Between The Lines (with Ben & Eddie)

Benton Crider

The world's first, best, and only comedy improv podcast. Improv genius Eddie Churnetski and standup comic Benton Crider take headlines from the subreddit /r/nottheonion and use the characters and settings to improvise long-form narrative scenes. Each week, the BTL news desk is also joined by a special interview guest, often someone incredibly famous or influential.

  • 1 hour 59 minutes
    Episode 22: I Want To Bi-leave, The Washington Football Lockerroom

    It's season three! Just in time for the inevitable onset of quarantine madness, Ben and Eddie have combined forces (as well as their paltry savings) to bring you BRAND SPANKIN' NEW EPISODES of Between The Lines!

    In this episode:
    A dedicated foreign police force locates a lost treasure trove.
    An obsessed cryptozoologist finds out a shocking truth about his research.
    A pair of starstruck lovers interrupt a lockerroom conversation.
    And an interview with celebrity commentator and writer Glenn DeNiro (he said that was his real name)

    18 August 2020, 1:00 am
  • 1 hour 35 minutes
    Episode 21: Wisconsin Dunks on Possum, Pokemon Go Fuck Yourself, DNKN.(Feat. Interview Guest Brad Pitt)

    Holy shit! This is a good one. Hoo-boy, we got content galore. We got possums. We got banks. We got fuck maniacs. We got BFG. We got guests! A returning Hayden Cowell (RIP) and new friend of the pod Callie Stinson. It's all very good and tasteful. Listen in for high stakes scenes about robbery, war, and toothpaste, plus an update on the devil's fingers! This week's interview guest is Brad Pitt! Definitely the real Brad Pitt!
    Well, what are you waiting for! Golly-gee, dive on in and soak yourself in the healing waters of podcast.

    17 March 2020, 6:00 am
  • 1 hour 10 minutes
    Episode 20: Ding Dong Damn, Y'all, This Bathroom Stinks Like Shit! (Feat. Interview Guest Howard Blank)

    So what are you doing this summer? Ben and Eddie welcome Professional First Guest and Kombucha spokesmodel Jon Housler to the Pod. Headlines this episode feature tragic ding dong deliverance, crazed tire slashing, pooping, peeing, and synthetic meat patches! Eddie leaves (finally) halfway through and lets the real stars shine and Ben and Jon wreak sweet, sweet improvised havoc through Seattle. Tune in, buckle up, and check those tires because this episode is a literal masterpiece.

    RIP Hayden.

    4 March 2020, 3:00 am
  • 1 hour 35 minutes
    Episode 19: Let's Get Wet in This Club, Peanuts Gang. (Feat. Interview Guest Cory Mandrake)

    There's real guests on this one! Ben and Eddie introduce the new additions, Jon and Hayden, and then get to dang podcasting business. They talk about wet chips (you'll get it) and then about old people getting 86ed from church.
    Scenes this episode are about a strip club tragedy with a sketchy DJ and a gang of wallet hungry hooligans. It. Gets. Giggly.
    Interview guest is Future-ologist Cory Mandrake. 
    Does Ben give out his Social Security Number? Does Eddie finally stop taking the lowest hanging fruit? Will Jon or Hayden ever come back? Tune in to find out!  

    17 February 2020, 2:00 am
  • 2 hours 9 minutes
    Load Hog and Spill Pig: The Children are our Future (feat. interview guest Frank Herbert)

    The boys are back in pod-town! Ben and Eddie make a triumphant, extra-long return for season two by complaining about their lives! They talk about Baby Yoda and the official BtL canon and are saddened by the world. They then do scenes about the parking apocalypse and our inevitable cow-filled future. Featuring an interview with the late great Frank Herbert, author of the Dune series and emissary from the stars. Lotta Dune stuff in this one! 

    3 February 2020, 1:00 am
  • 1 hour 7 minutes
    Special Episode: A loosely planned evening with Ron B. and Bot A. McJobe

    BTL newsdesk host Benton Crider sits down with husband and husband business partners Ron B. and Bot A. McJobe to talk about their latest financial ventures, their advice for millennial entrepreneurs, and pipe bombs.

    12 October 2019, 8:00 pm
  • 1 hour 45 minutes
    Episode 16: For Whom the Bell Tolls, The Hunchback of Norbit Dame

    Ben and Eddie brag about some new microphones and dunk on Paul Ryan (super timely). Taco Bell has a hotel. A firefighter makes a really questionable decision. Two priests discuss their favorite things about the new pope. 

    BTL Newsdesk Interview Guest: Hot Cereal Mogul John Smithy Burnbaum

    13 August 2019, 6:00 am
  • 1 hour 27 minutes
    PREMIUM CONTENT PREVIEW: Fur and Loathing: A Journey Into the Dark Underbelly of Dog-sledding

    Veteran dog trainer, dog sledder, and cross continental road-tripper Walto takes over the Between the Lines studio to start his own podcast. In addition to detailing his drug-fueled tears across the southern united states on a dog sled, Walto speaks with some of the bizarre locals he met along the way. 

    29 July 2019, 6:00 am
  • 1 hour 24 minutes
    Episode 15: Machetes to the Stars

    Tim Alan has a few requests. Ben and Eddie argue about 9/11. Danny Trejo tries to broaden his acting chops. All in one episode! 

    Special Guest: Baskins Robin

    29 June 2019, 8:00 pm
  • 1 hour 9 minutes
    Episode 14: Tony Danza, Dan Brown

    Uh oh, who let these two into the studio when Ben and Eddie were away? A "famous" chef and a "world renowned" author doing an improv podcast sounds like an interesting idea though, I guess. 

    14 June 2019, 11:00 pm
  • 1 hour 31 minutes
    BONUS EPISODE: Oops, we beefed it real bad

    In this low quality audio/high quality content episode of Between The Lines, Eddie records with the wrong mic, beavers are harrassed, two used Gundam salesman get busted, and we take a special trip to a town whose name I don't want to write out in the description.
    Special Guest: musician Randy Newman

    8 June 2019, 12:00 am
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