What's up gang we're coming in hot this week with comedian David Tveite and you're about to learn a lot this episode! We talk about carpet swatches and the Twin Peaks town and then get a wild plane/relationship story. And then your questions: Follow up from the listener who felt like they didn't have a strong sense of personality | You've got big s…

Folksss it's time for more Return Of The Mack because we've got a returning guest this week - it's Merritt K! We catch up with Merritt about living in the dang Canadian wilderness, Star Trek, and a hair stuck in Dono's mouth. And then questions: How pull weirdo baddies? | Follow up on befriending a quiet person | Partner stopped engaging with their…

What's up gang we're running late this week cause Audrey almost died but she's ok now! And it's episode 300 holy smokes! We're stoked to be joined by Rivka Rivera from the Movies vs Capitalism podcast and so we're talkin movies, we're talking embarassing dating stories, and we're answering your questions here's what we get into: How to be a flirt w…

Listen idk what to tell ya it's a weird one we're goin thru it. It's just one of those days! You'll understand when you listen. Dry folks this week, here's what we get into: Followup question on feeling out your sexuality and desire | Double compliment! RIP McAfee! | Friend is newly out as trans and she's doing great but she keeps making digs at yo…

What's up gang this week it's the fastest guest return of all time - Brad Pearson from Self Worst podcast is BACK baby! We talk about your guys, mental health, Dono's rough times, and Electronovan stops by. Then your questions: New LGBTQ - Where tf are the gays? | Is this person into you and what should you have said? | Dad won't stop talking about…

It's Tony Time™ mfers we've got Tony Boswell from Minion Death Cult back with us this week so you know we're stoked! We catch up with Tony on his golfing, DJing, and a better approach to dating. And then it's question time: How to find a creative outlet | Audrey is really cute and writes bangers | How to survive as a beefy thicc boy | Navigating a …

Whats up hound dogs, Donovelvis here, bringing you a heater of an extendo mode episode featuring our good homie Brian Alford from The Worst of All Possible Worlds podcast! This one is a banger, it's simultaneously off the rails and on the rails. Serious, heartfelt, and dumb ass hell. We talk about podcasting, Brian's history with dating and relatio…

Welcome back gang, there is an insane storm going on in Chicago during this one but we made it! And we're stoked to be joined by musician, performer, and all-around cool lady, The Convincing Actor! We talk about how smart Dono is, how words are hard, Lavender's performance in Chicago and her history with music and performing, and then your question…

Folks! We're stoked to be joined this week by comedian, author, musician, and game-hater Dave Hill. We talk about cigarettes, Gator Golf, and how much Dave hates games. And an embarassing dating story. And then your questions. Thanks again to Dave for joining us! Find all his stuff at davehillonline.com And thank you for tuning in! You can support …

Jesus christ gang I am so congested. I try to lean away from the mic to schnork. And that's where the whole Tay Zonday thing came from. We're joined this week by Brad Pearson from Self Worst podcast, a show we both recently guested on that I cannot recommend enough. We're on a similar sincerity wavelength. We're also in a goofy as hell mood on this…

It's dry folks this week and we know what you crave. Bickering! We recorded on Valentines day and determined that we are each other's Valentine after much consternation. Audrey describes a recent car accident that she was involved in (she's unharmed!) Donovan spins a yarn about their "fake scottish uncle." It's really good. Then we do some question…

What's up gang, we're stoked to have author and very cool person Tim Faust joining us this week! We talk to Tim about his recent move with his partner, the AVNs, and of course an embarassing dating story and then it's question time: Kind of accidentally became poly, what should you know? | Challenges of dating a sex worker? | Should you break up wi…

No no it won't GIVE you a migraine it's about migraines bc I had a migraine. Welcome back gang it's just us this week so we try to lightning round thru the question backlog and then that doesn't actually happen at all. Here's what we get into: We killed it at the live show! (thank you!) | Partner went to visit their other partner and that other par…

Hey It's Audrey, just letting everyone know how grateful we are for everyone who came out to the live show and made it what it was. Sorry no main feed this week! We haven't forgotten about you!Radio Free Tote Bag

What's good Tote Gang! Our guest this week is Rory Blank! We discuss the coldwave, recent films, Lincoln Chafee (the subject of our episode art,) and cyberpunk dystopias. Spampunk! Then, of course, the listener queries from our Question Box! We offer some guidance to a person who's just ended a long relationship in the midst of a shift in their gen…

What if we spent half the show discusses the Meet N' Fuckiverse? This week's episode answers that question. And joining us, from the 10K Losses podcast, it's Tom Pain! We discuss the aforementioned topic, romance mechanics in video games, and then we hit Tom with our new, bigger and better 1-2 punch interview. How to slide into DMs on Discord? | Ho…

It's another year, gang, welcome to the NEW Radio Free Tote Bag! And joining us on this momentous first episode of 2024 we have voice actor Craig Lee Thomas with us! We talk about Craig's VO work, a meet-cute with his now wife, and a truly heartbreaking embarassing dating story. And then? We answer your questions: Navigating exploring your sexualit…

