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Tom opens with a possibly-cursed Goodwill music box, then the crew dives headfirst into Curaçao — infinity beaches you can fall off of, a swinging boat-bridge, and a kayaking hippie restaurateur they immediately want on the show. Toss in a Titanic history lesson, a Guy’s Burger poll upset, and a fully unbothered take on priority-boarding drama, and you’ve got peak Podcastaways.
What they covered
Topics on deck
Haunted music box
Titanic memorial news
Patreon goes live
Priority-boarding drama
Curaçao port research
Guy’s Burger poll
Big ship vs. small ship
Captain Goodlife find
Don’t miss
Moments worth the wait
- Tom’s spooky cold open — the weekend delivered a possibly-haunted heirloom.
“I want to talk about what my wife did to me this weekend… she brought this — it’s a music box that she got at Goodwill and… I’m pretty sure it’s haunted.”
- A Titanic memorial at sea — Tom lays out the corporate history on the Rotterdam’s anniversary crossing.
“Last Tuesday they actually stopped at the point of where the Titanic sank and did a memorial.”
- The infinity-beach warning — Curaçao research turns delightfully morbid.
“The beach looks like it’s going on forever into the water. But if you walk to the edge, you’ll actually fall to your death. But, you know, who cares?”
- The Captain Goodlife pitch — Trevor finds the show’s dream guest.
“Kayaked to Aruba and from Curaçao… and also kayaked to Bonaire.”
- Priority-boarding “outrage,” defused — the crew talks everyone off the ledge.
“They had like over a thousand Diamond and Platinum people that were in that had booked it… Don’t actually go bug John.”
- The Guy’s Burger poll upset — a tie for first, and one entry that maybe shouldn’t count.
“I just think Guy’s Burgers is so beyond overrated. I honestly would rather have McDonald’s.”
- The Platform 9¾ arcade — finding the hidden Vista arcade takes a little magic.
“You have to go to deck six and a half.”
Golden nuggets
Running bits & lore born here
- The haunted-music-box saga begins — Tom’s cursed Goodwill find kicks off an arc that runs for episodes.
- Gary, brother from another mother — superfan Gary works the chat and keeps earning on-air credit for reading Trevor’s mind: “BFFs and you read my mind.”
- Justice for Josh / #GelatoGate — the ongoing saga of near-eight-foot-tall Josh being denied gelato.
- “Let’s Get Hairy with Reese” — Reese’s endlessly-teased (entirely fictional) OnlyFans.
- Sea-Bands, unofficial sponsor — Trevor’s motion-sickness bands get another plug they’re not paid for.
- The Walmart-of-the-Seas roast — “They call Carnival the Walmart of the Seas… Margaritaville is Dollar General.”