Hardly Focused

Remembering Steve Albini, a man arguably responsible for some of the greatest alternative music of the past 30+ years The ever-present controversies surrounding music streaming services Fiona Harvey - the purported basis for Martha on Baby Reindeer - stalked the UK Labour Party leader, leaving all of her hallmarks along the way McDonald's introduces a new McFlurry that tastes just like your grandm...

Be warned - this entire episode of Hardly Focused spoils the first season of Fallout! As diehard fans of the video game series, Acc, Jack, and Mike each give their overall review of season 1 What's the best episode? Should episodes have been released weekly, instead of all at once? Who's the best character on the show? Who's the worst? With them sprinkled throughout the season, Acc, Jack, and Mike...

Rich Shertenlieb to host mornings on WZLX in Boston Panera Bread takes Charged Lemonade off their menu Microsoft shut down a lot of game studios this past week The saga of Helldivers 2, a controversial decision, and incredible fan backlash Nintendo will announce the Switch successor within the next year Warhammer is about to get expensive in select European countries FOLLOW and SUBSCRIBE! https://...

Jack, Mike, and Becky talk about parenthood, Taylor Swift on Bandcamp, Britney Spears' downward spiral, celebrities on Ozempic, and much more! Mike Tarara is a dad for the third time! Jack finally procured a bell and a megaphone for the studio Taylor Swift is finally on Bandcamp... or is she? Mike and Jack are obviously into the Fallout show; Becky isn't Mike is finally playing Fallout 76 Britney...

The Acc and Jack Show, fueled by copious amounts of caffeine since 2006 The Simpsons killed off a character that even diehard viewers forgot about A blue checkmark on social media means nothing The latest in the criminal trial of Ronald Thump "When there's nothing left to burn, you have to set yourself on fire." Dr. Louis Kwong presents "Genitalia of the Day" Acc and Jack highly recommend the Fall...

Content creator and teacher Sam Alkhatib joins Jack, Nate, and Zach for this very insightful installment of Hardly Focused! Hailing from Staten Island in New York, Sam explains why he began making videos on YouTube and TikTok; it all started with Zany Trains! Sam also talks about his tattoos, his favorite music, and the origin of his catchphrase, "Everything's gonna be alright, pal." FOLLOW SAM AL...

Podcast host David Baxter (Thank You, Five; Friends of the Countess; 12 Months of Christmas) joins Jack and Zach for this installment of Hardly Focused! Attention remote podcasters! Use Zoom. That is all. Adult nightmares about high school An earthquake occurred near New York City, and everybody felt it kind of Marc Summers stormed away from filming Quiet on Set David won't exist for about a month...

This episode marks 15 years of this podcast, 4 of which under the name "Hardly Focused!" Jack features audio of Nate and Zach's respective first appearances on this show, both from September 2009 Jack, Nate, and Zach discuss their "small world" moments, such as running into a local acquaintance on the other side of the country Ohio maniac brandishes a gun on a Burger King employee after being offe...

Part 1 – Did We Re-open Too Early? It’s another reunion of “The Acc and Jack Show!” Jack points out that he, Acc and Nate have not done a radio show together in upwards of a decade. To begin, Jack is trying hard not to hate the television ad for The Last of Us Part II. Acc points out that people are upset that main character Ellie is gay. Said people clearly never played the first game. Elsewhere,...

While fighting a migraine, Jack recaps his afternoon working live sound for, and hanging out with the band New Found Glory Acc and Jack exhibit weird ticks when interacting with celebrities Recapping the Webcomics on Ice convention in 2011, featuring encounters with a young Toby Fox (Undertale) and KC Green (the “This is fine” dog-and-fire cartoon) “Am I the Asshole?” Jack recounts two recent inst...

Jack and Nate's foreign language teacher from middle school was a living nightmare Conspiracies and controversies surround a photo of Kate Middleton and her children Should Alabama senator and scary mom Katie Britt be the Republican pick for Vice President? A trailer exists for the cancelled Spider-Man multiplayer live-service game Rest in peace Dragon Ball creator Akira Toriyama Jack tries and re...

Recapping Show Week - 5 straight days of new Hardly Focused episodes "National" days, and the fact that March 6 has five of them Becky is heavily invested in the trials of both Michelle Troconis and Hannah Gutierrez-Reed A school principal in Japan is fired and loses his pension over $3 worth of coffee Buy a Toyota, get a free 100lb bag of rice! Becky and Jack discuss the passing of Sister Wives'...

Molly McAleer gets exposed to The Acc and Jack Show! Acc and Jack were releasing podcast episodes well before podcasting was a thing Bad words that went from "you probably shouldn't say that" to "you definitely shouldn't say that" Acc recalls a lot of gas leaks when he and Jack were in the 4th grade Jack became a favorite among the local water treatment plant staff Jack's prediction from the previ...

