January 28, 2026

225 - Trading Places (feat. Justin Roczniak)

Justin Roczniak (Well There’s Your Problem) joins the lads in Philly for a good old fashioned rags-to-riches and riches to rags switcheroo as they cover John Landis’ 1983 Eddie Murphy-fest: Trading Places. Topics include the joys of seeing your hometown on screen, the rapid rise of Eddie Murphy, and what it means to have a movie where the climax entails the future price of frozen orange juice.

Justin Roczniak: Twitter // Youtube // Bluesky

Well There’s Your Problem is a podcast about engineering disasters and systemic failures, from a leftist perspective, with jokes.

Media Referenced in this Episode:

TWOAPW theme by Brendan Dalton: Patreon // brendan-dalton.com // brendandalton.bandcamp.com

Interstitial: “Harry Hypemen Inc.” // Written by A.J. Ditty // feat. A.J. Ditty as “Harry Hypeman/Werner B/Announcer”, Brian Alford as “Horace Hypeman/Werner A”, David Armstrong as “Holden Hypeman/Werner C”

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Elizabeth Power · February 4, 2026

Thanks for reminding me of the time my dad got me to watch Soul Man when I was in the process of applying to colleges. He is from Ireland and we are very white so it was a very weird experience. He did not suggest that I do what the guy in the movie does, thankfully.

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koochoobee · February 1, 2026

I thought I was the only one who didn’t like Pluribus… Cheers,feel a bit better now

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murt pie · January 31, 2026

Mummers be mummin

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Shifty Comfort · January 30, 2026

CINCINNATI!

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Steve Denson · January 30, 2026

I think it took me 3 or 4 watches to fully get the ending. They are trading comedy futures. Its is a promissory note (loan) for a set quantity of oranges at a later date and price. Due to the freeze and the fake crop report Duke & Duke believe there will be a shortage of oranges produced. So they tell their guy in the pit to buy everything. Price starts low in the day but anticipation of the crop report drives the price way up when Winthrope and Valentine start selling. "Sell 200 April at 142" 200 units of frozen concentrated orange juice due in April. Tv report comes on, real crop report read. No shortage exists and the price collapses. Now to casually buy back shares to give to the guys they just sold to. They end the day with no oj just $$$

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Dergon · January 29, 2026

"Mouth off to teacher and you get a bad grade." Is my new favorite thing Brian has ever said

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Dergon · January 29, 2026

Oops, scratch that, "Brian Inflation" is my new favorite thing Brian has ever said.

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roland00 · January 29, 2026

country clubs what if we take out all the fun out of the library. And fill the building with rich **** and servants. BORED Boys from all boys boarding school with decades of **bad** IDEAS.

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Johnny Schmidt · January 29, 2026

HOW DID THE LADS NOT KNOWN THE PAWN SHOP GUY WAS BO FING DIDDLEY!!!!!!

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John W · January 29, 2026

Little known fact: The gorilla bit is the beginning of furry culture.

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An impromptu concert from Bosco Hogan · January 28, 2026

Aside from the racism, the sexism, and the homophobia; Delirious and Raw are so fucking funny. That whole bit at the end of Raw when Eddie Murphy calls his parents is hilarious.

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BarFly · January 28, 2026

Denholm Elliott is so good in this. The subtle emotions he conveys when he's buttling, like fondness for Valentine or the pain in his eyes when he has to shut the door in Dan Aykroyd's face. The drunk Irish priest bit reminds me very much of an episode of Magnum PI where Higgins plays his own brother (who is a drunk Irish priest)

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Evan Hawkins · January 28, 2026

Y'all seem to be ignorant of the Boom Fiat Agreement of 1877 which, to tie the US dollar to the Boom, all mini-booms were confiscated at a subprime rate and were traded out as "Bangs". So while you can say 1 boom is 100 mini-boom that is an outdated statement. As of today's the Bang is ~67 to the Boom which has an arbitrated rate of 1.1-1.2 of the US dollar. Further more the new Treasury bonds issued under DJT will ties Booms and Bangs together under a Sustainable Insurance Security. A Sis-Boom-Bang tranche.

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AngryOldManYaddaYadda · January 28, 2026

Collyer Brothers represent!!

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P.A.L. · January 28, 2026

Takes a lot these days for an Interstitial to make me say "What the fuck" outloud, but this one did it XD

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NowhereMan661 · January 28, 2026

We all must be each other's and our own Hype Man. On that thought, this is the second Grizzly Man Werner Herzog reference you've made in these interstitials. So I must ask when are you doing an episode on something he's made? Pretty please?

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Luckie · January 28, 2026

I’m not sure if you know this, but when a Whiffenpoof whiffens in the wind, the wind can whiffen back

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Jan · January 28, 2026

Hell yeah, John Cage joke love you Rocz

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NowhereMan661 · January 28, 2026

You know what? I literally just listened to the Salad Oil episode of WTYP yesterday, so this is perfect timing. It definitely is one of the funniest episodes they've made.

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Julia Priest · January 28, 2026

Salad Oil easily the funniest. Fewest deaths if any. Poop Plane is pretty great, but one technical loss. (Not a loss to a technical, just technically a related death.) Many others have great moments. Salad Oil was great all the way through. The SL-1 Nuclear Reactor episode 183 is hilarious, but also sadly deadly.

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NowhereMan661 · January 28, 2026

Yesssssss