Hardly Focused

Podcast host David Baxter (Thank You, Five; Friends of the Countess; 12 Months of Christmas) joins Jack and Zach for this installment of Hardly Focused!

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Adult nightmares about high school

An earthquake occurred near New York City, and everybody felt it kind of

Marc Summers stormed away from filming Quiet on Set

David won't exist for about a month after the Elden Ring DLC releases

Films with quick production turnaround

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This episode marks 15 years of this podcast, 4 of which under the name "Hardly Focused!"

Jack features audio of Nate and Zach's respective first appearances on this show, both from September 2009

Jack, Nate, and Zach discuss their "small world" moments, such as running into a local acquaintance on the other side of the country

Ohio maniac brandishes a gun on a Burger King employee after being offered a $3 discount

Jack has been successfully trolling Nate and Zach with misleading audio clips for 15 years

Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV, and Dan Schneider's purported love of feet

Nate and Zach debate the comedic elements of Saturday Night Live

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Part 1 – Did We Re-open Too Early?

It’s another reunion of “The Acc and Jack Show!” Jack points out that he, Acc and Nate have not done a radio show together in upwards of a decade.

To begin, Jack is trying hard not to hate the television ad for The Last of Us Part II. Acc points out that people are upset that main character Ellie is gay. Said people clearly never played the first game.

Elsewhere, Jack ponders if Massachusetts and New Hampshire respectively re-opened too early. Massachusetts continues with its phased approach, while New Hampshire says “fuck it.”

Part 2 – A Chat About Mental Health

This segment and the remainder of this episode cover the subject of mental health. Acc, Jack, and Nate all suffer from their own, respective mental curiosities. Jack opens up about recent tribulations, and asks the room when they first chose to seek professional help.

Part 3 – A Further Chat About Mental Health

Continuing the mental health discussion, Jack questions Acc and Nate about what they do when they feel a panic attack coming on. To conclude this episode on a lighter note, Jack also asks what Acc and Nate consider to be their “perfect escape.”

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Jack and Nate's foreign language teacher from middle school was a living nightmare

Conspiracies and controversies surround a photo of Kate Middleton and her children

Should Alabama senator and scary mom Katie Britt be the Republican pick for Vice President?

A trailer exists for the cancelled Spider-Man multiplayer live-service game

Rest in peace Dragon Ball creator Akira Toriyama

Jack tries and reviews Campbell's ghost pepper chicken noodle soup

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Recapping Show Week - 5 straight days of new Hardly Focused episodes

"National" days, and the fact that March 6 has five of them

Becky is heavily invested in the trials of both Michelle Troconis and Hannah Gutierrez-Reed

A school principal in Japan is fired and loses his pension over $3 worth of coffee

Buy a Toyota, get a free 100lb bag of rice!

Becky and Jack discuss the passing of Sister Wives' Garrison Brown, and the impacts this will have on the family and show

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Molly McAleer gets exposed to The Acc and Jack Show!

Acc and Jack were releasing podcast episodes well before podcasting was a thing

Bad words that went from "you probably shouldn't say that" to "you definitely shouldn't say that"

Acc recalls a lot of gas leaks when he and Jack were in the 4th grade

Jack became a favorite among the local water treatment plant staff

Jack's prediction from the previous episode about voting as a Pizza Party member came true

McDonald's latest promotion is a shoutout to anime fans

Molly schools Acc to Taylor Swift

Molly learns that Twister is one of Jack's all-time favorite films

Taylor Swift is seemingly related to Emily Dickinson

This episode has a lot of show notes

What is "Hollywood inversion therapy?"

Molly is really excited about the new logo for her show Trend Lightly

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The joy - and cringe - of low-budget commercials for local businesses

Frankie and Johnny's Furniture of New Orleans, featuring the "Special Man"

A movie is being made based on the "villain" from the Willy Wonka fiasco in Glasgow

The Fallout series on Prime Video is essentially going to be Fallout 5

Becky has introduced Jack to gambling

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Fro brought his daughter over for the show

Jack urges Fro to keep his daughter away from the Rugrats CGI reboot

Hot off the heels of the Nintendo Switch's 7th birthday, Jack and Fro discuss the Pokémon games, both new and old

Jack used TouchTunes to disrupt a blue collar establishment's mix of country music with pop punk and Britpop jams

Fro lost his wallet in an IMAX theater

Using the restroom at Ralph's Diner in Worcester is a rite of passage

Riff-raff break into the still-under-construction Intuit Dome in Los Angeles, and post their shenanigans on TikTok

Students at an Oklahoma school licked each others toes for charity, because why not?

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The MySpace Top 8, or how to cause a rift amongst friends in 2006

Dissecting the "immersive"-turned-disastrous Willy Wonka event in Glasgow, from AI-generated scripts to meth-cooking Oompa Loompas

Nate versus the self-checkout machine at the supermarket

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