Hardly Focused
Since 2009, the hosts of Hardly Focused have relentlessly made fun of pop culture, current events, and each other. Join them every Thursday as they pick apart the news and struggle to stay on-topic.
Episodes
May 2, 2024 • 115 mins
Jack, Mike, and Becky talk about parenthood, Taylor Swift on Bandcamp, Britney Spears' downward spiral, celebrities on Ozempic, and much more!
Mike Tarara is a dad for the third time!
Jack finally procured a bell and a megaphone for the studio
Taylor Swift is finally on Bandcamp... or is she?
Mike and Jack are obviously into the Fallout show; Becky isn't
Mike is finally playing Fallout 76
Britney Spears is on the verge of goi...
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April 25, 2024 • 85 mins
The Acc and Jack Show, fueled by copious amounts of caffeine since 2006
The Simpsons killed off a character that even diehard viewers forgot about
A blue checkmark on social media means nothing
The latest in the criminal trial of Ronald Thump
"When there's nothing left to burn, you have to set yourself on fire."
Dr. Louis Kwong presents "Genitalia of the Day"
Acc and Jack highly recommend the Fallout series on Prime Video
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April 18, 2024 • 62 mins
Content creator and teacher Sam Alkhatib joins Jack, Nate, and Zach for this very insightful installment of Hardly Focused! Hailing from Staten Island in New York, Sam explains why he began making videos on YouTube and TikTok; it all started with Zany Trains! Sam also talks about his tattoos, his favorite music, and the origin of his catchphrase, "Everything's gonna be alright, pal."
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April 11, 2024 • 84 mins
Podcast host David Baxter (Thank You, Five; Friends of the Countess; 12 Months of Christmas) joins Jack and Zach for this installment of Hardly Focused!
Attention remote podcasters! Use Zoom. That is all.
Adult nightmares about high school
An earthquake occurred near New York City, and everybody felt it kind of
Marc Summers stormed away from filming Quiet on Set
David won't exist for about a month after the Elden Ring DLC releases
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April 4, 2024 • 119 mins
This episode marks 15 years of this podcast, 4 of which under the name "Hardly Focused!"
Jack features audio of Nate and Zach's respective first appearances on this show, both from September 2009
Jack, Nate, and Zach discuss their "small world" moments, such as running into a local acquaintance on the other side of the country
Ohio maniac brandishes a gun on a Burger King employee after being offered a $3 discount
Jack has been suc...
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March 28, 2024 • 99 mins
Part 1 – Did We Re-open Too Early?
It’s another reunion of “The Acc and Jack Show!” Jack points out that he, Acc and Nate have not done a radio show together in upwards of a decade.
To begin, Jack is trying hard not to hate the television ad for The Last of Us Part II. Acc points out that people are upset that main character Ellie is gay. Said people clearly never played the first game.
Elsewhere, Jack ponders if Massachusetts and ...
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March 21, 2024 • 111 mins
While fighting a migraine, Jack recaps his afternoon working live sound for, and hanging out with the band New Found Glory
Acc and Jack exhibit weird ticks when interacting with celebrities
Recapping the Webcomics on Ice convention in 2011, featuring encounters with a young Toby Fox (Undertale) and KC Green (the “This is fine” dog-and-fire cartoon)
“Am I the Asshole?” Jack recounts two recent instances of road rage, both on the...
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March 14, 2024 • 116 mins
Jack and Nate's foreign language teacher from middle school was a living nightmare
Conspiracies and controversies surround a photo of Kate Middleton and her children
Should Alabama senator and scary mom Katie Britt be the Republican pick for Vice President?
A trailer exists for the cancelled Spider-Man multiplayer live-service game
Rest in peace Dragon Ball creator Akira Toriyama
Jack tries and reviews Campbell's ghost pepper chick...
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March 7, 2024 • 147 mins
Recapping Show Week - 5 straight days of new Hardly Focused episodes
"National" days, and the fact that March 6 has five of them
Becky is heavily invested in the trials of both Michelle Troconis and Hannah Gutierrez-Reed
A school principal in Japan is fired and loses his pension over $3 worth of coffee
Buy a Toyota, get a free 100lb bag of rice!
Becky and Jack discuss the passing of Sister Wives' Garrison Brown, and the impacts thi...
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March 6, 2024 • 100 mins
Molly McAleer gets exposed to The Acc and Jack Show!
Acc and Jack were releasing podcast episodes well before podcasting was a thing
Bad words that went from "you probably shouldn't say that" to "you definitely shouldn't say that"
Acc recalls a lot of gas leaks when he and Jack were in the 4th grade
Jack became a favorite among the local water treatment plant staff
Jack's prediction from the previous episode about voting as a Pizza...
