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CounterClockWise
by Brandon Wise and Tyler Wise
Ever had a rafter-rattling argument over the finer points of Frosted Mini Wheats vs Cheerios or which baseball player has the most punchable face?We have.Hosted by lifelong brothers Brandon and Tyler Wise, CounterClockWise is home to the most passionate debates over topics nobody should care about. Join us bi-weekly as we determine everything from the greatest action movie one-liners to the ugliest presidents and induct them into the CCW All-Timers Club. Get it? Time. Clock. Ahem...And as if that’s not enough, stay tuned in the off weeks for snack-size pods where we answer ”Who wins a fight between...?” or break down the greatest bad movies of all time.
Episodes
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037 - Halloween Grab Bag
Trick or Treat! The Wise guys keep it spooky this week with another Halloween grab bag episode. Topics include cursed brains, cloudy candy, and how Jason Voorhees is basically Captain America. Happy Halloween!
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036 - Cryptids
Happy Halloween month! The Wise guys kick off this spooky-themed episode discussing Bran's "dad curse" before debating one of Ty's favorite topics: cryptids! Tune in as we determine the best of the best of the real (or not real) creatures.
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035 - Disney Villains
This week, as an appetizer for Halloween month, the Wise bros grew some pointy black goatees to talk about the greatest Disney Villains of all time. Detours include spring chickens, fatherly curses, fratricide, and La Cucaracha.
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Ultimate Showdown 21 - 80's Football Draft
Football is back, so you know what that means! The Wise guys draft their best football squads, 80's edition. Tune in to see which brother put together the roughest, toughest, most radical squad in this week's Ultimate Showdown!
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Ultimate Showdown 20
Lace up your extra tall boots and tape those wrists, because Ultimate Showdown is back. Join the Wise Bros stable as they take on a pair of canine crime-fighters, surprise sewer-dwellers, and too many Terrys. Special guests include: Blue Man Group, Foo Fathers, and the Sears Tower.
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034 - Millennial Childhood Games
Ball? Check. Roof? Check. Brother? Check. It's game time. This week, the guys take yet another trip down memory lane to relive the best games of the good old days. So hold on tight as they navigate gym class chaos, ever-changing rules, and cootie catchers, but watch your step, because the floor…
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033 - Super Mario Enemies
Here we go! The guys get "super" nostalgic from their childhood once more & decide Mario's best, or worst, enemies he constantly has to thwart. Tune in to see which character the guys agree is the absolute worst.
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032 - Mixed Bag 3
This week, it's another grab bag episode in which the Wise boys let their undisciplined attention spans guide the conversation. So hop on the tangent train for patriotic parade participation, bystander psychopathy, and a tale of two Tonys.
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031 - Animal Extremities
Come one, come all & join the Wise guys as they explore the many weird & wacky extremities that give animals their uniqueness! Tune in to see which ones make the cut & which one Bran in compared to!
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Ultimate Showdown 19 - Fill in the Blanks 2
What do a soldering iron, Mr. Krabs, and the Geico Gecko have in common? They all came from Bran's brain to star in our second fill-in-the-blanks Ultimate Showdown. Just like last time, Bran brought the competitors and Ty brought the stipulations. Join us for a blank-ing good time, and stick…
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030 - 2nd Anniversary: Episodes Revisited
Have you ever listened to a podcast and thought, "I can't believe they didn't mention that?" Well, the Wise guys did, and this week they revisit some of their favorite episodes to determine what should or shouldn't have been included. Tune in to find out which brother catches strays the whole...
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Mediocre Movie Monday 4 - Wrong Side of Town
Are you a crooked cop? Do you also have a conscience? Then we have the movie for you. In this episode, the Wise boys oil up their biceps and put on their fingerless gloves for a no-holds-barred takedown of the Dave Bautista classic, Wrong Side of Town. So gather your sparring partners and Navy…
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029 - Baseball Grab Bag
Welp, the Wise bros are still celebrating the start of baseball season. Did you expect any different? This week they're treating both of their listeners (and themselves) to a grab bag episode of their most pressing baseball topics, including the best baseball nicknames, the greatest play-by-play...
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Ultimate Showdown 18 - Cartoon Baseball Draft
The guys had so much fun with their last draft they decided to do another one with their favorite cartoon characters! To celebrate the greatest week of the year, MLB Opening Day, the guys draft their starting nine. Who drafted the better lineup? Tune in the find out!
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028 - Green Characters
Celebrate St. Paddy's (or Patty's?) with the Wise guys as they honor the best green guys, gals, and amorphous blobs pop culture has ever produced. From monsters and Martians to Muppets and moppets, they cover them all. Tangents include trinket shelf weight limits, paternal phone paralysis, and...
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027 - 1st Gen Pokémon
This week, the Wise bros try to be the very best as they accidentally celebrate the 30th anniversary of Pokémon. So put on your fingerless gloves, turn your hats backwards, and join them as they decide the best of the first generation of pocket monsters. Side quests include Power Ranger pump-up...