FOLKS! Happy New Year we're stoked to have Grace Freud from Girl God with us this week and we're getting goofy, we're getting sincere, we're having a blast. We talk sobriety, hear a couple great embarassing dating stories from Grace, and then we answer your questions: How to get back on track with your routine after a big depressive episode | How t…

Ho ho ho ho ho neighhhh whats up gang it's holiday time and as is tradition we've got our dear friend Dylan with us! We're talkin holiday shit, we're talking ungulates, we're hearing a nice dating life update from Dylan, and we're answering your questions here's what we get into: Split between two potential partners who both want monogamy | Nice wo…

Folks! Audrey is out this week due to Holidays but Dono is holding it down and we're got an excellent guest this week, Rory Uphold from Crimes of the Heart podcast! We chat about our shows and religious shame around sex, hear an excellent embarrassing relationship story and then it's question time: How to support a depressed partner when their mate…

WOOOO what's up folks it's Totesday it's another week and we're joined by returning guest and friend of the show and partner of the Audrey, it's Korla! We get a dating update, we get a laryngitis health update, we hear about misogynist vore, and then it's question time: Getting back together casually with a former romantic partner and it's good but…

Folks! It's a wild one this week, our dear Audrey is down with laryngitis and so is Producer Audrey this week - hittin the soundboard and occasionally chiming in with the RASP! Luckily we have Josh from The Worst of All Possible Worlds as guest host and we're stoked to be joined by our friend Mo (@bongineer on Bsky) returning for the main ep! We he…

Folks! Happy holiday times, we've got a special episode this week with actress, teacher, and one of my favorite people in Chicago Sarafina Vecchio! We talk about the worst foods Audrey could eat on mic, dating after getting married too young, a truly heinous date reveal, and then it's question time: Lovely update from the person who asked about dat…

Howdy folks it's a brand new week in THE TOTE ZONE! And this week we're stoked to be joined by returning favorite @JUNlPER and we're catching up, we're talking about Elon personally banning the Juniper AI, a breakup, and how all billionaires are soulless and miserable. Also it's a relationship show and we answer your questions here's what we get in…

Wew gang! Welcome back to the Hotel Donofornia where this time Dono got stuck in an elevator for an hour! Wild times but luckily we are joined by returning guests Kayte and Leslie from Fangs For The Memories podcast. We talk about The Incident, our recent dating lives, and then we get into a record number of your questions for a guest episode: Buff…

WHATS UP WTFERS AND WTFETTES?? Have we done that bit yet? It's unclear! But what is clear is we're stoked to have Brynn Nieboer back with us on the show where we're talkin about slickies, Mio, Brynn's recent dating times, but NOT discourse! We will never do discourse! But we will answer your questions here's what we get into: Coming out as trans to…

This episode is SO DRY and tonight, we're cleaning out the Q box! We did about a million questions so I'm not going to do these in order BUT here's what we get to! How do you effectively negotiate your emotions when what you need to share is hard for your partner to hear? Especially as a relationship nears its end? | How to navigate dating when you…

Giddy up and yeehaw pardners, we're stoked this week to have Drew Toothpaste of dasharez0ne and Everything Is Real fame! We hear an all-timer embarassing dating story involved THE 9/11 before getting to your, the listener's, questions. Here's what we answer: Dating an autistic person and having trouble conversationally | Navigating an open marriage…

Foooolks Dono here in DA BIG APPLE and joing in person by our good friend KRL. We talk my Quorators appearance, the state of kink dating, how we're all doin, caltrops, and then questions. Not in that order necessarily. Here's what we get into: Getting ghosted often and unsure why this is happening | But at what cost | How to make yourself more appr…

Help I'm stuck under the stairs mate! Oi guv me muggles! We've got Anne Dersley here with us this and we're talkin Harry Potter for some reason and also Anders' famous ability to have a girlfriend! So we do that and then questions: Friend is wanting chaos, consciously, how to help them out? | How to get out of bed when depression is paralyzing you?…

WOO! Extendo mode! We've got A.J. Ditty from The Worst of All Possible Worlds podcast with us this week and we love him and so it's the longest ep we've ever done. We talk vanity plates and wedding musicals and embarassing tales and then it's question time: Feels like your partner is gonna propose and you're a lil nervous | Still not over ex after …

Folks! We're excited this week to have Ash from Horror Vanguard podcast with us, a certified extremely good dude. We talk ectoplasm and the worst first date of all time and then we hit your questions! Here's what we get into: Why do people want to fuck ghosts so bad | Parents split recently and are asking you, their adult child, for dating advice a…

FOLKS! We're stoked we've got Josh from The Worst Of All Possible Worlds with us, hot off our appearance last week where we took intense psychic damage watching Kirk Cameron's fireproof! We talk vulnerability, evolving relationship dynamics in a healthy way, and of course an embarassing dating story. And then it's questions: Partner's mom went thro…

