The Ascertainers

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Music Musings & Other Drivel

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August 07, 2026Episode 172: Greatest Athletes
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An episode with a topic--what a concept. We get interrupted by a neighborhood house fire too. Go to Newt's!
Fox Force Five
Shoutout our guy Kent (who also eats at Newt's)
The Hawk
Songs of the Week
You Got to Lose--The Black Keys
Marathon--Rush
Greatest Athletes
Jim Thorpe
Sebastian Sawe
Bud Grant
Deion Sanders/Bo Jackson
Micael Jordan
Mohammad Ali
John Curtis (The Loneliest Runner)
John Daly
#NewtsAppleValleyMN
The [email protected]
The Black Keys - You Got To Lose (Official Music Video) - YouTube
Rush - "Marathon" Live Birmingham 1988 (Show Of Hands) - 2025 UHD Remaster
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45min
July 31, 2026Episode 171: Cleanup in Aisle 5
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Decided to tape two in one night and save the topic one for the second episode. This is the first. Hope you like crap (note that I used lowercase c for crap. If it was pretty bad, I would have spelled Crap. If it was terrible, I would use CRAP). So, it's not that bad.
Shoutout to Newt's
The Cubano
Horse racing trip
Cheez it's and Spam
Song of the Week
I Know a Little--Lynyrd Skynyrd
Seasons of Wither--Aerosmith
Marcus Welby's little brother
Crazy glasses
Gene Simmons had it right
Let's get this Strait
Biopic or Biopic
Shoutout Lance from Think Drink Disney
#NewtsAppleValleyMN
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Lynyrd Skynyrd - I Know A Little (Audio)
Seasons Of Wither Aerosmith
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42min
July 24, 2026Episode 170--Ace and Gary Get Sushi
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Is it hot enough for ya? We take a break from the heat and smoke of MN to hunker down in the dojio for your entertainment.
The Swa episode recap
Happy Birthday Renee!
X-Golf in a pinch
Ace and Gary get sushi
World Cup Final
British Open
Pan O Prog recap
Budweiser Clydesdales
Errors & Omissions
Newt's misses you!
Data center vs light bulb
Song of the Week:
Easy Rider--Taj Mahal
Lucky Night Billy Johnson's Roadshow
Payton, Brady or Barkley?
Angus Young? More like Angus Old
Original artist or tribute band?
Kids who listen to classic rock
#NewtsAppleValleyMN
Taj Mahal - E Z Rider
Lucky Night Billy Johnson's Roadshow
Barstool Saviour Bonus Billy Johnson
Check us out on Facebook
Complaints: [email protected]
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43min
July 17, 2026Episode 169: Liner Notes / Album Art
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Jim's guy Swa joins us on this one. Opinions abound. Buckle up.
Avid listener
House shows
An album a day
Listening process
Beatles controversy
Metallica--One
Bohemian Rhapsody / Wayne's World
Life before the internet
Liner notes / Album art
Song of the Week:
Industrial Disease--Dire Straits
Love Song--My New Band Believe
Creeque Alley--The Mamas and The Papas
God Only Knows controversy
Joe's Garage
Swa gets mystical
#SwaMediaProductions
#NewtsAppleValleyMN
#MarkWasntHavingIt
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Dire Straits - Industrial Disease (1982) HD - YouTube
My New Band Believe - Love Story (Official Video)
The Mamas & The Papas "Creeque Alley" on The Ed Sullivan Show
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48min
July 10, 2026Episode 168: How 'Bout a Fresca, America?
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Hope everyone had an awesome 4th of July! Today we learn how much more cool Mark is than Jim (as if we didn't already know).
Decorated Combat Veteran
USO
Newt's--Say hi to Cory. Or else.
Still the best country on the planet
Iceland came in second
World Cup
Mr Worldwide
The Rock
Errors and Ommissions
Where you from, boy?
Song of the Week
America F#&* Yeah!--Team America
Can't Fix You--Red Clay Strays
King Mark
Golf adventure
Dick
Mark's Mediocre Movie Musings
#NewtsAppleValleyMN
#America
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AMERICA F#K YEAH! MUSIC VIDEO Team America World Police THEME SONG
The Red Clay Strays - Can't Fix You (Lyric Video)
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41min
July 03, 2026Episode 167: Guess Who Review at the Mystic Lake Amphitheater
