Hardly Focused | Podcast
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Jack from the podcast HARDLY FOCUSED! I talk about pop culture, video games, and The Simpsons. Opinions are my own!
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691: LET'S CHECK IT OUT | Hardly Focused | Podcast
The Nintendo Switch 2, Deltarune, and a bizarre commercial for an Indian restaurant round out this episode of The Acc and Jack Show!
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NEW EPISODE! The Nintendo Switch 2, Deltarune, and a bizarre commercial for an Indian restaurant round out this episode of The Acc and Jack Show!
Listen below, or on your favorite podcast app. Don't forget to leave us a 5-star review.
Listen below, or on your favorite podcast app. Don't forget to leave us a 5-star review.
Mike and I remember our time working with our friend, the late Lyndon Byers. Listen below, on Spotify, Apple, or your favorite podcast app.
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694: You're the Berries, Kid | Hardly Focused | Podcast
Jack and Mike remember their friend and former co-worker, former Boston Bruin enforcer Lyndon "LB" Byers, who passed away at age 61.
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July 9, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Mike and I remember our time working with our friend, the late Lyndon Byers. Listen below, on Spotify, Apple, or your favorite podcast app.
hardlyfocused.com/episode-694
hardlyfocused.com/episode-694
In the new episode of my podcast, Nate and I talk about the verdicts in the Karen Read trial. We also discuss the times we embarrassed ourselves in front of women. Find Hardly Focused on your favorite app, or listen below!
692: Weird Fall River Accent | Hardly Focused | Podcast
Jack and Nate discuss the Karen Read verdict, embarrassing themselves in front of women, bad karaoke, and much more!
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June 20, 2025 at 2:54 AM
In the new episode of my podcast, Nate and I talk about the verdicts in the Karen Read trial. We also discuss the times we embarrassed ourselves in front of women. Find Hardly Focused on your favorite app, or listen below!
NEW EPISODE! The Nintendo Switch 2, Deltarune, and a bizarre commercial for an Indian restaurant round out this episode of The Acc and Jack Show!
Listen below, or on your favorite podcast app. Don't forget to leave us a 5-star review.
Listen below, or on your favorite podcast app. Don't forget to leave us a 5-star review.
691: LET'S CHECK IT OUT | Hardly Focused | Podcast
The Nintendo Switch 2, Deltarune, and a bizarre commercial for an Indian restaurant round out this episode of The Acc and Jack Show!
hardlyfocused.com
June 12, 2025 at 2:17 PM
NEW EPISODE! The Nintendo Switch 2, Deltarune, and a bizarre commercial for an Indian restaurant round out this episode of The Acc and Jack Show!
Listen below, or on your favorite podcast app. Don't forget to leave us a 5-star review.
Listen below, or on your favorite podcast app. Don't forget to leave us a 5-star review.
I was a guest on a podcast! I learned about Larry Hoover, a Chicago-based gang leader who recently had his jail sentence commuted. Listen to Oh, Malort! on Spotify, Apple, or whenever you listen to podcasts!
Larry Hoover: Who and what now?
Oh, Malort! · Episode
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June 2, 2025 at 1:59 PM
I was a guest on a podcast! I learned about Larry Hoover, a Chicago-based gang leader who recently had his jail sentence commuted. Listen to Oh, Malort! on Spotify, Apple, or whenever you listen to podcasts!
NEW PODCAST! 686: Remember Two Things*
Listen below, or on your favorite podcast app!
Listen below, or on your favorite podcast app!
686: Remember Two Things* | Hardly Focused | Podcast
The Acc and Jack Show discusses the film Thunderbolts*, the significance of its title, and the trouble with spoilers.
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May 7, 2025 at 2:06 AM
NEW PODCAST! 686: Remember Two Things*
Listen below, or on your favorite podcast app!
Listen below, or on your favorite podcast app!
Lord Voldemort wants to reopen Alcatraz.
"For too long, America has been plagued by vicious, violent, and repeat Criminal Offenders, the dregs of society, who will never contribute anything other than Misery and Suffering."
He was speaking about himself, of course.
"For too long, America has been plagued by vicious, violent, and repeat Criminal Offenders, the dregs of society, who will never contribute anything other than Misery and Suffering."
