The BBN Podcast

Episode 26 kicks off with Independence Day as America celebrates its 250th birthday . We hope everyone had a safe Fourth of July and made it to July 5th with all their fingers and toes! From there, we turn to Venezuela, where devastating earthquakes have left communities rebuilding. Our thoughts are with everyone affected as we discuss the response, recovery efforts, and why ordinary citizens ofte...

Episode 25 kicks off with Michigan in full summer chaos mode. A brutal heat wave, Nestlé draining Michigan water, and the wild stories coming out of Electric Forest all start the conversation. Kyle looks back on the festival scene from 2010–2015, before social media became the main event and people actually lived in the moment instead of filming it. That leads into bigger questions about money, li...

Happy Father’s Day from the Belligerent Broadcast Network. Episode 24 starts with Kyle and Nick back in the Podcast Bunker reflecting on fatherhood, leadership, responsibility, and the lessons that shape the people we become. What starts as a conversation about dads quickly turns into a bigger discussion about leadership itself and why so many institutions seem to be struggling with it today. From...

Episode 23 is a milestone for the Belligerent Broadcast Network...our first guest joins us in the bunker! Nick's longtime friend Don is visiting from Colombia, and what starts as a conversation between old friends turns into our longest episode yet. We kick things off talking about how Don and Nick met while working in the corporate cannabis industry. That leads into a discussion about commerc...

Episode 22 kicks off with Michigan summer arriving in full force. One minute we're wearing hoodies, the next it's 90 degrees and we're questioning our life choices. Then it's time for another edition of the Global Trash Can Report. And yes... we're back in Iran. Everyone is talking about peace while preparing for more conflict. Ceasefires come and go, but the fighting never rea...

Episode 21 kicks off with another round of global headlines, and honestly, it feels like we've been reading the same news story for months. Iran. Ukraine. Ceasefires that don't seem to stop anything. New developments, same conflicts. At this point, we're genuinely asking: what is the political definition of a ceasefire? Because from where we're sitting, the fighting never really se...

Episode 20 kicks off on a Friday night because Kyle’s schedule has officially turned into organized chaos. Before diving into the madness, we ask the audience a real question, would you guys actually join us if BBN started going live? Because Nick is fully ready to unleash chaos in real time. We start by reminiscing about the early internet days, when everything online felt like the Wild West. Not...

Episode 19 kicks off with another edition of the Global Trash Can Report , because the world somehow keeps getting more chaotic by the week. Back to the Middle East we go, drone strikes near power plants, ceasefires collapsing, and oil markets doing absolute parkour. When energy prices spike overseas, it doesn’t stay overseas. Fuel costs climb, supply chains tighten, and suddenly everybody at home...

Episode 18 kicks off with another edition of the weekly “Trash Can Report,” because somehow the news keeps getting stranger every single week. The Iran ceasefire is supposedly in effect… yet the shells are still flying. So naturally, nobody really knows what “ceasefire” even means anymore. Then the next thing rolls in... Hantavirus. Because apparently one global health scare wasn’t enough. We brea...

Episode 17 opens close to home: Michigan weather doing what it does best. Cold when it shouldn’t be, dragging winter out just long enough to be annoying. That turns into talk about spring, gardens, and growing up actually producing your own food… before the squirrels apparently started working for Big Grocery and wiped everything out. Then we zoom out, and like clockwork, it’s back to Iran. Ceasef...

Episode 16 starts where it feels like every episode has lately... back on Iran. At this point, it’s not even shocking anymore. The same headlines, the same tension, just recycled over and over again. Wars that feel less like events and more like cycles. Every decade, like clockwork. The only thing that really stands out anymore is how normalized it’s all become. But one thing still manages to impr...

Episode 15 starts where it usually does: same cycle, same headlines, different week. One story actually cuts through the noise though. Questions around leadership, accountability, and how power gets used behind closed doors. It’s the kind of thing that makes you stop and ask who’s really in control… and who isn’t. Before we go any further, shoutout to the BBN community. We’re now reaching listener...

We kick off Episode 14 back in space, Artemis, the moon, and the bigger question of why now. What are we really going back for, and what aren’t they saying out loud? Then it’s right back to Earth… and right back to Iran. Ceasefire talks, blockades, tension building in all the wrong places. It feels like the only thing in the news anymore. And the longer it drags on, the more it raises the question...

