We depart Long Island and head to The Big Apple to start our new movie, "You've Got Mail"; the earful gang immediately get started through a lengthy credit sequence, featuring God's Desktop, and explore the beginnings of the downfall of Western Civilization. Featuring new segments, "You've Got Spoilers," "Hack of the Ep," and "'Ware in the Air".

Drink of the Ep — Orange Juice

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Get ready for cameos! Joe finishes the juice, Patricia poses for the mags, and everybody zigs and zags to to the Cranberries (peak 1990s). Time for emails about enjoying emails, some good tips on learning Latin like a Local, some real-time mapping of Manhattan businesses, and some Gant charting!

Drink of the Ep — The Cappuccino

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Penultimate pre-COVID episode.

Drink of the Ep — Honey with Tea

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Final pre-COVID episode. Plague looms.

Drink of the Ep — Tall Skim Caramel Macchiato

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The novel coronavirus cannot keep the Earful gang down! Like Tom Hanks, we've risen from the dead; a little rusty, but with plenty of new CDC-approved protocol for keeping the YGM analysis both incisive and safe. In this ep, we bring you a veritable "Who's Who" from the Fox family tree, say hello to New Jersey, and give careful ratings of all "games" at the Fall Festival. Also featuring the popular new segment "Our Set-Up."

Drink of the Ep — Fruit Shakes

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Two grand openings this week: Fox and Sons Books, and Episode 06 of An Earful of You've Got Mail! As the Fox surveys the henhouse, Kathleen and George practice the hard sell, Christina moves the fish, and sandwichman chows down. Meanwhile, we analyze book prices (hand-tipped or non), plow through 5+ sub-scenes, create synergy among our various podcast properties, and generally do the best we can, given that we cannot hear each other speak.

Drink of the Ep — Probable Black Coffee in Thermos

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It's a hit! The Earful Gang is back with episode seven, and it's even more fun than the nut shop! It's party time at Vince Mancini's, and we have plenty of time to talk about rent control, Miranda rights, the books Miranda writes, as well as the legendary William Spungeon. (Isn't he in Mexico?) So step to the back of the drink line and listen in! (Also featuring the hit segment "We Check the Tweets")

Drink of the Ep — Stoli on the Rocks with a Fresh Glass

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Pop an Ultra Dorm and settle in for another episode of Earful! A veritable smorgasbord of savory morsels on display today: we analyze the egg dish, judge the poultry lift, and assess garnishes. And as always, we mix business with pleasure: analyzing the corporate structure of the Price Club, guessing Birdie's salary, and auditing bookstore revenues (we're in the book business, after all!)

Drink of the Ep — Evian water

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"Press Send" to another ep of Earful, featuring plenty of holiday merriment: we head to the hectic, not-yet-cashfree world of Zabar's to introduce a new exhibit, explore the lobster salad controversy, and uncover the four secret steps to a perfect espresso. Educate yourself with a lively debate about whether 'A Christmas Carol' takes place at Thanksgiving or Christmas. Also introducing the popular segment "We Watch 'The Shop Around the Corner.'"

Drink of the Ep — Starbucks Barista home espresso

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You've Got... Instant Message?!?! We've kicked into Web 2.0 here at Earful, and the textboxes are flying! This ep, we have a delightful (and very fun) Thanksgiving Round of "The Instrument Song (The Orchestra Song)", Birdie is on the prowl, and we investigate the innovative voice-over scheme that YGM uses to represent online communication. ...Hello? Also featuring the popular segment "Our Jacobin Feud," featuring our new enemy Meagan Day.

Drink of the Ep — Probable Sauternes (dinner wine)

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In this, the final episode of Earful, the gang is in a feuding mood! We again return to the Happy Land of Absolutes to discuss the eleventh five minutes of You've Got Mail, and discuss the criminality of all the Mail characters, Jeffersonian purity, and modern gym wicking technology. Recorded just hours after the Presidential Election was called, we're also making our own calls: how best can an unprofitable cultural enterprise be preserved? Who is best suited to be the spokesman for Fox Books? And is Kathleen Kelly truly a pill? Featuring the famous segments "We Read the Tweets" and "We Relitigate the Feuds" (AKA "Feud Update" AKA "The Feud Litigator")

Drink of the Ep — Nestlé™ bottled water

Audio size is 115132416 bytes. Recorded on 2020-11-07 at 6:00 PM

Freshly equipped with macOS Big Sur (running beautifully), we're back with a new ep of An Earful of You've Got Mail! In this ep, Joe Fox is drunk as a skunk, the lockets are opening up, and Frank stars on everybody's favorite show: "**NT WAT**". We also conclude the important saga of William Spungeon, and rhapsodize about the ecstasy of email. 10-4!

Drink of the Ep — On-screen water

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If you're in search of the perfect combination of poetry and meanness, look no further! Earful is back, and we're deep into cross-textual analysis: in addition to a typically incisive analysis of a YGM chunk (Joe Fox shakes a fence, Kathleen re-ups on tea), we crack open multiple additional texts‒first diving deep into the themes of Ernst Lubitsch's "The Shop Around the Corner", then plunging into the work of Miklós László's "Parfumerie", and finally reading the back cover summary of Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice". But don't worry: we still have plenty of time to analyze the chair management at Cafe Lalo's (with more detail than any other competing podcast). Also featuring the popular sements "We Taste-test Skittles Dips" and "We Write An Email" (AKA "Email Time").