He was speaking about himself, of course.
Trump says he will reopen Alcatraz prison
President Donald Trump says he is directing his government to reopen and expand Alcatraz, the notorious former prison on a California island.
apnews.com
May 4, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Lord Voldemort wants to reopen Alcatraz.
"For too long, America has been plagued by vicious, violent, and repeat Criminal Offenders, the dregs of society, who will never contribute anything other than Misery and Suffering."
He was speaking about himself, of course.
"For too long, America has been plagued by vicious, violent, and repeat Criminal Offenders, the dregs of society, who will never contribute anything other than Misery and Suffering."
He was speaking about himself, of course.
NEW EPISODE! Jack and
@ohthatflo.bsky.social finally record a podcast together, gleefully discussing Tamagotchi, physical media preservation, the curious journey of musician Jason Everman, and the major Xbox price increase.
Listen below, or on your favorite podcast app!
@ohthatflo.bsky.social finally record a podcast together, gleefully discussing Tamagotchi, physical media preservation, the curious journey of musician Jason Everman, and the major Xbox price increase.
Listen below, or on your favorite podcast app!
685: Generationally Speaking | Hardly Focused | Podcast
Journalist and podcaster Florence Ion joins Jack to discuss Tamagotchi, physical media preservation, and more!
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May 3, 2025 at 2:16 AM
NEW EPISODE! Jack and
@ohthatflo.bsky.social finally record a podcast together, gleefully discussing Tamagotchi, physical media preservation, the curious journey of musician Jason Everman, and the major Xbox price increase.
Listen below, or on your favorite podcast app!
@ohthatflo.bsky.social finally record a podcast together, gleefully discussing Tamagotchi, physical media preservation, the curious journey of musician Jason Everman, and the major Xbox price increase.
Listen below, or on your favorite podcast app!
My local GameStop - which was featured in a viral image showing a crowd at a midnight release - is now a Warby Parker.
April 27, 2025 at 6:18 PM
My local GameStop - which was featured in a viral image showing a crowd at a midnight release - is now a Warby Parker.
NEW PODCAST! Jack and Nicole reminisce about the debacle surrounding the first aborted Fyre Festival, and recap the events leading up the second festival’s cancellation and subsequent sale of Fyre’s IP.
LISTEN/WATCH: hardlyfocused.com/episode-684
LISTEN/WATCH: hardlyfocused.com/episode-684
684: Yer Fyre'd | Hardly Focused | Podcast
After 2 failed attempts at existing, one of which spectacularly so, Fyre Festival is no more.
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April 24, 2025 at 1:59 PM
NEW PODCAST! Jack and Nicole reminisce about the debacle surrounding the first aborted Fyre Festival, and recap the events leading up the second festival’s cancellation and subsequent sale of Fyre’s IP.
LISTEN/WATCH: hardlyfocused.com/episode-684
LISTEN/WATCH: hardlyfocused.com/episode-684
Leave Kaitlyn Dever alone.
April 21, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Leave Kaitlyn Dever alone.