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026 - Our Top 25 Movies
They're a little late to the party, but the Wise guys are celebrating the end of 2025 by rounding up their 25 favorite movies of the past 25 years. Tune in to find out what Rambo and Toy Story have in common. Digressions include washing machine installation, nocturnal interior decorating, and a...
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Ultimate Showdown 17 - Mad Libs
What do the Coca-Cola polar bear, a turkey baster, and Glenn Close have in common? They all fell out of Bran’s cranium to fill in the blanks of this Ultimate Showdown. In this potluck-style episode, Ty brought the stipulations, and Bran brought the competitors, so help yourself to some lukewarm,...
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025 - Movies' Actual Villains
Have you ever watched a movie and thought, "hey, this person is actually kind of the bad guy?" Well, we certainly have, so join us as we discuss our top "good guys" who are actually the villains in their movies.
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024 - Santa Clauses
It's the happiest time of the year -- well second, if you include Halloween. In this episode, the Wise guys get "passionate" about their all-time Kris Kringles. Tune it to find out which Santa claws his way to the top.
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023 - Holiday Havoc
After a brief hiatus, the Wise guys are back! This week they honor the big three holidays & creating a bracket-style tournament to crown the ultimate holiday champion. Tune in to find out the chosen one!
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Ultimate Showdown 16 - Explorers
Are you ready to rock 'em sock 'em? In this edition of the Ultimate Showdown, the Wise guys brush up on their sailing knots and try to stave off a mutiny, because they're exploring the globe...and beyond! So grab your compass and sextant and come along for the topsy turvy ride. Also featured are...
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022 - Scooby-Doo Villains
For our final Halloween episode of 2025, we determine the best villains from one of our childhood favorites, Scooby-Doo. From the Spooky Space Kook to Brunch & Crunch, we don't leave a Scooby Snack unturned.
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021 - Horror Movie Mixed Bag
This week, the Wise guys try to pack in as much horror movie conversation they can muster into a single podcast. It's a horror mixed bag episode this week to celebrate their favorite season. Come for the fearsome flicks; stay for the adolescent trauma, bigfoot calls, and Principal Fonz.
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Ultimate Showdown 15 - Horror Baseball Draft
Fresh off the heels of another Guardians playoff loss, we decided to keep the October baseball theme going by drafting our own baseball starting lineups consisting of your favorite lovable horror icons!
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Ultimate Showdown 14 - Extreme Challenges
Excuse me, stewardess. I speak Wookiee. In this episode, the Wise bros step outside the squared circle to bring you some hypothetical competitions and tests of strength, patience, and intestinal fortitude. (An engineering degree wouldn't hurt, either.) Stay tuned for Agent Egypt, ice cream...
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Mediocre Movie Monday 3 - Tremors
You should listen to us; we're older and wiser. Well, that's half right. This time on Mediocre Movie Monday, the guys hunt down Dirt Jaws...I mean, Tremors. So gas up the 4x4, grab your elephant gun and your favorite red-haired country singer, and let's head on out to Perfection for Graboid season!
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020 - Bands Named After Locations
If you're gonna play in Texas, you gotta have a fiddle in the band, and if you're gonna play in the 70s, you gotta name that band after a geographical location. This week the Wisenheimers decide the five greatest bands named after locations and induct them into the CCW All-Timers Club. Tune in…
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Ultimate Showdown 13 - CLE vs CHI
This year the Wise guys +1 vacationed to Chicago & knocked something off their bucket list by taking in Wrigley Field as the Guardians took on the Cubs. Much like our Cleveland/Pittsburgh card, we decided to create another card this time Chicago-inspired. Enjoy!
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Ultimate Showdown 12 - Wrasslin'
The guys had to dig deep into the vault and dust it off for this episode. Tune in as the guys present the first episode ever they ever recorded, Ultimate Showdown - Wrasslin'.
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019 - Minor League Hockey Team Names
One year ago, in one of their favorite episodes so far, the Wise boys inducted the best Minor League Baseball team names into the All-Timers Club. Well, they decided to run it back. Only this time, they're lacing up their skates, taping up their glasses, and hitting the ice, even if they can't…
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018 - 90s One Hit Wonders
It's time to slap on your favorite bracelet, crank up the Discman, and tune in as the guys dive headfirst into the gloriously awkward time period known as the 1990s to determine the best of the best of the decade's one hit wonders.
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Ultimate Showdown 11 - Armed Forces
Happy Memorial Day! As a token of our appreciation to those we honor on this sacred holiday, the guys threw together a special armed forces edition of Ultimate Showdown!
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017 - Anniversary Special
Happy Mother's Day and happy birthday to us! This week, the Wise guys celebrate CCW's anniversary by running down their favorites of a multitude of categories, including their favorite villains, board games, and smells. Also featured are drop bears, Snakesgiving, and Pop-o-matic Trouble.
