Janet is profiled on the true crime show "The Time Travel Tapes." Loaf, Frankie, Sam, and Melody listen in while waiting to visit with Janet, who is in a holding center before her trial.
Read moreEpisode 27: Adorable In The Most Horrifying Way
Back home, Janet and Loaf host a parenting-themed episode with two special guests: Janet's mom and one of Loaf's broodlings. They all pitch in to help answer letters on the ramifications of gene-edited children, the existential loneliness of digital offspring, and how to share the holidays with your children who span multiple species and marriages. Meanwhile, Nassif and alternate Janet find themselves stranded in an interdimensional bus terminal.
Read moreEpisode 22: No Optimal Time to Date Me
Janet tries to be the responsible host as Loaf is feeling rather disillusioned with both radio and life. This proves to be difficult when Melody and her new beau arrive. Somehow, they still manage to answer questions about vehicular infidelity, replacement limb policies in the workplace, and how to equitably share your body with an energy being.
Read moreWait Wait Don't Teleport Me!! 1 of 4
Our new four-part miniseries! Wait Wait Don’t Teleport Me!! is a sound collage of shows heard on IFM2 Subspace Radio, an ambient comedy outside the frame of linear time. In this first episode: a deep dive into the history of popsicle jokes, what it’s like when 96% of your body is traded to another laserball team, and segments with Loaf and Sam. With your hosts, Kerrington, Nova, Maggie, and C.C. Sims.
Read moreMini Ep 6: Melody's Comedy Audition Reel
Melody tries to record her audition tape for Lightspeed's Artificially Funny Fest. She really thinks this will be her year! Even if she has to resort to bending time and space.
Read moreEpisode 20: Active Sabotage is a Love Language
Off the air, the whole crew celebrate the end of the season, but there are still some problems to be solved, namely Loaf's misgivings about their upcoming family visit, Janet's uncertain employment status, and Samantha's ongoing struggle to be a real person instead of the idea of a real person.
Read moreEpisode 19: All About the Disruption of Narrative Causality
Content notes: Discussions of racism [2:20-8:30] and stalking [8:30-14:00]
Janet and Loaf listen to letters about living inside the ramifications of genetic engineering, and how to measure your compatibility with someone who was in a time loop when you met. Also, Officer Nassif is back to weigh in on the time travel shenanigans, including a time capsule letter that's turns out to be more personal then expected.
Read moreEpisode 18: Hot Messes Together
Nothing topsy-turvy at all happens to Janet and Loaf before the show, and it surely doesn't affect their performance in answering letters about universal translation gone awry, workplace infidelity, and the experience of living as a certain species. There aren't even any special guests who break into the studio to confront them about the problems they are avoiding in their personal lives. What a relief!
Read moreMini Ep 5: Office Gossip
Off the air, Janet and Melody discuss whether to be romantic or pedantic, while Loaf and Mr. Xorfus argue about Janet’s future role at IFM2. Sometimes humans are too human for their own good!
Read moreEpisode 17: Be Your Best Capitalist Self
Janet and Loaf listen to letters about musical multi-level marketing, augmented reality in the workplace, and the planet-wide apocalypse that never showed up. Thanks to Melody, Loaf also has to deal with an unexpected letter from their homeworld.
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