Hardly Focused

Acc and Jack welcome back Fro, who's enjoying newfound parenthood

Acc doesn't want to re-subscribe to World of Warcraft, but he's going to do it anyway

Is The Day Before the biggest disaster in video game history?

In honor of the 617th episode of this podcast, Jack discusses the legacy - and supposed decline of - Boston's own candlepin bowling

Preserving media and former landscapes - are these just exercises in nostalgia?

The old Dragon Ball and Pokémon anime were masterpieces, albeit very repetitive

Jack has fallen in love with Aldi stores, much to Acc's enjoyment

Fro is balancing fatherhood with playing as much of The Long Dark as possible

Fearless NYC man eats an entire lobster dinner right off the bench on a subway car

Is Warner Bros. Discovery merging with Paramount?

The rise and sharp fall of actor Jonathan Majors

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101.7 WFNX was an independently-owned alternative rock radio station in Boston from 1983-2012. Chris "Charlie" Padgett hosted The Sandbox morning show on WFNX from 2007-2010. While working at rival station WAAF, Jack would listen to Chris' show while screening phone calls for their morning drive competitor. Chris shares stories about The Sandbox and WFNX, including his "epiphany moment" following an in-studio visit by actor and comedian Jeff Garlin.

Also in this episode, Jack and Mike, along with Chris, discuss:

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Molly McAleer (Trend Lightly, Mother, May I Sleep with Podcast?) joins Jack and Becky for an all-nighter

Becky is in full-blown "Jessica" mode

Couples who pretend not to know each other in public

Jack tells Molly about the Pokémon engagement ring he bought for his ex

Discord isn't a fun place

The Grand Theft Auto VI trailer has completely diverted Jack's attention

Taylor Swift is too perfect; she either has clones, or she's a robot

Jack and Becky learn about comedian Matt Rife, his Netflix special "Natural Selection," and his appearance on Jordan Peterson's podcast

Molly watches Fight Club for the first time, while Jack recommends its bizarre graphic novel sequel

Billie Eilish accuses Variety of "outing" her after giving a voluntary, on-the-record interview

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Colgate Beef Lasagna is a lie?!

Spotify Wrapped 2023 has everybody talking - and crying

Henry Kissinger dies, the news of which breaks during this episode's recording

Nickelodeon's Doug had quite the soundtrack

Robert DeNiro gets angrily vocal at the Gotham Awards

The Game Awards will tighten security following stage-crashing incidents

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Growing up in the 90s with the "golden age" of Cartoon Network

The Walking Dead: Destinies is a new contender for "Worst Game of 2023"

Kellanova is releasing Thanksgiving-flavored Pop Tarts

Frontier Airlines provides not one, but two airplane freakouts within days of each other!

MrBeast buries himself alive for 7 days, but for what reason?

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Marvel films should not require watching several television shows to understand the story

Retail giants are shifting away from self-checkout machines

Can anal beads be used to cheat at chess?

It's time for New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick to go

An arrest has been made in connection with the horrifying death of hockey player Adam Johnson

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Jack Gill and Nicole Mossey discuss and review track-by-track The Gaslight Anthem's long-awaited reunion album History Books!

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Jack, Nate, and Becky review the new blink-182 album One More Time... track-by-track!

There I Ruined It made a phenomenal AI-generated Johnny Cash-Taylor Swift cover

The Beatles release their "final" song, "Now and Then"

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DOTS, the most controversial candy of all time

Jack is not heir to a massive pencil empire, it seems

Personal experiences with the paranormal

Becky is not a fan of Halloween fun

Goosebumps and Are You Afraid of the Dark were the occasional stuff of nightmares

McKamey Manor, a haunted house with a laundry list of requirements for entry

"Frankie Teardrop" by Suicide, the happiest song ever composed

The band Brand New were masters of musical jump-scares

Investigating the haunted airport in Bangkok

Orson Welles and the infamous wine commercial outtakes

Per her memoir, Britney Spears had a paranormal experience in the Arizona desert

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Elaine Chaney from the podcast Wait, Whaaat Are You Watching joins Jack and Zach!

When he's not proving that UFOs exist, Tom DeLonge releases some of the best music of his career on blink-182's new album One More Time

Horror films and television shows aimed at children are actually pretty terrifying

Is Skull Island: Rise of Kong the worst video game of 2023?

Britney Spears reveals that she was pregnant with - and aborted - Justin Timberlake's baby

Someone rips the absolute loudest fart at a poker tournament

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