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016 - Mixed Bag
Sometimes we decide the best of the best of unimportant categories, and sometimes we don't. This episode is one of the latter. The Wise Bros took a little mental break this week to bring you a mixed bag of topics, tangents, and non sequiturs ranging from Wrestlemania to motorcycle sidecars to the...
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Ultimate Showdown 10 - Baseball
It's America's greatest pastime! Or it was until the guys decided to put together the ultimate baseball-themed fight card. Grab your peanuts and cracker jacks, tune in, and enjoy the ride!
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015 - Common Misconceptions
Ever heard someone tell you something over and over again to where you believed it only to find out later in life it was all overblown? This week the Wise guys duke it out to determine the best of the best of those common misconceptions we're all familiar with.
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014 - Famous Patricks
In honor of St. Patrick's Day, the guys determine the best of the best of famous Patricks. Naturally, the conversations continuously turned into discussions of baseball and wrestling, of course.
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013 - Movies Named After Holidays
To paraphrase Brad Pitt in Moneyball: There are good movies, and there are poor movies. Then there's fifty feet of crap. And then there's 2011's New Year's Eve. This week, we decide the best Movies Named After Holidays, and we search the fifty feet of crap for anything worthy of the last spot in...
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Ultimate Showdown 9 - Valentine's Day
It's the holiday of love & love is indeed in the air, or is it? Tune in as the guys debate a match card involving horror icons, Sly Stallone love interests, & the legend Cupid himself in our Valentine's Day Ultimate Showdown.
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Mediocre Movie Monday 2 - Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot
"In this buddy cop movie starring Sylvester Stallone & Estelle Getty" is not a sentence you'd expect to hear, right? Neither did we didn't either upon discovery. Join us as we take a deep dive into the epic not-so-classic that Stallone wishes could be erased from existence. Come for the pineapple...
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012 - Discontinued Game Shows
We've all fired up the ol' Game Show Network or Buzzr channel and thought "I wish this was still on TV." If that's you, then you're in luck! This week the guys bust out their extra long microphones and pick the best game shows no longer on the air.
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Ultimate Showdown 8 - Pop Culture Icons
It's camels, leopards, & Cheetahs, oh my! Straight from the CounterClockWise vault, the guys prepare a fight card full of your favorite pop culture icons, mascots, and animals, of course.
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Ultimate Showdown 7 - Christmas Part 2
Who shall be deemed the official Santa and Mrs. Claus and sit atop the Jolly throne? How about a no-holds-barred match between a wrestler and a sentient machine? Plus, hear the thrilling conclusion of the Christmas lighting competition!
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Ultimate Showdown 7 - Christmas Part 1
Happy Holidays from the Wise guys! This week we dipped into the well once more & put together a Christmas-filled fight card so big it had to be split into 2 parts. You don't want to miss this one as we put together one of the wildest Wacky Races/Mario Kart matchups ever, a Scooby Doo villain…
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011 - Repulsive Vegetables
We all had a vegetable or two growing up that made us a little queasy just by the look of it. Well, we had about seven each. Tune in as the Wise guys induct the most "ucky" vegetables into their All-Timers Club.
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Ultimate Showdown 6 - Thanksgiving Part 2
What exactly is a Bluewood Flaboobecker? Find out in the epic conclusion of our Thanksgiving Ultimate Showdown!
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Ultimate Showdown 6 - Thanksgiving Part 1
It's another holiday special! This week the Wise men create a Thanksgiving-themed fight card so complicated, it had to be broken up into two parts. Check out part 1 for one of the greatest battle royales in history.
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010 - Overused Soundtrack Songs
It's time to bust out your choppers (motorcycles and helicopters), because the Wise Bros are celebrating Hollywood's most faithful soundtrack tunes. From Vietnam to...Vietnam again and every scene with a cool guy on a motorcycle, if you haven't heard these songs, you've probably never seen a…
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009 - Horror Movie Weapons
Happy Halloween! To celebrate their favorite time of the year, the Wise Bros decide the best tools of the horror movie trade (excluding the untouchable trio of Michael, Jason, and Freddy, of course). Tune in to see who can slash and bash their way into this week's All-Timer's Club. That is, if...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Ever had a rafter-rattling argument over the finer points of Frosted Mini Wheats vs Cheerios or which baseball player has the most punchable face?We have.Hosted by lifelong brothers Brandon and Tyler Wise, CounterClockWise is home to the most passionate debates over topics nobody should care about. Join us bi-weekly as we determine everything from the greatest action movie one-liners to the ugliest presidents and induct them into the CCW All-Timers Club. Get it? Time. Clock. Ahem...And as if that’s not enough, stay tuned in the off weeks for snack-size pods where we answer ”Who wins a fight between...?” or break down the greatest bad movies of all time.
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Ever had a rafter-rattling argument over the finer points of Frosted Mini Wheats vs Cheerios or which baseball player has the most punchable face?We have.Hosted by lifelong brothers Brandon and Tyler Wise, CounterClockWise is home to the most passionate debates over topics nobody should care about....
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