Driveway Beers Podcast

The Dumb Idea Podcast Elon Musk Buys Twitter! Elon Musk put a poll on Twitter on what should be done about Twitter and the lack of free speech on it. Someone mentioned he should buy it. A week or so later, he became the largest single shareholder of Twitter and had an offer to be a member of it's board of directors. Will he do anything good with it or ruin it?  Please subscribe and rate this podca...

The Dumb Idea Podcast Deshaun Watson and NFL Talk Deshaun Watson signed a huge contract with guaranteed money even though he hasn't played football in a year. He's also bringing some unresolved baggage with him to the Cleveland Browns. Will he even play in 2022? Did the Browns just take a huge gamble that could end up blowing up in the only way a Browns gamble could? And that doesn't even get to t...

The Dumb Idea Podcast Will Smith Slaps Chris Rock! Will Smith and the slap heard around the world! It seems like everyone has a take on the incident from the Oscars. Some people say Chris Rock went too far and some people say Will Smith was too sensitive. But is this slap indicative of a larger societal issue we're going to see more of now that COVID restrictions on social interactions are lifted?...

The Dumb Idea Podcast Fun With Beer For Our One Year Anniversary!! We decided to have an Anniversary show since we never thought we'd make it 1 year. We threw ourselves a little party with some friends and torture and not necessarily in that order.  We tried to find the worst beer possible and were willing to sacrifice our taste buds for science. Thank you to all our listeners for allowing us to h...

The Dumb Idea Podcast Only Renewable Energy For the USA! Oil prices are at an all time high with the war in Ukraine ongoing. But did it need to be this way? While we could have pumped more oil, a clean energy resource is out there. Nuclear power is one of the cleanest energy production methods available, but because of Chernobyl and 3 Mile Island, the United States hasn't seen a new nuclear power...

The Dumb Idea Podcast Russia and The Ukraine Russia and The Ukraine are at war and the main stream media would like you to think it started last month. We take a look into some history between these two countries. Who's really behind it? Is everything on the surface as it seems? Or is it much more nuanced? But that doesn't stop every virtue signaler from changing their Facebook profile pics to say...

The Dumb Idea Podcast Covid Restrictions Effect on Mental Health with LMSW Stephanie! Seeing as how we already talked about the Mental Health effects of covid restrictions, we were reluctant to do another episode about this.  Luckily, Stephanie (last name redacted for confidentiality reasons) is an LMSW working in adult and child therapy services has much more insight than us 2 schlubs. We had the...

The Dumb Idea Podcast Canadian Trucker Freedom Convoy!! The people in the most agreeable country on Earth were finally pushed to their limit. Canadian Truckers have driven to the Capitol of Canada and parked their trucks in the roads to have their voices (or horns) heard. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau implemented "vaccine" mandates on truckers coming back into Canada after running loads t...

The Dumb Idea Podcast Inflation Still Happening! Is it Time to Buy a Car Now Before It Gets Worse?! All through 2021 the public was told that the inflation was short term. Once the micro-chips that go into everything came back to full production, supply would come back and prices would go back down. In the first quarter of 2022, inflation is still high and prices on everything are going up. It was...

The Dumb Idea Podcast Joe Rogan and Spotify vs Neil Young! And The Winter Olympics! Joe Rogan is in the news again. Neil Young pulled his music off Spotify because it hosts The Joe Rogan Experience and he said that the podcast espouses "misinformation" on Covid. Yet Neil Young doesn't say what the misinformation is. Joni Mitchell and David Crosby joined their friend in solidarity. Spotify stood by...

The Dumb Idea Podcast Family Wellness in 2022 with Krishon Allen! We talk with Krishon Allen about getting everyone in the family onboard to accomplish goals in 2022. Goals are more likely to get accomplished if the entire family has bought into the plan. We get into that and much more this week. Visit Krishon's website at https://krishonallen.com and check out his podcast "Taking Steps". Please s...

The Dumb Idea Podcast Raising Kids in 2022 with Krishon Allen! We talk with family coach Krishon Allen about how to raise kids in 2022. There are so many pitfalls available to kids these days with social media everywhere. Having younger kids we wanted to bring in someone that had some experience with navigating kids through the social media gauntlet. Please visit Krishon's website at https://krish...

