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In this "therapy session" installment of Hardly Focused, Jack, Zach, and Nate express their thoughts, feelings, and concerns about Donald Trump's victory in the 2024 presidential election.
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In this LIVE installment of The Acc and Jack Show, optimism existed as election night results poured in.
Outside of reacting to America's decisions as they were being made, Acc and Jack discuss the 5 questions on the Massachusetts ballot. In non-political tangents, Acc also reminds Jack of his previous career aspirations of being a cartoonist.
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Molly McAleer joins Becky, Jack, and Mike to discuss The Eras Tour, Lily Allen's feet, and much more!
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Becky was a guest on Mother, May I Sleep with Podcast? with Molly! Listen to them discuss The Kidnapping of Sherri Papini
Jack and Becky finally went to The Eras Tour, and recap the TWO nights they spent in the presence of Taylor Swift
Sabrina Carpenter is having her moment
Ralph Fiennes is starring in 28 Years Later, and recently revealed the plot
Singer Lily Allen makes more money from showing her feet on OnlyFans than she receives from Spotify residuals
Mike shares tales from his time as a strip club DJ
Soda addiction - Jack pounds several cans per day, while Molly reviews the new 7UP Shirley Temple flavor
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From May 2024: Cookshow features chef Trevor cooking pizzas with every topping imaginable - Five Guys burgers, Pop Tarts, Dirt and Worms, and so much more!
How did Trevor get into making videos about cooking crazy types of pizza?
Could Trevor bring his Cookshow content on the road?
Which celebrity chef would Trevor want to collaborate with?
Trevor learns about Marty the friendly yet horrifying supermarket robot
Trevor explains why all of his pizzas receive 7 out of 10 scores
Jack, Zach, and Nate throw pizza topping suggestions at Trevor
Trevor is a massive fan of The Legend of Zelda. Which game is his favorite?
Find Trevor on YouTube and at https://www.cookshowtrevor.com!
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Jack and Becky wish they could make $18,000 impersonating Taylor Swift, all while discussing James Blunt's new name and much more!
To his own chagrin, Jack is wearing Crocs
It's about time for another Hardly Focused studio renovation
A Taylor Swift impersonator makes enough money to quit her day job
James Blunt will change his name if his Back to Bedlam reissue reaches no. 1
Name a band that's famous only because of Grey's Anatomy
Jack is excited about The Cure finally releasing new music
What are some addictions that folks don't realize qualify as addictions?
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Jack and Mike discuss Red Dead Redemption, storms of the century, big orange crybabies, guns guns guns, and much more!
Adventures in New York City
Hurricane Milton causes pandemonium in Florida
The least populated states in the union
Unusual designs for McDonald's restaurants
Red Dead Redemption is finally coming to PC
Somebody didn't want to appear on 60 Minutes
Kamala Harris has a huge Glock
Al Pacino died for a moment, and the experience was whelming
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Acc, Jack, and Zach discuss inconveniences, childhood traumas on the school bus, the vice presidential debate, and more!
How a local murder-suicide and highway shutdown heavily inconvenienced Jack
Acc and Zach luck out with public transportation - mostly
Jack shares the tale of "the Late Bus"
A live-action Rugrats film will soon exist, and it shouldn't
Acc and Jack discuss the debate between VP candidates Tim Walz and JD Vance
Dana Carvey does a spot-on impression of Joe Biden on Saturday Night Live
"Good Lord, I hate this world." - Zach's review of Feastables, MrBeast's candy brand
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Jack and Nate discuss the Nintendo Museum, artificial intelligence, Disney's hypocrisy, Journey's singer, and much more!
The Nintendo Museum has been revealed, and it's beautiful
Jack introduces Nate to The Adventures of Tintin
Artificial intelligence continues to dominate Google, Amazon, and even school writing programs
Nate is disenchanted with Marvel Studio's "required viewing"
A boy named Skywalker can't have a passport
The Walt Disney Company, stealing the works of others since 1923
Arnel Pineda asks fans if he should be kicked out of Journey following a disastrous performance at Rock in Rio
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Jack, Mike, and Becky discuss Taylor Swift's political endorsement, the violent end of Jane's Addiction, and much more!
Taylor Swift officially endorses Kamala Harris for president, much to the chagrin of the other guy running
Jane's Addiction breaks up after Perry Farrell attacks Dave Navarro on-stage in Boston
Nine Inch Nails will be producing the soundtrack to the new Tron film
Steven Patrick Morrissey continues to just stink
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The Acc and Jack Show discuss the legacy of James Earl Jones, infidelity, Scientology, and fall into a rabbit hole of lost media!
Jack remembers legendary actor James Earl Jones by mispronouncing his name
The Magic 7, an unreleased animated film featuring the voices of Jones and other deceased celebrities
Acc is fascinated with lost media
Jack introduces Acc and Zach to an abomination called Rapsittie Street Kids: Believe in Santa
Dave Grohl cheats on his wife, fathers baby with a mystery woman
The controversial new frontwoman for Linkin Park has ties to Scientology
Religion, reincarnation, and astrological signs
The debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump occurred as this episode was being recorded
The PlayStation 5 Pro exists, and people are not happy about it
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Jack and Nate discuss marriage (not to each other), the election, the game Concord's incredibly short run, and more!
