Brian interviews Brian Allen, the Brian behind the monstrosity known as Gritty. Hear about the crazy ride Brian’s been on with the notorious Flyers mascot (26:02) — from its humble origins to its global domination with even Le Monde asking, “C’est quoi Gritty?” Plus what all goes into running an independent design studio in Bellefonte, PA. Universal Brian Questions at (55:06)

Brian interviews Brian Katzowitz, a health communications specialist at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta who works to get information from researchers to the general public in an understandable way. Find out what goes into media training an epidemiologist, and which disease started the agency in this conversation from much more than 6 ft apart. Universal Brian Questions at (52:56)

Brian interviews Bryan Petcoff, a director and producer who recently spent over 3 years helping make The Onion, well, The Onion, or “America’s Finest News Source.” Hear how the Bryan boyfriend character of the murdered girl in A Very Fatal Murder is most likely named after him, and which piece of satire he worked on “died because it was real” in this episode from the Before Times at Tuman’s Tap in Chicago. Universal Brian Questions at (50:25)

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Brian interviews Brian Roberts, an owner of The End Games, which specializes in collectible card games, board games, RPGs, and tournaments (when there’s no quarantine) in Charlottesville, VA. Find out what the game “Dude” is, along with what it’s like running gaming competitions and creating a niche social club in this episode from Brian’s massive store in Cville. Universal Brian Questions at (33:40)

Brian interviews Brian Hioe, an editor at New Bloom Magazine and writer for Popula who covers geo-political issues and youth culture in the Asia-Pacific region from Taipei. Get a quick primer on the complex relationships between Taiwan, Hong Kong and Mainland China, and what’s at stake in the escalating protests. Universal Brian Questions at (34:35)

Brian interviews Brian MacDonald, operator of the beloved virtual yellow line in the biggest football broadcasts (or broadcasts period), including the Super Bowl and Sunday Night Football. Hear what this crazy niche job at Sports Media Technology entails, and where the future of sports broadcasts might go in this episode from The PIT Theater in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Universal Brian Questions at (52:50)

Brian interviews Bryan Reyna, a deep sea shipwreck diver and the paint foreperson at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Learn all the bounties and pitfalls of diving wrecks like the USS Oregon and San Diego before Bryan paints us a picture of being the museum’s head painter and now the paint foreperson (42:40) in this double episode recorded at MoMA. Universal Brian questions at (1:17:05)

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Brian interviews Brian Williams, the bassist in Resistance House Band, a zombie band in Nashville. Hear how Brian goes against the honky tonk grain in Music City, and how he’s even more familiar with brains than most Brians in this episode from The Pub Nashville. Universal Brian Questions at (27:18)