Why Are We Still Doing This?

Episode #40 is a very special RE-RELEASE of our very first Halloween edition of Why Are We Still Doing This?, recording in October of 2025. Joined by two of my best friends Kevin and Colin Moran, we talk about the history of their childhood home and the robust amount of paranormal activity over the past 50 years, hilarious Ouija board shenanigans from our youth, a spine chilling recount of coming...

In episode #39, I’m joined by Kevin and Colin Moran for our second annual Halloween episode of Why Are We Still Doing This?  We chat about the worst Halloween candies and if anyone ever found a razor blade in their peanut butter cups, memories of trick or treating from the 70s through the 90s, notable Halloween movies that made safe spaces feel unsafe, the worst “last minute” costume of all time f...

In episode 38, we explore neurotic behavior surrounding laundry and its many subtle levels between washings, ADHD hell and trying to figure out if you should shower or exercise first, outside vs. inside clothes, the extreme sport that is successfully navigating public stalls and leaving as germ free as possible, the appearance of capability vs actual capability in cars and how it ties into masculi...

In episode #37, I return to stand up comedy for one night and why there is usually something great on the other side of fear, password fatigue and why it's the reason people don’t sign up for anything anymore, having a boomer moment and falling for a scam that ultimately was sent to everyone in my workplace, navigating answering machines, car phones, and other nostalgic analog equipment, taking th...

In episode #36, we reminisce about the wonder years of stealing cable television and the infamous devices used to obtain such content, the ridiculous amount of mental energy it took as a teenage boy to enjoy watching late night scrambled television, the archaic process of ordering sports and professional wrestling pay per views, clearing your schedule in order to watch your favorite television sho...

In episode 35, I recap my very first cruise and some of the things I will never be able to unsee-including one that will live in cruise ship lore for centuries, cruise ship employees practically begging you to wash your hands before eating, why playing reggaeton at a beach should be criminalized, the need to pinpoint where we pick up illnesses while on vacation, life of a cruise ship employee and...

In episode 34, we dive into the exhaustion that is assisting the older generation in navigating the internet...and helping them understand what is and what is not reality, the danger in misinformation and why the people sharing it are still in the back of the classroom, why our relationship with MySpace was pure bliss and now we're stuck in a toxic marriage with Facebook, and why people would rath...

In episode 33, I'm joined by my friend and stand up comic Charlie Nadler. Charlie is a hilarious comic who I admire for the professionalism he puts forth in producing comedy shows in the Berkshires of Western Massachusetts. We talk about what needs to happen for a comedy show to be successful, including all the small details that the audience and, more importantly, club, restaurant, and business o...

In episode 32, I recall the greatest freak out in the history of theme park dark rides, how our offspring inherit the same fears we had as children, how brain wiring affects how people react to fear, helping your child work through fear instead of shaming them, and a bizarre encounter with a scare actor in a haunted attraction in Salem, Massachusetts. Why Are We Still Doing This? is a biweekly pod...

Remember when you could wake up and not be bombarded with information, good or bad? In Episode #31, we talk about doomscrolling immediately after opening your eyes as opposed to listening to the birds chirp, using a WAKE UP CALL and having your entire day hang in the balance of a complete stranger to get you out of bed, remembering a time of just not knowing something and not having the answer to...

In episode #30, I have the unfortunate duty of sifting through dozens of comments by grown men who argue why they should keep a foul ball at a major league baseball game instead of making a random child’s day and passing it on to them.  This is in response to a TikTok I had made about how strongly I feel that making a kids day by gifting them a foul ball at a baseball game is by far a better feeli...

Re-Release of a bonus episode, "Why We Should Still Be Doing Pride Month", first aired on June, 18th, 2025. Why Are We Still Doing This? is a biweekly podcast that can be found on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, iHeart Radio, or wherever you get your podcasts.  If you’d like to support the channel, you can do so by buying me a coffee at:buymeacoffee.com/Whyarewestilldoingthis

In Episode #29, “Why Are We Still Nostalgic For A Lawless Childhood?”, we dive into why most enjoyable activities of a 1980s childhood have an element of pain, the “Book It!” program and how many of those certificates we actually earned, being a public school teacher in the 80s and 90s and parent communication ending when you leave the building, and the lost art of “getting dressed for the day." W...