Top 10 video games, although truly these aren’t in any order 🎮
👾 The Last of Us
👾 Grand Theft Auto 5
👾 BioShock Infinite
👾 Portal 2
👾 Red Dead Redemption
👾 Sonic the Hedgehog 2
👾 The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
👾 Fallout: New Vegas
👾 Cyberpunk 2077
👾 Firewatch
👾 The Last of Us
👾 Grand Theft Auto 5
👾 BioShock Infinite
👾 Portal 2
👾 Red Dead Redemption
👾 Sonic the Hedgehog 2
👾 The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
👾 Fallout: New Vegas
👾 Cyberpunk 2077
👾 Firewatch
10 video games to get to know me 🎮
💥Saints Row 4
💥Sonic Heroes
💥Pokemon White
💥Nubby's Number Factory
💥FFXIV
💥Yakuza 0
💥Metal Gear Solid 3
💥Red Dead Redemption 2
💥Overwatch
💥Resident Evil 4
💥Saints Row 4
💥Sonic Heroes
💥Pokemon White
💥Nubby's Number Factory
💥FFXIV
💥Yakuza 0
💥Metal Gear Solid 3
💥Red Dead Redemption 2
💥Overwatch
💥Resident Evil 4
10 video games to get to know me 🎮
✨ Age of Empires 2 (OG, not the remaster)
✨ Final Fantasy X/X-2/XII/XIV
✨ Halo 4 (sorry to the haters)
✨ Freespace 2
✨ Dragon Age 2
✨ KOTOR II
✨ Warcraft (the whole franchise lmao)
✨ Stellaris
✨ The Sims 2
✨ Diablo III (also sorry to the haters)
✨ Age of Empires 2 (OG, not the remaster)
✨ Final Fantasy X/X-2/XII/XIV
✨ Halo 4 (sorry to the haters)
✨ Freespace 2
✨ Dragon Age 2
✨ KOTOR II
✨ Warcraft (the whole franchise lmao)
✨ Stellaris
✨ The Sims 2
✨ Diablo III (also sorry to the haters)
April 19, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Top 10 video games, although truly these aren’t in any order 🎮
👾 The Last of Us
👾 Grand Theft Auto 5
👾 BioShock Infinite
👾 Portal 2
👾 Red Dead Redemption
👾 Sonic the Hedgehog 2
👾 The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
👾 Fallout: New Vegas
👾 Cyberpunk 2077
👾 Firewatch
👾 The Last of Us
👾 Grand Theft Auto 5
👾 BioShock Infinite
👾 Portal 2
👾 Red Dead Redemption
👾 Sonic the Hedgehog 2
👾 The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
👾 Fallout: New Vegas
👾 Cyberpunk 2077
👾 Firewatch
I love fake spring in New England. Nearing 80 degrees today, which means we’ll probably get a freak blizzard tomorrow.
April 19, 2025 at 2:25 PM
I love fake spring in New England. Nearing 80 degrees today, which means we’ll probably get a freak blizzard tomorrow.
NEW VIDEO! The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion remaster is real, and imminent! Watch below, and subscribe to our channel on YouTube! #videogames
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youtu.be/GWfqgqEHwDo
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion remaster is real, and imminent!
YouTube video by Hardly Focused | Podcast
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April 17, 2025 at 5:22 PM
NEW VIDEO! The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion remaster is real, and imminent! Watch below, and subscribe to our channel on YouTube! #videogames
youtu.be/GWfqgqEHwDo
youtu.be/GWfqgqEHwDo
NEW PODCAST! Jack and Mike discuss a Coachella controversy, a potential Luigi Mangione copycat, the impending Elder Scrolls Oblivion remake, and more!
hardlyfocused.com/episode-683
hardlyfocused.com/episode-683
683: Coup D'état | Hardly Focused | Podcast
Jack and Mike discuss a Coachella controversy, a potential Luigi Mangione copycat, the impending Elder Scrolls Oblivion remake, and more!
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April 17, 2025 at 4:23 AM
NEW PODCAST! Jack and Mike discuss a Coachella controversy, a potential Luigi Mangione copycat, the impending Elder Scrolls Oblivion remake, and more!
hardlyfocused.com/episode-683
hardlyfocused.com/episode-683
With actor Nicky Katt having passed away recently, I was reminded of the Fox show Boston Public, on which he starred. Is this available to stream anywhere?? I forgot how good it is! I loaded over a dozen clips into my show's sound board, and half of them are from Fyvush Finkel's character.
April 15, 2025 at 3:38 AM
With actor Nicky Katt having passed away recently, I was reminded of the Fox show Boston Public, on which he starred. Is this available to stream anywhere?? I forgot how good it is! I loaded over a dozen clips into my show's sound board, and half of them are from Fyvush Finkel's character.
Today our podcast turns 16 years old!
- We launched our show with our first episode on April 1, 2009.
- We released our 451st episode and first under the banner “Hardly Focused,” five years ago today on April 1, 2020. (1/2)
- We launched our show with our first episode on April 1, 2009.
- We released our 451st episode and first under the banner “Hardly Focused,” five years ago today on April 1, 2020. (1/2)
April 1, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Today our podcast turns 16 years old!
- We launched our show with our first episode on April 1, 2009.
