PUDs Podcast

Nick is super-tan and back from a 5th wedding anniversary trip in Southern California! Josh debates what to do with poison ivy, coaches tee-ball, the Tiverton Bucket Golf Invitational, and (perhaps) sacrifices his youngest to a giant backyard snake! Nick gives the scoop on where he stayed, ate, drank, visited, and hiked in San Diego on the first installment of "Nick Goes West"! All this plus a "bear-y" interesting hyperthetical on this week's episode of the PUDs Podcast! Nick's Music Moment: Californication - Red Hot Chili Peppers - 1999 Josh's Jazzy Music Moment: Austin - Post Malone - 2023 Facebook: PUDs Podcast Instagram: @pudspodcast Twitter: @pudspodcast Email: pudspod@outlook.com Recorded and Produced in Black Cat Studios by the PUD Boys

We did it! We finally had our first remote guest! Tony, AKA Dad Abrantes, AKA the leader of the Ferocious Foursome, joins Nick and Josh to discuss being Portuguese, how he got the boys into golf, meeting Aerosmith, and how he beat Josh in Nick's bracket pool! Nick gets ready to head to California, Josh is wearing a melting teenage mutant ninja turtle, wascally wabbits, and Seinfeld crashes the intro on this technically challenging episode of the PUDs Podcast! Nick's Music Moment: Dark Matter - Pearl Jam - 2024 Facebook: PUDs Podcast Instagram: @pudspodcast Twitter: @pudspodcast Email: pudspod@outlook.com Recorded and Produced in Black Cat Studios by the PUD Boys

Coming off the heels of the eclipse, Nick and Josh are struggling with some technical issues but persevere because the pod must go on! Nick sounds like Mickey Mouse, Josh is Australian, Nick tackles some "local" hikes including The Cliff Walk in Newport, what Josh would do if he had to face his nemesis on the moon, and tunnels in unexpected places, as we sashay through this next episode of the PUDs Podcast! Nick's Music Moment: Pratts & Pain - Royel Otis - 2024 Josh's Jazzy Music Moment: MF DOOM Facebook: PUDs Podcast Instagram: @pudspodcast Twitter: @pudspodcast Email: pudspod@outlook.com Recorded and Produced in Black Cat Studios by the PUD Boys

It's officially been a year since the first PUDs Podcast has been released and it's time to kick off our second season! Josh is angry about rain-induced traffic, the PUDs Podcast is now a "ranked" hiking podcast, and with the winter solstice just past Nick recaps all his hikes over the 2023-2024 calendar winter. From the White Mountains of New Hampshire to the High Peaks of the Adirondacks in New York, Nick has been busy making progress on his winter peak-bagging lists! Josh continues to chip away at the weight, March Madness is in full swing, and Nick kicks Josh in the ribs on this holy-crap-we've-been-at-this-for-year second season debut episode of the PUDs Podcast! Nick's Music Moment Pick: the album - boygenius Josh's Jazzy Music Moment Bonus Pick: Check out Nick on YouTube and/or Instagram @nickhikesandplaysguitar (thanks Josh!) Facebook: PUDs Podcast Instagram: @pudspodcast Twitter: @pudspodcast Email: pudspod@outlook.com Recorded and Produced in Black Cat Studios by the PUD Boys

We are the podcast of Pointless-Up-and-Downs, and this week we dive into one of the bigger "downs" that Josh and Nick have unfortunately both already experienced in their lives, losing their Dads. An episode with a somber middle and some cheery ends like a nice PUDs-wich; Josh chats about an awkward trip to the dermatologist, Nick scoops some poop out of a bathtub, the boys recall the toughest thing they have ever gone through, and what would you be willing to let a heavily discounted painter do in your house(?), on this unusually deep and humanly episode of the PUDs Podcast! Nick's Music Moment Picks for Episode 31: End of Beginning - Djo - Decide - 2022 Guest Room - The National - Boxer - 2007 Believe - Elliot - Song in the Air - 2003 Mandolin Rain - Bruce Hornsby & The Range -The Way It Is - 1986 Megalomaniac - Incubus - A Crow Left of the Murder - 2004 Josh's Jazzy Music Moment Bonus Pick for Episode 31: Bill Withers Facebook: PUDs Podcast Instagram: @pudspodcast Twitter: @pudspodcast Email: pudspod@outlook.com Recorded and Produced in Black Cat Studios by the PUD Boys

