Jon Madsen

We were going to discuss movie songs but talked about podcasts, COVID, what this will change, TV and movies, and how all of the home broadcasts could be so much better with just a little bit of work. Send us comments on Twitter @rhettweller and @rexbasior Donate to the United Way COVID relief.

We were going to discuss movie songs but talked about podcasts, COVID, what this will change, TV and movies, and how all of the home broadcasts could be so much better with just a little bit of work. Send us comments on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/rhettweller" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@rhettweller</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/rexbasior" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@rexbasior</a> Donate to the <a href="https://www.unitedway.org/recovery/covid19" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">United Way COVID relief</a>.

034: Covid with special guest Jon Madsen

This episode is pure nostalgia. Jon and Rhett recount how they met and their college shenanigans. Lot's of good memories in this one.  Note: unless you knew them in college, this will probably bore you :)

This episode is pure nostalgia. Jon and Rhett recount how they met and their college shenanigans. Lot's of good memories in this one.  Note: unless you knew them in college, this will probably bore you :)

033: College with special guest Jon Madsen

Michael Perrone

Michael is a good friend from business school days and he recently published the book "Money Master: How to Stop Worrying and Finally Succeed with Money". We talk about his book and the emotional side of personal finance. It's more than just math! You can also check out his website www.changebrothers.com for more tips on how to deal with the emotional side of money matters. Donation link for this episode is Endhomelessness.org 

Michael is a good friend from business school days and he recently published the book "<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Money-Master-Worrying-Finally-Succeed-ebook/dp/B07L6V7ZBQ" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Money Master: How to Stop Worrying and Finally Succeed with Money</a>". We talk about his book and the emotional side of personal finance. It's more than just math! You can also check out his website <a href="http://www.changebrothers.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.changebrothers.com</a> for more tips on how to deal with the emotional side of money matters. Donation link for this episode is <a href="https://help.endhomelessness.org/donate/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Endhomelessness.org</a>

032: Personal Finance - Emotional with Special Guest Michael Perrone

Scott had a big birthday this year so we watched some of his films at a local movie theater. I took the opportunity to record some friends talking about their favorite movies to watch during the holidays. Includes lots of movie trailers. Donate to The Road Home

Scott had a big birthday this year so we watched some of his films at a local movie theater. I took the opportunity to record some friends talking about their favorite movies to watch during the holidays. Includes lots of movie trailers. Donate to <a href="https://www.theroadhome.org/give/donate/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Road Home</a>

031: Movies during Christmas and Scott's Birthday

The lost episode recorded while the podcast was on hiatus. Topics include:   HQ Trivia Subscription models and unit economics The downfall of Moviepass Why we still can't get all the movies we want jon's jokes jon on Mutual aka Mormon Tinder (this part is long and ends at the 1hr 28 min mark) Twitter highlights and do you have your soundcloud ready? A socialist? Quitters  Donate to Toys for Tots

The lost episode recorded while the podcast was on hiatus. Topics include:  <ul> <li>HQ Trivia</li> <li>Subscription models and unit economics</li> <li>The downfall of Moviepass</li> <li>Why we still can't get all the movies we want</li> <li>jon's jokes</li> <li>jon on Mutual aka Mormon Tinder (this part is long and ends at the 1hr 28 min mark)</li> <li>Twitter highlights and do you have your soundcloud ready?</li> <li>A socialist?</li> <li>Quitters</li> </ul> Donate to <a href="https://toysfortots.org/donate/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Toys for Tots</a>

030: The Lost Episode with Special Guest jon madsen

Joe Evans

The annual Super Bowl prop game is now a podcast. Joe and I go through the fun game for all ages you can play at your Super Bowl party. Categories include:  Coin toss - who wins and is it head or tails The color of Pink's hair Will there be a safety Will Justin Timberlake cover a Prince song (and what color will his shoes be) Will the Pats convert a 4th down Will Nick Foles throw an interception Will a FG hit the uprights or crossbar And yes who will win the game  We also covered Joe's greatest Halloween costume ever (and it's surprising effectiveness). You can  download the prop game here and print it off for your party. Have fun!

