Rando Banter

On this week's Banter, Larry and Duff are joined by Jason Holloway. Jason and the guys discuss home brewing, Jason's Tree House Brewing influence, and how Jason got to go to a Superbowl. Larry then asks how Jason's family ended up in the Knoxville, TN area, which leads to a story about Jason's grandfather being a part of the Manhattan Project. Duff and Larry then delve into questioning about Jason...

Warning: This episode will make you want a beer! On this weeks episode, Larry and Duff welcome Austin Wright, the best 'Brutender', to talk all things beer. Austin tells of his experience with starting a hop farm with his father, the importance of high quality H2O, his award winning brewing experience, and how different types of hops, and how they're used, impact the taste of beer. We then get to...

On this week's episode, Larry and Duff start kicking around ideas on a new intro song for the podcast. Are we really going to listen to Barrett? We then go into purchases we've made with good intentions but just ended up being unused wastes of money. One of Larry's purchases included ghost hunting equipment. This leads to talk about some of the signs we have seen from beyond that can't be just pur...

On this week's episode, Rob McRell returns to banter some more about gators. Larry and Rob reminisce about the good ole days of being Disney passholders in the "Fast pass" Era and how they outsmarted the crowd and the system. Then the guys get into some future trips they are trying to plan. The guys discuss what foods and restaurants they miss from back home in Mass. The show wraps up with Rob des...

On this week's episode, Madame Zero, AKA Joanna Duff joins Larry and Duff. Larry asks her to get into more detail about the her time with the Blue Jays organization. Including her responsibilities during the MLB draft, and how she handled travel arrangements for 8 minor league team. Then Joanna reflects on a few playoff games she was able to go to during those years. We then dive into her last min...

On this week's episode we welcome Bethany Mis to the banter. We talk about the real estate market and Bethany becoming the mayor of the best neighborhood in the Tampa area. We get into the backstory of her meeting the worst Rando Banter guest to date and how he gets her to fall in love with him only to drag her back to Massachusetts. There is a happy ending though as they move back to Florida and...

For this week's Banter, Larry's wife, Megan Smith sits down with the guys. Duff shares that there are several rodents that predict if there will be 6 more weeks of winter, not just 'Punxsutawney Phil'. They discuss thier favorite live sporting events they've attended, and each give their Superbowl LVII pick. The conversation then shifts to what their career aspirations where when they were kids, a...

On this week's episode, Larry and Duff discuss some of the country music recommendations given to Larry and Megan as they requested on the New Year's Episode. Then the guys dive into Larry's comedy show booking days. Starting at the beginning, with a friendly roast, all the way to booking multiple legends on the same bill. Larry also shares a story of how he and his business partner, Justin, just...

In this Episode, Jim Cartile and Brix Soto Join Larry and Duff for some Banter! The Guys discuss working together in the Automotive industry. Then, Jim describes growing up in Michigan, then going to college at USF, and his time as a body builder, where he took 2nd place in the State of Florida. Then the guys ask Jim about his battle with addiction, different paths he was on, and Jim explains how...

On this weeks episode, Jesse Hadley joins Larry and Duff in St. Augustine, FL for some banter. They discuss their group trip to the ancient city to celebrate Duff's 40th birthday. The guys describe their experiences exploring the city including getting thrown out of the group's 2nd stop on a hunting themed pub crawl organized by Duff's wife, Joanna. Then, Jesse and Larry reminisce about growing up...

On this weeks episode, Larry and Duff welcome Ryan Roberts to the banter. The guys talk beer and whiskey recommendations as well as the proper etiquette for gifting and installing bidets. Then the guys dive into Ryan's background including learning about his former podcast and some home brewing stories from back in the day. They get into a little bit of football talk but with both The Pats and Rya...

On this week's episode Charlie Magee joins the banter to talk about his hometown of Detroit, his excitement for this years Detroit Lions team, as well as his ticket out of the city. Charlie shares some good bartending stories, including how a chance meeting and a little bit of self confidence got him to pack up everything he owned to move to St. Thomas in the US Virgin Islands. Then he shares stor...

