Better Buddies

This week the Buddies discuss major and minor things that make us roll our eyes, a fantasy book, Renaissance Faire costumes, and behaviors in men that make us not trust them. Share with a friend! Contact us: Facebook Instagram Email Youtube Recommendations: A Deadly Education (book by Naomi Novik), Renaissance Faires (events)

This week the Buddies discuss things everyone should experience in their life, the effects of mind-altering substances on the human body, the world's most famous bouncer, two moving books, and how much money to spend on dating. Share with a friend! Contact us: Facebook Instagram Email Youtube Recommendations: Roadhouse (1989 movie), A Gentleman in Moscow (book by Amor Towles), Braiding Sweetgrass (book by Robin Wall Kimmerer) 

This week the Buddies give out compliments to intelligent and creative people in their lives, discuss a board game adaptation of a video game, two books, and a movie on uncovering a scandal. We also gave advice on what to do if a friend isn't responding to your requests to hang out. Share with a friend! Contact us: Facebook Instagram Email Youtube Recommendations: The Slay the Spire Board Game (2024), Ice Planet Barbarians (2015 book by Ruby Dixon), Pre-Switch Pokemon Games (RIP Pokemon Bank), The House in the Cerulean Sea (2020 book by TJ Klune), Spotlight (2015 movie)

This week the Buddies discuss what they'd do if someone said "hey, do that thing", a new game, and old game, some books, and how to get out of the house. Share with a friend! Contact us: Facebook Instagram Email Youtube Recommendations: Cross Crib (board game), Between (audio book by LL Starling), Olive Oil (the food), Dresden Files White Night (book by Jim Butcher), Fallout New Vegas (video game)

This week the Buddies discuss things they wish were illegal, things that are already illegal, some summer box office blowouts, fixing sleep routines, and supporting your hair when it comes out of the closet. It'll make sense when you listen to the episode. Share with a friend! Contact us: Facebook Instagram Email Youtube Recommendations: Rogue Protocol (Murderbot Diaries book), Project Hail Mary (movie), Spider-Man Brand New Day (movie)

This week the Buddies read a listener letter, discuss causes worth dedicating their lives to, cover the books we've read recently, and discussed pocket knives vs multitools. Share with a friend! Contact us: Facebook Instagram Email Youtube Recommendations: Dune (book), The Cartographers (book)

This week the Buddies discuss their go-to dishes that impress, storing soup in the freezer, the McElroy Podcasting Decline, The Odyssey, and how to handle someone who claims to be Tiktok famous. Share with a friend! Contact us: Facebook Instagram Email Youtube Recommendations: The Odyssey (Movie, 2026), Palworld (again), Minecraft music but it's Pink Floyd (Youtube Playlist)   

This week we welcome a new Buddy, come up with the world's most challenging obstacle course, talk Doctor Who, theater, showering, and how to hold to right and wrong when you can see all sides. Share with a friend! Contact us: Facebook Instagram Email Youtube Recommendations: From Blood and Ash (book), Hunters of Dune (book), Hamnet (movie), Uncle Vanya (play), Palworld 1.0 (video game)

This week the Buddies discuss what equipment they'd put in their jungle gym for adults, To Kill A Mockingbird, rock and roll history, why grilling is so widespread, and how much body hair to have. Share with a friend! Contact Us: Facebook Instagram Email Youtube Recommendations: To Kill A Mockingbird (1960 book), Season of Storms (2013 Witcher book), The Cuckoo's Egg (1989 book), Nirvana (the band, you've heard of them)

This week the Buddies discuss who it's most important to help, a good way to spend a weekend with friends, how to handle having a dirty sense of humor, and how to get better at telling stories about yourself. Share with a friend! Contact us: Facebook Instagram Email Youtube Recommendations: Thursday Murder Club: The Impossible Fortune (book), Chapterhouse Dune (book), Getting drunk on a river while tubing (activity)

