Tom Barnard Podcast

Prince Andrew has been arrested for vague nonsense. Whether the real stuff will come to light, we can't say. But if it does, odds are he'll never again visit Minnesota and sample our wonderful cuisine. And that's terrible. Almost as terrible as the fact that we can't safely put our snowblowers away until June.

Topics:

It snowed again

Prince Andrew arrested

Traitors

Hugh Heffner's scrapbooks

Zantigo

Brittany's grandmother ...

Michele and Ralph both return after a long absence. Ralph is retired and is enjoying doing whatever he wants. Michele is the opposite of retired, choosing to vie for a senate seat here in Minnesota. Personally, I'd take the French cafes over attempting to talk sense into Minnesota, but someone's got to do it.

Topics:

Plastic surgery and dentistry among actors

Burt Reynolds financial woes

Celebrities all wear wigs

Michele...

Members of congress make $174,000 a year. That's pretty good, right? Wait until you hear how much their stipend is for trips to the Capitol. It'll drive you to bring your state into the top 10 territories in the world for alcohol consumption. Assuming it isn't there already. Which it probably is.

Topics:

Jesse Jackson dies

Robert Duvall dies

Alcohol consumption per capita

James Van Der Beek GoFundMe controversy

Congress...

Hollywood is largely uneventful as everyone watches the Olympics instead. If you like movies and don't like watching athletes be athletic, what's left? Gambling? We can't recommend it. Yo-J? They don't make it any more. If you've got kids or grandkids, you have plenty of entertainment there. And of course, there's always podcasts.

Topics:

Dance mom murder-suicide

Billie Eilish allegedly gets man deported

Barnard bar...

Astonishingly, we managed not to bring up Epstein today. Instead, we focused on the inexorable passage of time and how everything you thought was new and cool is actually old. Then again, all that old stuff is being remade, so you're still correct. It's a very positive show today. Thank god.

Topics:

AI vs. jobs

English monarchy

Wuthering Heights

Boys of '80

Winter Olympics

What's on TV

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This episode's a doozy. We've got talk of Epstein, musicians having inappropriate relationships, Kid Rock vs. Bad Bunny, billionaire taxes, the decline of education. We even say something positive about Mississippi. It's crazy. But what's even crazier is allowing your heating bill to skyrocket due to lack of insulation in your house. Stay warm, people.

Topics:

James Van Der Beek dies

Zuckerberg flees California

CA billion...

Vinnie's back, and he's still crusading against obesity. It's a topic relevant to basically everyone, whether they themselves are obese or they're directly related to someone who is. Hence his success. Of course, you don't become a successful weight loss guru without results. Why not become a part of those results? We won't charge you for the hour.

Topics:

Epstein files (of course)

Wolfman Jack documentary

Colin and the l...

Are you sick of hearing about football? Then you're in luck, because Costaki has been once again banished for seven months. And if you weren't, well the season is over anyway. But you know what's never, ever over? The Epstein files. Someone should really start talking about those.

Topics:

Super Bowl

Randy Moss's bile duct cancer

Costaki's last episode

Epstein files

Minnesota fraud

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Well, it happened. The Seahawks won, and in the process proved that the Vikings' biggest problem is that they don't know how to build a team. They also saved us from another year of smug Patriots gloating, so we can't be too mad. Especially after watching the Puppy Bowl.

Topics:

Super Bowl

Halftime show

Lindsey Vonn injured again

Skiing is dangerous

Nancy Guthrie still missing

Epstein stuff

Butter Braids

Various poisons in our f...

If you're looking for a cozy read, how about the Epstein files? Apparently they're very popular at the moment. Then when you get tired of hearing about people in positions of power talking about things you'll wish you'd never read, you can watch yet another Dracula movie.

Topics:

Nancy Guthrie is still missing

Super Bowl

Half time show alternatives

Epstein files

Grammys suckage

Dracula

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Picture this: everywhere you go, strangers congratulate you on the birth of your child. Years later, those same people are congratulating your child having a child. They know you, but you don't know them. Sounds creepy, but that's just the reality of life in the public eye. But hey, even if you're not in the public eye, corporations and the government know exactly where you are and what you buy at all times anyway, so ...

Did you ever think Minnesota would be the laughingstock of the country? If you've been paying attention, maybe you did. Well the day has come, and now it's time to clean up the mess and become a respectingstock once more. Perhaps the Moderate Majority Party is the way to go. Either way, make sure to make your voice heard on November Whatever Day The Election Is.

Topics:

Bad Bunny's halftime show

Daytime TV is dying

Athlete...

The Super Bowl is coming up, and you know what that means: chips. Also dip. And commercials. If there's time, perhaps some football as well. Next Tuesday it'll also mean Bob and Costaki get to gloat about the Patriots losing thanks to Minnesota talent. That's right, we're calling it now.

Topics:

NFL franchise valuation

Upcoming Super Bowl

Rip the puppy

New Disney CEO

Charlie's giant pizza slice

SJU

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It's warming up up north, but it's so cold down south that the iguanas are freezing. And do you know what that reminds us of? The winter Olympics. And you know what winter reminds us of? All the people dying. Seriously, it's been quite a week.

Topics:

Alex's 37th birthday

Sean Hannity sighting

The Boys of '80

Iguana torpor

Winter Olympics

Desmond Wilson/Catherine O'Hara deaths (among others)

CPAP Machines

Epstein shenanigans

See...

Brad surprises Tom with a visit to West Palm Beach, which leads to a very high volume show. Kristyn and Tim both got their entertainment talk in, and Alex even managed to have a conversation about the NBA with him. Tom also got a call that his sister-in-law died today, so the cheerfulness was much needed.

Topics:

Lindsey Vonn injured

Tom's sister-in-law dies

Eddie the Eagle

Justin Baldoni vs. Blake Lively

Brad's kids

Send H...

Over half of Americans will break at least one bone at some point in their lives. As a result, there are plenty of broken bone stories out there, many of which are funny in retrospect. And yes, like everything else, there is a hate subreddit for people who've broken a bone. Although we suspect that one might be facetious.

Topics:

Minnesota sports

Melania Trump documentary

Brittany's new haircut

Broken bone stories

Snark/h...

People are talking about the miracle on ice once again, as a new documentary about it has come out. We're just there's a reason to talk about Minnesota in a positive way. It happened 46 years ago, but still. We'll let this reach into the past slide if it means turning off the anger for just a little bit.

Topics:

The Boys of '80

Miracle on Ice

Lou Nanne

Colbert retiring/late night dying

Nate George for state auditor

Minneso...

NFL cheerleaders. They're ubiquitous, famous, and their pay ranges from six figures to the change they can scavenge from the stands after the game. And then you've got the refs who make 200k and are being slowly replaced with robots. The whole league makes no sense.

Topics:

Names are hard

NFL play-calling tech

NFL cheerleaders

Family Feud

The Big Game is coming up

Expensive steaks

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Things continue to get worse in Minnesota. Not only is the extreme cold back, but there's been yet another ICE-involved shooting. It just seems like a very good time to not be here at the moment.

Topics:

ICE stuff

Greg the plumber

Mike DeRosier with Heart of the North Tours

Mike Bryant is finally done in court

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