Better Buddies

This week the Buddies discuss annoying machines they have to regularly deal with, a cool puzzle video game, theater shows, subtle gay love stories, helping men with their collars, the Virgina Coal Wars, and the in-universe historical implications of the Cars franchise. Share with a friend! Contact us: Facebook Instagram Email Youtube Recommendations: Tunic (Video Game, 2022) (and also Archipelago'...

This week the Buddies discuss if they would ever partake in space tourism, what it would take for them to go, the Grinch, current events, new ways to ruin collectible hobbies, and how manly it is to get passed by a Jeep. Share with a friend! Contact us: Facebook Instagram Email Youtube Recommendations: The concept of, maybe I'm just unaware, a trading card stock market (activity? we think?), Chang...

This week the Buddies discuss brands that heartlessly betrayed them, frozen waffles, the same book for the third week in a row, being treated differently in relationships, and dealing with chafing. Share with a friend! Contact us: Facebook Instagram Email Youtube Recommendations: Someone You Can Build A Nest In (See the previous two weeks), Exit Strategy - the 4th book in the Murder Bot series (Ma...

This week the Buddies discuss problems unique to them, an in-depth fiction on colonizing Mars, cities as people, Jack Reacher being a dork, and how to figure out who you are. Share with a friend! Contact us: Facebook Instagram Email Youtube Recommendations: Red Mars (Book, Kim Stanley Robinson 1992), "The City We Became" (2020) & "The World We Make" (2022) (The Great Cities book series by N. K...

This week the Buddies discuss the things that waste our time the most, terrible knock off animated movies, the Stardew Valley board game, romance stories, and why some men choose the model of a woman in video games. Share with a friend! Contact us: Facebook Instagram Email Youtube Recommendations: The Stardew Valley Board Game (2021), Someone You Can Build A Nest In (Book 2024, John Wiswell), Celi...

This week the Buddies discuss major and minor things that make us roll our eyes, a fantasy book, Renaissance Faire costumes, and behaviors in men that make us not trust them. Share with a friend! Contact us: Facebook Instagram Email Youtube Recommendations: A Deadly Education (book by Naomi Novik), Renaissance Faires (events)

This week the Buddies discuss things everyone should experience in their life, the effects of mind-altering substances on the human body, the world's most famous bouncer, two moving books, and how much money to spend on dating. Share with a friend! Contact us: Facebook Instagram Email Youtube Recommendations: Roadhouse (1989 movie), A Gentleman in Moscow (book by Amor Towles), Braiding Sweetgrass...

This week the Buddies give out compliments to intelligent and creative people in their lives, discuss a board game adaptation of a video game, two books, and a movie on uncovering a scandal. We also gave advice on what to do if a friend isn't responding to your requests to hang out. Share with a friend! Contact us: Facebook Instagram Email Youtube Recommendations: The Slay the Spire Board Game (20...

This week the Buddies discuss what they'd do if someone said "hey, do that thing", a new game, and old game, some books, and how to get out of the house. Share with a friend! Contact us: Facebook Instagram Email Youtube Recommendations: Cross Crib (board game), Between (audio book by LL Starling), Olive Oil (the food), Dresden Files White Night (book by Jim Butcher), Fallout New Vegas (video game)

This week the Buddies discuss things they wish were illegal, things that are already illegal, some summer box office blowouts, fixing sleep routines, and supporting your hair when it comes out of the closet. It'll make sense when you listen to the episode. Share with a friend! Contact us: Facebook Instagram Email Youtube Recommendations: Rogue Protocol (Murderbot Diaries book), Project Hail Mary (...

This week the Buddies read a listener letter, discuss causes worth dedicating their lives to, cover the books we've read recently, and discussed pocket knives vs multitools. Share with a friend! Contact us: Facebook Instagram Email Youtube Recommendations: Dune (book), The Cartographers (book)

This week the Buddies discuss their go-to dishes that impress, storing soup in the freezer, the McElroy Podcasting Decline, The Odyssey, and how to handle someone who claims to be Tiktok famous. Share with a friend! Contact us: Facebook Instagram Email Youtube Recommendations: The Odyssey (Movie, 2026), Palworld (again), Minecraft music but it's Pink Floyd ( Youtube Playlist )   

This week we welcome a new Buddy, come up with the world's most challenging obstacle course, talk Doctor Who, theater, showering, and how to hold to right and wrong when you can see all sides. Share with a friend! Contact us: Facebook Instagram Email Youtube Recommendations: From Blood and Ash (book), Hunters of Dune (book), Hamnet (movie), Uncle Vanya (play), Palworld 1.0 (video game)

This week the Buddies discuss what equipment they'd put in their jungle gym for adults, To Kill A Mockingbird, rock and roll history, why grilling is so widespread, and how much body hair to have. Share with a friend! Contact Us: Facebook Instagram Email Youtube Recommendations: To Kill A Mockingbird (1960 book), Season of Storms (2013 Witcher book), The Cuckoo's Egg (1989 book), Nirvana (the band...

