Happy Hour with Dennis and Erik
Society & Culture
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A candid and open weekly discussion between Dennis and Erik over drinks
Episodes
- Ep. 280 – New Broom Sweeps Clean
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- Ep. 279 – Loosen The Grit
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- Ep. 278 – It Just Looks That Way from Across the Street
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- Ep. 277 – Kick it in the Ice Hole
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- Ep. 276 – Measure Once, Cut Twice
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- Ep. 275 – Seven Year Itch
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- Ep. 274 – The Amazon Position
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- Ep. 273 – Limited Nuclear Conflict
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- Ep. 272 – Paranoid Hippie Passwords
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- Ep. 271 – Layover Marksmanship
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- Ep. 270 – Enjoy Every Sandwich
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- Ep. 269 – The Hey Jude of Books
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- Ep. 268 – Friendchips
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- Ep. 267 – Sagittarians, Rejoice!
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- Ep. 266 – 100 Wigs
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- Ep. 265 – Oligarchy Malarkey
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- Ep. 264 – A Little Party Never Killed Nobody
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- Ep. 263 – Stormie the Salmon
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- Ep. 262 – Ordinate Position
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- Ep. 261 – Perpetual Perpetrators
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- Ep. 260 – The Fruits of Boredom
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- Ep. 259 – Perfect Little Muddy Raccoon Prints
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- Ep. 258 – Maybe God Dresses in Leather
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- Ep. 257 – Born to be Flat
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- Ep. 256 – A Frayed Miniscus
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- Ep. 255 – Lesson About Messin'
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- Ep. 254 – I are ankle
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- Ep. 253 – What Would A Beaver Do?
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- Ep. 252 – Bœuf au Weck
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- Ep. 251 – You Gotta Use Your Gait
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- Ep. 250 – There's No Bone Involved Here
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- Ep. 249 – Ankle Beavers
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- Ep. 248 – Dodging Lions and Wastin' Time
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- Ep. 247 – Odd Shaped Sill
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- Ep. 246 – Red Room, Red Room
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- Ep. 245 – The Church Is What It's Going To Do Next
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- Ep. 244 – Sign Field
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- Ep. 243 – The Quintessential Carney
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- Ep. 242 – Up and Under
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- Ep. 241 – Sharp Ting of Particles
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- Ep. 240 – The Whiskers of a Dilemma
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- Ep. 239 – Outward Exhibition of Joy
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- Ep. 238 – I Put the Hype in Hypothetical
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- Ep. 237 – Short But Sturdy
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- Ep. 236 – That's a Moray
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- Ep. 235 – Oedipal, to say the least
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- Ep. 234 – A Democracy, If You Can Keep It
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- Ep. 233 – The Band Has To Enjoy Doing It
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- Ep. 232 – Penis Caddy
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- Ep. 231 – Red Raw Monkey Nuts
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