Hardly Focused

Recapping Show Week - 5 straight days of new Hardly Focused episodes "National" days, and the fact that March 6 has five of them Becky is heavily invested in the trials of both Michelle Troconis and Hannah Gutierrez-Reed A school principal in Japan is fired and loses his pension over $3 worth of coffee Buy a Toyota, get a free 100lb bag of rice! Becky and Jack discuss the passing of Sister Wives'...

Molly McAleer gets exposed to The Acc and Jack Show! Acc and Jack were releasing podcast episodes well before podcasting was a thing Bad words that went from "you probably shouldn't say that" to "you definitely shouldn't say that" Acc recalls a lot of gas leaks when he and Jack were in the 4th grade Jack became a favorite among the local water treatment plant staff Jack's prediction from the previ...

The joy - and cringe - of low-budget commercials for local businesses Frankie and Johnny's Furniture of New Orleans, featuring the "Special Man" A movie is being made based on the "villain" from the Willy Wonka fiasco in Glasgow The Fallout series on Prime Video is essentially going to be Fallout 5 Becky has introduced Jack to gambling FOLLOW and SUBSCRIBE to Hardly Focused! https://linktr.ee/hard...

Fro brought his daughter over for the show Jack urges Fro to keep his daughter away from the Rugrats CGI reboot Hot off the heels of the Nintendo Switch's 7th birthday, Jack and Fro discuss the Pokémon games, both new and old Jack used TouchTunes to disrupt a blue collar establishment's mix of country music with pop punk and Britpop jams Fro lost his wallet in an IMAX theater Using the restroom at...

The MySpace Top 8, or how to cause a rift amongst friends in 2006 Dissecting the "immersive"-turned-disastrous Willy Wonka event in Glasgow, from AI-generated scripts to meth-cooking Oompa Loompas Nate versus the self-checkout machine at the supermarket FOLLOW and SUBSCRIBE to Hardly Focused! https://linktr.ee/hardlyfocused Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Molly McAleer (Trend Lightly, Mother, May I Sleep with Podcast?) joins Jack and Zach for this Leap Day installment of Hardly Focused! Coming soon! Jack and Molly's episode of MMISWP, where they and Becky discuss the Lifetime film Gone Mom: The Disappearance of Jennifer Dulos Warner Bros. is shelving potentially great, already-completed films like Batgirl and Coyote vs. Acme Wendy's angers everyone...

Jack is still having a good time on Threads. Follow Hardly Focused there! Becky feels bad for the lobsters in the tanks at the supermarket Taylor Swift is in Australia, or so her jet tracker claims Taylor felt "lonely" during the pandemic, despite being quarantined with Joe Alwyn Becky and Jack try to decipher the track list to The Tortured Poets Department Love is Blind contestant Chelsea Blackwe...

Only trust weather reports from Frankie MacDonald, from his own TV station Remember when Lunchables came with soda? Did The Simpsons really need to recast their minority characters? Super Bowl LVIII, from President Biden trolling everyone on social media to Travis Kelce yelling at Andy Reid Forgive Joe Biden; he's old and overcame a stutter New Hampshire resident Rick Hebbard fires a verbal salvo...

"Sex before marriage? PREPARE TO DIE!" Recapping the 2024 Grammy Awards; from Tracy Chapman's mind-blowing performing with Luke Combs, to Annie Lennox's tribute to Sinead O'Connor, plus the difference between Record of the Year and Album of the Year. Killer Mike wins a bunch of Grammys, only to be arrested for misdemeanor battery. After being fired from the cast almost immediately upon being hired...

(0:00) True to the name of this podcast, this episode is all over the place. ADHD is real, kids! (4:00) A "diaper spa" in Atkinson, New Hampshire catering to adult baby/diaper lovers is causing controversy among residents (35:00) Jack and Zach talk about anything and everything with Tucker Lindgren, including living in New England, cats, and Palworld (1:34:00) Joy Reid swears into a hot mic during...

"Do you like hot fudge sundaes?" Tay Zonday versus Rick Astley, or a case study in going viral In hindsight, Rockstar Games fumbled the trailer for Grand Theft Auto VI Zach prefers unrealistic, cartoony video games A Colorado pastor launches a crypto scam because the Lord told him to FOLLOW and SUBSCRIBE to Hardly Focused! https://linktr.ee/hardlyfocused Learn more about your ad choices. Visit meg...

Jack Gill presents: "How to Pronounce 'Barry Keoghan'" Jack and Becky watched Saltburn, while Mike finally saw Barbie People - or rather, a certain type of people - really didn't like this podcast's latest TikTok video about Aaron Rodgers and Jimmy Kimmel The 2024 Emmys, from Better Call Saul winning absolutely nothing to The Bear winning everything Lindsay Lohan and her father are upset about a "...

