We’re playing chicken with the plumber! With a leaky toilet on Tom’s side of the recording session, there’s a silent but ticking clock threatening Tom and Julee throughout today’s episode. But that doesn’t stop them from unlocking a new kind of trivia game, reviewing the overall point system of the podcast and discussing arcane notions -- for example: do you know who Barbara Millicent Roberts is? Not only that but before the arrival of the plumber, Tom and Julee unleash a “big, monumental shift in ‘Back Through The Basement’ toy unearthing” (Julee’s words). Can you imagine what that must mean they've found?! You’ll have to listen to the episode to know. And you better do so before the plumber arrives!!!

Now in their forties, Julee and Tom Antonellis are reconnecting as brother and sister in THE MOST distant a socially-distant podcast can be in the United States. While recording on each coast (and seeing each other over FaceTime) all the way from Los Angeles (Tom) to Boston (Julee), they start unearthing the core lessons, laughs and connections of their childhood. Plus, Julee has to fight her fear of cobwebs while Tom enjoys the comfort of his office -- yet he CAN'T touch his beloved toys like she can.

On their Instagram for this Voice Arts Awards-nominated podcast, [ @backthroughthebasementpod ] you can follow along to see pictures of everything they unearth. As the bio there indicates: Tom & Julee (actors, comics, voiceover artists & siblings), children of the 80s, must go through all their toys and belongings in their parents’ basement. Oh boy!

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