Minnesota Nice | Tuesdays with Stories #677 w/ Mark Normand and Joe List

Tuesdays with Stories · Episode 677 · Hosts: Mark Normand, Joe List · Producer: Chuck · Published Oct 13 2026 · Runtime 1:07:49 · Watch: YouTube

Joe runs the Tunnel to Towers 5K through a nor’easter, from a bus chase to Red Hook to the fallen-firefighter posters at the finish. Mark gets shaken down for Wi-Fi on the school walk, Minneapolis gets a shout-out, and Joe’s Toronto trip ends with meeting Terry Francona at a Blue Jays game.

Chapters
  • 0:00 Cold open: fake banter, 13 years of the pod, and remembering the Shelby days.
  • 7:37 The leather-jacket hunt, an $8,900 London fitting, and a Hong Kong tailor’s bill.
  • 11:17 Couch sticker shock, a mid-taping pivot, and never opening the tax email.
  • 14:17 ADD talk: laundry piles, unopened mail, and an Obamacare form that keeps erroring out.
  • 23:36 Smartphones, birth rates, and the death of the third space.
  • 25:09 Fabletics and BlueChew reads.
  • 28:47 Joe runs Tunnel to Towers: Stephen Siller’s story and a ladies’-medium hoodie haul.
  • 34:38 Race morning in a nor’easter: the bus chase, Howard Stern in the corral, and the fallen-firefighter posters.
  • 45:55 Mark’s school walk with a teenager who demands Wi-Fi.
  • 49:06 Minneapolis love: Acme, a rider with no fruit, a Fargo fan’s gifts, and the UNABOMBER movie.
  • 54:49 Joe in Toronto: Just for Laughs rules, a standing O, and meeting Terry Francona.
  • 1:03:41 Sydney Sweeney’s ads, tour plugs, Dan Boulger’s Deep Cuts taping, and the Funbearable close.
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People

On this episode

Mark Normand

Co-host. Gets cornered for Wi-Fi on the walk to school. 45:55

Joe List

Co-host. Runs Tunnel to Towers in the rain, then meets Terry Francona in Toronto. 28:47

Chuck

Discussed for: Impractical Jokers (Amazon)

Producer. Calls the mid-taping pivot and closes with his Funbearable plug. 11:53

People mentioned

Stephen Siller

Discussed for: Tunnel to Towers Foundation gear (Official site)

FDNY firefighter who ran the tunnel to the towers on 9/11; the race retraces his steps. 31:04

Howard Stern

Discussed for: The Howard Stern Show (Official site)

His old back catalog is what Joe watches while waiting in the race corral. 39:04

Ted Kaczynski

Discussed for: UNABOMBER (Netflix) · Good Will Hunting (Amazon)

The new Netflix movie about his Harvard years, plus the Good Will Hunting scene. 53:49

Isabel Hagen

Comic and viola player who happens to land in Toronto the same week as Joe. 56:26

Terry Francona

Former Red Sox manager Joe meets by the dugout at the Blue Jays game. 1:01:46

Sydney Sweeney

Discussed for: Sydney Sweeney Has Great Jeans (Wikipedia)

Her jeans ad and the backlash that came with it. 1:03:50

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Products

Allen Edmonds shoes — the dress shoes on the couch salesman who quoted Joe a “Big L” couch price. Amazon 11:30

Men in Black [Blu-ray] — the memory wipe one host wants for a birthday gift. Amazon 18:22

Inglourious Basterds [Blu-ray] — the under-the-floorboards tunnel joke. Amazon 29:20

Super Mario — the Italians had the tunnels first, down the pipes. Amazon · Super Mario: Wikipedia 29:48

Tunnel to Towers Foundation gear — Joe’s $850 hoodie run (and the ladies’ mediums). Official site 30:00

Forrest Gump (Sapphire Series) [Blu-ray] — the bus driver’s “transfer to the 58” moment. Amazon 37:14

Ultimate Speed Collection: Speed / Speed 2 [Blu-ray] — chasing the 58 bus through Brooklyn felt like Speed. Amazon 37:42

The Howard Stern Show (official site) — the old episodes, including the Anna Nicole Smith interview. Official site 39:04

Beats Pill speaker — the backpack “pill” speaker blasting music on the Wi-Fi kid who stopped Joe on the school walk. Amazon 46:17

UNABOMBER (Netflix, 2026) — Russell Crowe as the Harvard professor; one host calls it a little wonky. Netflix 53:49

Good Will Hunting — the Kaczynski scene one host knows by heart. Amazon 54:24

Sydney Sweeney Has Great Jeans (American Eagle campaign, Wikipedia) — the American Eagle ad that went viral on backlash. Wikipedia 1:03:50

Dan Boulger: Deep Cuts — the stand-up special just taped, with a guy in a pilot outfit in the front row. 1:05:08

Impractical Jokers — Chuck’s pilot is shot with the Impractical Jokers crew, and he needs reshoot funding. Amazon 1:07:07

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Places

Hugh L. Carey Tunnel — the closed tunnel Stephen Siller ran through, and the course every year. 31:28

Red Hook, Brooklyn — the race start, reached by train to Borough Hall and a rerouted bus. 35:00

World Trade Center — the finish, near Joe’s neighborhood, with a firefighter festival on Vesey Street. 33:00

Acme Comedy Co., Minneapolis (Official site) — great showroom, quiet green room, no fruit on the rider. 49:21

Fargo, North Dakota — home of the fan who came out with onesies and a toy car for the boy. 52:33

Toronto — the Just for Laughs show (Official site), and a Blue Jays win at the Rogers Centre. 54:49

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Ads
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  • BlueChew (26:37) — bluechew.com · buy 2 months of BlueChew Gold, get the 3rd free, plus 10% off and free overnight shipping on the first order · code TUESDAYS.
  • Tour dates (house) (1:04:33) — Philadelphia (Helium, Oct 21–23), Raleigh (Goodnights), the Connecticut Stress Factory, Charleston and Greenville · comedianjoelist.com · marknormandcomedy.com · no code.
  • Joe List email list on Punch Up (house) (1:05:40) — punchup.live/joelist · get emailed when he comes to your town · no code.
  • Tuesdays Patreon and site (house) (1:06:55) — patreon.com/tuesdays · tuesdayspod.com · no code.
  • Funbearable and pilot funding (house) (1:06:59) — Funbearable · Chuck’s podcast, plus a call for backers on a re-shoot of the pilot he’s making with the Impractical Jokers crew · no code.
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