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Comedian Rob Corddry tells the story of a detective confronted with the biggest case of his career: a stolen soul. HE’d heard of stolen hearts. Heck, he’d stolen plenty of those himself. But a stolen soul? The case stank of metaphysics and liturgy, two things that weren’t his beat. Tune in to find out how he solves the mystery.

Plus, suffering from temporary loss of vision. Jonathan calls up a TV watching servce for the blind. Featuring Gregor Ehrlich and Sean Cullen.

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It’s time to face the music for television star Randy Dandy as he is forced into retirement at the ripe old age of 12, only to be replaced by a younger, cuter, actor. Tune in to their correspondence as the torch is passed, begrudgingly, from tween to pre-tween. Plus, a woman tells the story of how one little lie launched the performance of a lifetime.

Featuring Caleb Foster, Ben Bisaillon, Katie Malloch, Frank Opolko and Jennifer Brandel. Special thanks to Lindsay Michael for singing the Randy Dandy theme song and to Brendan Baker of the Love and Radio podcast for mixing the Randy Dandy television clip.

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How quickly time flies. It seems like just yesterday we were being swaddled in our baby blankie, and now we are at the end of Season 8. To celebrate, we bring you a star studded episode full of some of our beset stories from the past season.

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How long is too long to wallow in heartache? A man struggling to get over a breakup finds help moving on following an unexpected encounter. Plus, Howard encourages Jonathan to let go of his notions of privacy, and share all of his passwords.

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Whatever happened to your first love? Did you get over them? Or do you still get a big of a pang when you think of them? When Jonathan’s high school crush appears in his office doorway, 25 years later, Jon realizes not much has change since she stole his heart in grade 12. Some people just stay with us forever, no matter how much time goes by without seeing them.

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Featuring Joshua Karpati, Howard Chackowicz, Jane Lewis, Lorna Wright, Sarah Buck and Jesse Eisenberg, whose story first appeared on McSweeney’s. Special thanks to Andy Selsberg, whose latest book, You Are Good At Things: A Checklist, is in stores now.

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To celebrate the beginning of our 10th season (woohoo!)we bring you a show on how to age gracefully. People from age 5 to 90 offer advice on growing up, and Howard relishes in being a whole three and a half months older and “wiser” than Jonathan.

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With Valentine’s Day approaching, Jonathan defends the idea of being alone as his friends try to help him and love. Plus, what would it be like to be God’s girlfriend? Writer Simon Rich brings us the story of how The Almighty’s significant other felt while HE was busy creating the universe.

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A Valentine’s Day Special! A woman jumps through hoops to find romance in a new video game. Plus, what would the man or woman of your dreams smell like? Montreal’s Scientist for Love match-up lonely hearts through their five senses.

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People tend to assume that they way things are is how they’ve always been, but sometimes history can surprise us. Featuring the story of a Minotaur who attempts to escape his personal history and create a new mythology among humans.

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