Qualified Nonsense

This week is another guest-less episode as the three boys talk about their weeks including Jake’s soccer marathon, kids’ birthdays, a shoulder update from Brandon, a recent change to the way kids play baseball from Matt, Brandon’s recall of the presidents, celebrities we do and don’t find attractive, advice for a younger guy romantically involved with an older married woman, Brandon’s bad JFK impr...

Joining us this week is Ryan Richardson: Navy vet, motorcycle enthusiast, Trimet operator, father, grandfather, and Brandon’s soon-to-be brother-in-law (and that’s just scratching the surface)! We talk in-depth (no pun intended) about Ryan’s time on a submarine in the Navy, his experiences driving for Trimet in Portland, why old people don’t go on crazy benders in their golden years, inexpensive t...

Right off the bat, we’re slowly rolling out new merch! Join our Patreon to get in on the first supply of some nice drink coozies we’re ordering up! As for this episode, we get into topics like urinals, strong and fancy cocktails, our listenership in Vietnam, going to a bar to lift your spirts, the taboos around dating third cousins, and more! - Send any questions or comments to: qualifiednonsense@...

No guests this week, but we have plenty to talk about. Matt and Brandon talk about their recent trip to New Orleans, Brandon dislocating his shoulder in the Crescent City, Jake finding new work while taking his family on a Spring Break trip, raptor adventures, things people romanticize that they haven’t experienced, space travel, our favorite sports, and more! - Send any questions or comments to:...

Joining us this week is Joe Harrison, co-owner of Farmers Union Coffee Roasters in Eugene, OR! Not gonna lie…there’s A LOT of coffee talk on this one, and we’re better for it! We learn about roasting methods, second crack, coffee-growing location preferences, brewing the best cup at home, transportation issues in Guatemala, and more! Plus, we tackle a couple questions on reddit related to booking...

No guest, no problem for the QN boys this week! We talk about St. Patrick’s Day traditions, corned beef vs pastrami, the transition to spring, drag queens, getting fatter in your 30s, our chip preferences, what music feels like when you’re high, and more! - Send any questions or comments to: qualifiednonsense@gmail.com and don't forget to rate, review, like and subscribe on your podcast app of cho...

The movies come to Qualified Nonsense as Mike and Moy from Evening Squire Productions join us to talk about their previous and upcoming film projects, how they came to find themselves making films, and what the film festival circuit is like. Plus, we opine about coffee, tea, and whether dumping one’s boyfriend via text is a good idea. That, and so much more! Links to Evening Squire’s projects: And...

Bees! There’s a whole lot of beekeeping talk on this episode as we welcome beekeeping hobbyist, Kevin, to the show. He shares his knowledge and passion for honeybees with us, we learn about all sorts of glands and secretions, and get some helpful tips for helping our pollinator friends if you don’t want a hive in your yard. Plus, we ponder potentially controversial Lego sets, Lego culture, alleged...

Take a trip down memory lane with us while we chat with our longtime pal, Becca! Like the oldheads we are, we reminisce about high school, first jobs, and youthful pranks. We also figure out what truly matters in life after 40, chat about astrology, and navigate how to cope with a coworker’s perpetual flatulence. Plus, we find out Becca’s favorite swear word! - Send any questions or comments to: q...

Won’t you be our neighbor? If not, that’s okay, because our guest this week is Erik Anderson, Matt’s actual neighbor! Erik is a stay-at-home dad and self-described Trekkie. We talk at length about Star Trek, changes in TV episode orders, the local ‘Buy Nothing’ scene, using the term ‘partner’ to describe spouses, things that may become illegal in the near future, book recommendations, and so much...

This week we have Peter Kincaid joining us. Peter is the founder of the Eugene Men’s Social Club and Eugene Car Club. We talk about the importance of finding community these days, Matt’s midlife crisis ‘99 Honda Civic or lifted Mazda Miata, how the internet has gotten worse in recent years, how we’ve grown socially as we’ve aged, and an awkward moment for Brandon with a New Orleans bartender. Keep...

Special Guest Alert! We have with us, Derek, colleague of Matt/hockey coach/hockey player/bon vivant. We get into topics like Derek’s guest-starring role on the TV show ‘Leverage’, Bitcoin scams, safe things that people find dangerous, and why hockey isn’t more popular in the US. Plus! We get some first-hand Tonya Harding scandal observations from Derek! - Send any questions or comments to: qualif...

