Low Level Rage

Tim Schaefer and Lauren Caldwell

Low Level Rage is a live call-in show hosted by Tim and Lauren in Chicago Friday nights from 9-11pm Central. These are the archives. Listen to the show live at lowlevelrage.com.

  • 1 hour 24 minutes
    COMPRESSED RAGE 3 (7/8/14 to 9/12/14)
    You forgot the Low Level Rage highlight reel, but it's back! A million years ago we said some funny stuff, and here it all is. All of it. Including firing the catering staff, butts, some freaky bed music, Vin Diesel, sauerkraut, and more! Listen and revisit the magic.
    5 April 2015, 12:00 pm
  • 1 hour 39 minutes
    Houseplant Fury (4/3/15)
    A caller got a face scar, leading Lauren and Tim to their new career as motivational speakers! Hot takes about Intellectual Property. The Carebears Movie Trailer. Tim picked a fight at work. The debut of Tea Tim's TeaTime. Emma calls about plants and cat revenge! A new contest is announced! Some Easter chat, some hot grammar topics, and a call to procure delicious beverages for next week.
    4 April 2015, 12:00 pm
  • 1 hour 29 minutes
    MOVIE CLUB: MIAMI CONNECTION (3/20/15)
    It's a PODCAST EXCLUSIVE: the first installment of Low Level Rage Movie Club! Find a copy of MIAMI CONNECTION and get ready to listen along as Tim and Lauren watch the cheerful martial arts antics of the amazing band Dragon Sound. Featuring: a weird gang! Fun rock jams! Amazing kicking action! Hipster Scarface! And Tim and Lauren get really wrapped up in the lives of the members of Dragon Sound.
    21 March 2015, 12:00 pm
  • 1 hour 27 minutes
    Only a Thousand Stars (3/13/15)
    Spackle, revisited. Job talk. The Lunchbreak Problem. Tim versus Ed Sheeran. Tim and Lauren versus Ed Sheeran. Tim and Lauren decide that Justin Bieber is better than Ed Sheeran. The greatest music video pick-up line. Lauren's K-Pop Corner. This devolves back into more Sheeran beefing, which leads to Tim and Lauren reviewing the top of the Billboard Hot 100. Only the hottest of takes abound! Plus the official announcement of LLR Movie Club, and the next Book Club assignment.
    14 March 2015, 12:00 pm
  • 1 hour 47 minutes
    Tempting Fate with Technology (3/6/15)
    Tim is an X-Man. The LLR Theme Song Contest, which still has no entries. Enter the contest! Topic: what is the best thing that people hate but they're wrong? Tim sings the Speed Racer theme! Emma calls and much talk of goo ensues. Controversy about what is a double. Topic: if you could see any band play any show - or avoid this - what would it be? Chris and Judy call with some rambunctious band talk. Lauren is in the Mullet-Sphere. Callie calls to talk jelly beans and concert performances. The Broosphere. And the LLR Book Club assignment, plus talk of a Movie Club!
    7 March 2015, 12:00 pm
  • 1 hour 35 minutes
    A Birthday Disaster (2/27/15)
    The LLR Theme Song Contest! Birthday celebrations break the broadcast system! Remic calls! Nostalgia for the bad old days. Jeff calls! A lengthy discussion of Doogie Howser. #LLRBookClub. Tim and Lauren review a pop song submitted by a listener. And Callie calls with some hot Pono talk.
    28 February 2015, 12:00 pm
  • 1 hour 47 minutes
    This One Has Some Audio Problems (2/20/15)
    The first episode since our new broadcast system went live! It's . . . let's just say there are some issues. Be advised the audio gets weird and spooky and it's not just you imagining things! Just like the very first episodes of LLR, all over again. ANYWAY: Tim tries to figure out the internet. The official launch of Slag on Slate. A lengthy discussion of Radio Pictionary. Tips for apartment dwellers. More Billy Corgan chat, and a lot of Yelp reviews. A TERRIFYING NOISE. Lauren comes up with a real Radio Pictonary stumper. (See our tumblr for pic.) The LLR Book Club kicks off! Lauren and Tim read a few pages from Against the Day to get us going. A call from Fred from Honolulu! And adjudication about Boy Scout stuff.
    21 February 2015, 12:00 pm
  • 2 hours 24 minutes
    The Day the Music Lived (2/6/15)
    Low Level Rage returns, but Tim and Lauren are sad and tired, so they decide it is time for karaoke. New hits and old favorites in the LLR karaoke repertoire. No one knows the words to The Sign, Lauren stirs up controversy with regard to The Cars, and Tim practices his best Billy Corgan. Find out which song almost got Lauren arrested! Find out how Tim tricked himself into rapping! Plus an extra half hour featuring possibly the greatest ten minutes in LLR history.
    7 February 2015, 12:00 pm
  • 1 hour 40 minutes
    11 Ocean's 11s (1/23/15)
    Tim and Lauren attempt to determine the perfect heist rosters for eleven whole separate Ocean's 11s. Featuring the Ghost 11, Modern Authors 11, Gary Oldman 11, AND A BUNCH MORE! You'll have to listen to find out. More Brad Pitt than anyone expected, Tim is obsessed with Wisconsin, and Tim and Lauren do a lot of sound effects. Plus some fast talking feats at the end!
    24 January 2015, 12:00 pm
  • 1 hour 37 minutes
    Couch Fires and Moldy Old Books (1/9/15)
    Lauren is moving! Tales of moving: woes and triumphs. Lauren has too many books. Emma has many tips for doing away with books, a subject of huge controversy. The take-a-book party. Moving on April 1. Moving in New York. Some hot political jokes. The saddest thing Greg's ever heard. Chris calls with tales of drugs and couch fires. Lauren learns that she owns a bunch of haunted tapes. And the announcement of the Low Level Rage book club!
    10 January 2015, 12:00 pm
  • 1 hour 14 minutes
    Cloud Ten (1/2/15)
    It's a new year with Low Level Rage! Tim is sick so it's Music Night . . . except it doesn't work out that way. Tim tries to drink an entire bottle of cough syrup. Listener birthdays! Dangerous animal statistic speculation. Trash talk about dead authors. Chris calls with a tale of thieving, fights, arrests, and urine. Lots. Plenty of pee talk on this extra-amazing LLR! Plus drug talk, someone wins the John Cale Contest, and a big ol' fight about nuts.
    3 January 2015, 12:00 pm
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