The Bureau
Four incompetent FBI agents vent during their weekly meeting in a secure room. Improvised by Jesse, Isabel Galbraith, Bryan Jackson, and Jamal Newman. This podcast features the song “The last sipper and a ring” by Subhashish Panigrahi, copyright 2018.
Episodes
48 episodes
The Code
It's the last episode of season 6, and it's an action-packed one! Once the agents get a few mistakes off their chests, they try to break out of the Vault and escape up to Earth. But the agents discover that escape isn't so easy.... especially w...
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Season 6
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Episode 8
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37:01
An Alien Among Us?
The agents are still stuck together in the Vault, 24/7, and it's transforming them into different people... mothers and Don Drapers and Avon Barksdale types. Tense from being in the Vault for so long, the agents turn on each other. Each agent f...
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Season 6
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Episode 7
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35:25
Goodnight Moon
This week, the agents learn that kidnapping and interrogating a potential alien is harder than it looks. Since the previous episode, the agents have kidnapped George (formerly known as Michael), the Amazon deliveryman. George avoids the a...
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Season 6
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Episode 6
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42:10
Six Missing Knives
It's a big day in the Vault: Casino introduces her new son to the podcast listeners. She asks the guys for help raising the baby, but unfortunately they're not totally sure the baby should live. Meanwhile, Bobby's investigation is starting to p...
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Season 6
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Episode 5
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31:58
The Odd Passing of Time
This week, the agent's come to the horrifying conclusion that time doesn't move at a normal rate when they're in the Vault.... after all, Bobby's suddenly out of touch with youth, Casino's missing issues of O Magazine, and Corny's mom is a year...
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Season 6
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Episode 4
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35:16
Terrance Hardly's Polygraph
After squabbling about chores, the agents share their updates. Bobby is uncovering patterns among the Blu-Rays, and Kettle is administering polygraphs on his days off. Kettle plays a tape of a session with Terrance Hardly, who claims to have be...
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Season 6
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Episode 3
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37:44
Procrastinating
This episode was recorded after another long week in the Vault, and the agents are not happy. They're thirsty, they have an unfair meal rota, the guys are treating Casino like their mom, and Bobby has developed some bad habits. The agents do a ...
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Season 6
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Episode 2
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26:53
The Vault Hunters
It’s season 6, and the agents have been reassigned (demoted) to the FBI's UFO Unit. We find out that Kettle is also testifying at the Depp vs. Heard trial; that Bobby's still in therapy; that Corny thinks there's something odd with the Google N...
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Season 6
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Episode 1
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28:15
Casino and Corny's Wires
To record their last podcast episode of the season, the agents gather at Casino's house for coffee. The agents get an update from Bobby on his mental health, and the standard therapy he's done with Casino. Kettle then opens up about getting pla...
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Season 5
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Episode 8
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1:05:41
Kettle's Wire
At an underground coffeeshop, punk baristas bully the agents for being uncool. Kettle shares a clip from the wire he wore at a Blue Lives Matter meeting, which turns out to be populated by a mix of Southern and Australian people. On the wire, w...
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Season 5
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Episode 7
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39:33
Will We Get in Trouble?
At a homey, Southern coffeeshop, the agents hop into high seats and chat about Brazilian butt lifts. Then, Corny asks for help dealing with an investigation into the Nature's Sunshine vaccine, which Kettle got (along with some of the side effec...
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Season 5
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Episode 6
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30:39
Bobby's Wire
After dealing with a depressed barista, the agents get an update from Corny about Nature's Promise's newest product. Then, the agents get to hear an excerpt from Bobby's wire, including a nerve-wracking conversation with Tony and an altercation...
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Season 5
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Episode 5
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30:13
The Essence of Coffee at Caribou
At an unusually pretentious Caribou Coffee, the agents have to barter for regional coffee from Gardenia, the barista; luckily Corny, has Nature's Sunshine butt spray to trade. Once they're settled, Bobby fields a call on Tony's phone from someo...
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Season 5
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Episode 4
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36:17
A Booth at Peet's
At Peet's Coffee, the agents deal with an unusual barista, then score a booth. Bobby realizes that he's accidentally swapped pants with his boss, Tony. Casino asks for help understanding Chef Luc's new modus operandi. Kettle shares an excerpt f...
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Season 5
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Episode 3
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33:42
A Beautiful Blue Day at Starbucks
The agents meet at Starbucks this week to discuss their undercover operations. The gang helps Casino figure out Chef Luc's modus operandi, and yet Casino is reluctant to wrap up her inquiry. Kettle admits that he's fitting in more with the Blue...
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Season 5
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Episode 2
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35:04
Undercover at Phil's Coffee
It's season 5, and the agents are running undercover operations! To discuss their progress in secret, they meet at Phil's Coffee rather than at the FBI. Casino shares that she's building a profile of a French chef who is suspected of murder, an...
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Season 5
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Episode 1
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33:58
Clean Feet
During the final episode of season 8, Kettle rats on Casino, prompting a discussion of Corny's approach to drug testing, which involves copious amounts of urine. The agents also learn some unsettling things about Dex as Corny rifles through Dex...
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Season 4
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Episode 8
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27:05
Apple Body Magazine
With Dex out on paternity leave, the agents welcome a new member to the team: bagel-deliveryman-turned-FBI-agent Bobby Kendall! He may have failed the test multiple times, but he prevailed, and now has an FBI fob that he keeps in his Kill Bill ...
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Season 4
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Episode 7
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29:41
The Reveal
The agents accidentally crash their colleague Wendy White's meeting. Wendy and Dex discuss the baby manager that they're about to have, and the agents angle to book the baby on their side projects. August accidentally insults Wendy, and t...
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Season 4
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Episode 6
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31:39
The Polygraphs
Agent August September confesses that he's 30 hours short of earning his polygraph certificate, so the other agents agree to be polygraphed on air to help him reach the goal. Strangely, though, the questions seem centered around former special ...
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Season 4
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Episode 5
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28:09
Radical Candor
The gloves come off in today's episode as the agents practice "radical candor." They also hear from SmarterChild, the A.I. that Corny is managing, and learn about Britney Spears' master plan. Plus, the agents debate whether tariffs are dull, an...
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Season 4
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Episode 4
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28:08
I’ll Get More Comfortable
In today's episode, August grills the agents about their thoughts on Kettle Black. Along the way, the agents learn more about SmarterChild, the A.I. program that Corny is managing. The agents agree that SmarterChild's voice should sound posh an...
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Season 4
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Episode 3
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20:26
A Brunette Britney
Corny tells the agents about his new TikTok channel on crushing it and finance, then leads them in an affirmations practice that he learned at a management course at the National Harbor. Casino shares her news, which is that she's consulting as...
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Season 4
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Episode 2
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25:38