August 14, 2025 • 10 mins
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hammer and Nigel Do you believe these characters are weirdos?
My name is Nigel Jason Hammer.
Speaker 2 (00:08):
Right over there, I.
Speaker 1 (00:10):
Am being told ladies and gentlemen, hamorrhoids and Nigerians that
this is our two thousandth radio show.
Speaker 2 (00:23):
Two K baby wow h n two K today.
Speaker 1 (00:30):
Now that's just on the radio. This was our eighth
year of doing the Hammer and Nigel Show. How the
hell many podcast episodes did we do before this?
Speaker 2 (00:42):
We were podcasting.
Speaker 3 (00:43):
Before it was cool, like before everybody and their brother
had one. We got in to that whole phase early
on and I think we did like five years.
Speaker 1 (00:53):
God are you kidding me? Five years podcasting. And the
only reason we've started the Hammer and Niel podcast, or
we call them a bar cast, is because you know,
Tom Sutton from Coaches would give us a free beer
tab right.
Speaker 3 (01:08):
We started at the Ugly Monkey, if you remember, but
that was still around, and we did a year from there,
and then we got the opportunity to take it over
to Coaches Tavern, just an institution here in Indie right
across from the field House. Tom and Adam the amazing
staff over there believed in us, and man, they'd let
(01:28):
us set up every Thursday. They'd give us a bar tab,
they'd pay us, and we would bring guests in in
a limo. Yeah sometimes the chicken limoy, sure, and just
had a great time.
Speaker 1 (01:41):
I think podcasters, if you're listening right now and you're
having trouble getting guests, make a deal with a limo company.
Appreciate if you've got if there's somebody locally that has
a mom and pop limo business. That's what we did,
and I think the fact that we were able to
get the guests, the caliber of guests we were willing
to come on the show, it was hath reason because
(02:02):
they got picked up in a limo, right.
Speaker 2 (02:04):
They didn't even want to talk to us.
Speaker 3 (02:05):
They just wanted the free drinks in the limo ride,
which was fine because then they'd come on our show.
Speaker 1 (02:10):
But in terms of the radio show, we started in
twenty seventeen around this time June July August, and today
is our two thousandth episode. Thank you very much.
Speaker 3 (02:24):
And listen, we do things differently on this show. When
we decided that we wanted to be part of the
news talk genre. Right, the stereotypical image of a news
talk radio host is some big, fat pig smoking a cigar,
trying to be rush Limbaugh. That's not what we do now.
We may be fat, but like we wanted to go
(02:47):
down a different path, right, and I think you're seeing
that come to the forefront. Now. Look what Great Gutfeld's
doing on television. Like for a long time there were
no funny Conservatives shows that were all about energy and
humor and having a good time. You'd still get opinions,
But our show, I think the reason that's resonated with
(03:08):
so many people is that we're genuine.
Speaker 2 (03:10):
This is who we are. We're not trying to be
rush Limbond.
Speaker 1 (03:14):
Now.
Speaker 3 (03:14):
We're a couple slap nuts from Beech Grove and listen
that feel like we're pretty good at this radio thing
and we want to, yes, inform you, but damn it,
we're gonna have a good.
Speaker 2 (03:26):
Time doing it.
Speaker 1 (03:27):
And not only that, but I don't want to change
like the thing about what we do here and the
news we talk about and the things some of the controversies.
I'm not trying to change anybody's mind on anything, right,
That's the one that's my thing. I don't care what
you think or what you believe. I just know what
I believe in what I think and I'm not afraid
(03:47):
to share it on the air. If you disagree with me, fine,
I don't care if you change your mind or not.
And that's I think the key to the success of
this show is that we're not trying to change your
mind here, folks, right, We're just we give you our
opinions and that's it. And corn Pop, I don't like
your attitude already on the chat corn Pop. Nigel doing
(04:10):
two thousand episodes is like saying Anthony Richardson is playing
two seasons in the NFL.
