The Warm-Up This segment is only available in the full version of this episode. Welcome to a very conversational installment of Hardly Focused! Notice the word choice; “conversational,” not “confrontational” nor “controversial.” This is a discourse-heavy episode! Kicking off this episode, Nate Fillers and Jack Gill discuss the weather’s effects on their respective mental health. Also discussed are music supergroups of the mid-2000’s. Jack will defend Velvet Revolver to the grave! Back to the Show(s)! In this segment, Jack and Nate discuss their respective return to live shows. Nate regales his experience working as a videographer at a gig, while Jack covers his recent attending of a Late Show with Stephen Colbert taping. Also discussed in this segment – the effectiveness of the COVID-19 vaccines in regards to public gatherings, and if proof of vaccination is the right move to make. Yeezy’s Air and German Phonies In this edition of “How Fucking Dumb Are You,” Jack presents to Nate the following headscratchers: Someone on eBay is selling a sealed bag of air from a listening party of Kanye West’s new album DONDA. A German news reporter is under flack for pretending to be covered in mud while reporting on the region’s catastrophic flooding. Also featured in this segment – an ice cream truck serenading Nate, and Jack’s extensive knowledge of Grand Theft Auto III. The Wrap-Up This segment is only available in the full version of this episode. Bringing this installment of Hardly Focused to a close, Nate rants to Jack about YouTube’s bogus algorithms. Nate thinks TikTok is the future. Meanwhile, Jack begrudgingly accepts TikTok as a potential new platform for this show. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hardlyfocused/support

Talk Radio Meltdown

508: Slither

Hear more from 508: Slither at https://hardlyfocused.com/episode-508 In this segment, Jack and Nate discuss their respective return to live shows. Nate regales his experience working as a videographer at a gig, while Jack covers his recent attending of a Late Show with Stephen Colbert taping. Also discussed in this segment – the effectiveness of the COVID-19 vaccines in regards to public gatherings, and if proof of vaccination is the right move to make. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hardlyfocused/support

Back to the Show(s)!

Hear more from 508: Slither at https://hardlyfocused.com/episode-508 In this edition of “How Fucking Dumb Are You,” Jack presents to Nate the following headscratchers: Someone on eBay is selling a sealed bag of air from a listening party of Kanye West’s new album DONDA. A German news reporter is under flack for pretending to be covered in mud while reporting on the region’s catastrophic flooding. Also featured in this segment – an ice cream truck serenading Nate, and Jack’s extensive knowledge of Grand Theft Auto III. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hardlyfocused/support

Yeezy’s Air and German Phonies

The Warm-Up This segment is only available in the full version of this episode. Jack Gill and Mike Tarara present this installment of Hardly Focused! Mike is having a generally good time as of late, while Jack is in a mental funk. As evident by the following segment, however, there are folks in the world having a much tougher time than Jack. Victoria’s Secret Karen Jack and Mike feature audio and video of the “Karen” having a meltdown in a New Jersey Victoria’s Secret. Playing Switzerland, Jack asks Mike who is more at fault in this situation – the Karen, or the woman filming her? COVID-19 2: Electric Boogaloo Jack and Mike talk about the latest setbacks with the COVID-19 pandemic. Notably, the county of Los Angeles in California is re-imposing mask mandates, thanks to an increase in Delta variant cases among the unvaccinated. Speaking of, you know what’s really easy to get, and free? The COVID-19 vaccine. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hardlyfocused/support

507: Feels Like We Only Go Backwards

Hear more from 507: Feels Like We Only Go Backwards at https://hardlyfocused.com/episode-507 Jack and Mike feature audio and video of the “Karen” having a meltdown in a New Jersey Victoria’s Secret. Playing Switzerland, Jack asks Mike who is more at fault in this situation – the Karen, or the woman filming her? --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hardlyfocused/support

Victoria’s Secret Karen

Hear more from 507: Feels Like We Only Go Backwards at https://hardlyfocused.com/episode-507 Jack and Mike talk about the latest setbacks with the COVID-19 pandemic. Notably, the county of Los Angeles in California is re-imposing mask mandates, thanks to an increase in Delta variant cases among the unvaccinated. Speaking of, you know what’s really easy to get, and free? The COVID-19 vaccine. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hardlyfocused/support

COVID-19 2: Electric Boogaloo

The Warm-Up This segment is only available in the full version of this episode. On this edition of Hardly Focused, it’s both Independence Day and Bring Your Child to the Podcast Day! The warm-up segment features young Nicholas Tarara in his podcast debut, showing off his wares and making his dad proud. Jack deduces in this segment that kids are, in fact, smarter than adults. Kate the Homeowner In this segment, Kate talks about her new house and it’s phallic-shaped living room window. Jack learns from Kate that female dogs – like hers – have a menstruation cycle. He also learns that Big Y, which has a monopoly on supermarkets in Kate’s new home region of western Massachusetts, charge customers for grocery bags. What in the Hell-o Pudding?! Jack, Mike, and Kate discuss during this segment Bill Cosby’s recent release from prison. Kate wonders if celebrities can lose their royalty deals due to high-profile crimes. Meanwhile, Jack is not a fan of Phylicia Rashad, especially due to her support of Cosby. Also, it’s very much worth noting that Kate has yet to see the Academy Award-winning film Mac and Me. No wrap-up for this episode – thanks for listening! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hardlyfocused/support

506: Welcome to Earth

Hear more from 506: Welcome to Earth at https://hardlyfocused.com/episode-506 In this segment, Kate talks about her new house and it’s phallic-shaped living room window. Jack learns from Kate that female dogs – like hers – have a menstruation cycle. He also learns that Big Y, which has a monopoly on supermarkets in Kate’s new home region of western Massachusetts, charge customers for grocery bags. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hardlyfocused/support

Kate the Homeowner

Hear more from 506: Welcome to Earth at https://hardlyfocused.com/episode-506 Jack, Mike, and Kate discuss during this segment Bill Cosby’s recent release from prison. Kate wonders if celebrities can lose their royalty deals due to high-profile crimes. Meanwhile, Jack is not a fan of Phylicia Rashad, especially due to her support of Cosby. Also, it’s very much worth noting that Kate has yet to see the Academy Award-winning film Mac and Me. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hardlyfocused/support

What in the Hell-o Pudding?!

