How Can This Be? Podcast

Back after a brief respite, Justin tells a tale of Thanksgiving's Past featuring his Grandfather, Cheap Booze, and some of the finest Adult Films that Larry Flynt could produce. It's unlike anything you've ever heard before. Subscribe, Download, Rate, Review, and Share! Follow on Twitter and Instagram at @hctbpod. Thanks for tuning in!

J Lang is back again, this time to discuss the many lows of my second year in Providence. I talk moving pianos, packing up every item in a house, the pitfalls of asking someone to buy you lunch, scouting reports, and other general tom foolery from a season in desperate need of forgetting. You may laugh. You might cry. You will definitely be stunned. Tune in!   As always, make sure you subscribe, download, rate, review, and share with a fellow podcast lover! Follow along on Twitter and Instagram at @jlang20 and @hctbpod. Thanks for listening!

J Lang is back again to discuss the highs and lows of my first year in Providence. I talk bars, basketball, and blasphemous buffoonery. Once again, we don't break out the pepper shakers, but you will be entertained. You will laugh. You will cry. You will be left wondering what the hell just happened. Tune in! As always, make sure you subscribe, download, rate, review, and share! Follow on Twitter/IG at @jlang20 and @hctbpod. Thanks for listening!

J Lang is back solo dolo to regale you with tales of my life origin story, and how/why I (foolishly) became a college basketball coach, complete with the trials and tribulations faced by young me, both actually coaching hoops and otherwise. We do not break out the pepper shakers or discuss "culture", but I do use the phrase "blowhard" on several occasions. Tune in! As always, subscribe, download, rate, review, and share. Follow on Twitter/IG at @jlang20 and @hctbpod. Thanks for listening!

J Lang is back and joined by Dan Morse (@djmorse126) and Sopee Preap (@Sopee_) of "The Morse Code Podcast" (@themorsecodepod) to discuss the "Malice at the Palace" doc, the Yankees' outdated hair policies, which NBA guys from the 90s would thrive today and vice versa, and who would win a sword fight between Shaq and the Wu-Tang Clan. Plus, we meet our monthly quota of Brennaman-Castellanos talk. Make sure you subscribe, download, rate, review, and share the HCTB Pod as well as The Morse Code Podcast (you can find both wherever you get your podcasts)! Follow the pod on Twitter/IG @hctbpod and Justin at @jlang20. Also, make sure you click over to howcanthisbe.blog for all your reading needs! Thanks for tuning in!

HCTB is back to continue the onslaught of podcasts in your earballs! To kick things off, J Lang is solo-dolo for a little potpourri of topics, including Celebrity Bathing Habits, some Netflix Recommendations, and to share a shocking and hilarious story from the family archives. Then, old friend Scott Picard of "Bachelor Chat with Beauty and the Beast" joins the show to recap the Katie Thurston's season of The Bachelorette and to preview the upcoming season of Bachelor in Paradise. Plus, a little bonus gambling talk! Make sure you subscribe, download, rate, review, and share! Follow the pod on Twitter/IG @hctbpod. Download and listen to "Bachelor Chat with Beauty and the Beast" with Scott Picard and Nicole Smith. Follow their pod on IG at @bachelorchat. Thanks for tuning in!

Lang is back and joined by @TYTHOMDAGAWD to discuss his music career, running his own independent label (@GODVZN), our 2016 Goodwill Basketball Tour of Spain (spoiler alert: we recommend you visit there someday), The Bachelorette, and his perspective on being an African-American in today's society. It's a really good episode chock full of all sorts of interesting stuff, and a lot of laughs.   Make sure you follow Ty on Twitter and IG at @TYTHOMDAGAWD, follow his label at @GODVZN. Look for his music wherever you get yours (Apple, Spotify, Tidal, etc. He's on all of em.), and subscribe to his Patreon to get exclusive content you won't find anywhere else.   And, as always, make sure you subscribe, download, rate, review, and share! We got a lot of good stuff in this episode that we think you'll really enjoy. Thanks for tuning in, and Vamanos a la Playa!!!

