The Tom Barnard Podcast

Jimmy Francis's wife, Juliet, is raising money to fight Alzheimer's through My BOB Country. Dan, Alex's husband, is doing a bike ride for Alzheimer's. And of course, Tom is fighting it directly by zapping it out of his brain, or whatever. Details are still a bit fuzzy on what exactly he does. But the point is, humanity is uniting in the battle against Alzheimer's. Could a cure be on the horizon?

Toy Story 5 is set to be the latest billion dollar hit. And why shouldn't it? It's a beloved franchise, and they're returning to their roots of making poignant observations via talking toys. Maternal Instinct, on the other hand, is twisted in every way a documentary can be. We recommend taking the kids to see the former.

It was supposed to be last weekend. Then it was supposed to be this weekend. Now it's the weekend of the 4th? We're starting to wonder if this wedding is happening at all. Not that we're that starved for entertainment. We've got plenty of clips of people experiencing America for the first time thanks to the World Cup.

Nick's in the hospital after an emergency appendectomy. Maybe he'd have had more warning if he had used the new (as of roughly 1990) Super Doppler Radar. You may be thinking "how could doppler radar possibly predict appendicitis?", and you'd be right to do so. But this is Super Doppler. It can do anything. Probably.

Why do so many people die at 99? Aside from because 99 is very, very old, I mean. And speaking of things that are old, Toy Story 5 will be the most recent entry in an over 30 year series. Will this one be good? We sure hope so.

Jack and Tom both spent years in Minnesota radio. They drifted apart over the years, and now they're back in the same room once more. The result? Decades of stories.

It's back to the 70s day: WKRP is in the news and videoconferencing is impossible. We do mention a Jumbotron, which didn't exist until the 80s, so that's a bit of an anachronism.

Kristyn's got her eyes on a budget-friendly $6000 projector, and the family's getting served sushi by robots. Will the luxuries never cease? Yes, actually: after we went to a Twins game, we have no money. Spent it all on bottled water and parking.

We had Maggie Faris and Randall Reid on the show, and they both made it to the finals of the Funniest Headliner competition at Gambit Brewing. That can't be a coincidence. Today we've got Juice, another finalist out of six. Since he was the most recent one to be on our show, that means he's going to win, right?

Are we alone in the universe? I hope so. Earth is loud enough as is. Can you imagine two of them? Unfortunately, the math doesn't check out. Or, depending on who you ask, the bible. And when you get math and the bible joining forces against you, you might as well just give up.

There's a house for sale on Lake Minnetonka. It's got 18 bathrooms, a bowling alley, two guest/guard houses, and those are the least insane aspects. We're thinking of starting a GoFundMe and making it the new podcast HQ.

It's the world cup. It's like the playoffs of soccer. Or something. I'm gonna be honest, none of us know what we're talking about. That's not gonna stop us from talking about it.

Tom and Kathryn drove from Florida to Minnesota last week. It was mostly uneventful, which is exactly how you prefer your drives. Mostly. Also, did you know that sugar alcohol has an unpleasant side effect? Because we do.

Since 1988, Uncle John - the legend, not the one on our show today - has been providing trivia for you to learn while in the bathroom. Why in the bathroom? Because what else are you going to do? Doomscroll? I wouldn't recommend it.

Do you golf? If so, is your putting maybe not so good? Of course it is. Putting is hard. But it could be easier, if only you read Putting by the Numbers at https://boblabbe.com/. Divot sand not included.

Calvin is the author of the Northfield Saga and an appreciator of Minnesota in the warm months. The vast majority of people dream of writing a book one day, and the vast majority of Minnesotans feel like winter is too long. Coincidence?

You use your card for everything. Tipping at those obnoxious point of sale machines they have everywhere now. Malls that may or may not be fronts for money laundering. Even for divvying out racial slurs. Maybe that last one doesn't apply to you, but it certainly applies to someone.

What's at the top of your Facebook algorithm? Entertainment news, perhaps? If so, maybe it's because the algorithm knows you like this part of our show. If not, maybe it's because celebrities won't stop dying and that's sad.