The annual Super Bowl prop game is now a podcast. Joe and I go through the fun game for all ages you can play at your Super Bowl party. Categories include: <ul> <li>Coin toss - who wins and is it head or tails</li> <li>The color of Pink's hair</li> <li>Will there be a safety</li> <li>Will Justin Timberlake cover a Prince song (and what color will his shoes be)</li> <li>Will the Pats convert a 4th down</li> <li>Will Nick Foles throw an interception</li> <li>Will a FG hit the uprights or crossbar</li> <li>And yes who will win the game</li> </ul> We also covered Joe's greatest Halloween costume ever (and it's surprising effectiveness). You can <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/7y73k48zictsamj/Superbowl%2052%20prop%20game.pdf?dl=0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> download the prop game here</a> and print it off for your party. Have fun!

029: Super Bowl Prop Game with Special Guest Joe Evans

Jon is back for to discuss his annual airing of grievances. The blog post can be found  here. In the first 10 minutes, we rank coins. Then we air the grievances. Sample of items grieved:  Bathroom etiquette Keyboard layout Earphones Twitter Breakfast potatoes Shipping Ignorance Socks Merry Christmas Coupons.  Non-profit of the week: The Salvation Army

Jon is back for to discuss his annual airing of grievances. The blog post can be found <a href="http://jonmadsen.blogspot.com/2017/12/airing-of-grievances-2017.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> here</a>. In the first 10 minutes, we rank coins. Then we air the grievances. Sample of items grieved: <ul> <li>Bathroom etiquette</li> <li>Keyboard layout</li> <li>Earphones</li> <li>Twitter</li> <li>Breakfast potatoes</li> <li>Shipping</li> <li>Ignorance</li> <li>Socks</li> <li>Merry Christmas</li> <li>Coupons.</li> </ul> Non-profit of the week: <a href="http://www.salvationarmyusa.org/usn/ways-to-give/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Salvation Army</a>

028: Airing of Grievances with Special Guest jon Madsen

Phil "the imperial" Walker and jon "Oreg Ano" join the podcast for  late night discussion about bitcoin, Christmas Vacation (film), comedy, and The Last Jedi. 0-23 min: Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency, some Twitter talk 23 min to 1hr 37min: Phil hates th movie Christmas Vacation *gasp*! A really interesting discussion about what makes something funny. Discussion includes:  Phil has never seen Fletch Jon has never seen Good Morning Vietnam Is humor cyclical or linear? Comedy might be how it's experienced with friends Christmas Vacation vs A Christmas Story - who is winning? Friends - is the show overrated? Do millenials know what a "re-run" is? Ideas for Netflix - a choose your own adventure tv show  1hr 37 min: The Last Jedi.  Where does it rank in the Star Wars movie? Checkhov X-wing This movie will get better over time Out with the old, in with the new Boba and Ackbar are the same Did Chewbacca eat the Porg? (Or how many did he eat?)  Link of the week: Donate blood to the Red Cross

Phil "the imperial" Walker and jon "Oreg Ano" join the podcast for  late night discussion about bitcoin, Christmas Vacation (film), comedy, and The Last Jedi. 0-23 min: Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency, some Twitter talk 23 min to 1hr 37min: Phil hates th movie Christmas Vacation *gasp*! A really interesting discussion about what makes something funny. Discussion includes: <ul> <li>Phil has never seen Fletch</li> <li>Jon has never seen Good Morning Vietnam</li> <li>Is humor cyclical or linear?</li> <li>Comedy might be how it's experienced with friends</li> <li>Christmas Vacation vs A Christmas Story - who is winning?</li> <li>Friends - is the show overrated?</li> <li>Do millenials know what a "re-run" is?</li> <li>Ideas for Netflix - a choose your own adventure tv show</li> </ul> 1hr 37 min: The Last Jedi. <ul> <li>Where does it rank in the Star Wars movie?</li> <li>Checkhov X-wing</li> <li>This movie will get better over time</li> <li>Out with the old, in with the new</li> <li>Boba and Ackbar are the same</li> <li>Did Chewbacca eat the Porg? (Or how many did he eat?)</li> </ul> Link of the week: <a href="http://www.redcross.org/give-blood" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Donate blood to the Red Cross</a>

027: A Christmas Vacation with the Last Jedi Phil "the imperial" Walker (and jon)

