Andy's Things and Stuff

Dan Buresh is from Madison, SD and he is a hunting nerd. We talk about his coveted elk tag he drew in Montana this year, western hunting, rifles for hunting, the delicious Jefferson's Ocean bourbon he brought me. Dan is also a volunteer firefighter and we talked about the stress involved with that huge responsibility. I also tell the story of how I became an RA in the dorms at BHSU and got fired....

Mike Miller (not that one) is a dad and a podcaster. He is one of the hosts of The Lunchbox Podcast . We talk about him being adopted from Korea and growing up in Tyler, MN, crazy 9/11 conspiracy theories, argue about the best pizza, sports are fubar, and why Scheel's really needs a self-checkout, and why it also would be a bad place to be in the zombie apocalypse. SIOUX FALLS SHOOTING can help yo...

My buddy Tyler is back on the podcast. We were in Ankeny, IA to shoot the Iowa Section USPSA match and recorded a podcast on one microphone. I also tell the greatest poop story ever told. Plus a fun fact about the man who killed the man who killed Abraham Lincoln. We laughed a lot on this one, hope you enjoy! SIOUX FALLS SHOOTING can help you learn to shoot, get better at shooting, or get your Sou...

It's been one year since I started the podcast! Thanks for listening! Last week I was out in Pierre with my buddy Jeremy Williams for a training class. I suggested we go shoot prairie dogs in the Fort Pierre National Grassland the day before. I had done this many times, he never had. We talk about that, shooting, our love of Mexican food, and we sip whiskey out of hotel paper coffee cups. SIOUX FA...

Dad's funeral was this past Thursday, August 31, 2023. My family has received dozens of messages, social media comments, and other incredible tributes written and sent to us, which was eye opening. We had no idea how much he meant to other people and how many people he touched. As I was working on the obituary, Mom said "We need to make fun of him, too." So that's what this episode is. You will he...

This weeks episode, and probably next week’s episode are going to be different. My family had our collective hearts broken on Friday, August 25, 2023. My dad, Tom Erickson, was driving to Sioux Falls on old 77, nine miles north of Beresford, when a man driving a giant tractor hauling silage, blew through the stop sign and collided with his car. He died on impact. I speak for a couple of minutes ab...

Former USPSA President, current USPSA presidential candidate, Yee-Min Lin was at Area 3 in Nebraska and I was able to catch up with him to record a podcast. We had a great conversation. Other topics: Going from Western Kentucky to Yale to Iraq in the Marine Corps, how we got into USPSA, why Yee-Min is running again after being removed on a selectively enforced technicality, how clubs deal with the...

Part two of the episode with my dad. We had a little more whiskey and bourbon by the end of this one. Topics: Mom made me a sandwich, traveling the world in the Air Guard, Meeting Lee Travino at St. Andrew’s, Dad’s trip to Minneapolis to meet Grandpa’s commanding officer in WWII, the crazy pilot who beat a an F-15 with an A-7 in a war game. SIOUX FALLS SHOOTING can help you learn to shoot, get bet...

My dad is back on the podcast this week. He was full of more stories, and we laughed so much. So much so that this 4 hour recording session is split into two episodes. Other topics: Taking Esia to airsoft, Shit details in the Marines, Flying commercial planes, famous people he flew, colorful people he flew, how Mom thought he died in a plane crash, that time Andy Interviewed Hillary Clinton, How T...

Josh Vanden Top is a shooting buddy, a dad, a designer of tooling, and self-identifies as a 3-gunner. He and I both shot at USPSA Multigun Nationals in Forest Lake Minnesota in late July, and he was a storm chaser . We talk a lot of shooting, but we also talk about dad life, storm chasing, and how he designs tools that someone makes so other people can make other stuff with the tools (I think I un...

Stacy Maier is a mother, wife, empty nester, grandmother, and a podcast guest for the first time all before she turns 50. (She wanted to do 50 things before she turned 50 and one of them was a podcast.) She works in insurance, and also sells Damsel in Defense products to help women defend themselves. She also told her story of having a husband go through rehab. She tells it in a touching and funny...

A couple of weeks ago, Tash and I were guests on the Lunch Box podcast , hosted by Mike, Ryan, and Amber. This episode includes "some" of the crazy talk from before we officially were recording for their episode. I decided to include it. It was 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 f...

