Sinopsis
Talking about all the stuff you didn't know needed to be talked about...
Episodios
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Free Speech'll Cost Ya
03/10/2025 Duración: 56minThe core four are back in the basement looking back at the past month's news cycle: Charlie Kirk, Jimmy Kimmel, the FCC, and the notion of free speech.
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Paramore RIOT!, Just Kabobs, and Whatever Is Left In Mike's Fridge
09/09/2025 Duración: 03h34minThe Strike Team is back! Refreshed from their summer vacation Ashley, Dan, Mike, and Pat recount their favorite memories of summer 2025. They also dive into Mike's new love of roulette, the Swift-Kelce engagement, and what they want to do next year.
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Battle Of The Bands #3
13/08/2025 Duración: 57minThe core four are enjoying their summer break ot varying degrees, but we will be back come fall! Until then, here's a new episode in which they pit two songs with something arbitrary in common against one another. Only one can survive.
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The $20 Menards Challenge #1
01/07/2025 Duración: 38minAshley challenges the rest of the Strike Team to spend $20 and only $20 at Menards and what everyone comes home with may surprise you.
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JAWS At 50 & The Summer Blockbuster
27/06/2025 Duración: 01h03minThe core four are collecting conch shells and chatting about JAWS (1975) and get sidetracked by their other favorite summer blockbusters and Dr. Chase Meridian's nylons.
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Rush, MOVING PICTURES (1981), La Paloma Blanca, And Summer Vacation
19/06/2025 Duración: 02h42minThe core four enjoy some Mexican ice cream and look back at Rush's breakthrough album, 1981's MOVING PICTURES.
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Summer Concert Season @ Credit Union 1 Ampitheatre
09/06/2025 Duración: 01h18minOr is it The World? Or The Tweeter? Or First Midwest Bank? Whatever you call it, if you live in Chicago and listen to this show, you've probably been loaded on that lawn. Dan brings a list of concerts he's excited for this summer.
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The Point Sports Bar & Grill, THE CARS (1978), & Favorite Birthdays
06/06/2025 Duración: 02h42minAshley, Dan, Mike, and Pat are back in the Atomic Tiki Lounge to discuss one of their favorite new hangouts, The Point in Crestwood. They also look back at The Cars' quintessential 1978 self-titled release, and look back on some of their favorite past birthday celebrations.
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Shooter #711: Favorite Closed Bars #1
19/05/2025 Duración: 45minThe core four look back at some of their favorite closed bars: Damaged, Beer Geeks, Shannon's Landing, and Joe Bailey's.
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The Trews' HOUSE OF ILL FAME, Lucky Burrito, and Chicago's Very Own Pope
13/05/2025 Duración: 03h02minThe core four look back at an overlooked entry in the 2000's garage rock explosion (out of Canada no less) The Trews and their album HOUSE OF ILL FAME (2003) and spend their Cinco De Mayo at Lucky Burrito, one of Alsip's hidden treasures. They also ponficate on 12 things that Pope Leo may have done while living in Chicago.
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Shooter #710: Your Guide To The 2025 Windy City Thunderbolts!
09/05/2025 Duración: 26minWith the home opener upon us, the core four take a look at some of the special nights the Windy City Thunderbolts are offering their fans.
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Craft Beer Or Race Horse? #1
02/05/2025 Duración: 23minThe core four play America's favorite new game show: Craft Beer Or Race Horse! Just in time for the Kentucky Derby.
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Andrew WK's I GET WET, KPOT, and Easter Baskets
25/04/2025 Duración: 03h02minThe core four are back in the Atomic Tiki Lounge to look back on Andrew WK's seminal I GET WET from 2001 and dig in on some KPOT in Chicago Ridge. Along the way they are distracted by TRUE BLOOD, hymens, September 11, WrestleMania, A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET, PART II: FREDDY'S REVENGE, and Dan's shorts.
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Shooter #708: Favorite Wrestling Promos & Moments
14/04/2025 Duración: 01h01minThe core four discuss some of their favorite moments in pro wrestling.
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The Refreshments FIZZY FUZZY, BIG & BUZZY, Burrito Station, & Spanish Slang
07/04/2025 Duración: 02h55minThe core four take a trip back to the '90s as they look back at Roger Clyne's first big break with The Refreshments, FIZZY, FUZZY, BIG, & BUZZY. They take a trip to Beverly's Burrito Station, discusss their favorite Spanish Slang and get distracted by Vegas, gambling, and a big bottle of Patron.
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Shooter #707: Mike Vanderbilt Explains It All
01/04/2025 Duración: 01h25minMike dishes all the dirt on his weird and wild journey from behind the stick to behind the chair, his decision to go to beauty school, giving up on the bartender lifestyle, that OTHER podcast, the friends he lost along the way, and his dedication to life long learning.
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Shooter #706: Cheese Mate!
26/03/2025 Duración: 33minDan comes bearing gifts: Korean corn dogs from the new opened Cheese Mate on 95th street over in the old Sesame Inn.
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Shooter #705: Battle Of The Bands #1
17/03/2025 Duración: 01h25minThe core four pit songs against one each other.
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Shooter #704: Spring Cleaning
10/03/2025 Duración: 50minThis week, the core four does some spring cleaning in Mike's liqour cabinet in a attempt to get rid of some odds and ends. Along the way they are disctracted by their teenage years, their first jobs, and DOGE.
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Barenaked Ladies' STUNT (1998), Wu's Ramen, and The Gold Card
04/03/2025 Duración: 03h02minThe core four is back in the basement delivering the post mortem on Rockford Files return to racine, ANORA and the Oscars, and then out to lunch at Wu's Ramen. They also dive into the 1998 breakthrough album, STUNT by Barenaked Ladies. Along the way they get distracted by flat earthers, prison life, the Bophouse, and KING OF THE HILL.