Hardly Focused

By Solid Listen

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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September 12, 2024 656: Keep It Rapsittie Street
The Acc and Jack Show discuss the legacy of James Earl Jones, infidelity, Scientology, and fall into a rabbit hole of lost media!
Jack remembers legendary actor James Earl Jones by mispronouncing his name
The Magic 7, an unreleased animated film featuring the voices of Jones and other deceased celebrities
Acc is fascinated with lost media
Jack introduces Acc and Zach to an abomination called Rapsittie Street Kids: Believe in Santa
Dave Grohl cheats on his wife, fathers baby with a mystery woman
The controversial new frontwoman for Linkin Park has ties to Scientology
Religion, reincarnation, and astrological signs
The debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump occurred as this episode was being recorded
The PlayStation 5 Pro exists, and people are not happy about it
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1h 46min
September 06, 2024 655: Something Loud
Jack and Nate discuss marriage (not to each other), the election, the game Concord's incredibly short run, and more!
Nate Fillers is a married man
Jack and Nate have differing perspectives on marriage
This election season is going to be exhausting, and angering
Inflation is always going to occur, no matter who's running the country
Multiplayer game Concord is shutting down just two weeks after launching
WBOS in Boston - one-time home of this podcast - flips formats
Jack and Nate embarrassed themselves in high school by covering a Queens of the Stone Age song
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2h 13min
August 29, 2024 654: D'You Know What I Mean?
Jack, Mike, and Becky chat about the Oasis reunion, films and film stars, and Star Wars Outlaws - plus, a martial debate!

After 15 years apart, Liam and Noel Gallagher have resurrected Oasis
Becky is annoyed with Jack
The unknown siblings of celebrities, and child stars who were thrust into the spotlight
BeckysFeet.com
Quentin Tarantino refuses to acknowledge Toy Story 4
Directors who made both R-rated films and kids movies
Living in downtown Boston versus living in the sticks
Playing Star Wars Outlaws in early access on PS5? Prepare to delete your progress
Jack and Becky debate about the future of podcasting versus commercial radio, with Mike acting as mediator

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2h 28min
August 23, 2024 653: Gatsby's American Dreamcast
The Acc and Jack Show discusses Alien: Romulus, the Democratic National Convention, J.D. Vance trying to do human things, and more!
Jack gives a spoiler-free review of Alien: Romulus
It's okay to be petrified about the election in November, right?
Acc and Jack haven't recorded an episode together since before President Biden dropped out of the race
How did couch fucking become associated with J.D. Vance?
Brain Worms McGillicuddy is dropping out of the race
J.D. Vance tries - and fails - to order food at a donut shop
There's a special place in hell for anyone who makes fun of Gus Walz
Lionsgate pulls the trailer for Megalopolis because it has fake quotes from film critics
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1h 42min
August 15, 2024 652: Into the Blue
Remembering Rachael Lillis - Misty and Jesse from the Pokémon series, among other anime
Anime fans David and Zach are snobs for subtitles
The Borderlands film is expectedly awful
Numbering conventions in the Final Fantasy series make no sense
Was Jack spoiled by playing through The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time on Nintendo 3DS?
Experiences with RPG Maker
Jack reviews the Anbernic RG28XX, a nifty handheld emulator
It's been 10 years since P.T. came and went
The Biden administration wants to make it easier to cancel subscriptions
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1h 54min
August 08, 2024 651: My Song is Better Than Your Song, pt. II
In the follow up to the 616th episode of this podcast, Ed Oliveira shares his own stories and memories of co-hosting The Sandbox morning show on 101.7 WFNX in Boston.
Jack believes out-of-market radio hosts should be genuine with regard to their city of broadcast.
Is Rogue One better than The Empire Strikes Back?
blink-182 concerts take precedence over recording episodes of Hardly Focused.
A writer for The Daily Illini had a horrible time watching blink-182 headline Lollapalooza.
Having produced and hosted shows in the genre, Ed shares his thoughts on political talk radio.
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2h 31min
August 01, 2024 650: Outrage, and Whatever the Opposite of Outrage Is
Mike's wife is heavily invested in the Paris Olympics, while Mike cheats at Rubik's Cubes
Beloved Boston concert venue Great Scott is finally reopening in a new location!
DJ Barbara Butch faces backlash over her "Last Supper"-like presentation during the Olympics' opening ceremony
The Cult of the Home Alone 2 actor are upset with Green Day for doing Green Day things
The 1975 are sued by organizers of Malaysia's Good Vibes Festival following last year's same-sex kiss debacle
Robert Downey Jr. returns to the Marvel Cinematic Universe - but is this really a good thing?

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1h 50min
July 25, 2024 649: Late Night Radio
Jack and Becky saw blink-182 at Fenway Park in Boston
Twisters, the sequel to Twister, is well-worth the 28-year wait
In true Hardly Focused fashion, a discussion pivots from Becky's tooth extraction pivots to the band Nine Days
Following their bug that took down Windows computers all over the world, CrowdStrike offers impacted customers a whole $10 gift card
Thomas Matthew Crooks took to Google in the days leading up to his attempted assassination of Donald Trump
Emma's Pub & Pizza - a South Shore staple with the worst commercial ever
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2h 8min
July 17, 2024 648: Welp
Former President Donald Trump was shot during a campaign rally in an assassination attempt. Lots of questions remain open in this event's aftermath.
How will this impact November's election?
Will Trump's demeanor, presentation, and attitude towards President Joe Biden change following this incident?
Did the Secret Service fail at their basic duties?
Elsewhere, custom printing service Sticker Mule faces controversy for a politically-charged marketing email from their cofounder.
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2h 9min
July 11, 2024(From the Vault) 594: Remember ALF? He's Back... in Pog Form!
From July 2023: Hardly Focused interviews science communicator and zoologist Lindsay Nikole! Elsewhere in this episode, Mike, Nate, and Jack discuss Barbie, Oppenheimer, the new social media outlets, and maroons gone viral.
AMC has booked 20,000 double-feature tickets for Barbie and Oppenheimer
A woman on an airplane has a meltdown after seeing... something
Jack and Zach interview science communicator and zoologist Lindsay Nikole! Lindsay talks about her background, her love for music, her thoughts on the Netflix series Tiger King, the origin of life, the most frightening subjects she's researched, and a lot more!
Jack, Mike, and Nate watch a guy fail miserably at robbing a salon
Blue Sky versus Threads - The new social media takeover
Target is a trove of nostalgia, where one can find the game Crossfire, Pogs, and lots of Pokemon cards
Nate is afraid to order Blizzards from Dairy Queen

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2h 42min

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