Jon is back to discuss advertising, net neutrality, WWII, competition, and TV shows (Is Stranger Things overrated? A bit, but that's ok.) Note: A sizable portion of this episode was cut due to tone deafness. Links: A Night at the Garden - 20,000 Nazi's gathered at the Garden in NYC in 1939. It's an incredible video. Ben Thompson on Net Neutrality - Never believe what you read on the Twitter. Also his  follow up piece replying to feedback from his first article. Non-profit of the week: charitywater.org

Jon is back to discuss advertising, net neutrality, WWII, competition, and TV shows (Is Stranger Things overrated? A bit, but that's ok.) Note: A sizable portion of this episode was cut due to tone deafness. Links: <a href="https://fieldofvision.org/a-night-at-the-garden" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">A Night at the Garden</a> - 20,000 Nazi's gathered at the Garden in NYC in 1939. It's an incredible video. Ben Thompson on <a href="https://stratechery.com/2017/pro-neutrality-anti-title-ii/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Net Neutrality</a> - Never believe what you read on the Twitter. Also his <a href="https://stratechery.com/2017/light-touch-cable-and-dsl-the-broadband-tradeoff-the-importance-of-antitrust/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> follow up piece</a> replying to feedback from his first article. Non-profit of the week: <a href="https://www.charitywater.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">charitywater.org</a>

026: The Lost Episode with Special Guest jon madsen

Have you ever wanted to fly into the danger zone? Buzz the tower? Going mach 2 with your hair on fire? Jon "Bud", Scott "Swits", and Joe "Beaver" join the podcast to review the Oscar Award winning film Top Gun. Includes a scene by scene breakdown and tidbits such as:  Best song Best line Best character Best call sign A shout out to Penny Benjamin And a new game called "deleted scenes"  Enjoy!

Have you ever wanted to fly into the danger zone? Buzz the tower? Going mach 2 with your hair on fire? Jon "Bud", Scott "Swits", and Joe "Beaver" join the podcast to review the Oscar Award winning film Top Gun. Includes a scene by scene breakdown and tidbits such as: <ul> <li>Best song</li> <li>Best line</li> <li>Best character</li> <li>Best call sign</li> <li>A shout out to Penny Benjamin</li> <li>And a new game called "deleted scenes"</li> </ul> Enjoy!

025: "That's right! Ice...man. I am dangerous." with special Guess Jon, Scott, and Joe

Thoughts on pop culture, movies, TV, music, sports, technology, business, life, and whatever. Doing something for the fun of it.

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Going for Zero

Brandon Rodriguez and Paul Bryan join Rhett in a lively discussion about:  Music - is Rhett just old? Apple - new iPhone and the Apple Watch (yes you should now buy one) Living in the Bay Area - cost of housing, food, &amp; Korean Chipotle Self-driving cars Rhett's not-so-bold predictions about the future (sorry Instacart) Quarter life crisis Texas - is everything bigger and better? Well they do have Torchy's Tacos NFL vs College football Fantasy football App ideas - just do it! The Silicon Valley lottery ticket Rhett's best idea app idea he has yet to build Time/Money spectrum Socks (yes we really did talk about socks) Their best "worst" jobs  Links:  Quarter life crisis  Brandon's Spotify playlist (trying to educate Rhett)   Unofficial sponsor: St Jude's cancer research

Brandon Rodriguez and Paul Bryan join Rhett in a lively discussion about: <ul> <li>Music - is Rhett just old?</li> <li>Apple - new iPhone and the Apple Watch (yes you should now buy one)</li> <li>Living in the Bay Area - cost of housing, food, &amp; Korean Chipotle</li> <li>Self-driving cars</li> <li>Rhett's not-so-bold predictions about the future (sorry Instacart)</li> <li>Quarter life crisis</li> <li>Texas - is everything bigger and better? Well they do have Torchy's Tacos</li> <li>NFL vs College football</li> <li>Fantasy football</li> <li>App ideas - just do it!</li> <li>The Silicon Valley lottery ticket</li> <li>Rhett's best idea app idea he has yet to build</li> <li>Time/Money spectrum</li> <li>Socks (yes we really did talk about socks)</li> <li>Their best "worst" jobs</li> </ul> Links: <a href="http://lifehacker.com/how-to-overcome-your-quarter-life-crisis-1782670670" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Quarter life crisis</a> <a href="https://play.spotify.com/user/brandon.rodriguez/playlist/56jLTNsERunWxg8K0xgdKo" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Brandon's Spotify playlist</a> (trying to educate Rhett) Unofficial sponsor: <a href="https://www.stjude.org/give.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">St Jude's cancer research</a>

