English All Over the Place

Shawn and Barney talk about Shawn's recent trip back to the US.  We learn about the general social climate in the country, the foods Shawn ate, and even more interesting tidbits and artefacts related to Shawn's family tree.  Barney gives Shawn a quiz about fast food that has a bit of a bad aftertaste.  

Join Shawn and Barney as they talk about baseball memories, the current state of the game, baseball media, their predictions for the current season, and Barney gives Shawn a much more reasonable quiz than in the past.  Also, will Barney's WS prediction come true?

Shawn and Barney welcome Jacob back to the show to discuss the engaging topic of video games.  The group fondly remember playing past video games and explore the cultural dynamics behind what playing video games means.

Shawn and Barney talk about Valentine's differences between Japan and the US, talk about past Valentine's Day experiences, White Day experiences, and have a little quiz too.

Shawn and Barney share their unique perspectives on the biggest football game of the year.  They talk about how they got interested in football in the first place, memories of past "big games" and Shawn gives Barney a very interesting quiz about the NFL's Biggest Game.

Shawn and Barney catch up on all things local and international that has happened in the month of January.  Barney also tries to get Shawn hooked on Wordle and craic ("crack").

Shawn and Barney welcome Katrina back to the show (re: The Lost Episode).  Katrina describes the experiences she had on a recent trip throughout the US, Canada and getting back to Japan.  Our hosts challenge Katrina with quizzes about the US and Australia to see which country she knows better.  This 100-minute episode is full of laughs, insight and is sure to be an instant classic!

Barney and Shawn discuss typical New Years in the US and Japan and their own personal experiences.  After a recap of the year's major news events worldwide and personally, they talk about what they're looking forward to or expecting from 2022.  They also debut the "Good News Everyone" segment!

Barney and Shawn talk about Christmases past, present, and future.  They also explore the plethora of Christmas movies (of which, Die Hard is not one) and see just how much (or little) Barney knows about them in this episode's quiz.  Hang on because the holidays are here!

Shawn and Barney invite Jacob onto the show to discuss what it's like to do a podcast with Barney (or did Jacob and Barney invite Shawn onto their show, The Two-World Podcast?).  Get a glimpse of the two sides of Barney that people get to know thanks to the two very different podcasts he's a part of.  Play along with two quizzes in this double episode and comment at our Instagram page with your score on Barney's quiz!