Two Bros in a Pod(cast)

Are bots the main participants of the internet?

Online shopping

AI leading to a new prosperity world ...or the end of it?

Benjie kicks off Episode 22 fresh off turning 50 — two surprise dinners, cigars with friends, and back-to-back long runs to prove he's still got it. VJ, meanwhile, spent his own 50th packing boxes for a move. From there the brothers fall into a familiar rabbit hole of food memories, trading notes on childhood treats, local Hawaii spots they grew up on, and the things you just can't find an...

In Episode 21, Benjie and VJ get sidetracked — in the best way — reminiscing about their childhood in 1980s Navy housing on Oahu. What starts as a recap of a YouTube video about Gen X tabletop gaming spirals into half-remembered stories about Scooby-Doo-inspired sandwich experiments, coffee poured over rice, a centipede lurking in the toilet, flying cockroaches dropping from the ceiling, and a nau...

Is it natural to want to be social?

In this episode VJ and Benjie catch up after a missed week and riff on everything from suspicious Instagram login attempts to binge-reading Shakespearean retellings of Star Wars and the Avengers. They dig into how interest and life stages shape memory — why some films like The Matrix stick while others blur — and trade nostalgic moviegoing stories. Along the way they compare adaptations, debate po...

Are European chocolates really better than American ones? Is the new McDonald's "Big Arch" burger actually worth the hype? And whatever happened to the nostalgic Jack in the Box burgers of the 90s? This week, Vj and Benjie let their appetites lead the conversation. The guys pull up an AI wingman to settle a debate on chocolate tiers, swap their top fast-food burger picks, and share a...

-getting your driver's license -mission to the moon -going to Ala Moana without a car

In this episode, brothers Benjie and Vj catch up on their latest health struggles — Vj's cold-like symptoms and Benjie's calf injury during marathon training. They dive into their contrasting approaches to pushing through physical discomfort, with Benjie taking a laser-focused, moment-to-moment mindset while Vj weighs the bigger cost-benefit picture before deciding to push on. The brothers...

-minimalist running -flowery martial arts -paperboy -80 years

-the decision-making process -high school demographics -being Filipino

It is therapy through a podcast.

-there's no spark -weight of Venus on my chest -a sucker for being sucked in

-Catholics & Protestants -the horse before the cart -where do "non-believers" fit?

-running -video games -reality & the Matrix

-tired from a long week -Sublime: the band and the belief -do you want to believe?

-How do you say Esguerra? -Just a little bit AI -the question of faith

-more AI -friendships -marriage -God

-AI -a writer & an artist -teenage mutant ninja turtles & Dune

-Winter Storm -kids and pets -robots and A.I.

1. Art of War sucks 2. Leaving the battlefield 3. Why all the motorcycles?

1. leaning into current realities 2. social introvert 3. relationships and marriage

1. high school blues 2. drama drama drama 3. contrasting stressors

Brothers VJ and Benjie try their hand at podcasting together while discovering a few things they didn't know about each other in this first episode of 2 Bros in a Pod(cast).