For The Banter

WE ARE BACK! For our return we decided it would be best to help everyone out and give you everything you need to know to fill out your pool winning March Madness bracket. We start out by catching up on the ongoings of the past year, including Kimye, baseball being briefly gone, and Philly sports (00:00:00-00:30:20) before bringing in college basketball expert Shane Douglas to break down the NCAA Tournament field, including top team and player breakdowns as well as upset alerts, with stats and analytics on standby before giving our picks (00:30:20-end). We hope you enjoy and as always, thank you.

We are BACK after life caused a bit of a hiatus, but there's no rust on the Banter. We intro this week before jumping into some headlines (00:00:00-00:17:41). We then examine East vs West coast problems in the format of the familiar Big Board (00:17:41-00:35:24). Then our special guest Paul stops by for some lively banter including some unholy public incident talk (00:35:24-00:51:10), the future of visual media (00:52:10- 01:08:35) and life after college (01:08:35-end). We hope you enjoy and, as always, thank you.

We are back with Season 2 content! In this episode we debut a new intro song (courtesy of Orfeo Jackson) before jumping into our headlines for the day (00:00:00-00:16:45). We then unveil the prestigious Buzzkill Big Board (00:16:45-00:32:15) before our spot with special guest Nick (00:32:15-end) where we break down the infancy of Clubhouse and Adam Sandler's greatest hits, among other topics.  We hope you enjoy and as always, thank you.

Surprise! It's a bonus episode of For The Banter, where we bring in a full panel (Billy, Ryan, and Nick) to discuss the ongoings of the stock market the past few weeks.  Topics include the Reddit origins of Gamestop trading, Vlad being the worst, Sam's beloved Steve Cohen, meme stocks in general and much more.  Hope you enjoy and as always, thank you.

For our first episode of 2021 we are taking a look back at everyones least favorite year, 2020! We start off with the open and the New Year's Resolution Big Board (00:00:00-00:10:34) before coming at you with our 2020 Awards Including:

-Bryce Hall Award for Top Male TikToker (00:10:34-00:17:45)
-Fakest Season Award ft. Matt Curry (00:17:45-00:40:50)
-Podcasters of the Year (00:40:50-00:49:12)
-Worst Beat/Most Painful Sports Moment (00:49:12-00:56:54)
-Fraud of the Year (00:56:54-01:09:58)
-Social Media Takeover Award (01:09:58-01:17:30)
-GOAT of the Year ft. Dave Quinn (01:17:30-01:33:15)
-Best Banter 2020 (01:33:15-end)

Hope you enjoy and, as always, thank you.

The boys are back and coming at you with the fifth installment of For The Banter.  In this episode, we open up with a dramatic reading for a fallen soldier followed by our headlines for the episode (00:00:00-00:17:54).  We then pull up our electric child star big board full of controversial choices (00:17:54-00:44:29).  Then our nostalgia expert Jason joins the program to give an in depth look at cult classics such as Cradle 2 The Grave and the Tony Hawk episode of Rocket Power, as well as a dissection of medium budget movies and cartoons in the modern day (00:44:29-01:38:45) before closing you out. We appreciate the listen and, as always, thank you.

We are back again with our fourth installment of For The Banter.  In this episode, we open up with some headlines detailing a big transfer of power in the country, election memes, TikTok and DailyMail news (00:00:00-00:12:10). We then discuss our American Pastime Big Board (00:12:10-00:26:25), before having a little Brain Talk with our special guest and resident FTB therapist Sammy Peachey.  Topics include addictions (00:26:25-00:41:10), celebrity analysis (00:41:10-00:58:05), and seasonal depression (00:58:05-01:04:18), before closing you out.  Hope you enjoy and thank you as always!

Things come off the rails in the third installment of For The Banter, live from the mountains. In this episode, we go through the most recent headlines going on the world (00:00:00 - 00:18:52) with special guest Brian.  We then bring in DJ to tackle the Boomer Take Big Board (00:18:52 - 00:40:52), which leads into a game of Hot Take Shark Tank, where we are joined by Mark to review and/or invest in takes that are pitched to us.  Takes are centered around soccer in America (00:40:52 - 01:04:28), pitched by Curry and Yota, the future of football (01:04:28 - 01:16:38), pitched by Eric T, and China taking over the world (01:16:38 - 01:32:06), pitched by Blaine, before closing you out.  This episode is completely unhinged and we hope you enjoy the ride!

Not only are we back, but we are better! Joe from Massapequa opens us up with some of his thoughts as we start this episode (00:00:00 - 00:03:26) before going in on some headlines (00:03:26 - 00:13:44), unveiling our Jewish Icon Big Board (00:13:44 - 00:25:00), and then doing some hot button debates with special guest Blaine Lafferty. Debate topics include the ethics (00:25:00 - 00:33:08), college athletics (00:33:08 - 00:40:18), golf (00:40:18 - 00:44:59), life (featuring a surprise guest caller) (00:44:59 - 00:51:27), Wawa (00:51:27 - 00:57:36), and podcasters (00:57:36 - 01:11:46), before closing you out. Hope you enjoy! Thank you.

The Inaugural episode is here! In this episode, Sam and Jesse tell you what were all about followed by some headlines (00:00:00 - 00:11:10), unveil the COVID 19 buzzword big board (00:11:10 - 00:20:33), preview the 2020 NFL Season with special guest Matt Curry (including storylines we're watching (00:20:33 - 00:31:55), division previews (00:31:55 - 01:12:10), and first week picks (01:12:10 - 01:23:48) ), and then sign you off. Come for the vibes, stick around For The Banter!