Speaker 2 (04:16):
Nigel may have missed a few episodes.
Speaker 3 (04:19):
Along the way.
Speaker 1 (04:20):
Hey, hey, we all have vacation time.
Speaker 3 (04:22):
He may be celebrating show number seven hundred and forty
three today.
Speaker 1 (04:25):
Use a lot of vacation because I get a lot
of vacation.
Speaker 2 (04:29):
How very Patrick Ewing of you.
Speaker 3 (04:31):
Yes, sports fans will remember when Patrick Ewing was asked
about his elaborate spending. Yeah, we make a lot of money,
but we spend a lot of money. Oh well, nice,
same philosophy for my vacation. If you remember when we
first started this little nickel and dime pony show back
in twenty seventeen, our very first guest. And keep in mind,
(04:53):
when you're a radio show, your first guest is like
an important thing, right, It's a badge of honor to
ask somebody to be your first guest.
Speaker 2 (05:01):
Remind me again who.
Speaker 1 (05:02):
It was, One mister Bob Kavoyan from the Bob and
Tom Show, who had been retired off that show for
a long time. But that show is a major reason
why I am here today is because when I was
a kid, right, I would listen to that show humor.
Speaker 2 (05:20):
On the radio.
Speaker 1 (05:21):
We both grew up on lucky enough to work in
the same building with those guys and build a rapport
for them for several years when I worked for the
Alt Rock station which is down the hall, which which
the same the company, you know, the company Clear Channel
owned both of those stations. So Bob and I had
kept in touch over the years, and he was our
first guest.
Speaker 3 (05:41):
A little trip down memory lane here, he's a small
part of our very first interview on the WIBC afternoon show,
Hammer and Nigel from twenty seventeen.
Speaker 1 (05:52):
I just, I literally like everything that's bad for you
in this world, mm hmm, booze, carbs, beer, sugar, pasta, donuts, Twinkies,
adult cinema. I mean, good Lord, I I just like
at all you thank the adult cinema.
Speaker 2 (06:05):
You've burnt some of those coarcs are.
Speaker 3 (06:10):
Dude, hearing that iconic Bob cavoyan laugh on our show,
I know, Oh it's the best. I need to go
back and listen to that whole thing, like and think
about this. This is our eighth year on Afternoon Drive,
Like I've got a junior in college this year at
a high school senior.
Speaker 2 (06:28):
My kids were like twelve and nine. Oh dear Lord
when we first started this show.
Speaker 1 (06:33):
I don't know what makes me feel older you're you
having a junior in college, or or the fact that
my kids were five and three. My clients were real
young when this radio show started. But you having a
kid that's about ready to graduate high school and another
kid that's going into his junior year. I couldn't believe
(06:55):
it when Chris was going into his freshman year in college.
Right you're telling me he's a junior.
Speaker 2 (07:02):
It's wild man.
Speaker 3 (07:03):
And like our families, Nige's kids, my kids, we've kind
of grown up with all of you listening, like we
share our lives with you, like a good radio host.
Their job is to share their lives with you, to
be relatable, and sometimes this is.
Speaker 2 (07:18):
Therapeutic for us.
Speaker 3 (07:20):
And man, my family has grown up with you guys
listening to this show, but your kids, Nige.
Speaker 2 (07:27):
Were so little.
Speaker 3 (07:28):
I think one of my favorite moments is when you
were being mister mom one day and I don't know
who was recording this, but somebody sent me.
Speaker 1 (07:38):
I think I was trying to do something for our
social media.
Speaker 3 (07:41):
Okay, and your kids are in the background and they're yelling,
and this is how Big Nige handled that situation.
Speaker 2 (07:55):
I'm drinking beer.
Speaker 1 (08:00):
Beer. What do you think she was saying right there?
I mean she couldn't. She was three years old in
that like something about the White House. I feel like
Trump going to the White House play play a one
more buck.
