Better Buddies

This week the Buddies discuss meta-cognition (or thinking about thinking), college degrees higher than a doctorate, Spanish Jazz, the future of the internet, and Deadpool. We also read a fan email! Share with a friend! Recommendations: Sant Andreu Jazz Band (Spanish Jazz band), Neocities (web hosting service), Deadpool & Wolverine (movie) Contact us: Facebook X Email Youtube

This week the Buddies contemplate a scary idea: What if the next day you woke up and the world was entirely populated by clones of you? We dig deep into our initial reactions, the course of society, and if it would be a golden age of peace or a grimdark hellscape. Share with a friend! Contact Us: Facebook X Gmail Youtube

This week the Buddies discuss cultural stereotypes in the Star Wars prequels, interesting people we've met on our travels, and reveal the secret connection between Chappell Roan and America's great unsung founder John Patriot and his secret treasure. Share with a friend! Recommendations: Neon Genesis Evangelion (anime, again, but with the movie this time), Mavel Snap (mobile app card game, but lik...

This week the Buddies talk about preparing meat, cooking, Austin Powers, and a podcast similar to ours. Share with a friend! Recommendations: Red Scare by Dasha Nekrasova and Anna Khachiyan (podcast), Austin Powers Trilogy (movies) Contact us: Facebook X Email Youtube

This week the Buddies discuss what size fish they are and what size pond they prefer, Jim Carrey's dramatic acting chops, Pheonix Wright (again), chronically online behaviors, and how to approach deep conversations. Share with a friend! Recommendations: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (movie), Pheonix Wright Ace Attorney: Trials and Tribulations (video game) Contact us: Facebook X Youtube Em...

This week the Buddies take a walk down memory lane and talk about some of their most memorable teachers and classroom experiences. Share with a friend! Recommendations: Pheonix Wright Ace Attorney: Justice For All (video game), Chained Together (video game), Monsters Inc. (movie) Contact us! Facebook Twitter/X Youtube Email

This week the Buddies discuss what they could give an impromptu 20 minute talk on, listen to almost all of one of those talks, talk fictional detectives and mysteries, and give some more Dungeons and Dragons advice to end "D&Dune" (D&D+June). Share with a friend! Recommendations: Pheonix Wright: Ace Attorney (video game), Alfred Hitchcock's To Catch A Thief (movie) Contact Us: Facebook Twi...

This week the Buddies discuss top tier animals, the meaning of animal life, Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney, the latest Nintendo Direct being almost no skips, if you should go full RAW, and what to do about your player's having a devil horse. More Dungeons and Dragons advice this week! Share with a friend! Recommendations: Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney (video game), Ace Attorney Investigations (same ga...

This week the Buddies discuss religion, practical jokes, Nick Offerman, and give some advice about running games of Dungeons and Dragons. Share with a friend! Recommendations: Neon Genesis Evangelion (anime, subbed), Fear Itself (Marvel Comics crossover event), Paddle Your Own Canoe (book) Contact us! Facebook Twitter/X Email Youtube

This week the Buddies discuss when they're the most productive, if productivity routines can change, an anime about volleyball, making your own jeans, the true bro code, and the rules for how to dress when hanging around the house. Share with a friend! Recommendations: Haikyu!! The Dumpster Battle (anime movie), The Da Vinci Code (book) Contact Us: Facebook Twitter Email Youtube

This week the Buddies discuss what's in a name, learn some fun facts about names around the world, discuss our plan to conquer the Midwest, talk Hades 2, return to Frieren, and debate if the bride should be invited to the bachelor party. Share with a friend! Recommendations: Hades 2 Early Access (video game), Kingdom Dad Monster/Peachyville Horror (Dungeons and Daddies podcast), Frieren: Beyond Jo...

