The History of Bad Ideas Podcast

The HOBI Gang is back after an extended holiday break and they welcome Dr. Bednar into the BOB Studios!  The guys get caught up on all their holiday shenanigans and are excited about a new beer sponsor for the podcast, Municipal Brew Works!  The gang informs everyone, thanks to the Stuff That Matters podcast, on how to buy the new HOBI shirts with proceeds going to charity.  Dr. Bednar's impressio...

To usher in the new year, the guys at HOBI take a walk down memory lane and revisit some of their favorite Draft Day segments. From our first ever draft, join us as we remember some of our most hilarious moments from the first couple of years of Bad Ideas. This episode is sponsored by the Cincinnati Comic Expo.

It's finally here!  The 2016 Floppy Awards presented by the HOBI Gang and a very distinguished selection committee roundtable award the very best and worst in pop culture for 2016!  The roundtable decides that Kevin James deserves a Floppy but not in a good way while Gotham tries to defy the odds and win a third Floppy for Best Superhero Television Show!  Scab Jeff is a little less tipsy this epis...

It's a special super-sized episode of HOBI as the BOB Studios welcomes Dr. Bednar, Number One Fan Doug, Nic the Gimp, the Ditt-man and Scab Jeff to join Blake, Jeff and Jason this week!  The Roundtable debate the new Batman Lego Movie, what Jeff is wearing all the while Scab Jeff has fun with alcohol!  The guys get excited about Gotham Sirens but worry about Megan Fox, travel down memory lane as t...

The HOBI Gang is gearing up for the holidays but still have time to catch up on Captain Phillips, three years later, and are luke warm to the awful Bengals and Browns game!  Jason and Blake debate the Walking Dead Fall Season Finale while everyone worries about the new Powerless television show.  Blake is in love with El Henno's gift and Jason feels bad about accepting bribes for the upcoming Flop...

The HOBI Gang ins the BOB Studios and pumped about the Westworld series finale, luke warm on the new NHL franchise and don't care about Rampage the film.  Jason, after much disappointment, begins to love Battlegrounds in Disney Infinity, Blake gets chippy about the content on Serial and Jeff gets angrier than usual about sports announcers!  Blake and Jason are intrigued by the Sons of Anarchy spin...

The HOBI Gang welcomes film critic Jeff Morris, aka Scab Jeff, into the studio to discuss all the latest geeky news!  Jason shows no love for Trolls while Blake still hasn't forgotten about the Ab Fab hate from last week and Scab Jeff actually remembers what books he has written!  Jeff and Jason want the Great Indoors to be better but are not holding out hope but they can all agree on the greatnes...

The HOBI Gang welcomes Neil from Dark Angels and Pretty Freaks back into the studio to talk all things that glisten! The guys debate the newest Westworld episode, Neil betrays Bon Jovi in a fight against Ab Fab but does invite him to Thanksgiving! The gang talk season two of Stranger Things while Jason gets excited for Kong: Skull Island and Neil gives an updated weather report. The guys list thei...

It's episode 150 for the gang at HOBI that is almost three years in the making! The guys hope Fox gives up on rebooting the X-Men, Blake and Jason question The Walking Dead and Jeff answers another question from his number 1 fan, Nick!  Blake and Jeff are excited that Dungeons and Dragons is finally getting the respect it deserves and the gang is congratulated by their many podcast buddies on not...

The HOBI Gang is recording on Election Night so that means the studio down the hall is very crowded! The guys give a non-spoiler review of Doctor Strange, Blake isn't sure how to feel about for Dishonored 2 and Jason appreciates the little things in Pitch.  As the world is crumbling before them, the guys catch up on Westworld and, wonder why Cloverfield is continuing and confirm Sony Studios have...

Number One Fan Doug joins the HOBI Gang in the BOB Studios this week for a creepy Halloween episode!  The guys talk the upcoming Dr. Strange film, Jason is cautious about the new Chris Pratt film, Passengers, and the gang debates the most underrated film from the 1990s!  Despite no knowledge of Dr. Who, the guys do their best to Riddle Me This a new cast of Who's the Boss with the Doctor cast, cou...

Blake returns from the wilds of Canada and welcomes comic overlord Ken Johnson from Deadmen Ink to discuss his latest Kickstarter book, Corpse Corp!  The guys also debate the latest episode of Westworld and the shocking season premiere of the Walking Dead while Jeff enjoys the Green Room of the BOB Studios! The gang question why Carson Daly is still on television, wonder how Tyler Perry keeps maki...

The HOBI Gang is feisty and ready to talk all things geeky including European Union Pez, the season finale of Fear the Walking Dead and episode three of Westworld!  Blake shows his devotion to the Egg McMuffin while Jeff wants bears to fight babies and Jason does his best French Italian accent!  Blake is impressed with a one armed motorcyclist while the gang learns to never turn their backs on Jef...

