Thoughts: There's a lot of X-mas songs, but not a lot of NYE songs. What's with that?
It’s the final episode of 2025. With Ryan literally stuck in a dryer (long story), Tae takes the mic solo for a "late-night radio" style year-in-review.
In this episode, we’re wasting our time wisely by looking back at a massive year of transitions. Tae discusses the fascinating (and weird) history of the New York ball drop, cultural New Year traditions from around the world, and the science of why your resolutions usually fail by February.
On a deeper note, Tae reflects on a year defined by "variable changes": traveling through 7+ countries, the emotional toll of saying goodbye to his dog Oscar (McMuffin), and the decision to buy a house and leave Los Angeles behind.
In this episode, we cover:
Fun Fact Friday: Why sailors actually invented the "time ball."
The Travel Log: Lessons from Japan, Vietnam, Korea, Portugal, Estonia, Greeceand beyond.
The "Small Wins" Architecture: How to actually achieve your 2026 goals.
Asian AF: Producing comedy in Hollywood and the upcoming 10-year anniversary.
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Someone get on the NYE song, please
🎄 Was Jesus really born on Christmas?
Hey — it’s Christmas, but make it historically confusing.
This week on Waste Your Time Wisely, we’re unpacking the holiday everyone celebrates… but almost nobody questions.This week on Waste Your Time Wisely, we unpack the surprising history behind December 25th.
From pagan solstice festivals to Roman politics, from biblical clues to astronomy theories — Christmas might be the most successful remix of all time.
We cover:
Saturnalia, Yule, and the real roots of Christmas
Why historians say Jesus was born in spring or fall
The "Star of Bethlehem" — comets, conjunctions, and cosmic events
2024 Christmas economy: $1 trillion in sales?!
This Day in History: James Webb Space Telescope launches on Christmas
All that — plus dream Christmas cities, TikTok shopping stats, and why mistletoe might be witchcraft.
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Episode 43 already (RAUL MONDESI?!)
Treat or Treaties?! Dual Screen episode, Double trouble.
This year has been going by FAST. We’re looking back at October 1st.
Garlic sauce from ZANKOU! CDs, Things are Dire Strait, going Gold, Platinum, Diamond, sending out Thank you Letters, Not Rage Bait at all, Rage Bait, Very Rage Bait, then skipping stone — scandal?
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We’re back, time-warped, Memento/Tarantino style. This episode actually happened right after the Estonia–Finland–Greece trip, which explains absolutely nothing but sets the mood.
Ryan is… playing Fantasy Football now?
We spiral into downfall arcs, redemption arcs, and the University of Arizona storming the field way too early because of course they did.
Sports podcasts, sports interviews, press conferences, and Tyrod Taylor — the myth, the legend, the quarterback scholars fear to rank.
AMC A-List life. Screen Unseen (#amcscreenunseen).
Safdie brothers chaos. June Squibb supremacy.
Ryan’s Show & Tell: Pushpa 2 (not Pushpa 1, don’t ask), Zack Snyder 300 slo-mo, DJ Caruso, Eagle Eye, classic cinema rabbit holes, 4K hoarding culture, and Denis Villeneuve gems that sparkle like tax refunds.
Shaky cam — cinematic genius or a war crime? We debate.
THEN we go full privacy paranoia: Pimeyes, public vs private tech, how exposed you really are online, and why Google AI keeps talking even when you beg it not to.
And again… Google AI, PLEASE, let us turn off your voice.
WYTW Thanksgiving — READ HERE ALL ABOUT IT! We’re BACK!
We hope that you’ve been wasting YOUR time wisely. Ryan’s been drilling. Drilling holes — Until his overlord found out. Uh oh.
Tae’s been exploring Lacto-Ovo’s. Not O-V-O, Lacto Ovo. Pies and Tom Cruise Coconut Cake list. Movie list, over another movie list. Juggling multiple podcasts.
What we missed! (WWM!) - Films We blab on about films for a while, but if you want to skip that, get to (47:07) mark.
This Day in History (TDIH) Of Thanksgiving - when did Thanksgiving become an official holiday?
Fun Fact Friday (FFF) Mirror Mirror on the wall, what Catoptromancy are you? — which power would you pick?
What I Found (WIF) Ryan found the “CENTRAL PARK of Orange County” or….. just some recreational field. People making decisions not making good decisions
Chapters
(00:00) — Intro/ Drilling Holes with Realtor Pies
(08:58) — Lacto-Ovo Huevos and Strange Wet Dreams
(20:04) — Behind the Scenes of Ryan’s OTHER Podcast
(33:00) — Tae’s Film Recs that Ryan won’t see for another 4 years
(46:10) — Thanksgiving!