Put the kids to bed, because this episode gets a little blue. In both senses of the word…scratch that, blue has more than two meanings. What we’re trying to say is that we go from talking about dirty things like private parts and move all the way to personal tragedies, realizations, and everyone’s favorite topic: 9/11. Plus, we sprinkle in some beekeeping talk and a mild debate about veganism. - S...

This week, we start things off on a geeky note by touching on topics like the LIGO Hanford Observatory, Lord of the Rings, video games, and PCs before fully devolving into matters of both the boudoir and the scatalogical. Here at Qualified Nonsense, we’re all about finding balance. - Send any questions or comments to: qualifiednonsense@gmail.com and don't forget to rate, review, like and subscribe...

For the first time ever, we at QN have a +1! Our friend and entrepreneur Eli Green, proprietor or Stumblebum Beer Company, joins us for talking shop and slingin’ shi– Reddit questions… Eli gives us the skinny on delicious beer, fry-flights, and “use it or lose it skillz”. And do we stop there?! Is a fog’s butt water-tight?!? We talk about beer nostalgia and what takes us back to a time where our l...

We're back BABY! Back with more Nonsense and decidedly less Qualified, Brandon, Jake, and Matt bring the fun discussing holiday updates before sinking head first into the nitty gritty that makes you want to come back! Subjects like "legal, but you're a jerk if you do it" and "why don't more folks target the nards?" See? Precisely what you've been longing for over our holiday break. You're welcome....

This was our live show! No edits (except songs)(...and a small set of gaps at the beginning)... but aside from that totally RAW!!! Happy end of Season 2, 2025, and hoping everyone has a good holiday and end of year. xoxo QN Team - Send any questions or comments to: qualifiednonsense@gmail.com and don't forget to rate, review, like and subscribe on your podcast app of choice! Thanks for listening!...

That's right, folks. The holidays are coming and so are we! wait... This is our penultimate episode for season 2. We discuss fun things that we've never talked about before, like being old, pulling our backs, and the general wears and tears of time itself on the fragile finite human existence. But that's not all! We talk about deal breakers for hamburgers and drunk people vs stoned people! Because...

Same old, same old. Just a few hunky guys talking about being hunks doing hunky things with lil hardware, you feel? We're closing in on the end of the season and year. Listen in. Join us for Nov 17 when we do it on a live cam... er.. live. - Send any questions or comments to: qualifiednonsense@gmail.com and don't forget to rate, review, like and subscribe on your podcast app of choice! Thanks for...

BOO! - Send any questions or comments to: qualifiednonsense@gmail.com and don't forget to rate, review, like and subscribe on your podcast app of choice! Thanks for listening! Become a Patron! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/QualifiedNonsense Socials: Instagram & TikTok: qualified_nonsense YouTube: qualifiednonsense X: @QNPodcast Hosts: Jake Wilhelmi, Matthew Ellis, and Brandon Bernhardt Musi...

Good clean fun. That's what we do. Sure it's listed as "explicit" and "for mature audiences"... and so what if we say $#*!, #@&% and #*@&$^#. We're here for a good time. And more importantly, we're here to bring the peer reviewed*, formally educated*, experts*. And frankly speaking, you're welcome. QN gets into what was rotten as a kid but pretty nice as an adult as well as getting into th...

Let's just be crystal clear out the gate: this is episode 48 but in our hearts and minds (and calendars) this was supposed to be episode 47. So the intro was for last week. Come on, most of you listen to this for free anyway, so let's just let this one go. I'll do you one better: become a Patron and we'll get Jake to read whatever you have to say on the subject of our goof up. You'll get a persona...

Short a sweet. 3 guys chit chatting nothing weird. We don't flirt with each other and anything. We're married for gods sake. Take those smutty hopes and dreams aaaaaaaaaand check out our Patreon at https://patreon.com/QualifiedNonsense . But also we talk about aging and noises we make now that we're all over 40. Oh, and we talk about flirting. But NOT WITH EACH OTHER THAT'S ON PATREON. OK - carry...

These three guys just enjoy each others' company. What a charming little show for you today. We talk about (not) being DMCA'd since, let's be honest, there aren't a lot of you. Ain't nobody losing money for having use try to sing popular songs. Then the meat and potatoes: does everyone seem more short fused? Quicker temper? Generally angrier? But our seasoned professionals of hosts pivot to keep t...

We're in the zone. The zone just after dinner and just before night night... Dinner, I guess. But also the TWILIGHT ZONE!!!! In this zone today (tonight?) we don't shy away from the dicey questions of using the c word in a fun, casual way (WARNING: do not try this at home!). Nor do we cower away from the social taboos of discussing descriptive and sometimes pejorative terms to identify race when e...