Buckeye Dads Discuss

Episode 24 - A Father's Day Grab Bag

Hosts Andy and Josh are back in action, and we cover a lot of ground in this episode.  The guys take a while to catch up with some air travel stories and rantings about fireworks.  We switch over to cover the latest COVID updates (20:05), both in the country and the Buckeye State in particular.  It's all been leading up to this - Andy and Josh debate the pros and cons of Ohio's Vax-a-million lottery (35:42).  Next up is sports, where Andy gives us the latest news with the US men's national soccer team (1:00:52).  We discuss the latest goings on in college football and the NBA and NHL, before closing with a big picture look at what athletes do or do not owe the media and fans, in regards to the Naomi Osaka / French Open tennis story (1:16:41).  We dip our toes in the political waters (1:29:15) before closing with our List of the Week - our Top Five Favorite Father's Day gifts (1:37:30).  Enjoy!

Episode 23 - Sports Sports Sports, and Top 5 Toledo Outdoor Activities

We're back, and Andy and Josh are here to talk about sports.  After catching up, the guys jump into our first topic, the NFL draft (8:00).  We discuss the news that Aaron Rodgers wants out, Justin Fields to the Bears, and what Urban Meyer is doing in Jacksonville.  Josh and Andy trade updates on the NBA and NHL, respectively (33:45), before giving the first List of the Week, where we submit our NHL and NBA MVP ballots (45:35).  We switch gears to cover some soccer topics (57:55): European Super League, Champion's League, and the USMNT.  We take a brief detour into news (1:15:23), before closing out the show with our second List of the Week - our Top 5 Toledo Outdoor Activities (1:35:00).

Episode 22 - Falcon and the Winter Soldier Reactions, and Top 5 2021 Theatrical Releases, with April

After a bit of a hiatus, Buckeye Dads Discuss is back!  April returns to the show to share her thoughts on Marvel's Falcon and the Winter Soldier TV show.  We review the main characters' story arcs, we contextualize where this show fits in the larger MCU canon, and we look ahead to the upcoming Marvel TV and movie slate.  Max stops by to give his thoughts on the show (1:18:15), before we close out the show with our List of the Week - the top 5 movies we are anticipating seeing in the theater this year (1:20:25).  Enjoy!

Episode 21 - J&J Vaccine Pause, Police Brutality, Millennial Social Forces and Top 5 Zoo Animals

Andy and Josh are back and it's time to get serious.  We take some time to catch up but then dive in to the Johnson and Johnson vaccine pause (8:54).  Surprise surprise, we have a lot of say, and by the time you hear this, the pause has ended.  We discuss public opinion on the news, alternative options, and vaccine hesitancy here and abroad.  We shift gears and dwell on all the awful news around the police shootings that occurred this month (42:46).  Andy leads us through the Chauvin trial, and we remember Daunte Wright and Adam Toledo.  This section is emotional.  We move on to discussing a recent Ezra Klein podcast on the societal impact of boomers on millennials and the forces that affect our generation (1:17:22).  We close the show out with the List of the Week - our top five favorite zoo animals (1:46:18).  Stay safe Ohio!

Episode 20 - Random Grab Bag and Top 5 Columbus Restaurants

We are back and this episode is so random.  We open with vaccine news of a personal sort – Andy and Josh are on their way to being fully vaccinated.  We bask in the warm glow of science for a while, before moving on to a myriad of topics.  We start with the Grammys, of all things (19:00).  Andy does his best Ben Shapiro impression while Josh is left to defend the virtues of W.A.P.  Yes, that is a real sentence.  We do a 180 and transition to talking about the American Recovery Act, specifically the updates to the child tax credit (28:30).  Andy tells us what’s going on in hockey, Josh touches on basketball, but we spend a good chunk of time discussing what a return to normal looks like (41:50).  Josh seeks some advice on child punishment methods (58:00), before we bounce around to some miscellany: Biden’s solo press conference, abolishing day light savings time, and girl scout cookie power rankings (1:09:00).  We close with the List of the Week – Top 5 Columbus restaurants (1:24:00).  There are lots of stories.  Enjoy!

Episode 19 - The Social Media Episode and Top 5 Favorite Board Games

In this episode, Andy and Josh are back to discuss the omnipresence (and omnipotence?) of social media.  We start by giving a brief history on the emergence of big social media platforms, and our early experiences with them.  We move on to discuss how social media exacerbated a newsworthy incident at a local high school (15:00).  Around the 30 minute mark we step back to discuss social media as a whole, and it goes all over the place.  We try to answer some tough questions: how destructive is Facebook really?  Why do Republicans care so much about Dr. Seuss and the Potato Heads?  Why can't Josh stop dunking on people via social media?  Finally, we close with our List of the Week - our Top 5 Favorite Board Games (1:14:30).  We have runners up, stinging burns, and stories.  Have a great week!

Episode 18 - WandaVision and MCU Movie Rankings

April joins Josh to break down the hit Marvel TV show WandaVision.  Spoiler warning - go finish the show if you haven't already!  Two members of Gen Z join to discuss the show and their top 5 Marvel movies, respectively (40:00).  April and Josh reunite to enumerate the most exhaustive List of the Week yet (48:35).  We rank all 23 MCU flicks and discuss why we like (or don't!) these movies.  Check it out!

Episode 17 - News, News, News and Top 5 Celebrity Crushes

Andy and Josh are back to comfort you during this cold, awful winter.  We close out the football year by discussing the Super Bowl, the halftime show, and commercials.  Then we hit the news, hard.  We discuss fallout from January 6th (16:00), the Biden inauguration (31:00), and impeachment (39:33).  Josh gives an update on the J&J vaccine and how the country's vaccine rollout is going (52:34).  Finally, we indulge in America's favorite past time - talking about the weather and dunking on Ted Cruz (1:15:48).  In honor of Valentine's Day, we close out the show with our List of the Week - Top 5 Celebrity Crushes (1:25:20).

Episode 16 - Football is Winding Down and the Top Sporting Events We've Attended, with Zach!

We're back and we are here to talk SPORTS. Andy and Josh open with our final thoughts on the Ohio State football season, including some highlights on who is coming back next year and who is leaving.  We review the NFL championship weekend games (22:00) and give our thoughts on the upcoming Super Bowl (spoiler alert - Andy nails it and Josh didn't).  The meat of our show is the List of the Week (32:25), where special guest Zach joins the guys to discuss the best sporting events we've seen in person.  This is one of our favorite segments to date, so check it out!

Episode 15 - Wonder Woman 1984, DC, "Soul" and Favorite Disney Movies with April

Two new movies came out over the holidays, and April joins Josh to discuss them.  We start out with a review of WW1984, and then step back to critique the larger DC cinematic universe as a whole.  Spoiler alert - we're not huge fans.  We move on to reviewing the newest Pixar film "Soul" (35:06), which was thoroughly enjoyable.  The show concludes with Josh inducting a fifth movie into his Disney movie pantheon, and April giving her top 5 favorite Disney movies as our List of the Week (41:33).  Stay safe Ohio!