- We released our 451st episode and first under the banner “Hardly Focused,” five years ago today on April 1, 2020. (1/2)
- We launched our show with our first episode on April 1, 2009.
- We released our 451st episode and first under the banner “Hardly Focused,” five years ago today on April 1, 2020. (1/2)
NEW EPISODE! Jack and Nate chat about Yellowcard’s new album with Travis Barker, a German phenomenon called Bernd das Brot, video game tropes, and much more!
Listen below, on your favorite podcast app, or on YouTube! Just search “Hardly Focused!”
Listen below, on your favorite podcast app, or on YouTube! Just search “Hardly Focused!”
"Falling For You" was NOT by The Starting Line!
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March 27, 2025 at 3:23 PM
NEW EPISODE! Jack and Nate chat about Yellowcard’s new album with Travis Barker, a German phenomenon called Bernd das Brot, video game tropes, and much more!
Listen below, on your favorite podcast app, or on YouTube! Just search “Hardly Focused!”
Listen below, on your favorite podcast app, or on YouTube! Just search “Hardly Focused!”
Dan Bernstein - how f**king dumb are you??
Dan Bernstein out at 670 The Score after social media threats
After threatening to dox a social media follower last week, longtime Chicago sports radio host Dan Bernstein is no longer with 670 The Score.
awfulannouncing.com
March 21, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Dan Bernstein - how f**king dumb are you??
@opiebluesky.bsky.social Thoughts? Also, I thought there could only be one Opie.
RetroRadio, Now With Extra Chernoff
• A few weeks ago, we casually mentioned that Fairleigh Dickinson University's WFDU (89.1 RetroRadio)/Teaneck, NJ was actively looking for seasoned pros with "a soft spot for the timeless classics of ...
ramp247.com
March 20, 2025 at 3:55 PM
@opiebluesky.bsky.social Thoughts? Also, I thought there could only be one Opie.
NEW EPISODE! Content creator Woke Karen joins Jack and Zach to discuss cancel culture, the Chao creatures from Sonic the Hedgehog, and a game called Doug Huggem!
681: Woke Karen | Hardly Focused | Podcast
Content creator Woke Karen joins Jack and Zach to discuss cancel culture, the Chao creatures from Sonic the Hedgehog, and more!
hardlyfocused.com
March 20, 2025 at 2:22 PM
NEW EPISODE! Content creator Woke Karen joins Jack and Zach to discuss cancel culture, the Chao creatures from Sonic the Hedgehog, and a game called Doug Huggem!
NEW VIDEO! Did you attend the Tool in the Sand Festival? You may be entitled to compensation – or, you’re just entitled.
Tool in the Sand Festival attendees are ANGRY!
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March 13, 2025 at 2:10 PM
NEW VIDEO! Did you attend the Tool in the Sand Festival? You may be entitled to compensation – or, you’re just entitled.
Rick Astley's covers of songs, like Pink Pony Club, always end up being better than the original.
Pink Pony Club (Chappell Roan Cover)
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March 11, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Rick Astley's covers of songs, like Pink Pony Club, always end up being better than the original.
We got a Brand New reunion before GTA VI.
March 7, 2025 at 3:48 PM
We got a Brand New reunion before GTA VI.
NEW PODCAST! Controversial Brand New frontman Jesse Lacey performed publicly for the first time since 2017, for a full house at the Eastside Bowl. Jack and Becky recap the event, review the new songs debuted at the show, and discuss what’s next for the recently-reunited Brand New.
Recapping Jesse Lacey's first public show since 2017
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March 6, 2025 at 4:30 PM
NEW PODCAST! Controversial Brand New frontman Jesse Lacey performed publicly for the first time since 2017, for a full house at the Eastside Bowl. Jack and Becky recap the event, review the new songs debuted at the show, and discuss what’s next for the recently-reunited Brand New.
There’s a trailer for the CW’s live-action version of the Powerpuff Girls, and it’s probably the worst thing I’ve ever seen.
Powerpuff Girls CW Reboot Trailer | LMB Archive
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March 6, 2025 at 9:45 AM
There’s a trailer for the CW’s live-action version of the Powerpuff Girls, and it’s probably the worst thing I’ve ever seen.