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Send us Fan Mail On this episode of Idiot Sticks, the fellas discuss some aquatic adventures they went on during honeymoons and family vacations.  Brad tries to snorkel with broken equipment.  Brendan gets certified to scuba dive in a 3ft pool for 7 minutes, and then realizes that was not a proper certification.  Brendan goes swimming with manatees, having to kayak to the manatee hole, all while l...

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Send us Fan Mail The fellas welcome Jeremy back to the show for the 2nd half of the Helen, GA trip.  The fellas are taking requests for Brad and Amanda's baby girl's name.  Send recommendations to comments@idiotstickspodcast.com. While in Helen, we decided to do some family kayaking.  As you might imagine, this did not go well.  We set off on the river in several kayaks with only 1 or 2...

Send us Fan Mail Brad and Amanda are having the gender reveal, and Brendan and family plan to be there.  Brendan gets permission to make a fool of himself for the event.  See the gender reveal video on our Facebook page.  Close your eyes if you hate fat dudes in a leotard.   Brad has to avoid CPR at a grocery store, and afterwards has to ask the cashier for his groceries back when the couple in fr...

Send us Fan Mail Brendan and Brad have been taking an annual golf trip for the past 3 years.  Listen in as we discuss the 2022 version to Detroit and Canada. This is part 2 of our golf trip to Detroit.  Brad has to buy new golf shoes because his got soaked...somehow.  Once again, Brad is awesome at golf and Brendan sucks.  We decided to try another casino on Saturday night.  We were nearly t-boned...

Send us Fan Mail Brendan and Brad have been taking an annual golf trip for the past 3 years.  Listen in as we discuss the 2022 version to Detroit and Canada.  We discuss our flights to Detroit.  We talk about our first hour when we thought we had won enough money at Keno to pay for the entire trip.  Enjoy us talking about an escape room experience and our journey to and from downtown Detroit to ta...

Send us Fan Mail The fellas begin the episode by wishing Brad's wife and Idiot Sticks star, Amanda, a Happy Birthday.  After, Brad delivers some earth shattering news.  A huge announcement for his family, the entire Sansom family, and the Idiot Sticks community.  After the big announcement, Brad and Brendan discuss Brad's travels to deliver the news to other family members.  Obviously, t...

Send us Fan Mail The fellas welcome a new guest to the podcast, a long time friend of Brendan's, Tray Ivey.  We learn about Tray's first bike and how he could ride flawlessly at age 5.  There's brief mention of the Tri-Hi Y Fry Guy, as Tray was also in the club.  Tray and Brendan discuss the time Tray's dad, in tighty whities,  caught us listening to Eazy E on the sweet stereo...

Send us Fan Mail The guys take the first big trip with the new boat.  They discuss getting it to the lake with Jax, the little navigator.  Brad forgets an important key to the boat...the key.  Brad and Brendan discuss how cold the weather and the water is during this awesome lake and boat vacation.  The kids were so desperate to get in the water, they risked their lives for a quick swim.  And as B...

Send us Fan Mail Brendan begins the episode discussing having six 9-year old girls glamping in his backyard for Evie's birthday party.  Not once, but twice, the kitchen almost caught fire.  The heaters for the freezing cold tent caused all the power in the house to go out...multiple times.  Brad later talks about how his house becomes a money pit when people visit, or someone breaks their sho...

Send us Fan Mail Brendan was the Al Bundy of the family at age 15 when his mom made him get job during Spring Break at Shoe City.  Brad was a legendary YMCA camp counselor.  We have had some interesting job experiences, to say the least.

Send us Fan Mail You've heard us discuss our boat rental experiences.  Now we talk about boat ownership.  Brendan just bought a new pontoon boat, and it went just like you would expect for a Sansom.  There were issues with the trailer, the trailer lights, the towing vehicle, and more.  Brad then talks about when he owned a boat, and broke every vessel captain rule almost killing his friend an...

Send us Fan Mail The guys welcome Keith back to the podcast.  Keith and Brad tell more stories about shoplifting, including the time Keith worked an overnight shift for Brad.  Meanwhile, Brad was at Mardi Gras in New Orleans having a ball while Keith was doing 360s holding a would-be shoplifters hair.  Keith details a story about coming out of American Pie in Montgomery and getting on an episode o...

