Better Buddies

This week the Buddies discuss how they'd use 3 free days off from work, their younger experiences playing Minecraft, Bladerunner 2049, audio books, and current events. Share with a friend! Contact us: Facebook Instagram Youtube Email Recommendations: Minecraft (video game), Ted Lasso (tv show), Bladerunner 2049 (movie), American Gods (book/audio book)

This week the Buddies discuss the negatives of focusing on the positives, supporting your local library, Quakers, male friendship, and the power of the almighty algorithm. Share with a friend! Recommendations: Hope We Have Fun (Mt Joy album, 2025), The Adventurous Adventures of One Direction (Youtube animated series), Your Local Library/Libby App, Shakespeare's Star Wars: Verily, A New Hope (audio book), Quaker Meetings (3rd space) Contact Us: Facebook Instagram Youtube Email

This week the Buddies discuss interesting time periods, Egyptian History, D&D podcasts, getting body waxes, and push ups. Share with a friend! Contact us: Facebook Instagram X Email Youtube Recommendations: Andor Season 2 (show), Skaldova Campagin (NADDPod podcast), The Last of US Season 2 (show), The Righteous Gemstones (show)

This week the Buddies discuss what celebrities would make worst leaders of a country, which ones would make the best leaders, the show Severance, men running, growing up, and meeting your partner's parents. Share with a friend! Recommendations: Severance (show), farmers markets (local event) Contact us: Facebook Instagram X Email Youtube

This week the Buddies discuss how often their minds hit autopilot, Joker (2019) featuring Joaquin Phoenix TM Whatever Equire First Class, The Godfather, All You Need Is Kill, and what to do when someone jiggles the locked door to your bathroom stall. Share with a friend! Recommendations: The Godfather (movie), Brooklyn Nine-Nine (Season 8), Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (2003), Edge of Tomorrow (movie) Contact us: Facebook X Instagram Email Youtube

This week the Buddies discuss if anything would be different if everyone of every age could vote, dive into the life of P.T. Barnum, and promote the new Marvel movie, Thunderbolts*. Share with a friend! Recommendations: Sex and the City (show), Thunderbolts* (movie), Bloom Into You (manga) Contact Us: Facebook X Email Youtube Instagram 

This week the Buddies discuss how what doesn't kill you makes you stronger, Doctor Doom, slice of life anime, making medium talk, enjoyable deodorant and perfume scents, and how young is too young to use a weed whacker. Share with a friend! Recommendations: Doctor Doom & Rocket Raccoon (2025 comic), My Love Story!! (anime), Silver Spoon (anime) Contact Us: Facebook X Instagram Email Youtube

This week the Buddies discuss what tells you the most about someone, weird replacements for teeth, statues of podcasters, and urinals without dividers. Share with a friend! Recommendations: Udemy Course "Create a Complete 2D Survivors Style Game in Godot 4" by Firebelly Games (tutorial), Brooklyn 99 (show), Horimiya (show), Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man (show) Contact us: Facebook X Email Youtube

This week the Buddies share some favorite bits of trivia, play a game identifying the fake bird name, discuss multi-dimensional puzzle games, and talk about changing gaming habits. Share with a friend! Recommendations: Clint's Reptiles (Youtube Channel), Flow Shapes (phone game), Ralph Bakshi's Lord of the Rings (movie), Daredevil (2003 movie) Contact us: Facebook X Email Youtube

This week the Buddies discuss some out of the box funeral ideas, current game shows not being very thrilling, the eras of Youtube, modern creation trends, birds, and putting the toilet seat up to pee. Share with a friend! Recommendations: Run Club by Yvette Segan (web series), Liquid Death Killer Cola (drink), Birds (the topic), eBird (bird watching app) Contact Us to have your questions answered: Facebook X Email Youtube

This week the Buddies come up with some terrible character swaps between movies, discuss science improv, how people enjoy dancing, depression, and gym bros. Share with a friend! Recommendations: 100 Girlfriends Who Really Really Really Really Really Love You season 2 (anime), Sci-Prov (science themed improv show) Contact us: Facebook X Email Youtube

This week the Buddies discuss the inherent suffering of the human condition, how the universe is sitting in turtle mechs all the way down, Invincible, overly masculine marketing, and catching up on sleep. Share with a friend! Recommendations: Programming With Julius (Youtube Channel), Invincible Season 3 (show), Chilli Cheese Fry Ramen (food), Too Many Tabs With Pearlmania500 (podcast) Contact us: Facebook X Email Youtube

