The Tom Barnard Show

There is exactly one thing in this world that is not a scam, and that thing is podcasts.  Try to think of something else.  Art?  Definitely a scam.  College?  Didn't used to be, is now.  Hollywood?  That's the biggest scam of all.  Stick with easy listening.  That's what we call listening to podcasts.  We've liberated the term.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Remember an hour ago when we said we weren't going to make fun of the Oscars and then we made fun of the Oscars?  Now we're going to do the same thing with pro sports.  Namely the NBA.  They're about as popular as waiters with long facial hair.  Or waiters with tons of tattoos.  Or waiters with facial piercings.  Why did this turn into mocking waiters?  Oh well.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

It's Oscars season.  Don't worry, we're not going to say it.  We've made the joke before.  Several times, in fact, and it becomes more poignant every year.  At this point it just feels like picking on the kid with crutches.  It's unsporting.  Then again, we're an obscure local podcast, so wouldn't that be punching up?  Actors are always encouraging that.  Next year, when their ratings have tanked even harder, we'll have some good zingers at the ready.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

When we last left Moon Pjugg and Hobbs, they were trying to create a master plan to take over the world. Since that didn't work out, this week they try to figure out a way to keep things away from Moon's private parts. Plus, see if you can figure out which one of us may or may not have been drinking during the recording of the podcast. Enjoy!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Being cooped up all winter can be daunting. That's why we give the best entertainment possible. Why?....cause we love ya! So go for a nice walk on this semi-beautiful spring day, grab those earbuds and laugh your way around the block with Jamie Kaler and more!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Alan Krutsch joins us in studio. Alan was the Marketing Director at Walser many years ago and really is responsible for the start of the live KQ radio spots. He regales us with tales of advertising, drinking expensive wine on Tom's dime and high end audio sales in Bozeman Montana.  Oddly, Alan is the first guest who can't remember exactly what his first car was.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

A real-life lawyer with a degree and everything weighs in on the Chauvin verdict, closing that chapter of our lives forever.  Just kidding, you'll be hearing about it until you're 90.  What you won't be hearing about, most likely, is roller skating.  The kids just aren't into it these days.  Too busy with their yo-yos and Tamagochis to appreciate the classics.  And those Nickelodeon things where you flash a light and it makes a shadow.  Remember those?  The kids are also too busy with those.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Nothing makes sense.  Sometimes literally.  Some of our politicians, who shall remain nameless until you listen to this episode, for example.  They say things that mean nothing, but people act like it means everything.  Proof that we're living in a simulation?  Possibly.  It's a pretty cruel simulation if so.  The software engineers could have made it so meth isn't so addictive, but they didn't.  That wasn't very nice of them.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

What is it that SEALs say?  Oo-rah?  Hoo-ah?  Whatever it is, Mike says it, because he's one of them.  That means he passed all the training, did all the Mission Impossible stuff, and aced his etiquette class.  We can't verify that last one, but we've never met someone so polite, and that must have come from somewhere.  Or maybe almost being blown up makes a person humble.  We wouldn't know. Never Enough: A Navy SEAL Commander on Living a Life of Excellence, Agility, and Meaning - amzn.to/3tEvmPjSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

We're moving to Tennessee.  Surprised?  It was a split section decision made when Kristyn mentioned they have no income tax.  Plus you've got Nashville, and if you ever get thirsty you can just insert a straw into the air and drink the humidity.  It's basically heaven.  For a certain type of person, anyway.  Importantly, what they don't have is perpetual riots and leaders that love death and destruction.  You could say it's extremely sad that "leaders who don't actively encourage your death" is a consideration you have to make in modern day America, and you'd be right.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

There's a lot of money in the entertainment industry.  There's also the potential for a lot of reverse money.  What's reverse money?  Putting 1.5 billion into something and then selling it for 100 million.  That's what.  That kind of a hit isn't terribly common, but that's what happens when the entire country shuts down.  Some of us suffer more than others.  For example, Robert De Niro is only making 7 million dollars a year.  That's a tragedy if we've ever heard one.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

When you look back at your earlier life, the general thought is that times were better.  This isn't always true, of course.  For some rare people, their lives improve over time.  For example, some of us used to get nearly blackout drunk at Madison Square Garden, which sounds fun at the time but quickly becomes a bad memory.  Similarly, few of us are going to look back fondly on the last year or so.  If it's only one year we may consider ourselves lucky.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Deadliest catch has been on the air for a while.  15 years, to be exact.  Captain Colburn has been crab fishing for even longer than that.  Could you handle being out at sea for weeks on end?  Rolling waves, freezing rain, no sleep?  Of course you couldn't.  If you could you'd be out there making big money and not listening to podcasts.  For the rest of us, there's always living vicariously.  Just take a seasickness pill first for the full experience.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Which one of us got peed on?  Would you leave a hottie naked in your bed to record a podcast?  And what does DTF mean?  Those questions will be answered in episode two of Moon Pjugg and Hobbs!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

For today's BEST OF we start off with the unlucky with Mark Anthony talking Friday the 13th bad luck then do a 180 to the lucky side of things with positivity with Dr. Pol and Mark Lewis. It's a well balanced episode #goodwiththebadSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

It's Baseball time and our friend Mike Veeck from the St. Paul Saints joins us to talk about his return to MLB along with the classic story about how he was forced out over 45 years ago. For those not in the know, the Saints are now part of the Twins farm system so expect to see a lot of major league talent at the gorgeous CHS field in downtown St. Paul. We mention cars exactly zero times in this episode.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Can you own a lake?  It turns out, not really.  Then again, do you really own anything?  The state owns your land.  The government owns your money.  Even if you have cryptocurrency, its value is ultimately up to the whims of its creator and the ISPs.  One notable exception is cars.  If you own a car, you own the car.  Stay tuned for Car Selling Secrets, where we will almost certainly not talk about cars, for more information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

All any American will ever talk about for the rest of history is police shootings.  Including us.  Far be it from us to go against the grain.  One major difference is that most people are clueless idiots.  We, on the other hand, are clueless idiots with a cop on the phone.  That's called an advantage.  Not that it really matters, because we still have basically no information on the incident.  Almost makes you wonder if the media keeps us in the dark on purpose save for a few convenient talking points.  Almost.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Do you think love can bloom even on a battlefield?  If it's the kind of love between a dog and its owner, sure.  All it takes is a piece of jerky.  Maybe a hose-down, because wild dogs tend to get pretty gross.  Craig met Fred the dog in Afghanistan in the middle of a skirmish with the Taliban, and that meeting started a chain that resulted in working with inmates to train service dogs for disabled veterans.  If that sounds strangely specific, well, we have a lot of inmates, we have a lot of dogs, and we have a lot of disabled veterans.  The probabilities are there. Second Chances: A Marine, His Dog, and Finding Redemption - amzn.to/2QoknuMSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

We've got drugs, we've got sex, we've got conspicuous consumption.  We've even got heists.  Why?  Because we're talking about celebrities, of course.  Also restaurant workers.  If you work at a restaurant, sorry.  You have to become a cokehead.  It's the law.  It's kind of like how you're not a real celebrity until you have a mountain of sex scandals and you drive your car into something at high speed.  That's when you know you've made it.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.