Speaker 2 (08:16):
I'm drinking beer.
Speaker 3 (08:19):
I don't know what she said, but I know what
the dad said right there. I know what Papa said.
So this is our two thousandth show today. Thank you
guys so much for tuning in. Our families appreciate you, guys.
We're all one big, happy family here Hamorrhoids Nige Arians.
Speaker 2 (08:38):
We've had a couple of.
Speaker 3 (08:39):
Different producers from Ari to Kyle to producer Allison.
Speaker 2 (08:43):
We could not do this without their hard work.
Speaker 3 (08:46):
But you folks to tune into this little Nicol and
dime pony show every single day.
Speaker 2 (08:50):
God bless you. Thank you.
Speaker 3 (08:52):
And Alison put together this lovely family Ties themed montage
to celebrate two thousand shows because they have all the
things we like, booze and fat guy food.
Speaker 1 (09:06):
What do you need sex for gas? Okay, so let's
talk about toast sucking.
Speaker 2 (09:12):
I've had sex with myself. It's not the same. I'm emotional,
tearing up.
Speaker 1 (09:19):
I'm not giving on a meth trolley.
Speaker 3 (09:25):
Sexually gratifying himself with the pool floats.
Speaker 1 (09:32):
They've ranked the meat sticks love meat stick, and I
don't have those. I got snotsage fingers. He just limped
to the finish line like whatever, like a little weeny
limp crank, just hanging down.
Speaker 2 (09:50):
We didn't finish with a flourish We finished with a
I know what that's like? This sucks? I suck?
Speaker 1 (10:01):
Oh? Was that Allison beatboxing at the end?
Speaker 2 (10:04):
Hell yeah, it was baby.
Speaker 1 (10:05):
Boots and cats and boots and cats and boots and cats.
Speaker 3 (10:09):
So man, thank you guys so much for your support
of this program. You took a couple of slat nuts
like us, and you made us the most listened to
afternoon drive show in the Midwest.
Speaker 2 (10:20):
You guys are awesome.
Hammer and Nigel Do you believe these characters are weirdos?
My name is Nigel Jason Hammer.
Speaker 2 (00:08):
Right over there, I.
Speaker 1 (00:10):
Am being told ladies and gentlemen, hamorrhoids and Nigerians that
this is our two thousandth radio show.
Speaker 2 (00:23):
Two K baby wow h n two K today.
Speaker 1 (00:30):
Now that's just on the radio. This was our eighth
year of doing the Hammer and Nigel Show. How the
hell many podcast episodes did we do before this?
Speaker 2 (00:42):
We were podcasting.
Speaker 3 (00:43):
Before it was cool, like before everybody and their brother
had one. We got in to that whole phase early
on and I think we did like five years.
Speaker 1 (00:53):
God are you kidding me? Five years podcasting. And the
only reason we've started the Hammer and Niel podcast, or
we call them a bar cast, is because you know,
Tom Sutton from Coaches would give us a free beer
tab right.
Speaker 3 (01:08):
We started at the Ugly Monkey, if you remember, but
that was still around, and we did a year from there,
and then we got the opportunity to take it over
to Coaches Tavern, just an institution here in Indie right
across from the field House. Tom and Adam the amazing
staff over there believed in us, and man, they'd let
(01:28):
us set up every Thursday. They'd give us a bar tab,
they'd pay us, and we would bring guests in in
a limo. Yeah sometimes the chicken limoy, sure, and just
had a great time.
Speaker 1 (01:41):
I think podcasters, if you're listening right now and you're
having trouble getting guests, make a deal with a limo company.
Appreciate if you've got if there's somebody locally that has
a mom and pop limo business. That's what we did,
and I think the fact that we were able to
get the guests, the caliber of guests we were willing
to come on the show, it was hath reason because
(02:02):
they got picked up in a limo, right.
Speaker 2 (02:04):
They didn't even want to talk to us.
