The Funky Panther

Send us Fan Mail Sometimes you need a bit of a break. You know, time to be with your friends and family. Time away from your annoying co-host's. Time to reflect on your life choices and to decide if starting a podcast was such a good idea. That's exactly what we did except for reflecting on the decision of starting a podcast. We knew that was the WORST decision ever.......... In this epi...

Send us Fan Mail All great things come to an end. With that said, we are saying goodbye........ For 3 weeks. The Funky Panther is taking a short break for the holidays and we will be coming back harder than ever....bigger than ever? Better than ever! Yeah, that's what I was trying to say. Better than ever! In this episode we introduce you all to our new intern. For once, it's not Javier...

Send us Fan Mail This is going to be a different episode for all of us. Your Funky Panther Boys went on location at @nickelcityfwtx to deliver an episode with a live audience! Thanks to Nickel City FW for allowing us to set up in their back bar area and do a little Funky takeover. We had a blast and are grateful for all our fans that came out to show support. In this episode we do our normal updat...

Send us Fan Mail For this episode. We are joined in the studio by Joe ( @not_ya_averagejoe ), one of the members of @tftipodcast which is a Fort Worth based podcast that loves talking movies and music ... so naturally, we had to bring him on. We do our normal get to know our guest. Javier takes The Funky 5 to a new level with this one (I think he asked 10-15 sub questions). Tim is accused of rushi...

Send us Fan Mail So you survived Thanksgiving and Black Friday unscathed ... now you're getting ready for the remainder of the Holidays. Hanukkah has started, Festivus will be here soon, Christmas is around the corner and now you're freaking out because you realize that New Year's Eve will be here in the blink of an eye and you haven't even done your holiday shopping yet! Don&a...

Send us Fan Mail Javier loses his mind in this episode and Tim has to bleep out some of his antics..... You all thought ep.69 was gonna be a rough one..... Javier fooled us all and brought all that energy to the Thanksgiving table! In this episode. We talk about our favorite foods this time of the year. We find out where some of those rank on a top 10 list and we also learn that there really isn&a...

Send us Fan Mail Take me home, back to the Funk! It's good to be back after a week off. Tim's back from his vacation bearing gifts for the bois! Have you heard about @Amplify817 ? We have all the details about the Fort Worth Public Library's music streaming service and you're gonna want to stick around for an awesome announcement from them!  While Tim was gone, Chad and Javier...

Send us Fan Mail We gave Javier another episode..... I know what you all are thinking. I can assure you, this episode does not play out like all of y'all are thinking. Does it go off the rails? Yes. Does it get weird when Chad reads Javier's journal? Also yes. Does the episode end on a good note? Maybe...... Only one way to find out! In this episode, Javier takes over for the second time...

Send us Fan Mail According to the rest of the World, us Americans take Halloween a bit too seriously and get a little too crazy with it. You know what we say to that? They're probably right....... I guess the real question is, do we care??? Maybe, I don't know. Probably not but, some might. Are we going to change how hard we go with Halloween? Absolutely not! In this episode, we touch on...

Send us Fan Mail When Drinking is Life, you bring in an expert and that expert happens to be Mikey Riojas ( @priszonmikey ) of The Magnolia Wine Bar( @themagnoliafw ) who happens to be a wine and beer expert (No really, he has certificates and everything!). In this episode. Chad recaps his trip to Vegas and may or may not be a millionaire after some sports betting. Javier goes off key with his ext...

Send us Fan Mail It's fall y'all! Well, kinda...... Texas is still trying to get it together. So maybe 2-3 weeks or months of summer....  At this point who knows. What we do know is your Funky Panther Boys are excited for fire pit sittin, stout sippin, night air wind whippin.. You get the gist. In this episode. Chad recaps his recent trip to Colorado, Red Rocks experience, and trying out...

Send us Fan Mail Is time travel real? do you believe in predestination or free will?  Do you like Ted Lasso? All these things will be answered in this episode in which we ramble on about movies, shows, and time travel. Chad brings a thought provoking question about predestination vs free will. Javier has the "brain zaps". Tim rambles on about folding the paper and talking nonsense about...

Send us Fan Mail Have you heard the good news? The good news from The Fort Worth Weekly? No? *SPOILER ALERT* Your boy's here won Best Of Readers Choice Best Radio Personality and Critics Choice best Podcast and we owe it all to our loyal Funky Bunch! We are truly grateful and could not have done this without you all! Thank you! In this episode we talk State Fair of Texas and Fort Worth's...