Josh is back and you'll be happy to know his swagger is unswayed!!! Josh talks on what it's like being a Dad for the second time and Nick is happy to be 25% a godparent! The boys catchup on what's been happening with Josh, how Greta Van Fleet is awesome, get serious around some pressures with new Moms, and the reality of the comfort of hospital couches on this special-we've-almost-been-at-this-for-a-year-30th episode of the PUDs Podcast!!! Nick's Music Moment Picks for Episode 30: Dark Matter - Pearl Jam - Dark Matter - 2024 Only in December - Gypsy and the Cat - The Late Blue - 2012 No More Time - Flor - Come Out You're Hiding - 2017 After the Gold Rush - Neil Young - After the Gold Rush - 1970 Obstacle 1 - Interpol - Turn on the Bright Lights - 2002 Josh's Jazzy Music Moment Bonus Pick for Episode 30: Greta Van Fleet Facebook: PUDs Podcast Instagram: @pudspodcast Twitter: @pudspodcast Email: pudspod@outlook.com Recorded and Produced in Black Cat Studios by the PUD Boys

Ash and Nick just got back from a trip to the High Peaks Region of the Adirondacks, their new favorite place to explore nature outside of their "home"-hiking-turf of New Hampshire! Pull up an Adirondack chair to listen in as they once again fly "Josh-less" and talk about everything ADK, including where to stay, where to eat, a day on the slopes at Whiteface, a journey through Avalanche Pass in an attempt to bag Mount Colden, a loop hike of Snow Mountain and Rooster Comb, and just about everything you need to know for a winter trip up to the High Peaks! Facebook: PUDs Podcast Instagram: @pudspodcast Twitter: @pudspodcast Email: pudspod@outlook.com Recorded and Produced in Black Cat Studios by the PUD Boys

With Josh absent to become a Dad for the second time, Nick and Ash finally get down to it (after chatting about doing it for the last month or so) with a rather sizable SPUDs on winter hiking in the White Mountains of New Hampshire! The dynamic hiking duo dive into their own experience winter hiking in the Whites and beyond; covering gear, layering, what's in their packs, traction, and much more on this jam-packed episode of the PUDs Podcast! If you've been wanting to try winter hiking (really anywhere for that matter, not just the Northeast) then you've come to the right place! Nick's choice gear: Osprey Talon 33L Men's Hiking Backpack with Hipbelt Arc'teryx Beta AR Men's Jacket REI Co-op Men's 650 Down Hoodie Arc'teryx Atom Men's Vest Smartwool Men's Classic Thermal Merino Crew Base Layer Top REI Co-op Men's Activator 3.0 Pants KEEN Men's Revel IV High Polar Boots Hillsound Super Armadillo Gaiters Glade Mesa Goggles Serius Magnemask Combo Balaclava Black Diamond Men's Glissade Mittens Ash's choice gear: Osprey Kestrel Men's 38L Hiking Backpack Patagonia Women's Dual Aspect Jacket Patagonia Women's R1 Air Full-Zip Hoodie Smartwool Women's Classic Thermal Merino Crew Base Layer Top Smartwool Women's Intraknit Thermal Merino Base Layer Bottoms Oboz Women's Bridger 9" Insulated Waterproof Boots REI Co-op Backpacker Gaiters Glade Adapt 2 Goggles Smartwool Merino 250 Balaclava DAKINE Women's Sequoia GORE-TEX Mittens Traction: Kahtoola MICROspikes Hillsound Trail Crampons Kahtoola K 10 Hiking Crampons MSR Lightning Ascent Snowshoes MSR Evo Ascent Snowshoes Note: we are not sponsored by and/or formally associated with any of the above brands, it's just what worked well for us in our experiences out in the mountains so far. Stay safe out there folks, and enjoy! Facebook: PUDs Podcast Instagram: @pudspodcast Twitter: @pudspodcast Email: pudspod@outlook.com Recorded and Produced in Black Cat Studios by the PUD Boys

