High School Never Ends : A Pop-Punk Dad Podcast

For our final HSNE Collabs, we're chatting with Chris from across the pond and The Wasting Time Podcast. Chris chats with us all about their show, some cool guests they've had on, and their involvement with our favorite music festival - Four Chord! BECOME A PATRON and support the show while access to exclusive material: http://www.patreon.com/hsnepod Be sure to follow us on all social media @HSNEpod and visit http://www.hsnepod.com for official merchandise and more! Join in the conversation on our official Discord https://discord.gg/b3AdrAYURm  High School Never Ends is a part of the Dragon Wagon Radio independent podcast network.  www.dragonwagonradio.com

It's the end of the year and it's time to reflect back on all the beautiful pop-punk music we were given in 2025. In our first of several 2025 Recap episodes we're deep diving Yellowcard's first full length record since their reunion, Better Days. Huge singles, violins, some electronics, Travis Barker, Avril, Matt Skiba... we have a lot to discuss. BECOME A PATRON and support the show while access to exclusive material: http://www.patreon.com/hsnepod Be sure to follow us on all social media @HSNEpod and visit http://www.hsnepod.com for official merchandise and more! Join in the conversation on our official Discord https://discord.gg/b3AdrAYURm  High School Never Ends is a part of the Dragon Wagon Radio independent podcast network.  www.dragonwagonradio.com

In this Patreon episode, we took 10 Yellowcard songs, 10 Starting Line songs, and 4 total wild cards and did a fantasy draft with our buddies Stew and Steve Kelly. We also invited third party analysts Dr Bernie and Sam to evaluate the teams and see who came out on top! BECOME A PATRON and support the show while access to exclusive material: http://www.patreon.com/hsnepod Be sure to follow us on all social media @HSNEpod and visit http://www.hsnepod.com for official merchandise and more! Join in the conversation on our official Discord https://discord.gg/b3AdrAYURm  High School Never Ends is a part of the Dragon Wagon Radio independent podcast network.  www.dragonwagonradio.com

For our next HSNE Collabs we are chatting with Lisa from Stereo Therapy Podcast. We talk all about the local music scenes in Chicago and New Jersey and discuss the importance of mental health in the scene. Check them out @stereo.therapy! BECOME A PATRON and support the show while access to exclusive material: http://www.patreon.com/hsnepod Be sure to follow us on all social media @HSNEpod and visit http://www.hsnepod.com for official merchandise and more! Join in the conversation on our official Discord https://discord.gg/b3AdrAYURm  High School Never Ends is a part of the Dragon Wagon Radio independent podcast network.  www.dragonwagonradio.com

This month we're collabing with some awesome fellow podcasters. We're kicking things off with our friends Wiley and Steve from Playlitest. We talk all about playlists, CD-RW's, their show and more. We even created a Quintessential Pop-Punk Playlist which you can listen to! https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2d0Ec1TIJjT211rv4sgqsS?si=63d7c0d824b4451b BECOME A PATRON and support the show while access to exclusive material: http://www.patreon.com/hsnepod Be sure to follow us on all social media @HSNEpod and visit http://www.hsnepod.com for official merchandise and more! Join in the conversation on our official Discord https://discord.gg/b3AdrAYURm  High School Never Ends is a part of the Dragon Wagon Radio independent podcast network.  www.dragonwagonradio.com

In our next Rocktober episode we get to the transitionary period where Linkin Park goes from nu-metal to rock, and that's Minutes to Midnight. We bleed it out together and deep dive this 2007 banger! BECOME A PATRON and support the show while access to exclusive material: http://www.patreon.com/hsnepod Be sure to follow us on all social media @HSNEpod and visit http://www.hsnepod.com for official merchandise and more! Join in the conversation on our official Discord https://discord.gg/b3AdrAYURm  High School Never Ends is a part of the Dragon Wagon Radio independent podcast network.  www.dragonwagonradio.com

It's Rocktober and we're gonna chat a little bit about some rock bands. To kick us off we're starting with Aerosmith. This is a band Wingman Steve has been following for over 30 years and we're gonna talk about their compilation album Big Ones that covers their Permanent Vacation, Pump, and Get a Grip albums. We're joined by long time friend Jello to share his perspective on the boys from Boston. BECOME A PATRON and support the show while access to exclusive material: http://www.patreon.com/hsnepod Be sure to follow us on all social media @HSNEpod and visit http://www.hsnepod.com for official merchandise and more! Join in the conversation on our official Discord https://discord.gg/b3AdrAYURm  High School Never Ends is a part of the Dragon Wagon Radio independent podcast network.  www.dragonwagonradio.com

Unfortunately we were not able to make it to this year's Warped Tour reunion shows, but we have Warped Tour experts Aaron and Drew from The Warped Band to re-live the old Warped glory days and give us a recap of what went down this year. Check out The Warped Band at a city near you at warpedband.com!   BECOME A PATRON and support the show while access to exclusive material: http://www.patreon.com/hsnepod Be sure to follow us on all social media @HSNEpod and visit http://www.hsnepod.com for official merchandise and more! Join in the conversation on our official Discord https://discord.gg/b3AdrAYURm  High School Never Ends is a part of the Dragon Wagon Radio independent podcast network.  www.dragonwagonradio.com

