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Send us a message and get a shoutout! We're back talking 90s music videos with our friends Stephie and Lindi from "Turn of the Millennials" podcast.  For this episode, we're running back the 90s video music talk.  During one of our previous collaborations, we talked about "Worst 90s music videos" and we had another great time talking about one of our collective favori...

Send us a message and get a shoutout! This week on Formidable Opponents we examine one of our favorite past times. Sitting in a dark, air conditioned room and escaping the Summer heat while enjoying a great movie.  Not only a great movie, a great summer movie.  A movie where you can shut your brain down for a couple of hours and enjoy an action packed thrill ride.  The films we discuss are what su...

Send us a message and get a shoutout! The 90s music scene.  What an iconic era.  An era for new expressive sounds, lyrics and personalities.  An era that created an outlook for bigger, better, louder, angrier.  With that sound came a new voice, new problems, new feelings and we explored beneath the surface levels of whom we listened to.  Although plagued with loses of some of the biggest paragons...

Send us a message and get a shoutout! We're back!  We haven't let the sweltering Texas Summer heat hold us back another week as we talked about the people who make the world go round.  That's right, this  week Los Estupidos Romanticos, otherwise known as Formidable Opponents debate and discuss "Best Song About a Woman."  Check out our takes and humor regarding some of the...

Send us a message and get a shoutout! This week on a  Supersized episode of Formidable Opponents, we take on Fast Food.  With so many options and experiences, there is no doubt that many of our memories growing up are tied to these restaurants and food items.  They indeed share a special place in our hearts...at least that's what our physicians tell us during our EKG tests.  We cover everythi...

Send us a message and get a shoutout! For episode 90, we're taking it back to the 90s!  We've previously covered "Best 90s One-Hit Wonders" on a revisit, now we are taking on the worst.  The 90s were an eclectic time full of opportunity and joy in the music industry.  Those opportunities and that joy though short lived remains a part of our core memories and on every preset on...

Send us a message and get a shoutout! For every Dark Knight, there is a Batman & Robin, for every Empire Strikes back, there is a Phantom Menace, for every Godfather II, there is a Godfather III. This week Formidable Opponents is talking about that perfect imbalance of bad sequels.   Those movies whose predecessors brought you back thirsty for more and left you completely disappointed.  Look,...

Send us a message and get a shoutout! This week Formidable Opponents gives the people what they want (to tolerate).  That's right, splash on some of that Curve cologne and put on your best structure polo because we're talking sexy 90s music.  Music from an era, for a mood and yes, we each have our personal and hilarious interpretations of what that means.  After all, nothing is sexier th...

Send us a message and get a shoutout! Great movie plot twists are like a rollercoaster ride.  They take you on a journey of emotions and keep you guessing until the very end.  The cleverest of twists will make you want to watch the movie again and again just to see how it all came together.  This week on Formidable Opponents we break down these twists, we also show our appreciation of Amanda Peet...

Send us a message and get a shoutout! To be funny and meaningful is a trait of a truly unforgettable comedian.  Chris Farley was a comedic powerhouse that captured the laughs and the admiration of an entire generation.  25 plus years after his death, we still remember the times where he not only made us laugh but also inspired us with his humor and his genius.  Though we lost him way too soon and...

Send us a message and get a shoutout! 80s Metal has a special place in our hearts, it gave us speed, thrash, pulse pounding music that defined a generation and continues to inspire generations after.  Sure, it gave us *ahem* hair metal and we are obligated to mention that's a point of discussion, too.  However, we are mainly touting the legacy of an underdog genre that was loud, in your face...

Send us a message and get a shoutout! This week Formidable Opponents is talking songs in movies and there's nothing like a great soundtrack playing over some of the all-time most memorable scenes.  It's a natural combination that adds to the experience and gives us all that immersive feeling.  So, whether you're into those heel characters who violently torture their victims, deal dr...

Send us a message and get a shoutout! Hi, Everybody!  This week, Formidable Opponents takes you to the happiest place on Earth: Tijuana!...err. Springfield.  This week we are joined by our good friend Jiovanna Perez @jiowritesstories (who's the only person who calls us "sir" without adding, "you're making a scene"), as we discuss all things Simpsons .   On this episod...

