Is Garlic Self-Cleaning? Plus Curling Trivia w/ Jo Firestone
Podcast: The NightlyPublished On: Sun Feb 08 2026
Description: Josh Gondelman and Matt Bragg welcome comedian Jo Firestone for bedtime tangents, missed audiobooks, and a truly puzzling new word.What You’ll HearFalling Asleep Mid-Plot: Jo shares her audiobook routine, including the joys of missing huge chunks of a very juicy mystery and simply accepting she may never know who did it.The Anti-Grombolio Theory: A deep, gentle spiral into whether garlic, ovens, hair, and noses might all be self-cleaning—and what to call that, exactly.Curling Trivia at Bedtime: A surprisingly demoralizing pub quiz about curling, complete with wild guesses, wrong answers, and one very wholesome tradition.CHAPTERS00:00 Intro & welcome00:42 Joe Firestone’s sleep routine02:10 Falling asleep to audiobooks03:29 Hatch Classics revelation04:48 Garlic presses & self-cleaning foods07:14 The birth of anti-grombolio09:20 A very niche Connections category14:00 Curling trivia begins19:59 Broom stacking explained20:22 Joe’s audiobook plug & goodnightsFor the fully immersive, phone free light + sound experience, learn more at hatch.co. Follow us on TikTok @hatchpodcasts and YouTube. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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