Here's A Guy

When doing a podcast, it's your obligation to the audience to every now and then do an episode that's just completely bonkers. Here at Here's a Guy, we felt that things had been getting (relatively- and I emphasize that word strongly) far too normal on this show. Well, this week should change that. This week, we've got thrills. We've got chills. We've got...JackJohn giving...

Hello world, and welcome to another fun, fun episode of Here's a Guy. That's how I introduce each episode, including this one. Sort of a catchphrase, if you will. The goal was always to find a catchphrase. but rather than something clever or inventive, it wound up just being some thing I say to no consequence. Fitting for how we do things, admittedly. The charitable interpretation is to ca...

It's starting to feel like Spring. It's chilly, but not in the same way that fall is chilly, you know? Like, it's not crisp. What air quality is that? Is it a physics thing? I don't know anything about anything. And that's why we do this podcast. It's Episode 68, so I now know 68 things. But also, it's rainy, and things look green. St. Patrick's Day is tomorrow. Here's a free viral tweet for anyon...

Well well well, lookie here. 67 episodes in and the guys finally decide to do something different. With multiple weeks off lately, Cody and Alex decide to treat you all with our first ever bonus episode! And we really hope you're happy. Listens had better be up on this, because we put ourselves through hell and then relived it for your amusement. If that doesn't make up for the crappy audio on a f...

Well everybody, we did it. We survived another winter. It's finally spring! Sort of anyway. Scientifically it's not. That won't happen for another however-many-weeks. And don't even get me started on the opinions of the loathsome groundhog. Here's the thing though- I don't subscribe to the "technical" "scientific" ideas of what the seasons are. That's all neoliberal bullshit. I go by months. Decem...

The audio is bad. But our friend Mitch, he's very good. Thankfully for you all, Mitch happens to be on the show this week. He does a great new podcast called The Hills are Silent. There, they talk about video games. Here, we talk about total lunatics and other misfortunes. This week, we have both- and how! And no, I'm not just talking about the crackling. I haven't been able to defeat this issue,...

Ah, history. That thing with no important lessons for us to learn. Many topics have been the subject of history throughout history. In fact, I'd venture to guess that there is history of history. That's what the kids (middle-aged adults) call "meta." And that's fun. Maybe there's a history of things being meta! Terrific. Maybe this show will be part of history someday. Ordinarily, you'd think no,...

Let's start with this: it is so cold out side. Terribly cold. As if the air is punishing you for some transgression. I just took my trash out and it hurt. My tolerance for this is running low. Sometimes I wonder about living in a warm climate. But where would I move? Florida? Texas? Arizona? Those places all have tremendous problems. For that matter, I hate moving. Realistically I have too much cr...

I don't have a lot of energy to come up with a clever, meandering episode description like usual. It's been a long week and I have heartburn because I ate red beans & rice for dinner. It was pretty good at least. Sauteed some slices of andouille and threw them in there. Added some homemade hot sauce. Good stuff on a cold wintery night. But bad for my esophagus, apparently. When I was a kid I t...

Well, we're officially entering the worst time of the year. Late winter, you're sick of the cold. We aren't even getting any snow. It's all just cold and rain. It feels like I'm living in The Ring. Although I think "living in The Ring" just means living in the Pacific Northwest. A torturous existence. Among the most beautiful natural scenery on the continent and you only get to enjoy it for a litt...

Rise and shine, everyone. It's a lovely morning and the coffee is brewing, as they say. Also, literally, depending on your lifestyle. It is for me. I've wondered about cutting out caffeine. One one hand, I need it to make my brain start functioning in the morning. On the other hand, the tradeoff is that it makes me irritable during my morning commute, a time when my patience is already being sever...

Howdy ho, everyone! (that's what the talking doo doo in South Park says) This week is a little different. It's a two-man operation. In particular, it's the only combination of two hosts that we haven't done yet. I know you had all been losing sleep, pulling your hair out, hitting yourself in the head with a mallet while your tongue unrolled onto the door like a carpet, etc etc, wondering when you'...

