Bums of Manarchy

Send us Fan Mail The Bums kick-off the top of Episode 0054 with  a head nod to our unofficial Holiday that is April 20th, before diving into sports chatter;  citizen funding of Buffalo Bills stadium is bemoaned — a cautionary tale for the Chicago Bears and the McCaskey family; while on his death bed, former Chicago Bear and Super Bowl Champion Steve “Mongo” McMichael gets a visit from the Punky QB...

Send us Fan Mail The Bums, ‘bum’ their way into Part 1 of Episode 0053 with a RIP perspective on Dwayne Haskins, a sad but strange story around this passing; KU caps the big dance at 2022 March Madness, and the women’s championship goes to the Gamecocks; Dawn Staley makes history in the NCAA coaching ranks (clapping); the bums chat golf by way of The Masters; MLB week #1 in review; Kershaw pulled...

Send us Fan Mail The Bums fill the can with Episode 0052, doing so in epic style with a Special Edition.  The Bums and special guests watch a 2022 March Madness, evening game in real-time  —NC vs. Duke (better late than never).  E52 includes two guests JL and Nicky Fishhooks, capping the Bums first multi-guest podcast.  Tune-in for our sports commenting, beer and booze stuff (sponsored by OIB Brew...

Send us Fan Mail After a two-week hiatus (and after eclipsing 1,000 downloads), the Bums return to the rail yard with Episode 0051.  The upper half starts with March Madness hijinks and look-backs in preparation for Final Four showdowns; Duke-UNC face-off for the first time in tourney history; Eddie plans a Final Four viewing “bumstravaganza” before talk turns to offseason NFL football; Tom “Benja...

Send us Fan Mail The Bums hit the half-century mark with Episode 50, starting the prologue with a review of Chicago Bears GM Ryan Poles first big move -- Mack Attack, a primer of NFL salary cap fiduciary guard rails, NFL QB moves in Denver and Washington D.C. ; thoughts and prayers shift to Primetime Neon Deion and his missing digits; Brittany “Save Brittany” Griner sitting in a Moscow pokey; a st...

Send us Fan Mail The Bums dive into  Side A of Episode 0049 (sans NFL Football…**wipes tear**) with talk of the  International Olympic Committee side-eyeing those sneaky Russians (too little, too late); MLB baseball is officially fucked, as greedy owners cannot get their shit together in time for opening day festivities; Derek “Respect” Jeter packs his bags in Florida; Grayson “Dirty Pool” Allen m...

Send us Fan Mail The Bums start part one of Episode 0048 crying in their beer over the end of 2022 NFL football, but not before reviewing post season landing spots for former Chicago Bear staffers Ryan Pace, Matt Nagy and possibly a former #1 Draft pick, as well as other key moves around the NFL; talk shifts to NBA basketball and the absolute sham that is the NBA All Star game; Paddy’s Xavier Musk...

Send us Fan Mail On the top of Episode 0047, the Bums perform a forensic analysis of Super Bowl 56 in all of its splendor; while two NFL owners find themselves in aqua caliente (which is Spanish for “hot water” and English for “rat fucked”); as talk turns to NCAA hoops, and Paddy’s beloved Xavier Musketeers experience RPI shrinkage; the 2022 Winter Olympics and figure skating get a black eye on th...

Send us Fan Mail The Bums are back for Episode 0046 after Rocky’s back-to-back boondoggle (WI and MI respectively); the stage is set, the t-shirts are printed, the banners are hung, the ladies of the evening are called — it’s Super Bowl preview time; a breeze by of who Bears GM, Ryan Poles, picks for his field generals; Tom F. Brady puts his legacy out to pasture (with or without cow pies, you dec...

Send us Fan Mail The top of Episode 0045 begins with the Bums diving into the NFL Job Search Sweepstakes, as the McCaskey’s announce the first non-white executive to grace Halas Hall in Ryan Poles; head coaching options are bantered about, and NFL Playoff mania continues with what could be the greatest Divisional playoff weekend ever (yeah, we said it); the Bums conduct another beer review with an...

Send us Fan Mail The Bums are back in action for Episode 0044 —with another double beer review featuring two delicious creations from our favorite Boston-area brewers!  The first half is chock full of NFL Wildcard Weekend goings-on, as the Cincy Bengals get their first playoff victory since the H.W. Busch administration; the N.E. Pats get curb stomped by the surging Buffalo Bills; the hapless Phil...

Send us Fan Mail The Bums are back in action after a 1-month+ reprieve from hilarity and expansive knowledge of useless information.  The front half kicks off with a smorgasbord of NFL updates, starting with the hapless Chicago Bears and running the gauntlet of Black Monday vacancies across the league; the Bums bid adieu to Bears former HC Matt “Zero Self-Awareness” Nagy, and former GM Ryan “Shitt...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 0042 PT1 kicks into high gear, as the Bums celebrate their 800th download from BumNation; Rocky gets his booster shot; the Bums dive headlong into NFL pre-playoff goings-on;  GOAT head coach Bill Belichick paints another masterpiece on MNF with a big win against the Bills Mafia on the shoulders of New England’s running game with only 3 pass attempts through the entire game...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 0041 marks the Bums first “special edition” recording, as the Bums welcome their first guest — Rocky’s BIL, Dough from Boston, MA; Dough kicks off the front nine with golf talk, playing to your capabilities, the short game being everything, and the importance of golf course management; before gums flap on the subject of COVID-19 related fines and suspensions for everyone E...