This week the Buddies discuss dirigibles, blimps, and zeppelins; web browser based games; and a new show pitch that would be perfect for Adult Swim. Share with a friend! Recommendations: A Dark Room (browser game), the Google Chrome offline dinosaur jumping game (browser game), The High Kings (Irish Folk band) Contact us: Facebook X Email Youtube

This week the Buddies discuss favorite Lord of the Rings scenes, if Optimus Prime could be impacted by The One Ring, attending convention panels, and 3rd spaces. Share with a friend! Recommendations: Wheel of Time (book series), Anime Milwaukee (convention) Contact us: Facebook X Email Youtube

This week the Buddies discuss what movie they could watch repeatedly and never get tired, some other movie opinions, Monster Hunter, Marvel, and oh what's this? More movie talk. But I swear, we're not a movie podcast. Share with a friend! Recommendations: Monster Hunter Wilds (video game), Beastly Buddies (Marvel Infinity comic), The Boy and The Heron (movie) Contact us: Facebook X Email Youtube

This week the Buddies discuss beaming information right into people's brains across the globe, if fungi are related to aliens, Lord of the Rings, and how people can function on less than 4 hours of sleep. Share with a friend! Recommendations: The Two Towers (audio book narrated by Andy Serkis), The Killer's Game (movie) Contact us: Facebook X Email Youtube

Welcome to Season 2! This week the Buddies revel in the Rickroll one more time, discuss the spiciest foods they've eaten, and give advice about if it's better to have no body hair or be hairy as a werewolf. Share with a friend! Recommendations: Rings of Power (Amazon show), Captain America Brave New World (movie), Common Side Effects (Adult Swim show) Contact us: Facebook X Email Youtube

It's the Season 1 finale! In this episode the Buddies introduce a new Buddy, discuss if in the last 5 year they've become Better Buddies, discuss some music and video games, recommend some bachelor party options. Also, the secret that has been talked about since episode one is finally revealed! Stick around to the very end! Recommendations:  Abracadabra by Lady Gaga (music video), Warhammer 40k Space Marine 2 (video game), Portal 2 (video game), Never Gonna Give You Up by Rick Astley (song) Contact us: Facebook X Email Youtube

This week the Buddies discuss their favorite breakfasts, ruminate on how Orange Creamsicles would be farmed like cows, and give advice on dealing with an unfriendly friend. Share with a friend! Recommendations: West Coast Avengers (2024 comic), Dandadan (anime), AlphaGo (documentary), Castlevania Nocturne (Netflix show), Three Body Problem (Netflix show) Contact us: Facebook X Email Youtube

This week the Buddies discuss scary sounds to hear when you wake up in the middle of the night, Playstation as a generational marker, the show Recess, shaving with a straight razor, and accidentally buying a very expensive bottle of champagne. Share with a friend! Recommendations: Bones in the Ocean by The Longest Johns (song), Burnout Days by flipturn (album), Men In Black (movie) Contact us: Facebook X Email Youtube

This week the Buddies discuss if religion will ever become obsolete, high profile gambling games, how awesome garbagemen are, and what spices to have in your spice rack. Share with a friend! Recommendations: Molly's Game (movie), The Book of Mormon (musical), Legal Eagle (Youtube Channel) Contact us: Facebook X Email Youtube

This week the Buddies discuss things you don't want to hear when going under anesthesia, the Pokémon Adventures manga, how to be a chill guy, and how to find dress slacks. Share with a friend! Recommendations: Hollow Knight (video game), Runbow (video game), Oxenfree (video game), Pokémon Adventures (manga series) Contact Us: Facebook X Email Youtube

This week the Buddies talk about what excited us recently, cozy listening options, an old coding video game, advice on finding a therapist, and body image pressures faced by young men. Share with a friend! 5 Weeks left in Season 1! Recommendations: keep it cosy (Youtube channel), Core War (1984 video game), Wolverine: Deep Cut (comic miniseries) Contact Us: Facebook X Email Youtube

This week the Buddies come up with ideas for mundane chore spells, discuss Palworld and Marvel Rivals, think about when (or if) they became men, and give advice on picking the right job. Share with a friend! And Happy New Year! Recommendations: Palworld (video game), Marvel Rivals (video game) Contact Us: Facebook X Email Youtube

This week the Buddies discuss what humanity would be like with 500 year life spans, an app that lets you identify bird calls, driving habits, and cutting yourself some slack. Share with a friend! Recommendations: Times and Galaxy (video game), Merlin (bird call identifying app), rAw TiMe (90's public access Texas TV show) Contact Us: Facebook X Email Youtube