This week a Buddy returns to the show as we talk cool scar stories, old Youtube, musical tv shows, Warhammer 40K, what it's like to live and work abroad, and how to get a more masculine face. Share with a friend! Contact us: Facebook Instagram Email Youtube Recommendations: Code Ment (Youtube), Thursday Murder Club: The Impossible Fortune (book), Crazy Ex-Girlfriend show soundtrack (Soundtrack), Adeptus Ridiculous (Warhammer 40K lore podcast), Poorhammer (Warhammer 40k game mechanic show)

This week the Buddies discuss the best methods for a government to control it's populace, the new Pixar hit Toy Story 5, the beauty in age and grief, finding new books, movie quotes to live by, and making friends. Share with a friend! Contact us: Facebook Instagram Email Youtube Recommendations: Toy Story 5 (movie), The Last Devil to Die: A Thursday Murder Club mystery (book), Electro Swing (movie genre)

This week the Buddies discuss the most boring activities they can think of, podcasts to help you sleep, helpful NPCs in games, storytelling, perceptions around bisexuality, and self-care package gifting. Share with a friend! Contact us: Facebook Instagram Email Youtube Recommendations: Songbirding (podcast by Rob Porter), The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Book, Stieg Larsson, 2005), Monster Hunter Wilds (Video Game, 2025) -> new expansion 2027 (Monster Hunter Wilds - Ascendence), Gods of Risk (An Expanse Novella, James SA Corey, 2012)

This week the Buddies welcome back a buddy, talk about the most expensive things they've broken, immersive entertainment experiences, our inner monologues, and good nature places to be alone and collect your thoughts. Share with a friend! Contact us: Facebook Instagram Email Youtube Recommendations: Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (book), The Long Dark Teatime of the Soul (book), The Spectacular Failure of the Star Wars Hotel (Youtube video by Jenny Nicholson), My Little Pony Friendship is Witchcraft (Youtube Video), The IT Crowd (tv show)

This week the Buddies discuss what they want out of life, new games, gym attire, cinnamon roll seductions, and how to handle a competitive relative. Share with a friend! Contact us: Facebook Instagram Email Youtube Recommendations: Sintopia (video game), Children of Dune (book), Blood on the Clocktower (game)

This week the Buddies discuss amazing things they've seen in Nature, dying a lot in video games, how to handle a bully, and what it means to be loyal to a barber. Share with a friend! Contact us: Facebook Instagram Email Youtube Recommendations: Subnautica Below Zero (video game), Flock Around (video game), The Lost Metal (book by Brandon Sanderson), Dimension 20: Cloudward Ho! (Dropout show)

This week the Buddies discuss their customer service experiences (as both customer and server), a reverse Dick's Last Resort restaurant, the precise nature of Aquaman's relationship with aquariums, world domination, and de-escalation tactics. Share with a friend! Contact us: Facebook Instagram Email Youtube Recommendations: Game Changer Season 8 Episode 1 (Dropout Streaming), Remarkably Bright Creatures (book 2022), chrissunk (guy who turns himself into pokemon), Subnautica (video game 2018), Crypt of the Necrodancer (video game 2019)

This week the Buddies discuss topics they've learned through cultural osmosis, bad movies, Big Day in bird watching, different ways to store your pants, where to keep your wallet, and good ways to handle disrespect. Share with a friend! Contact us: Facebook Instagram Email Youtube Recommendations: The Intern (movie 2015), Dimension 20: Never Stop Blowing Up (Dropout streaming service), Bob Duchesne (Youtuber)

This week the Buddies discuss the spiciest foods they've ever eaten, agrarian social practices, slice of life anime, how to learn a DIY mindset, and what professionalism means. Share with a friend! Contact us: Facebook Instagram Email Youtube Recommendations: You And I Are Polar Opposites (anime), Where the Deer and the Antelope Play (book by Nick Offerman), All Systems Red (novella by Martha Wells)

This week the Buddies discuss the ways we contribute to society, some recent tunes we've been jamming to, some books we're reading, why watching sports is enjoyable, and why couples should take separate vacations. Share with a friend! Contact us: Facebook Instagram Email Youtube Recommendations: FUNGUS by The Narcissist Cookbook (song), Ghost Stories by The Narcissist Cookbook (song), Summer Knight by Jim Butcher (book), BYOB by System of a Down (song), Chic 'n' Stu by System of a Down (song), Speedbag Bard (Youtube Channel)