Dumb Idea Podcast Covid Effects on Small Business with DANIE Photography! We chat with Danielle Lawrence, owner of DANIE Photography on how Covid restrictions hampered her business. We wanted to talk to an actual small business owner to get her perspective. Did she think the restrictions were fair? Necessary even? Was her business able to survive? Did she take advantage of the PPP loans? Come enjo...

The Dumb Idea Podcast Mental Health Effects of Covid! We talk about the vastly under-reported mental health effects of Covid. From the restrictions on movement to the constant news cycles. Ordinary people are getting information hammered into them by all types of media outlets about Covid. We also talk about the mental health effects on children from a year of remote learning to being sent home be...

The Dumb Idea Podcast Maryland Doesn't Do Snow!! Have you ever seen the news reports of a state that had a snow storm and then they show pictures of traffic on a highway just log jammed?? Welcome to Maryland! The first snow storm of the season and it went horribly wrong! So of course, we had fun with it. Welcome back to the show for 2022! Please subscribe and rate this podcast on your podcast plat...

The Dumb Idea Podcast College Football Coaching Carousel! Every year college coaches take better jobs. Everyone has an opinion on it including us. Some people think it's unfair to the athletes while others think it's just business. The NCAA has made some progress in freeing the athletes to move between schools as well, but they're not nearly as free as the coaches. And the coaching salaries are ge...

The Dumb Idea Podcast Homelessness Doesn't Exist Homelessness is looming large in California and some other places across the United States. We explore what some of the root causes of homelessness. Is the government putting the resources in the right places to combat it? Or is typical government bureaucracy impeding real progress.   Please subscribe and rate this podcast on your podcast platforms...

The Dumb Idea Podcast College Kids Demanding Things! College kids these days seem to be extremely vocal about things that bother them. They're outright demanding things. Maybe we're old school, but we don't take to demands very well. Are the adults in the room doing these kids a disservice by cowtowing to demands because their feelings are hurt? Does that college prepare these kids for the real wo...

The Dumb Idea Podcast Joel Osteen and Omicron!! Is the leader of your religious flock living up to their teachings?? Or do they have a couple private jets and a $25million dollar house and a couple of yachts? Or are our understandings of how religious leaders should be living a fallacy and outdated? Should religious leaders be living more like the priests of old or was that just window dressing fo...

NFL Halfway Point! As NFL fans, we bring out our opinions on how the season is going. Of course we're going to talk about Lamar Jackson and our Ravens. But we talk about the entire NFL and the surprises so far and where we think the season goes.  Please subscribe and rate this podcast on your podcast platforms like Apple and Google as it helps us a ton. Also like, comment, subscribe and share the...

Kyle Rittenhouse!! This week we talk about the hot button case from Wisconsin. Kyle Rittenhouse was on trial for murder but was it self defense or murder? Did the media do a good job presenting facts before, during and after the case? It seems like nowadays, depending on which news outlet you subscribe to determines the information you receive. The media didn't even care that this was a kid on tri...

The Dumb Idea Podcast Immigration and Jobs!! With record numbers of people retiring and leaving the work force since the COVID pandemic, do we have enough workers in this country to sustain our economy? Unemployment is down to 4.6% near pre-pandemic levels, but there's still a lot of unfilled positions. It seems every business is hiring right now. Is it just a job seeking environment or a much lar...

The Dumb Idea Podcast Supply Chain and CRT and The Economy!! There were some off year elections in 2021 and there were some surprises. A few Republicans won races that were widely expected to remain in Democrat hands. We talk about some possible issues that regular guys like us think swayed voters to choose a different way this time around. Please subscribe and rate this podcast on your podcast pl...

The Dumb Idea Podcast ALIENS!! The episode everyone has been waiting for! We have some fun in this episode talking about Aliens. We may be true believers and we probably have some fans that are too. Is it really possible we're the only "intelligent" life forms in the entire universe? Or is it more likely we're just one of many?  We may be heading to a conference to find out more. US Navy pilots se...

Paralyzing FOMO!! Does Too Much Information Lead to Indecision?? Has there ever been a time in your life when you were so afraid of making a bad or wrong decision that you couldn't make the decision? Or does it just take you entirely too long to make simple purchases like a TV or piece of furniture you'll have to live with for years? Cars and Truck decisions that can stick with you for 5 or more y...