Born To Be Mild

While Biden ramps up the COVID response, GOP Senators are coming down with amnesia about what happened January 6th. The Bossy Besties join me for a great talk! This episode is dedicated to the memory of Mr. Denny Coleman.

This podcast about the Assault on the Capitol is brought to you by the ASS WHOOPING the Browns put on the Steelers for their first playoff win since 1994!!

Close the year out right with a Christmastime fireside chat. You can even hear my little hellion of a daughter in the background quite regularly, which is nice.

Enjoy a super relaxed roundtable of holiday and newsy conversation with Wife Britt and West Coast Nick. Happy Holidays!

BTBM is back from taking a victory vacation after Trump's presidential defeat at the hands of Scrappy Scranton Joe. This week, I finally work up the guts to have my extremely knowledgeable stepdad on the show. Enjoy!

No more politicking necessary. It's Election Time 2020. BTBM is glad to have had you along for the ride! Wife Brittany and good friend Jon Zetts join me today for a discussion on what comes next either way, and how we're preparing for it.

Let's get West Coast Nick Hulea and Cousin Matt Onesti on for a liberal sewing circle to discuss the egregious transgressions of the Trump Administration...and Borat. Done.

Joining me on the pod is a Youngstown newscaster with over 4 decades of experience, Mr. Stan Boney. This episode is dedicated to the eternal memory of my aunt, JoAnn Sweeney.

My cousin Chris Wilson brings his expertise of waster water management to the show. West Coast Nick Hulea talks football and kidnappings. And the news is crazy as ever.

Of course President Trump would contract Covid four weeks before the election and just days after ragging on opponent Joe Biden for wearing "such a big mask" all the time. Par for the course in 2020. Plus Jim Wertz of the Erie County Democratic Party.

The NYT drops a huge story on Trump's taxes. I'm more concerned with enjoying what warm weather is left. And, Nick Hulea and Wife Brittany join me for a roundtable discussion.

Another whopper week of news recapped in relatable fashion. Plus I bring wife Brittany on for some parenting talk and Luke Beard makes his pod debut to talk NBA Playoffs.

The President is caught red handed admitting he knew how bad COVID was as early as February, and that doesn't seem to make a damn bit of difference to him or his supporters. Fighting the good fight on social media, plus a passive look into the suddenly present NFL season.

Ron welcomes Deputy Director of the Mahoning County Board of Elections to the pod for an enlightening interview. Plus, Trump thinks soup is public enemy number one. And is Ken Jennings positioning himself to be heir to the Jeopardy throne?

Trump, Inc. fans the flames of chaos and fear, both in Portland and around the nation through a week of RNC speeches. West Coast Nick joins us for a recap. And we welcome 5th grade educator April Davis on, to tell us about what starting the school year during the pandemic will look like.

Ron ventures into the great podcast unknown once again, but now on a solo expedition. To help him along, he's enlisted for this episode an old friend who currently works for Goodyear corporate, and his lovely wife!

Pete is back from a vacation that he didn't even clear with our non-existent HR department. And the show gets a Hollywood-level facelift in terms of a new general format. This is definitely a can't miss installment of BTBM.

Captain Ron and West Coast Nick tackle the mountain of demon sperm, er, news that came our way this week. Can The Orange Man delay the presidential election? No. But that won't stop him from scaring half the country into thinking he can. And Joe Biden hasn't emerged from the woodwork yet, but his VP pick is about to.

The results are in! Trump is the smartest person to ever take the nursing home test. And Dr. Fauci throws a baseball just as good as you would expect a 79 year old scientist to. Ron's wife Britt finally started watching The Wire. oh, and fascist federal storm troopers have literally begun roughing people up in American streets.

Trump may bring us together after all...in repudiation of how badly he's lead this country through struggle and strife. While the school year looms heavy right around the corner and COVID19 deaths top 140,000, the commander in chief is more concerned with photo-ops with cans of beans and showers where the water doesn't come out. Plus a tribute to the passing of the great John Lewis, as well as a look into Dan Snyder's future with Washington football and the new Tom Hanks movie, Greyhound.

The President says, "We're in a good place," as ICU's reach capacity all over the country. Betsy DeVos says the main priority is to mandate schools reopen as normal, while one of the reasons Trump gave for the commutation of Roger Stone's sentence is that prison just isn't a safe place to be right now. And NFL players are feeling the same way about their workplace, too. Our theme song, as always, was composed by Ryan Little.

The Divider-In-Chief is at it again, dismissing the movement for racial justice he was so obviously falsely supporting just weeks ago, and instead turns to fanning the flames of the "Us v Them" mentality his supporters have grown to love. Plus the renaming of sports teams and an in depth look at this year's less-than-normal edition of the Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest, all that and much more!

Nick Hulea fills in for Pete, and joins Ron on a rundown of the events of the past week: The world's unwelcome house guest, Covid19, claims squatters rights in the US and vows never to leave. And even with a massive uptick in positive tests, the White House assures the country it's as good as gone. Donald Trump continues his march towards a landslide loss in November by promoting white supremacy videos on his twitter feed, and denies being briefed on a Russian plot to pay Taliban fighters bounties on the heads of American service members. All in a week's work. Plus, this week is the last chance to donate to The Scleroderma Research Fund! Visit www.BoardmanSDWalk.org and help out any way you can.

