Important If True

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Three friends try and figure everything out. Join Chris, Jake, and Nick as they delve into the weirdness of life, pop culture, and technology—and do their best to explain it as absurdly as they can. Write in to questions@importantiftrue.com with your own questions and observations.

Recent Episodes
  • Important If True 56: In the Shade of the Puffin
    Apr 15, 2018 – 01:04:35
  • Important If True !!: A Funky Bad (Good) Apology
    Apr 7, 2018 – 00:17:02
  • Important If True 55: Consider the Water Lobster
    Mar 30, 2018 – 01:18:33
  • Important If True 54: A 30 Foot High Screaming Billboard
    Mar 24, 2018 – 01:03:36
  • Important If True 53: Alexa, Destroy Me
    Mar 17, 2018 – 00:48:01
  • Important If True 52: "Yeah, You Email It."
    Mar 10, 2018 – 01:12:49
  • Important If True 51: Indistinguishable From The Content
    Mar 2, 2018 – 01:17:46
  • Important If True :-(: Technical Difficulties (No Podcast This Week)
    Feb 24, 2018 – 00:01:51
  • Important If True 50: 4468, Y'all
    Feb 15, 2018 – 01:10:16
  • Important If True 49: You Don't Just Eat 'Em
    Feb 9, 2018 – 01:18:36
  • Important If True 48: Mystery of the Crows
    Feb 1, 2018 – 01:08:38
  • Important If True 47: The Shitty Wizard
    Jan 27, 2018 – 01:15:56
  • Important If True 46: Cut Your Hair
    Jan 19, 2018 – 01:06:50
  • Important If True 45: Wax House, Baby
    Jan 13, 2018 – 01:13:55
  • Important If True 44: Stream Frasier Online Free
    Jan 5, 2018 – 01:15:15
  • Important If True 43: The Bad Gift Special
    Dec 29, 2017 – 00:48:23
  • Important If True 42: The Ghosts of Hoistmas Past
    Dec 22, 2017 – 00:58:01
  • Important If True 41: A Very Happy Cow
    Dec 16, 2017 – 01:03:00
  • Important If True 40: Tactical Turtle and the Songsmith
    Dec 10, 2017 – 01:14:43
  • Important If True 39: Organoids and the Human Mini-Brains
    Nov 23, 2017 – 01:05:23
  • Important If True 38: The Terrible Power of Knowledge
    Nov 17, 2017 – 01:04:14
  • Important If True 37: Uncharacteristically Cursed
    Nov 9, 2017 – 01:02:49
  • Important If True 36: Never Say Goodbye
    Nov 3, 2017 – 01:00:58
  • Important If True 35: Hammacher, Schlemmer, and You
    Oct 27, 2017 – 00:57:57
  • Important If True 34: This is Celebrity Explainer
    Oct 19, 2017 – 00:57:46
  • Important If True 33: The Meme Scream
    Oct 13, 2017 – 01:02:41
  • Important If True 32: A Wish Upon a Star
    Oct 5, 2017 – 01:09:60
  • Important If True 31: The Illusion of Control
    Sep 28, 2017 – 01:01:01
  • Important If True 30: The Octopus Affair
    Sep 21, 2017 – 01:08:60
  • Important If True 29: Untethered From Reality
    Sep 14, 2017 – 01:00:53
  • Important If True 28: It Will Not Be Reused
    Sep 7, 2017 – 01:03:32
  • Important If True 27: Join and Undermine
    Aug 31, 2017 – 01:04:53
  • Important If True 26: Get Hype
    Aug 24, 2017 – 01:06:17
  • Important If True 25: The Fresno Experiment
    Aug 10, 2017 – 01:06:06
  • Important If True 24: Eye Explodes, Brain Expands
    Jul 26, 2017 – 01:06:57
  • Important If True 23: To Me, To Me, To Me
    Jul 20, 2017 – 01:00:19
  • Important If True 22: Air Bud and the Average Man
    Jul 13, 2017 – 01:03:02
  • Important If True 21: The Real Monkeys
    Jul 7, 2017 – 00:54:04
  • Important If True 20: Christmas is Canceled
    Jun 30, 2017 – 01:04:05
  • Important If True 19: Pearls Before Slime
    Jun 22, 2017 – 00:58:43
  • Important If True 18: Important If Rhymes With True
    Jun 15, 2017 – 01:06:26
  • Important If True 17: What Dreams Are Dumb
    Jun 8, 2017 – 00:59:33
  • Important If True 16: The Pizza, the Bee, and the Trash Can