This week the Buddies discuss the weirdest ways they've met people, the concept of knowing people before you're cognizant enough to know them, some absolutely delightful music and books, and good single-player video games if you're on a budget. Share with a friend! Contact us: Recommendations: Excursions (2018 album by C418), Mummy Joe (Youtube channel), Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (book series), Make Some Noise (Dropout Show), The Bands of Mourning (2016 book by Brandon Sanderson)

This week the Buddies discuss double standards they have problems with, games of various varieties, when the best time is to comb your hair, joint health, and buying clothing. Share with a friend! Contact us: Facebook Instagram Email Youtube Recommendations: Pokemon Champions (video game), WolfeyVGC/PokeaimMD/CybertronVGC (pokemon Youtubers), Game Changer (show on Dropout), Game Night (movie)

This week the Buddies discuss old fashioned ways that are better than modern ones, space travel, the science of consciousness, hockey, wearing clothes from an ex, and where you can wear a cape. Share with a friend! Contact us: Facebook Instagram Email Youtube Recommendations: Project Hail Mary (2026 movie - listen to the audio book too), The Secret of Secrets (book by Dan Brown), Hockey (the sport!)

This week the Buddies discuss which celebrities they think are the most down-to-earth, what makes them down-to-earth, the Scrubs revival, book to other medium adaptations, College Humor, and how to shake off the Sunday blues. Share with a friend! Contact us: Facebook Instagram Email Youtube Recommendations: New Scrubs (show, 2026), The Expanse (show), Game Changer (show on Dropout), The Witcher: Lady of the Lake (book)

This week the Buddies discuss beliefs that may or may not be justified, good anime, good books adapted into good movies, philosophy and its application to powerful people, and went over some of our favorite Chuck Norris jokes in memory of one of the icons of action heroes. Share with a friend! Contact us: Facebook Instagram Email Youtube Recommendations: Jojo's Bizarre Adventure (anime), Delicious in Dungeon (anime), Emma (book by Jane Austen), Epoch Philosophy (Youtube Channel)

This week the Buddies discuss fun, favorite, and unusual food combos, old tv shows, new video games, which spouse to be buried next to if you're a widow. Share with a friend! Contact us: Facebook Instagram Youtube Email Recommendation: Welcome to Pawnee (2024 book by Jim O'Heir), K Pop Demon Hunters (2025 movie), Slay the Spire II (2026 video game)

This week the Buddies discuss what current trends will be laughed at in 20 years, diet culture, Greek myths, Irish religious texts, what Pokemon you could eat, and how to ask someone out at the gym. Share with a friend! Contact us: Facebook Instagram Email Youtube Recommendations: Circe (Book by Madeline Miller), Book of Kells (book by Irish monks), Secret of Kells (movie), Pokemon Edibility panel at Anime Milwaukee (live panel)

This week the Buddies discuss their Pyrrhic victories, what a Pyrrhic victory actually is, Pyrrhic poetry measurement, some moments of learning, stories within stories, compare and contrast fantasy romance stories, and the appropriate amount of hobby overlap with a significant other. Share with a friend! Contact us: Facebook Instagram Email Youtube Recommendations: The Starless Sea (book by Erin Morgenstern), Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries (book by Heather Fawcett)

This week the Buddies discuss amazing slow motion videos, throwing bricks, video game speed running, the myth of Achilles, our shower product process, eating oranges in the shower, how to react to someone trying to start a fight, and the proper use of sinks. Share with a friend! Contact us: Facebook Instagram Email Youtube Recommendations: Song of Achilles (2011 book by Madeline Miller), bewildebeest (Youtube Speedrunner), Pokemon Firered and Leafgreen (Gameboy advance game rereleased on the Switch 1 and 2)

This week the Buddies discuss Intelligence vs Wisdom, Bruce Willis' hairline, cozy murders, sexist sayings, letting go of resentment, and what qualifies as a chick flick. Share with a friend!   Contact Us: Facebook Instagram Email Youtube Recommendations: The Man Who Died Twice (book by Richard Osman), Death Becomes Her (1992 movie), The Boys (tv show)

