saint Paddy?
Et Tu, Saint Paddy?
The Plague • Round 1 of March Marchness • Springtime for Hitler Assassination Attempts? • Secret Service Run-Ins • 4-H Camp Stories
Mar 22, 201933:13

March Marchness
March Marchness
A follow-up to the Treasure Mountain Festival kerfuffle including an Interview • High School Football Anecdote • Get your Brackets ready because March Marchness begins!
Mar 15, 201936:01

A Big Pile of Ashes
A Big Pile of Ashes
Lent • ATMs! • Treasure Mountain Festival Update • A Top List Numbered to 10 • A Lively Cake Discussion • Happy Birthday Traci
Mar 08, 201938:54

Woop Woop Survivors
Woop Woop Survivors
Jason Stays Up Late To Watch A Movie He Later Regrets (again) • The Most West Virginia Thing • Oscars • Late Night Hosts • Grocery Store Run
Mar 01, 201933:01

Asking an Awful Lot of Our Monsters
Asking an Awful Lot of Our Monsters
Zombie Biology • Additional Monsters • Trash Cans • Mud Holes • Rural Broadband • Dracula: Dead and Loving It.
Feb 17, 201931:18

Entertainment for Your Bias
Entertainment for Your Bias
On a very special episode. Religion • Atheism • The Plaque
Feb 08, 201929:54

Practically a Charter School
Practically a Charter School
Caticorns • Bounce Houses • Summer Saver • Citizen Cane for some reason • Jason Drinks Mountain Dew
Feb 01, 201930:32

'Em Bridges Are A Burnin'
'Em Bridges Are A Burnin'
Oinky the Bank Mascot • The story behind the Treasure Mountain Festival social media debacle • Logos & Branding • Elder Millennials
Jan 25, 201930:39

Downstairs Problems
Downstairs Problems
Identity theft is no joke • Crawlspace Cats • Junk Lasting More Than Four Hours
Jan 19, 201926:19

January Hangover Zone
January Hangover Zone
Seahorses • Legos Everywhere • Kid Art • Heartspark • Birdbox • January Sucks
Jan 12, 201932:00

Anti Claus: A Very Belated Christmas
Anti Claus: A Very Belated Christmas
On this weeks-late episode, we talk about Christmas, and why Santa may be the devil, and other, more pleasant, holiday memories.
Jan 05, 201935:08

One Finger Wave
One Finger Wave
The Final Football Game • Grocery Store Lines in a Small Town • Waving Etiquette • Holiday Plates • The Wheels Have Come Off
Dec 06, 201835:46

Ernest Saves the Spacetime Continuum
Ernest Saves the Spacetime Continuum
Santa Death Theory • Acting Career Death Theory • The 3 Best Christmas Movies! • Leaf or Squirrel? • Whatever the First 30 Seconds Was.
All in 28 minutes!
Nov 28, 201828:02

The Enduring Legacy of Crabapple Jim
The Enduring Legacy of Crabapple Jim
Thanksgiving • Future Community Play Hecklers • Drunk Raccoons • Crabby Jim is Angry at the World • Abridged Early American History
All in under 24 minutes!
Nov 22, 201823:55

This Episode is Haunted
This Episode is Haunted
Mike and Jason discuss their adventures at the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum and why it took five weeks to record this episode.
Nov 14, 201801:01:16

Preview: It's about Salamanders
Preview: It's about Salamanders
This one is short, but it's hard to have a dialog when you're the only person that shows up. The test pod.
Oct 14, 201801:17