The Broadsides

EP18 Til' Death Do Us Part: Weddings

Sat, 27 Jan 2018 16:20:30 -0500

The boys talk about wacky wedding traditions; force feeding, kidnapping, scavenger hunts, and exploding pigeons abound in this very matrimonial episode of The Broadsides!

EP17, Chupa mi Folktale: Urban Legends

Sat, 23 Sep 2017 14:14:50 -0400

Andrew & Jon get together to talk about urban legends! Bunnymen, Chupacabras, Elvis, Hitler, and Poo Gators are all on the menu today. Sorry about the Poo Gators.

EP16, Major Raisin‘s Reasons: Drugs & Warfare

Sun, 23 Jul 2017 22:12:46 -0400

Andrew & Jon discuss groovy drugs and not-so-groovy wars. Andrew digs a hole, Jon almost digs it deeper, and the boys incriminate themselves. It’s a fun episode of The Broadsides!

EP15, A Hillbilly Shakespearean Tragedy: Hatfields & McCoys

Mon, 29 May 2017 13:19:51 -0400

The boys get deep into feuds of the familial variety in this VERY accurate breakdown of the rivalry that tore a rural valley apart and left America with a multitude of made-for-TV-movies. Andrew assaults children with rubber fish, Jon mourns the mailman, and we make the biggest leap to Hitler in podcast history. Air-quotes abound in this very violent episode of The Broadsides.

EP14, Yeasty Women and You: Beer

Thu, 06 Apr 2017 17:02:46 -0400

Andrew, Jon, and special guest Hoolie, discuss (and drink) beer. The history of beer, the science of beer, and the consequences of drinking beer are all lightly touched on before the conversation gets drunkenly derailed. We’re sorry this one was late, guys. We were drunk.

EP13, Itsy Bitsy Tyrants: Stalin And Mussolini

Tue, 14 Feb 2017 15:54:44 -0500

Andrew & Jon get waist deep in nationalism and tyranny. Andrew stops a shoplifter, Jon compares everything to video games, and the boys try as hard as they can to avoid saying “Trump.”

Music by Kevin MacLeod

EP12, Grapes of Wrath: New Year Traditions

Wed, 04 Jan 2017 11:11:02 -0500

Andrew & Jon get back in the saddle and start the year off right with a new episode. Andrew saves book-lovers from perverts, Jon struggles to understand Andrew’s grape hypocrisy while refusing to face his own, and the boys get day-drunk. It’s like we never left.

EP11, Playing With Your Balls: Sports

Wed, 21 Sep 2016 14:17:35 -0400

The boys get back together to have a scholarly discussion about why soccer players should be armed on the field, how to wrestle like Michael Jackson, and their lack of sexual fortitude. Andrew & Jon are back in the saddle.

EP10.5, Andrew & The Vikings

Thu, 28 Jul 2016 15:39:24 -0400

Jon moves away, Andrew takes the week off, and Jon shares a story about Viking folklore

EP10, Time to Take Your Medicine

Fri, 15 Jul 2016 13:22:24 -0400

Andrew & Jon have a brief, likely misguided, conversation about the history of medicine. We dress wounds with moldy bread, drill holes into our heads, and start a new Broadsides tradition! It’s time to take your medicine.

EP9, Getting Wet: Weather

Thu, 30 Jun 2016 14:58:12 -0400

Andrew & Jon look at weather lore, strange weather phenomena, and bad Australian accents, and then Andrew gets Jon to lose his cool. Chatting about the weather has never sounded so angry.

EP8, The Subterranean God-King: Mining

Thu, 16 Jun 2016 13:50:16 -0400

Today the boys are joined by a special guest for a very serious discussion about mining. The gang talks about nose picking, subterranean horses, the benefits of living in an underground theocratic society, and Andrew’s most non-triumphant party foul.

EP7, Destroy all Podcasts: Godzilla

Wed, 01 Jun 2016 21:35:39 -0400

Andrew & Jon discuss everyone’s favorite atomic monster. Andrew looks at the historical events that influenced the film, Jon talks about the hilarious history of its actual production, and the boys make slappy sex noises with their hands. This is a good one.

EP6, Secret Agent Man: Espionage

Wed, 18 May 2016 17:56:03 -0400

Andrew & Jon discuss subterfuge and espionage, Andrew attempts to infiltrate MI5, Jon extols the virtues of plywood as they pertain to the manufacture of submarines, and the boys contemplate signing up for CIA internships.

EP5, Tactical Nuclear Claw Machines: Weapons

Wed, 04 May 2016 17:25:29 -0400

Andrew & Jon talk about weapons, including comical claw machines, pre-industrial deathtrap submarines, and the practical military applications of chickens.

EP4, Warren G feat. MC Hickory: Presidents

Wed, 20 Apr 2016 18:06:04 -0400

Andrew & Jon talk about two PotUS’, discover how resolving legal disputes has changed and how resolving primary elections hasn’t, and Andrew admits to having been in a fight club.

EP3, Ants, Genitals, and You: Traditions

Wed, 06 Apr 2016 18:52:11 -0400

Andrew & Jon discuss traditions from around the world, including ant gloves, pink penis floats, and the time honored custom of whipping young women with sticks because you think they’re pretty.

EP2, King of the Apple Frontier: Folk Heroes

Wed, 23 Mar 2016 17:11:57 -0400

In this episode, Jon & Andrew talk about Johnny Appleseed and Davy Crockett. They have a few laughs, and probably get more than a few things wrong, but can you hold it against them? They’re not folk heroes.

EP1, Moses & Clark: Tour Guides

Thu, 10 Mar 2016 00:03:34 -0500

In this first episode, Jon & Andrew take a look at tour guides throughout history and mythology, and discover that cranky old Floridians are almost preferable to 40 years of exile and Spanish bounty hunters.

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