The joy - and cringe - of low-budget commercials for local businesses Frankie and Johnny's Furniture of New Orleans, featuring the "Special Man" A movie is being made based on the "villain" from the Willy Wonka fiasco in Glasgow The Fallout series on Prime Video is essentially going to be Fallout 5 Becky has introduced Jack to gambling FOLLOW and SUBSCRIBE to Hardly Focused! https://linktr.ee/hard...

Fro brought his daughter over for the show Jack urges Fro to keep his daughter away from the Rugrats CGI reboot Hot off the heels of the Nintendo Switch's 7th birthday, Jack and Fro discuss the Pokémon games, both new and old Jack used TouchTunes to disrupt a blue collar establishment's mix of country music with pop punk and Britpop jams Fro lost his wallet in an IMAX theater Using the restroom at...

The MySpace Top 8, or how to cause a rift amongst friends in 2006 Dissecting the "immersive"-turned-disastrous Willy Wonka event in Glasgow, from AI-generated scripts to meth-cooking Oompa Loompas Nate versus the self-checkout machine at the supermarket FOLLOW and SUBSCRIBE to Hardly Focused! https://linktr.ee/hardlyfocused Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Molly McAleer (Trend Lightly, Mother, May I Sleep with Podcast?) joins Jack and Zach for this Leap Day installment of Hardly Focused! Coming soon! Jack and Molly's episode of MMISWP, where they and Becky discuss the Lifetime film Gone Mom: The Disappearance of Jennifer Dulos Warner Bros. is shelving potentially great, already-completed films like Batgirl and Coyote vs. Acme Wendy's angers everyone...

Jack is still having a good time on Threads. Follow Hardly Focused there! Becky feels bad for the lobsters in the tanks at the supermarket Taylor Swift is in Australia, or so her jet tracker claims Taylor felt "lonely" during the pandemic, despite being quarantined with Joe Alwyn Becky and Jack try to decipher the track list to The Tortured Poets Department Love is Blind contestant Chelsea Blackwe...

Only trust weather reports from Frankie MacDonald, from his own TV station Remember when Lunchables came with soda? Did The Simpsons really need to recast their minority characters? Super Bowl LVIII, from President Biden trolling everyone on social media to Travis Kelce yelling at Andy Reid Forgive Joe Biden; he's old and overcame a stutter New Hampshire resident Rick Hebbard fires a verbal salvo...

"Sex before marriage? PREPARE TO DIE!" Recapping the 2024 Grammy Awards; from Tracy Chapman's mind-blowing performing with Luke Combs, to Annie Lennox's tribute to Sinead O'Connor, plus the difference between Record of the Year and Album of the Year. Killer Mike wins a bunch of Grammys, only to be arrested for misdemeanor battery. After being fired from the cast almost immediately upon being hired...

(0:00) True to the name of this podcast, this episode is all over the place. ADHD is real, kids! (4:00) A "diaper spa" in Atkinson, New Hampshire catering to adult baby/diaper lovers is causing controversy among residents (35:00) Jack and Zach talk about anything and everything with Tucker Lindgren, including living in New England, cats, and Palworld (1:34:00) Joy Reid swears into a hot mic during...

"Do you like hot fudge sundaes?" Tay Zonday versus Rick Astley, or a case study in going viral In hindsight, Rockstar Games fumbled the trailer for Grand Theft Auto VI Zach prefers unrealistic, cartoony video games A Colorado pastor launches a crypto scam because the Lord told him to FOLLOW and SUBSCRIBE to Hardly Focused! https://linktr.ee/hardlyfocused Learn more about your ad choices. Visit meg...

Jack Gill presents: "How to Pronounce 'Barry Keoghan'" Jack and Becky watched Saltburn, while Mike finally saw Barbie People - or rather, a certain type of people - really didn't like this podcast's latest TikTok video about Aaron Rodgers and Jimmy Kimmel The 2024 Emmys, from Better Call Saul winning absolutely nothing to The Bear winning everything Lindsay Lohan and her father are upset about a "...

Most of this episode is spent discussing the feud between Aaron Rodgers and Jimmy Kimmel Jack finally owns a Hullabalooza shirt from The Simpsons Chris Christie drops out of the 2024 presidential race Acc and Jack check in on the live GOP debate between Ron DeSantis and Nikki Haley Blue checkmarks on social media mean absolutely nothing now Jo Koy's monologue at the Golden Globes was a disaster FO...

In this festive installment of Hardly Focused, Jack and Becky kick off 2024 with predictions, anticipations, rants and debates, and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices