The Ascertainers

By The Ascertainers

Music Musings & Other Drivel

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April 04, 2026Episode 154: RIP Chuck Norris
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Fun little episode. Jim's swearing got way better.
Minimum wage Mark
Goldy's Run update
Fishing for compliments
Race walking
New knee update
Chuck Norris
Chuck Norris Facts
Do you think Chuck ever ate at Newt's?
Jeff Beck / Stevie Wonder
Five Finger Death Punch
Songs of the Week:
I Still Believe -- The Call
No Woman No Cry --Bob Marley and the Wailers
Swearing update
Something in Paris
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Waynes World 2 Fight Scene
The Call - I Still Believe (Great Design)(Remastered)
Bob Marley & The Wailers - No Woman, No Cry (Live At The Rainbow 4th June 1977)
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40min
March 27, 2026Episode 153: Miracle
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Yes, the movie Miracle, and no, this episode isn't that old--Mark just takes a while to watch movies. Also, we loosen up a bit on copyright infringement and play a few notes. Come and get us--might help our ratings.
Finally--Jim apologizes for his profanity and is working on it (still).
How February works
Chicken whore
Right?
Joe Walsh--So What?
Advice to Rush
Songs of the Week
Welcome to the Club--Joe Walsh
Selling the Drama--Live
Casey Kasem does Bon Scott
Musical taste
Mark's Miracle review (a few years late)
Follow us on Facebook already
#NewtsAppleValleyMN
Welcome to the Club - Joe Walsh
Live - Selling The Drama - YouTube
Bill Hader discusses cut Casey Kasem sketch with Kevin Pollak
Beyonce and Justin Timberlake single ladies
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35min
March 20, 2026Episode 152: Friday the 13th
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We've got your basic Friday the 13th episode complete with a black cat sighting moments before recording. Were we cursed?
Kick 'em in the %*#@
Hello Sharks
Newt's 101
Friday the 13th
Songs of the Week
Tryin'--The Eagles
See You Later--Soul Asylum
Just regular-stitious
Kevin Nealon
2026 Golf predictions
Kyler Murray is a Viking
Volstead House
Jello shots
Whiskey--all you want!
Shoutout Tommy
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Tryin' - The Eagles (1971)
See You Later Soul Asylum
Mr. Subliminal - Saturday Night Live
I put Q-Tips deep in my ear 😂 SILLY SILLY FUNY BOY is available for early access NOW on @800pgm
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42min
March 13, 2026Episode 151: Singer Songwriter Cage Match
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If at first you don't succeed, try 151 more times. This episode is a reflection of that ambition. But really, it's not that bad--although Mark says he edited out so much dead air that Jim sounds a bit manic toward the end.
Brothers
USA!
Captain Crunch
Shot gunning Cheetos
The next Jimmy Stewart
RIP Robert Duval
War Movies
RIP Lou Holtz
Pipe Culture
RIP Neil Sedaka
Singer Songwriter fight to the finish!
Songs of the Week:
All I Wanna Do--Sherly Crow
Welcome Home--Bachman Turner Overdrive
The Guess Who is coming to town
Nice note from Pat and Sue
Thanks for stopping by
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Sheryl Crow - All I Wanna Do (original music video)
Welcome Home (Live At Budokan, Tokyo / 1976)
FLAMIN' HOT | Official Trailer | Searchlight Pictures
Lou Holtz inspirational speech
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42min
March 06, 2026Episode 150: Fresh From the Pantry
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You would think that our 150th episode might be a little bit more impressive... Think of this as our way of showing how comfortable we are with you, the listeners (both of you). Kind of like leftovers can be great comfort food or something like that.
The Tree of Woe
Newt's--Apple Valley's finest, the sponsorship origin story
The Medical Minute: Mark's knees and Rudy Gobert
Mossball Torsion throwback concert footage
Neighborhood origin story
Dragnet drug slang
The Californians
Dixie
Songs of the Week:
Not Dead Yet--Lord Huron
Screaming in the Night--Krokus
Plodding rock favorites
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#LoveThyNeighbor
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Lord Huron - Not Dead Yet (Official Video)
Krokus - Screaming in the Night (Official Video)
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41min
February 27, 2026Episode 149: The White Shorts Story
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5 time guest Chantz and his buddy Alex join us for a matinee recording. Of course we started the festivities at our awesome sponsor--Newt's in Apple Valley MN.
Jim's pending 5K
Chantz's harrowing triathalon
The white shorts story and other tales of horror