As more admission of past injustices come to light, and more admonishment of those that seek to uphold the status quo reaches towards a critical mass, Donald Trump finds a way to inject himself into the eye of the storm and the eye of nearly every story. We also cover his historic flop of a campaign rally, plus the latest on Covid 19.

Born To Be Mild is back at full strength and kicks it into high gear. Police Reforms, BLM, addressing the legacy of the Confederacy, and the push back to all of them. And don't forget to donate to Scleroderma Research at www.BoardmanSDWalk.org

Ron tackles this week's show expertly on his own, as Pete had pressing family matters to attend to. The blowback from Trump's photo op last Monday draws criticism across the spectrum, plus policing reforms, and how Drew Brees is handling a severe case of foot-in-mouth. Lastly, a segment on the charitable cause Ron holds most dear, The Scleroderma Research Foundation, which you can donate to now at www.BoardmanSDWalk.org

Here's what happens when you've got a milion important topics to discuss...and it's only Wednesday. Listen in good health!

Enough has proven to be enough, and protests around the country have taken place in response to yet another senseless killing of a black man at the hands of law enforcement. The fellas wade carefully but passionately into the deep end of the discussion.

The push and pull between the open cautiously crowd and the kill the weak/I need my water parks crowd rages on and no choice is depoliticized, it seems. Also, the guys review how at-home haircuts are going and Uncle Joe's latest lil gaff.

The guys push through some adverse circumstances to bring another quality show. Spring is in full gear and it's time to get outside. No better companion than a great podcast!

Pete and Ron squabble over which Rocky movie was best, but only after a solid convo regarding all the news of the week. The Amaud Aubrey video ignites a firestorm on familiar turf, anti-science misinformation rears its ugly head on social media and at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave, and can dogs smell COVID-19?

Ohio has an on again/off again/on again relationship with masks in businesses, as they and many other states around the country move forward with reopening their societies and economies. Dennis Rodman enters the discussion in the ESPN Jordan doc. And the movie pop quiz returns.

Turns out the coronavirus can be cured by items just lying around the house! We talk turkey about the Trumpster, babble about basketball and the MJ documentary, and more discussion on COVID19 in our daily lives.

This damn virus forced my kid to have her first birthday over the internet! We made the best of it, and we'll share a bit more light-hearted subject material than normal lately, as the coronavirus had us keeping up with the news, but hardly excited to talk about it ad nauseam. Also, our apologies to Joe Biden.

We sift through the main coronavirus stories of the week for your informational benefit, but do some fun stuff, too. The IceMan cometh with some sweet rhymes, Ron's daughter Viv has her first birthday, and the guys check to see how much they actually had been Feeling the Bern.

COVID-19 is affecting every aspect of society. We reached out to a local mayor to find out about the steps she's taking to ensure her city isn't hit hard. Plus an interview with the founder of a 3D-printed ventilator initiative. All that, plus a groundhog in my garden. https://covid19ventilator.org/ https://www.cityofstruthers.com/covid_preparedness.html

Yes, we discuss the GD Tiger King, as well as more pressing matters. Like the groundhog that's taken up residency under my shed. Oh, and coronavirus.

Shitty things are happening. We talk of them. Sometimes humor is employed. The end.

While COVID-19 has fundamentally altered every aspect of public and private life, somehow Pete and Ron come out with their wit and whimsy relatively unscathed.

One topic, many takes. See how the Mild Side deals with the ongoing threat of Coronavirus.

Strap in for The President himself to open the show in a panic, then hand it off to us to keep the ball rolling for as long as attention spans allow. ALERT: HIGH QUALITY CONTENT!

Wow, guys! Keep up the great work sharing the show with others! This week's episode could've totally been a bummer in less capable hands...but, fear not, as usual, more quality content is heading your way.

We break out the flame-thrower of truth and lay waste to marauding hordes of bullshit nuggets once more, plus a date with Elizabeth Warren, kinda.

This week we fought technical difficulties, infant diarrhea, and the President shitting on the Constitution, and we talk Oscars!

This show is fire, proceed with caution...then tell your friends.

There wasn't an ACTUAL impeachment, but we'll discuss it anyways. Plus a little pigskin prognostication and other assorted high-level musings. A must listen by any standard. Tell Your Friends! Today's episode is brought to you by Coronavirus. And today's background tracks supplied by Ryan Little, find him on Soundcloud.

We talk the passing of Kobe, our Super-Fooseball-Game-Thingy excitement levels (or lack thereof), and the new Tarantino flick, plus much more. This episode is definitely NOT sponsored by the Quip toothbrush.

We are getting good at this....honest.

Episode 1 goes well......a little too well, probably. But that's good for you (most likely)! The guys talk Iran, Joe Burrow and demon babies. Enjoy!

Hype-laden introduction to our silly little enterprise.