Ripping The Rack Podcast

And the Friday edition is up and ready for you to watch or listen to! In this episode, Brian and Tim welcome their 1st guest to a Friday show. We welcome Mark Ricci to the show! In this sometimes rambling discussion, the Bruins, Celtics, Habs firing of Claude Julian, some wrestling, Tim being his normal idiotic self trying to get Brian to laugh (spoiler... it didn't happen). As usual, please get a...

In this typical Tuesday episode, Brian and Tim discuss all things Candlepin Bowling to include our favorite types of tournaments (newsflash, we love the Men's Worlds, but have excluded this from our list), and just like last week, we picked 1 person from each state who we think would make a mark in the last box to win a million dollars! Tune in for our picks! As usual, please send all questions an...

It's Friday and this means that Brian and Tim are talking about just about anything other than Candlepin Bowling. Todays topics include touching on just about everything with the NBA, NHL, NFL, and MLB and end with Brian and Tim talking about UMaine and the wonderful gift from the Alfond Foundation totaling 110 million dollars to the UMaine Athletics and a total of 500 million to the University of...

In this special Canadian themed episode Tim and Brian answer questions related to candlepin bowling in Canada. And of course they also discuss some special upcoming guests that they are working to get on the show as well. As usual, you can reach out to Tim and Brian with questions and comments to Rippingtherackpodcast@gmail.com and you can find us on Facebook and Twitter at Ripping The Rack Podcas...

In this very special edition of Ripping The Rack Podcast, Brian and Tim discuss a whole range of topics and really dive down deep in the rabbit hole. A few jokes for the listeners, a few sports related topics, and then they went down a rabbit hole regarding society as a whole. As usual, please send your questions and comments to rippingtherackpodcast@gmail.com or find us on Facebook/Twitter at Rip...

Brian and Tim have a special guest this week. A former ICBA Winner, 2x World Singles Champion, and multiple time State champion, Mr. Marc Carrier joins us this week! as a group we discussed flat gutters, our bowling inspirations, general talk about the game of Candlepin bowling, and the life and times of Sessa Menendez. We wish the family of Sessa healing thoughts and condolences during this time...

Tim says good luck following along as he had multiple squirrel moments during the taping of this episode, but if you like multiple jokes (some were kinda inappropriate Tim!), discussion about the upcoming Super Bowl, discussion on the issues happening in the entertainment industry (see Morgan Wallen), and more jokes from Tim (he was trying to get Brian to lose it, but Brian did a great job keeping...

Today's episode is a very special episode as Brian and Tim have a special guest in Russ Nealey Jr (or Rusty or JR or Mr. Nealey). Rusty and his wife Jody are the proprietors or Stars and Strikes Bowling Center in South Paris Maine. Brian, Tim, and Rusty discuss the state of the game, the game of candlepin bowling, swap some stories, and have a general discussion about where they see the game trend...

In this episode, Brian and Tim discuss the ramifications of the socioeconomic impact of something or other (tim just wanted to use big words).. Really, we just have some fun discussing winning powerball/megamillions, some tv shows, some jokes (sorry for the last joke that Tim ends with.. We all tried to stop him, but once he gets going, there is no stopping him), and  just general stuff - Onc...

In this episode Brian and Tim discuss the NEKO (New England Knock Out) tournament that Freshy (Nick Zuffelato) has put together which is a doubles knock out bracket style tournament. Brian and even goes on the spot and picks winners of each matchup! Tim has a bet with Brian about his bowling... They also discuss the weekends Maine State Team Tournament which was held in Augusta this weekend. Congr...

Brian and Tim share their thoughts on the incoming President and Vice-President, talk a little about politics, and then move on to more important topics such as TV shows they are currently watching, Game of Thrones, and touch on upcoming TV shows that they would like to be watching. As usual, please reach out to us at rippingtherackpodcast@gmail.com and find us on Twitter and Facebook at Ripping T...

Brian and Tim are joined this week with a very special guest. The one and only, Chris Merrill join us this week as we answer some questions (one about concussions in a bowling alley), talk a little bit about the Hall of Fame, and then move on to general bowling questions and then end the conversation with a generational question seeing as Chris is young enough to be Tim's son! As usual, reach out...