Drink of the Ep — Mochaccino, decaf, nonfat

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We ring in the new year with another episode of Earful: the easiest just got easier! In this ep, we breach the veritable "third rail" of "You've Got Mail" (1998) analysis: talking about vertical service codes: *70? *57? *86? They're all here! But that's not all: we crack open the fourteenth five minutes of the film, and ask the big questions. Did Joe Fox lie? Can an express train suck you onto the tracks? Is a "Mochaccino-land" good or bad? And: will you be mean to him, too? Episode features important updates about the 1998 Federal Transportation Reauthorization bill, as well as Hervey's Aunt Beth's memories of seeing YGM, and also contains the sort of core/periphery analysis you'll find nowhere else! (Additional segments include "Our Feud Update", AKA "Our Feud".)

Drink of the Ep — Tea Refill

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Gather round, and you shall hear the Earful Gang sing The Ballad of the Rooftop Killer (with a-ccompaniment on live harmonica!) In these five minutes of film, Robert Underwood gets framed for murder (by Rudy Giuliani and George), Joe shows off some sick macros, and Birdie gets spooky. Meanwhile, we pick apart the controversy of Champion Fairewood Frolic (registered name or called name: which counts?), go over the day's news (the day being February 18, 1998), and send two emails to Chip Davis's publicists. And best of all: website now secure! (Also featuring popular segment "The Set-Up".)

Drink of the Ep — Another Nestlé™ bottled water

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In an episode many are calling "our most poorly-paced yet", the Earful Gang is back to analyze (eventually, be patient) the 16th five minutes of YGM, and it just may strain your CPU! (Send syslogs, please.) Joe Fox deletes up a storm (we count the keys), Intel stock is soaring (we read the ticker), Birdie dates fascists (we dig deep into Francoist Spain), and Alan turns a video into a GIF (we outline the steps)‒just watch out for the idle timeouts! Also featuring the historic vindication of Michelle (of Terry & Michelle fame). Michelle, we're so sorry!

Drink of the Ep — ICEE®

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In a first-ever podcast event, the Earful Gang is joined by a GUEST... in cyberspace! Joining via a chatroom-voice-to-text bridge (presented by Wells Fargo), Diego shares his hate of Kathleen Kelly, as we pick apart the 17th five minutes of YGM. The Shop liquidates, Frank and Kathleen part amicably, and the Fox fox leers lecherously; meanwhile, we analyze just *how* racist Kathleen is, talk about the joys of loitering at Barnes and Noble, and scope out the competition, as we pick apart the YGM analysis at Slate's "Decoder Ring." You'll have a good time, we can't help ourselves!

Drink of the Ep — Probable white wine cocktail

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If you're looking for an ep to cope with the Suez Canal blockage, and to prepare for White Boy Summer, look no further! In these five minutes, we learn about the famously flawless taste of Kathleen Kelly, (contrasted with the piggish, disgusting ignorance of Fox Books employees), and dig into contingencies of elevator protocol. The perfect episode to close out March 2021, the month we're currently in!

Drink of the Ep — Soup

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The Earful Crew is burning the midnight oil to bring you the 19th five minutes of You've Got Mail, and it's a momentous one! The Shop Around the Corner is closed for good, and that means only three things: MOPE MOPE MOPE! Kathleen flips the Closing Sign (we introduce our new project "Supersonic"), and immediately becomes a femcel antinatalist. Meanwhile, we're Dockside Foxside at the 19th Street Boat Basin, conducting an intensive #BoatBarAnalysis, the softball team is goosestepping ominously, Matt is home alone, and the Storybook Person is open for business! Also featuring the popular segment "Beep Beep Beep Read the Tweets".

Drink of the Ep — Gibson Cocktail

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Have you ever been with a single podcast that fills your heart with joy? Well, get ready for episode 20 of An Earful of You've Got Mail, in which the Earful gang cracks open a rather light episode: Joe Fox is on his Travis Bickle-like march, and we dive deep into address logistics, buzzer box conduits, and the healing power of George. Also featuring our exciting Top Ten countdown: "Looking Forward to 2008", to be followed by a series of squeetstorms (AKA "squeens")

Drink of the Ep — Tea with Honey (callback)

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It's June 2021, and COVID is finally over! Let's celebrate California being open for business, as we exit the cyberworld and have our first Earful back in the same room! A big episode for analysis, as Joe makes a Friend Request, forcibly shuts Kathleen's mouth, and enters his internet-capable hacker den. We complement the analysis with innovative fan theories and uncover mysterious book covers, as well as some... tweaking. Also, a heartfelt retirement from email. Featuring the popular segments "The Set Up", "The Feuding Section", "2008 Film Update", "Release Schedule", and "Pepsi Segment".

Drink of the Ep — Coffee with Approximately 4.5 Sugars

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Howdy pardner, saddle up for the "Summer of You've Got Mail"! We've got ourselves a heaping helping of film analysis today, with a veritable bounty of scenes: extras are a-loading up their oysters at the dear-departed Ocean Grill, the ballet of commerce is a-underway at the flowers market, and the styrofoam cups are a-flowing at Gray's Papaya. But most importantly, it's open season for vicious zings on NY152: we grade Joe and Kathleen's efforts, and even attempt to manufacture our own, in the special segment "We Come Up With Our Own NY152 Insults"

Drink of the Ep — Iced Teas at Ocean Grill

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Already at the Last Full Five, but don't cry Jakob! We have plenty of content for you, including a live feud update, a dip back into the cyberworld, a long discussion of the best protocol while meeting a stranger, and a reading of YGM as an incel manifesto. Also featuring the popular segments "The Set-Up", "Fashion News", "Decision Desk 2008", and "The Ending Segment"

Drink of the Ep — Probable Italian Ice

Audio size is 115183616 bytes. Recorded on 2021-08-28 at 5:00 PM

Party ep. Features popular segments "The Set-Up", "An Earful of News", "Guess the Stunt", and "Keepin' it Social".

Drink of the Ep — Probable Italian Ice (It's Lower Now)

Audio size is 115183616 bytes. Recorded on 2021-10-01 at 5:00 PM