Justin is joined by old friend Mike Neal to talk about The LOX & Dipset VERZUZ battle, the Knicks, Martha Stewart, Suge Knight, living in Providence, and the college basketball experience. Plus, we draft our Rapper Hoop Squads. Subscribe. Download. Rate. Review. Share! Follow the pod on Twitter and IG at @hctbpod. Thanks for listening!

Justin is back on a solo episode to discuss Greg's epic meltdown on Monday's Bachelorette, and what his own personal hometown date would look like. We also dig into why you should watch The Handmaid's Tale if you haven't already, and recap the first two days of NBA Free Agency. A little potpourri of goodies to help you get through your Wednesday.   Make sure you subscribe, download, rate, review, and share! Follow on Twitter/Instagram at @hctbpod. Thanks for tuning in!

This week, Justin is joined by friend of the program George MacLellan to discuss the best and worst Red Sox in-season Trades, the NBA Draft (which was happening live while we recorded), and the MLB Trade Deadline. Plus, since it was Draft Day, we picked our Basketball Teams of Non-Hooper Olympians. An enjoyable listen if there ever was one!   Subscribe. Download. Rate. Review. Follow!

We're back! This week, Justin and Maddie are joined by fellow UNH alum and TikTok/Instagram star Sam Ramsdell (@samramsdell5) to discuss how she has achieved social media fame, as well as our shared experiences (both sober or otherwise) over the four years we spent in historic Durham, NH. You won't want to miss this!   Subscribe. Download. Rate. Review. Share. Follow us at @hctbpod.

Justin and Maddie are back! This week, we are joined by Andrea Capodilupo (@dreadreon) from the "You Kinda Had To Be There" Podcast to discuss living in Florida for the month, chipped teeth, donuts, freelance writing, some UNH stories, orgasms, hickeys, and much more!   Make sure you subscribe, download, rate, review, and share! And follow us on Twitter & IG at @hctbpod.

Your two favorite whackadoos are back! On this ACTION PACKED WILD RIDE OF AN EPISODE of us trying to help you not to feel so dead inside, we talk dominatrixes, Komodo dragons, Maddie's hatred of birds, small children grasping technology, the Baylor Basketball Scandal, the NCAA exploiting the free labor of college kids, the Kardashians, our future merchandising lines, who would play us in a movie, our high school experiences, the art of self-pleasure, Justin's Uncle, and Maddie's ideal man. Plus, we get a surprise visit from Maddie's roommate! You fine folks will get the HCTB guarantee for this 'sode: we will have you rolling with laughter!   Subscribe. Download. Rate. Review. Share!!! Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @hctbpod. Thanks for listening!!!

We're back and as HOT AS EVER!!! This week, the Gruesome Twosome are joined by Dan Morse (@djmorse126) and Sopee Preap (@sopee_) of "The Morse Code Podcast" (@TheMorseCodePod) to talk about existing in different realms of Twitter, defecation emergencies, haunted cemeteries and ghost stories, the importance of playing coital road games, Maddie nonchalantly telling us stories of legitimately ridiculous LA party encounters, Thom Brennaman and Nick Castellanos' drive to deep left to make it a 4-0 ballgame, and Wine Economics 101. PLUS, if you were looking for some bonus content, Maddie cleans red wine out of her most exquisite of Egyptian linens in real time. You seriously won't want to miss any of this.   On a somber note, we wanted to take a minute to remember friend of the program KJ Johnson, both a terrific dude and basketball coach, who passed away unexpectedly on March 20th at age 34. Please consider donating to the scholarship fund organized in his memory either of the following ways: sending a check made out to ECSU Foundation (Memo Line Men's Basketball) and sent to Eastern CT State U. Development Office, 83 Windham St. Willimantic CT 06226 with  or https://www.gofundme.com/f/kristopher-johnson-33-scholarship-ecsu?utm_campaign=p_cf+share-flow-1&utm_medium=email&utm_source=customer   As always, make sure you subscribe, download, rate, review, and share! Help us continue to grow and we promise we'll keep pumping out more of the entertaining content you've all come to know and love. Make sure you follow us on IG/Twitter at @hctbpod, @jlang20, & @m_barisano/@m.barisano, and help support our guests Dan and Sopee by following, subscribing, downloading, rating, and reviewing The Morse Code Podcast wherever you get your pods! Byeeeeeeeeeeee!!!

