Hardly Focused

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Since 2009, the hosts of Hardly Focused have relentlessly made fun of pop culture, current events, and each other. Join them every Thursday as they pick apart the news and struggle to stay on-topic.... more

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December 03, 2022564: Le Sigh
In this cromulent installment of The Acc and Jack Show, Chris Acciardi and Jack Gill have a lot to chat about.
Jack has been watching a lot of documentaries lately, including ones about cults and criminal polygamists

Kanye West has a mental breakdown on Infowars, spewing antisemitic comments while wearing a gimp mask

Russian dictator Vladimir Putin falls down the stairs and poops himself

A woman sues Kraft Foods over the preparation time for Velveeta macaroni and cheese

Jack believes that one of Acc’s favorite video games – Undertale – is merely an outlet for the creator’s fantastic music

Acc weighs in on the allegations against Arcade Fire frontman Win Butler
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1h
November 16, 2022563: Everyday is Like 2020
Foreplay
Welcome to a fresh installment of Hardly Focused, starring Mike Tarara and Jack Gill! Mike is the proud recipient of an additional tax refund, thanks to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Inexplicably receiving money in the mail reminds Jack of Peter Popoff’s Miracle Spring Water, the users of which claim to receive vast fortunes upon using/consuming said water.
Voldemort 2024
Well, it’s actually happening – Donald Trump is running for President in 2024. Mike would rather Trump run over Florida governor Ron DeSantis, finding DeSantis to be more calculated and malicious versus Trump. Jack and Mike also discuss the outcome of the Arizona governor’s race, as well as the Russian missile attack on Poland.
Morrissey Sucks
In this segment, Mike and Jack discuss music, music, and more music. Included in the chat:
Taylor Swift crashed Ticketmaster, with her tour tickets selling for upwards of $12,000

Paramore literally says “fuck it” and adds Misery Business back into their setlist

Jack’s favorite musician, Stephen Patrick Morrissey, quits his own concert 30 minutes into it

Mike’s relative went to Woodstock ’99

Foreigner announces a 2023 farewell tour
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1h 20min
November 16, 2022 563, Part 1: Voldemort 2024
Well, it’s actually happening – Donald Trump is running for President in 2024. Mike would rather Trump run over Florida governor Ron DeSantis, finding DeSantis to be more calculated and malicious versus Trump. Jack and Mike also discuss the outcome of the Arizona governor’s race, as well as the Russian missile attack on Poland.
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26min
November 16, 2022563, Part 2: Morrissey Sucks
In this segment, Mike and Jack discuss music, music, and more music. Included in the chat:
Taylor Swift crashed Ticketmaster, with her tour tickets selling for upwards of $12,000

Paramore literally says “fuck it” and adds Misery Business back into their setlist

Jack’s favorite musician, Stephen Patrick Morrissey, quits his own concert 30 minutes into it

Mike’s relative went to Woodstock ’99

Foreigner announces a 2023 farewell tour
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44min
November 11, 2022 562: Peaches' Modern Life
Foreplay
It’s an Acc-less edition of The Acc and Jack Show, with Zach Ward and Jack Gill manning the bridge. Zach and Jack discuss Woodstock ’99, neither of whom were old enough to enjoy it themselves. Zach also has mad respect for singer Mike Patton, and great disdain for Red Hot Chili Peppers frontman Anthony Kiedis.
Twitter Takeover, the Break’s Over
In this segment, Jack talks with the polyamorous Zach about Sister Wives on TLC. Jack pokes fun at the melodramatic outbursts of the show’s male lead. Somehow this show has existed over the course of several years.
Zach and Jack also discuss Twitter under it’s new dictatorship of one Elon Musk. Among the things Musk is combating with his new company include working from home, and parody verified accounts. Jack thinks it’s all part of Musk’s plan to fully destroy Twitter from the inside out.
Amputate, Not Ampu-hate
Zach educates Jack at the beginning of this segment on how to properly clean a litter box. Having lived with cats for well over a year at this point, Jack is convinced he’s scooping cat shit wrong. Owning several felines himself, Zach knows a thing or two about the number two.
Elsewhere, Jack and Zach discuss the tale of a nurse from Wisconsin who amputated an elderly man’s frostbitten foot without consent. As a result, she faces charges of elder abuse. Knowing she isn’t qualified and thus makes her place of work liable for the damages, Jack thinks she’s in the right – and that it’s also really funny.
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1h 29min
November 11, 2022 562, Part 1: Twitter Takeover, the Break’s Over
In this segment, Jack talks with the polyamorous Zach about Sister Wives on TLC. Jack pokes fun at the melodramatic outbursts of the show’s male lead. Somehow this show has existed over the course of several years.
Zach and Jack also discuss Twitter under it’s new dictatorship of one Elon Musk. Among the things Musk is combating with his new company include working from home, and parody verified accounts. Jack thinks it’s all part of Musk’s plan to fully destroy Twitter from the inside out.
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40min
November 11, 2022 562, Part 2: Amputate, Not Ampu-hate
Zach educates Jack at the beginning of this segment on how to properly clean a litter box. Having lived with cats for well over a year at this point, Jack is convinced he’s scooping cat shit wrong. Owning several felines himself, Zach knows a thing or two about the number two.
Elsewhere, Jack and Zach discuss the tale of a nurse from Wisconsin who amputated an elderly man’s frostbitten foot without consent. As a result, she faces charges of elder abuse. Knowing she isn’t qualified and thus makes her place of work liable for the damages, Jack thinks she’s in the right – and that it’s also really funny.
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26min
November 03, 2022561: Blue Checkmarks (Da Ba Dee)
Welcome to another rambunctious installment of Hardly Focused, with Jack Gill and Mike Tarara! Pull up a stool as Mike and Jack discuss:
The importance of mental health days

Children’s television, and how it appeals to the parental demographic

Liquid Television’s finest output, Aeon Flux

The return to the office, and the resulting plunge in productivity (who’da thunk?)

Twitter; the “blue checkmark” controversy, and for how long Elon Musk will really be in charge

Services and apps that Google has (in)famously killed

The classic Fallout games, running on Android devices

The Witcher on Netflix, and it’s new lead actor
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1h 7min
October 29, 2022560: Climbing Up the Walls
Welcome to The Acc and Jack Show, with Chris Acciardi and Jack Gill! In this episode, Acc and Jack discuss:
The fall of the antisemitic rapper formerly known as Kanye West

Trolls who posed as engineers laid off from Twitter following Elon Musk’s takeover

The shocking attack on Nancy Pelosi’s husband

Presidential assassination attempts

A 94-year-old Iranian man called “the world’s dirtiest man,” who died months after his first bath

Acc’s favorite Radiohead song, and the time he recited it at a school poetry contest
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1h 20min
October 15, 2022559: Bucket List Bonanza
Welcome to The Acc and Jack Show, starring Zach Ward! In this installment, Acc, Jack, and Zach (whose names rhyme, don’t cha’ know) discuss:
The upcoming Super Mario Bros. animated film, and how Chris Pratt just stinks these days

As a franchise and universe, The Walking Dead needs to take a cue from its own name and die

That “falling” feeling when asleep

The passing of actor Robbie Coltrane, best known as Hagrid in the Harry Potter films

The absurdity that is the Fantastic Beasts film franchise

Manhattan congressional candidate Mike Itkis, who voluntarily filmed porn as part of his “sex positive approach” domestic policy

Free vasectomies for folks in Missouri, in the wake of Roe v. Wade’s demise
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1h 7min

FAQs about Hardly Focused:

How many episodes does Hardly Focused have?

The podcast currently has 774 episodes available.