The boys are sipping on some nice carbonated beverages and Josh is in the final days before his new daughter arrives! Nick is ready to commandeer this podcast talking about his hike of Madison and Adams last weekend, how to pronounce Metallica, Josh dives into his ongoing journey with weight loss, people who run without headphones are crazy, (best) friend of the podcast Adam doesn't like to talk to Josh while lifting weights, and many more tidbits on this it's-just-about-February-and-not-January episode of the PUDs Podcast! Nick's Music Moment Picks for Episode 27: Reese - Big Red Machine - How Long Do You Think This is Gonna Last Wall of Eyes (album) - The Smile In Fear and Faith - Circa Survive - Juturna Not My Baby - Alvvays - Antisocialites Miro - Finch - Say Hello to Sunshine Josh's Jazzy Music Moment Bonus Pick for Episode 27: Master of Puppets - Metallica - Master of Puppets Facebook: PUDs Podcast Instagram: @pudspodcast Twitter: @pudspodcast Email: pudspod@outlook.com Recorded and Produced in Black Cat Studios by the PUD Boys

Josh dons his interviewer persona as Nick reviews what he's been up to in the White Mountains of New Hampshire since Josh's "Christmas Party"! Take off your pack, brush off the snow, and find someplace cozy, as Josh chats with Nick about his last calendar-Fall hike up to Tom, Field and Willey, kicking off calendar-Winter with a hike of Franconia Ridge, The Kinsmans, Cannon, Owl's Head, and all about "Gourds in the woods" on this icy-not-so-much-of-a-SPUDs-as-it-is-a-full-PUDs episode of the PUDs Podcast! Facebook: PUDs Podcast Instagram: @pudspodcast Twitter: @pudspodcast Email: pudspod@outlook.com Recorded and Produced in Black Cat Studios by the PUD Boys

Technical issues be damned! After a botched recording the week previous Josh and Nick are (finally!) back and ready for 2024! The New England Patriots lose their longtime coach, favorite drummers, greased pigs, Nick's wifi connection keeps dying while Josh almost dies in the 93 tunnel in Boston, early PUDs-cations, and why Josh is now recording from his basement on this New Year's episode of the PUDs Podcast!!! Nick's Music Moment Picks for Episode 25: Fast to the End - Thursday - No Devolucion Pride (In the Name of Love) - U2 - The Unforgettable Fire Digital Sea - Thrice - The Alchemy Index Vols. 1 & 2, Fire & Water Loving You - Cannons - Heartbeat Highway Crawl - Kings of Leon - Only by the Night Josh's Jazzy Music Moment Bonus Pick for Episode 25: Check out Chad Smith on Drumeo Facebook: PUDs Podcast Instagram: @pudspodcast Twitter: @pudspodcast Email: pudspod@outlook.com Recorded and Produced in Black Cat Studios by the PUD Boys

Nick and Josh sit down with Christmas just days away to discuss their favorite Christmas movies! Grab some milk and cookies as the boys run through the movies that make them jolly this time of year on this Christmas Eve SPUDs of the PUDs Podcast! Facebook: PUDs Podcast Instagram: @pudspodcast Twitter: @pudspodcast Email: pudspod@outlook.com Recorded and Produced in Black Cat Studios by the PUD Boys

