Welcome To The Suburbs
Ride along with two great friends on a road trip through life as they navigate ridiculous detours, side trips and pop culture experiences.
Their humor and undeniable chemistry comes from a two decade friendship, infused with Greg’s experience as a touring comic and sketch comedy writer and Andy’s career as an audio engineer for acts as diverse as John Mellencamp, Aerosmith, and Bob and Tom.
Laughter suppled, snacks not included.
Theme song "Let's Hunt" courtesy of Jimi Ryser
Episodes
60 episodes
S3 EP:60 Canvas, Carnage, and the Highway to Oil Painting Hell
Andy and Greg head back to school… art school, that is. In this episode, Greg shares his wild ride through metal sculpting, finger-welding, and an intro-to-oil-painting class taught by a barely-awake instructor. From making a fish out of scrap ...
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Season 3
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Episode 60
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21:30
Acting Classes, Gift Guesses, and a Side of Tequila
After 35 years of marriage, Greg has finally learned that guessing gifts before unwrapping them is not a love language. Even when he means well, his psychic present-sleuthing sucks the joy out of the moment. To help, he’s turned to acting class...
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Season 3
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Episode 59
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22:16
Season 3 Episode 58: Dad’s Rant, Wedding Fails, and Top 10 Lists Gone Wrong
When Greg’s dad was alive, he was an endless source of rants. Checking in with him was like uncorking a genie of angst—30 minutes of pure frustration directed at everything from junk mail to the cost of mulch to the absurd volume of acorns. In ...
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Season 3
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Episode 58
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19:31
S3Ep 57: Tears, Tractors & Bedazzled Wedding Dresses
Greg and Andy are back in the studio for Episode 57, and things are already off the rails.Greg and Keely are on Day 3 of a six-day grandparent experiment, babysitting their three-year-old granddaughter—and let’s just say it’s not ...
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Season 3
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Episode 57
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21:43
S3 EP:56 Fake Deaths Part 2, Felon Wisdom & Fast Food Nightmares
Here’s a shocker: The wife of a Wisconsin kayaker who faked his own drowning to abandon his family and run off to Eastern Europe is now filing for divorce. Didn’t see that coming, did you? Episode 56 of Welcome to the Suburbs ta...
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Season 3
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Episode 56
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21:01
Season 3 Episode 55: Setting Picks, Kayak Retaliation, and Faking Death Fails
Greg kicks off the episode with a sigh of relief: "Life is good—no one’s spilled my bodily fluids over any parking lots." But that doesn't mean he’s not stirring up some suburban chaos.First up, Greg embraces his new role as "trailer guy...
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Season 3
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Episode 55
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20:50
S3 Episode 54: We’re at Loggerheads with Dress Codes
Are you a Disney family? NO, was Greg’s answer. Disney apologists say, it’s not an amusement park. You’re right! It’s not amusing. The sidewalks are narrow, food is bad. The rides suck. Greg’s favorite part? Leaving. How did the kid...
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Season 3
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Episode 54
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19:24
S2 Episode 53- Grocery Store Culture
In Season 2, Episode 53 of Welcome to the Suburbs, Andy kicks things off with a pressing question: “What’s your favorite part of shopping at Costco?” Greg’s response? “Leaving!” It’s crowded, people block aisles chatting like they’re a...
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Season 2
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Episode 53
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21:15
Season 2 Episode 52: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly—Greg’s Cottage Renovation
Welcome to Season 2, Episode 52 of *Welcome to The Suburbs Podcast*! This week, we dive into Greg and Keely’s unforgettable cottage renovation adventure. What some saw as a teardown, Greg and Keely envisioned as a charming retreat with endless ...
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Season 2
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Episode 52
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17:49
Season 2 Episode 51: Concert Crowds, On the Clock with Food Poisoning, Who Named That Plant?
Part 1: What happened at the concert, stays at the concert, unless it’s COVID. Then you take it home and share. Greg was at the John Hiatt show, took a look at the age of the crowd filing in, then said, “based on the age of this crowd I b...
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Season 2
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Episode 51
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20:09
Season2 Episode 50: Happy 50th Episode Everyone!
It’s time for the 50th episode of Welcome to The Suburbs Podcast. 50th! Like birthdays and statehood, the 50th episode is a nice benchmark. Andy asked me to recall some of our reoccurring characters. Ironically we’d just spent Thanksgivin...