Well, Christmas is over, and we're in perhaps the sleepiest week of the year. But fear not, as we here at Here's a Guy are still basking in the afterglow, and bring you a toasty new episode for your enjoyment. First of all, thank you to Cody for the PSA up top. This show cares about our youth and want to do our part to keep them from going down the wrong path. As for the sweet, succulent meat of t...

Hear those sleigh bells jing-alin', ring-ting-tingaling too, come on it's lovely weather for Here's a Guy together with you! That's the best I've got this morning. It barely holds together logically, and for that matter the premise is questionable, because the weather is actually about to get quite bad. Oh, and on that note, let me just say, we have a winter storm rolling in the next couple days,...

Lordy lordy, we are back from our brief vacation to bring you some fresh Here's a Guy content. And fresh it is indeed, because two of our guys probably smelled bad, and the other is a crime mystery where something "stinks to high heaven," as it were. If this description isn't as good as usual, it's because I'm writing it in the morning with only partial caffeination. My audio recording had the scr...

The holiday season is upon us, and we at Here's a Guy are getting into the spirit with an eventful episode. Sorry I couldn't come up with a better play on words than that, I'm pretty tired. Probably the tryptophan from all the turkey I ate last week, right? Not a very timely gag. Also, I'm not sure if that's even true. Everyone shares their little smartypants studies now about how the tryptophan t...

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone. What a great holiday. All about getting together with loved ones and stuffing your face until it causes you physical discomfort. A perfect day, unless you hate your family or have self-respect. Thankfully, neither of those are the case for the hosts of this show, who are here our very first Thanksgiving episode. We first celebrate with an overstuffed opening segment,...

Here we are, Episode 54. 54. 54. Surely there's some riff material I can get out of the number 54. See, the problem is, usually I write these things late at night as you can probably tell, but this time I'm writing it at like 8:30 in the morning. I'm far too clear-headed. Alright, I googled the significance of the number 54 and here's what I got: "54 is a unique number, as it carries the vibration...

Folks, I'd like you to conjure up some epic, triumphant music in your minds. Something with a lot of trumpets, perhaps. Like what you imagine playing to introduce ancient Olympic games. Although, were trumpets invented yet back in ancient times? No, right? Why is that what we associate with it? Maybe there's an article about it or something, I'll have to look it up before I go to bed. Life was so...

Mwahaha! (thunder rumbling) (bat sound effect) Welcome to a haunted, Halloween edition of Here's a Guy! (FYI I was going to actually add more of these sound effects to the episode itself, but finding them was harder than I expected and it's also not super easy to just drop a bunch of them into the episode in random spots with my unsophisticated editing software; you'll just have to imagine them, o...

Many say October is the King of Months. By many, I mean me and several of my friends. But we're right about this. Leaves changing colors, apple cider, pumpkin patches, all that stuff. Far less cute and almost as fun, we have the Here's a Guy podcast. Take a break from all your fall merriment to join us! (I didn't sleep well last night.) We start with a roundup of the crazy things happening here in...

Well, would you look at that. The hottest fledgling podcast of the last year (in our opinion) has reached the incredible milestone of 50 episodes. 50! That's 5 sets of 10 episodes! Half of 100! I didn't look real deep into this but I think that's unprecedented. Since this is such a big deal, we decided to do something special for all of you- our very first attempt at a live episode. It went pretty...

Boo! (The scary "boo" like a ghost would say, not boo like what an audience does to demonstrate their disapproval. Although I suppose I shouldn't be presumptuous.) It's the start of October, the King of Months, which is great for a whole host of reasons, chief among them that it's spooky season. For us, this means it's time for some festive tales of guys. Well, for some of us but not all 3. We hav...

Agh, we're so old now. So old that our episodes come out a day late. Because we're old and have a hard time getting around, you see. It also damages the quality of stream-of-consciousness rants, apparently. I have a big dessert thing I plan on bringing to work tomorrow to share, and I'm trying to figure out how to transport it there. For some reason my brain wants to devote more attention to that...

Ever see someone acting foolish in public and get real bent out of shape about it? Today an extremely nerdy kid in his school uniform at Target nearly collided with me because he was making a weird face and doing a silly walk. Shit pissed me off. I'm just trying to buy some cat food and sparkling water and beard shampoo (which I couldn't even find!). If you've ever had something like that, this ep...