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March 5, 2024 • 74 mins
The joy - and cringe - of low-budget commercials for local businesses
Frankie and Johnny's Furniture of New Orleans, featuring the "Special Man"
A movie is being made based on the "villain" from the Willy Wonka fiasco in Glasgow
The Fallout series on Prime Video is essentially going to be Fallout 5
Becky has introduced Jack to gambling
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March 4, 2024 • 101 mins
Fro brought his daughter over for the show
Jack urges Fro to keep his daughter away from the Rugrats CGI reboot
Hot off the heels of the Nintendo Switch's 7th birthday, Jack and Fro discuss the Pokémon games, both new and old
Jack used TouchTunes to disrupt a blue collar establishment's mix of country music with pop punk and Britpop jams
Fro lost his wallet in an IMAX theater
Using the restroom at Ralph's Diner in Worcester is a ri...
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March 3, 2024 • 73 mins
The MySpace Top 8, or how to cause a rift amongst friends in 2006
Dissecting the "immersive"-turned-disastrous Willy Wonka event in Glasgow, from AI-generated scripts to meth-cooking Oompa Loompas
Nate versus the self-checkout machine at the supermarket
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February 29, 2024 • 123 mins
Molly McAleer (Trend Lightly, Mother, May I Sleep with Podcast?) joins Jack and Zach for this Leap Day installment of Hardly Focused!
Coming soon! Jack and Molly's episode of MMISWP, where they and Becky discuss the Lifetime film Gone Mom: The Disappearance of Jennifer Dulos
Warner Bros. is shelving potentially great, already-completed films like Batgirl and Coyote vs. Acme
Wendy's angers everyone by announcing (then renouncing) AI...
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February 22, 2024 • 146 mins
Jack is still having a good time on Threads. Follow Hardly Focused there!
Becky feels bad for the lobsters in the tanks at the supermarket
Taylor Swift is in Australia, or so her jet tracker claims
Taylor felt "lonely" during the pandemic, despite being quarantined with Joe Alwyn
Becky and Jack try to decipher the track list to The Tortured Poets Department
Love is Blind contestant Chelsea Blackwell claims Megan Fox is her celebrit...
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February 15, 2024 • 87 mins
Only trust weather reports from Frankie MacDonald, from his own TV station
Remember when Lunchables came with soda?
Did The Simpsons really need to recast their minority characters?
Super Bowl LVIII, from President Biden trolling everyone on social media to Travis Kelce yelling at Andy Reid
Forgive Joe Biden; he's old and overcame a stutter
New Hampshire resident Rick Hebbard fires a verbal salvo on a school board meeting
"Acc's Ad...
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February 8, 2024 • 96 mins
"Sex before marriage? PREPARE TO DIE!"
Recapping the 2024 Grammy Awards; from Tracy Chapman's mind-blowing performing with Luke Combs, to Annie Lennox's tribute to Sinead O'Connor, plus the difference between Record of the Year and Album of the Year.
Killer Mike wins a bunch of Grammys, only to be arrested for misdemeanor battery.
After being fired from the cast almost immediately upon being hired, Shane Gillis is hosting Saturday ...
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February 1, 2024 • 145 mins
(0:00) True to the name of this podcast, this episode is all over the place. ADHD is real, kids!
(4:00) A "diaper spa" in Atkinson, New Hampshire catering to adult baby/diaper lovers is causing controversy among residents
(35:00) Jack and Zach talk about anything and everything with Tucker Lindgren, including living in New England, cats, and Palworld
(1:34:00) Joy Reid swears into a hot mic during an MSNBC segment
(1:51:00) With Da...
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January 25, 2024 • 74 mins
"Do you like hot fudge sundaes?"
Tay Zonday versus Rick Astley, or a case study in going viral
In hindsight, Rockstar Games fumbled the trailer for Grand Theft Auto VI
Zach prefers unrealistic, cartoony video games
A Colorado pastor launches a crypto scam because the Lord told him to
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January 18, 2024 • 128 mins
Jack Gill presents: "How to Pronounce 'Barry Keoghan'"
Jack and Becky watched Saltburn, while Mike finally saw Barbie
People - or rather, a certain type of people - really didn't like this podcast's latest TikTok video about Aaron Rodgers and Jimmy Kimmel
The 2024 Emmys, from Better Call Saul winning absolutely nothing to The Bear winning everything
Lindsay Lohan and her father are upset about a "fire crotch" joke made in the Mean ...
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