Buckeye Dads Discuss

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!

Episode 14 - 2020: Exists. 2021: Hold My Beer.

Andy and Josh are back together for the first time in 2021, and wow has it been a crazy year already.  We can't help but jump right into the news -  we discuss Trump's call with the Georgia Secretary of State, the Georgia senate results (14:20), and whether Trump will run again in 2024.  Then we dive in to the events of January 6^th (23:50), Trump’s insane response, 25^th Amendment versus impeachment,  and our immediate reaction to Trump being deplatformed.  Note: we recorded this two days after the insurrection, and our opinions have evolved since then.  We put a bow on 2020, talking about what we learned both about society and ourselves (1:00:00).  We wind down with a quick recap of the Buckeyes win versus Clemson, a quick peak at the title game matchup, and Harbaugh’s extension (1:12:00).  We close out this episode with our List of the Week – the Top 10 most significant events of the 21^st century (1:20:09).

Episode 13 - Bonus! Card Games and Hearthstone with Ridiculous Hat

We detour from our normal show to try something new in 2021.  Josh is flying solo in this episode to discuss one of his greatest passions: collectible card games.  After introducing the topic, his history with this genre of game, and how he's settled on Hearthstone as his game of choice, he interviews a pillar of the Hearthstone community, special guest Ridiculous Hat!  (13:50).  They discuss how they got into CCGs, review the Year of the Phoenix (31:48), and end with a lightning round (1:17:45).  Special thanks to Hat for coming on the show!  Check out his shows Coin Concede and the Vicious Syndicate Data Reaper podcast, they're great.  We'll be back in a few days with your normally scheduled programming!

Episode 12 - Winter is Coming, Top 5 Christmas Movie Characters, and Queen's Gambit

The end of the year is rapidly approaching, and hosts Andy and Josh are back with another episode.  We start by going around the horn on a variety of news topics.  We open our sports segment by talking about soccer, and the Columbus Crew's big win (34:15).  We switch to football and Andy is MAD about the Big Ten and the College Football Playoff - we break it all down.  The List of the Week is our top 5 favorite Christmas movie characters, and yes, we go there (1:07:15).  Finally, we close out the show with a spoilerific review of Queen's Gambit, a Netflix show we loved (1:24:20).