Send us Fan Mail The Bums usher in their 40th installment with an NFL Week Ten highlights, including the shitty-ass Lions with their “tie” because winning is a unicorn to them, while G.O.A.T. and the Buckos take one in the mouth at the hands of the WFT, and poor ol’ Cam can’t catch a fucking break, while disgraced former coach Jon “Chuckie” Gruden sues the NFL commish (which is worse), stupid Pack...

Send us Fan Mail The Bums have an acute case of Low-E during Episode 0039 (they can’t all be gems); talk eventually turns to NFL Week 9 and the dumpster fire that was MNF (Bears vs. Stealers/refs), the silver lining of Justin Time’s progression, AARon “The Liar and Douchebag” Rodgers is flayed in the rail yard for gross negligence, while Jordan “No” Love makes his NFL debut; the Las Vegas Raiders...

Send us Fan Mail The Bums kick off E0038 with some interesting vocabulary, and a week 8 NFL review including Adrian Peterson’s return to the grid iron by way of Tennessee, alleged rapist Jameis Winston tears his ACL, Cam Newton remains on the couch, the L.A. Rams are stacked to the rafters on defense as Von “Spectacles” Miller signs on (goes to sleep 4-4, wakes up 7-1), AA-Ron “Horseface” Rodgers...

Send us Fan Mail The Bums celebrate 725 downloads, kicking off the forward half with NFL Week 6 updates, as the Packers tune up the Bears like a fiddle; Justin “Time” Fields runs for his life (physically and metaphorically), as Matt Nagy abandons the run and the O-Line continues to struggle, talk of Fields lacking development, causing the Bums to call for the heads of Ryan Pace and Matt Nagy; chat...

Send us Fan Mail The podcast recording rotisserie moves back to Rocky’s place (Eagle’s Nest) for the next fiscal quarter, as the Bums kick of Bear-Packer week with a balanced dose of slander and hate mongering at the expense of cheddar nation, Paddy begrudingly previews his globally renowned “I did not know that” segment focused on the Bear-Packer rivalry (stupid numbers); silver-lining with the B...

Send us Fan Mail The Bums kick off Episode 0035 with our infamous ‘Hell hath no fury like a Chicago Bears fan scorned’ segment, ripping Nagy, Pace and the O-line (leaking like a 50-year old roof in Seattle) for acute malfeasance, discussion turns to the silver lining — the crumbling of the colonnade as the McKasky family purchase the recently defunct Arlington Heights race track, other NFL topics...

Send us Fan Mail The Bums are back in the rail yard for Episode 0034, starting with a helmet nod to the late, great Walter Payton (aka #34), the Bears actually win a game with Andy Dalton taking a knee bruise and Justin Time Fields aptly handles his business, Roger Goodell’s ears are ringing like a 1950s rotary phone, taunting isn’t a thing but fun is very much so, as the Bums review NFL Week 2 re...

Send us Fan Mail The Bums celebrate Episode 0033 “Southside style”, as Paddy reflects upon his urban habitat in short pants; Part Uno starts with talk of NCAA Football, as the galactically overrated Golden Dumbers dodge a bullet, Sconnie shits the bed, and IU and Rocky’s Northwestern Wildcats both get a proper beatdown; attention moves to Pro Football, as the Bums try to figure out what’s in the w...

Send us Fan Mail After playing hooky for a week, the Bums return to action in epic fashion with talk of the eventual collapse of the NCAA franchise as we currently know it driven by the Almighty - the U.S. Dollar, before attention is paid to NFL pre-season football and the Chicago Bears (before Rocky’s head pops off — there is only so much college sports talk one Bum can endure), Bears injury conc...

Send us Fan Mail After a short summer hiatus, the Bums (who mind you, don’t deserve time-off) are back in action for another glorious episode of crap.   Part 1 gets off to a slow start, as the Personal-and-Professional-Check-In fails miserably, before the boys get back on track with football, the Chicago Bears, the promise of Justin Fields, Jason Peters acquisition, Ted Tebow gets a healthy does o...

Send us Fan Mail On the eve of Bloody Friday in Chicago, the Bums discuss the not-so-sudden mediocrity of the U.S.A. Men’s Olympics basketball team, why people need to STFU around Simone Biles (and anyone struggling with mental health), Anthony Rizzo traded to the friggin Yankees (brace yourself Cubdom — it’s only the start), the Bums reveal in the start of NFL training camp, former Scumbag of the...