The Family Archives

We're in the middle of a major media shift.  TV and movies are having a very hard time with very few exceptions.  Some say this is a good thing.  Those people hate Hollywood and want to see it fail.  We're not naming names here.  Other people miss the atmosphere of the movie theater or gathering around the TV at a certain time with their friends and family.  Streaming just doesn't have the same "e...

What do you get when you have two Italian comedians? A lot of hand gestures and laughs. We have a sitdown with the very funny Jessimae Peluso and the hilarious Paul Mecurio. CAUTION! Do not drink any liquids during the duration of this show! Godere! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podc...

Get enlightened with some of the most intellectual, sought after guests around with Wilfred Reilly with his book "Hate Crime Hoax". Then we go on a clever-coaster with the very smart Ian Punnett See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Alex Davis makes his return to Car Selling Secrets. When he was first on, 1 1/2 years ago, he was about to start his sales career at Walser's Porsche Wichita store. He talks about his love for the brand, selling the most expensive car in company history (1.3 Million) and starting his own podcast. Somehow we wind up talking about Eric Eskola and a couple callers phone in to celebrate their recent s...

It's time for comedy to come back.  Technically, it never went away.  Only technically.  Those who have been paying attention, though, will tell you that it's been in a very bad place for the past few years.  Tom Papa has been paying attention.  That's why he has a show this Saturday at 8 central on Rushtix.  He's leading the charge.  We'll be a safe distance behind him. See omnystudio.com/listene...

Clearing your mind can be difficult.  It's like a house.  Let it get cluttered enough and eventually you'll get crushed by a stack of garbage.  Or something like that.  Or perhaps it's like a movie theater: you'll get annihilated by government overreach.  No, that's not a good analogy either.  We'll meditate on this and get back to you. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omny...

Who know L.A. Nik was such a hard worker?  He did, for one.  And now we do too.  All that hard work keeps him limber.  Kind of like yoga.  If you work on a farm, you're probably good.  If you're the 95% of us who don't, perhaps yoga is for you.  Just don't do it wrong or you'll end up worse than you started.  That's why you read up on proper technique first.  And what a coincidence, we happen to h...

Generally when someone writes a book about secrets, they're not good.  Skeletons in the closet, if you will.  Not here.  There are no skeletons on Sesame Street, because they might frighten the children.  There are, however, over 50 years of shows, stories, and lessons, many of which Dr. Burbank catalogued in a book for Sesame Street fans, by Sesame Street fans. The Inside Secrets of Sesame Street...

Movies can be mindless fun.  Take Nobody, for example.  Something about watching a good guy shoot bad guys gets the endorphins flowing.  Movies can also be informative.  We've been dumping on Harvard for years, and now we have vindication through Operation Varsity Blues.  Nothing is real until it happens in a movie. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener f...

We don't hate Minnesota.  Any claims to the contrary are jokes.  Except for the whole passive aggressive thing.  We do hate that.  We also hate things such as 24 hours of light, the bitter cold, and lava, yet we like Iceland.  Sometimes the flaws make something more interesting.  Perfection can be sterile and boring.  It's a Greco-Irish concept called wabi-sabi.  Costaki can tell you all about it....

It's Negative Monday.  AKA every Monday.  And what's the most negative thing you can think of?  That's right: serial killers.  There are a lot of them.  Richard details several, but we have it on good authority that the number is at least double digits.  Perhaps even more.  Yes, that's a joke. Serial Killers: The Minds, Methods, and Mayhem of History's Most Notorious Murderers - amzn.to/3cXSCk8 Se...

We here at The Family with Tom Barnard, try and bring you that happy feeling back with great laughs and fun. Gabe Noah brings the slap and Chris Kattan brings ya the stick. Ahhhhh goodtimes when comedy hits that funny bone. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Andy Swanson, General Manager at Walser Hyundai, joins us in studio to talk about cars oddly enough including the red hot product. Along the way we discuss our inglorious start in the business when the world was a different place. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adch...

The pandemic changed basically everything, from get-togethers to grocery shopping to work.  One of the biggest changes was the exodus from the cities.  Everyone's working from home, which means hundreds of billions - even trillions - of dollars of commercial real estate is sitting empty.  What's to be done with it?  Is it all going away?  Will we be going back?  If you know for sure, you're in for...

Want to leave the state?  Show your papers.  Want to leave the country?  Really show your papers.  Want to sell your teeth to a fairy?  Well, it's a free country.  You can always drive around the country in a van, transporting motorcycles from one point to another.  Apparently some people like doing that. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy...

Saint Patrick is real.  No, he's not a leprechaun, and he probably didn't drink beer with green food coloring in it.  Probably.  What he did do was bring Christianity to Ireland, which they are very happy about.  You may have heard that Jesus is a popular guy on the Emerald Isle.  Hear the tale of how he got there - in spirit, anyway - from William, arguably the foremost Saint Patrick fan we've ev...

We're still talking about COVID.  We'll never stop, ever.  50 years from now we'll be talking about how nice it was when we only had to wear two masks and they hadn't created the weekly shot yet.  Look on the bright side.  We went an entire day talking to entertainment reporters and we didn't talk about the Grammys.  I'd call that a win. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omn...

Tom, Kathryn, and Tim have found a new movie they hate.  Why they watch bad things, no one can say.  Peer pressure, perhaps?  It seems everyone is watching I Care A Lot.  Everyone is also noticing how the Ivy League is a bloated monster consuming everything and everyone in its path.  Perhaps not in so many words. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for...

Music these days.  Am I right?  Anyway.  Donating to charity is a good thing, even when their tactics are a bit...exploitative.  Yes, you're at Whole Foods.  You're buying a bottle of organic beet juice for $45.  You can afford to drop another buck on starving kangaroos or whatever.  But the idea behind charity is that it's a choice, not an obligation.  Kind of like being a comedian.  Nobody's obl...

It's time to start a business.  That may sound weird, given the pandemic and the businesses being shuttered and all.  Well, anything can be judo reversed into an opportunity, apparently, and Curtis wrote a book on how.  All you need is an idea, and much more importantly, business sense.  Do not try to run a business without knowing how.  That's what we do, and look how that turned out. The Entrepr...

Today we start off with out favorite Aussie, Brad Blanks! He comes from a land down under but her sure is above and beyond the best!. Then we head over to Greece with the very funny Angelo Tsarouchas See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Famous local attorney Michael Bryant joins us in studio. After a few minutes of listening to Tom talk about road rage incidents in Palm Beach at the Breakers Golf course, we get down to discussing the ins and outs of the Derek Chauvin trial, how jury selection works, possible pleas and how Covid has affected the jury system. It's actually very interesting. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy i...

Lou Ottens, the inventor of the cassette tape, has died.  You could call him one of the most important people in the history of music.  He brought affordable music to the homes of everyone with the patience to rewind the tape every time it exploded everywhere.  Also important in music is Ten Years After.  Why?  Because they don't quantize.  If you don't know what that means, Doug will explain. See...

What's worse, dead bodies or jury duty?  Lucky you, you don't have to decide, because we're covering both today.  I guess we're in a macabre mood.  Probably the dread from Daylight Saving Time coming up.  Also the whole Chauvin trial thing.  No matter which way that goes, it won't be great. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Le...

What is ownership?  To a dog, as long as you're willing to hover over something and growl, you own it.  With humans it's a little more complicated.  Well, sometimes.  Sometimes the hover and growl method actually works.  Our law system isn't great, you see.  That's why it's important to know what ownership really means.  Luckily, Michael happened to write a book on it. MINE!: How the Hidden Rules...