This week the Buddies discuss what items they would want to be buried with to use in the afterlife, the chicken/fox/grain cross the river riddle except you've got a kayak with only one seat, Liam Neeson getting Taken, the original Fallout game, and books. Share with a friend! Recommendations: The Taken Trilogy (movies), Fallout (video game 1997) Contact us: Facebook Twitter Email Youtube

This week the Buddies discuss what website or app they really wish existed, then take a trip down memory lane for the heyday of cartoons in the 2000's and 2010's. Let us know which cartoon you remember that we didn't touch on! Share with a friend! Contact us! Facebook Twitter Email Youtube

This week the Buddies discuss fate, free will, if there is an Ineffable Plan, the origins of Star Wars, fantasy race life spans, and how to support people that are recovering from surgery. Share with a friend! Recommendations: Empire of Dreams Star Wars Documentary (movie, 2004), Frieren: Beyond Journey's End (anime show) Contact us: Facebook Twitter Youtube Email

This week the Buddies get biblical with it as we discuss what an in-depth graphic novel bible would be like, some of the stuff they don't tell you in the weekly sermon, and how you can get in on the ground floor of an excellent opportunity to strap turtles to jet engines in an attempt to discover "Super Heaven". (Spoiler alert, it's just a Hellboy DVD menu once you get past regular heaven.) Share...

This week the Buddies discuss how much wood a woodchuck could chuck if it had a chainsaw, some favorite culinary dishes, and Taylor Swift's place in culture at this point in time. Share with a friend! Recommendations: South Park Episode 1 (show), Fanfiction by Tavi Gevinson (Zine/essay), Indiana Jones Box Set Extras (2004 DVD) Contact us: Facebook Twitter Youtube Email

This week the Buddies discuss what to do when your technology fails, flip phones vs folding phones, speed running a demo, Helldivers 2, South Park, and the Fallout TV Show. Share with a friend! Recommendations: Brawl OOT Demo Speedrun ( Youtube ), Helldivers 2 (video game), Internet Historian ( Youtube ), South Park Episode Something Wall-mart This Way Comes (S8, E9), Concept Art of Ralph McQuarri...

This week the Buddies discuss what animals would be cute at cat size, the IKEA shark mascot Blahaj and his American cousin BlamBlam, the future of society if we continue down the AI road, and a Wii Sport Golf Any% Speedrun. Share with a friend! Recommendations: Wisconsin Historical Society's Wisconsin Adventures D&D module (book), Spirited Away (subbed movie), Wii Sports Resort Ass% Speedrun i...

This week the Buddies discuss the most amazing facts they know, CIA cover ups, John Carpenter, Kurt Russell, and moustaches. Share with a friend! Recommendations: Shogun (show), The Believer (movie), Big Trouble in Little China (movie) Connect with us: Facebook Twitter Youtube Email Us!

This week the Buddies discuss what dreams are, the work life of the airline industry, Harrison Ford, how to shut someone up, and how to help someone who just got laid off. Share with a friend! Recommendations: Thunderbolts (2006 comic run), The Fugitive (1993 movie) Contact us: Facebook Twitter Youtube Email

This week the Buddies discuss what animals should and should not be the size of a cat, video games, how to "glow up", and what does on at boys sleepovers. No, that's not a typo. Share with a friend! Recommendations: Helldivers 2 (video game), Unicorn Overlord (video game) Contact us: Facebook Twitter Youtube Email

This week the Buddies discuss the funniest thing they've seen on the internet recently, copyright law and public domain in the United States, Winnie the Pooh but it's Colonel Sanders from Kentucky Fried Chicken, and the rise of Spotify from tech company to the music distribution industry. Share with a friend! Recommendations: Drawtectives (Youtube), Shogun (show), Spotify Teardown (Research Paper/...

This week the Buddies discuss what should be the goal of humanity, returning to the Garden of Eden, The Great Grandfather worm Shai-Hulud, Dune Part 2, Dune Book Publishing timeline, and Japanese history. Share with a friend! Recommendations: Dune Part 2 (movie), Liar's Poker (book), Shogun (show) Facebook   X-Twitter   Gmail   Youtube

This week the Buddies discuss what objects would be annoying if they played loud music while using them, the out for two weeks now Madame Web, if and why Reddit is a cesspool, and the new versions of being a gold digger for the modern era. Share with a friend! Recommendations: Viva La Dirt League (Youtube), Madame Web (movie) Contact us: Facebook Twitter Youtube Email

This week RJ is out sick, so John and James rule the roost! They discuss what kind of charities they would set up, learning the Japanese language, and Pulp Fiction. Share with a friend! Recommendations: Tofugu website ( https://www.tofugu.com/japanese/learn-hiragana/ ), Bob's Burgers (show). Contact us at Betterbuddiescast@gmail.com or find us on Facebook Twitter and Youtube !