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Reverse Jackass
When an American and Canadian risk it all to bring peace between their forced-together-by-geography situationship. REVERSEJACKASS@GMAIL.COM
Episodes
83 episodes
Ep81: Nick opens the wine; Evelyn opens the airways.
Nick tells Evelyn about a skill his brother taught him in his early twenties that helped him move up in restaurant work, carried him through grad school, and still comes back every time there’s a bottle of wine or champagne in need of a little ...
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Ep80: Evelyn activates Seal Team King; Nick becomes his own problem.
Evelyn tells Nick about the fine art of hiding: from unexpected visitors in the country, from people at the front door, and from whatever ancient survival instinct made a simple game of hide 'n seek in a house without hydro feel like a full tac...
Ep79: Nick gets a $75 lesson; Evelyn enjoys Italian Concerto (with a side of marinara).
Nick tells Evelyn about a financially fragile chapter of his Los Angeles years, one exciting payday, and the small gas-station mistake that immediately ate a much larger portion of that paycheck than planned.Evelyn responds with a univer...
Ep78: Evelyn lived through the bathroom knock-and-walk; Nick was betrayed by his own left arm.
Evelyn tells Nick about the worst shower she has ever taken: an already uncomfortable guest-bathroom situation that became dramatically worse thanks to one bathroom, one urgent interruption, and one deeply misguided attempt at “freshening” the ...
Ep77: Nick meets the worst salesman ever; Evelyn loses her patience in the parking lot.
Nick tells Evelyn about the time he was invited along to a Honda dealership for moral support and instead witnessed a car salesman so hostile, so unhelpful, and so committed to not selling a car that he may have changed Nick’s relationship with...
Ep76: Evelyn over-trusts Canadian winter; Nick takes nature to the face.
Evelyn tells Nick about a Christmas gift from 2014, resulting in a beautiful homemade chocolate pie. Unfortunately, Canadian winter knocks on the door, and offered a deeply unorthodox (and unfortunate) method to let nature butt in on the coolin...
Ep75: Nick fears the quiet couple; Evelyn fears being the Canadian Mouthful.
Nick tells Evelyn about the couples therapy dynamic that scares him most, and it is not the loud, angry pair most people might expect. For him, the real concern is the couple whose conflict has gone underground for so long that nobody knows whe...
Ep74: Evelyn pees the car; Nick encounters a nightmare public washroom.
Evelyn tells Nick story of the time a full teaching day, a birthday dinner, a rainy drive home, and one badly timed traffic moment combined into a personal emergency with lasting upholstery implications for a car she was leasing.Nick res...
Ep73: Nick remembers honest diggers; Evelyn remembers understanding trends.
Nick tells Evelyn about a niche skill from his theme-park past, the old-school art of winning claw-machine prizes, and the devastating modern discovery that the machines may no longer respect craftsmanship or true skill.Evelyn responds b...
Ep72: Evelyn loses the spotlight; Nick makes the ladies faint (and then leaves town).
After discussing some listener feedback about the injustice of mandatory track and field day, Evelyn starts into a story about a recent visit with old friends, a beloved kid, and the painful discovery that she may no longer be the favourite adu...
Ep71: Nick Bognar learns of the other Nick Bognars; Evelyn shares a pharmacy with her namesake.
Nick discovers he is not the only Nick Bognar out there in the world. Apparently there is a Christian rapper named Nick Bognar, an award-winning chef named Nick Bognar, and one deeply unimpressed youth soccer organizer who rea...
Ep70: Evelyn reflects on the Fred Wedge; Nick survives the storm drain.
Evelyn introduces Nick to the legend of the Fred Wedge: a high school phenomenon so powerful it created a new family phrase, a private reenactment tradition, and a lasting inquiry into the physics of fabric (like, there were just SO MA...
Ep69: Nick discovers identity theft dentistry; Evelyn keeps the ironing board.
