Poetry! Rats' nests! Screams! Polygamy! Cannibalism! Black sand beaches! This podcast has it all... including Armie Hammer kissing his career goodbye in that rotunda. Life: it's a wicked game, man, and Mel and Del are here to talk about it all.

Bittersweet CAC This Life

Jan 7th, 2021 1h 15m

It's the first CAC episode of 2020, y'all... and it's 2021! Mel and Del are back and not better than ever! Catch up with your favorite criers as they journey through Amazing and Crazy territories (astrology! Baldwinism! Brit pop!) and end 2020

Jewel Were Meant For Me

Oct 10th, 2019 1h 15m

Did you miss Mel & Del? They missed you! Grab a Pimms and join them as they talk about rad women doing rad things, sweet old people, B mothereffing H 90210, AND that snaggle-toothed yodeler from Alaska. You've got your eggs, your pancakes, too.

TEB Talk

Jun 21st, 2019 1h 5m

Thank you for coming to Mel and Del's TEB Talk! Listen as they gab about late night monologues, celebrity taxi rides, feminist inmates, missing persons, and ska grandpas. Oh, and Del's boobs. Let the tears fall from your Third Eye -- this is CR

Natalie Umbrella - Turnt

Jan 28th, 2019 1h 2m

Will Del get through her Chris Cornell tribute without totally losing it? Will Mel sob while sharing yet another Storycorps gem? Will YOU get a BOLD pixie cut after reminiscing with Mel & Del over this episode's featured song? That's what's goi

Stay Fetishizizing

Dec 20th, 2018 1h 10m

Mel and Del are here to give you the Loeb-down on all things that pull at the heart strings -- or, maybe even upset you? Like when someone writes a dumb-ass "takedown" piece in The Atlantic. But also this good stuff: celebs on buses, Dutch chur

Boo Hoo Dolls

Oct 27th, 2018 58m 8s

Will Mel go into labor during this episode? Listen to find out! Also: Commercials, news headlines, do-gooder stories that've made us sob from sorrow and from joy... and maybe hormones. AND, the world's deadliest bike of shame set to the world's

Triple Creep

Jul 31st, 2018 1h 12m

Mel and Del find the laughter behind the tears with regard to recent LA happenings. Plus, they talk about bittersweet family reunions, noble comedians, Queer Eye facts, Eighth Grade, and so much more before they triple-Creep it through the '90s

Top Ten... Million

Jul 2nd, 2018 1h 8m

As Staind explaind: "It's been a while." But that's because this is the 10th episode, and Mel and Del got cold feet, like Big in SATC I. To commemorate this milestone, they decided to attempt Top 10 lists of things on screens and things from sp

Uncle Charles

Apr 11th, 2018 51m 1s

This episode is dedicated to dudes who cry and OWN it. The Louie A.'s, Fred R.'s, and Shawn C.'s... the Bizzy Bones and Wish Bones and... Uncle Charles, y'all. They're all featured on this episode. Plus, Mel and Del share some special listener

Uncle Charles

Apr 11th, 2018 51m 1s

We Belong 2Gether

Feb 22nd, 2018 49m 37s

Mel and Del took a hiatus from the podcast, but they're making a comeback like 2005 Mariah - they belong togetherrrr! In this ep, they talk emotional contagions, Wheelchair Jimmy's philanthropy, inspiring kids who give us hope, love in retireme

Crying and Peeing - Live!

Jan 11th, 2018 54m 59s

Not live, like a live show...Live like... "ooooh now I feel it, cooooming back again." That's Del's anthem for when she's cried in public. If you don't get the reference, get out of here. Or, just listen to this episode where Mel and Del talk v

U Oughta Break Up

Jan 2nd, 2018 57m 19s

Mel and Del share some cringe- and cry-worthy breakup stories - including a theatrical reading of a Goodfellas-meets-Bobby Fischer listener submission. Plus, there are tear-inducing book, movie, and TV recommendations, AND an examination of and

50 Sineads O'Cray

Dec 5th, 2017 50m 48s

Can you even feel all the feels? In this episode, Mel and Del explore the origins of empathetic turns of phrase, mention a Canadian crybaby, and talk about how Gatorade, rad dads, and more made them cry this week. Plus, they share stories about

Everybody Cries

Nov 17th, 2017 46m 5s

This episode is dedicated to teary-eyed teens! Mel and Del dig up some emo relics from their adolescence, share touching moments of the week (shout-out to some real-life Wonder Women!), and dive into what might be the most emo song ever written

H.S.Petty

Oct 16th, 2017 49m 4s

Why do some people cry more than others? Mel and Del unpack some of their totally legit research on the topic, explain how listeners can get involved in the podcast, play a game of "To Cry or Not to Cry," share their cry-worthy items of the wee

Don't You Cry

Sep 17th, 2017 41m 8s

Mel and Del cry for perplexing reasons. In this episode, they explore some of the science behind random bursts of emotion. Plus, they cover: flooded pianos, a sad love story, tear-inducing television, and one epic crying-related song that'll ma

Crying When I Met You

Aug 31st, 2017 44m 38s

Mel and Del have swapped out their blog for a podcast, because they are really emotional these days (and that's OK). In this first experimental episode that includes a mic change (SORRY!), they talk about first memories of crying, stuff that ha

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