    Jun 1, 2017 – 01:08:27
  • Important If True 15: Sexual Sneezing
    May 25, 2017 – 01:01:27
  • Important If True 14: Your Worst Nightmare
    May 18, 2017 – 01:00:52
  • Important If True 13: "Veggie" Panino and the Nightmare Puzzler
    May 11, 2017 – 01:02:01
  • Important If True 12: Once You Start, You Can't Stop
    May 4, 2017 – 00:55:12
  • Important If True 11: The Purity of a Child's Boredom
    Apr 27, 2017 – 00:58:04
  • Important If True 10: The Rooster's Stupid Secret
    Apr 20, 2017 – 01:01:59
  • Important If True 9: Wetzel's Podcasts
    Apr 13, 2017 – 01:01:42
Recent Reviews
  • number one fan of show
    Relistening - amazed
    How far podcasting has fallen since the end of Important If True! I didn't even realize how low my standards had become until I started my current third relisten. Possibly the best short run podcast ever made. They are funny, they are good broadcasters, they are ridiculous, and they have their finger on the pulse of America. It's a banality at this point to say I miss them, they need to come back, etc. I'm not saying I understand why they stopped, but I do trust their instincts. I think to ask for more when there are 56 beautiful, hilarious episodes would just be greedy. I just want to say I appreciate you Idle Thumbs for all the delightful audio.
  • abbeth329.01
    Relistening in the year 2022
    They’re just as funny now as they were in 2017. Rest in pieces, Kings…
  • Lyon Artime
    Literally the Funniest Thing in the World
    (In my thirty years of experience, anyway)
  • Crazybagman
    Important If True. Or Water Lobsters and Nick Breckon
    A cool cool cool cast.
  • hjohns003
    Guys.. where are you?
    Love this podcast. What happened to it?
  • Seddie555
    Intellectually Compelling, Great Chemisty & it's Fun and Goofy
    Chris, Jake, and Nick are an excellent trio to spend a little time with. It's like MBMBaMe if instead of doling out advice (or "advice"), they offered their opinions (or "opinions") on what a super intelligent A.I. would request of a genie to make better use of fire ants in the world, if said A.I. were given the chance. Hope they come back soon.
  • adnanamous
    Great show
    Fun and funny!
  • Philodox
    Totally my boyfriends
    Actually, I do them a disservice -- I've had crappy boyfriends. Until now! (Shh, they don't know yet. They'll figure it out when they file the restraining orders. Or, y'know, read this.) Brainy, hilarious, and with perfect chemistry, these gentlemen draw you in immediately with wild and marvelous examinations of everything you didn't know you wanted to know. A truly laugh-out-loud, make the people in the car beside you think you're nucking futs experience. This. Is my jam.
  • InadvertentEvil
    Existential delight.
    Amazing ‘cast with an amazing cast! Love the topics and zany ‘thought experiments’ they cover. What’s more, they are all extremely articulate and excellently capable at putting words to the intensely abstract concepts discussed. Also, can’t forget, very funny the whole time as well. Can’t recommend enough.
  • Shawna;p
    So good
    So good
  • A. Commuter
    Say whatever is in your mind freely
    I'm leaving a 5 star review just to encourage Jake to do the Dr. Sbaitso voice more often.
  • Zach meme lord
    Thank You
    Absolutely thrilled to listen the ongoing podblast epic of Important If True. The journey to find all 45 brains that will eventually run the future. Keep searching for them, Sincerely google response option #2
  • Forget Zombies
    Well-formed, but suspicious
    Not on board with the hoisting, but another fine podcast by Idle Thumbs.
