Now We're Thinking

In this episode, we have Oscar, Justen, and Alonso—joined by a special guest, Isaac Bandin, a good friend of Oscar and Justen. We catch up with Isaac and dive into a variety of topics, including his beard grooming routine and his favorite sneakers. Isaac also shares his intense story of being shot, his whole experience in jail during 2020, and a memorable trip to Lake Powell with Justen. Justen and Isaac also talk about some good memories they had in high school with each other. Additionally, we get Isaac’s thoughts on Robert Downey Jr.’s potential return to the MCU as Doctor Doom, the Olympics and we wrap up with a discussion on Isaac’s guns he’s previously owned and tells us his knowledge on guns.

In this special episode, the regular trio—Oscar, Justen, and Alonso—are joined by a new guest, Elian Carlos, Oscar’s cousin. The group gets to know Elian on a deeper level as he discusses his personal record and worst injury at the gym, fears of muscle tears, and his experience during the earthquake in Utah during the pandemic. Elian also shares his thoughts on his upcoming 4 month study abroad trip to South Korea, his aspirations to become an international social worker, and his inspiration to be an international Master Oogway. The conversation shifts to anime, where we discuss the ease of digesting stories in anime compared to others that are simply for entertainment. We collectively review the Deadpool and Wolverine movie (SPOILERS) and react to the exciting announcement of Robert Downey Jr. returning to the MCU as Doctor Doom. Additionally, they discuss the Russo brothers, directors of Avengers: Infinity War and Endgame, taking on the new Avenger

In today’s special episode, the regular crew—Oscar, Justen, and Alonso—are joined by a special guest, Kevin Jimenez. Kevin was one of the original members of the Now We’re Thinking Podcast, and we caught up with him to see how he’s been since he left. We discuss and react to Rick Ross’s altercation in Canada and the incident between Travis Scott and Tyga. We also dive into the latest rumors about the upcoming Deadpool and Wolverine movie that Oscar has heard and review the brand new trailer for Captain America: Brave New World, sharing our excitement for the MCU’s future. Additionally, we talk about the recent power outages across the U.S., the upcoming election, the presidential nominees, and Project 2025. Finally, Justen holds an intervention with Alonso. Ask a thinker question, If we had to smash one male celebrity who would it be?

Welcome back to this week’s episode, the big three Alonso, Oscar, & Justen are here once again. We start the podcast with Oscar talking about his bad juju he’s been experiencing these past couple of weeks, while also sharing the good juju he’s done. Does Justen have another alien encounter? Not like us, Not with us as Argentina beats Canada in the Copa America. Columbia and Uruguay get into a massive brawl after the game as well as both teams’ fans, forcing the team’s players to join in the fight. Is Drake sad after losing the rap beef? Justen watched Spider-Man Into the Spider-Verse and pitched us the plot for the next movie. We review and rate the Demon Slayer Hashira Training Arc season (SPOILERS). As well as what the next 3 movies announced could potentially be. We review, rate, and discuss the movie A Quiet Place Day 1 (SPOILERS). What’s the hardest workout to do in the gym? Breaking News, Former President Donald Trump shot at a Trump Rally.  We react to the news and discuss how this could have happened and how crazy it is to be living during this event. 

In this episode, we have the big three as usual: Huncho Oscar, Justen Shark, and Alonso Piggy. We start by wishing everyone a safe and happy 4th of July and sharing our own holiday experiences. Should there be fillings in sausages and donuts? Oscar enlightens us about his trip to Lagoon Amusement Park, the new ride Primordial, and a dream he had about being in A Quiet Place. We discuss our favorite types of cats, and Justen and Alonso talk about playing Elden Ring, with Justen trying to recruit Oscar to join in while Oscar tries to get Justen to play Spider-Man. Oscar shares a funny story from the gym, and Justen and Alonso give a spoiler-free review of the Demon Slayer: Hashira Training Arc season finale. We also react to Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us” music video. Reflecting on how much time has passed since the pandemic started almost five years ago, we share our experiences during quarantine. Lastly, we ponder the question: What’s the worst minor injury?

In this episode, we dive into our excitement for Andrew Schultz’s upcoming Life Tour stop in Utah and reminisce about our first time seeing him at Wiseguys Comedy Club. Justen gives a spoiler-free review of A Quiet Place Day One and ranks the trilogy from best to worst. We debate whether we’d rather live in a world like A Quiet Place or World War Z, and whether we’d prefer to hear everyone’s thoughts or say everything we’re thinking. We also discuss our feelings about random interactions and small talk and share some unique hobbies of people we’ve met. In Breaking News, we cover the new legislation drafting men 18-26 years old for war and discuss whether we’d be more likely to go to war if we could squad up with our friends. Plus, we tackle the ultimate question: which food establishment has the best fries? And we wrap up with the news of Bronny James Jr. being drafted by the Lakers to play alongside his dad. Will this be LeBron’s final season? Tune in to find out!