After a brief hiatus, the Gruesome Twosome are BACK BAY BAY!!!   This week, we are joined by Close Personal Friend Scott Picard (and briefly, his co-host Nicole Smith, before the many cacti of the Arizona Badlands stole her connection from us) of "Bachelor Chat with Beauty and the Beast" to discuss a little Bachelor, hangover cures, dating and relationships, eating off knives, adult entertainment, Scottsdale, Justin and Scott's trials and tribulations in college hoops, the perils of home ownership, plus a couple of Justin and Maddie's impressive Cal Ripken-esque streaks.   Make sure you subscribe, download, rate, review, and share both our pod AND "Bachelor Chat with Beauty and the Beast," wherever you get your podcasts! Follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @hctbpod, Maddie on Twitter at @m_barisano and Instagram at @m.barisano, and Justin on both at @jlang20. Thanks for listening!

Justin and Maddie are back! This week, we discuss the do's and don't's of Valentine's Day, various dating and bedroom advice, the Bachelor, Tom Brady's 7th Ring, and much more! We just keep getting funnier and way more out there with every 'sode. Subscribe, Download, Rate, Review, and Share! Follow us on Twitter/IG at @hctbpod. Thanks for tuning in!!!

Maddie and Justin are back to talk Bachelor, Mental Health, and some other little diddies. In the second half of the pod, we are joined by Patriots Beat Writer for NESN and UNH Alum Zack Cox to discuss the Patriots, some UNH Nostalgia, Navigating the Sports Media Industry, his most quotable players, Bill Belichick, Tom Brady, Super Bowls New and Old, Minor League Baseball Teams, Rugby, and a concert Justin and Zack attended many moons ago. This is a fun one we guarantee you'll love it. Make sure you subscribe, download, rate, review and SHARE! Follow us on Twitter and IG at @hctbpod. 

Justin and Maddie are back with another edition of the HCTB Pod! This week we touch more on Wilt Chamberlain's sex life, as well as discuss The Bachelor, Caris LeVert thankfully getting traded, the Wall Street Hedge Fund vs. Reddit Battle Royale. Plus, Maddie regales us with a tale from her Australian travels, and we give some advice for the listeners.As always, subscribe, download, rate, review, AND SHARE!!! We cannot emphasize the last point enough. We've got some wind in the sails, but we need your help to get this boat picking up speed on the high seas!Finally, make sure you follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @hctbpod!

The Gruesome Twosome are back to discuss Wilt Chamberlain's Sex Life (which was absolutely NOT on the original itinerary of topics), the Bachelor, and much more. Plus, we are joined by the ravishing Megan Erbes to discuss the trials and tribulations of working in small college athletics, mini poodles, the Jared Porter Scandal, James Harden in a Fat Suit, and international soccer corruption with a BONUS Guest, Meg's fiancé Sue. All of this AND MORE on the latest episode of the HCTB Pod. As always, subscribe, download, rate, review and share with a pod lover! Make sure you follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @HCTBPod and our personal accounts, @jlang20 and @m.barisano/@m_barisano. To the moon baby let's ride!

Two weeks in a row?! How lucky can you be?! Maddie and Justin are back to discuss the Capitol Riots, recap the Bachelor (and our distaste for "Queen Victoria"), plus some more of the usual wild tangents. THEN, we are joined by our first guest in a while. HCTB's Ravishing Lady of the Night "Miss Indiana" joins the show to regale us with tales of coitus past, the SHOCKING Armie Hammer DMs (some seriously gross stuff), the art of male self-sabotage, dating apps, and a messy Instagram-fueled breakup! Make sure you subscribe, download, rate, and review wherever you get your podcasts, and make sure to share with a friend to help fuel our rocket ship to the moon! Follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @HTCBPod. As always, how can this be?!

