iKnowBadeaux podcast

Few filmmakers defined a generation quite like John Hughes . From unforgettable teen comedies to beloved '80s classics and some of the most rewatchable movies of the '90s, Hughes created films that became part of our collective pop culture DNA. In Episode 406 of the iKnowBadeaux Podcast, The Gang takes on the momentous, potentially impossible task of ranking the films of the one and only John Hugh...

The NES was just getting started, and 1987 was a huge year for Nintendo . In Episode 405 of the iKnowBadeaux Podcast, The Gang ranks the NES games released in 1987 , putting them into our tier system and deciding which games deserve to be remembered as classics and which ones should probably stay in the past. From action and adventure to platformers and some seriously strange Nintendo-era releases...

Hop into the Escape Pod for a very special Episode 404 of the iKnowBadeaux Podcast! This one has been sitting in the vault for a LONG time. Recorded all the way back in December of 2025, we've been saving this episode for just the right occasion. And now, Episode 404 has arrived. We're going deep on Apocalypse Now , one of the most ambitious, influential, and legendary films ever made... and a mov...

Zach Mahoney is back, and this time The Gang is diving headfirst into the strange, hilarious, and occasionally completely unhinged history of Adult Swim . From its early days growing out of Cartoon Network's late-night programming to the shows that turned it into a cultural phenomenon, we're looking back at the characters, series, commercials, bumps, and bizarre programming choices that made Adult...

🎬 Hop into the Escape Pod and hit rewind! Episode 402 of the iKnowBadeaux Podcast takes us back to 1987 for another round of Be Kind Rewind , and this time we're putting two very different movies from the same legendary filmmaker head-to-head. We're talking Oliver Stone's Platoon vs. Wall Street! On one side, you've got Platoon , the brutal and unforgettable Vietnam War drama that put audiences r...

🚀 Jump into the Escape Pod and rewind to 1987 for one of the craziest movies ever made! RoboCop. This week on the iKnowBadeaux Podcast, Mayor Dave, Gabe, Scotty Pizza, and Jesse Huber dive headfirst into the absolute insanity of RoboCop —both on the screen and behind it. 🤖 On screen, you've got a dystopian Detroit, a corporation trying to privatize law enforcement, ED-209, Clarence Boddicker, ri...

🚀 Jump into the Escape Pod for a VERY special rewind! 400 EPISODES! To celebrate this massive milestone, we're heading back to 1987 for one of the greatest action movies of the decade—and one of the most ridiculously entertaining movies ever made. 🎬 PREDATOR! Mayor Dave, Gabe, Scotty Pizza, and Jesse Huber dive deep into the jungle to revisit the movie that brought together Arnold Schwarzenegger...

Prepare to boldly go where The Escape Pod has never gone before! It only took 399 episodes and nearly 15 years , but it finally happened… 👨‍👦‍👦 ALL THREE BADEAUX BROTHERS ARE TOGETHER ON THE PODCAST! For the first time ever, Mayor Dave, Gabe, and their oldest brother Rick are sitting around the same microphones—and there may be no better topic for this historic reunion than Star Trek: The Next...

🚀 Jump into the Escape Pod and rewind to 1987 for Episode 398 of the iKnowBadeaux Podcast — 1987 FOX TV Rewind! 📺✨ This time, we're stepping away from our traditional year-by-year format to look at one of the biggest shakeups in television history: the rise of FOX . How did American television get to a point where there were essentially three major networks dominating the airwaves ? We go all t...

🚀 Jump into the Escape Pod and rewind to 1987 with Episode 397 of the iKnowBadeaux Podcast — Be Kind Rewind 1987! 🎧✨ Mayor Dave, Gabe, Scotty Pizza, and Jesse Huber dive into a year where music exploded, television got weird, and the Satanic Panic reached peak insanity . 🎶 Music was HUGE in 1987. Michael Jackson followed up Thriller with Bad , while Guns N' Roses arrived and immediately starte...

For the first time ever, The Escape Pod is taking the show on the road! Bill Satre returns to join The Mayor, Gabe, and Scotty Pizza as the gang broadcasts  Liv...ish from the Crow Wing County Fair , bringing the podcast out of the studio and into the middle of one of Minnesota's biggest summer traditions. Of course, we couldn't just show up and talk—we had to play a game. This time it's That Ain'...

There can be only one... but somehow Highlander became an entire franchise. This week, Kyle Amundson joins The Mayor, Jesse, and Scotty Pizza as they dive into one of the most beloved cult classics of the 1980s to answer the question: WTF Happened to Highlander? From Christopher Lambert's unforgettable performance as Connor MacLeod to Sean Connery somehow playing an immortal Egyptian with a Scotti...

Weird News Week is back, and with Jesse off Taming The Beast at Play N Trade, we've got a new face stepping into the fourth chair. Podcast newcomer Zach Mahoney from 107.5 The Power Loon joins The Gang, and within minutes it's obvious... he's WAY nerdier than anyone expected. From pop culture references to effortlessly jumping into the chaos, Zach fits right in as The Triforce Formation tackles an...

