A Pickle Home Companion

Welcome to the unofficial after show of The Pickle & Boot Shoppe! Hosted by Kevin, Jared, Pete, & Brock aka The Squids. Conversations surrounding recent P&B episodes, the Diabolical Discussion facebook community, Christian music culture, and other nonsense. Call or text “The Squid Hotline” at 1-985-28-SQUID!
Episodes
Episodes



Friday Apr 18, 2025
49 - Bitch Do You Not Understand Podcasts? (With Kylan Savage)
Friday Apr 18, 2025
Friday Apr 18, 2025
This week The Squids play a game of "Where is Brock?" and welcome Kylan Savage from Church Jams Now to what may be the most unhinged episode yet. They have lots of laughs, talk about rebranding the podcast, take a phone call on air, talk movie soundtracks, try and fail at naming a mysterious song, discover Broccoli Jesus, play some games, talk Copeland, spin the wheel of topics, and so much more.
Kylan Savage on Twitter: @savagekylan
Church Jams Now: @churchjamsnow (on all platforms)



Friday Apr 11, 2025
48 - Mumford And The Technicolor Dreamcoat
Friday Apr 11, 2025
Friday Apr 11, 2025
This week Brock is gallivanting across Washington, The Squids attempt math, discuss their respective historic neighborhoods, seltzers, Jared's new diet, a public service, new music releases, playing in traffic, fact check the Pickle & Boot Shoppe for old times sake, mall culture, and read off the names of their Patreon members.



Friday Apr 04, 2025
47 - This Isn't Milk In A Bag. This Is Gasoline (With Mike Holt)
Friday Apr 04, 2025
Friday Apr 04, 2025
The Squids prep for their road trip to Pennsylvania for the Huntingtons & Ghoti Hook show at Phantom Power by chatting with Mike Holt (Huntingtons). They tell band stories, talk TomFest, rental car adventures, finding a good work/life balance, pricey cassettes, touring Europe, invent a new March Madness bracket, going to concerts with parents, play a game, Pete's apology tour, and much more.
Huntingtons: BandcampPhantom Power



Friday Mar 28, 2025
46 - A Bathtub of Evian (With Robert Gay)
Friday Mar 28, 2025
Friday Mar 28, 2025
This week The Squids continue their conversation with Robert Gay in a more traditional (for this show) episode. Jokes are made, references to previous episodes happen, and they chat about Robert's life in Nashville and New York, becoming involved in music at a young age, playing Furnace Fest, an obligatory stop in the MuteMath corner, they play a quick game, spin the Wheel of Topics, and go over some hotel do's and don'ts.
RobertGayMusic.comFollow Robert of Social Media: @robertmgayListen to Robert Gay & The Alarms wherever you stream music!
This episode of A Pickle Home Companion is dedicated to our friend Lisa.



Friday Mar 21, 2025
45 - Rippin' Cigs & Throwing Strikes (With Robert Gay)
Friday Mar 21, 2025
Friday Mar 21, 2025
This week The Squids are joined by Squid Spouse Tammi and special guest Robert Gay as they tackle the voicemails that listeners have left as well as go on tangents of their own. They discuss their first mosh pit experiences, come up with ideas for new podcasts, discuss their favorite and least favorite CCM songs of the late 90s, parenting fails, and more.
RobertGayMusic.comFollow Robert of Social Media: @robertmgayListen to Robert Gay & The Alarms wherever you stream music!



Friday Mar 14, 2025
44 - This Is Bad For Your Health (Untold Stories 6)
Friday Mar 14, 2025
Friday Mar 14, 2025
In this week's episode we revisit Untold Stories from previous episodes. Topics include Jared's adventures in student teaching, making un-romantic holidays special, driving stories, and the Wheel Of Topics makes it's return leading to some embarrassing stories.



Friday Mar 07, 2025
43 - Is It A Tangent If You Never Get To The Main Point? (With Pip Dolyn)
Friday Mar 07, 2025
Friday Mar 07, 2025
Happy Failure Puddle Friday! The Squids kick off this episode by having Missy & Sarah join for another exciting segment of "What's In Pete's Mail?". Then they welcome queer and trans author Pip Dolyn on to the podcast with open arms. They discuss a wide variety of topics like IKEA, Wegmans, Tim Tebow, D&D, and dive into the book making process, inspirations, and sending playlists as a love language.
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Sunday Mar 02, 2025
42 - Do Better Google (With Jeremy Alan Gould)
Sunday Mar 02, 2025
Sunday Mar 02, 2025
In today's Second Part Sunday episode, The Squids wrap up their conversation with Jeremy Alan Gould and dive into some voicemails. They discuss community appreciation, what got them into comedy as kids, and talk more about the 7 Nips of the Apocalypse episode of the Pickle & Boot Shoppe podcast.