Nate Fillers is a married man
Jack and Nate have differing perspectives on marriage
This election season is going to be exhausting, and angering
Inflation is always going to occur, no matter who's running the country
Multiplayer game Concord is shutting down just two weeks after launching
WBOS in Boston - one-time home of this podcast - flips formats
Jack and Nate embarrassed themselves in high school by covering a Queens of the Stone Age song
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Jack, Mike, and Becky chat about the Oasis reunion, films and film stars, and Star Wars Outlaws - plus, a martial debate!
After 15 years apart, Liam and Noel Gallagher have resurrected Oasis
Becky is annoyed with Jack
The unknown siblings of celebrities, and child stars who were thrust into the spotlight
BeckysFeet.com
Quentin Tarantino refuses to acknowledge Toy Story 4
Directors who made both R-rated films and kids movies
Living in downtown Boston versus living in the sticks
Playing Star Wars Outlaws in early access on PS5? Prepare to delete your progress
Jack and Becky debate about the future of podcasting versus commercial radio, with Mike acting as mediator
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The Acc and Jack Show discusses Alien: Romulus, the Democratic National Convention, J.D. Vance trying to do human things, and more!
Jack gives a spoiler-free review of Alien: Romulus
It's okay to be petrified about the election in November, right?
Acc and Jack haven't recorded an episode together since before President Biden dropped out of the race
How did couch fucking become associated with J.D. Vance?
Brain Worms McGillicuddy is dropping out of the race
J.D. Vance tries - and fails - to order food at a donut shop
There's a special place in hell for anyone who makes fun of Gus Walz
Lionsgate pulls the trailer for Megalopolis because it has fake quotes from film critics
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Remembering Rachael Lillis - Misty and Jesse from the Pokémon series, among other anime
Anime fans David and Zach are snobs for subtitles
The Borderlands film is expectedly awful
Numbering conventions in the Final Fantasy series make no sense
Was Jack spoiled by playing through The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time on Nintendo 3DS?
Experiences with RPG Maker
Jack reviews the Anbernic RG28XX, a nifty handheld emulator
It's been 10 years since P.T. came and went
The Biden administration wants to make it easier to cancel subscriptions
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In the follow up to the 616th episode of this podcast, Ed Oliveira shares his own stories and memories of co-hosting The Sandbox morning show on 101.7 WFNX in Boston.
Jack believes out-of-market radio hosts should be genuine with regard to their city of broadcast.
Is Rogue One better than The Empire Strikes Back?
blink-182 concerts take precedence over recording episodes of Hardly Focused.
A writer for The Daily Illini had a horrible time watching blink-182 headline Lollapalooza.
Having produced and hosted shows in the genre, Ed shares his thoughts on political talk radio.
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Mike's wife is heavily invested in the Paris Olympics, while Mike cheats at Rubik's Cubes
Beloved Boston concert venue Great Scott is finally reopening in a new location!
DJ Barbara Butch faces backlash over her "Last Supper"-like presentation during the Olympics' opening ceremony
The Cult of the Home Alone 2 actor are upset with Green Day for doing Green Day things
The 1975 are sued by organizers of Malaysia's Good Vibes Festival following last year's same-sex kiss debacle
Robert Downey Jr. returns to the Marvel Cinematic Universe - but is this really a good thing?
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Jack and Becky saw blink-182 at Fenway Park in Boston
Twisters, the sequel to Twister, is well-worth the 28-year wait
In true Hardly Focused fashion, a discussion pivots from Becky's tooth extraction pivots to the band Nine Days
Following their bug that took down Windows computers all over the world, CrowdStrike offers impacted customers a whole $10 gift card
Thomas Matthew Crooks took to Google in the days leading up to his attempted assassination of Donald Trump
Emma's Pub & Pizza - a South Shore staple with the worst commercial ever
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Former President Donald Trump was shot during a campaign rally in an assassination attempt. Lots of questions remain open in this event's aftermath.
How will this impact November's election?
Will Trump's demeanor, presentation, and attitude towards President Joe Biden change following this incident?
Did the Secret Service fail at their basic duties?
Elsewhere, custom printing service Sticker Mule faces controversy for a politically-charged marketing email from their cofounder.
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From July 2023: Hardly Focused interviews science communicator and zoologist Lindsay Nikole! Elsewhere in this episode, Mike, Nate, and Jack discuss Barbie, Oppenheimer, the new social media outlets, and maroons gone viral.
AMC has booked 20,000 double-feature tickets for Barbie and Oppenheimer
A woman on an airplane has a meltdown after seeing... something
Jack and Zach interview science communicator and zoologist Lindsay Nikole! Lindsay talks about her background, her love for music, her thoughts on the Netflix series Tiger King, the origin of life, the most frightening subjects she's researched, and a lot more!
Jack, Mike, and Nate watch a guy fail miserably at robbing a salon
Blue Sky versus Threads - The new social media takeover
Target is a trove of nostalgia, where one can find the game Crossfire, Pogs, and lots of Pokemon cards
Nate is afraid to order Blizzards from Dairy Queen
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Baseball is a boring sport, unless it's witnessed in person
Inferior film sequels, such as Independence Day 2
Are they fireworks, or gunshots?
Capulet Fest, Connecticut's own music festival disaster
Hailey Welch, the "Hawk Tuah" girl, finally speaks!
Darius Rucker thinks Morgan Wallen should be forgiven for his lapse(s) in judgement
Most new video games just aren't fun
Zach doesn't understand Funko Pops
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