The Back Room Podcast

On this very candid behind the scenes door, we are joined by local Chicago artist, Francesca Martino. When's she's not assisting you with car repairs at Gold Coast Auto Body, Cecca loves bringing her realism to empty canvases. Something tells me we'll be seeing much more from her in the not so distant future. 

Sounded so nice we recorded it twice! This week we extorted Chicago Comedian, Tyler Fowler, to sit down with us for an hour of pure and absolute hardcore podcasting.13:00 - Pictures on The Wall 14:25 - Role Models20:08 - Andrew Fixing Stuff22:50 - Mattress Debt29:35 - Chicago Winter32:30 - The Oxford Camp Experiment 46:10 - Defining Questions 51:00 - Sampson's Queue 

After a wild heater of a gambling trip in Las Vegas, your least favorite podcast hosts are back! This week (really last week) our mics record us spitting about some buzzing topics in the Twittersphere: bad managers, Suez Canal, cities re-opening. Tune in and tune out but don't forget to like, subscribe, and leave a review!  01:20 - Bad Managers 06:30 - Worst Places for Customer Service 09:15 - The Suez Canal Conundrum 15:25 - Post Covid / Movie Theatre Experience 

March Madness is here and we couldn't be more exited! To kick off the start of The Big Dance this week, we discuss our limited knowledge of gambling and take a stab at a March Madness bracket. Best of luck to those gambling this weekend and play responsibly.  - 00:16 - Botched Intro- 02:00 - Topics Overview  - 03:35 - Betting Apps - 08:30 - Tips & Tricks - 20:25 - Rigo's Go to Bet - 24:00 - Money Line Explained by Professor Andrew Marola - 27:25 - Andrew's Go to Bets - 30:00 - THE BIG DANCE - Filling Bracket Out- 56:00 - Thank your Bookie 

Behind door #3, Trooper Randall Wells from the Illinois State Police joins us on The Back Room Podcast. Along with being a role model citizen and educator of the law, Randall channeled his hoop dreams from middle school and became an IHSA basketball referee. Join us as we discover what motivates Trooper Wells to keep our highways safe.  00:00 - Intro / Background01:10 - Football Career 03:20- Childhood Growing Up04:25- Trooper Randall Wells 08:25- Rewarding Times as a Trooper 15:10- Dog The Bounty Hunter / Cops 17:40- Traffic Stops and Best Practices 23:30- Netflix and Highway? 25:00 - Referee Wells, The Legacy Continues 31:50- Do FOP Badge / Plates get you out of tickets?! 35:00- “Everybody likes the firemen”37:30- Defining Questions 45:55- Final Thanks & Thoughts 

Behind door #2, our good friend and NBA correspondent Max Lawlor joins us to discuss this weeks buzz topics.  01:00 - Top Shot NBA NFT 08:15 - Spring Cleaning 12:35 - Elon Musk Starbase18:00 - Instagram Likes 25:00 - Defining Questions 30:45 - Holiday of the Week31:50 - Outro 

Join Rodrigo and Andrew on this special episode as they remember the inception of The Back Room Podcast. From Fortnite concerts and breakfasts food discussions to their mutual passion of making people laugh, find out what it took to get here and what'll be behind future doors. 

Behind door #1 Rodrigo and Andrew sit down with Brian 636,  a former Marine and frontier stunt rider in the Midwest. Join us as we learn about his journey through the Marine, College at DePaul University and his decision drop out of college to pursue his passion as a stunt rider.