Our POoRCHoices the Podcast

This week the gang sits down to talk about their plans for this summer and the days of summers past where Fatty and Commando recall their very different experiences camping at the same place while in the scouts (but not in the same troop). While Sarcastro plans on taking the family to Washington D.C. and Banky is just going to work on moving and finally getting to help Commando out with sound prod...

This week it's all random topics as Fatty tells Commando and Banky about the events that while waiting for The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom to release led to him realizing he's failed the boy as a father when it comes to laundry, which then spurs the conversation of how each of them folds their shirts.  Banky then shifts the conversation to talking about having your credit card info stole...

This week the gang discusses the ever rapidly evolving technology of "AI".  Addressing the impact it has had on service roles, the customer experience, impacting the film and television industry, where it could go from here and the inevitable take over by the machines who will become our mechanical overlords. Also Commando and Sarcastro question the functionality of AI and self-driving cars for on...

This week the gang gathers around the table to discuss spoilers and the times they've fallen victim to, or have been the perpetrator of them for movies, television shows, sporting events, and surprise parties.  They also debate what proper etiquette is for revealing spoilers and when you shouldn't be expected to be protected from them.    Intro and Outro music written and performed by Andrés Rodrí...

This week the fellas discuss how sometimes when you have things go good, something else needs to go bad.  From Corporal's week taking a turn for the worst with house issues, to Fatty explaining how moving a brewery just 10 miles from it's original location and having a new water source changed the flavors of their traditonal beers they spend an hour talking about their experiences. Intro and Outro...

This week the whole gang kicks off season three of the show by pitching ideas for some additional content ideas from some unsolved mysteries and true crime from when they used to all hang out at The Porch, cooking competitions and using gaming devices like the Power Glove or the Power Pad.  They also work on an idea of recording a road trip that quickly spins out of control.   Also Banky pitches a...

This week the fellas go around the table to talk about what's acceptable when it comes to hygiene and housekeeping.  From sharing soap, toothbrushes and the washing machine to how often you should wash sheets and towels to the five-second rule and Sarcastro's car cleanliness now compared to 1999 they learn a little more about each other than they thought they would have after all these years.  Int...

This week the fellas sit down to talk about their experiences with thrift stores, yard sales and virtual dirt malls as both cusotmer and vendor.  Fatty explains his new weekly tradition of wandering around his local thrift store and the treasures he's found.   This leads to the suggestion that Fatty gather intel on what prices are being put on the stuff Banky's been donating at that store.  Sarcas...

This week the fellas discuss their expierences with joining social clubs at firehouses, American Legions, gun clubs (which Sarcastro notes doesn't seem to be a great pairing), and more where the drinks flow for cheap and as Banky notes during his tenor as a bartender at one, the customers can be even cheaper.    Fatty also shares his new obsession with pull tab games at his local firehouse and tel...

This week Fatty and Banky sit back down with The Boy as he finally watched the 1984 version of Nightmare on Elm Street and the 1982 version of Poltergeist.  To Banky's surprise neither movie rattled The Boy leading both him and Fatty to wonder why they were so scared of these films at his age. The Boy then throws down the gauntlet for the two of them to find something that is truly scary leaving t...

This week the fellas trade go around the table to talk about things they've purchased that may have seemed like they were going to be poor choices but turned out to be pretty great choices.    Fatty's knife sharpener has Commando interested which leads to talking about his satisfaction withe the anniversary gift he recieved from his day job.  While Sarcastro was content with his $30 bottle of pain...

This week Commando, Fatty, and Banky sit down to talk about their experiences with the neighbors they've had and the neighbors they themselves have been over the years.  From the good ones that help you jump your car or clear the snow off of your sidewalks to the ones that don't understand boundaries, they cover the bases on 25 years of neighborly and not so neighborly interactions and the unwritt...

This week Fatty and Banky discuss if it's appropriate to have Fatty's son (aka The Boy) start watching horror movies at ten years old after The Boy says he wants to see the M. Night Shyamalan film, Knock at the Cabin and the recall their experiences with horror movies in their youth from when they started watching them to what really scared them. Fatty decides that he can't start with the newest f...