  • LukeMilo
    Laughing on the Subway
    I'll be honest, when I first heard that Idle Thumbs gamers were going to be splitting off to do a new, non-game oriented podcast, I was skeptical. And honestly, my skepticism was well placed as admittedly I didn't really enjoy the first two episodes of this podcast the same way I'd come to love the Idle Thumbs cast. Idle thumbs gave me such a great perspective on games from a developer perspective and stepped away from the wide-spread, games media take on gaming podcasts. It was refreshing. So now this offshoot podcast with some of my favorite podcast personalities comes along and it didn't hit for me. But then as episodes went on, I realized something: these guys build relationships with their listeners over time. The reason i loved Idle Thumbs was because of all the little innuendos and inside jokes about the way each of them approached gaming. So by the time episode 4 comes around they've already included the listener in a bizarre universe where cockroaches have spawned a driverless car revolution and dreams are now self-produced hellscapes where repetitive actions become the cadence of the intro to a Pink Floyd song! The strange and niche humor of Each and every one of these episodes builds on itself in an almost narrative way so much so that eventually you really truly do feel included in the fun these guys are having with each other. Being a bit of a lonely commuter here I'm Mew York City where hours of my day is spent on the Subway, these delightful ramblings have me literally laughing out loud in ways one shouldn't be while traveling on public trains. After weeks spent listening to these guys I often get hesitant to indulge in an episode unless my Subway car is almost empty. I wanna say thanks for the happiness in this twisted year that is 2017... this is a phenomenal podcast for the futurist, internet explorer who enjoys humor, modern perplexities and the ever evolving human experience. Five stars!
  • MadMunchkin1
    Funny, amazing and random
    What a hilarious, random and varied podcast! I learn something every week... frequently something that will help me avoid an embarassing self-hoisting at some point in the future.
  • Timsobuff
    I love this show
    I honestly haven't laughed as hard I did listening to episode 14. Like, full on cry laughing alone in my apartment while my dog looks on confused.
  • Vava Bavarian
    Can't get enough.
    Not sure how I found this podcast but it is now my favorite thing ever. Weirdness in the world discussed to a hilarious level of specificity. Perfect.
  • DankLordGannon
    Get Hoisted
    A weird, funny show about the ways in which Western civilization will be the end of the world, whether through an overlord A.I. Mind composed of home toasters and cellphones, or people's intense desire to never be embarrased.
  • KyvenR
    Not a far cry from Idle Thumbs
    The same entertaining conversations as Idle Thumbs but with a new focus and energy.
  • 5h1mm3r
    Exactly what I need for my 1 hr commute
    I have been an idle thumbs listen and contributor since 2009. My interest in video games had waned after my career change and I was not listening to idle thumbs but still followed the guys on twitter. When I saw Important If True was a thing, I downloaded immediately. This cast of friends going frantic about robots has me laughing on my commute. It is weird but I feel these 3 guys are my friends. In a recent ep Chris mentioned not being able to fly home from Washington. I remember that time from his absence from an idle thumbs ep. VERY ENTERTAINING HIGHLY RECOMMEND!!!
  • Stackingway
    The Podcast that Owned Itself
    All of my favorite parts of Idle Thumbs exploded out into their own show.
  • Sdye.rt
    A podcast of the robo resistance
    When Idle Thumbs announced a new podcast that wasnt centered on video games I wasn't sure what to expect. But "Important If True" is a fantastic podcast that gets better and better with each episode. The hosts discuss oddball news and listener submitted personal stories to hilariously examine topics such as human psycology, robotics conglomerates , obscure pop-culture history, and shoehorns. I often find myself listening to each facinating topic and thinking "this is amazing! why have i never heard of this before!" An absolute delight to listen to each week.
  • iEpicDaniel
    I feel like I love them enough to rate!