(01:00:14) — Catoptromancy: Supernatural Insight or Distance Places?
(01:18:20) — The Great Park Story: Overpromised and Underdelivered
(01:34:14) — Choosing your ghostly Supreme
Tae's Europe 2k25 trilogy ends here. Please check out part 1 and 2 if you haven't.
We recap Germany, Estonia, Finland,
and final tour at the Isles.
We visit Milos, jumped off the Moon rock beach, cliff jumping, Children of Bodom in Finland. Spas, nice libraries in Helsinki, other topics, Reddit, ChatGPT too specific and not correct (sorry <3), Hollywood movie magic where locations are the used for different reasons like Tallinn being Kyiv. Being an art thief like THOMAS CROWN, AND!! WIFE CARRYING competition from Finland!
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Hey, Full In-Person Episode, Travel Recap Pt. 2, Check it out. We’re going over some Suffrage, some amendments, and then recapping part 2 of Tae’s Summer European travel to Germany, Estonia, and Finland. Germany, cute towns with PHILOSOPHER'S WAY, trains, planes, and automobiles of Mercedes Benz museum!
Estonia - got priced out by AC/DC??
Finland - has a literacy rate of .... %????
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CHAPTERS! (after the first day of publishing!)
Wherever you stand politically, please fight and protect the First Amendment of the United States, which states:
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
Myself and many other service members, our oath is to support and defend the Constitution of the United States.
Thank you for reading and thank you always for listening!
Hi everyone! You asked for it. You want us to talk more about travels. This is our FIRST in person episode. Ryan’s getting a bit wild with the Energy Drink. Check out what Ryan's been binging on. What we doing about some video that should be released? What took Tae to Portugal, and to Europe.
Chapters
(00:00) — Cold Open
(01:00) — Intro; Our 1st in person episode. Energy drinks, Europe, PTO, sickness on the road.
(04:18) — What to watch.
(00:00) — Release the E tapes.
(00:00) — Portugal. The Man, or Tae.
(00:00) — Fun Fact Friday (FFF)
(00:00) — Portugal. The Man, or Tae. And let's live for a future with better airports
(00:00) — Jetski, above all.
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We all have that people in our life, where someone can’t wait, and they pull the trigger:
they open the Oven before the cake is ready, you know those. So usually that’s TAE. Because he’s impatient as fuck and he HATES inefficiency.
I’m not sure if it rubbed off on Ryan like a good typical lemon pepper wing stop chicken leg, but Ryan’s gone rogue and here’s his Han SOLO episode. All was fine until he opened up Reddit…… But still edited by Tae.
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CHAPTERS
(00:00) — Ryan doesn't know what show's he on.
Tae’s fired. Or he is on leave of absence because he might have gone to a Coldplay concert with the head of HR.
(01:25) — Summer AC problems
(03:03) — Fun Fact Fridays (FFF): HORSEPOWER
(06:17) — This Day in History TDIH: Apollo & Man on the Moon.
(07:42) — Reddit Dig. Sydney Sweeney. OnlyFans. Word of the … Episode? Bring things for someone else? Blankets and Assholes.
(Note: This would NEVER happen would Tae around, we don’t talk in ultimate but NEVER)
(14:00) — Shaving Vajayjay. (Maybe this would have made it with Tae around)
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Greetings from WESTERN GERMANY! That’s what I would have said, but STARLINK has a very slow upload speed. Here’s an episode where. So now I'm in a new city, new country, hopefully this upload is amazing, or good enough.
But with that being said, let's go.
CHAPTERS
(00:00) — Bad Intro
(02:00) — How we’ve been wasting our time (wisely) Where to listen Podcasts (not just ours), going over old episodes, International Travels, fishing, asking for some... creatine?
(13:12) — ALASKA: Holding Hands — Front or back, Extreme Cold care, Fishing, how HOT does it get in Alaska?
(20:01) — Hurdling Wardrobe malfunction, Ryan’s defiances against America’s pornographic display on the digital web.
(24:55) — FFF: MLB Edition: Clayton Kershaw’s 3000th strikeout.
(43:12) — MLB nicknames.
(52:35) — ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY (OTDIH): Amazon
(53:17) — Where were YOU?
(01:03:14) — Your AI might be lying to you.
(01:14:12) — DDT, or, dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane, or how it killed innocent baby eagles and now it's in the Los Angeles Bay probably contaminating the water.
Ryan's................. ????
Waste Your Time Wisely.... Pod Dogs.... Wise Dogs....
Waste Your Pod Dogs Wisely....
Ryan likes to hop around so he's a Co-host on TWO podcasts: This one, WASTE YOUR TIME WISELY, and POD DOGS
Tis' our FUSION episode, we fission about different topics.
