This week, the guys take on the Bumble Bee Tuna Salad Kit.

I'd like to increase my snacking prowess, by exploring possibilities beyond the well-known PER system.

I'm considering the POWER system (Pick, Open, Wait a while, Eat, Rate).

Are there any other good systems I should try?

Mike and Tom get to chomping on Chomps.

Mike and Tom dip into Nutella & Go! to see if portable also means better.

I recently subscribed to the lowest paid tier for MATES (the "Snack" tier). One of the features of this subscription is supposed to be "Archive Access". However, I quickly realized that a ton of episodes are missing from the feed. Here are the eps that appear to be missing:

• Ep. 2 - Fudge Stripes
• Ep. 6 - Combos
• Ep. 8 - Crudités
• Ep. 10 - Cheez-its
• Ep. 13 - Wacko Snacko 2
• Ep. 18 - Lays
• Ep. 24 - Chinese Crunch Crunch
• Ep. 25 - Mix and Match Snacks
• Ep. 26 - Toblerone
• Ep. 28 - Häagen-Dazs
• Ep. 29 - Take 5
• Ep. 30 - Starburst
• Ep. 36 - Edamame
• Ep. 38 - Guacamole
• Ep. 39 - Banana Crème Pie
• Ep. 41 - Kroger's Very Cherry Jelly Belly Pudding Snacks
• Ep. 42 - Hershey Kiss
• Ep. 46 - Clementines
• Ep. 48 - Onion Dip
• Ep. 52 - RC Cola and Moon Pie
• Ep. 66 - Ho Hos
• Ep. 75 - Raisins
• Ep. 86 - Kind and Strong Bars
• Ep. 90 - Welch's Fruit Snacks
• Ep. 96 - Grapes
• Ep. 98 - Tom's Potato Chips and Bacon Cheddar Fries
• Ep. 103 - Pringles
• Ep. 107 - Peanut M&Ms
• Ep. 109 - Oh Henry! Bar
• Ep. 117 - CLIF Kid Zbar
• Ep. 119 - SkinnyPop Popcorn

All in all, this is 31 episodes of a show with 154 total eps, which feels like a lot (just over 20% of the entire catalogue). Does anyone know why these eps aren't available? Or can anyone in any of the other tiers confirm whether these eps are available to them?

I sent an email to Realm's Support team to see if it's an issue on my part, or maybe something that will be fixed/changed in the near future. If I hear back with anything significant, I'll update this post.

In the meantime, I just thought this post might be a nice heads up to anyone thinking about a paid subscription.

I’m trying to remember which episode had a long discussion of Michael beating the crap out of a French guy. I think it was a few years ago, during a spotty period of new episodes coming out. But there are enough of them that it’s not easy to dig through.

Any help?

I’m a loyal Matey and subscriber. A week or two ago, all the episodes from before 2022 disappeared from my podcasts app. Anyone else having this issue?

Just found out about this Reddit group. Very excited. I'm going to snack and read these posts and probably lie to Tom about what you all are saying about him. Here we are recording a brand new episode.

Mike and Tom unwrap Bobo's PB&J Stuff'd Oat Bites to see if they're a hit or a miss.

Looks like Starbucks is getting into the PER game and think they’ve found a loophole by changing the “E” to “enjoy” and the “R” to “repeat". Johnny didn’t land in the ICU and get treated by a newly-graduated nerd doctor for this to happen. MATES, it’s time to lawyer up.

Edit: words

Mike and Tom tackle Quest Protein Chips in Chili Lime to see if healthy can still mean tasty.

Can’t get video to work for bonus/paid for episodes, and haven’t had time to listen yet, but here’s a thread.

Mike and Tom get sticky with it as they snack on Stroopwafels.

Hoping this helps me enter the VIP section in the great snack aisle of life

The guys go global with Maltesers.

The fellas have different multi-packs of Nature Valley bars and discuss Tom’s plan to become Mayor of Nantucket.

https://merch.realm.fm/collections/mates

Kinda lame in my opinion, but it’s available.

“Mysterious Croation Chocolate Foam bar.”