By the Rules

By the Rules

Steve and Jenny Schaub

English Comedy Explicit
Episodes 94
Avg. Duration 29m
Activity Highly Active
Since May 2024
Latest Episode Mar 2026

Publishing Details

Schedule
Weekly
Format
Episodic
Consistency
99%
Hosting
feeds.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

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…

S2E89 Ep. 89 Rules for Extreme Cold

Jan 25, 2026 32m

Tell us what you think!It's cold here in Iowa. Really cold. We decided that we needed to share our rules for how to handle it when the air seems like it's trying to kill you. Let us know if you have…

S2E88 Ep. 88 Rules for Car Shopping

Jan 18, 2026 31m

Tell us what you think!One of us is in the car market. We figured we better figure out what our rules for car shopping are. Turns out there are some. This might end up being another shows worth of…

S2E87 Ep. 87 Rules for Chicago

Jan 11, 2026 30m

Tell us what you think!This is the latest we have ever recorded an episode and I think it shows. It's also after we watched the Bears beat the Packers in the NFL playoffs. We decided to share our…

S2E86 Ep. 86 Rules for Bowl Games

Jan 04, 2026 31m

Tell us what you think!We are winding down the college football bowl games here in the US and we wanted to share some of our rules about that. If you aren't a big football fan, this might not be…

S2E85 Ep. 85 Rules for Cookies

Dec 28, 2025 31m

Tell us what you think!It's Christmas cookie season in our house. That made us think of all the rules that we have for cookies and it turns out there are quite a few. We probably missed a couple so…

S2E84 Ep. 84 Rules for Christmas Shopping

Dec 21, 2025 28m

Tell us what you think!It's getting near the end of Christmas shopping time so we figured we needed to share our rules for that. There are a few things that have shaped these rules during our…

S2E83 Ep. 83 Rules for Christmas Decorating

Dec 14, 2025 31m

Tell us what you think!This episode isn't filled with a lot of rules but we did spend a lot of time talking about our memories of decorating our houses for Christmas in our youth (back when the…

S2E82 Ep. 82 Rules for Snow Removal

Dec 07, 2025 32m

Tell us what you think!For some bizarre reason, the weather gods decided to dump 11 inches of snow on us last week. That prompted a discussion about rules for shoveling snow. It turns out there are a…

S2E81 Ep. 81 Rules for Big Events

Nov 30, 2025 31m

Tell us what you think!Now and then life throws big events at you. We have a couple of rules around those events that come your way. You should be able to fit a couple of them in your life. Let us…

S2E80 Ep. 80 Rules for Hosting Thanksgiving

Nov 23, 2025 32m

Tell us what you think!We are hosting Thanksgiving dinner at our house so we needed to sit down and figure out what were the rules around that. Turns out we have some in common. Let us know if you…

S2E79 Ep. 79 Rules for Success

Nov 16, 2025 31m

Tell us what you think!We spend some time talking about our rules for success. We have few ideas that might not be too ridiculous. There are a ton of things we didn't get to but let us know if we…

S2E78 Ep. 78 Rules for Soup

Nov 09, 2025 25m

Tell us what you think!We decided we needed to document our rules for soup for some reason. Most people probably haven't given this much thought and that is why you aren't a famous podcaster like we…

S2E77 Ep. 77 Rules for Work Travel

Nov 02, 2025 32m

Tell us what you think!Jenny and I have both been on work related travel this last month. It's time that we share what our rules are for representing your brand on the road. We also share a some…

S2E76 Ep. 76 Rules for Drafting Candy

Oct 26, 2025 22m

Tell us what you think!It's time for the first candy draft of the podcast. Jenny and I draft our teams of top candy bars from our giant bag of Halloween candy. See whose team you think is on top. Let…

S2E75 Ep. 75 Rules for Halloween Costumes

Oct 19, 2025 19m

Tell us what you think!Sorry in advance for the one voice that sounds like garbage but you can't say we don't play hurt on this podcast. We talk about a few rules that we have from our adventure to…

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How many episodes does By the Rules have?

By the Rules has published 94 episodes since May 2024, covering topics in Comedy.

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

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