This week the Buddies discuss down-to-earth celebrities, living on Mars, self-guided education, hyper-logicals compared to emotional humanitarians, and how we may or may not be liable for the behavior of anyone who's listened to this podcast. Share with a friend! Recommendations: The Martian (movie), Educational Videos (video genre), Violent Night (movie) Contact us: Facebook X Email Youtube

This week the Buddies discuss their work-life balances, the growing cult classic comedy film Hundreds of Beavers, and how you should leave your leaves on your lawn if you want fireflies in your yard next year. Share with a friend! Recommendations: Gladiator II (movie), Hundreds of Beavers (movie), Matt and Shane's Secret Podcast (podcast), Harvest Moon/Story of Seasons (video games) Contact Us: Facebook X Email Youtube

This week the Buddies develop the "Diet Coke and Mentos" dating method, discuss another musical about a musical, learn about facial hair trends, and think about modern car maintenance. Share with a friend! Recommendations: Tenzi (dice game), Something Rotten (musical), Pokemon FireRed Rocket Edition (FireRed Rom Hack) Contact Us: Facebook X Email Youtube

This week the Buddies discuss things that make them feel old, the changing of the internet, the difference between life an narrative, not overthinking, and craft Youtube. Share with a friend! Recommendations: I Like To Make Stuff (Youtube Channel), "Hilarious" and "Chewed Up" comedy specials (Louis CK), The Immortal Thor (2023 comic book run) Contact Us: Facebook X Email Youtube

This week a Buddy returns as we talk about our useless talents, men's fashion, children's television, and Pokémon. Did you expect anything else? Share with a friend! Recommendations: Avatar the Last Air Bender (original show), Pokémon Colosseum (video game) Contact us: Facebook X Email Youtube

This week the Buddies discuss the history of feral children, a musical about a musical about a musical, and do our best to vanquish toxic masculinity. Share with a friend! Recommendations: What We Do In The Shadows (tv show), [title of show] (musical), NYX (comic) Contact us: Facebook X Email Youtube

This week the Buddies discuss foods that are a pain to eat, the biological layout of rock candy monsters, the secret World Wars 3 (shhh, don't tell) and list off all the types of swords they know. Share with a friend! Recommendations: Marvel's Blood Hunt event (comics), X-Men From the Ashes Digital Comic Issue #22 (comic), Music League (activity), Factorio Space Age (video game) Contact us: Facebook X Email Youtube

This week the Buddies discuss things they recommend to everyone, some good board games, that running away to Alaska is a true solution to your problems, and the new hockey-themed Mrs. Doubtfire rip-off, Mrs. Pucksticks. Share with a friend! Recommendations: Happy Death Day (movie), Red Dragon Inn (board game), Catan Dice Game (dice game) Contact us: Facebook X Email Youtube

This week the Buddies discuss movie scenes that scarred them for life, two very good animated shows, how to fall asleep quickly, how to find a barber, and how to fight a cold. Share with a friend! Recommendations: Shaun the Sheep (show), Over the Garden Wall (show) Contact us: Facebook X Email Youtube

This week the Buddies discuss phones they've broken, get a third guest partway in, talk about the Fallout franchise, music, and recent biopics about alive celebrities. Share with a friend! Recommendations: Nerbit (Youtube channel), Melt (band), The Apprentice (movie) Contact us: Facebook X Email Youtube

This week the Buddies discuss the ripple effects of their actions, debate the philosophy of free will and if someone with ultimate knowledge would have free will, and give advice on how to improve your confidence when you're 29. Share with a friend! Recommendations: Clear and Present Danger (movie), Monster Hunter (video game franchise), Patrick Cc: (Youtube channel) Contact us: Facebook X Email Youtube

This week the Buddies discuss the best pranks they've played on people or had played on them, the lies of School of Rock, audio books, and a conversation on exoteric vs esoteric knowledge. Share with a friend! Recommendations: School of Rock (movie), Patriot Games (movie), Audio Books (medium for consuming stories) Contact us! Facebook X Email Youtube

This week the Buddies have a couple returning voices to help us bring some chaos to sports, discuss an epic musical, identify more things you should have in your first apartment, reassure people it's okay to go against type, and to help explain how to turn your life around. Share with a friend! Recommendations: EPIC: The Musical (musical), The Owl House (show), The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare (movie) Contact us: Facebook X Youtube Email

