01.30.19 | John gets a ROBO call from the way far East, Tim has met this week’s Business Birthday Honoree, and we welcome a new sponsor to the show—Homesick candles. Shop Talk looks at the death of the sick day and identifies the first brand to get the NGLCC seal as a Certified LGBT Business Enterprise.

01.29.19 | A Danish company has set up shop in LA to sell used tissues that supposedly get you sick now, so you won’t get sick with the same cold later. 20% of American couples have secret bank accounts or credit cards according to a recent survey. And finally, residents of the famed crooked Lombard Street in San Francisco are fed up with the tourist traffic and want to start charging motorists. (Tim and John suggest you skip Lombard and head over to Vermont St.)

01.23.19 | A dad finds out he cannot have children, yet he has three. A work at home sales guy names his dog Employee of the Quarter for the last few years, and the inventor of the Frisbee is our Business Birthday. Shop Talk looks at Gillette’s TV spot on toxic masculinity—The Focus Group gang has a definite opinion—and John shares some pics from Paul Hagen’s wedding.

01.22.19 | Kurt King, the owner of a Hamburger Mary’s in Florida, says that his restaurant was targeted by county health officials because it’s an LGBTQ business. Christian conservatives are outraged that the cover of Parents magazine this month will feature a gay couple and their children. And a Florida substitute teacher has been accused of spreading human feces on tables and grills at a park where a principal she worked for was set to host a birthday party.

01.16.19 | Just one gay acquaintance can change hearts and minds on LGBTQ rights. The phenomenon is known as “contact theory,” according to the study’s author Daniel DellaPosta, who reported the findings. An article by Lauren Hough on her ten years of being a cable tech reveals a glimpse of the suburban grotesque, and the University of Connecticut is offering a course on the marijuana industry, causing quite a buzz.

01.15.19 | The science is clear. If you move your body a little each day, nourish yourself with real food, allow your mind to take a break and refresh, and if you regularly connect with loved ones and friends you will be both happier and healthier. The IRS is taking a look at the social media profiles of famous “influencers” to catch tax evaders.

01.09.19 | He is the most decorated Olympian of all time. Now retired from swimming, Michael Phelps is concentrating on his next chapter. To stay motivated, he uses this simple daily trick. New rules in the UK on advertising will ban companies from including “gender stereotypes that are likely to cause harm” in their ads on TV, radio, websites and in print, and a new cookbook from United lets you make airplane food at home.

01.08.19 | Answering email only twice a day, and using video game music to focus on work tasks are some tips for changing it up in 2019. Martina Navratilova, regarded by many as the greatest female tennis player of all time, is in a ‘transphobic’ row over comments she made recently about women’s sport.

01.02.19 | Tim and John kick off the New Year with a look at some hard and fast rules to think about before starting your own business. But first, a cat gets shipped 700 miles after getting into a box without its owner knowing, and there is a push to make Slinky the official toy of Pennsylvania.