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Fresh from seeing the Guess Who and Don Felder at the new Amphitheater in town, this one is primarily a music podcast--finally. Pretty good rant toweard the end.
Grandpa Jim
Mystic Lake Amphitheater
$20 Beer Night!
Shoutout the best sponsor ever--Newt's Apple Valley
Great Seats, huh?
Senior Citizens
Shuttle Shit Show
Don Felder stole the show (spoiler alert)
Hotel California
Restroom review
Song of the Week:
James Dean--Eagles
Rock On- David Essex
Guess Who--literally
On stage Kleenex
Randy Bachman
Percussion Guy rant
#NewtsAppleValleyMN Newt's Apple Valley
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Eagles James Dean
David Essex Rock On (music video)
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46min
June 26, 2026Episode 166: The Cunning Linguist
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We recorded with Jim's guy Swa last weekend. My man can talk, thus requiring some extra editing time. Therefore, we grabbed this one from the shelf recorded just a few weeks ago. Enjoy
Beer or Bourbon?
Falling Knife
Tell us what you think--really
Pun of the Day
Aging perspective
Mr Seeds
Yet another Shark Tank idea
Who turns down Indy?
RIP Kyle Busch
No Ragrats
Tommy Lee Jones projects
Courtship of Eddie's Father
Song of the Week:
One for My Baby--Frank Sinatra
Take Me--George Jones
Jim's linguistics rant
Nice name, Hugh Jackman
Er no?
Celebrity sightings
Banned content
#NewtsAppleValleyMN
#SharkTank
The [email protected]
Frank Sinatra - One For My Baby (Live At Royal Festival Hall / 1962)
George Jones- "Take Me" from "A Poem is a Naked Person"
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42min
June 19, 2026Episode 165: Rush Tour Predictions
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We had to go into the pantry to pull this episode off the shelf. From April.
Cheez-It rehab
Safety off
Serious Rush conversation (Mark even says something nice)
Song of the Week
Ordinary World--Duran Duran
The Things We Do for Love--10cc
Lost Boys rant and a half
Movie Fight!
Cracker wheels
Rod & Custom Show
Expensive hobby
1993 hit list
#NewtsAppleValleyMN
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Duran Duran - Ordinary World (Official Music Video)
10cc - The Things We Do For Love
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38min
June 12, 2026Episode 164: Y is The Billy Preston of Vowels
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No real topic on this one, but we cover a lot of ground. pretty easy listen. Enjoy.
Long Pants Theory
Kevin Nealon
Agree to agree
Kevin Harlan and Trent Tucker
Brady vs Romo
NYC
Horse nap
The Breadwinner
Mr Ed
Old sitcoms & Spinoffs
Song of the Week:
Possum Kingdom--The Toadies
Sea of Joy--Blind Faith
Chili talk--The Loon
Toadies show review
Shoutout Mike from Montana and Randy
Knee Job
#NewtsAppleValley
[email protected]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lj6a__KgDC8&list=RDlj6a__KgDC8&start_radio=1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAalP0jeqV4
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=possum+kingdom
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOZ5VcQIiFc&list=RDcOZ5VcQIiFc&start_radio=1
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42min
June 05, 2026Episode 163: More Cover Songs
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We revisit an unending topic with cover tunes this week. Fair amount of hazing to go along with some laughs.
Song Sung Blue
Cock-eyed
Side effects
Golf recap
Mark's new Motorbike
Pressure cooker
Pun of the Day
Get on over to Newt's
Inverted golf course
Song of the Week
Sugaree--Jorma Kaukonen
Love Hurts--The Everly Brothers
Cover songs
VH did it right
Grammar meltdown
Bill Shatner
Pearl Jam covers Pink Floyd
Black Crowes guy covers Velvet Underground
Foo Fighters cover The Doors
Joan Jett covers The Arrows
Pearl Jam and Post Malone cover Jay Frank Wilson & the Cavaliers
Hot or hideous (nothing in between)
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Jorma Kaukonen -- Sugaree
Everly Brothers - Love Hurts
(AUDIO RESTORED) William Shatner "Sings" 'Rocket Man' 1978
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41min

FAQs about The Ascertainers:

How many episodes does The Ascertainers have?

The podcast currently has 172 episodes available.