French Press Podcast | Stories W/ Leighton And Reuben

Sarah Miller tells the story about how a mysterious (and creepy) vehicle with tinted windows sat outside her house and how she discovered it part of an undercover drug bust operation. Thanks also to Alice Orendorf for sending twisted cinnamon rolls all the way from Maryland!

Theodore is back in Indiana for a family wedding and talks about becoming a heifer farmer in Colorado. Leighton is back from Sarasota where he had some time to speak with a priest on his way down to FL.

Reuben asks for advice and shares an experience about how to play pickleball competitively with Carmen. Using a handicap seems like the only logical solution.

Nicholas finally tells the story about being at the 2024 Indy 500. If you’re taking your pregnant wife, don’t take the first available parking spot.

More madness ensues when Lucretia’s requests for Reese’s go unanswered. Reuben lays out his reasons for leaving LastPass after 12+ years. Here’s the video referenced in this episode.

Reuben shares his experience watching the Indy 500 and starting to become a fan of F1 Racing. Nicholas was at the race but couldn’t make today’s podcast, so next week we’ll hear about his in-person experience and the dramatic storybook ending to the race. Jeff gives advice about car parking at weddings and his thoughts […]

Lucretia, Reuben and Nicholas’s mom, stops by to share her disappointment about “Reese’s Madness” and to give away 10 Reese’s bags. The first 10 people to email her will get a Reese’s freebie bag sent to them. Listen for details.

During Reuben’s evening family routine, they often sing children’s songs. One evening Carmen asked, what’s the meaning of Building Up the Temple? This lead to a little research about the history of the song.

Reuben was able to mount his TV on the brick in about 30 minutes after some actual professional help was provided. Reuben and Nicholas’s mom makes a surprise visit to the podcast to “settle something” but since Leighton and Jeff weren’t available, she’ll need to make an other surprise visit. Nicholas shares about Robert Rogers’s […]

Reuben bought a TV installation service when he bought his TV thinking it would make things easier. That didn’t happen.

Jeff and Reuben recount experiencing the 4/8/24 solar eclipse totality. We finally get to Reese’s madness. Order your Reese’s before listening if you want to participate with us.

A small business’s successful YouTube channel was shut down because their personal Gmail account was hacked. Reuben and Jeff plan to drive a few hours to be in the dark zone of the solar eclipse happening on 4/8. Check out NASA’s interactive map so you can put in your city to get details on the […]

Siri malfunctions in a big way to send a bizarre text message. Nicholas shares where “Easy Peasy Lemon Squeezy” comes from and what it means. When should you stop texting someone a happy birthday message? How should you stop a birthday gift giving and receiving relationship without having a direct conversation?

We are excited to be in our new podcast recording space brought to you by Main Street Roasters! More benefits and perks of this partnership to come so stay tuned. Nicholas bought a house and it included 1 year home warranty. Good thing because his furnace stopped working

This short 5 minute episode is announcing some updates on the FPP. We want to grow this thing and are tired of having the podcast in neutral

Jeff brings a “killer edible” that left everyone disgusted.

Have you ever left a review of a cemetery? Movies take you to the destination but books take you to Bucc-ee’s

Reuben went to the dentist 3 times in the past 2 weeks and Nicholas overcomes a cancelled flight to get out to Colorado to go snowboarding with Theodore.