Starting in November of 2021 with the expansion of Patreon rewards, the podcast began to release bonus episodes on the Patreon platform for members contributing at least $5 a month. These are intended to be more free-wheeling conversations that are less focused specifically on baseball and can also host AMA sessions for Ben and Meg to answer off-topic questions.
Ben sometimes talks about recording the Patreon Bonus Episodes earlier in the month, but Ben and Meg almost always end up recording them just before the month ends.
Common segments[]
- Draft: Drafts of random topics
- Low-stakes rants: Diatribes on topics of relative insignificance
- Listener email AMA: Answering questions from listeners
- Career Day: Interviewing listeners with interesting jobs
- Books, movies and other media they enjoyed this year: End-of-year tradition
List of Bonus Episodes[]
| # | Month | Release Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2021-11 | November 30, 2021 | Listener email AMA |
| 2 | 2021-12 | December 31, 2021 | Books, movies, and other media they enjoyed in 2021 |
| 3 | 2022-01 | January 31, 2022 | Listener email AMA |
| 4 | 2023-02 | February 28, 2022 | Draft: Modern technologies we take for granted that would have blown our mind when we were kids |
| 5 | 2022-03 | March 30, 2022 | Listener email AMA |
| 6 | 2022-04 | April 30, 2022 | Low-stakes rants |
| 7 | 2022-05 | May 31, 2022 | Two low-stakes rants + Listener email AMA |
| 8 | 2022-06 | June 30, 2022 | Low-stakes rant + Listener email AMA |
| 9 | 2022-07 | July 30, 2022 | Draft: Things we were scared of as kids |
| 10 | 2022-08 | August 31, 2022 | Listener email AMA |
| 11 | 2022-09 | September 30, 2022 | Assorted observations + Listener email AMA |
| 12 | 2022-10 | October 31, 2022 | Draft: Favorite things about the Halloween season |
| 13 | 2022-11 | November 29, 2022 | Listener email AMA |
| 14 | 2022-12 | December 18, 2022 | Books, movies, and other media they enjoyed in 2022 |
| 15 | 2023-01 | January 21, 2023 | One low-stakes rant + "Dear EW" advice column |
| 16 | 2023-02 | February 26, 2023 | A few low-stakes rants + Listener email AMA |
| 17 | 2023-03 | March 18, 2023 | One low-stakes rant + spoilery discussion of first seasons of The Last of Us and Poker Face |
| 18 | 2023-04 | April 30, 2023 | The cost of pet care, listener email AMA |
| 19 | 2023-05 | May 28, 2023 | Pet care update + low-stakes rants + draft of favorite fictional franchises |
| 20 | 2023-06 | June 29, 2023 | Honoring a small act of heroism + Listener email AMA |
| 21 | 2023-07 | July 31, 2023 | Two low-stakes rants + Listener email AMA |
| 22 | 2023-08 | September 4, 2023* | Low-stakes rants/celebrations + Listener email AMA |
| 23 | 2023-09 | October 1, 2023 | Draft of months of the year, days of the week, hours of the day |
| 24 | 2023-10 | October 29, 2023 | Summer month banter + Listener email AMA |
| 25 | 2023-11 | November 29, 2023 | Turkey as a high-variability food + Listener email AMA |
| 26 | 2023-12 | December 23, 2023 | Books, movies, and other media they enjoyed in 2023 |
| 27 | 2024-01 | January 29, 2024 | Low-stakes rants/praise + Listener email AMA |
| 28 | 2024-02 | February 27, 2024 | Low-stakes rants + Listener email AMA |
| 29 | 2024-03 | March 31, 2024 | Low-stakes rants/observations/celebrations + Listener email AMA |
| 30 | 2024-04 | May 1, 2024 | Low-stakes rant and confession + Five favorite artists of all time |
| 31 | 2024-05 | May 31, 2024 | Low-stakes rants + Career Day: Pilot + Career Day: Criterion Collection quality control technician |
| 32 | 2024-06 | July 1, 2024 | End of Ben's diner double life + Low-stakes rants + Draft: Favorite TV shows of the 1990s |
| 33 | 2024-07 | August 1, 2024 | Low-stakes rants + Career Day: Supervolcano researcher |
| 34 | 2024-08 | September 2, 2024 | Low-stakes rants + Listener email AMA |
- The August 2023 episode was released on September 4 because Ben's voice was hoarse from a COVID infection.