Olympic stuff
Anti-Grease hate
Jack Black
Epic movies
Sports shmorts
Diseases with human names
Songs of the Week:
Evenflow--Pearl Jam
Children of the Sun--Billy Thorp
At Night in Dreams--White Denim
The Girl From Ipanema--Astrud Gilberto
More ASL commentary
Commination breakdown
Domo arigato Hunter
Ace and Gary are hitting the town
Shoutout Tommy in Texas
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Pearl Jam - Even Flow (Official Video)
Children of the Sun (TX '79) - Billy Thorpe
White Denim - At Night In Dreams (Live on KEXP)
Astrud Gilberto and Stan Getz - The Girl From Ipanema (1964) LIVE
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49min
February 20, 2026Episode 148: Winter Olympics
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When Mark came up with the idea for this project, he wanted it to be a sports podcast. Well, today he got his wish as we hit on the Olympics, and the Super Bowl with a little music and some laughs sprinkled in. Enjoy.
Weather report
Get a room
Jim's last episode
ASL
MAGIC
Super Bowl recap
Shoutout Guy Gosselin
Newt's--The Best Sponsor Ever
Waygu Jim
Winter Olympics
Kare 11 sports gal
Miracle: The Boys of 80
Ski jumping
Biathlon-curious
Songs of the Week:
Turn the Beat Around--Vicki Sue Robinson
Little Hurricane--Grand Canyon
Whoville's worst Cardiologist
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Vicki Sue Robinson Turn The Beat Around American Bandstand July 10 1976 HQ
little hurricane grand canyon - (live on tape) - YouTube
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41min
February 13, 2026Episode 147: Mark's Wine Faux Pas
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....Eventually.
Fun little episode featuring death, social blunders, wieners and curling. Tell your friends!
The dark days of Bugs Bunny
Newt's--Tell 'em we sent you
Straight Mark
TV For Dogs
Mark's awesome white wine story
RIP Catherine O'Hara
RIP Chuck Negron
How Three Dog Night was named
Some actual music talk (I know, right?)
Geography for 200, Alex
Wiener talk
Olympic curling preview
Songs of the Week:
Death May Be Your Santa Claus--Mott the Hoople
Sausalito Summernight--Diesel
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Death May Be Your Santa Claus
Diesel - Sausalito Summernight (1980) lyrics
Take Off
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38min
February 06, 2026Episode 146: Back-to-Back Song Pairs
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Nice little episode. A few laughs, very little negativity and a tasteful amount of nudity.
Beads
Two dogs
Newt's--Sports bar without all the bro's
30 gallons
Chill out
RIP Pat's Dad
Loyal listener roll call
Gilligan's Island
Werner Klemperer
Aunt Jemima
Back-to-Back Songs
We Will Rock You/We are the Champions--Queen
This Beat Goes On/Switchin' to Glide--The Kings
Feeling That Way/Anytime--Journey
Neal Schoen fantasy sequence
Tainted Love/Where Did Our Love Go--Soft Cell
The Load Out / Stay--Jackson Browne
Brain Damage / Eclipse--Pink Floyd
Need You Tonight / Mediate--INXS
Threshold / Jet Airliner--Steve Miller Band
Heartbreaker / Livin' Lovin' Maid--Led Zeppelin
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The Kings - This Beat Goes On/Switchin' to Glide
Jackson Browne The Load Out and Stay Live BBC 1978
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38min
January 30, 2026Episode 145: Social Rant / American Guitarists
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A slight departure to start this one. Things are getting a bit tense for us, and we address how we deal with it. As an important piece of context, this was recorded the night before the shooting of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis. The rant is not related to that incident.
The episode gets a lot happier as we turn to a very incomplete list of American guitarists that we like.
Newt's--Still Crazy After all These Years!
NOVA
Memory Lane
Jim goes off on the current way we're treating each other
Can't we all just get along??
Appreciate (not attack) our differences
Songs of the Week:
For What It's Worth -- Buffalo Springfield
Life Without You--Stevie Ray Vaughan
A VERY INCOMPLETE list of American guitarists we like:
Terry Kath, Jerry Garcia, SRV, Jimi Hendrix, BB King, Chuck Berry, Duane Allman, Prince, Neil Schoen, Spider Giraldo, Randy Rhodes, Slash
Aaand we're back to being happy. Thanks for your understanding!
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Buffalo Springfield - For What It's Worth 1967
Stevie Ray Vaughan - Life Without You | Live at Capitol Theatre (1985) If you just want to hear some epic advice on treating people go to the 6:00 mark
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40min

FAQs about The Ascertainers:

How many episodes does The Ascertainers have?

The podcast currently has 154 episodes available.