The Hard Times Podcast

This week on The Hard Times Podcast, Comedian Chris Estrada joins Matt and Bill to talk losing people to conspiracy theories, Mario Lopez laying in dog shit and which politician is on the run from Chris’ mom. Download it wherever you get podcasts!

Madison Watkins of Year Of The Knife joins Matt and Bill to talk dudes fucking dolphins, walking your pet alligator and doing flash mobs during lunch. Plus Madison’s company Candy Corpse!

Frank Turner returns to the pod to talk CIA song writing, how the British royals are lizards, and the absolute worst smells.

Marcia and Josh from the Skints join Matt and Bill to talk about playground bands, brain explosions and the worst places you’ve stayed on tour.

Musician of many bands Aram Arslanian joins Matt and Bill to talk removing beheading videos from Facebook, getting jobs off the street and tense confrontations with bosses.   This episode is ad-less but the show is brought to you by Riot Fest, Fat Wreck Chords, Rockabilia and Pirates Press.

No guest this week as Matt and Bill, aka the Mad Dogs, talk about drunk driving Catholics, porn titles and then Bill spills water all over himself like a damn fool.

Vinnie Fiorello of Less Than Jake hangouts with Matt and Bill to talk virtual circle jerking, starting Fueled By Ramen among other record labels and doing it yourself.

Rapper and Podcaster Open Mike Eagle comes on the podcast to talk to Matt and Bill about touring, kayfabe and Mike’s new podcast network.

Matt’s Dad and Fat Wreck Chords owner Fat Mike joins the podcast to talk about gunning mud, dungeons inside dungeons, panties for men and how much stuff Fat Mike can get away with.

Hard Drive contributor and Video Game maker Kyle Erf joins the podcast to talk leaving Google amidst controversies, bougie cat trees and for some reason, phrenology! We also play the classic game, hit or shit! Make sure to get Dodo Peak July 31st!

Matt and Bill have been abandoned again and are forced to talk to each other!! But for real they talk apologies, covid testing and both of them admit they deserve to get beat up.

Check out the first episode of the newest Hard Times show Up The Blunx! On this week’s episode of Up The Blunx, Akil and Kevin y’all about their experiences growing up with cops. ALSO: If you’re black, in a punk band and would like your music played on our show, send us a bio and some tunes at UpTheBlunx@gmail.com

We have the hosts from the newest Hard Times podcast on the show today, Kevin Tit and Akil Godsey from Up The Blunx! They join Matt and Bill to talk about Akil’s band End It, punkhoues and what GG Allin’s patroon would be like. Make sure you check out Up The Blunx starting July 6th!

Today on the podcast, MMA fighter Angela Hill joins Matt and Bill to talk walk out songs, why more art students should fight each other and aliens.

Hardcore archivist Sonny Singh of hate5six joins the pod to talk about filming the hardcore scene, faking people out with algorithms and dealing with bands that don’t want to be documented.

Comedian Curtis Cook sits down on the pod to talk about Crank Yankers, temping at an auto body shop and Matt’s many many comedy sketches.

Filmmaker and front man Matt Mixon drop by the show to talk about the ongoing protests. Fuck the cops.

Steve Martin of Agnostic Front and Nasty Little Man stops by to talk about the 80s music scene in NYC, convincing the mailman to deliver 1000 envelopes and some of the bands Nasty Little Man has worked with, little acts like Helmet, The Beastie Boys and U2.

Jason Hall of Western Addiction stops by the pod to talk about getting internships at punk labels, explaining punk to normal people and most importantly working on the ad campaign that birthed “Quibi.” Like the term Quibi!

Powerviolence legend Mark McCoy of Charles Bronson hops on the pod today to talk about old school internet, his label Youth Attack and Matt comes clean to Mark about spamming The Jerkbooth