The Tom Barnard Show

Sometimes the news is sad. Legitimately sad, like missing people. Sometimes the news is annoying. This is the default state. But sometimes the news is entertaining is a sick kind of way. Today was one of those times.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.

Once upon a time, a bunch of guys played some music on a roof. Being that it was the Beatles' final concert, it was more important than it sounds. Ken would know, given that he was an executive at Apple Records at the time. Also pretty important.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.

Kent, Ohio is a small town with big music. That's probably why Jason called his book Small Town, Big Music. He also made a good choice naming it in a language he knows, unlike some people.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.

America's Most Wanted went off the air in 2012, but America still has fugitives they most want, and John Walsh is still helping find them. Now it's called In Pursuit...of justice. That's not part of the title, it just sounds good.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.

DDP has a secret to success, only it isn't a secret. It's positivity, yoga, and motivation. You may never be a famous wrestler from the 90s, but you can be in shape.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 getting difficult to come up with new ways to summarize talking about how much everyone hates one another.  That's a problem, because this certainly wasn't the last time.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 a dangerous world out there. You used to be able to safely lock yourself in your room and retreat into the internet where nobody could hurt you. Not so these days. You either learn the internet via trial by ordeal or you get a mentor like Diana.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.

Laurel and Hardy have long been immortalized on film. Now they're modernized too. And if that's not enough history for you, some lady wrote a fan fic about Queen Anne, which kind of counts. It's a brave new world where you can ship actual people and they'll spend millions of dollars making it into a movie.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.

These clips are thrilled to think about how the Saints lost and be a part of The Best Of.  Clips Featuring: Matthew Broussard, Sam Tripoli, Chris PorterSee 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.

As Minnesotans, we know weird accents. It's kind of what we're famous for. Actually, there are a lot of places best known for their regional dialect. Matthew has been to all 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.

They say that there are certain things humans aren't meant to know. They have a way of driving a man mad. Sam half knows some of these things, so he's not mad, just angry.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 think Yale professor, you probably don't think of political moderation. That's about to change, much to Tom's delight.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.

Bill Murray has many faces. No, not literally. It's a book called The Art of Being Bill. It's not better than pizza, but that's a high bar to...leap over. Or whatever the significance of a high bar is.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 time to Pokemon Go to the polls. I mean David Getoff your phone. Maybe. Social media is unusually violent and cruel, but is it making people that way or are people making it that way? Until we know for sure, go eat some fat.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.

Hate is arguably the sole motivating factor for most human behavior right now. Read The Girls are Gone and the news and you'll probably agree.  Or just listen to the show.  It's been a bit dreary lately.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.

How do you grow your business? First you need to have one. So technically it's a six step plan. If you don't want to build your own business, the only other option is to become an illusionist like Sean-Paul. He'll be at the haunted masonic temple in Saint Paul, so go learn some illusions.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.

In America we're still ramping up towards the next civil war, but at least we don't have as many women per capita injecting their skin with darkening agents and getting size S breasts. We have some, sure, but it's a big country.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.

1969 was a good year. It brought us the Brady Bunch and Costaki, both of which are still giving us something to focus on that isn't politics 50 years later.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 are three things in this world that justify having a blindfold at the ready at all times. One is those weird suicide ghosts from Birdbox. They probably don't actually exist. Two is Glass. That does exist. And third is the news media, which while it technically exists, its goal is to make you think fake things are real. Because money.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.

These clips are working right through the shutdown to bring you this very essential episode of The Best Of! Featuring: Kermet Apio, Eleanor Kerrigan, Tom RhodesSee 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.