This week the Buddies discuss who it's most important to help, a good way to spend a weekend with friends, how to handle having a dirty sense of humor, and how to get better at telling stories about yourself. Share with a friend! Contact us: Facebook Instagram Email Youtube Recommendations: Thursday Murder Club: The Impossible Fortune (book), Chapterhouse Dune (book), Getting drunk on a river whil...

This week a Buddy returns to the show as we talk cool scar stories, old Youtube, musical tv shows, Warhammer 40K, what it's like to live and work abroad, and how to get a more masculine face. Share with a friend! Contact us: Facebook Instagram Email Youtube Recommendations: Code Ment (Youtube), Thursday Murder Club: The Impossible Fortune (book), Crazy Ex-Girlfriend show soundtrack (Soundtrack), A...

This week the Buddies discuss the best methods for a government to control it's populace, the new Pixar hit Toy Story 5, the beauty in age and grief, finding new books, movie quotes to live by, and making friends. Share with a friend! Contact us: Facebook Instagram Email Youtube Recommendations: Toy Story 5 (movie), The Last Devil to Die: A Thursday Murder Club mystery (book), Electro Swing (movie...

This week the Buddies discuss the most boring activities they can think of, podcasts to help you sleep, helpful NPCs in games, storytelling, perceptions around bisexuality, and self-care package gifting. Share with a friend! Contact us: Facebook Instagram Email Youtube Recommendations: Songbirding (podcast by Rob Porter), The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Book, Stieg Larsson, 2005), Monster Hunter...

This week the Buddies welcome back a buddy, talk about the most expensive things they've broken, immersive entertainment experiences, our inner monologues, and good nature places to be alone and collect your thoughts. Share with a friend! Contact us: Facebook Instagram Email Youtube Recommendations: Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (book), The Long Dark Teatime of the Soul (book), The Spect...

This week the Buddies discuss what they want out of life, new games, gym attire, cinnamon roll seductions, and how to handle a competitive relative. Share with a friend! Contact us: Facebook Instagram Email Youtube Recommendations: Sintopia (video game), Children of Dune (book), Blood on the Clocktower (game)

This week the Buddies discuss amazing things they've seen in Nature, dying a lot in video games, how to handle a bully, and what it means to be loyal to a barber. Share with a friend! Contact us: Facebook Instagram Email Youtube Recommendations: Subnautica Below Zero (video game), Flock Around (video game), The Lost Metal (book by Brandon Sanderson), Dimension 20: Cloudward Ho! (Dropout show)

This week the Buddies discuss their customer service experiences (as both customer and server), a reverse Dick's Last Resort restaurant, the precise nature of Aquaman's relationship with aquariums, world domination, and de-escalation tactics. Share with a friend! Contact us: Facebook Instagram Email Youtube Recommendations: Game Changer Season 8 Episode 1 (Dropout Streaming), Remarkably Bright Cre...

This week the Buddies discuss topics they've learned through cultural osmosis, bad movies, Big Day in bird watching, different ways to store your pants, where to keep your wallet, and good ways to handle disrespect. Share with a friend! Contact us: Facebook Instagram Email Youtube Recommendations: The Intern (movie 2015), Dimension 20: Never Stop Blowing Up (Dropout streaming service), Bob Duchesn...

This week the Buddies discuss the spiciest foods they've ever eaten, agrarian social practices, slice of life anime, how to learn a DIY mindset, and what professionalism means. Share with a friend! Contact us: Facebook Instagram Email Youtube Recommendations: You And I Are Polar Opposites (anime), Where the Deer and the Antelope Play (book by Nick Offerman), All Systems Red (novella by Martha Well...

This week the Buddies discuss the ways we contribute to society, some recent tunes we've been jamming to, some books we're reading, why watching sports is enjoyable, and why couples should take separate vacations. Share with a friend! Contact us: Facebook Instagram Email Youtube Recommendations: FUNGUS by The Narcissist Cookbook (song), Ghost Stories by The Narcissist Cookbook (song), Summer Knigh...