003: Guitars Make Everything Better with Special Guests Brandon and Paul

Paul and Brandon join Rhett to handout 38 different awards related to sports movies. Basically we made up the categories and selected our winners. You will laugh, you will cry, and you will wildly disagree with some of our selections. (And yes, Point Break is a spiritual sports movie.) Unofficial sponsor: Doctors without Borders

Paul and Brandon join Rhett to handout 38 different awards related to sports movies. Basically we made up the categories and selected our winners. You will laugh, you will cry, and you will wildly disagree with some of our selections. (And yes, Point Break is a spiritual sports movie.) Unofficial sponsor: <a href="https://donate.doctorswithoutborders.org/onetime.cfm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Doctors without Borders</a>

007: The GFZ "Iconics" Sports Movie Awards with Special Guests Paul and Brandon

Lewis Gunter

Lewis Gunter finally joined an episode to give his opinions on: 6 min: Rhett's Twitter battle with University of Utah football fans. He is now a hashtag 25 min: Vidangel and the future of TV. Hallmark Christmas movies are awesome. Bundling economics. 1 hour: Crypto currencies - is this a bubble like 1999 or 2006? (probably a bubble, but not like '99 or '06) 1 hour 15 min: Esports - is it a overhyped? Also, Rhett was once a professional gamer. Links of the week: Redcross Hurricane Harvey &amp; Hurricane Irma

Lewis Gunter finally joined an episode to give his opinions on: 6 min: Rhett's Twitter battle with University of Utah football fans. He is now a hashtag 25 min: Vidangel and the future of TV. Hallmark Christmas movies are awesome. Bundling economics. 1 hour: Crypto currencies - is this a bubble like 1999 or 2006? (probably a bubble, but not like '99 or '06) 1 hour 15 min: Esports - is it a overhyped? Also, Rhett was once a professional gamer. Links of the week: Redcross <a href="https://www.redcross.org/donate/hurricane-harvey" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hurricane Harvey</a> &amp; <a href="https://www.redcross.org/donate/hurricane-irma-donations" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hurricane Irma</a>

023: Hashtag Rhett with Special Guest Lewis Gunter

Jon and Rhett review 2 songs. This takes an hour and a half.  The idea was to pick 1 song each and do a deep dive on that song. The first 15 minutes is just small talk. At the 17 minute mark, Jon introduces Rhett's song of choice (hint: it came out in 1997). At the 51 minute mark, Rhett introduces Jon's song of choice (hint: it came out in 1990, but is definitely and 80's song). Link of the week is the  Make A Wish Foundation

Jon and Rhett review 2 songs. This takes an hour and a half.  The idea was to pick 1 song each and do a deep dive on that song. The first 15 minutes is just small talk. At the 17 minute mark, Jon introduces Rhett's song of choice (hint: it came out in 1997). At the 51 minute mark, Rhett introduces Jon's song of choice (hint: it came out in 1990, but is definitely and 80's song). Link of the week is the <a href="https://secure2.wish.org/site/SPageServer?pagename=donate_now&amp;chid=100-000#sm.00018mig9c195pffstc7qpk4z9t38" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Make A Wish Foundation</a>

021: Two Songs with Special Guest Jon Madsen

Brandon Rodriguez and Dan Gould join the pod to talk about the NBA season. It's all basketball talk (except for the story about Mario Lemieux).  Topics: 0:05:30 Season in review. Warriors KD's team now? 0:12:00 The KD haters are wrong 0:21:00 Lebron or KD? 0:23:00 MJ or Lebron? 0:32:00 Will Lebron retire as the GOAT? 0:39:00 Kyrie.. simmer down 0:43:00 Warriors team best of all time? (MJ's '96 bulls beg to differ) 0:55:00 Rhett called it! (kind of) 1:00:00 Who is the great Mormon basketball hope? 1:06:00 Big3 3-on-3 basketball league Link of the week: the MS Society

