Loser Line (8/3/26)
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Listen to Season 3 of Burden of Guilt on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hey, girl. What's up with you? Wait a minute. Is this the right number? It's the loser line. Come on. Just call me back. If you haven't heard the loser line before, it works like this. Let's say someone approaches you while you're out at the Lego convention. Oh, my. And uses this charming pickup line on you. Yeah. Hey, girl. I promise it won't hurt if you step on me in the middle of the night.
Oh, yeah. It will. It will. It will.
Whatever you do, don't point to the age group on the box and say, are you sure you're old enough for 14 plus? Instead, bat your eyes and tell him you'd like to get him in bed and give him the old Danish oven. What? What's a Danish oven?
I don't know.
You know? Home of Legoland?
Yeah.
Oh, now I get the joke in a sense. I don't know if it's actually reaching. But that's when you give him the number to the loser line. So hopefully he calls it and leaves an awkward voicemail that we can play on the air. Voicemails like this one.
Next message.
Hey, this is Zaha. We met by the mailboxes in our apartment building. You helped me carry that giant Amazon box upstairs.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–7:40
2
What is the Loser Line and how does it work as a prank number?
7:40–8:20
3
How do the hosts introduce the Loser Line concept with a pickup line example?
8:20–10:37
4
Which awkward voicemail kicks off the first batch of Loser Line clips?
10:37–10:47
5
What bizarre apartment-mailbox voicemail reveals a caller who replays conversations out loud?
10:47–12:57