A Pickle Home Companion

By The Squids (Kevin, Jared, Pete & Brock)Society & Culture Religion & Spirituality Christianity Music

A Pickle Home Companion episodes

June 26 133 - The Lifelong Dream Of Never Growing Up (With Ben Cissell - Audio Adrenaline)
This week The Squids sit down for a conversation in the Big House in Lake Skabegon with Ben Cissell of Audio Adrenaline. They Get Down to all the important topics you want to hear about like car racing, movie premieres, Festival Con Dios, the legacy of Drum Machine (R.I.P.), Carman, enhanced CDs, first cars, and back by popular demand... Lawn maintenance!

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1 hr 50 min
June 19 132 - Five Iron Fans Are Called Podcasters (With Mason Mennenga)
This week Jared, Pete, & Brock sit down with the internet's youth pastor Mason Mennenga. They discuss the culture of 90's Christian music, his podcast BlackSheep, collegiate athletics, trash TV, and the most important of all topics... lawn care.
⁠Mason Mennenga

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1 hr 56 min
June 12 131 - The Pollening (Voicemail Episode)
It's a super-sized voicemail episode this week! The Squids tackle their inbox and somehow manage to get through it all! Topics include resurrecting bands, games, transporting food safely, concert recaps, and so much more. Grab a snack and your favorite beverage and enjoy the ride!

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1 hr 38 min
June 05 130 - High Kick All The Way To The Grave (With Todd Fadel)
This week The Squids dive into the Northwest music scene with Todd Fadel. They talk about putting on shows, touring with Sappo, creating songs for a house church, the origins of Twin Sister, dabble in some TomFest talk, the Meow Meow, Agents of Future, teaching music, virtual reality, and get Todd's side of the infamous Milk Truck story. All this and more on A Pickle Home Companion!
Todd Fadel's Videos For Picklers
Todd Fadel's Squid Pro Quo

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2 hr 20 min
May 31 129 - Kevin's Editing Hell (Untold Stories 11)
Enjoy some unreleased moments from an evening in May of 2025 that they irresponsibly podcasted three episodes. I guess this makes it four. Topics include the gathering of The Squids, a voicemail/promo for a show, and speedo stories.
#SquadFiveO

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24 min
May 29 128 - I Will Kill The Worst Parts Of Myself (With Mitchell Layton - Pipe Bomb)
This week The Squids and Mr. Kyle talk with Mitchell Layton of the band Pipe Bomb. They discuss becoming a content creator, the bands Church Girls and Plead The Widows Cause, writing and recording music for Pipe Bomb, the origin story of the band, play a game, music festivals, and more.
⁠Pipe Bomb (Bandcamp)⁠
⁠Pipe Bomb (Instagram)⁠

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1 hr 31 min
May 22 127 - For The Listeners At Home (With Loyd Harp)
This week The Squids are joined by Loyd Harp for discussions around the upcoming Carman movie, Audiofeed, selling records, music, mayhem, and more.
Audiofeed
Call And Response Records
APHC Merch Shop

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1 hr 54 min
May 17 126 - Late News Breaking (With Jeff & John Fortson - Squad Five-O)
It's a Squad Five-O Sunday bonus episode! Jeff & John sit down to talk about the upcoming show in Savannah, GA while everyone tries Jared's patience by talking about Star Wars. Other topics include fashion tips with Jefe, shirt shopping, voicemail, Gasoline Heart, the Tooth & Nail News post, and why this is all Jared's fault.
Get tickets to the final show
Gasoline Heart
Mark Lowry's Closet

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1 hr 47 min
May 15 125 - 90% Filler, No Meat (Untold Stories 10)
In this week's compilation of untold stories discussions ensue regarding guilty pleasure bands, trivia, camels, Weird Al, Guitar Hero and Rock Band, the mewithoutYou smelly CD sale, and other nonsense.

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55 min
May 08 124 - The Recurring W's Meeting Episode 12 (With Bret, Todd, & Valentine - The W's)
This week Bret, Todd, & Valentine of The W's join the The Squids in Lake Skabegon for an episode filled with laughter. Pete has a new bottle of Three Chord. There's listener voicemail, lots of Oregon talk, the challenge of naming all the drummers of The W's, Wikipedia Fact Check Corner, fluffernutters, Kevin shows why Jared normally runs the games, and other nonsense.
APHC Merch

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1 hr 59 min

About A Pickle Home Companion

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Welcome to the calming shores of Lake Skabegon. Hosted by Kevin, Jared, Pete, & Brock aka The Squids, this unscripted show is a mix of nostalgia, storytelling, jokes, deep-dive conversations with…