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Season 2
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Episode 50
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20:02
Season 2 Episode 49: Papaw Coming in hot!
Did you know, if you pay a little extra when you get a ticket, the state won’t report it to you insurance company? That feels a little like payola? The only thing missing, you’re not paying cash to a guy wearing a pinkie ring at a clandes...
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Season 2
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Episode 49
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20:50
Season 2 Episode 48: Survey Says!
Part 1:Andy was lead engineer in the Crumbling Down recording sessions with John Mellencamp. He takes me back to those sessions for a peek behind the curtain to understand what it was like making that song with John. From John’s vision of the s...
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Season 2
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Episode 48
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20:25
Season 2 Episode 47: Becoming A Float In A Small Town Parade
Part 1: Horrible bosses, everyone has probable come across one. Greg and Andy met while working for one, Jeff. His billowing voice would shout commands over the intercom followed by his extension 202! His extension number became syn...
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Season 2
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Episode 47
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19:36
S2 Episode 46: April Wine, Crows Feet, Foreigner When Foreigner Was Foreigner
Andy drove to Nashville, Indiana to see April Wine in concert this fall. He noticed that police cars were abundantly sprinkled along the interstate in construction zones. They had to be prop cops. Surely there weren’t really policemen in those ...
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Season 2
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Episode 46
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20:24
S2 Episode 45: Money makes no sense
Part 1.You know you’ve made the right career choice with the building is in fire and you’re so caught up in your work, you have no idea. What’s that knocking? Siren’s? Do you smell smoke? Why is it so hot in here? ...
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Season 2
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Episode 45
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18:29
S2 Episode 44: Teenage High Jinks & The Chucky Cheese Band
S2 Episode 44 of Welcome to The Suburbs Podcast. Teenage High Jinks & The Chucky Cheese BandPart 1: What happens when practicing abundance leads to a plethora or ants and bees. Part 2: Driving home from school, a bet, sno...
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Season 2
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Episode 44
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20:34
S2Episode 43 He Ate What Worm?
S2 Episode 43: He Ate What Worm?Andy is just trying to buy McDonalds for the band when an old Biddy becomes the parking police’s version of a Karen. Do you want fries with that whine?Getting the driver stung by a bee while navigat...
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Season 2
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Episode 43
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23:15
S 2 Episode 42: Taste the Rainbow!
S 2 Episode 42: Taste the Rainbow!Andy Googled welcome To The Suburbs and up comes a song, Welcome to the Suburbs by The Kottonmouth Kings. An underground group of Weed Rappers from L.A. Greg, overlooked the obvious and asked, Cott...
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Season 2
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Episode 42
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21:03
S 2 EP 41: Bingo, Bango, Polar Bear
When Andy asked Greg about his job he never expecting to unleash a cast of character voices and descriptions that tumbled out of Pandora’s box. Dating someone new is a bit awkward especially when their pet doesn’t like you. An...
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Season 2
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Episode 41
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20:13
S2 Episode 40: The Horrors of Singing Class & Rental Car Dropout
Nearly being tased by the yellow shirts at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway or being pulled over by an irate member of the Coastguard. Which is worse? Andy then tallies the number of law enforcement Greg has met while being pulled over. Al...
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Season 2
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Episode 40
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22:30
S 2 Episode 39 Pat Boone’s: In A Metal Mood, Mockery, Chants, and Meditations
Episode 39 of Welcome To The Suburbs asks the question, have you heard Pat Boone’s album that covers Led Zeppelin, Ozzy Osborn, Judas Priest and others? Even better, have you seen the cover?Restoration Hardware bought a 41,00...
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Season 2
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Episode 39
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20:47
S 2 EP 38 Meeting SouthSide Tim, Greg Phillips, and Chuck
Talking with strangers resurfaces as Andy talks about watching Greg go up to a random guy in the seats at Indy 500 practice and comes away with a dinner invite and a place on his Christmas card list. Greg became the surrogate son of...
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Season 2
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Episode 38
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21:28
U-Haul what we tell you to haul
We have a plan in our mind that is always fully executed without flaws, hurdles or road blocks. Then real-life steps I and teaches us how wisdom is gained. Something as simple as renting a trailer and appliance dolly from U-Haul turns into a cr...
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Season 2
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Episode 37
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20:27
