High School Never Ends : A Pop-Punk Dad Podcast

High School Never Ends : A Pop-Punk Dad Podcast

Thirty-Something Dads, ‘Wingman’ Steve and Chris-183, nerd out over the power-chorded glory that was 90's and 2000’s pop-punk. Their hearts are Blink and Yellowcard but their brains are pure Baby Shark.

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August 21, 2025 85 mins

We're sneaking in another Steve Picks episode and this week it's gonna be the Mest's self-titled record. We reached out to the man himself, Tony Lovato, who gave us a few minutes for some insights into the album and then we do the full spotlight!

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Welcome to the finale of the Rankin' It Summer Showdown: The Great Debate! We are joined by friend of the show Stew and we nominate our quintessential pop-punk albums of all time and then whittle them down to a top 10. This exercise is not for the faint of heart and was not without it's challenges. Enjoy!

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We had so much fun doing a Rankin It Summer Showdown with albums from 2001 that we decided to move forward 1 full year and do it all again. If you're playing a drinking game, take a sip every time we mention how tough this was and play along!

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In our next Rankin It Summer Showdown we've compiled a list of 20 albums that came out in the year 2001 and we're rankin' 'em all from 20-1. Play along at home and see if you agree with us!

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This summer we're having a showdown. A Rankin It Showdown! This week we are presenting each other with a list of 20 Drive-Thru Records bands and we're gonna see who comes out on top!

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This week we're joined by the one and only Brendan Brown, founder of Wheatus! We go back to the beginnings of the band and Brendan's influences, talk about the ride from Teenage Dirtbag, the multiple waves of resurgence of Dirtbag and more!

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It's been a hell of a month hyping up Four Chord Music Festival and we're ending it with a bang. One of the coolest, most unique bands out there Keep Flying just released their first full length record and they're on tour forever promoting it. We talk to John about how the band started, their history with FCMF and more. Check out Keep Flying's Time & Tide out now https://open.spotify.com/album/73YiFRtFRWBE2pKkgZUsoS?si=Q0y73-u3QbW...

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On our road to Four Chord Music Festival this week we're chatting with Joe and Bert from the band Mallory Run. Based out of Edinboro, PA they are about to be 3 time alums to Four Chord. We talk about the beginnings of the band, rock one of their tracks and chat about what Four Chord has meant to them. Make sure and check them out on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/673ozZmEIahPL1NDZgvVZ4?si=3tNbXEIGQH-rA6xwd3O9IA 

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Next up on the Road to Four Chord we're checking in with one of our favorite OG bands, Adam and John from Home Grown! Since we've last spoken with Adam the band has reunited, played a handful of shows, and booked Four Chord. We chat all about the past, present and future of Home Grown!

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For the month of June we're hyping up one of the coolest indie festivals out there - Four Chord Music Festival in Pittsburgh. We're devoting all our episodes to bands playing this year's Four Chord and we're kicking it all off with the man himself... the creator of the entire event... and frontman for Eternal Boy - Rishi Bahl! We dive in deep to Eternal Boy and how the festival got started plus get some inside info into the booking...

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We conclude this year's Movie May: Soundtrack Edition with a conversation about a spoof movie and it's all-covers soundtrack. Not Another Teen Movie features some pop-punk covers, some all-time great ones, and some really bad ones.

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Our breakdown of fun movie soundtracks continues with a deep dive on BASEketball! We're not sure what about Tre Parker and Matt Stone playing a newly constructed sport has to do with ska... but we're here for it. Movie Steve joins in on the fun!

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May 15, 2025 58 mins

We had so much fun recording this bracket-style matchup of pre-2001 pop-punk bands for Patreon that we're releasing it for all as a special patron exclusive freebie! Play along, here's a link to the bracket: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1k9P_ofOcqZRcOsD7JKjC-UN08HXtiby5/view?usp=drivesdk

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In our next Movie May Soundtrack Edition we're deep diving the Dumb and Dumber soundtrack! We're joined by Steve Kelly who played in a cover band that solely played this album which is the definition of an expert. Enjoy the episode and we hope it's not the most annoying sound in the world.

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Movie May is back with a brand new spin! All month we will be diving into some of our favorite movie soundtracks. First up, a movie that captivated us all and a soundtrack that has 90's written all over it... it's American Pie! Dave Dross joins in on the fun.

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April 24, 2025 112 mins

Patron Picks April wraps up as Tom chose a band that we really needed to talk about. This week we deep dive The Wonder Years and their album The Greatest Generation.

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April 17, 2025 102 mins

We're back to Patron Picks April and next up Ashleigh chose REM's Monster. We deep dive the album and talk a whole bunch about REM!

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April 10, 2025 60 mins

Awful April was so fun last year that even though it's not our official theme for the month we had to sneak one in there. A vote on social media dubbed Fall Out Boy's MANIA as AWFUL. Do we agree?

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April 6, 2025 69 mins

Quick Hits is back! In a special bonus episode we sit down with Sean and Mike from Pittsburgh's Old Neon! They talk us through playing through several natural disasters and we check out their brand new single from their upcoming EP Resolution. Check out Old Neon on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6wlS5mhA0UzBOuLfaeMQvx?si=J6b4gL_IS1qThXKzpOuUPQ

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