Send us a message and get a shoutout! Our 2023 NCAA brackets are enough to make us drown our sorrows in alcohol but this week we celebrate!  We celebrate our return, our listeners and we celebrate the music that bonds us.  You can pretty much call anything a drinking song, and if you do, there is help.  However, there are a chosen few tunes that are your prime go to's.  Maybe they remind you...

Send us a message and get a shoutout! As many of us know the only thing worse than an ending to something we love is a bad ending to something we love.  When a television series ends badly, we are left with questions, confusion and disappointment.  They aren't always reliable and consistent.  When those "jump the shark" or "slow burn" moments start happening, we usually pr...

Send us a message and get a shoutout! This week Formidable Opponents is elated, excited and pumped up to talk Emo music (odd, isn't it?)  Yes, we are standing outside your window holding up our radios as we tackle a music genre that takes us back.  Much how we associate party anthems with the great times we had in our youth, emo music played in an important role in how we dealt with growing p...

Send us a message and get a shoutout! This week Formidable Opponents is celebrating all things Super Bowl.  The memories, the games, the players, and the exorbitant amount of fanfare that surrounds "America's biggest holiday."  The Super Bowl has always been a time capsule of get togethers, fun, and food and we're covering all that and more!  It's an episode you wouldn&apo...

Send us a message and get a shoutout! This week Formidable Opponents continues our 90s themed episodes as we debate and discuss what we felt was the golden age of rap and hip hop.  An eclectic, energetic time where the genre not only seeped into the mainstream, it dominated it.  The songs, the artists and the stories painted a picture of a life many did not know, its storytellers becoming worldwid...

Send us a message and get a shoutout! Call us The Joke Ridge Boys for this episode, as Formidable Opponents explore previously uncharted territories and we've gone country.  We explored the pop country explosion of the 90s replete with the artists, sounds and bulk striped shirts that made the era a memorable one.  If your show heifer won grand champion at the local livestock show, heck, even...

Send us a message and get a shoutout! After a long break, we wish we could go back.  No, not to the holidays but back to a simpler time.  Yes, we are talking 90s music this episode.  What better way to jump into 2023 than to debate these golden classics (ouch) and have a few laughs while doing it?  So, whether you understood every lyric to Yellow Ledbetter (liar), or you like your music with a sid...

Send us a message and get a shoutout! The end of the year and our last episode of the year brings some truce to our lives.  Join Formidable Opponents on this episode as we discuss the true meaning of the Christmas Spirit, good gifts, bad gifts, orange highlighter running shorts, drink mixers, trips to Spain on pain killers and a "Best of" Tracy Morgan SNL DVD.   It's all here, plus...

Send us a message and get a shoutout! On this episode of Formidable Opponents we cover those often overlooked heinous characters we love to hate during Christmas (No, not your relatives), we're talking the most despicable, evil and selfish individuals that attempt to rob us of holiday joy (No, not politicians).   Tune in as we put a little love in your heart by hating on the heartless.  So, l...

Send us a message and get a shoutout! It's the Holiday Season and we are back for another series of  fun Christmas themed episodes.  This week on Formidable Opponents, we're debating "Best Christmas Song."  With over 500 versions of "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" to eagerly sift through (each more somber than the next) and the fact that we're all mostly...

Send us a message and get a shoutout!  Acclaim though important when shared can be invaluable for some when the recognition rests solely on one individual's talent alone.  A star leaving a band to set out to make a name for him or herself is an all-too common tale.  Often times, the impetus of a band's demise occurs when hubris takes precedence (Or, believe in one's self and abiliti...

Send us a message and get a shoutout! Thanksgiving is a time to share, reflect and gather.  If you grew up like us, it was also a time for unintentional family comedy and inexplicable Country Crock tubs full of stuffing.  This week on Formidable Opponents, we give thanks to the memories, the food, time spent family and for our main entrée we rank and debate best Thanksgiving sides.     Support the...