Speaker 3 (02:05):
They just wanted the free drinks in the limo ride,
which was fine because then they'd come on our show.
Speaker 1 (02:10):
But in terms of the radio show, we started in
twenty seventeen around this time June July August, and today
is our two thousandth episode. Thank you very much.
Speaker 3 (02:24):
And listen, we do things differently on this show. When
we decided that we wanted to be part of the
news talk genre. Right, the stereotypical image of a news
talk radio host is some big, fat pig smoking a cigar,
trying to be rush Limbaugh. That's not what we do now.
We may be fat, but like we wanted to go
(02:47):
down a different path, right, and I think you're seeing
that come to the forefront. Now. Look what Great Gutfeld's
doing on television. Like for a long time there were
no funny Conservatives shows that were all about energy and
humor and having a good time. You'd still get opinions,
But our show, I think the reason that's resonated with
(03:08):
so many people is that we're genuine.
Speaker 2 (03:10):
This is who we are. We're not trying to be
rush Limbond.
Speaker 1 (03:14):
Now.
Speaker 3 (03:14):
We're a couple slap nuts from Beech Grove and listen
that feel like we're pretty good at this radio thing
and we want to, yes, inform you, but damn it,
we're gonna have a good.
Speaker 2 (03:26):
Time doing it.
Speaker 1 (03:27):
And not only that, but I don't want to change
like the thing about what we do here and the
news we talk about and the things some of the controversies.
I'm not trying to change anybody's mind on anything, right,
That's the one that's my thing. I don't care what
you think or what you believe. I just know what
I believe in what I think and I'm not afraid
(03:47):
to share it on the air. If you disagree with me, fine,
I don't care if you change your mind or not.
And that's I think the key to the success of
this show is that we're not trying to change your
mind here, folks, right, We're just we give you our
opinions and that's it. And corn Pop, I don't like
your attitude already on the chat corn Pop. Nigel doing
(04:10):
two thousand episodes is like saying Anthony Richardson is playing
two seasons in the NFL.
Speaker 2 (04:16):
Nigel may have missed a few episodes.
Speaker 3 (04:19):
Along the way.
Speaker 1 (04:20):
Hey, hey, we all have vacation time.
Speaker 3 (04:22):
He may be celebrating show number seven hundred and forty
three today.
Speaker 1 (04:25):
Use a lot of vacation because I get a lot
of vacation.
Speaker 2 (04:29):
How very Patrick Ewing of you.
Speaker 3 (04:31):
Yes, sports fans will remember when Patrick Ewing was asked
about his elaborate spending. Yeah, we make a lot of money,
but we spend a lot of money. Oh well, nice,
same philosophy for my vacation. If you remember when we
first started this little nickel and dime pony show back
in twenty seventeen, our very first guest. And keep in mind,
(04:53):
when you're a radio show, your first guest is like
an important thing, right, It's a badge of honor to
ask somebody to be your first guest.
Speaker 2 (05:01):
Remind me again who.
Speaker 1 (05:02):
It was, One mister Bob Kavoyan from the Bob and
Tom Show, who had been retired off that show for
a long time. But that show is a major reason
why I am here today is because when I was
a kid, right, I would listen to that show humor.
Speaker 2 (05:20):
On the radio.
Speaker 1 (05:21):
We both grew up on lucky enough to work in
the same building with those guys and build a rapport
for them for several years when I worked for the
Alt Rock station which is down the hall, which which
the same the company, you know, the company Clear Channel
owned both of those stations. So Bob and I had
kept in touch over the years, and he was our
first guest.
Speaker 3 (05:41):
A little trip down memory lane here, he's a small
part of our very first interview on the WIBC afternoon show,
Hammer and Nigel from twenty seventeen.
Speaker 1 (05:52):
I just, I literally like everything that's bad for you
in this world, mm hmm, booze, carbs, beer, sugar, pasta, donuts, Twinkies,
adult cinema. I mean, good Lord, I I just like
at all you thank the adult cinema.