Brandon Rodriguez and Dan Gould join the pod to talk about the NBA season. It's all basketball talk (except for the story about Mario Lemieux).  Topics: 0:05:30 Season in review. Warriors KD's team now? 0:12:00 The KD haters are wrong 0:21:00 Lebron or KD? 0:23:00 MJ or Lebron? 0:32:00 Will Lebron retire as the GOAT? 0:39:00 Kyrie.. simmer down 0:43:00 Warriors team best of all time? (MJ's '96 bulls beg to differ) 0:55:00 Rhett called it! (kind of) 1:00:00 Who is the great Mormon basketball hope? 1:06:00 Big3 3-on-3 basketball league Link of the week: the <a href="http://www.nationalmssociety.org/Donate" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">MS Society</a>

020: NBA Season Wrap Up with Special Guests Brandon and Dan

Joe is a huge NFL fan so this episode recaps the Superbowl 51. There are also some fun stories from when he worked for the Baltimore Ravens for a year. 0:01 Joe goes to Sundance and asks Brittany Snow a question. 0:10 Superbowl 51 - The greatest comeback ever! The Edelman catch. 0:20 Not a choke job by Atlanta! The win probability expectancy proves it. 0:35 Do the stars and scrubs on the team know each other? Stories from Joe's time at the Ravens. 0:40 Joe blows his chance of working for the NFL network from day 1. Michael Irvin is awesome. 0:46 Tom Brady is the G.O.A.T (greatest of all time), a hard worker, and a good guy, so why do people hate him? 0:50 Patriots haterade and why spy/deflategate were about politics and hidden agendas rather than rules violations. 1:15 A few minutes about Trump (the "overshadower" of 2017). Everyone has to comment on him it seems. Donation link of the week is the ACLU. If people want to talk about him, then we should also actually do something about it.

Joe is a huge NFL fan so this episode recaps the Superbowl 51. There are also some fun stories from when he worked for the Baltimore Ravens for a year. 0:01 Joe goes to Sundance and asks Brittany Snow a question. 0:10 Superbowl 51 - The greatest comeback ever! The Edelman catch. 0:20 Not a choke job by Atlanta! The win probability expectancy proves it. 0:35 Do the stars and scrubs on the team know each other? Stories from Joe's time at the Ravens. 0:40 Joe blows his chance of working for the NFL network from day 1. Michael Irvin is awesome. 0:46 Tom Brady is the G.O.A.T (greatest of all time), a hard worker, and a good guy, so why do people hate him? 0:50 Patriots haterade and why spy/deflategate were about politics and hidden agendas rather than rules violations. 1:15 A few minutes about Trump (the "overshadower" of 2017). Everyone has to comment on him it seems. Donation link of the week is <a href="https://action.aclu.org/secure/donate-to-aclu" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">the ACLU</a>. If people want to talk about him, then we should also actually do something about it.

013: Superbowl 51 - Most People Would Give Up with Special Guest Joe Evans

Stephanie Stephan joins Rhett to talk about TV, politics, her podcast, book recommendations, and how Facebook can be used for a purpose.  TV shows: 5 min mark Her podcast Stockholm Syndrome: 30 min mark Book recommendations: 40 min mark Facebook - junk food or good purpose: 53 min mark Good cause: MS Society

Stephanie Stephan joins Rhett to talk about TV, politics, her podcast, book recommendations, and how Facebook can be used for a purpose.  TV shows: 5 min mark Her podcast Stockholm Syndrome: 30 min mark Book recommendations: 40 min mark Facebook - junk food or good purpose: 53 min mark Good cause: <a href="http://www.nationalmssociety.org/Donate" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">MS Society</a>

009: My friend is going through a bad break up… oh wait that was Ted with Special Guest Stephanie Stephan

Jon and Rhett talk about the 2016 US Presidential election and try to make sense of what just happened and what can be learned from it. That's pretty much the entire episode (although they talk about robots at the end and why Rhett should watch Black Mirror).

Jon and Rhett talk about the 2016 US Presidential election and try to make sense of what just happened and what can be learned from it. That's pretty much the entire episode (although they talk about robots at the end and why Rhett should watch Black Mirror).

008: We Are Not Kingmen with Special Guest Jon Madsen

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