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.

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617: Logan to Government Center
The Acc and Jack Show talks The Day Before video game saga, candlepin bowling, and enjoying lobster on the subway!
116 min
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616: My Song is Better Than Your Song
Chris Padgett ("Charlie from The Sandbox") joins Jack Gill and Mike Tarara, regaling them with tales about the late, great WFNX in Boston.
110 min
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615: Love is a Long Road
Jack, Becky, and Molly McAleer discuss engagement rings, Grand Theft Auto VI, Matt Rife, Billie Eilish, and lots more!
206 min
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614: Wrap Music
The Acc and Jack Show talks 2023 in music, the death of Henry Kissinger, an angry Robert DeNiro, and lots more!
90 min
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613: Gobble-Gobbledygook
Jack, Zach, and Becky chat about the NEW worst video game of the year, more airplane meltdowns, MrBeast, and more!
131 min
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612: How to Play Chess with Your Butt
Jack Gill and Mike Tarara chat about self-checkout machines, an interesting method for cheating at chess, and sporting news!
92 min
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611: History Books
Jack Gill and Nicole Mossey discuss and review track-by-track The Gaslight Anthem's long-awaited reunion album History Books!
124 min
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610: One More Time...
Jack, Nate, and Becky review the new blink-182 album One More Time... track-by-track!
181 min
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609: Gooflumps
Jack, Zach, and Becky celebrate spooky season, discussing the haunted and the paranormal!
158 min
35
608: Dark and/or Scary
Jack Gill, Zach Ward, and Elaine Chaney discuss children's horror shows, Britney Spears' memoir bombshell, and farts!
111 min
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606: Not in My House
Jack Gill, Nate Fillers, and Molly McAleer (Trend Lightly, Mother, May I Sleep with Podcast?) discuss podcasting, Taylor Swift mania, and TikTok controversies.
178 min
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605: Plunderin' for Jesus
Jack, Mike, and Zach discuss the collective hatred for Curt Schilling, the (eventual) zombie apocalypse, rightful backlash over AI, and more!
126 min
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604: Emotional Truths
Jack, Nate, and Zach discuss the end of the writers' strike, and the Hasan Minhaj controversy - plus, an interview with Spirit Diaries!
179 min
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603: Grand Theft Auto: Veracity
Jack and Becky talk about drunks and fraudsters!
152 min
40
602: Starfield and Friends
Jack Gill, Mike Tarara, and Nicole Mossey discuss and review Bethesda Game Studios' latest release, Starfield!
160 min
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601: Evacuation Situation
Jack Gill, Nate Fillers, and Zach Ward chat about legacy music acts, the stuff that comes out of both ends, and festival fiascos!
147 min
42
600, part two: MMXVI
Mike Tarara and Jack Gill celebrate the 600th episode of this podcast by partying like it's 2016!
109 min
43
600, part one: MMVI
Commemorating the 600th episode of this podcast, Chris Acciardi and Jack Gill travel back in time to the year 2006!
103 min
44
(From the Vault) 500: A Long Strange Trip
From May 2021 - The 500th episode of this podcast! It’s a full house for this one – Acc, Jack, Kate, Mike, and Nate!
94 min
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599: Boom, Blast and Ruin
Jack Gill and Mike Tarara chat about home explosions, conspiracy theories, and Darwinism!
90 min
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598: Go(mas) Insane
Chris Acciardi, Jack Gill, and Nate Fillers discuss their nether regions, awkward corporate training videos, airplane freak outs, video games, and more!
106 min
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597: I Remember the Alamo
Jack, Mike, and Becky mourn recently-passed celebrities, and discuss Mr. Beast and social media meltdowns. Also, a conversation with Molly Johannes from HuggingTheCactus.com!
139 min
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596: Holiday in Pyongyang
In this installment of The Acc and Jack Show, Chris Acciardi and Jack Gill discuss James Cameron's thoughts on AI, Travis King's trip into North Korea, Yeonmi Park's alternative facts, and more!
92 min
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595: Recapping RHONY S14E1
Jack Gill and David Baxter (host of Friends of the Countess, and 12 Months of Christmas on Solid Listen) recap the first episode of the Real Housewives of New York reboot.
164 min
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594: Remember ALF? He's Back... in Pog Form!
Hardly Focused interviews science communicator and zoologist Lindsay Nikole! Elsewhere in this episode, Mike, Nate, and Jack discuss Barbie, Oppenheimer, the new social media outlets, and maroons gone viral.
160 min