This week the Buddies ask what famous people have done the most good for the world, come to the realization that Punxsutawney Phil is an American God, talk about some novels, and dig into one of the biggest current events: The Epstein Files. Oh, and we recommend a watch order for the Marvel movies. Share with a friend! Contact Us: Facebook Instagram Email Youtube Recommendations: Champagne (the alcohol, drink responsibly) Origin - book by Dan Brown, Wild Dark Shore - book by Charlotte McConaghy, Anything about the Epstein Files - government documents, read at own risk

This week the Buddies discuss what they think they're experts in (but really aren't), good band names, the idea of personhood and bad art being key, modern haircutting experiences, the right number of donuts for a meal, and if we believe in ghosts. Share with a friend! Contact Us: Facebook Instagram Youtube Email Recommendations: Staring at the Sun (album by Hotel Fiction), the concept of what it means to be a person (philosophical topic), The Alloy of Law (book by Brandon Sanderson)

This week the Buddies discuss what technology they want to see in their lifetimes, a social movement to explore and clean up the Earth, how 2016 was the best time for video games, tips for finding a career you can stick with, and the interaction between dating and hobbies. Share with a friend! Contact us: Facebook Instagram Email Youtube Recommendations: Rental Family (movie, 2025), Star of Providence (video game, 2017), Inferno (book by Dan Brown 2013)

This week the Buddies discuss the hot new meme trend for 2026, semi-hard near-future science fiction, a Facebook Reel that itched a spot in the brain, hard fantasy, when to talk about money in your relationship, and a movie that made you stop and think afterwards. Share with a friend! Contact us: Facebook Instagram Email Youtube Recommendations: Leviathan Wakes (Book 2, 2011, James S.A. Corey), Micro rec: A Facebook Reel, Asanebo Restaurant (Gummy Time), The Witcher: Baptism of Fire (Andrzej Sapkowski)

This week the Buddies discuss ways to train people to understand nuance, Zen and Buddhist philosophy, how to handle the passage of time in a fandom, silly fun anime, and the generational difference in men being platonically physical with each other. Share with a friend! Contact us: Facebook Instagram Email Youtube Recommendations: The Seven and a Half Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle (book), Technotopia (video game), Jojo's Bizarre Adventure (anime)

This week the Buddies talk about their rebellious sides, challenge beliefs, and discuss Nick Offerman. We also give advice on blankets, towels, and paying for lunch. Share with a friend! Contact us: Facebook Instagram Email Youtube Recommendations: Where the Deer and the Antelope Play (book 2021), Magic The Gathering (specifically casual Commander format, game), The Lost Symbol (book, 2009)

This week the Buddies discuss toaster pastries, Groundhog's Day, their plans for the new year, a wide variety of media tastes, encouraging men to work in education and childcare, and sudden urges. Share with a friend! Contact us: Facebook Instagram Email Youtube Recommendations: BLT (the sandwich), Catbus Collective (jazz ensemble band), Radical Acceptance: Embracing Your Life With the Heart of a Buddha (book), Donut County (video game) 

This week the Buddies discuss important moments that defined them, their favorite holiday magic movies, buying toys for men, and reading spicy books. Share with a friend! And happy holidays! Contact us: Facebook Instagram Email Youtube Recommendations: Klaus (movie), Dogpile (video game), Emmet Otter's Jugband Christmas (movie), Cameron Cortinas (Instagrammer)

This week the Buddies discuss childhood things current children won't get to experience, post-apocalyptic theme parks, great albums of the year, rom coms, and unorthodox ways to describe being a pediatric heart surgeon. Share with a friend! Contact Us: Facebook Instagram Email Youtube Recommendations: SABLE,FABLE by Bon Iver (album), Never enough by Turnstile (album), Everybody Scream by Florence+The Machine (album), Cabin in the Sky by De La Soul (album), Getting Killed by Geese (album), K-Pop Demon Hunters Soundtrack (album), Assistant to the Villain (book), Lovely Complex (slice of life romcom anime), Slay the Spire (video game)