Speaker 2 (06:05):
You've burnt some of those coarcs are.
Speaker 3 (06:10):
Dude, hearing that iconic Bob cavoyan laugh on our show,
I know, Oh it's the best. I need to go
back and listen to that whole thing, like and think
about this. This is our eighth year on Afternoon Drive,
Like I've got a junior in college this year at
a high school senior.
Speaker 2 (06:28):
My kids were like twelve and nine. Oh dear Lord
when we first started this show.
Speaker 1 (06:33):
I don't know what makes me feel older you're you
having a junior in college, or or the fact that
my kids were five and three. My clients were real
young when this radio show started. But you having a
kid that's about ready to graduate high school and another
kid that's going into his junior year. I couldn't believe
(06:55):
it when Chris was going into his freshman year in college.
Right you're telling me he's a junior.
Speaker 2 (07:02):
It's wild man.
Speaker 3 (07:03):
And like our families, Nige's kids, my kids, we've kind
of grown up with all of you listening, like we
share our lives with you, like a good radio host.
Their job is to share their lives with you, to
be relatable, and sometimes this is.
Speaker 2 (07:18):
Therapeutic for us.
Speaker 3 (07:20):
And man, my family has grown up with you guys
listening to this show, but your kids, Nige.
Speaker 2 (07:27):
Were so little.
Speaker 3 (07:28):
I think one of my favorite moments is when you
were being mister mom one day and I don't know
who was recording this, but somebody sent me.
Speaker 1 (07:38):
I think I was trying to do something for our
social media.
Speaker 3 (07:41):
Okay, and your kids are in the background and they're yelling,
and this is how Big Nige handled that situation.
Speaker 2 (07:55):
I'm drinking beer.
Speaker 1 (08:00):
Beer. What do you think she was saying right there?
I mean she couldn't. She was three years old in
that like something about the White House. I feel like
Trump going to the White House play play a one
more buck.
Speaker 2 (08:16):
I'm drinking beer.
Speaker 3 (08:19):
I don't know what she said, but I know what
the dad said right there. I know what Papa said.
So this is our two thousandth show today. Thank you
guys so much for tuning in. Our families appreciate you, guys.
We're all one big, happy family here Hamorrhoids Nige Arians.
Speaker 2 (08:38):
We've had a couple of.
Speaker 3 (08:39):
Different producers from Ari to Kyle to producer Allison.
Speaker 2 (08:43):
We could not do this without their hard work.
Speaker 3 (08:46):
But you folks to tune into this little Nicol and
dime pony show every single day.
Speaker 2 (08:50):
God bless you. Thank you.
Speaker 3 (08:52):
And Alison put together this lovely family Ties themed montage
to celebrate two thousand shows because they have all the
things we like, booze and fat guy food.
Speaker 1 (09:06):
What do you need sex for gas? Okay, so let's
talk about toast sucking.
Speaker 2 (09:12):
I've had sex with myself. It's not the same. I'm emotional,
tearing up.
Speaker 1 (09:19):
I'm not giving on a meth trolley.
Speaker 3 (09:25):
Sexually gratifying himself with the pool floats.
Speaker 1 (09:32):
They've ranked the meat sticks love meat stick, and I
don't have those. I got snotsage fingers. He just limped
to the finish line like whatever, like a little weeny
limp crank, just hanging down.
Speaker 2 (09:50):
We didn't finish with a flourish We finished with a
I know what that's like? This sucks? I suck?
Speaker 1 (10:01):
Oh? Was that Allison beatboxing at the end?
Speaker 2 (10:04):
Hell yeah, it was baby.
Speaker 1 (10:05):
Boots and cats and boots and cats and boots and cats.
Speaker 3 (10:09):
So man, thank you guys so much for your support
of this program. You took a couple of slat nuts
like us, and you made us the most listened to
afternoon drive show in the Midwest.
Speaker 2 (10:20):
You guys are awesome.
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