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Send us Fan Mail Brad and Brendan have Amanda back on the podcast to discuss MORE house issues.  Brad and Amanda continue to have issues with their sewage.  Brendan discusses a leaky tub above his kitchen sink, and he finds that the plumber and the tub repairman are at odds on who needs to fix the problem.  And, of course,  Brad has multiple problems with his septic system right after the birth of...

Send us Fan Mail Brad and Brendan welcome Amanda back to the podcast.  There is a baby announcement and Brad and Amanda discuss their experience with the maternity health care industry as they welcome Maddie Jordan to the world.  There is discussion of a midwife, waiting rooms, and how NOT going into labor can sometimes mean more headaches for the parents.  There was an admission through the Emerg...

Send us Fan Mail Brad and Brendan have Jeremy back on the podcast.  At the beginning, Brad lets us listen to his impression of Harry Carey that has been on Rick and Bubba multiple times.  The big time radio guys love his rendition.  After that, we discuss some old time sayings and their meanings, or our versions anyway.  Jerome makes a terrible dad joke.  Brad mentions, more than 5 times, that he...

Send us Fan Mail Brad and Brendan welcome Jeremy back to the podcast to discuss sports stations breaking in on every channel to watch Aaron Judge break an American League record...not a Major League Baseball record.  We discuss this topic and other "records" of this type.  After that, we discuss the steroid era in baseball, and if steroids should be legal in baseball.  We continue discus...

Send us Fan Mail The fellas welcome Jeremy Sasser back for another episode.  They begin by revealing that Mr. Sasser was featured in the teacher spotlight at the middle school where Jeremy molds the minds of 8th graders.  Although married with 3 kids, Jeremy highlights his dog Arya in his interview, mentioning the boxer dog no less than 4 times.  Jeremy then explains that Arya has been through rig...

Send us Fan Mail On the latest episode of Idiot Sticks, Brad and Brendan discuss dreams they had around the same time.  Brad dreams that Amanda had the baby while he was at work, and she did not want to bother him with it.  Brendan dreams Jennifer had a toothpick punctured through her lip, and she was not disturbed by it.  Brad then discusses taking his kids to see Big Time Rush and surprising the...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode, Brendan and Brad discuss a few adventures that Brendan and his family have had in the summer of 2022.  Listen as Brendan discusses getting stuck on a ride at Six Flags.  Then Brendan and Brad talk about the family trip that Brendan took to Lake Logan Martin, and Brendan gets a flat tire on his boat trailer, and he has no tools to fix the flat.  Lastly, Brendan men...

Send us Fan Mail On this special fall episode, the guys start by giving out some birthday shout-outs.  Afterwards, Brendan discusses working a concession stand at Bryant-Denny stadium for a fundraiser for Ellie's soccer team.  Brendan's first mistake was being positive about a great parking space he found first thing that morning.  Just downhill from there.  The concession stand did not...

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Send us Fan Mail On this episode of Idiot Sticks, the fellas discuss some aquatic adventures they went on during honeymoons and family vacations.  Brad tries to snorkel with broken equipment.  Brendan gets certified to scuba dive in a 3ft pool for 7 minutes, and then realizes that was not a proper certification.  Brendan goes swimming with manatees, having to kayak to the manatee hole, all while l...

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Send us Fan Mail The fellas welcome Jeremy back to the show for the 2nd half of the Helen, GA trip.  The fellas are taking requests for Brad and Amanda's baby girl's name.  Send recommendations to comments@idiotstickspodcast.com. While in Helen, we decided to do some family kayaking.  As you might imagine, this did not go well.  We set off on the river in several kayaks with only 1 or 2...

Send us Fan Mail Brad and Amanda are having the gender reveal, and Brendan and family plan to be there.  Brendan gets permission to make a fool of himself for the event.  See the gender reveal video on our Facebook page.  Close your eyes if you hate fat dudes in a leotard.   Brad has to avoid CPR at a grocery store, and afterwards has to ask the cashier for his groceries back when the couple in fr...