DISCLAIMER: I definitely BUTCHERED the Prince Fielder facts. I apologize. It's fixed on the audio.
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Skim thru, listen to it all while you're doing something wisely with your time!
CHAPTERS
(00:00) — Intro/Preview.
(00:55) — Ghosted by that Sheisty Ryan.
(04:12) — NBA Draft: Is it Rigged? NBA Finals 03-04, 09 Lakers, and the Tyrese Halliburton showtime?
(14:05) — Sports fandom Passion vs. “Passion”. Why I hate Man Utd. Why Matt hates teams in RED and other color chromes.
(19:09) — Places to live. the Midwesterners. Nepotism.
(26:25) — Podcast: the Good, the Bad, the Uglies.
(41:04) — Mountain Avenue is really the best.
(53:01) — Women friendship vs. Men friendship. Pre-Social Media drama vs Social Media drama.
(01:11:33) — While One Person “I, Me, My”. Social Groups of the House Parties in High School leading into Present Day. Flaws of Ryan Dormond.
(01:22:39) — MODERN ROMANCE: How Tae responded back too …..???
(01:32:39) — Army vs. Air Force stories.
(01:41:35) — Shocking moments: Sudden death, passing away giving birth. Vulnerability.
(01:50:35) — Modern Socializing. Convo Ninja like our president.
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🎙️ Waste Your Time Wisely — “Denver, Arcades & Strawberry Lies”
Buckle up for a Rocky Mountain ride as Tae dives into his recent trip to Denver—complete with arcades, baseball at Coors Field, and an unexpected John Denver story… from Africa?! We get into the quirks of Colorado, from airport conspiracies to how the state got its name.
This week’s Fun Fact Friday asks: Are strawberries actually berries? (Spoiler: your childhood may have lied to you.)
Also: tips on credit cards, reward points, and decoding your FICO score.
All that, plus updates on podcast video formats and a tour through Northern Colorado’s underrated gems.
Chapters Include:
(00:00) — Video formats & lighting & skin complexions.
(02:07) — Introduction. SYRRRUP, Lean, Purple DRANK
(04:04) — FoF: Fact of Fiction.
(12:00) — Colorado, Denver, and Northern Colorado.
(20:10) — Arcades, Airport lounges, and Tae's fat face.
(23:33) — Credit Cards, Reward Points, FICO
(29:03) — Denver Airports Conspiracy(ies)
(39:39) — FFF - Fun Fact Friday: Are Strawberries Berries?
(43:47) — John Denver, Colorado, & Ryan’s John Denver story from Africa.
#johndenver #colorado #podcast #denver #conspiracy
The Number 33 — Ep. 33
WYTW Ep 33, yes THIRTY THREE, Samship-Sam. Trenta y treis. We here. It's finally here.
CHAPTERS
(00:00) — Cold Open
(00:33) — Intro: Easter, Weddings & Weddings Sorority, Show face, Bay Area - SF, Berkeley,
(09:21) — Fun Fact Friday #FFF #F3 - country with the most time zone is??? Time Zones of North/South Pole respectively. Where is UTC? Nautical mile.
(17:21) — Cata-MARINE and your weaponry.
(21:18) — 33
(27:37) — Larry Walker
(33:33) — 33rd President, 33rd US State
(40:00) — Disney 33, Telephone country codes
(43:33) — Fibonacci, MATH!
(46:00) — Chat GPT is wrong?! Angel & Master numbers. Freemasonry. Jesus.
(49:03) — 13. Anti-44. Cantos. Biblical 33
(52:07) — 33 paths of life
(55:26) — Pop culture 33
(1:03:55) — Hottest number. Former airports of Los Angeles areas.
(1:10:15) — Mid-Atlantic. SINNERS review
(1:15:35) — Thirty-Three
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What else is an issue is a slow data plan by your phone provider.
Try SAILY!
CHAPTERS
EL POLITICO — EP. 32
EXPLICIT - hide your kids. Lots of curse words here.
WYTW EP 32 - Octopus, Octopi, Octopuses, New Era hats, MLB season started, Double checking who gets invited to your group chat.
(00:00 — Intro, Pigs have hair.
(02:00) — How many hearts do Octopus have?
(04:24) — SIGNAL APP (our official messaging app for this podcast, and also bombing foreign nations and buying cocaine) .
(26:47) — Midterms and going forward.
(31:20) — Gov’t officials should not talk on the App where my friends are buying cocaine. Hacking and Dick Picks.
(34:48) — DUE PROCESS! LeBron video: Make better Pitch packets NY KNICKS!
(45:40) — New Era New Hats.
(52:37) — Foreigners See Americans.
(59:00) — MLB has started.
(01:04:01) — Life Updates & BOOKS. Ryan really likes Snow White. IP’s denouement.