This week the Buddies discuss how much it would suck to live forever, some Greek and Biblical myth, Brandon Sanderson, anime, and what things you need to get for your first apartment. Share with a friend! Recommendations: DECA-DENCE (anime, 2020), Feed the Machine by Poor Man's Poison (song, 2020), Mistborn Trilogy by Brandon Sanderson (books) Contact us: Facebook X Email Youtube

This week the Buddies discuss what will always stay in fashion, have some controversial opinions about Crocs, suggest some Youtube watching, and talk about how to get ready for a surgery. Share with a friend! Recommendations: Ze Frank (Youtube), Papa Meat (Youtube), Satisfactory (video game) Contact us! Facebook, X, Email, Youtube

This week, RJ forgot to hit record on the first take so the Buddies turn roadblocks into opportunities! A guest from one of the early episodes returns to help us discuss what songs would be played on a loop in hell, Dungeons and Dragons themed media, learning to admit when you're wrong, international foods, and how to do well both socially and academically in high school. Share with a friend! Recommendations: Not Another D&D Podcast (podcast), "The Most Disastrous Production In Animation History (Thief and the Cobbler)" (Youtube Video Essay), Delicious in Dungeon (anime) Contact us: Facebook X Email Youtube

This week the Buddies discuss if an identical clone is the same as the original person, Diogenes, the movie Elf, and making creative projects with your friends. Share with a friend! Recommendations: Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgandy (movie), Fish Scales (game jam game found here)  Contact us: Facebook X Email Youtube

This week the Buddies discuss what law they'd choose if they could be immune from a law, loiter in the White House, build a one-man sovereign state on an ocean trash heap, and give advice on friendship. Share with a friend! Recommendations: Rick and Morty The Anime (tv show), Ultimate Spider-Man (2024 comic) Contact us: Facebook X Email Youtube

This week, on the 250th episode, the Buddies spice up carousels, plan out the hot new philosophy themed amusement park that the whole family can enjoy, try out a thought experiment to prove souls exist, and give advice on talking about men's mental health. It's philosophy themed this week. Share with a friend! Recommendations: Existential Comics (web comic), The Floating Man (thought experiment), Super Smash Bros Ultimate (video game), Circe (book by Madeline Miller) Contact us: Facebook X Gmail Youtube

This week the Buddies discuss meta-cognition (or thinking about thinking), college degrees higher than a doctorate, Spanish Jazz, the future of the internet, and Deadpool. We also read a fan email! Share with a friend! Recommendations: Sant Andreu Jazz Band (Spanish Jazz band), Neocities (web hosting service), Deadpool & Wolverine (movie) Contact us: Facebook X Email Youtube

This week the Buddies contemplate a scary idea: What if the next day you woke up and the world was entirely populated by clones of you? We dig deep into our initial reactions, the course of society, and if it would be a golden age of peace or a grimdark hellscape. Share with a friend! Contact Us: Facebook X Gmail Youtube

This week the Buddies discuss cultural stereotypes in the Star Wars prequels, interesting people we've met on our travels, and reveal the secret connection between Chappell Roan and America's great unsung founder John Patriot and his secret treasure. Share with a friend! Recommendations: Neon Genesis Evangelion (anime, again, but with the movie this time), Mavel Snap (mobile app card game, but like not a money hungry one), National Treasure (movie, starring Nicholas Cage) Contact Us: Facebook X Email Youtube

This week the Buddies talk about preparing meat, cooking, Austin Powers, and a podcast similar to ours. Share with a friend! Recommendations: Red Scare by Dasha Nekrasova and Anna Khachiyan (podcast), Austin Powers Trilogy (movies) Contact us: Facebook X Email Youtube

This week the Buddies discuss what size fish they are and what size pond they prefer, Jim Carrey's dramatic acting chops, Pheonix Wright (again), chronically online behaviors, and how to approach deep conversations. Share with a friend! Recommendations: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (movie), Pheonix Wright Ace Attorney: Trials and Tribulations (video game) Contact us: Facebook X Youtube Email

This week the Buddies take a walk down memory lane and talk about some of their most memorable teachers and classroom experiences. Share with a friend! Recommendations: Pheonix Wright Ace Attorney: Justice For All (video game), Chained Together (video game), Monsters Inc. (movie) Contact us! Facebook Twitter/X Youtube Email

This week the Buddies discuss what they could give an impromptu 20 minute talk on, listen to almost all of one of those talks, talk fictional detectives and mysteries, and give some more Dungeons and Dragons advice to end "D&Dune" (D&D+June). Share with a friend! Recommendations: Pheonix Wright: Ace Attorney (video game), Alfred Hitchcock's To Catch A Thief (movie) Contact Us: Facebook Twitter Email Youtube