Maddie and Justin return for the new year! This episode, we talk ex-lovers, gut health, James Harden, Strip Clubs, Hilaria Baldwin, Kim and Kanye's Divorce, our Barstool favorites, and the end of the Patriots 2020 season. New Year. New Yelling. Same Great Pod Content.Make sure you subscribe, download, rate and review wherever you get your podcasts and share with a fellow podcast lover!

Maddie and Justin return to talk Pandemmy unemployment, Justin's grandfather, 7pm "you up?" texts, potato cannons, and much more. Per usual, we get really weird almost immediately. Make sure you subscribe, download, rate and review wherever you get your podcasts! Follow along on IG and Twitter at @hctbpod, and make sure you share with a friend and fellow podcast lover!

We're back! In this episode, Justin and Maddie open up the mailbag for some listener submissions of some brutal breaks in the dating game. Plus, Justin's wife joins the show to share two of her own tales of a couple happy hours with some exceptional weirdos.  Make sure you subscribe, download, rate and review wherever you get your podcasts, and make sure you share with a friend! And make sure you follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @HCTBPod.!

We recorded this episode a while ago. It is what it is. Much has happened since, but let's be honest: you don't listen to us for the news. In this episode, we bring our patented ridiculous yelling and screaming per usual. We discuss bad bosses, condoms and much more. Tune in you'll enjoy it! As always, we can be found wherever you get your podcasts! Make sure you subscribe, rate and review, and follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @hctbpod. Thanks for tuning in and make sure you share with a friend!

WE ARE SO BACK! This week, our first guest and fellow UNH alum Sara Velardi joins us to discuss getting drinks with your ex, figuring out who "your person" is, the perils of home ownership, all things Southie, and much more! Plus, Justin and Maddie express their outlandish opinions on ridiculous topics. Per usual, it is all GOLD to listen to, and you won't be disappointed you decided to tune in. Make sure you subscribe, rate and review wherever you get your podcasts! Follow us on IG and Twitter at @hctbpod, and make sure you share with fellow podcast lovers! Thanks for tuning in!

Maddie and Justin are back WITH A VENGEANCE!!! What did we talk about? Your guess is as good as ours, but make sure you fire up the 'sode because you'll definitely enjoy our semi-coherent ramblings! Make sure you share with a friend and subscribe, rate and review wherever you get your podcasts! Visit Fat Boy Surf Club at fatboysurfclub.com and use the promo code 'CARBONARA' at checkout for 15% off! #HCTB

We are back! Maddie and Justin opened the mailbag up again and discussed some of our listeners' wildest tales from between the sheets. We say this every week, but we GUARANTEE you will not be disappointed! Visit our sponsor Fat Boy Surf Club at www.fatboysurfclub.com and use the promo code "CARBONARA" and get 20% off your order! Also, visit our friend TC on Twitter (@thatpandaaa) or Instagram (@its.that.pandaaa) and order a custom charcuterie board! Download 'sodes of the pod on Apple Podcasts, and WE ARE NOW ON SPOTIFY!!! Make sure you subscribe, download, review and rate us 5 stars, and if you really like it make sure you share with a friend! How Can This Be?!

We're back! This week, Butch and Sundance open up the mailbag to discuss tales of exes' infidelity from some of our listeners. A particularly diabolical discussion, so make sure you tune in and give it listen! Follow us on IG/Twitter at @hctbpod, and subscribe, rate and review on Apple Podcasts. Visit our sponsor Fat Boy Surf Club at www.fatboysurfclub.com and use the promo code 'CARBONARA' for 20% off some fresh merch! As always, make sure you share with a friend!