Most of this episode is spent discussing the feud between Aaron Rodgers and Jimmy Kimmel Jack finally owns a Hullabalooza shirt from The Simpsons Chris Christie drops out of the 2024 presidential race Acc and Jack check in on the live GOP debate between Ron DeSantis and Nikki Haley Blue checkmarks on social media mean absolutely nothing now Jo Koy's monologue at the Golden Globes was a disaster FO...

In this festive installment of Hardly Focused, Jack and Becky kick off 2024 with predictions, anticipations, rants and debates, and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's the final episode of Hardly Focused for 2023! Jack, Zach, and Becky discuss side hustles, Gypsy Rose Blanchard, and lots more. Kicking off this episode with some candy-flavored, and banana bread-flavored alcohol Jack embarrassed Becky at Buffalo Wild Wings Zach and Becky debate over several things - Dots candy, Cheez-Its, the state of California, and more The University of Wisconsin chancello...

Acc and Jack welcome back Fro, who's enjoying newfound parenthood Acc doesn't want to re-subscribe to World of Warcraft, but he's going to do it anyway Is The Day Before the biggest disaster in video game history? In honor of the 617th episode of this podcast, Jack discusses the legacy - and supposed decline of - Boston's own candlepin bowling Preserving media and former landscapes - are these jus...

101.7 WFNX was an independently-owned alternative rock radio station in Boston from 1983-2012. Chris "Charlie" Padgett hosted The Sandbox morning show on WFNX from 2007-2010. While working at rival station WAAF, Jack would listen to Chris' show while screening phone calls for their morning drive competitor. Chris shares stories about The Sandbox and WFNX, including his "epiphany moment" following...

Molly McAleer (Trend Lightly, Mother, May I Sleep with Podcast?) joins Jack and Becky for an all-nighter Becky is in full-blown "Jessica" mode Couples who pretend not to know each other in public Jack tells Molly about the Pokémon engagement ring he bought for his ex Discord isn't a fun place The Grand Theft Auto VI trailer has completely diverted Jack's attention Taylor Swift is too perfect; she...

Colgate Beef Lasagna is a lie?! Spotify Wrapped 2023 has everybody talking - and crying Henry Kissinger dies, the news of which breaks during this episode's recording Nickelodeon's Doug had quite the soundtrack Robert DeNiro gets angrily vocal at the Gotham Awards The Game Awards will tighten security following stage-crashing incidents FOLLOW THIS PODCAST! https://linktr.ee/hardlyfocused Learn mor...

Growing up in the 90s with the "golden age" of Cartoon Network The Walking Dead: Destinies is a new contender for "Worst Game of 2023" Kellanova is releasing Thanksgiving-flavored Pop Tarts Frontier Airlines provides not one, but two airplane freakouts within days of each other! MrBeast buries himself alive for 7 days, but for what reason? FOLLOW and SUBSCRIBE! https://linktr.ee/hardlyfocused Lear...

Follow Hardly Focused on TikTok! Marvel films should not require watching several television shows to understand the story Retail giants are shifting away from self-checkout machines Can anal beads be used to cheat at chess? It's time for New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick to go An arrest has been made in connection with the horrifying death of hockey player Adam Johnson FOLLOW and SUBSCRIB...

Jack Gill and Nicole Mossey discuss and review track-by-track The Gaslight Anthem's long-awaited reunion album History Books! FOLLOW and SUBSCRIBE to HARDLY FOCUSED! https://linktr.ee/hardlyfocused Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jack, Nate, and Becky review the new blink-182 album One More Time... track-by-track! There I Ruined It made a phenomenal AI-generated Johnny Cash-Taylor Swift cover The Beatles release their "final" song, "Now and Then" FOLLOW and SUBSCRIBE! https://linktr.ee/hardlyfocused Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

DOTS, the most controversial candy of all time Jack is not heir to a massive pencil empire, it seems Personal experiences with the paranormal Becky is not a fan of Halloween fun Goosebumps and Are You Afraid of the Dark were the occasional stuff of nightmares McKamey Manor, a haunted house with a laundry list of requirements for entry "Frankie Teardrop" by Suicide, the happiest song ever composed...

Elaine Chaney from the podcast Wait, Whaaat Are You Watching joins Jack and Zach! When he's not proving that UFOs exist, Tom DeLonge releases some of the best music of his career on blink-182's new album One More Time Horror films and television shows aimed at children are actually pretty terrifying Is Skull Island: Rise of Kong the worst video game of 2023? Britney Spears reveals that she was pre...