The Sore Thumbs Variety Hour with Brady Reynolds and Frankie Mendez

Oh god, oh shit, oh fuck it's ENDING! After our official finale with Matt Shearer, we decided to get back into the studio for a second After Hours (AKA 1304) episode with our dear, dear friend Haydn Kelley (Assassins), and for the TRUE FINALE! We ate a lot of sandwiches, played some songs, and we talked about a lot! Brady also had to "pee" a lot (bringing in surprise guest cameos) an...

Extra! Extra! Read all about our big finale! Our Season 1 finale* with Matt Shearer, AKA Reporter Matt, the famous Massachusetts journalist and Emerson alumni that absolutely knocked our socks off! Knocked it out of the park! Knocked us out of our sock park! What a delight of a gentleman, in the studio and out. We were genuinely stunned and so unbelievably excited to find out that he would be such...

Are you a man? Are you a muppet? Are you listening to the Sore Thumbs Season 1 Reunion Roundtable? Unfortunately, our plans this week with special guest Nick Shea fell through (too iShowSpeed Hollywood for us, I guess), but we were so thrilled to get an absolute day-one with us at the last minute: Archer Isaascon (Normalville)! What a damn talent, this guy. He can act, he can sing, he can play eve...

Honk-shoo! Honk-mimimi! Cuddle up in your coziest blankets and candles and jammies. Listen to the extra-long, extra-special episode of Sore Thumbs: After Hours! Breaking precedent! Making history! Recorded from 11pm to 12:30am, Frankie, Brady, and long-time friend of the show and "force to be reckoned with" LILYELLA VENTURA get nostalgic and sing songs (including the latest draft of the...

Hey gang! Get out and vote, and on your way there, bump this week's Sore Thumbs! It was an absolute pleasure, a riot even, to have Boston comedy veteran Rhett Sosebee (Improv Asylum, New Besties Podcast) in the booth with us today. We talked about comedy beginnings, Tapple, The Drama, and so much more before our breaking coverage of the early 2028 US Presidential debate: Derling Sterling (R) v...

Aloha! E komo mai! This week, we had a dear, dear friend of the show: CHARLIZE PILIALOHA GAUDIELLO! We gabbed and gabbed the live long day, but stepped out of the booth early to share our exclusive sneak peek at the first three episodes of the upcoming CW young teen drama Superhero School! Originally recorded on April 9, 2026. WHO YOU HEAR (with Instagrams) Brady Reynolds: @bradyfreynolds Frankie...

Happy Late April Fool's, everybody! For those who celebrate, enjoy the tomfoolery festivities with a fresh Sore Thumbs. Of course, we don't recognize the holiday so don't expect any pranks or hijinks today. In fact, we set aside the top of the broadcast today for a scathing interview with Emerson College President Jay "Jay Bird" Bernhardt. He's a really great guy, we swea...

And the Oscar goes to... Brady, Frankie, and special guest Zoe Nathan for this week's episode of Sore Thumbs (Director's Cut)! Today's episode is all about movies! Word of the day: movies! As usual, along with our own conversation with Zoe, we brought on some keynote speakers to talk Oscars, favorite movies, least favorite movies, opera, ballet, and more. We were so lucky to have on th...

Well, la-di-da to you! It's Sore Thumbs' very first musical episode, with none other than our good friend and talented musician Sophia "Taylor" Taylor! We truly had a blast with this one. Goofed around, sang some songs, played some guitar. What more could you want? And thanks to Taylor, we also got an exclusive roundtable spotlight on three nominees for the upcoming Singies Award...

Hey friends! Sorry we missed you last week, but we were not throwing away our shot at an episode with the man, the myth, the baka himself: Nathaniel Oaks! This kid texts me two days before the show, saying he's available this Thursday and this Thursday only to make an in-person guest appearance. We had a whole other musical plan lined up with special guest Sofia "Taylor" Taylor, but...

Mi gente! Another Sore Thumbs already! On this episode, we welcome filmmaker and DJ Marcus Yves Joseph, also known as Yves Scratch-Laurent! Book him for your parties, book him for your events! No matter how white or black your friend group is: he'll DJ! It was such a pleasure to get Marcus in the booth, but an even greater pleasure to have on the show world-renowned footballer, rapper, radiolo...

Where are your children at? It's the Sore Thumbs Valentine's Day Special! Today, the Thumbs welcome Gabrielle "Gabbi" Finucan to introduce our exclusive Valentine's interview: love experts Geraldine and Q (formerly Cupid), moderated by BBC's own Chudsley Chudsworth. Originally recorded on February 12, 2026. WHO YOU HEAR (with Instagrams) Brady Reynolds: @bradyfreynolds Fr...

Here we are, the first episode of Sore Thumbs! Today, we welcome Nick Carmenate (This Is Pathetic) into the booth, and an exclusive hard-hitting interview with some of the greatest minds in the world of modern law: The Honorable Judge Perkins, Rhode Island attorney-in-training Obi Bamna, and former lawyer Garrett Paulson and Nathaniel "Big Easy" Lofton of the Harlem Globetrotters. And do...

Welcome to The Sore Thumbs Variety Hour! We're so excited to get started and to have you join us on this journey, whoever the [REDACTED] is reading this! Sore Thumbs is recorded live from Emerson College in Boston, MA and broadcast live on WECB FM every Thursday at 2pm! Tune in if you feel so inclined, otherwise listen back to the episodes you missed right here! This "episode" is a b...