Welcome to The Acc and Jack Show! Chris Acciardi and Jack Gill have been presenting this podcast on-and-off since 2006. What they lack in creativity, they make up for in… longevity, maybe. Kicking off this episode, Acc and Jack discuss: Jack’s new kittens, and their freakish extra toes Mass Effect Legendary Edition – Acc has yet to try it, while Jack still can’t get into the series Retro video games are a “comfort food” against the current generation of games and consoles Elsewhere, Acc and Jack discuss musicians who pass on, and the effect that leaves. Jack remembers Bryan St Pere – drummer of space rock band Hum – who unexpectedly left us the day of this episode’s recording. Meanwhile, Acc discusses Tragically Hip’s Gord Downie, and David Bowie, and the legacies each respectfully leave behind. Transitioning from somber news to more psychotic, Acc and Jack chat about Danny Tramp’s first post-election rally in Ohio. Was the rally itself and its attendees as insane as Bill Cosby becoming a free man, or Allison Mack only getting 3 years in prison for her role in the NXIVM cult? You decide! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hardlyfocused/support

505: I'm Going Back

The Warm-Up This segment is only available in the full episode of this podcast! On this episode of Hardly Focused with Jack, Mike, and Nate, it’s both Father’s Day and insanely hot outside. Jack asks resident show-dad Mike what his kids did for the holiday. Meanwhile, Nate shows off – and takes a bite from – the coagulated brick of gummy bears that he left in his hot car. We Read Customer Reviews of Sugar-Free Gummy Bears Jacks learns during the warm-up segment of this episode that sugar-free gummy bears effectively double as a laxative. Nate presents to him and Mike customer reviews from Amazon of Haribo sugar-free gummies. The reviews are “explosive,” to say the least. Our Pets, and Another Installment of “How Fucking Dumb Are You?” Kicking off this segment, Jack, Mike, and Nate discuss their pets, past and present. Being Father’s Day the day of recording, Nate reveals that he is a new cat-dad! Elsewhere in this podcast, Jack presents everyone’s favorite segment, “How Fucking Dumb Are You?” Featured in the news: cream-cheese induced rage, and a plagiarizing principal. The Wrap-Up This segment is only available in the full episode of this podcast! Concluding this gummy-riddled episode, Jack blitzes through the news stories that weren’t yet covered: Foo Fighters go… disco? A Mississippi man lost in his fantasy football league and had to spend 24 straight hours at a Waffle House. Several of those hours were spent eating waffle after waffle, with much discomfort. A Change.org petition requests Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos eat the Mona Lisa. Like, the actual painting. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hardlyfocused/support

504: Sugar-Free

Hear more from 504: Sugar-Free at https://hardlyfocused.com/episode-504 Jacks learns during the warm-up segment of this episode that sugar-free gummy bears effectively double as a laxative. Nate presents to him and Mike customer reviews from Amazon of Haribo sugar-free gummies. The reviews are “explosive,” to say the least. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hardlyfocused/support

We Read Customer Reviews of Sugar-Free Gummy Bears

Hear more from 504: Sugar-Free at https://hardlyfocused.com/episode-504 Kicking off this segment, Jack, Mike, and Nate discuss their pets, past and present. Being Father’s Day the day of recording, Nate reveals that he is a new cat-dad! Elsewhere in this podcast, Jack presents everyone’s favorite segment, “How Fucking Dumb Are You?” Featured in the news: cream-cheese induced rage, and a plagiarizing principal. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hardlyfocused/support

Our Pets, and Another Installment of “How Fucking Dumb Are You?”

The Warm Up This segment is only available in the full episode of this podcast! Jack and Fro presenting this episode of Hardly Episode in-person, complete with a “studio audience!” Fro is asked if he put on weight during the pandemic lockdown. Meanwhile, Jack actually lost weight thanks to many factors, including food poisoning from Dunkin’. Stinky Situations Jack and Fro cover some of the weirder stories in the news! A New England man makes headlines for nearly being swallowed by a whale. Elsewhere, NBC’s “Ultimate Slip ‘n Slide” halts production due to a severe diarrhea outbreak. Vaccines Do NOT Magnetize You In this special edition of “How Fucking Dumb Are You?” Jack and Fro discuss vaccines – specifically, anti-vaxxers. The latest misconception: vaccines magnetize people. Number of people who have proven this? Zero. The Wrap-Up This segment is only available in the full episode of this podcast! Wrapping up this edition of Hardly Focused, Jack notes from the news that the majority of hospitalized COVID patients are unvaccinated. In related news, water is wet! Elsewhere, Fro and Jack discuss film sequels, namely the surprise success that is Bill and Ted Face the Music. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hardlyfocused/support

503: Death Magnetic

Hear more from 503: Death Magnetic at https://hardlyfocused.com/episode-503 Jack and Fro cover some of the weirder stories in the news! A New England man makes headlines for nearly being swallowed by a whale. Elsewhere, NBC’s “Ultimate Slip ‘n Slide” halts production due to a severe diarrhea outbreak. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hardlyfocused/support

Stinky Situations

Lowbrow commentary on current events, pop culture, the world, and everything in between. Uncensored talk radio show from Boston, Massachusetts!