The Driveway Podcast

For the last time folks, thank you for tuning in!

With out saddest episode to date, we announce big news: The pod is ending. We will have one final episode air before the end of 2025. Additionally, sorry for lying, we will not be hitting 69 episodes. We'll get into the mushy gush for the last episode but let's dive into this week! We talk about this years fantasy football season from Zach's & Johnny's perspective. Finally, we...

Today we chit chat about Thanksgiving traditions, air out some dirty laundry wrt the best game of 2025: Overcooked, Zach tells us a joke and then we discuss whether he did something cringy or cool. We wrap up with some talk about clutter in houses and we step out of our comfort zone with a discussion about art.

Passengers...welcome back! We have a BANGER episode this week, one of our personal favorites. We start off with the eye doctor experience (trust us, it's insane) and getting it at Target, then we dive into our newest weekly segment where we look at the paper and talk about the happenings going on in town! After that we look at Zach's new movie script and even re-enact a scene!! We're m...

The people have spoken...but the people are stupid...Zach did not get elected. We lament over that fact but also applaud Zach for being brave. Thus we recap the fantasy weekend as Zach lost a close one and Johnny walked away with a major upset. Next, we talk about word associations, and have a tough conversation with ChatGPT about what our podcast needs to do to get better. Finally we talk about t...

In today's eppy, we talk about the day that has finally come. One of our most beloved episodes where Zach runs for office is about to end. Tune in next week to find out the results. After that we talk about the bird house Halloween party, getting job offers, and the how, why, when, and what of giving and receiving gifts. Peace, and see you next week!

Although it we took a 1-week hiatus (thanks a lot, Johnny!), we continue right where we left off with the good times and the introspection. This week Johnny talks to us about his interview while Zach leads a discussion about being positive. We then wrap up with some stories about homeless people and, of course, a wedding recap! It wouldn't be the Driveway Podcast if we didn't have a weddin...

We are sorry to say we were not nominated for Golden globes podcast awards. But, alas is life and we will try again next year. But in today's episode we discuss the Tigers ALDS loss, growing up too fast, a quick trip to Ann Arbor, Long boarding to work, Hero Fantasies and wrapping up with adult birthday party ideas. Like, comment, subscribe and we'll see you next week

We are well into season 2 now and today we have a mellow episode where we cover a range of topics including childhood sports, how we might parent our children w.r.t. sports, Johnny recaps his medical school application experience, and we wrap up with what we might have done if we did not go to college right out of high school.

Hey folks, back at it again with a killer pod ep, in today's episode we talk about the death of Johnnys Duolingo career, Zach's Bachelor Party and since we're a little past halfway through the 2020 decade, we decided to rank all the years thus far. Thanks for tuning in, PASSNEGERS**Correction from last week

Sorry for the long wait everyone! We have another episode for you this week, and it is a fun one. We open with a brutally honest conversation about Charlie Kirk, then we talk about Zach's foray into local government, and lastly we talk about childhood video games!

Well folks we hit the big 50! You know what that means, only 49 more episodes until the biggest episode of all: 99! To celebrate the 50th episode we bring on our most well known guest Ned back for a great chat! We first go over the weekend, talking about festivals, weddings and fantasy football. Then we dive into middle and high school, and the teachers that left an impression on us, funny yearboo...

The long awaited season 2 is here. Against all odds we returned to the studio to bring you the 49th episode of the Driveway Podcast. We give you our big three updates, paying for dinner, talk about making music, and the biggest news to hit the papers since sliced bread: Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are engaged.

Well folks...the past year has been nothing short of amazing. This is our season finale, episode 48. One away from everyone's milestone...49! In our finale we discuss peanut butter pretzels, half-marathons, giving sandwiches to construction workers, eating cake at the wrong time, and getting free McDonalds. Thank you for the past year and your continued support. See y'all in season 2!!

Good morning everyone, we have another late release after missing another week! Sorry for the inconsistency. Nonetheless, we welcome on another amazingly special guest, our good friend and wise elder: Matt M. You've heard his name before and now you get a chance to meet him as we dive into married life, chipotle, life paths, work, the boys' New York City trip, and a touch of religion. All...

Welcome back to the Driveway pod. We know you missed us and because we were off for a week we wanted to give you fans a great episode. We introduce Zach's girlfriend Ali to the stage. In today's pod we first dive head first into Ali's backstory (pre-Zach). Then we talk about first dates, enjoying moving closer to Zach, throwing croissants, battle of the books (shoutout Varjak Paw; GOAT...

Folks, Johnny here, I forget what we talked about but I am pretty sure it was another GREAT episode. We start off at least by reflecting on our funny t-shirts as young kids and then carry on the nostalgia with talking about old iPod apps that we enjoyed. Zach shares a couple stories including one about his interaction with a former white supremacist. Then we talk about Zach's adventure through...

After 2 long weeks we are finally back with another episode! Johnny and Zach start off hot with the debate of the year: who would win in a fight between 100 humans vs. 1 gorilla. The answer may surprise you. After, we discuss water bottles and how it brings social interactions. Johnny then goes into his comedic life in the classroom before the boys briefly talk about taxes. Zach then gives us an u...

Oh boy do we have a SPECIAL guest this week as we welcome on the main man Alex. We pick his brain about a variety of things including fantasy football, pickup basketball ,medical school advice/reflections, movies and the Ryan Russell podcast. Such a well spoken gentlemen we are honored to have him. Thank you all for joining again, we hope to see you next week!

Welcome back passengers to this week’s episode! Zach and Johnny back at it again with the white vans. We start off with talking about Albums and why you should too! We then talk about concerts and music festivals. We then quickly go over the “Dead internet theory” and spend some good time talking about Zach’s relationship with his parents meeting his girlfriend’s parents. On top of that we talk ab...

Spring has sprung and maybe has been springing for a while! We take the opportunity with our no-guest episode this week to just blabber about whats been going on the past couple weeks in our lives. We talk about getting old, dog updates, March Madness thought, V, fun names, Lent and Passover, and a lot of other random stories, including Johnny's surgical procedure!

In today’s episode we are joined by a friend all the way from Seattle: Aidan! The legend himself joins us as we discuss how Aidan met the boys, buying a Porsche, how to overcome having a friend in a coma, finding out who you are, being comfortable with failing, building community & I digress. Happy Tuesday!!

After a refreshing spring break the Driveway Podcast is back in full force with another special backseat driver. Zach's older bro, Jacob, has hopped in the car to chat about what it is like being the older sibling, our favorite cars from the Jennings family, college, favorite old video games, and playing music growing up! Thanks again for listening and we hope you will join us again next week!...

We all know how much you loved the guests, so we are back in full force! On the return of the guests we welcome Lauren W, cousin of Zach and great friend to all. In today’s episode we talk about life in med school (and compare Lauren’s trajectory to Johnnys) Ups and Downs of getting older, famous & not so famous nicknames, and Norwegian Elkhounds. Take a seat, relax and listen to 3 Jujubees ta...

Zach and I got stood up by our guest this week so we continue the streak of guest-less episodes! We start out with a polite discourse on the UM-MSU basketball scuffle, then we talk about weddings and what we hope from our bachelor parties, a scary story and then a funny story from Zach, and BREAKFAST!