Andy's Things and Stuff

Back in 2015, when Tasha and I were doing the old morning show, Patrick Sayegh contacted us about something we were talking about. He is a resident of Paris, France but had recently returned home from a two year stint in Brookings to help build a cheese factory. He listened to us a little bit on his brief commutes to work. When he got home he started listening to our whole show in his office. We h...

Andy Hanson is a dad, a husband, an Army Guard Officer, and a garbage man. He is one of my favorite people to talk to because he never has nothing to talk about. He captures crazy stuff he finds on his garbage route on Snapchat, has a passion for shooting and hunting, and history. The best part of this episode was talking about the Battle of Slim Buttes in Harding County, South Dakota, not long af...

I'm back, sort of. I haven't posted a show in about a month and I'm sorry about that. But there is a good explanation as to why.

Jared Stepp is from the Salt Lake City area, he's a cop, a shooter, an instructor ( his company Waypoint Training ), and a pretty funny dude. We talked about cop stories, shooting stuff, and Jared's mission to get cops better at shooting so they are ready for it when they need it someday. We also talk bourbon and how wonderful it is. SIOUX FALLS SHOOTING can help you learn to shoot, get better at...

Corey Howard is a husband, father, and personal trainer. He is the owner of Results Personal Training in Sioux Falls, and the online personal training site Reversing The Trend . I met Corey through shooting and he is a wealth of knowledge on doing smarter things to improve your health through fitness and simple changes to diet. We also talked shooting and training, then more fitness, then more sho...

Diann Hofer has been on the show in the past. She is a welder and an avid content creator on TikTok. She was also a high school intern for me at the radio station back in the day. We had so much fun catching up and goofing off, there are a lot of laughs in this episode. SIOUX FALLS SHOOTING can help you learn to shoot, get better at shooting, or get your South Dakota Enhanced Carry Permit, and you...

Patrick Sayegh is actually French and actually lives in Paris. He is an engineer, a podcaster, a world traveler, worked on the BabyBel plant in Brookings, and a really fun and intelligent dude to chat with. We had so much fun and only drank coffee! Topics include: how he went from Paris to Brookings, listening to Tash and me on the internet, cheese is good and Americans are soft on good cheese, sp...

Jonny V worked with me in radio for 14 years. He's a stay-at-home dad, and still doing radio part-time in Washington. We talked about all the trials and tribulations we went through working together back in the day, and also the many good times. It was a blast catching up with an old friend. SIOUX FALLS SHOOTING can help you learn to shoot, get better at shooting, or get your South Dakota Enhanced...

AJ Schable is a husband, dad, hunter, and firefighter. He is also a University of South Dakota Football Hall of Famer, and played in the NFL. I've known AJ since he and his wife (my cousin, Casie) got together. Despite spending four days hunting in the Black Hills a few years back, I had not heard all of the stories he had on this episode. This is one of my favorite episodes, hope you enjoy it! SI...

Tyler Meester is a good friend of mine, he's a dad, a husband, a car geek, and a terrible texter. We tried out some of the new Traveller whiskey, which is a collaboration by Buffalo Trace and Chris Stapleton. We had a lot of fun and a lot of laughs. Here is the picture mentioned in the episode . SIOUX FALLS SHOOTING can help you learn to shoot, get better at shooting, or get your South Dakota Enha...

This week is a little different. I wanted to introduce you all to my new podcast, "Not Another Shooting Show" that I started doing with my buddy, Jeff King. It's a podcast about shooting, but we do it in a similar style to my old morning radio show. We're having a good time so far and I bet you get a few laughs out of it. I hope you enjoy it. SIOUX FALLS SHOOTING can help you learn to shoot, get b...

Toby Tooke is a Montana native with a family history of bucking broncos. Such a unique history, h e helped produce a documentary ( Feek's Vision ) about his great great great grandfather, who bred and developed the modern bucking broncos that are a part of rodeos today. Toby is also a college radio buddy and we had a good time having a few beers, bourbons, and laughs. SIOUX FALLS SHOOTING can help...

Ben Temple is a husband and father of three. He is a CPA and recently became the CFO of Heiman Fire. We talked about finding crime in a company's books, two memorable hunts we went on together, going on a cruise with his wife, children, AND mother-in-law (???), playing high school football with a future NFL star, and lots more. We drank Calumet Farms Bull Lea 10-year bourbon. SIOUX FALLS SHOOTING...