(01:12:23) — Movies and shows in March.
(01:19:48) — Pikachu Riots in Turkey.
Daylight Saving? Why is it still here? Who does it benefit? How well do you know America? As in, what state is next to what? Some Tsondoku, facts about Jupiter, Buddy vs. Mister. Some fun episode. Please tune in and comment away!
Make sure to follow & rate. If you can share this on your social media, we would greatly appreciate it. If a topic gets a bit out of your taste, please skip around different chapters.
CHAPTERS
(00:00) - Intro/DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME.
(11:08) - Maps and more Maps. How Germans see US… and how Ryan sees US states.
(25:31) - Updates: books, Tsondoku, well what happened here? Acceptance of Society. Mickey 17, or 33.
(36:07) - FUN FACT FRIDAY (FFF) — Jupiter
(40:27) - Quick News: NFL, player move. Foul Ball Etiquettes (again).
(46:02) - Stimulus & Stimulants
(1:05:52) - Buddy vs. Mister
(1:08:10) - Trick when you forget someone’s name.
(1:12:18) - Ryan’s future President. 2025 Predictions. Surfing. Europe.
Don’t go to the Post Office on Mondays.
AND WE’RE CONTINUING SEASON 2! With a new season of Waste Your Time Wisely - the WYTW podcast. Thank you for making us a part of your day, and thank you for our returning listeners, if you're new here, I'm Tae, (usually) accompanied by Ryan.
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CHAPTERS
(00:00) — Intro. Moving. How many times have you moved? Grocery Shopping
(05:00) — Updates: Reading — Milton Mayer, why do people join things that don’t seem right?
(11:28) — Leopard & Loeb Case
(17:55) — FUN FACT FRIDAY: Astronauts - what?
Skepticism: Tae hates Flat-Earthers.
(27:33) — MARCH MADNESS pt 1: Birthdays, Parties, Beef with somebody. Another fine iOS vs. Android, Birthday weekend: DONATE BLOOD, Weekend with Army friends. Are Birthday parties necessary?
(38:37) — Groceries
(44:47) — “Ranpack” 2025 year so far.
2025 Guesses “TIME CAPSULE: WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN 2025?”- Gaza Strip, Lakers, Ovechkin, Secretary Positions, Elon, ‘Coin, Leonardo DiCaprio, FEMA, Summer, Tae’s hatred for Raytheon.
(54:08) — Psychology of CUCK
(01:07:53) — Greenland
(1:11:35) — GOALS for 2025. Trips. Office Power dynamics
(01:19:02) — Devin Nunes and Cow.
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AND WE’RE BACK! With a new season of Waste Your Time Wisely - the WYTW podcast.
On this first episode of the wonderful 2025 AD, we’re going to catch up, and talk about public transportation, elbow injuries, Running out of “candy” middle of the night, Starbucks changes, What is a Mocha, Super Bowl, 2025 and many more.
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CHAPTERS
(00:14) — BLOOD & Ryan’s Rusty Intro
(02:05) — Luka Doncic’s first Laker Game
(06:19) — Amtrak
(13:52) — Tennis vs. Golfers Elbow
(19:12) — Reading: Neoliberalism. Elderly vs. Young, Thatcher, Reagan, Trump Hands, President of Argentina, Cloud Atlas, Neo-Seoul Hugo Weaving, Mickey 7 or Mickey 17
(29:50) — FUN FACT FRIDAY: Starbucks Paper Cups.
(33:14) — Words we can’t spell
(59:04) — Why English is a stupid system.
(01:01:00) — MATH THINKING!
(01:02:01) — Super Bowl Recap, Cornerbacks
(01:05:11) — Cadence.
(01:16:21) — 2025 So Far, So Good... So What!
Hello Folks. TAE is off — social media for a bit, possibly a little longer than a bit — If you’re a regular, please share on your social media for us. Thank you ahead. If you’re new here please read and consider following.
Happy Holidays to all! Waste Your Time (and Money!) Wisely this holiday season.
CHAPTERS
(00:00) — Intro
(00:33) — Snowboarding & Shredding the GNAR
(08:00) — Weekly Griefs: Slow Drivers on the Fast Lane
(14:27) — Ryan’s semi-Political News Update
(22:44) — Christmas, a brief History; Horny Krampus. Search for the X-mas Spirit
(50:12) — Random Facts: Strongest Bite Force
(56:03) — Quick 2024 Recap
We added new title formats. Let us know how you like it. Greetings from Texas. This was recorded before the passing of Tae's beloved doggo. More on that later. Ryan moved, and may or may not have been stressed. Tae got to visit Iowa. Waste your time wisely by loading your washing machines and/or dishwashers, or else, and enjoy this episode.
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