🚀 Jump into the Escape Pod because it's Draft Day once again on the iKnowBadeaux Podcast! 💥🎬 This week, Mayor Dave, Gabe, Scotty Pizza, and Jesse Huber take on one of the toughest rankings yet as we draft the Greatest Action Stars of the 1980s . But there's one important rule... 🔥 Only their work during the 1980s counts. That means legendary careers outside the decade don't matter. If an actio...

🚀 Jump into the Escape Pod one last time as we wrap up our journey through 1986 with Episode 392 of the iKnowBadeaux Podcast — Be Kind Rewind 1986: Fan Picks! 🎬✨ Mayor Dave, Gabe, Scotty Pizza, and Jesse Huber close out the 1986 series by handing the final movie selections over to YOU—the fans! And your picks couldn't have been more different... or more deserving. 🚂 Stand by Me is a coming-of-...

🚀 Jump into the Escape Pod and rewind to 1986 for Episode 391 of the iKnowBadeaux Podcast — Be Kind Rewind 1986: Part Deux! 🎬✨ Mayor Dave, Gabe, Scotty Pizza, and Jesse Huber are back to tackle two films that couldn't be more different—but together perfectly capture the spirit of 1986. ✈️ Top Gun blasted into theaters and turned fighter pilots into rock stars. With unforgettable aerial action,...

🚀 Jump into the Escape Pod and rewind to 1986 with Episode 390 of the iKnowBadeaux Podcast — Be Kind Rewind 1986! 🎧✨ Mayor Dave, Gabe, Scotty Pizza, and Jesse Huber are back to dive into a year that was packed with unforgettable music, iconic television, and snacks that changed the vending machine forever. 🎶 We kick things off with the music of 1986 , a year when the charts were overflowing wi...

The Mayor is hard at work helping prepare for Brainerd's American 250 Celebration and this year's 4th of July festivities, so we're cracking open The Escape Pod Vault for one of our favorite episodes from the past. This week we're rewinding the clock four years to Episode 185: Burglary Ring, an absolute classic featuring Meta Mandich and one of the most ridiculous rounds of That Ain't No Baby we'v...

Bill Satre is back, and that can only mean one thing... It's time for another round of That Ain't No Baby , the game where reality and complete nonsense collide in spectacular fashion. This time, we're heading straight into the criminal justice system for the Crime & Punishment Edition . The Gang is presented with a lineup of bizarre crimes, ridiculous charges, strange legal violations, and unbeli...

Weird News week is back, and things get strange fast. In Episode 388, Jesse is off taming the beast that is Play N Trade, leaving the Triforce Formation crew to dive headfirst into another bizarre lineup of stories that somehow keep getting weirder. This week: 🥊 Joey "Jaws" Chestnut gets slapped with assault charges ❤️ Doctors discover the surprising best way to soothe a man's heart 🏠 AirBnBs be...

Every generation gets blamed for something … but this time, we decided to put the accusations to the test. In Episode 387, The Gang dives headfirst into one of the most chaotic Draft Day-style rankings we've ever attempted as we sort through the internet's favorite complaints about Gen Z and decide what actually deserves the blame. From disappearing social skills and weird online trends to the dea...

🚀 Jump into the Escape Pod and fire up the flux capacitor for Episode 386 of the iKnowBadeaux Podcast — Be Kind Rewind 1985 Part Deux Part Deux! ⚡🎬 This week, Mayor Dave, Gabe, Scotty Pizza, and Jesse Huber take a deep dive into one of the most beloved films of all time as we explore WTF Happened: Back to the Future . We're going beyond just revisiting the movie—we're digging into the fascinati...

🚀 Jump into the Escape Pod and rewind to 1985 for Episode 385 of the iKnowBadeaux Podcast — Be Kind Rewind 1985: Part Deux! 🎬✨ Mayor Dave, Gabe, Scotty Pizza, and Jesse Huber are back to dive into the movies that helped define one of the most over-the-top, action-packed years in 80s cinema. 😂 We kick things off with Spies Like Us , the Cold War comedy classic that paired Chevy Chase and Dan Ay...

🚀 Jump into the Escape Pod and rewind to 1985 Mayor Dave, Gabe, Scotty Pizza, and Jesse Huber dive into a year that changed entertainment forever, blending massive cultural moments, groundbreaking television, and the start of a gaming revolution. We apologize for the handful of small audio issues in this episode.  They could not be fixed. 🎶 We kick things off with two unforgettable moments in mu...

Game Time is back—and things are about to get uncomfortably hilarious . In Episode 383 of the iKnowBadeaux Podcast, Justin Goble returns for another round of Secret Sound, but this time the category might be the most chaotic yet: Actor Laughs . That's right—the gang is tasked with identifying actors based solely on their laughs. From iconic cackles to awkward chuckles and completely unhinged laugh...