Christmas is almost here and the boys are getting a little festive! Josh and Nick play some holiday themed "this and that", Josh breaks down his favorite Christmas songs by decade, Nick reviews his favorite Christmas albums, and Nick doesn't like Ariana Grande in this slightly pine-scented episode of the PUDs Podcast!!! Josh Christmas Song Picks: Mele Kalikimaka - Bing Crosby - 1950 It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas - Bing Crosby - 1951 Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas - Frank Sinatra - 1947 Santa Baby - Eartha Kitt - 1953 (Everybody's Waitin' For) The Man With The Bag - Kay Starr - 1950 Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas - Frank Sinatra 1947 Frosty the Snowman - Bing Crosby - 1951 You're a Mean One Mister Grinch - Thurl Ravenscroft - 1966 Most Wonderful Time of the Year - Andy Williams - 1963 Little Drummer Boy/Peace on Earth - Bing Crosby & David Bowie - 1977 It's the Holiday Season - Andy Williams - 1963 I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Clause - The Jackson 5 - 1970 Little Saint Nick - Beach Boys - 1964 Wonderful Christmas Time - Paul McCartney - 1979 Father Christmas - The Kinks - 1977 Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) - Darlene Love - 1963 Back Door Santa - Clarence Carter - 1968 Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer - Temptations - 1968 Happy Xmas (War Is Over) - John Lennon & Yoko Ono - 1971 Santa Claus is Coming to Town - Jackson 5 - 1970 Please Come Home For Christmas - Charles Brown - 1960 This Christmas - Donny Hathaway - 1970 The Christmas Song - Nat King Cole - 1962 Carol of the Bells - Trans-Siberian Orchestra - 1995 Carol of the Bells - Home Alone: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack - 1990 Last Christmas - Wham - 1986 Do They Know it's Christmas - Band Aid - 1984 Christmas Vacation - Mavis Staples - 1989 All I Want for Christmas is You - Mariah Carey - 1994 Merry Christmas - NSYNC - 1993 Joy to the World - Whitney Houston - 1996 Sleigh Ride - TLC - 1992 Santa Clause is Coming to Town - Bruce Springsteen - 1985 Chanukah Song - Adam Sandler - 1995 Christmas in Hollis - Run-D.M.C. - 1987 Underneath the Tree - Kelly Clarkson - 2013 Santa Tell Me - Ariana Grande - 2014 Mary Did You Know - Pentatonix - 2014 Baby its Cold Outside - Brett Trainor & Meghan Trainor - 2016 Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer - DMX - 2021 Nick Christmas Album Picks: A Charlie Brown Christmas - Vince Guaraldi Trio The Christmas Song - Nat King Cole The Christmas Music of Johnny Mathis : A Personal Collection - Johnny Mathis Heart Presents A Love Mongers' Christmas - Heart Christmas Classics - Bing Crosby Christmas Songs Vol. 1 - Manchester Orchestra The Essential Winter's Solstice - Windham Hill James Taylor at Christmas - James Taylor A Very Special Christmas - Various Artists Dr Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (Original TV Soundtrack) - Boris Karloff, Thurl Ravenscroft, MGM Studio Orchestra & MGM Studio Chorus The Jethro Tull Christmas Album - Jethro Tull Facebook: PUDs Podcast Instagram: @pudspodcast Twitter: @pudspodcast Email: pudspod@outlook.com Recorded and Produced in Black Cat Studios by the PUD Boys

It's "Wear-Your-Hood-Wednesday"...or wait is it Thursday?! Favorite meals before we get canceled, very realistic looking Santas, Nick recaps his recent post-Thanksgiving hike up Middle Sister for #48 of his New Hampshire 52 with a View, and revisiting the beautiful and majestic Mount Chocorua, on this little SPUDs-y SPUD, of the PUDs Podcast! Facebook: PUDs Podcast Instagram: @pudspodcast Twitter: @pudspodcast Email: pudspod@outlook.com Recorded and Produced in Black Cat Studios by the PUD Boys

Nick waits way too long to get his Thanksgiving turkey, Josh sees Billy-B & The Buzzards, the boys' comedy favorites, and Josh should sell Christmas trees on this post-food-coma episode of the PUDs Podcast! Nick's Music Moment Picks for Episode 21: Merry Christmas Baby - Bruce Springsteen & The E-Street Band - A Very Special Christmas Do You Hear What I Hear - Whitney Houston - A Very Special Christmas Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) - U2 - A Very Special Christmas Silent Night - Stevie Nicks - A Very Special Christmas Winter Wonderland - Eurythmics - A Very Special Christmas Josh's Jazzy Music Moment Bonus Pick for Episode 21: André 3000 - New Blue Sun (album) Facebook: PUDs Podcast Instagram: @pudspodcast Twitter: @pudspodcast Email: pudspod@outlook.com Recorded and Produced in Black Cat Studios by the PUD Boys

Thanksgiving is right around the corner! Josh and Nick discuss Thanksgiving traditions, turkey cooking methods, consuming too many apple based products, and how long is it appropriate to let your child wear a Santa Hat, on this fresh-out-of-the-oven episode of the PUDs Podcast! Facebook: PUDs Podcast Instagram: @pudspodcast Twitter: @pudspodcast Email: pudspod@outlook.com Recorded and Produced in Black Cat Studios by the PUD Boys

