Buckeye Dads Discuss

Episode 11 - Thanksgiving Day Plates and Taylor Swift Songs

Andy and Josh are back with another grab bag episode, and dare I say it's our best yet!  This is a double List of the Week episode, and we jump right into the first one, discussing the five items we want on our Thanksgiving day plates (2:35).  From there we move on to football (12:30), discussing the Thanksgiving games both played and unplayed and fantasy football woes.  The guys debate the merits of NFL schedule creep, before checking in with the Buckeyes and Jim Harbaugh's future (19:15). In news (35:00) we discuss an uninspired Trump, an unimpressed DeWine, and get mad about COVID, again.  Good news is on its way as Josh breaks down all the vaccine news (53:30).  Andy tells us why movies going to streaming is fine (1:08:00).  Our second List of the Week has the hosts fangirling over our top 5 favorite Taylor Swift songs (1:18:22).  Finally, we close out the show with a special guest - April joins Josh to dive deep into the HBO max movie news (1:33:00).  Enjoy!

Episode 10 - COVID Strikes Back and Top 5 Favorite Podcasts

We're back and so is COVID's grip on the state.  Andy and Josh review how Ohio is doing and discuss Governor DeWine's recent press conference.  How do we think he is doing?  We discuss Biden's COVID team, and Josh goes deeeeeeep on the Pfizer vaccine (29:00), before audible-ing to how coronavirus is ravaging college football (40:00).  We close out the show with our List of the Week - our Top 5 Favorite Podcasts (58:00).

Episode 9 - Biden is President! and our Top 5 Least Favorite Chain Restaurants

It's a new show with a new President-Elect!  Hosts Andy and Josh discuss their election week - how they watched, how it shook out, and what we think it means for America.  There was a lot of good, bad, and ugly this week, and we break it all down.  Josh takes on the Big Fry industry in our List of the Week -  our Top 5 Least Favorite Chain Restaurants (1:10:00).

Episode 8 - Fatherhood in 2020 Part 2, and Top 5 Classic Rock Bands

Episode 8 concludes our mega fatherhood podcast.  We wrap up with some topical issues families are dealing with in 2020.  Finally, we finish with our List of the Week (35:10).  We snake draft our top 5 classic rock bands, and it gets feisty.  Enjoy this podcast, and go vote if you haven't already!

Episode 7 - Fatherhood in 2020, Part 1

2020 is Year of the Dad!  In part 1 of our mega fatherhood podcast, hosts Andy and Josh reflect on what being a dad means to them.  They discuss their earliest recollections, generational differences in fatherhood, what some of their biggest challenges are, and some major hurdles their children will face.  Later this week we finish this conversation and conclude with a new twist on the List of the Week.  

Episode 6 - Grab Bag and Top 5 Favorite Characters

We're back with another grab bag episode!  We open by going around the horn on the four good sports.  We argue about LeBron versus Jordan (9:18), and wonder why ratings have been down across multiple sports during the pandemic (26:58).  In news, we briefly recap Trump having COVID and the VP debate (48:55), before moving on to the absolutely insane plot to kidnap the Michigan governor (1:01:19).  We close out the show with The List of the Week - Top 5 Favorite TV characters (1:07:12).

Episode 5 - The Politics Mega Show and Top 5 Toledo Restaurants

Andy and Josh are back for a serious discussion on the issues facing America today.  After presenting our general backgrounds and histories on politics, we give our personal perspectives on a host of issues: healthcare and how it may be impacted by the Supreme Court (26:40), climate change (47:41), guns (53:21), racial inequality and policing (1:03:59), abortion (1:33:40), and a few quick hits on other topics.  This episode gets heavy, but we hope you found it to be a worthwhile conversation.  We close the show out with a light-hearted List of the Week: Top 5 favorite Toledo food spots (1:59:51).

Episode 4 - Biden versus Trump: Presidential Debate Recap

Andy and Josh watched every second of the first presidential debate, so you don't have to.  We begin with a brief precap the hosts had before Tuesday's debate, before breaking down all of the debate insanity (10:13).  Is listening to the nation's top scientists a good idea? (36:08).  Why didn't Biden hit Trump harder on the economy? (54:00).  Why is denouncing white supremacists so hard for Trump? (1:04:07).  Should Biden debate Trump again?(1:21:38).  We cut loose in this episode, enjoy.

Episode 3 - Grab Bag and Four Movies We Like More Than You

Hosts Andy and Josh are jacks-of-all-trades in this episode!  We open with a quick update on hockey and basketball before covering the return of Big 10 football in detail.  Which four teams did we kick out of the B1G?  In news (26:40), POTUS is coming to NW Ohio, and Andy tells you everything you need to know about the Toledo airport.  Josh discusses the CDC director's comments about vaccines and masks, and we dip our toes into COVID conspiracies.  We move on to how we've managed stress and the silver linings of the pandemic (46:50), before closing with our List of the Week - Four Movies We Like More Than You (1:05:00).

Episode 2 - All Things Football and our Favorite Buckeye Moments

After a wide-ranging intro, hosts Andy and Josh delve into their love of football, including the best stories from their time at Ohio State (6:15).  They discuss their Top 5 OSU football moments of the last 15 years (46:00), provide an update on how the college offseason has progressed so far (1:06:00), and close with some brief NFL takes (1:32:00).  Buckeye fans, you won't want to miss the bonus List of the Week (1:18:00).