We open this one a little more grounded than usual: Easter Sunday, recording like we always do, trying to hold onto some sense of normalcy in a world that doesn’t feel very normal right now. That doesn’t last long. The weekly news recap hits, and it’s immediately one of those moments where you’re asking what’s actually real anymore. Headlines that sound like satire but keep showing up anyway: alie...

Nick’s back! Michigan tried to take him out with whatever virus is going around, so we start there, how something so small can knock you flat and remind you real quick how fragile people actually are. That idea doesn’t go away for long, because it somehow sets the tone for everything else. We drift into the Iran situation, and it starts feeling a little too familiar. Like we’ve seen this movie bef...

Episode 11 of the BBN Podcast is here, and this one takes a different turn. Nick is out sick this week, which leaves Kyle flying solo behind the mic. What starts as a simple question quickly turns into something much bigger: Are people actually getting dumber… or just louder? Building off the Mandela Effect conversation from last episode, Kyle dives into a pattern that’s becoming impossible to ign...

Episode 10 of the BBN Podcast is here, and this one is a whole experience. It starts with something simple. A surprise. Nick walks into the studio… and everything’s changed. New setup. New energy. Episode ten. So naturally, we break it in the only way that makes sense, with our first ever Dubby Energy taste test (Dragonade) and a classic Nick vs Everything rant about car troubles and Michigan weat...

Episode 9 of the Belligerent Broadcast Network (BBN) dives headfirst into the rapidly escalating tensions surrounding Iran and the strange economics of modern warfare. Kyle and Nick kick things off by looking at one of the most absurd realities of modern combat: $8 cardboard drones forcing the U.S. and Israel to fire interceptor missiles that cost millions of dollars each. It raises a bigger quest...

In Episode 8 of the BBN Podcast , Kyle and Nick dive headfirst into one of the wildest news cycles yet. We start with the breaking question everyone’s asking, did the United States just bomb Iran? What it means for oil prices, global stability, and whether the Middle East is about to explode into a larger conflict. Then things get even stranger. Reports surface of Jeffrey Epstein being spotted in...

We apologize for the delayed episode this week, the editing team was out sick for a few days with what we can only assume was the Bubonic Plague... Episode 7 is our longest and most unfiltered episode yet. Kyle and Nick break down political blunders on the global stage, the latest developments surrounding the Epstein files, Congress’ shocking approval ratings, and why the public trust gap keeps wi...

In Episode 6 of the BBN Podcast, Kyle and Nick dive into some of the most unsettling questions about modern society, authority, and whether people are still truly thinking for themselves. The episode opens with continued public debate surrounding the Epstein case and broader questions about power, influence, and institutional narratives. From there, the conversation shifts into Darwinism, ancient...

⚠️ Tin Foil Hat Episode ⚠️ In Episode 5 of the BBN Podcast, Kyle and Nick lean into cultural conspiracy theories, internet rabbit holes, and big “what if?” questions... all in a speculative, entertainment-focused discussion. 🏈 The episode opens with Super Bowl Sunday talk, including halftime show reactions and how major sporting events intersect with culture, media, and politics. From there, the...

In Episode 4 of the BBN Podcast , Kyle and Nick tackle the growing sense that something fundamental is breaking in modern society. The episode opens on February 1st with a breakdown of the ICE protests now unfolding in Detroit , including the controversial Alex Pretti shooting and what it signals about rising political tension across the United States. From there, the conversation turns to a bigge...

In Episode 3 of the BBN Podcast , Kyle and Nick take listeners on a wild ride through geopolitics, history, culture, and the deepest questions about reality itself. ❄️ The episode opens with brutal winter conditions as temperatures plunge to -2°F , setting the tone for a conversation about a world that feels increasingly unstable. 🌍 From there, the guys break down Trump’s tariffs on the European...

In Part 2 of Episode 2 of the BBN Podcast , Kyle and Nick dive deep into the systems quietly shaping the future — from global military alliances to artificial intelligence that may already be watching us. The episode kicks off with “Will for Peace 2026,” a joint BRICS-led military exercise in South Africa , sparking debate about whether it signals cooperation… or preparation for conflict. From the...