The HOBI Gang is all back together as Blake is in the studio! The guys talk the wonderment and many theories of Westworld, debate over the best Halloween themed cereal, and discuss Mona from Who's the Boss!  The gang talk casting Han Solo's wife, the Iron First trailer, and Blake debates on watching Storks.  Jason tries to figure out what Max Steel is while the guys determine why any studio should...

The HOBI Gang is back in the studio and Number 1 Fan Doug stops by to welcome the guys back!  The gang talks first impressions of Luke Cage, the finale of Daredevil, and picking between the Phantom Menace and Tomorrowland!  The guys discuss their past weekend at the Cincinnati Comic Expo while Jeff revels in his magnificent beard and Jason confuses more singers during his lifetime.  Doug predicts...

The HOBI Gang went to the 2016 Cincinnati Comic Expo and brought back some great insight and interviews!  The guys talk to Travis McIntire from Source Point Press as he gives insight into running a comic publishing company and all things horror!  Jason also gets the chance to sit down and talk My Little Pony, Deadpool and Dead Duck and Zombie Chick with the great artist, Jay Fosgitt!  The guys int...

The HOBI Gang is getting ready for a weekend at Cincinnati Comic Expo but before they do, they get excited for the newest episode of Gotham, Fear the Walking Dead and even NCIS, well not the last one.  The guys make a commercial for Bruce Wayne Cologne, still rip on Point Break and are freaked out by the new Fifty Shades trailer! Blake is worried about the a little girl playing with Bigfoot while...

The HOBI Gang is joined by Sean and Ian from the Pittsburgh Nerd Podcast and hijinks and some rivalry ensues!  The guys talk their love/hate for the Bengals and Steelers, Jason becomes best friends with his former enemy Ian and Blake suffers as a Browns fan after the first week of the season.  The gang debate why Ben-Hur was remade, Sean welcomes Geoff Johns to the DC Film Universe and Ian wonders...

The HOBI Gang welcomes author Jeff Morris, aka Scab Jeff, back into the BOB Studios to autograph his book for contest award winner Jordan!  Jason defends the Angry Birds film before dying of dysentery in the Oregon Trail Card Game while Blake makes the 40 Going on 14 crew feel awkward!  The guys try out their Dutch accents to much success, try to understand how to say now to $150 million for two f...

The HOBI Gang is flying with just themselves this week as no guest is in the BOB Studios!  The guys discuss Kevin Owens winning on WWE Raw, the sad passing of Gene Wilder and Blake is guesting on 40 Going on 14!  Blake is also honored at the Cincinnati Reds game, Jeff tries finds One Good Thing about Gigli but not so much with Nic Cage and Jason confuses Jackie Gleason and Jackie Mason!  The guys...

The HOBI Gang welcomes the Ditt-man back into the studio to talk not seeing Jason Bourne, Anna Kendrick as Squirrel Girl, and if Darth Vader is the most beloved villain of all time!  The guys debate the loving of Wolverine while Jason tries unsuccessfully to rebound from his last awful Draft Day by drafting a new cast of the Wonder Years!  The Ditt-man tries to understand dating apps while Blake a...

The HOBI Gang welcomes film critic and author Jeff Morris, aka Scab Jeff, back into the BOB Studios to talk the Olympics ending, never having enough pretzels and the horrible idea of remaking Dirty Rotten Scoundrels! Morris tries to get Blake into Black Mirror, Jason is intrigued by Bad Moms and Jeff invents a very Smurf-like language with his name. The guys have a new contest for their listeners...

The HOBI Gang welcomes Andrew Satterfield, founder of the Cincinnati Comic Expo, into the BOB Studios to talk all the in's and outs of running a convention!  Blake returns from GenCon 2016 and is upset by the lack of Dungeons and Dragons presence but Jason hopes a visit from Marlon Wayans would help Blake feel better. Jeff and Andrew can't agree on their taste in films, Blake falls in love with wo...

The HOBI Gang may not have a guest this week but that doesn't stop them from their excitement for the Preacher season finale, Stranger Things or Oregon Trail!  The guys are ready for Suicide Squad to be released and Jason is giddy about a new Rocketeer film while Blake wonders how Jeff and Jason can't understand that Ab Fab is not Sex in the City, the England years.  The guys try their best attemp...

The HOBI Gang welcomes Number 1 Fan Doug back into the studio to discuss everything from San Diego Comic Con!  The guys talk the new trailers for Justice League, Kong: Skull Island, and Wonder Woman and get really excited about Mystery Science Theater 3000 coming to Netflix!  Blake questions Jeff's manhood, again, while Jason can't keep his Biblical names straight while Doug dishes on all the Disn...