Matt Roach is co-owner of Pride Built Homes in Sioux Falls and can be seen on the HGTV show "Downhome Fab." Topics discussed: Tom Cruise is short, Matt and Manny are short, Manny's message for Matt, Season 2 of Downhome Fab, remodeling homes, wrecking the vehicles of people who steal fuel, people disappearing from social media, paying for people behind you in the drive-through is stupid, wearing s...

My youngest finally decided he wanted to do a podcast, so we did! Esia is a funny kid so you will enjoy it. He also has an encyclopedic brain full of history, trivia, airsoft, and music knowledge, mostly learned from YouTube. We had fun, hope you enjoy! 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...

One of many great people I've met shooting, Bruce Schmidt is a husband, seller of HVAC supplies, and a USPSA shooter and match director. We started this one off well oiled so be ready for a good time. We talked whiskey, shooting, and the massive new range planned to be built just north of Rapid City. Other topics covered: Bruce's beard, homeless redbeard in Alabama, downtown Rapid is pretty cool n...

DiAnn was my intern long ago. Her husband started a welding fabrication company that changed dramatically after they got together. They also hired me to teach them shooting the day we recorded the podcast. And they brought some good whiskey over. Other topics: E-nun-see-ay-shun, how welding sparks can possibly go up your nose under a welding mask, how this welding couple got together, how DiAnn pi...

Mary Wiese (aka "No Hands Pants" Mary) is a new mom, a plant nerd, and is completely capable of getting lost in her hometown. We had a good time and laughed a lot! SIOUX FALLS SHOOTING can help you have a good time safely with your guns, 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 classes or book a p...

Joe Erickson is my brother, is the owner/operator/painter of Painter Joe’s Painting, a big (snobby) fan of fancy whiskey, and a newlywed. He doesn’t like how I like whiskey or my level of enthusiasm for trying a 21 year Bushmills. We also talk about camping in places that are not campgrounds, tourist traps in the Black Hills, and Slim Buttes in Harding County. Plus how he shot a hole in his buddy'...

I've had friends and family on the podcast. I finally have my wife on for an episode. We talk about how she doesn't like to talk, our kids, about her business which offers life insurance and many other insurance options, the story of how we met, working together on fixing our deck, money stuff and how I had debt and she didn't, how being different is how we work, how it went teaching her to shoot,...

I did not have a guest this week as last week I was super busy preparing the Great Plains Section Championship USPSA match. It was held in Canton and it was a lot of work. Hear the good, bad, and the stupid. Including hard to open beer. SIOUX FALLS SHOOTING can help you have a good time safely with your guns, learn to shoot, get better at shooting, or get your South Dakota Enhanced Carry Permit, a...

My former morning show partner Tash is back on the podcast! She has her own podcast now called " Talkin' With Tasha ." She's also been calling bingo, and a few other things. It was a lot of fun to catch up. Still feels the same when we get behind the mics. SIOUX FALLS SHOOTING can help you have a good time safely with your guns, learn to shoot, get better at shooting, or get your South Dakota Enha...

I mentioned the political leanings of my niece a few episodes ago and after she heard about it, she wanted to defend her honor so she's on the podcast this week. We talked about what law school is really like, how law firms are way more boring than movies and TV shows, the culture shock of moving from South Dakota to Alabama, and joining the cult of 'Roll Tide.' Other topics: South Dakota accents...

My brother, Joe, has been on the podcast a couple of times. Now his wife of almost two months joins me ten days after I met her for the first time, mostly just so I can get to know her. Chelsey Erickson is a mom, a personal trainer, and a lot of fun to drink whiskey with. We talk shit about my brother/her husband behind his back, how they met for the first time right after he and I went to Top Gun...

Robert Wyatt lives in the Salt Lake City area, is co-host of the PARAcast podcast ( Spotify , Apple ), and designs homes for a living. He's also a rabid USPSA shooter, like me. We mostly talk shooting, but we also talked a fair bit about our Vietnam veteran fathers, and he started designing homes at 13 and still does. Topics covered: heinous safety violations, why our right ears our losing hearing...

I met Dustin back in 2016 when we were going to start teaching classes at a now defunct gun shop in Harrisburg. Then he and the other guys on the board at Sioux River Sportsmen's Club volun-told me to join the board, of which Dustin is the president. He's a husband, a dad, a woodworker, cabinet installer, enthsiast of meticulous things that are hard to do, and he drove 500 miles with one broken ri...