Send us Fan Mail Have you heard of the FCC? Did you know that the right dirty joke said on the radio can land you with a complaint filed with the FCC? Neither did we! We are joined in the studio with The Sound of Texas himself  @theben_ryan from Fort Worth's 95.9 The Ranch and Panther Island Brewing! In this episode. We talk music, find out that Chad isn't great with name that song(espec...

Send us Fan Mail Have you ever wondered why people do the things they do? Ever hear about strange things celebrities do and ask yourself "but y tho"? Honestly, we have been asking "but y tho?" when it comes to the things Javier does on a daily basis. In this episode we dive into the weird things people do. Chad talks more about his number obsession. Javier talks about his avers...

Send us Fan Mail We are back in the studio from a short break and ready to bring you the content that none of you asked for! We hit the road this past week and made our way to Nashville Tennessee. If you didn't know, we were heading to Bonnaroo (which ended up being cancelled due to all of the rain from Hurricane Ida). So, we made the best of things and hit up Nashville and the surrounding ar...

Send us Fan Mail We at The Funky Panther decided we need a little more news in our lives ... and by "we", we mean Tim thought we needed a little more news in our lives. Javier talks about his experience on @tftipodcast and about reliving his childhood trauma by getting up on stage @magnoliamotorlounge and introducing @dustinmassey  (bet you didn't think that happened), and Chad had...

Send us Fan Mail Sometimes you have a plan and sometimes that plan doesn't work out. You just gotta wing it and that's what we did! We get into our adventure with @panthercitypalate in our weekend update. We get into a few current events that involve covid and @schwarzenegger and Javier really let's us know just how he's feeling in two installments of "What Butters my Bisc...

Send us Fan Mail This was supposed to be our "no cussing" episode. Javier pretty much ruins that right out of the gate. Weekend update happens as usual, Chad brings up some deep topics of discussion, Tim can't stay away from his conspiracies and Alex Jones helped us with our intro? Click here to vote for us as Best of FW - Radio Personality Also mentioned in this episode: Friend and...

Send us Fan Mail We are back baby! After a month break which wasn’t a break at all. The Funky Panther boys are back bringing content that no one asked for! In this episode. We fill you in on the past month, talk current events, local sports. Javier goes on a tangent about Gossip Girl and we close with a new segment! So like always. Sit back, relax, enjoy, and Stay Good! CALL OR TEXT OUR HOTLINE AN...

Send us Fan Mail Just like true OG Funky Panther fashion. We go completely off cuff, unscripted, just going with the flow, doing it live, no clue what we are saying.... ok, ok, you get the idea! The reason for this unscripted show is quite simple. It's because of Zeus! We are joined in the studio with Zeus(OG Funky Panther) and his wife Crystal! We get to play catch up with Zeus and Crystal f...

Send us Fan Mail It's been a while since the last time it was just the guys in the studio! We finally get the chance to catch up, and look back at all the amazing guests we've had for the first half of the year! Javier gets to apologize.... again....... Chad has a bit of a rant, and Tim was excited about actually staying out past 10pm for Louapalooza! Also in this episode. We take it bac...

Send us Fan Mail Did we ever mention that we are kind of a big deal? Well, we are and you should know that just from the amazing guests we have been able to pull into the studio! Okay, okay,  so we’re not a big deal but our guests! Our guests are a big deal here in Funky Town and Lou Charle$ is no exception! We are joined in the studio with Fort Worth's very own @loucharlestx We talk about li...

Send us Fan Mail Chad cant be perfect every time and this episode is proof. He messes up the intro and admits that he likes boneless wings over traditional (I know, I know, we still love him though), Javier brings up Gossip Girl for the 100th time (we are only on episode 53 btw) and we get to talk beer with the owners, Stuart and Allyssa Maples of one of our favorite breweries, @maplebranchbrew ....

Send us Fan Mail Chad and Jaiver get mad at Tim for audio technical difficulties, Tim contemplates his life choices. All while Rafael of @817vintagehype  sit's quietly, thinking to himself "why did I agree to come back on this podcast". We are joined in the studio by Rafael from episode 3 The Hype-man's Journey. We catch up on what's new with him and his store, talk aliens...