    5 stars for the fact that if you sneeze once you'll have no idea where the conversation you're listening to has come from. Each conversation is a dinosaur apocalypse of random. I swear if I try to multitask I fall behind only to be left alone on my isolated island thinking to myself "where the hell did this topic come from." Which is brilliant. I love their other podcast so here I am. Confused and lost 85% of the time (that other 5% is during the ads where I know we're all on the same page again.) yeah I know I left out 10% but I'll let the insects of the future decide where I'll go with that.
  • Becca Seraph
    The terrifying conversations that are fun to have!
    Even if you don't know Idle Thumbs, this podcast is great to chill you to the bone and then graft skin grown in a lab from some robot into said bones! But in a good way!
  • Timmy8844
    Nice work!
    Keep casting the great pods. You gentlemen are really fun to listen to. Thank you for helping to occupy my mind.
  • Worshiprick
    Freed from the shackles of gaming topics
    ...Jake and Chris are still amazing and hilarious. And the other guys, like Ethnic Reckoning, but mostly Chris and Jake.
  • TeenageMeatHearts
    GOLD GAME GOLD
    COOL COOL COOL GAME
  • Beebo42
    Too random
    I gave it a shot, but it's basically just aimless rambling. Funny, sure. But there's absoultely no theme to it
  • Soulrver
    Important News For Humans
    It's the preapocalyptic Robot News podcast I've always hoped Idle Thumbs would do, or as close to it as we're going to get! Thanks for keeping us all informed.
  • Zurriel
    Yes
    The content is good.
  • spambot
    Interesting and Funny
    I'm not really sure how to describe this show, but it's fun and interesting and had me laughing really hard.
  • Misterp5
    Same Dynamic, New Podcast.
    Great Podcast.
  • Endymion75
    Tots Best/#getgud
    Incredible podcast, although I haven't listen to it yet. But this group of friends have never disappointed with all their previous work. And, more Ferdinand de Saussure!
  • Hfcxb
    The Thumbs Crew is Back
    Unshackled from the bonds of being a video game podcast, something they honestly hadn't been for a long time, Chris, Jake and Nick are finally free to dedicate an hour a week to laughing in the face of our inevitable robot overlords.
  • Labbo
    Gooooooood stuff
    Somehow ended up on this page and figured it was time to finally leave a review for the group of guys I've spent hundreds of hours listening to and laughing at for years now. Awesome stuff, very very gooooooood stuff, keep it up!
  • Willlbsurfer
    Classic Thumbs, New Format!
    ..
  • John C.P.
    Cool podcast from the cool dudes
    Nice start, cool comedy podcast with the hilarious guys. Suggest to everyone. Spoiler: Save yourself some time, listen with a Jeff Goldblun picture.
  • blamite
    An instant new favorite!
    Idle Thumbs has been easily my favorite podcast for years and this new show keeps the essence of what made it great, with a much wider variety of topics.
  • OPM
    I'd follow these guys anywhere
    Veteran podcasters, a mixture of erudite observation and infectious, silly humor. All the good stuff from the classic Thumbs, just with a new setting!
  • Riffs2000
    2017's best new podcast?
    Important if true.
  • Stephen_Seagull111
    Important if Good
    After 8 years of fun, digressive comments on Video Games the Idle Thumbs crew delve headlong into the world of the inane with their new podcast. A fun irreverent take on whatever strikes the host's fanc, IIT provides an absurd release from an absurd show.
  • dentddent
    A podcast you should listen to
    ...if you care about things. Or if you don't.
  • Larstron
    I love the thumbs!
    A+ number one podcast! The wizard! Bird noise! Threat neutralized! Ethnic Breedon! Wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow
  • Catbonar69
    This Podcast is True
    A truly historic moment in podcast history. Three professionals sit down and figure it all out. You do not want to miss this movement. A++++
  • ThornGhost
    These guys are amazing
    I love Idle Thumbs and I'm completely on board for their new venture.
  • Brim Of Obscurity
    Like a great conversation with friends
    I have always been a fan of the crazy tangents that these guys go on during their other podcasts, so when I found out that they were making a podcast of only that kind of discussion I was delighted. Keep it up!
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