- Fan Wank: John Hodgman's harrowing attempt to rewrite The Phantom Menace, which he later realizes is a deep-seated attempt to Set Right What Once Went Wrong and stop the Turn of the Millennium from happening.
- Genius Bonus: Being aimed at the more intellectual set (who else listens to public radio?), these naturally abound.
- Episode 109, "Notes on Camp," may have been about Summer Camp, but the title was a reference to a famous essay
by Susan Sontag, the first known scholarly study of, well, the other kind of camp.
- Episode 109, "Notes on Camp," may have been about Summer Camp, but the title was a reference to a famous essay
- More Popular Spin Off: Serial and S-Town.
- Spoiled by the Format: In "129 Cars," a Long Island Jeep dealership must meet their quota for October in order to get a bonus from Chrysler, which is crucial to keeping the business in black for the month. After weeks of deal-making, close calls and near misses, car #129 is sold just in time, at 5:00 on October 31st. There are still ten minutes in the episode. Two hours before closing, one sale is disallowed, and another one falls through. With some hurried negotiation with some borderline buyers, plus a last-minute walk-in sale, they meet their goal.
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