It's time to put a pin in Four Chord Music Festival 11, and to do that properly, we have Rishi Bahl, the founder of the festival on to talk all about how the fest went with some behind the scenes info. Make sure to sign up for early updates for next year at www.fourchordmusicfestival.com BECOME A PATRON and support the show while access to exclusive material: http://www.patreon.com/hsnepod Be sure to follow us on all social media @HSNEpod and visit http://www.hsnepod.com for official merchandise and more! Join in the conversation on our official Discord https://discord.gg/b3AdrAYURm  High School Never Ends is a part of the Dragon Wagon Radio independent podcast network.  www.dragonwagonradio.com

It all comes down to this. We have our 3 winners from this season, Jeff, Dave and Chris facing off against each other to see who is this season's champion!  BECOME A PATRON and support the show while access to exclusive material: http://www.patreon.com/hsnepod Be sure to follow us on all social media @HSNEpod and visit http://www.hsnepod.com for official merchandise and more! Join in the conversation on our official Discord https://discord.gg/b3AdrAYURm  High School Never Ends is a part of the Dragon Wagon Radio independent podcast network.  www.dragonwagonradio.com

As we get close to wrapping up Season 3 of HSNE Jeopardy we need to find out the third person to join the elite winner's circle and advance to the championship. This week Chris, Dave and Matt face off! BECOME A PATRON and support the show while access to exclusive material: http://www.patreon.com/hsnepod Be sure to follow us on all social media @HSNEpod and visit http://www.hsnepod.com for official merchandise and more! Join in the conversation on our official Discord https://discord.gg/b3AdrAYURm  High School Never Ends is a part of the Dragon Wagon Radio independent podcast network.  www.dragonwagonradio.com

It's Game 2 of HSNE Jeopardy Season 3! Today we have Dave, Tyson and Kevin facing off to see who's got the pop-punk knowledge to advance to our championship! BECOME A PATRON and support the show while access to exclusive material: http://www.patreon.com/hsnepod Be sure to follow us on all social media @HSNEpod and visit http://www.hsnepod.com for official merchandise and more! Join in the conversation on our official Discord https://discord.gg/b3AdrAYURm  High School Never Ends is a part of the Dragon Wagon Radio independent podcast network.  www.dragonwagonradio.com

Welcome to Season 3 of HSNE Jeopardy! It's a pop-punk trivia game show modeled after the famous show - you get it. Today in our first game, Jeff, Sam and Adam square off with some fun categories! BECOME A PATRON and support the show while access to exclusive material: http://www.patreon.com/hsnepod Be sure to follow us on all social media @HSNEpod and visit http://www.hsnepod.com for official merchandise and more! Join in the conversation on our official Discord https://discord.gg/b3AdrAYURm  High School Never Ends is a part of the Dragon Wagon Radio independent podcast network.  www.dragonwagonradio.com

To wrap up our August hodgepodge, it's Chris' turn to pick an album to deep dive. He settled on Goldfinger's The Knife which is basically a pop-punk-ska supergroup of artists. PunkishDad joins in on the fun and the debate on whether Goldfinger is ska, punk, ska-punk, or something else! BECOME A PATRON and support the show while access to exclusive material: http://www.patreon.com/hsnepod Be sure to follow us on all social media @HSNEpod and visit http://www.hsnepod.com for official merchandise and more! Join in the conversation on our official Discord https://discord.gg/b3AdrAYURm  High School Never Ends is a part of the Dragon Wagon Radio independent podcast network.  www.dragonwagonradio.com

We're sneaking in another Steve Picks episode and this week it's gonna be the Mest's self-titled record. We reached out to the man himself, Tony Lovato, who gave us a few minutes for some insights into the album and then we do the full spotlight! BECOME A PATRON and support the show while access to exclusive material: http://www.patreon.com/hsnepod Be sure to follow us on all social media @HSNEpod and visit http://www.hsnepod.com for official merchandise and more! Join in the conversation on our official Discord https://discord.gg/b3AdrAYURm  High School Never Ends is a part of the Dragon Wagon Radio independent podcast network.  www.dragonwagonradio.com

Welcome to the finale of the Rankin' It Summer Showdown: The Great Debate! We are joined by friend of the show Stew and we nominate our quintessential pop-punk albums of all time and then whittle them down to a top 10. This exercise is not for the faint of heart and was not without it's challenges. Enjoy! BECOME A PATRON and support the show while access to exclusive material: http://www.patreon.com/hsnepod Be sure to follow us on all social media @HSNEpod and visit http://www.hsnepod.com for official merchandise and more! Join in the conversation on our official Discord https://discord.gg/b3AdrAYURm  High School Never Ends is a part of the Dragon Wagon Radio independent podcast network.  www.dragonwagonradio.com

We had so much fun doing a Rankin It Summer Showdown with albums from 2001 that we decided to move forward 1 full year and do it all again. If you're playing a drinking game, take a sip every time we mention how tough this was and play along! BECOME A PATRON and support the show while access to exclusive material: http://www.patreon.com/hsnepod Be sure to follow us on all social media @HSNEpod and visit http://www.hsnepod.com for official merchandise and more! Join in the conversation on our official Discord https://discord.gg/b3AdrAYURm  High School Never Ends is a part of the Dragon Wagon Radio independent podcast network.  www.dragonwagonradio.com

In our next Rankin It Summer Showdown we've compiled a list of 20 albums that came out in the year 2001 and we're rankin' 'em all from 20-1. Play along at home and see if you agree with us! BECOME A PATRON and support the show while access to exclusive material: http://www.patreon.com/hsnepod Be sure to follow us on all social media @HSNEpod and visit http://www.hsnepod.com for official merchandise and more! Join in the conversation on our official Discord https://discord.gg/b3AdrAYURm  High School Never Ends is a part of the Dragon Wagon Radio independent podcast network.  www.dragonwagonradio.com