Nick's cat Moose turns into a Velociraptor at the vet, sometimes Halloween decorations can be a bit much, winter is here in the Whites, running a 5K with SLASR and the "Full Conditions" event at Reklis, Josh has a narwhal, an overview about brewing beer, and more shenanigans on this slightly-frosted episode of the PUDs Podcast! Nick's Music Moment Picks for Episode 19: The Runners - The Naked and Famous - Simple Forms Everything in its Right Place - Radiohead - Kid A Phenomena - Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Show Your Bones Love - The Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness In Your Eyes - Peter Gabriel - So Josh's Jazzy Music Moment Bonus Pick for Episode 19: Now and Then - The Beatles (single) Facebook: PUDs Podcast Instagram: @pudspodcast Twitter: @pudspodcast Email: pudspod@outlook.com Recorded and Produced in Black Cat Studios by the PUD Boys

Josh and Nick are thirsty for some autumn goodness, and what better beverage to quench their thirsty-internal-leaf-peeping-selves than a myriad of pumpkin beers! The boys sit down, taste, guess, and review 8 brews using the famous gourd, all whilst recalling some spooky and unexplainable stories! Episode 18 Brews: Samuel Adams - Jack-O Pumpkin Ale 603 - Toasted Pumpkin Ale Wormtown - Fresh Patch Pumpkin Ale Reklis - Jack A Roe Pumpkin Ale Southern Tier - Pumpking Imperial Ale Greater Good - Giant Pumpkin Imperial Ale Dogfish Head - Punk'n Ale Mighty Squirrel - Gourdgeous Pumpkin Ale Facebook: PUDs Podcast Instagram: @pudspodcast Twitter: @pudspodcast Email: pudspod@outlook.com Recorded and Produced in Black Cat Studios by the PUD Boys

Halloween is just around the corner and Ash, Josh, and Nick are getting in the spirit by compiling and reviewing their favorite spooky, scary, and haunting movies! Find out what movies we all love to watch during the season of All Hallows' Eve, the ones we could do without, and those that didn't quite make the cut, on this cinematographic episode of the PUDs Podcast! Nick's Music Moment Picks for Episode 17: Nothing Matters - The Last Dinner Party - Nothing Matters Single Honey (Are U Coming?) - Maneskin - Honey (Are U Coming?) Single Never Say Die - Churches - Love Is Dead Losing My Religion - R.E.M. - Out of Time When You Were Young - The Killers - Sam's Town Josh's Jazzy Music Moment Bonus Pick for Episode 17: One Last Breath - Creed - Weathered Facebook: PUDs Podcast Instagram: @pudspodcast Twitter: @pudspodcast Email: pudspod@outlook.com Recorded and Produced in Black Cat Studios by the PUD Boys

Same PUDs, fresh intro, and Josh is trying new things! Grab a few Reese's pumpkins and get comfy as the boys recap their trips to New Hampshire! Josh has a great time hiking the Boulder Loop Trail in Albany, Nick lugs more rocks for his scree wall and bags Madison and Adams, Magalloway is almost in Canada, what the hell are the Celtics doing, and what's up with those Patriots, on this crunchy-like-an-orange-maple-leaf episode of the PUDs Podcast! Donate to Nick's Tay's Summit Challenge: https://runsignup.com/scoutmasternick/Donate Nick's Music Moment Picks for Episode 16: Heavy Heart - Bartees Strange - Farm to Table Alesund - Sun Kil Moon - Admiral Fell Promises Off He Goes - Pearl Jam - No Code Jonsies Gonesies - Poppy Jean Crawford - Jean Jeanie EP Afrika - Destellos - CLUBZ Josh's Jazzy Music Moment Bonus Pick for Episode 16: Reasons - Earth, Wind, & Fire - That's the Way of the World Facebook: PUDs Podcast Instagram: @pudspodcast Twitter: @pudspodcast Email: pudspod@outlook.com Recorded and Produced in Black Cat Studios by the PUD Boys