Poor Man's Media

Poor Man's Pod

Society EN ↓ 12 episodes

What are we beefin' about today? From the Poor Man's Media family of podcasts, Ryan McGowan shares beefs, talks about current events and the news, and punctuates his takes with quotes from Seinfeld, The Office, How I Met Your Mother, Parks and Recreation, and The Good Place, among others. You pay for "15 minutes of lame", but Ryan always delivers more than that. (Whether it's more minutes or more lameness is to be determined, however.) 

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Poor Man's Media

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Society

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Latest episode

Dec 27, 2025

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Episodes

A Poor Man's Teaser 27.12.2025

We're back! Ryan explains why we're rebooting "Straight Outta Everett" as "Poor Man's Pod" and teases his beef with the Young MC song "Bust a Move." Instagram: @RMac821 Leave a Voicemail: 617-394-8012.

11. Trump changes course on COVID and masks, and interview with Mike Carraggi 22.07.2020

Ryan is speechless and is without speech about Trump's COVID-19 briefing at the White House yesterday. Homeland Security agents are "proactively" arresting people in Portland. Later on, Mike Carraggi of Patch (@PatchCarraggi) joins to talk about how he found himself in the middle of national news last week (and was described as a "white nationalist) and some of the issues surrounding journalism in...

10. School resource officer survey results; with co-host Emma Marra 10.07.2020

Ryan welcomes co-host Emma Marra to follow up from earlier discussion by analyzing student responses to a survey about attitudes about school resource officers and the role of police in schools in general.

9. Are the Washington Redskins no more?? With guest Matt Mallio 06.07.2020

Ryan beefs about Donald Trump's Monday tweets: defending the Confederate flag at NASCAR events, throwing shade at Bubba Wallace, accusing BLM protestors of toppling a Frederick Douglass statue in Rochester NY. Matt Mallio joins for the second half of the program to discuss the proposed Washington Redskins and Cleveland Indians name changes.

8. Covid cases rising and should we celebrate the 4th of July this year? 03.07.2020

Today's beefs: 1. "No soup for you" - NBA players contracting coronavirus 2. "Sometimes I just start a sentence with no idea" - Trump touts greatest jobs growth ever 3. "I'm running away from my responsibilities" - Trump says more testing = more cases 4. "We're living in a society" - July 4th weekend tests Americans' self-discipline 5. "Not that there's anything wrong with that" - Should we even c...

7. Nazis shooting people, Lincoln statue, and interview with Emma Marra about school reopening guidelines 01.07.2020

Segments include: "The Jerk Store Called" with a Nazi shooting a would-be flag stealer in Oklahoma, "Am I So Sane That I Blew Your Mind" about the removal of a controversial Abraham Lincoln statue in Boston, "It's Not a Lie If You Believe It" with Trump's shoddy defense of his lack of knowledge about Russian bounties, and "No Soup For You" with Trump's theat to veto any bill which requires the ren...

6. Quarantine violators and couples with guns 30.06.2020

Ryan talks about Governor Baker lifting the quarantine restrictions for visitors from 7 Northeast states, Hawaii expels a Maine man for violating quarantine, a couple in a gated community in St. Louis aims weapons at passing protestors, sharks are back on Cape Cod, and Cam Newton is on the Patriots.

5. Just wear the damn mask 24.06.2020

Ryan rants about people who refuse to wear masks out of spite and compares the anti-mask people to the anti-vaccine people. YOUR FIFTEEN MINUTES OF LAME.

4. Police in schools follow-up 18.06.2020

Follow-up to Monday's episode discussing police in schools. Why people should be respectful and not just attack someone on social media for an unintended comment. Spirited Facebook debate and front-page Boston Globe story today on this theme. Also, update on the Rayshard Brooks shooting in Atlanta.

3. Police in schools? 16.06.2020

Another weekend in America and another black man shot by police. Also, is it racist to suggest that having school resource officers may be a positive thing?

2. Don't listen to the extremes 12.06.2020

YOUR 15 MINUTES OF LAME: Ryan has beef with people who focus only on extreme arguments of one side or the other, the Seattle Capital Hill Autonomous Zone and the racist North Attleboro guy, Beacon Hill is tackling police reform, and June 12 is a crazy day in history. Follow us on Twitter @RyanMcGowan33. Subscribe on Spotify, soon iTunes.

1. The Confederate flag sucks 12.06.2020

YOUR FIFTEEN MINUTES OF LAME: On episode 2, Ryan discusses Trump's announcement that he won't consider changing the name of miltary bases named after Confederate generals, flying and burning the Confederate flag, and how social media is making us pick sides when we don't have to.

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