The big three as usual are here in this episode, Justen tells us about a unit of a cat that runs his block. Summers here are and bugs are out and about, Oscar talks about how he killed an innocent spider minding its business on his way back from work. Do bees explode when they bust a nut? Leave them bee. U.S. deploys warships as Russian fleet makes close paths to Florida, World War 3? We discuss what this could be, and assume how this year’s election can influence the tension. Is the Pentagon under lockdown as a huge amount of food is ordered to its location? Does Taco Bell run the Pentagon? We discuss presidents who’ve been great leaders and ideal Americans. Is the handshake the formal form of dapping? We go over the NATO Allies and allies of the U.S. who are not in NATO. What country is the safest country to ride out World War 3? We take a trip back to when Dennis Rodman went to North Korea. As well as reacting to Dennis Rodman's famous Yeezy shoe unboxing. In other world news, Japan is putting up a fence to keep annoying/disrespectful tourists out of a famous photo area to see Mount Fuji. We discuss and break down the rules for tourists in Japan. Oscar shares a similar scenario when he took a trip to Cancun, Mexico to visit the pyramids. Fun fact, when you clap in front of the pyramids in Mexico a bird sound will soon follow. Update on The NBA Finals, Dallas Mavericks take game 4 against Boston to make the series 1-3 in favor of Boston. Can the Mavericks be the first team to come back from a 3-0 deficit to win the championship? Or were the Celtics throwing to win back on their home court? As well as look back to the early 2000 NBA fashion. We discuss the best NBA statues built. Justen confronts Oscar and Alonso about something that was said a few episodes back. Alonso wonders if you can teleport anywhere you have masturbated what would you do with this power? A new REGULAR SHOW series is in the works. Harvard Study says Aliens might be living among us disguised as humans. Ask a thinker segment, what’s better Grand Theft Auto (GTA) or Call of Duty (COD)?

In this episode, the big three as usual are here. Justen starts off the episode by giving us his experience, journey for a glizzy, and mayhem at the Luke Combs concert. We discuss the genre of Country music and how it’s gotten popular in the past year. And in sports news, Utah is considering 6 options for Utah NHL team names, we go over which names sound the best. Continuing on sports topics we update you guys with the NBA Playoff Finals as game 1 of the Dallas Mavericks vs The Boston Celtics wrapped up, Kristaps Porziņģis and The Celtics rinse out the Mavericks in game 1 to take the lead as we react and predict what the Mavericks have to do to win the next following games. Oscar and Justen break it down for Alonso on how the NBA finals and games work to declare a champion. We look back in the past years on the best moments of the NBA finals discuss our favorite moments and react to some highlights. Oscar states how LeBron James may be the first player in NBA history to have his jersey retired on each team he’s played in when he retires. Is the Drake curse real? Drakes bet $500,000 on the Dallas Mavericks. Justen explains what Baccarat is ( gambling ). We transition into the entertainment news as we watch Venom The Last Dance trailer and react to it, theorizing what the plot could be. we discuss what should be in the movie, as well as what the future can hold for Venom. Oscar breaks down the Easter eggs and highlights of the trailer anything that stood out and explains what it could mean or connected to. Fun Fact, the character Spider-Man was purchased by Sony from Marvel for $7 million. Justen makes a connection from the Venom movie to a movie called Edge of Tomorrow. In the Marvel news, Avengers 5 will feature over 60 characters in the next Avengers movie. We discussed what we would love to see in the movie and who we didn’t want (Madem Web). Alonso and Oscar watched Godzilla Minus One on Netflix and we break it down for you (spoilers) they talked about it with Justen and rated the movie, discussed what was good about it and what we didn’t like. We compare this Godzilla to the other Godzilla from Kong vs. Godzilla, explaining the story, and what they learned about Godzilla in this movie. Ask a thinker segment, no arms or no legs, or a third leg? What movie are you guys excited about besides Deadpool and Wolverine? Would you rather kiss one of the bros or a model?

The big three Justen, Alonso, & Oscar are back in this episode to discuss Alonso’s recent Lasix eye surgery. He explains the process of what he went through, the cost of surgery, recovery, and etc. The boyz get into a heated debate from the movie ( Spoiler Review) Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes. Justen breaks it down that sending signals and messages to another planet like Mars wouldn’t be instantaneous and it would take time while Alonso was preaching his idea and thought about the ending scene. We discuss what we like and don’t like about the movie as well as predictions of what the next 5 upcoming movies could be and where the story can go. We show our love for Cesar a great protagonist and wonder if Cesar’s ways will continue on throughout the 5 upcoming movies. We take a trip back to the previous 3 movies from the Planet of the Apes Saga and summarize the story and see how far this franchise has come, what we liked about it, and what made it great. As well as compare the new movies to the old movies and how different they are. Oscar and Justen talk about the 2024 NBA Finals match-up, Dallas Mavericks vs. Boston Celtics. Who you got? We share who we want to win and how the finals could unfold. Oscar says he’s happy that the new generation of NBA players like Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown, and Luka Doncic are in the finals and have a chance to win their first Championship. We react to the new Deadpool & Wolverine popcorn bucket. As well as A Quiet Place Day One movie releasing soon and our thoughts of the 2 previous ones. Justen and Oscar confront and have an intervention with Alonso. In Marvel News, Giancarlo Esposito will be a villain in the upcoming 2025 “Captain America Brave New World”. Justen and Alonso discuss Inglorious Bastards, as well as The Mirage Hotel in Las Vegas, which is closing down after 34 years. Gambling in Utah is not allowed, so why do we must go to Wendover, Nevada to gamble? To wrap it up and get the brain working we ask, If you won the lottery what would you do with $500 Million?