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Your #1 spot for Mid-West wisdom! Join RJ and friends as we have some real conversations and all become Better Buddies.
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This week the Buddies discuss beliefs that may or may not be justified, good anime, good books adapted into good movies, philosophy and its application to powerful people, and went over some of our favorite Chuck Norris jokes in memory of one of the icons of action heroes. Share with a friend! Contact us: Facebook Instagram Email Youtube Recommendations: Jojo's Bizarre Adventure (anime), Delicious in Dungeon (anime), Emma (book by Jane Austen), Epoch Philosophy (Youtube Channel)
This week the Buddies discuss fun, favorite, and unusual food combos, old tv shows, new video games, which spouse to be buried next to if you're a widow. Share with a friend! Contact us: Facebook Instagram Youtube Email Recommendation: Welcome to Pawnee (2024 book by Jim O'Heir), K Pop Demon Hunters (2025 movie), Slay the Spire II (2026 video game)
This week the Buddies discuss what current trends will be laughed at in 20 years, diet culture, Greek myths, Irish religious texts, what Pokemon you could eat, and how to ask someone out at the gym. Share with a friend! Contact us: Facebook Instagram Email Youtube Recommendations: Circe (Book by Madeline Miller), Book of Kells (book by Irish monks), Secret of Kells (movie), Pokemon Edibility panel at Anime Milwaukee (live panel)
This week the Buddies discuss their Pyrrhic victories, what a Pyrrhic victory actually is, Pyrrhic poetry measurement, some moments of learning, stories within stories, compare and contrast fantasy romance stories, and the appropriate amount of hobby overlap with a significant other. Share with a friend! Contact us: Facebook Instagram Email Youtube Recommendations: The Starless Sea (book by Erin Morgenstern), Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries (book by Heather Fawcett)
This week the Buddies discuss amazing slow motion videos, throwing bricks, video game speed running, the myth of Achilles, our shower product process, eating oranges in the shower, how to react to someone trying to start a fight, and the proper use of sinks. Share with a friend! Contact us: Facebook Instagram Email Youtube Recommendations: Song of Achilles (2011 book by Madeline Miller), bewildebeest (Youtube Speedrunner), Pokemon Firered and Leafgreen (Gameboy advance game rereleased on the Switch 1 and 2)
This week the Buddies discuss Intelligence vs Wisdom, Bruce Willis' hairline, cozy murders, sexist sayings, letting go of resentment, and what qualifies as a chick flick. Share with a friend!   Contact Us: Facebook Instagram Email Youtube Recommendations: The Man Who Died Twice (book by Richard Osman), Death Becomes Her (1992 movie), The Boys (tv show)
This week the Buddies ask what famous people have done the most good for the world, come to the realization that Punxsutawney Phil is an American God, talk about some novels, and dig into one of the biggest current events: The Epstein Files. Oh, and we recommend a watch order for the Marvel movies. Share with a friend! Contact Us: Facebook Instagram Email Youtube Recommendations: Champagne (the alcohol, drink responsibly) Origin - book by Dan Brown, Wild Dark Shore - book by Charlotte McConaghy, Anything about the Epstein Files - government documents, read at own risk
This week the Buddies discuss what they think they're experts in (but really aren't), good band names, the idea of personhood and bad art being key, modern haircutting experiences, the right number of donuts for a meal, and if we believe in ghosts. Share with a friend! Contact Us: Facebook Instagram Youtube Email Recommendations: Staring at the Sun (album by Hotel Fiction), the concept of what it means to be a person (philosophical topic), The Alloy of Law (book by Brandon Sanderson)
This week the Buddies discuss what technology they want to see in their lifetimes, a social movement to explore and clean up the Earth, how 2016 was the best time for video games, tips for finding a career you can stick with, and the interaction between dating and hobbies. Share with a friend! Contact us: Facebook Instagram Email Youtube Recommendations: Rental Family (movie, 2025), Star of Providence (video game, 2017), Inferno (book by Dan Brown 2013)
This week the Buddies discuss the hot new meme trend for 2026, semi-hard near-future science fiction, a Facebook Reel that itched a spot in the brain, hard fantasy, when to talk about money in your relationship, and a movie that made you stop and think afterwards. Share with a friend! Contact us: Facebook Instagram Email Youtube Recommendations: Leviathan Wakes (Book 2, 2011, James S.A. Corey), Micro rec: A Facebook Reel, Asanebo Restaurant (Gummy Time), The Witcher: Baptism of Fire (Andrzej Sapkowski)
This week the Buddies discuss ways to train people to understand nuance, Zen and Buddhist philosophy, how to handle the passage of time in a fandom, silly fun anime, and the generational difference in men being platonically physical with each other. Share with a friend! Contact us: Facebook Instagram Email Youtube Recommendations: The Seven and a Half Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle (book), Technotopia (video game), Jojo's Bizarre Adventure (anime)
This week the Buddies talk about their rebellious sides, challenge beliefs, and discuss Nick Offerman. We also give advice on blankets, towels, and paying for lunch. Share with a friend! Contact us: Facebook Instagram Email Youtube Recommendations: Where the Deer and the Antelope Play (book 2021), Magic The Gathering (specifically casual Commander format, game), The Lost Symbol (book, 2009)
Episode 322: New Old Days

