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Your #1 spot for Mid-West wisdom! Join RJ and friends as we have some real conversations and all become Better Buddies. Facebook: Better Buddies Twitter: @betterbudcast Gmail: betterbuddiescast@gmail.com
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Sep 6, 2024
Sep 6, 2024
1hr 5 min
This week, RJ forgot to hit record on the first take so the Buddies turn roadblocks into opportunities! A guest from one of the early episodes returns to help us discuss what songs would be played on a loop in hell, Dungeons and Dragons themed media, learning to admit when you're wrong, international foods, and how to do well both socially and academically in high school. Share with a friend!
Recommendations: Not Another D&D Podcast (podcast), "The Most Disastrous Production In Animation History (Thief and the Cobbler)" (Youtube Video Essay), Delicious in Dungeon (anime)
Aug 30, 2024
Aug 30, 2024
1hr 7 min
This week the Buddies discuss if an identical clone is the same as the original person, Diogenes, the movie Elf, and making creative projects with your friends. Share with a friend!
Recommendations: Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgandy (movie), Fish Scales (game jam game found here)
Aug 23, 2024
Aug 23, 2024
1hr 6 min
This week the Buddies discuss what law they'd choose if they could be immune from a law, loiter in the White House, build a one-man sovereign state on an ocean trash heap, and give advice on friendship. Share with a friend!
Recommendations: Rick and Morty The Anime (tv show), Ultimate Spider-Man (2024 comic)
Aug 16, 2024
Aug 16, 2024
1hr 17 min
This week, on the 250th episode, the Buddies spice up carousels, plan out the hot new philosophy themed amusement park that the whole family can enjoy, try out a thought experiment to prove souls exist, and give advice on talking about men's mental health. It's philosophy themed this week. Share with a friend!
Recommendations: Existential Comics (web comic), The Floating Man (thought experiment), Super Smash Bros Ultimate (video game), Circe (book by Madeline Miller)
Aug 9, 2024
Aug 9, 2024
1hr 3 min
This week the Buddies discuss meta-cognition (or thinking about thinking), college degrees higher than a doctorate, Spanish Jazz, the future of the internet, and Deadpool. We also read a fan email! Share with a friend!
Recommendations: Sant Andreu Jazz Band (Spanish Jazz band), Neocities (web hosting service), Deadpool & Wolverine (movie)
Aug 2, 2024
Aug 2, 2024
58 min
This week the Buddies contemplate a scary idea: What if the next day you woke up and the world was entirely populated by clones of you? We dig deep into our initial reactions, the course of society, and if it would be a golden age of peace or a grimdark hellscape. Share with a friend!
Jul 26, 2024
Jul 26, 2024
1hr 3 min
This week the Buddies discuss cultural stereotypes in the Star Wars prequels, interesting people we've met on our travels, and reveal the secret connection between Chappell Roan and America's great unsung founder John Patriot and his secret treasure. Share with a friend!
Recommendations: Neon Genesis Evangelion (anime, again, but with the movie this time), Mavel Snap (mobile app card game, but like not a money hungry one), National Treasure (movie, starring Nicholas Cage)
Jul 19, 2024
Jul 19, 2024
1hr 7 min
This week the Buddies talk about preparing meat, cooking, Austin Powers, and a podcast similar to ours. Share with a friend!
Recommendations: Red Scare by Dasha Nekrasova and Anna Khachiyan (podcast), Austin Powers Trilogy (movies)
Jul 12, 2024
Jul 12, 2024
57 min
This week the Buddies discuss what size fish they are and what size pond they prefer, Jim Carrey's dramatic acting chops, Pheonix Wright (again), chronically online behaviors, and how to approach deep conversations. Share with a friend!
Recommendations: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (movie), Pheonix Wright Ace Attorney: Trials and Tribulations (video game)
Jul 5, 2024
Jul 5, 2024
1hr 3 min
This week the Buddies take a walk down memory lane and talk about some of their most memorable teachers and classroom experiences. Share with a friend!
Recommendations: Pheonix Wright Ace Attorney: Justice For All (video game), Chained Together (video game), Monsters Inc. (movie)