We yelled about so many things in this episode. It was an extravaganza. You won't be disappointed. Follow on Instagram/Twitter at @hctbpod. Make sure you subscribe, download, rate and review, and don't forget to share with your friends and fellow podcast lovers!

We're back! This one went off the rails early and often. We discuss a lot of nonsense. That's pretty much the gist of it. Make sure you subscribe, rate and review on Apple Podcasts. Follow us on Instagram and Twitter at @hctbpod. As always, thanks for tuning in!

On this episode, J Lang and Maddie B kick off with a major announcement that will leave ripple effects across the podcast world for years to come?! We also discuss weird dates we've been on (and how NOT to act toward someone you're interested in), Great White Buffaloes, being respectful at restaurants during the pandemic, diaper blowouts, olives, and having a gluten intolerance. Also, Justin yells about the Red Sox not keeping Mookie Betts.  Make sure to follow us on Twitter and Instagram for a special giveaway, subscribe on Apple Podcasts. Leave us a review and rate us 5 stars! And remember, stay weird!

An episode recorded on June 30th (before I went on vacation), Justin is joined by St. Joseph's College (ME) Head Men's Lacrosse Coach Bill Cosentino for a discussion on having the season cut short due to COVID, working at For-Profit Colleges (which we've both done, oddly enough), his coaching and playing career, Boats, the Lakes of Maine, plus much more! Don't forget to subscribe, download, rate and review, plus follow on Twitter/IG at @hctbpod!

Justin is joined by fellow UNH alum Maddie B to discuss dating apps, tales from our college years, jobs we grew to hate, living on the East Coast vs. the West Coast, Dad Tasks, and possums. This one was a wild ride with a lot of twists and turns. Follow the pod on Instagram and Twitter at @hctbpod. Subscribe, like, rate and review! 

Justin and John are joined by two fellow members of the basketball coaching fraternity - Bridgewater College Head Coach Steve Enright and Texas A&M Commerce Assistant Ted Rawlings - for a hilarious conversation about the trials and tribulations of coaching college hoops, whimsical tales from the recruiting trail, haunted gymnasiums, bears, our time in Providence, RI, and much, much more. You'll enjoy this one. Trust me.

Justin is joined by Kendall Green for a discussion on equality, working on being 1% better every day, and treating others how we want to be treated. #BlackLivesMatter

HCTB is back with another hot batch of Last Dancing action! Join Justin and John for some more talk about MJ swinging the lumber (both in Double A and while smoking a stogie in the locker room), BJ Armstrong getting put in his place for talking smack, 23's leadership and team-building strategies, why nobody did less with more than George Karl, and - for some reason - a lot about LaBradford Smith. We promise you'll enjoy it!Remember, we're on Apple Podcasts, so make sure you click subscribe and leave us a rate and review. Follow along on Twitter and Instagram at @hctbpod, and lets get this ship some more wind in its' sails!

The HCTB Pod is BACK WITH A VENGEANCE!!! This week we dig into some more talk about ESPN's "The Last Dance." Justin and John discuss the Dream Team, tossing some shekels around the AC Boardwalk (and while we were at it, some skins on the links), PLUS more MJ hating Isiah, which Bulls 3-Peat was better, the Evolution of Basketball, and why 1992 was not Clyde Drexler's year. Since we we recorded this bad boy on Cinco de Mayo, we were even warmly greeted mid-pod by our loving lasses with a special surprise holiday treat!Make sure you subscribe on Apple Podcasts and rate us 5 stars! Follow us on Twitter and at @hctbpod for some bonus content. We promise, you will not regret it! How Can This Be?!

Welcome to the first episode of the "How Can This Be?" Podcast! We're excited and you should be too! Join Justin and John as we discuss the first four installments of ESPN's "The Last Dance." We're talking MJ vs. Isiah, The Zen Master, Rodman's mid-season sabbatical to Vegas, and 1980's Professional Basketball in Puerto Rico, plus other general nonsense. Should be a fun ride!