Vroom vroom indeed! We're very excited to be joined by Brian Regular from Regular Car Reviews to talk about Audrey's recent automotive investments as well as coming out in your 40s and performative dating. Next, listenter questions! Should a 24 year old bisexual man who's never dated men before break off a long distance relationship for the opportu…

Ow oof ouch my leg! What's up gang I got injured but the show NEVER DIES so we're here this week with returning champ Jake Flores! We talk about body problems, Jake's LDR and move, cicadas, and then we answer your Qs: A comment about our recent Seroquel talk | Should you reach out to a long time friend who's gone dark on you and ask what's going on…

WOOOOOOOO HIGH ENERGY! We had to reschedule the guest this week so instead the guest is US being UNHINGED! It's bit city, it's question city, it's even sincerity city at one point! Note: TW for suicide talk at the 30 min mark. Here's what we get into: Our lovely friend KRL asks about what it's like doing a show with a romantic partner and if she sh…

Folks! We've got Luisa Díez returning to the show this week, first time with all three of us in a while! And we go long on this one, talking on an extended intro about brain disorders and the psychology of bad guys. Then it's question time: What to do when a partner or friend or loved one falls into MLMs | Job is giving you overhwhelming panic atta…

Listen it got stuck in our heads and it's like a virus, we had to spread it to our guest this week our dear homie Alex Ptak from Quorators. It's goofy time at the top and then we hit your questions: What is cumballs? | How to navigate having sex when you have a roommate and are new to this whole sex thing | What's up with the mystery binder at Alex…

Pedialyte yum yum! Protein pizza so good! Welcome back to the show gang we're unhinged out the gate because we have the hilarious April from Girl God with us to banter and answer your Qs. We talk Jackass, protein powder, April tells a very sad dating story, and a very happy current relationship status! We defeat the technical difficulties dragon! T…

Greetings and salutations dear listener. Gather close and heed the words of your beloved hosts and their delightful guest this week, author of Enlightened Transexual Comix and other fine works, Sam Szabo! Thrill at the thought of your boyfriend affecting "Las Vegas Swagger!" Witness as we tease apart a difficult question about the fetishization of …

*Church bells ringing* It's a somber occasion this week. Jk but we are talking about death, as we have Aries Jo from Death Curious with us! We talk about the detrimental cultural norms around death in the west as well as our own thoughts on the Big End and what we want done with our remains. And of course Aries hits us with an embarassing dating st…

What's good in Toteland? We're back once again with a banger episode featuring our good friend Tony Boswell from Minion Death Cult! We talk golf, skipping straight to the sweatpants phase of a friendship, The Simpsons tattoos, curiosity about sex without a whole lot of visceral desire and best opening lines! Check out Minion Death Cult on Spotify! …

Smoke week continues, we did this after the bonus cause we had a scheduling issue with April but she'll be on next month! And so we're enjoying a good old fashioned just the two of us riff fest and also some very heartfelt discussing on some tough questions from yall, here's what we get into: Partner passing a lot of gas due to a medical issue and …

Woooo it's a weird one this week we're goofin all over the place and goofin with us it's @doinkpatrol, returning to the show! We talk dog names and a very specific final fantasy thing for some reason, all lucky sevens babbbyyyy and then your questions: How much of a red flag is wall punching? | How to break up with partner whose job is destroying t…

Folks it's a very special episode, we have Brendan from Wheatus joining us and he was a breakup support person for Dono! Great dude! So we have a lovely catchup, we talk breakup, and of course we get an embarassing story. And then, you guessed it, questions: Being a "wingman" for a friend keeps being a shitty time | Opened up your relationship and …

We're kind of renegades over here and we're stoked this week to have musician Robin Hatch joining us! We chat renegade shit and music, hear a painful dating story from Robin, and then we answer your questions: Feeling completely burnt out | Should you date a narcissist? (In this case no lol) | Is polyamory a mistake (no) | Have we ever been in a di…

The fun part is putting them together and painting them, and the fun of this episode is that we have Merritt K with us! Big fun! We wonder how one goes about finding a Warhammer GF, resulting in a lengthy discussion of nerd shit. A listener asks how to maintain friendships with new people when it feels like things just fall apart. We discuss gender…

Folks! Some technical issues this week for like the first third of the episode but we got it figured out. We're joined by one of our favs it's Aiden Arata! We catch up, we get relationship updates, breakupdate, and then your questions: Coworker bein shitty and now it's impacting you | Moving very very slow in a new relationship | Have connected wit…

WOOOOO! We're in the hate phase of the breakup! And yet the energy is fantastic this week on account of we've got @BirdRespecter with us and jesus fucking christ this is one of the most brutal embarassing stories we've heard. No spoilers. We talk Bluesky, recent breakups, Caleb's tragic tale and then your questions: Trying to date after spending yo…

Heyooo it's standup energy Dono's in a hotel and forgot the tripod! We're holding the mic we're putting hand on da wall! And this week's its a special Zoom episode (intermission every 30 mins bc it's the free version) and we're joined by the very lovely @awlivv! We're talkin breakup update, we're talking embarassing story, we're talkin OnlyFans, an…