Episode 322: New Old Days

2026-01-0201:02:38

This week the Buddies discuss toaster pastries, Groundhog's Day, their plans for the new year, a wide variety of media tastes, encouraging men to work in education and childcare, and sudden urges. Share with a friend! Contact us: Facebook Instagram Email Youtube Recommendations: BLT (the sandwich), Catbus Collective (jazz ensemble band), Radical Acceptance: Embracing Your Life With the Heart of a Buddha (book), Donut County (video game) 
This week the Buddies discuss important moments that defined them, their favorite holiday magic movies, buying toys for men, and reading spicy books. Share with a friend! And happy holidays! Contact us: Facebook Instagram Email Youtube Recommendations: Klaus (movie), Dogpile (video game), Emmet Otter's Jugband Christmas (movie), Cameron Cortinas (Instagrammer)
This week the Buddies discuss childhood things current children won't get to experience, post-apocalyptic theme parks, great albums of the year, rom coms, and unorthodox ways to describe being a pediatric heart surgeon. Share with a friend! Contact Us: Facebook Instagram Email Youtube Recommendations: SABLE,FABLE by Bon Iver (album), Never enough by Turnstile (album), Everybody Scream by Florence+The Machine (album), Cabin in the Sky by De La Soul (album), Getting Killed by Geese (album), K-Pop Demon Hunters Soundtrack (album), Assistant to the Villain (book), Lovely Complex (slice of life romcom anime), Slay the Spire (video game)
This week the Buddies discuss their old people habits, an army of lumberjack husbands, unreliable narrator creepy stories, Norse mythology, and the loss of culture to history. Share with a friend! Contact us: Facebook Instagram Email Youtube Recommendations: Smiling Friends season 3 (show), The Witch's Heart (book), Tales from the Gas Station by Jack Townsend (book series)
This week the Buddies have no secondary motive asking if it's better to know when you would die, talk about their bucket lists, biographies, video games, telling your friends that you love them, and being emotionally vulnerable. Share with a friend! Contact us: Facebook Instagram Email Youtube Recommendations: Yes Please by Amy Poehler (audio book), Stardew Valley (video game), RV There Yet? (video game)
This week the Buddies discuss what they buy more of than most people, embarrassing stories from growing up, Parks and Recreation, AI, and how to know where the men's room is. Share with a friend! Contact us: Facebook Instagram Email Youtube Recommendations: Hazbin Hotel Season 2 (show), So Close To Being The Sh*t Ya'll Don't Even Know by Retta (book)
This week the Buddies discuss the things they're sick of hearing about, the webcomic meme format known as Loss, the movie Alien, Sherlock Holmes, and how many people try to scale Mount Everest in a year. Share with a friend! Contact us: Facebook Instagram Email Youtube Recommendations: Minecraft Datapacks (modding), Alien (1979 movie), Sherlock Holmes & Count Dracula: The First of the Classified Dossier Series (2021 book)
This week the Buddies discuss the most useful things their parents taught them, learning to drive, Red Dragon Inn, Neil Gaiman, and how to help your parents as a responsible adult son. Share with a friend! Contact us: Facebook Instagram Email Youtube Recommendations: Red Dragon Inn (board game), Good Omens Season 2 (TV show), Ender's Game (book by Orson Scott Card)
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