The Office Grunts
As young men they patrolled Baghdad together in the infantry. As middle-aged office professionals...they don't do that anymore. Listen as longtime Army buddies John Arlan Peterson, John Wayne Reynolds, Jr., and Brian Stewart (aka Petey, John Wayne, and Stew) break down movies, life, and whatever the heck they want, on The Office Grunts Podcast.
Episodes
April 22, 2024 • 64 mins
Stew and John Wayne compare travelogues to Las Vegas and Florida, Stew celebrates his 20th wedding anniversary, and then they check out "Civil War" and "The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare."
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March 27, 2024 • 60 mins
John Wayne and Stew watch the 1989 Patrick Swayze classic (?) "Roadhouse" and then watch the not-classic "Roadhouse" remake starring Jake Gyllenhaal. Also, Stew wins another election and geeks out about the Lincoln assassination show "Manhunt."
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March 18, 2024 • 64 mins
John Wayne and Stew return after a hiatus to say farewell to Petey and dive into DUNE PART II. Plus, Oscars reactions, an Office Grunts reunion in North Carolina, and John Wayne is loose at Universal Studios theme park.
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February 1, 2024 • 73 mins
John Wayne and Stew put on their berets to watch French films "Anatomy of a Fall" and "The Three Musketeers: D'Artagnan" and then check out Best Picture nominee "Past Lives." Plus, chess adventures with the Reynolds clan, dryer repair, and Stew makes fun of the Baltimore Ravens.
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January 18, 2024 • 73 mins
John Wayne and Stew enjoy the national holiday of a new Michael Mann movie - Ferrari - and then count down their respective Top 10 Movies of 2023. Plus, car theft updates, XBOX racing, air fryer tips, and more.
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December 19, 2023 • 69 mins
John Wayne and Petey force Stew to watch "Dances With Wolves." Meanwhile, Stew recounts a Bengals game car theft.
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December 12, 2023 • 41 mins
John Wayne and Stew check out "Godzilla Minus One" while John Wayne recounts his own monster eating his laundry.
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December 3, 2023 • 68 mins
Stew, Petey, and John Wayne are revved up to see "Napoleon" and talk Christmas decorating, Thanksgiving meal postmortems, Black Friday wins and losses, and Petey's purchase of his first snowblower in the frozen tundra.
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November 23, 2023 • 67 mins
The fellas check out Michael Mann's "Manhunter" and then watch the same movie over again (sort of) with the remake "Red Dragon," starring Anthony Hopkins. Plus, Stew's lamentations on the season-ending of Joseph Burrow.
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November 20, 2023 • 70 mins
It's David Fincher week as the fellas check out "The Killer" on Netflix before ranking the Top 5 David Fincher movies. Plus, John Wayne talks kid jujitsu, and Stew asks how early is too early for Christmas decorations?
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November 9, 2023 • 70 mins
John Wayne, Petey, and Stew complete another installment of "Guilty Pleasures", revisiting Ridley Scott's Hannibal, Kevin Costner's "Revenge," and Robert Deniro in "The Fan."
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November 5, 2023 • 72 mins
John Wayne, Petey, and Stew discuss Trick or Treat dad duties, then watch "The Silence of the Lambs" before ranking the Top 5 Serial Killer movies.
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October 25, 2023 • 79 mins
The full trio - John Wayne, Petey, and Stew - finally check out Martin Scorsese's "Killers of the Flower" moon, discussing both the best-selling book and the movie adaptation. Plus, John Wayne moonlights as an amateur mailman, Petey watches a 30 year old movie in 20-minute increments, and Stew accidentally terrifies family members with Halloween decorations.
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October 23, 2023 • 63 mins
After tlaking around the movie for years, John Wayne and Stew revisit "Schindler's List" and talk current events. Plus, the perils of taking kids to NFL games.
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October 14, 2023 • 74 mins
John Wayne, Petey, and Stew check out the No. 1 Netflix Movie in America - Reptile - plus the final William Friedkin film, "The Caine Mutiny Court Martial," streaming on Paramount+. Plus, tales from the Renaissance Fair, and some tough stuff out of Israel.
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October 3, 2023 • 61 mins
John Wayne and Petey go camping, Stew is subjected to anime, and the trio watch the new sci-fi actioner "The Creator."
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September 22, 2023 • 48 mins
John Wayne, Petey, and Stew talk Kenneth Branagh's "A Haunting in Venice" along with Aaron Rodgers injury, a missing stealth fighter jet, and Petey voluntarily revisiting "Blackhat."
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September 14, 2023 • 78 mins
It's another Guilty Pleasures Week as John Wayne pickes "The Legend of Tarzan," Petey picks Nic Cage's "Gone in 60 Seconds" and Stew professes his love for William Friedkin's "Rules of Engagement." Plus, Army ruck march stories.
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September 10, 2023 • 78 mins
John Wayne and Stew check out the Denzel Washington "Equalizer" trilogy while discussing "Starfield" on XBOX and combatting hot water tanks.
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August 26, 2023 • 58 mins
John Wayne and Stew - two "girl dad" former infantrymen - sit down to share their thoughts on..."Barbie". Also, they check out the late summer kids flick "TMNT: Mutant Mayhem."
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