Join host Adam Pedersen for Backroads and Bonfire's first episode of 2026! Adam has decided that it is time to get some stuff off his chest, which, I guess, is every episode already? It is his first ever Festivus episode! Adam airs some grievances currently bothering him before moving on to a discussion about his observations from his most recent airport trip. C'mon people! As always, we take a trip down memory lane to close the show. Hut Hut! Love y'all.

Adam & the cuz Glizzy P bring the noise for this fun-packed episode! They re-live some of their favorite moments and memories from 2025 (barf drill anyone?) and what an exciting year it was! Adam shares the perfect song this week. In the Meat, Mm!, of the episode they discuss New Years Eve memories growing up, from Y2K to high school parties to an engagement! To close the show Elizabeth hosts the first edition of “Grocery Prices from the 90s”! Hut Hut! Love y’all. 

In this episode of Backroads & Bonfires, Adam & Ryan host another night of trivia at The Cobblestone Ballroom in Storm Lake, IA. You'll be able to listen along and play with us (minus a few picture/video categories)! The theme was Home Alone this year. We asked 40 Home Alone related questions and 40 miscellaneous Christmas questions as well of other categories! I think you will have a hoot listening along and testing your Christmas knowledge! Hut Hut. Love y'all.

Sconnie Jared joins the boys! But first, Adam had to navigate the Mission Impossible laser field to get to tonight’s recording. The boys reminisce on 2000s comedies and some comedy movie hypotheticals. Adam doesn’t understand people’s fear of geese, or why the heck people are driving farther than necessary! Jared updates the boys on how duck season went and how early ice fishing season has been. Burk tells us about his trip to dsm for a Home Alone screening with McCauley Culkin. In the Merry Meat, Mm!, of the show, the boys continue celebrating Christmas by listing their top 5 Christmas TV Episodes ever, before discussing the top gifts of our (my?) birth year. What a fun trip down memory lane! Hut Hut! Love y’all.

Ped, Burk and guest Grace open the show discussing a horrid Black Friday experience and people dumbly slipping on ice. Another fantastic Tik Tok video series has reached Adam’s algorithm, much to the chagrin of Ryan. Burk brings us his perfect song of the week and back by popular demand, THE ROTTEN TOMATOES GAME!! In the Meat, Mm!, we celebrate the Christmas season by reading real and fake Hallmark movie plots and seeing if Grace can guess correctly. We end with fondly remembering some 90’s Christmas gifts. Hut Hut! Love y’all. 

Adam welcomes back Glizzy and her cousin, first time guest, Lisa! We dive right in with Adam & Lisa talking about being the youngest sibling and also teacher’s kids. We get into Lisa’s love of NKOTB and a boy band discussion. In the meat, Mm!, it’s all about being a 90’s girl! From all the teen magazines and trends, to heart throbs to our Mt Rushmore of celeb crushes growing up. We end the show with a kick-off to Christmas! Remembering the Christmas meals growing up, dressing up and making movies with cousins and what present we wanted the most! Love y’all. Hut Hut

Ped & Burk kick off the episode with a discussion of what they think the best month is. The boys ponder their 40th birthdays. Where has the time gone? Parking at a gas station will reveal a person's entire character. Don't sleep on Dairy Queen burgers. We list our perfect Thanksgiving plates, and then, in some foreshadowing, it's Burk's perfect song. For the MEAT, Mm!, it's a massive topic we've been holding onto: Our all-time top ten movies! A nearly impossible task! We get country to end the show. Hut Hut! Love y'all.

Ped, Burk and Tommy get a little serious in the cold open before Burk drops the perfect song on us out the gates. Tom and Adam then talk about their love for muk bang in a real brotherly love moment. We feel seen. Burk shares quite possibly the greatest catfishing story of all-time. A discussion about actors and cheaters. Tom’s new tariff policy after being re-elected. And more intro thoughts! In the MEAT, Mm!, the boys reminisce on their early days in social media, being the first generation to have MSN Messenger, Facebook, how glorious it was, and how it enhanced the 2000s high school and college experience. Then Twitter came along and things got wild. Do you remember your first slow dance? Hut Hut! Love y’all. 

Burk & Gliz open the how in a full-on ATTACK on Adam's food character and he will not stand for it! A little Elton John chatter happens before we do a DOUBLE Mt Rushmore! In the first Rushmore we discuss funny Iowa town names, and there are plenty. Then we move onto a Mt Rushmore before for the beginning of fall, CASSEROLES! We end the show discussing Fall Traditions as kids. This episode made me hungry. Hut Hut! Love y'all.

Ped, Burk and Glizzy are basking in fall ambiance for this episode, via AI, which in turn leads to a winding convo about artificial intelligence. Adam brings us another insane couple getting married who can't read the room. China's new law on social media influencers. Elizabeth lost her son at a pumpkin patch and he was in big trouble! She also shared about a weird encounter she had after a night of watching scary movies and Ryan gives us goosebumps with a true story! The gang discusses napping, sleep culture and sleep pods! We end PART ONE with Burk's perfect song. Love y'all. Hut Hut!