This week the fellas contemplate what they would do if they could purchase famed sandwich company Subway, and it goes exactly how you might expect.  From simplifying the menu and making a themed bologna sub (or rather the preferred Pennyslvanian vernacular, hoagie) named after Commando himself to reducing the store to a vending machine that bakes bread on the spot they have plenty of POoRCHoices l...

This week on the show the fellas talk about the things they experience as they get older.  From changes in what they like to eat or what they can still eat, to injuring themselves sneezing and dental implants, they have no shame in getting honest about their bodies. Intro and Outro music written and performed by Andrés Rodríguez (Androzguitar). 

This week to celebrate the 100th episode of the show, the fellas are joined by Lady Corporal, Lady Jarvis, and The Wife (Fatty's wife to be exact) as well as some adult beverages as they play a version of "would you rather" that shows what kind of deviants they really are as things go off the rails and everyone makes POoRCHoices.  Intro and Outro music written and performed by Andrés Rodríguez (An...

This week the fellas get together to discuss the tradition of chillin' and grillin' to honor the fact that Commando snagged a new outdoor griddle to add to his outdoor cooking aresenal and goes over his first cook on it.  They also note that as long as there is a grill, griddle or smoker in the yard that men will naturally gravitate towards it and grab a beverage and get really chatty regardless i...

This week as Sarcastro recovers from the flu that chased the gang up to their annual guys weekend trip the rest of the fellas talk about their guilty pleasures.  From music, to food, movies and television shows and their hidden favorite adult beverages they tell the stories of why they are guilty pleasures all while trying to determine what makes something a guilty pleasure. Also Fatty talks about...

This week the gang talks about the joys of dealing with warranties (or lack thereof) and their experiences with them for cars, homes, audio equipment and appliances as well as following those routine maintenance schedules for vehicles and not falling victim to the cabin air filter upcharge at the dealership. Later in the episode, Fatty explains how his father overengineered the hot water system an...

This week the fellas discuss their post holiday clean up and that overwhelming feeling of putting away all the new things they've accumulated as they change over the decor the hoildays to just general winter.  They also talk about the fact that you gain more ornaments and decorations each year but seldom get rid of the ones you no longer utilize so your collection of bins or totes of unused holida...

This week the gang discusses that most wonderful time of the year, cold and flu season.  From how a cold or flu takes them down to the remedies they employ from vitamins, cold medicine (when you can find it on the shelf) to old home remedies to reduce the chances of getting sick they definitely have their fair share of stories.   Also Sarcastro finds an off brand use for the original yellow mouthw...

This week the gang talks about partying in their early days compared to how they party today.  From learning what to drink to how to drink it, there's no shortage of stories of their poor choices from graduation night to barbeques and the general rules of passing out versus falling asleep. Also, Fatty shows his children "The Porch" where the fellas spent their formidable years becoming the POoRCHo...

This week the gang comes up with their predictions to fill in their 2023 bingo cards.  From dead pools, social media changes, Fatty's auction habits, to the return of Pauly Shore's stardom, the absurdity kicks into high gear as they spend an hour flexing their psychic muscles.   Also Fatty and Commando express different opinions about the adoption rate of electric vehicles in 2023.  Intro and Outr...

This week the the gang closes out 2022 by finally airing the pilot run of the rants series recroded back on January 29th, 2022 where the everyone was supposed to finally be in the same room and record at Casa de Sarcastro until sickness came and took Commando down and prevented him from flying.  In typical POoRCHoices fashion, the rest of them did the show anyway by discussing their Taco Bell expe...

This week the fellas discuss what they would need for a road trip.  From the vehicle, CB radios, a destination, pit stops, libations, rain slickers, and ways to make money on the trip to continue to fund the whole thing they just keep coming up with one POoRCHoice after another.   Intro and Outro music written and performed by Andrés Rodríguez (Androzguitar).