By the Rules

By the Rules

Steve and Jenny Schaub

English Comedy Explicit
Episodes 109
Avg. Duration 29m
Activity Highly Active
Apple Rating 5.0 (3)
Since May 2024
Latest Episode Jun 2026

Publishing Details

Schedule
Weekly
Format
Episodic
Consistency
98%
Hosting
rss.buzzsprout.com

About This Podcast

A look at life through the lens of two GenXers who are notoriously good at making rules for people to follow.

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Recent Episodes

S3E109 Ep. 109 Rules for Denver

Jun 14, 2026 30m

Tell us what you think!One of us just got back from Denver and one of us lists Denver as their favorite city. You will have to listen to find out who is who. We have a couple rules for how to…

S3E108 Ep. 108 Rules for Video Games

Jun 07, 2026 29m

Tell us what you think!A lot has changed since the 80s with video games and we have seen it all...arcades to game consoles to online gaming.  We discuss a few rules we have experienced along the…

S3E107 Ep. 107 Rules for Entertainment Systems

May 31, 2026 30m

Tell us what you think!We decided to talk about how home and car entertainment has changed over our live. We have a few rules about how that should work. Some of the things we have seen have been…

S3E106 Ep. 106 Rules for Graduation

May 25, 2026 30m

Tell us what you think!It's graduation season now. We figured we better share our rules for graduation and make sure everyone knows what to do. We have a couple of good ideas buried in here somewhere…

S3E105 Ep. 105 Rules for Books

May 17, 2026 35m

Tell us what you think!We needed to talk about books at some point in time and that time is now! Both of us like to read so we figured we should start sharing our rules for books with all of you. Let…

S2E104 Ep. 104 Rules for Toys

May 10, 2026 32m

Tell us what you think!We decided to share our rules for toys. There are some good tidbits in here. You need to help weigh in on the controversy around the difference between toys and games, if there…

S2E103 Ep. 103 Rules for Sandwiches

May 03, 2026 30m

Tell us what you think!Ok, we have rules for sandwiches. There are a few controversial ideas in here. One might involve Miracle Whip or mayonnaise. Let us know what your favorite sandwich is.Let us…

S2E102 Ep. 102 Rules for Supper Clubs

Apr 27, 2026 30m

Tell us what you think!We are starting a grass roots movement to revive the Supper Club. We figured we better share the rules for those if any of you are taking the plunge and starting one. It's…

S2E101 Ep. 101 Rules for Iowa City

Apr 19, 2026 30m

Tell us what you think!We got to attend the first Alumni Day at the University of Iowa. It could be because we are famous podcasters. Or, it may be because we were both graduates from the University.…

S2E100 Ep. 100 Rules for Podcasting Part 2

Apr 12, 2026 25m

Tell us what you think!We made it to episode 100!! We actually did have a listener party. We are sorry if you didn't make it but we all had a great time. We talked about our new rules for podcasting…

S2E99 Ep. 99 Party Like It's Episode 99

Apr 05, 2026 33m

Tell us what you think!This is our list double digit episode so we decided to break some of the rules and talk about what we were doing in 1999 and what the number 99 means to us. We did come up with…

S2E98 Ep. 98 Rules for Being an Iowa Fan

Mar 29, 2026 33m

Tell us what you think!It's taken us a long time to get to this topic but the time is finally here. We share our rules for what it takes to be a fan of the Iowa Hawkeyes and the rules you should…

S2E97 Ep. 97 Rules for Easter

Mar 22, 2026 29m

Tell us what you think!We are rapidly approaching the Easter season and we figured we better know if we need to pass on any rules to all of you. Turns out, we have a couple things that needed a rule.…

S2E96 Ep. 96 Rules for Spring Break

Mar 15, 2026 27m

Tell us what you think!We are about to head out on our spring break. We go back in time to talk about what spring break meant when we were kids (hint: not a lot) and what it looked like in our…

S2E95 Ep. 95 Rules for Travel

Mar 08, 2026 27m

Tell us what you think!We are in the middle of a few weeks of travel so we wanted to refresh our rules on that topic. We also had to make a few new rules that we wish we wouldn't have to talk about,…

S2E94 Ep. 94 Rules for Doing Dishes

Mar 01, 2026 32m

Tell us what you think!Yes, there are a lot of rules to govern the simple task of making your dishes clean. We have a couple that might contradict each other. You can decide who is right and who is…

S2E93 Ep. 93 Rules for Driving Part 3

Feb 22, 2026 28m

Tell us what you think!We needed to revisit our rules for driving due to some bad behaviors we witnessed this week. We had a few more we needed to add as well. Let us know if you have more things we…

S2E92 Ep. 92 Rules for Dive Bars

Feb 15, 2026 28m

Tell us what you think!We both like a good dive bar. We needed to dive into (get it... dive) into what our rules are for a good dive bar. Turns out that we almost have exactly the same thoughts this…

S2E91 Ep. 91 Rules for Winter Olympics

Feb 08, 2026 28m

Tell us what you think!Well, the winter games are here and we figured we better share our rules for those before someone does something crazy and tries to become an athlete. Let us know if you have…

S2E90 Ep. 90 Rules for Cars

Feb 01, 2026 37m

Tell us what you think!One of us spent 6 hours car shopping today so that inspired us to talk about more rules for cars. (no, I didn't buy anything) We have seen a lot of car features come and go in…

Frequently Asked Questions

How many episodes does By the Rules have?

By the Rules has published 109 episodes since May 2024, covering topics in Comedy.

Is By the Rules still active?

By the Rules is currently highly active with new episodes weekly. Average episode length is 29m.

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