Send us Fan Mail At the beginning of this episode, Brad details the new Idiot Sticks bumper music created for us by Brad Edgy.  Brendan discusses how he almost went to Ishihara, Japan to teach English, but his girlfriend at the time was having none of it.  Next, Brendan discusses his move to Montana, going to an interesting festival, and just winging it with a couple of buddies in Missoula.   Duri...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode, Brad and Brendan welcome Joe Adams back and introduce Keith Long to the podcast.  Brad, Keith, and Joe tell stories about their days as Loss Prevention specialists in multiple retail establishments.  Joe squares off with the Koolaid-Man and a soda machine gets demolished.  Also, Joe is recalled to court to identify some shoplifters from the past, only to discover...

Send us Fan Mail This episode, Brad and Brendan welcome Jeremy Sasser back to the show.  The guys discuss some funny restaurant mishaps.  Brendan sounds like an uppity beer snob, even though he really has no idea what he's talking about.  There's discussion about fast food restaurants and how much fun it is ordering at a drive thru.  During the last half of the podcast, the fellas recoun...

Send us Fan Mail The fellas begin the discussion about Brendan's recent tooth issue.  Brendan is shy in expressing how awesome his teeth are, but now a minor tragedy has befallen his beautiful chompers.  Listen as Brendan discusses going to a dental school and getting radiographs, a root canal (under a microscope), and ultimately the tooth had to be removed.  Brad explains how his misfortune...

Send us Fan Mail Evie Sansom turns 9 years old today, but her alter ego, Granny, is 121 years old.  Granny and Brendan welcome Granny's two bingo buddies, Aunt May and Uncle Jack.  It is clear from the beginning that Uncle Jack has no idea where he is.  The old folks discuss how they met, where they live, their kids (adopted or otherwise).  Brendan inquires about many things with these bingo...

Send us Fan Mail Brendan and Brad welcome Jeremy and Amanda back to the podcast.  The crew discusses Brad and Amanda's dual bachelor-bachelorette party weekend in Atlanta.  We performed a social experiment to determine the probability of someone turning down a high-five.  We discuss several events of the weekend, including one night Brendan sat at a bar petting a dog and lighting matchbooks u...

Send us Fan Mail Brendan, Brad, Amanda, and Jeremy discuss a couple of trips Brad and Amanda took to see Dave Matthews.  Both trips proved to be bad ideas, as COVID and the Sansom luck intervened.  The 4 of them discuss all the things that usually happen to Sansoms when they travel.  An airline "upgrade" that resulted in zero benefit.  A woman throws up right behind Amanda.  A glow stick...

Send us Fan Mail This is the best of Idiot Sticks from our inaugural season.  We have clips about a dead chimpanzee, golf, stupid college courses, karma as a Sansom, and many more.  This wraps up our 1st season as professional podcasters, or as professional idiots.   Thank you to all of you that listen and download and subscribe and reach out on social media, email, text, etc.  We have had a blast...

Send us Fan Mail Brad and Brendan discuss the time they decided to tent camp at Gulf Shores State Park.  Brendan had a massive tent, and he even let Brad have his own room.  The guys talk about how comfortable tent camping is...especially if one of you has a fold out cot, an inflatable queen size mattress, and comfy linens...oh and a space heater.  The elderly neighbors at the campgrounds apparent...

Send us Fan Mail Brad and Brendan welcome a new guest, Brad's friend Joe Adams.  Brad and Joe discuss a trip or two to Atlanta for a couple of football games.  It's never quite clear what year any of these events happened.  Brad gets removed from a bar in Atlanta as his best friend Wayne Mills is not in the mood to have Brad come on stage with him on one particular night.  Later, Brad an...

Send us Fan Mail Brad begins the episode with his beef regarding baseball umpires and their animated strike 3 calls.  This leads to Brad and Brendan having an animated discussion about instant replay in sports and officiating overall.  The guys are clear that if society deems officials necessary, then we should leave all calls on the field of play to those highly paid officials. This is one of the...