In episode #28, I'm joined by my good friend and award-winning writer, author, stand up comedian, and rapper Mr. Seth Brown.  Seth and I talk about our early days of stand up comedy in the Berkshires of Western Massachusetts, and beyond, and the difficulty of keeping an open mic going, why “surprise comedy” is the worst kind of comedy and not good for anyone, some of the most dreadful experiences...

In Episode #27, we explore scents of the 1990s that are both burned into our brain as well as our nose, major life events in our teenage years and the smells associated with such, keeping clothing items of those who have passed for a great big sensory hug when needed, smells from our past that can trigger a physical response decades later, the nostalgia of both cigarettes and marijuana and why I’d...

In episode 26, we talk about the hilarity of SMOKING SECTIONS of our youth and how cigarettes are a nostalgic scent for kids of the 80s, Marlboro Miles and how our parents generation was slowly killing themselves to earn a cool leather jacket, cigarette vending machines and how sometimes all you needed was a note from your parents to buy cigarettes, the simplicity in the advice coming from a child...

In episode 25, we’re discussing the excitement and sadness that millennials endure when buying clothing from the same place you buy a rotisserie chicken, buying food from TJMaxx why it should be studied, the disappointment of walking into an Abercrombie and Fitch in 2026 and expecting it took as it did in 2003, navigating the mall on a Friday night as a teenager in 2026 compared to 1996, competiti...

In episode #24, I'm joined by my wife, Kristen, to talk about the little bit of good, the lots of bad, and the incredibly tragic of the early days of COVID-19.  We reminisce about the amount of time we spent as a family and how we’ll never have that much time together again, educators and families both trying to survive remote learning, having to parent both our children and our parents during the...

In episode #23, we’re talking about the stranglehold that movies like Home Alone have on our childhood and our desire as parents to share our childhood classics with our children, why were all still doing kids stuff as adults and don’t even realize it, why parents need to both show up and shut up to their kids sporting events, and the abusive relationship people in the Northeast have with its beac...

In episode 22, Colin, Scott, and I touch on cigarette guy vs vaping guy…what kind of car they might drive, and how truck brands are ingrained in family lineage, mens groups and where men feel the most pressure in their lives, parents who think food, clothing, and shelter are all kids need, the dangers in finding solace in online men’s groups and why men can’t take accountability, the once attracti...

In this episode, I'm once again joined by my friends Scott Balawender and Colin Moran. We talk about how some people, including myself, have frontloaded all their good gift ideas for their spouse and why it's not really that bad of an idea, what advice we’d give to guys on their first Valentine’s Day, how gifts you give evolve over time and why the best gifts aren’t always something tangible, the...

 In part two of my conversation with Scott Balawener an Colin Moran: “Why Do We Still Think We Know Everything About Relationships", we talk about the importance of being present with our kids and why you need to stop asking them so many questions when they get home, quality time vs quantity of time with kids and cramming it all in before age 10 , the evolving role of modern dads and why they’re b...

Episode 19 is the first episode in a collection of conversations regarding all things relationships, marriages, parenting, toxic masculinity and everything else leading up to Valentines Day with my friends Colin Moran and Scott Balawender.  In this show, we revisit a point from an earlier solo podcast-why we’re not coming clean with our friends about how awful their partner is, breaking the cycle...

In episode #18, we're talking about what solidifies or confirms that two people are in a relationship...and what we thought that looked like in our teenage years, trying to be smooth and putting your arm over a girls shoulder in a movie theater when you're 14, the importance of "experience" gifts and creating memories for kids, the catastrophic reaction to being rejected by a boy or girl in high s...

In episode 17, we’re asking why we’re still doing countdowns for things in our lives and realizing we should just live in the moment, being 17 and being excited about all the things an 18 or 21 year old can do, why time seems to go by so much faster as you get older, the Northeast’s toxic relationship with winter, our generations exhaustion with parenting two generations at the same time, a downst...