Send us Fan Mail Brendan and Brad have been taking an annual golf trip for the past 3 years.  Listen in as we discuss the 2022 version to Detroit and Canada. This is part 2 of our golf trip to Detroit.  Brad has to buy new golf shoes because his got soaked...somehow.  Once again, Brad is awesome at golf and Brendan sucks.  We decided to try another casino on Saturday night.  We were nearly t-boned...

Send us Fan Mail Brendan and Brad have been taking an annual golf trip for the past 3 years.  Listen in as we discuss the 2022 version to Detroit and Canada.  We discuss our flights to Detroit.  We talk about our first hour when we thought we had won enough money at Keno to pay for the entire trip.  Enjoy us talking about an escape room experience and our journey to and from downtown Detroit to ta...

Send us Fan Mail The fellas begin the episode by wishing Brad's wife and Idiot Sticks star, Amanda, a Happy Birthday.  After, Brad delivers some earth shattering news.  A huge announcement for his family, the entire Sansom family, and the Idiot Sticks community.  After the big announcement, Brad and Brendan discuss Brad's travels to deliver the news to other family members.  Obviously, t...

Send us Fan Mail The fellas welcome a new guest to the podcast, a long time friend of Brendan's, Tray Ivey.  We learn about Tray's first bike and how he could ride flawlessly at age 5.  There's brief mention of the Tri-Hi Y Fry Guy, as Tray was also in the club.  Tray and Brendan discuss the time Tray's dad, in tighty whities,  caught us listening to Eazy E on the sweet stereo...

Send us Fan Mail The guys take the first big trip with the new boat.  They discuss getting it to the lake with Jax, the little navigator.  Brad forgets an important key to the boat...the key.  Brad and Brendan discuss how cold the weather and the water is during this awesome lake and boat vacation.  The kids were so desperate to get in the water, they risked their lives for a quick swim.  And as B...

Send us Fan Mail Brendan begins the episode discussing having six 9-year old girls glamping in his backyard for Evie's birthday party.  Not once, but twice, the kitchen almost caught fire.  The heaters for the freezing cold tent caused all the power in the house to go out...multiple times.  Brad later talks about how his house becomes a money pit when people visit, or someone breaks their sho...

Send us Fan Mail Brendan was the Al Bundy of the family at age 15 when his mom made him get job during Spring Break at Shoe City.  Brad was a legendary YMCA camp counselor.  We have had some interesting job experiences, to say the least.

Send us Fan Mail You've heard us discuss our boat rental experiences.  Now we talk about boat ownership.  Brendan just bought a new pontoon boat, and it went just like you would expect for a Sansom.  There were issues with the trailer, the trailer lights, the towing vehicle, and more.  Brad then talks about when he owned a boat, and broke every vessel captain rule almost killing his friend an...

Send us Fan Mail The guys welcome Keith back to the podcast.  Keith and Brad tell more stories about shoplifting, including the time Keith worked an overnight shift for Brad.  Meanwhile, Brad was at Mardi Gras in New Orleans having a ball while Keith was doing 360s holding a would-be shoplifters hair.  Keith details a story about coming out of American Pie in Montgomery and getting on an episode o...

Send us Fan Mail At the beginning of this episode, Brad details the new Idiot Sticks bumper music created for us by Brad Edgy.  Brendan discusses how he almost went to Ishihara, Japan to teach English, but his girlfriend at the time was having none of it.  Next, Brendan discusses his move to Montana, going to an interesting festival, and just winging it with a couple of buddies in Missoula.   Duri...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode, Brad and Brendan welcome Joe Adams back and introduce Keith Long to the podcast.  Brad, Keith, and Joe tell stories about their days as Loss Prevention specialists in multiple retail establishments.  Joe squares off with the Koolaid-Man and a soda machine gets demolished.  Also, Joe is recalled to court to identify some shoplifters from the past, only to discover...

Send us Fan Mail This episode, Brad and Brendan welcome Jeremy Sasser back to the show.  The guys discuss some funny restaurant mishaps.  Brendan sounds like an uppity beer snob, even though he really has no idea what he's talking about.  There's discussion about fast food restaurants and how much fun it is ordering at a drive thru.  During the last half of the podcast, the fellas recoun...