Good Friday morning! In this episode Brian and Tim talk a little bit about what it's like to entertain yourself with the bots that sometimes ask questions, then discuss NFL playoffs and news, and end with some NBA conversation. As usual, please reach out to us at rippingtherackpodcast@gmail.com or on Facebook at Ripping The Rack Podcast!

In this episode, Brian and Tim discuss random topics to begin and then get into the candlepin portion of the discussion. We discuss some of the cancellations caused by Covid-19, and then spend time discussing some listener questions. As always, please send questions and comments to rippingtherackpodcast@gmail.com, here on YouTube at Ripping The Rack, and of course on Facebook at Ripping The Rack P...

In this episode, Brian and Tim discuss the Wednesday happenings at the US Capital during the confirmation of President Elect Biden and the storming of the Capital. Tim discusses a couple of books he is currently reading, including the boob book! We also move on and discuss the upcoming Bruins season as well as the Boston Celtics. We thank you all for watching and listening to our sometimes inane r...

Brian and Tim (with the help from Executive Producer Luna) discuss matters of vital importance to include the start of the Bruins season, the end of the NFL regular season, and then move on to some questions from listeners and a discussion on some candlepin bowling topics. As usual, please send questions and comments to rippingtherackpodcast@gmail.com and find us on Facebook at Ripping The Rack Po...

Episode 34 is off the rails with the conversation between Brian, Tim, and our special guest this week, Brian Fuller Jr. The 3 of us discuss various candlepin bowling topics like favorite bowlers to watch, Hall of Fame stuff, favorite memories, etc... As usual, reach out to us at rippingtherackpodcast@gmail.com or find us on Facebook at Ripping The Rack Podcast!

Merry Christmas to all of our listeners. Brian and Tim have a little fun on a special Thursday edition of the Friday edition of the podcast. We discuss a little of this and that with an emphasis on a whole lot of discussion on the potential vaccine, sports with the Celtics and soccer conversation. That's right, Tim attempts to discuss with Brian some of the soccer rules and teams (which is a mess...

Episode 33 features Brian and Tim discussing candlepin bowling with our special guest from North of the border. Mr. Scott Estabrooks is our special guest this week and we discuss all things related to the game of Candlepin bowling. As usual, please reach out to us at rippingtherackpodcast@gmail.com or you can find us on Facebook and Twitter at Ripping The Rack Podcast.

In this Friday edition, Brian and Tim spend some time discussing the Red Sox and their off-season, the NBA and the Celtics upcoming season, And then a riveting discussion on Christmas movies before ending on a more serious note with the amount of untruths being posted on social media, etc... As usual, please send all questions to rippingtherackpodcast@gmail.com or find us on Facebook at Ripping Th...

Another special episode in store as Brian and Tim have a special guest in Mr. Dave Godwin. Tim, Brian, and Dave talk Candlepin bowling, the state of the game, the Worlds, and other compelling must hear/see conversation! As usual, you can reach us with your questions at rippingtherackpodcast@gmail.com and you can find us on Facebook at Ripping The Rack Podcast.

In this episode Brian and Tim talk sports and comedians -Specifically, NBA news, college football news, and then spend time talking about the Rolling Stone list of top 50 Comedians. Newsflash, we disagree with some of the choices. As always, please send your questions and comments to rippingtherackpodcast@gmail.com or find us on Facebook at Ripping The Rack Podcast!

In this episode Brian and Tim welcome a special guest in the legend himself, Mr. Jeff Surette. Once we got the technical difficulties out of the way (bad storm and Tim was without power), the discussion flowed between Jeff's favorite memories from bowling, to the state of the game, to good young bowlers (mainly from the Massachusetts area as that is where Jeff is from), to Worlds talk, etc... we t...

In this episode Tim and Brian talk about the russell Westbrook trade, TikTok (which Tim has come to love), humor, the vaccine for Covid, among other things... As usual, please reach out to us at rippingtherackpodcast@gmail.com and on Facebook at Ripping The Rack Podcast

Welcome to Episode 30! Brian and Tim take some time to discuss clutch bowlers and anchor bowlers and what they believe makes a great clutch bowler. At the same time they discuss a few other candlepin bowling related items. As always, we appreciate any and all feedback. You can reach us at rippingtherackpodcast@gmail.com and on Facebook at Ripping the Rack Podcast!