Merry Christmas! My daughter Jackie is back on the podcast for the second straight Messy Christmas Special! We chat for a bit, tell a few stories, then play a couple of Christmas songs. It was a lot of fun, we hope you enjoy it and that you and your friends and family have a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! SIOUX FALLS SHOOTING can help you learn to shoot, get better at shooting, or get your So...

Dan Buresh of Madison, SD is an avid hunter I've had on the podcast previously. He's back to share the tale of his Montana Elk Hunt, a little bit about being a volunteer firefighter, and we talk about the negatives and myths of the hunting world. Here's the pic mentioned in the episode of his droptine buck . SIOUX FALLS SHOOTING can help you learn to shoot, get better at shooting, or get your Sout...

Ryan McConnell is a funny dude. He's a father of twins, a husband, a jewelry designer and proprietor, and a seller of Subarus. He is also a giant nerd who owns some impressive memorabilia, the list of which was interesting. He also is a co-host of the Lunch Box Podcast . SIOUX FALLS SHOOTING can help you learn to shoot, get better at shooting, or get your South Dakota Enhanced Carry Permit, and yo...

Jeff King is the co-owner of Apex Combat Academy, a martial arts gym in Omaha. He's a competitive shooter, a world traveler, and a fairly interesting guy to talk to. We talked about the stress of starting a business and how it changed him, we talked about what he gets out of seeing a therapist and why I haven't, and how we both suddenly lost a parent. There's a lot of laughs and a lot of heart in...

Jeremy Anacker is a husband, father, and giant late-in-life hunting nerd. We talked about the frustrations of the 2023 South Dakota deer season, hunting in general, beer and whiskey, and my first tattoo. And Jeremy got me to cry. We laughed a lot and had a blast! Click here to see the photo of my dad’s 1974 hunting license. Click here to see the stamps on the back of the license. SIOUX FALLS SHOOT...

Tom Nelson has been podcasting since 2008, before most people had heard of a podcast. He is the host of the PARAcast , a show mostly about shooting, and never about ghosts. He has worked for UPS for 23 years delivering packages and driving massive tractor trailers, and has an encyclopedic brain when it comes to guns, the history of special operations, and French pop rock. Paracast on YouTube . SIO...

Matt Howard is the owner of the Matt Howard Farmers Insurance Agency in Sioux Falls, a husband, father of six daughters, and a grandfather. We met driving school bus and, as we talk about in the episode, we like it a lot. We also like bourbon and tequila and he brought some good stuff over. SIOUX FALLS SHOOTING can help you learn to shoot, get better at shooting, or get your South Dakota Enhanced...

Jona Leo is a husband, father, 4-time world bench press champion, 6-time national champion, 5-time world record holder , and the owner of Liberty Barbell , a local gym with a different business model. Jona is a great story teller and we had a good time and a lot of laughs! SIOUX FALLS SHOOTING can help you learn to shoot, get better at shooting, or get your South Dakota Enhanced Carry Permit, and...

Brandon Spinner is a meteorologist at WCPO in Cincinnati, but you would likely remember him from his days at KDLT in Sioux Falls. But the reason I'm having him on this week is because of his podcast, Barrels and Barrels , a podcast about bourbon and baseball. I'm a new hobbyist when it comes to whiskey, but Brandon is a giant nerd for it and I learned so much. We also talk about the difference in...

Bert Shoumaker is a cop, a husband and father, and one of my buddies I met in shooting. We talk shooting quite a bit, and Bert tells some more hilarious stories from his work as a police officer. We had a lot of fun! SIOUX FALLS SHOOTING can help you learn to shoot, get better at shooting, or get your South Dakota Enhanced Carry Permit, and you will have fun in the process. Check out Andy’s classe...

Brad "Murdoc" Jurgenson is the president of The Homeslice Group , a company with it's fingers in marketing, radio, media, live event production, and artist management. He's also a podcaster, hosting his Dakota Town Hall and the Book of Murdoc. I met him at Black Hills State University over 20 years ago at the college radio station. We talk about how he got fired from college radio, what's wrong wi...

This episode is hilarious and intense. Andy Hanson is an intense guy and I love hanging out with him. I met Andy back in 2016 when he was running Gunway and had me out to the store to teach classes and helped me get my business going. He has served in the South Dakota National Guard for over 20 years, is a GWOT veteran having served in Iraq and Afghanistan, and he is a husband and father. He was a...