This week the Buddies discuss their old people habits, an army of lumberjack husbands, unreliable narrator creepy stories, Norse mythology, and the loss of culture to history. Share with a friend! Contact us: Facebook Instagram Email Youtube Recommendations: Smiling Friends season 3 (show), The Witch's Heart (book), Tales from the Gas Station by Jack Townsend (book series)

This week the Buddies have no secondary motive asking if it's better to know when you would die, talk about their bucket lists, biographies, video games, telling your friends that you love them, and being emotionally vulnerable. Share with a friend! Contact us: Facebook Instagram Email Youtube Recommendations: Yes Please by Amy Poehler (audio book), Stardew Valley (video game), RV There Yet? (video game)

This week the Buddies discuss what they buy more of than most people, embarrassing stories from growing up, Parks and Recreation, AI, and how to know where the men's room is. Share with a friend! Contact us: Facebook Instagram Email Youtube Recommendations: Hazbin Hotel Season 2 (show), So Close To Being The Sh*t Ya'll Don't Even Know by Retta (book)

This week the Buddies discuss the things they're sick of hearing about, the webcomic meme format known as Loss, the movie Alien, Sherlock Holmes, and how many people try to scale Mount Everest in a year. Share with a friend! Contact us: Facebook Instagram Email Youtube Recommendations: Minecraft Datapacks (modding), Alien (1979 movie), Sherlock Holmes & Count Dracula: The First of the Classified Dossier Series (2021 book)

This week the Buddies discuss the most useful things their parents taught them, learning to drive, Red Dragon Inn, Neil Gaiman, and how to help your parents as a responsible adult son. Share with a friend! Contact us: Facebook Instagram Email Youtube Recommendations: Red Dragon Inn (board game), Good Omens Season 2 (TV show), Ender's Game (book by Orson Scott Card)

This week the Buddies discuss where they get their decorations, Pokemon ZA (again), the history of an arcade game, and the philosophical and economic impacts of live-service video games. Share with a friend! Contact us: Facebook Instagram Email Youtube Recommendations: Antimatter Dimensions (idle browser game), Mistborn: The Final Empire (audiobook), Killer Queen (arcade game), big boss (Youtube Channel)

This week the Buddies discuss the freedom of animals, the forgotten Transformers Lagomorphs, Pokemon Legends ZA, a variation on the horror story Carrie, and how to get good at push ups. Share with a friend! Contact us: Facebook Instagram Email Youtube Recommendations: Pokemon Legends ZA (video game), The Mentalist (show, 2008), The Weight of Blood (book by Tiffany D. Jackson)

This week the Buddies discuss the best events they've attended, the new Pokemon Legends ZA game, faerie field work, historical parallels, Everyday Carry, and self-improvement out of spite. Share with a friend! Contact Us: Facebook Instagram Email Youtube Recommendations: Pokemon Legends ZA (video game), Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries (audio book), In The Garden of Beasts (book)

This week the Buddies talk about sleeping positions, ramp pillows, Pokemon, Mario, Star Wars, giving cookies as a sign of romantic interest, respecting women's opinions, and the manliest movies of all time. Share with a friend! Contact us: Facebook Instagram Email Youtube Recommendations: Super Mario Odyssey (video game), Star Wars: The Princes and the Scoundrel (book)

This week the Buddies talk about times they stressed out over nothing, how they all learned growing up that 2+2=Fish, some new video games, modern education, and how to start a garden. Share with a friend! Contact Us: Facebook Instagram Email Youtube Recommendations: Digimon Time Stranger (video game), Skate. (2025 video game), Knights of Guinevere (animated pilot episode)

This week the Buddies discuss childhood landmarks that were destroyed, the coming Fast Food wars, bird identification, geek apparel, and getting your life to be successful. Share with a friend! Contact us: Facebook Instagram Email Youtube Recommendations: Over the Garden Wall (2014 show), Space King (Youtube Series), Birdie (game), The Witcher; Sword of Destiny (1992 book)