Better Buddies

By Better Buddies

Your #1 spot for Mid-West wisdom! Join RJ and friends as we have some real conversations and all become Better Buddies.

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How many episodes does Better Buddies have?

The podcast currently has 324 episodes available.

Better Buddies episodes:

January 16, 2026 Episode 324: Zen and the Art of Fandom Maintenance
This week the Buddies discuss ways to train people to understand nuance, Zen and Buddhist philosophy, how to handle the passage of time in a fandom, silly fun anime, and the generational difference in men being platonically physical with each other. Share with a friend!
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Recommendations: The Seven and a Half Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle (book), Technotopia (video game), Jojo's Bizarre Adventure (anime)
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1h 6min
January 09, 2026 Episode 323: Challenge Your Beliefs
This week the Buddies talk about their rebellious sides, challenge beliefs, and discuss Nick Offerman. We also give advice on blankets, towels, and paying for lunch. Share with a friend!
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Recommendations: Where the Deer and the Antelope Play (book 2021), Magic The Gathering (specifically casual Commander format, game), The Lost Symbol (book, 2009)
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48min
January 02, 2026 Episode 322: New Old Days
This week the Buddies discuss toaster pastries, Groundhog's Day, their plans for the new year, a wide variety of media tastes, encouraging men to work in education and childcare, and sudden urges. Share with a friend!
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Recommendations: BLT (the sandwich), Catbus Collective (jazz ensemble band), Radical Acceptance: Embracing Your Life With the Heart of a Buddha (book), Donut County (video game)
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1h 3min
December 26, 2025 Episode 321: Better Buddy Holiday Guide
This week the Buddies discuss important moments that defined them, their favorite holiday magic movies, buying toys for men, and reading spicy books. Share with a friend! And happy holidays!
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Recommendations: Klaus (movie), Dogpile (video game), Emmet Otter's Jugband Christmas (movie), Cameron Cortinas (Instagrammer)
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1h 9min
December 19, 2025 Episode 320: The Heart Thief
This week the Buddies discuss childhood things current children won't get to experience, post-apocalyptic theme parks, great albums of the year, rom coms, and unorthodox ways to describe being a pediatric heart surgeon. Share with a friend!
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Recommendations: SABLE,FABLE by Bon Iver (album), Never enough by Turnstile (album), Everybody Scream by Florence+The Machine (album), Cabin in the Sky by De La Soul (album), Getting Killed by Geese (album), K-Pop Demon Hunters Soundtrack (album), Assistant to the Villain (book), Lovely Complex (slice of life romcom anime), Slay the Spire (video game)
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1h 7min
December 12, 2025 Episode 319: 4,000 Husbands and Counting
This week the Buddies discuss their old people habits, an army of lumberjack husbands, unreliable narrator creepy stories, Norse mythology, and the loss of culture to history. Share with a friend!
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Recommendations: Smiling Friends season 3 (show), The Witch's Heart (book), Tales from the Gas Station by Jack Townsend (book series)
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1h 6min
December 05, 2025 Episode 318: No Secondary Motive
This week the Buddies have no secondary motive asking if it's better to know when you would die, talk about their bucket lists, biographies, video games, telling your friends that you love them, and being emotionally vulnerable. Share with a friend!
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Recommendations: Yes Please by Amy Poehler (audio book), Stardew Valley (video game), RV There Yet? (video game)
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54min
November 29, 2025 Episode 317: Embarrassing Growing Up Stories
This week the Buddies discuss what they buy more of than most people, embarrassing stories from growing up, Parks and Recreation, AI, and how to know where the men's room is. Share with a friend!
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Recommendations: Hazbin Hotel Season 2 (show), So Close To Being The Sh*t Ya'll Don't Even Know by Retta (book)
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58min
November 21, 2025 Episode 316: Mount Everest Beatdown
This week the Buddies discuss the things they're sick of hearing about, the webcomic meme format known as Loss, the movie Alien, Sherlock Holmes, and how many people try to scale Mount Everest in a year. Share with a friend!
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Recommendations: Minecraft Datapacks (modding), Alien (1979 movie), Sherlock Holmes & Count Dracula: The First of the Classified Dossier Series (2021 book)
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59min
November 14, 2025 Episode 315: Adopt New Parents
This week the Buddies discuss the most useful things their parents taught them, learning to drive, Red Dragon Inn, Neil Gaiman, and how to help your parents as a responsible adult son. Share with a friend!
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Recommendations: Red Dragon Inn (board game), Good Omens Season 2 (TV show), Ender's Game (book by Orson Scott Card)
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57min

FAQs about Better Buddies:

How many episodes does Better Buddies have?

The podcast currently has 324 episodes available.