This week's Rando Banter is a special New Year's edition. Larry and Duff have their wives Megan and Joanna join to talk about the accomplishments of 2022 as well as the rollover resolutions from last year that haven't changed for 2023. Then they all look ahead to 2023. Larry suggests a new podcast name, and they discuss new travel plans that Joanna wants to get on the books for any and every reaso...

On this week's Banter it's Christmas talk with the wives. Before kicking off the festivities, Megan vents about a rough 24 hours leading up to the recording. Then the discussion shifts to family Christmas traditions, favorite gifts ever and what's the right amount of lights and decorations. After that they discuss the best (and worst) Christmas songs, movies and why certain Christmas events should...

The wives join in on the Banter this week. Duff and Joanna tell the tale about their road trip to Athens Georgia to see their favorite artist, Hardy. They were joined on their trip by their friend, the much talked about Phil. Duff outlines his strict requirements for road trip traveling companions. Joanna details how she "fan-girled" it for the whole ride, the hours leading up to the show and duri...

On this week's episode, Larry and Duff welcome Ben Matthews to the banter. They talk about their cheap beer choices and which ones each of them avoid. After that they dive into Ben's sports team allegiances and his explanation for liking both the Celtics and the Lakers. Larry asks Ben for some advice on how to improve his golf game and Ben shares some stories from the links. Duff then leads Ben in...

On this week's episode, Larry and Duff welcome Scott Friedholm to the podcast to talk about his life in college and minor league baseball. Scott gets into some good family stories describing the constant moving during his first 15 years of coaching college baseball. He then discusses finally getting to settle down in Asheville, North Carolina where he got his first head coaching job. The guys then...

On this episode, Larry and Duff welcome long time friend, veteran and Fire Fighter Mike Barrett to the banter to catch up and relive some old memories. Barrett talks about his eventful trip to Florida this time around, and his thoughts on retirement a little down the road. Barrett then delves into his deployments during his time in the Army going to some pretty dangerous places. The guys end with...

On this special episode, Larry and Duff welcome two long time friends, Mike Daly-Larose and 'Q' Eric Quitadamo. The guys go into the way back machine to relive some early friendship memories. They then talk about each other's creative outlets and Larose's adventurous trip down to Florida to join us. After that the guys switch gears. Mike Barrett and Tiffany Daly-Larose join the conversation, as we...

On this weeks episode, Larry and Duff talk about A surprise birthday party for Duff's mom and how far is too far when it comes to planning a surprise party. Then the guys relive some of early drinking stories from younger days and how they need to get motivated to get back into shape as they were in back then. Or at least just try and stick to something for more than a week. They wrap things up by...

On this week's Banter, Larry's friend and coworker, Brix, joins in and talks shop with a few character imitations and shout outs to another fellow salesman. Brix talks about his early years growing up in South America and Larry continues to demonstrate his lack of geographical knowledge. Brix teaches us some Spanish, while Duff, seemingly trying to get recommendations to impress his wife, quizzes...

On this special episode, Larry and Duff welcome their wives Megan and Joanna to the podcast to relive the early days of each relationship and it's amazing that the girls stuck around. Joanna talks about her past athletic accomplishments and where her previous jobs have taken her and Megan talks about her West Virginia Wesleyan college days and having to challenge Larry to mature "a tad". We delve...

Andy Mis joins in on the banter this week and discusses why people from Mass are awesome but terrible at remembering names. We share our embarrassing past photos, take our beatings and Andy wonders where "Red Larry's" eyebrows went. Andy makes his case to be sponsored by Busch Light and is the self proclaimed Billy Mays of bidets. We then trade stories of visits to the doctor and how healthy/unhea...

Justin Boza joins the guys on this weeks episode and kicks off his liver's much needed Sober October. Duff and Boza educate Larry on the town of Gatlinburg, TN although Larry remains suspicious. Duff and Boza tell tales of their college days together at USF and a legendary road trip to Canada that somehow worked out as planned. Boza talks about growing up in Key West and his experiences as a music...

On this weeks banter, Rob McRell joins the guys and talks about Florida monsoons, Florida tap water and gator meat. We get local with some Masshole talk and New England sports. Duff recollects his Orlando weekend seeing the Chili Peppers and brewery hopping while Larry lays out his ground rules for Air BnB's. We also talk about how we met our significant others and find out if Rob moved to Florida...