Nick tells the story of a Hungarian dentist in Los Angeles who solved the problem of having an unpronounceable name by simply acquiring a new one from someone standing very nearby.Evelyn responds with a story about the oddest thing she h...
Ep68: Evelyn comes face-to-face with small-town “art”; Nick unveils Pogo the Duke.
Evelyn tells Nick about a small-town theatre box office, a mysterious flood of complaints, and the day she and Jill climbed into a baby blue Chevy Astro minivan to investigate one man’s deeply unsettling idea of outdoor art.Nick responds...
Ep67: Nick got bullied at pickleball; Evelyn got bullied in plaid pants.
Nick tells Evelyn about a recent pickleball outing where a perfectly normal post-game backpack retrieval became a perfect opportunity for him to be bullied...by a small child. And his mom. Evelyn responds with high school memories o...
Ep66: Evelyn tries to mail one simple box; Nick hits us with a "back in my day..."
Evelyn tries to mail a simple care package and accidentally enters the bureaucratic backrooms room involving two separate apps (one for customs declarations, and another for tariffs), itemized items and photos, expired QR codes, and the creepin...
Ep65: Nick hears them cheering his name; Evelyn gets taken out by the Chinese buffet.
Episode 65 of the RJ Pod and we're coming in singing today. Nick tells Evelyn about a brief, highly emotional chapter in his high school track career, where athletic glory, mistaken identity, and one very public solo lap all collide in ways he ...
Ep64: Evelyn remembers the milk miracle; Nick gets raisin rich.
Evelyn tells the story of her sister's childhood emergency, a heroic teacher, a pair of wildly oversized lost-and-found jeans, and the most confident cover story ever built around a school milk contest.Nick responds with his own childhoo...
Ep63: Nick rejects corporate bonding; Evelyn turns the birthing experience into a team-building exercise.
Nick tells the story of a mandatory workplace “team-building” trip that somehow involved a rental van, the cops, kayaking, interpersonal misery, and a much closer look at nature than anyone had requested.Evelyn counters with the particul...
Ep62: Evelyn puts the lid on babysitting; Nick learns the price of responsibility (and lawn care).
Evelyn and Nick swap babysitting stories from an era when adults simply looked at teenagers and thought, “Yes, this person can absolutely manage my children, my pets, my household, and several emergencies with no meaningful instructions.”
Ep61: Nick meets the stinkiest thing ever; Evelyn will never trust another cooler.
Nick tells the story of moving into a Chicago apartment, opening the fridge, and discovering a takeout bag so powerful it may have violated several municipal bylaws. Evelyn responds with tales from the glamorous world of student move-out dump d...
Ep60: Evelyn's sister loves wolves; Nick was the Clam Chowda kid.
In this episode, Evelyn shares a family story that accidentally became a running joke for decades, while Nick responds with a tale about a single childhood moment that somehow followed him far longer than anyone intended. Together they explore ...
Ep59: Nick's disappointed in his college soccer coach (but not for reasons you'd think); Evelyn brings her husband onto the Reverse Jackass pod.
It's a Nick Episode today on the RJP! Nick revisits a college soccer class he loved taught by a former mentor he once admired. The story takes a weird turn with one wildly baffling interpretation of the ending of the movie Basic Instinct
Ep58: Evelyn was no stranger to a good wipeout; Nick wasn't even singing.
In this episode of the RJ Podcast: obnoxious morning radio show hosts, bad Sean Connery impressions, hot-pink stilettos, Evelyn not knowing how to walk properly, karate choreography, and the emotional aftermath of an eight-year-old loudly point...
Ep57: Nick ruins a perfectly good cookie; Evelyn escaped the golden handcuffs.
In this episode of the RJP, Nick shares the time he learned that a beloved cookie recipe should have limits. Then Evelyn tries to explain the biggest leap of faith she has ever taken: walking away from an 18-year teaching career without a tidy ...