On this week’s distressingly competent episode of Fanboys, the boys discover the platonic ideal of “indie,” welcome their uncle back to the show, and snoop in someone’s diary. Since you’re a patron, you also get to hear them fight giant insects with some Indian punks and grind their tee...
2020-02-04 09:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi Ho Paisanos! Mark and Jeremy are joined by What A Cartoon! and Talking Simpsons cohosts Bob Mackey and Henry Gilbert to discuss this week’s episode, which finds Mario becoming The Lone Ranger for no discernible reason before rescuing his friends from Billy the Koopa. In &nb...
2020-02-03 20:05:38 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's your ad free episode of The Hard Times Podcast. Kelen Capener of The Story So Far joins Matt and Bill to talk Mike Judge, first kisses, Mormonism, and getting corrupted for life by the Offspring. And so much Bay Area talk.
2020-01-30 09:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Description-The Pitch Group podcast is joined by filmmaker and editor, Rob Steinberg. Check out Stobreinber.com for more of Rob’s work and Please subscribe to TPG podcast on iTunes, Spotify, etc. & consider becoming a patron of our podcast network at 2020-01-29 10:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
On this week’s episode of Fanboys, the guys make one last desperate attempt to get fired by roasting their fellow Hard Times contributors. Here’s hoping it works - it would save me having to type this shit up every week. Since you’re a Patron, you get to hear the Fanboys endanger their care...
2020-01-28 09:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Soooooo the only way you can find this week’s live action episode is either in extremely poor quality, or in German. So Mark and Jeremy are stuck between a rock and a schwer place (that’s German for “hard,” I googled it). As best as they can tell, Mario and Luigi find a treasure map in th...
2020-01-27 09:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's your ad free episode of The Hard Times Podcast! Patrick Kindlon from Drug Church joins Matt and Bill in our longest episode to date. So long I didn’t have time to write a full intro but they talk a lot about the Bay Area vs LA.
2020-01-23 09:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
The Pitch Group podcast is joined by family man and suburban punk, Steve Esparra. Check out SteveEsparra.com for more of Steve’s work and Please subscribe to TPG podcast on iTunes, Spotify, etc. & consider becoming a patron of our podcast network at 2020-01-22 10:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
On this week’s descriptive and adjectival episode of Fanboys, the boys fire their bassist, give the scoop on incest, and go on a shoegaze bender. We regret to inform you, however, that Ty and Diego somehow managed to sneak some harmonicas into the studio, and that becomes a problem. But don’t...
2020-01-21 09:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
An episode so good, they made a typo in the title! In today’s very ambitious episode of The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!, Mark and Jeremy get an origin story about Mario and Luigi’s formative years in Basic Draining under the tutelage of Drain Sergeant Kooperman. It’s just like the army. N...
2020-01-20 20:54:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's your ad free episode of The Hard Times Podcast. Sammy Siegler from many, many, many, many bands joins Matt and Bill to talk about audio mishaps, Santa Clause throwing Chicken Nuggets, touring with Hare Krishna gurus, being in Limp Biscuit for a moment, and seeing GG Allin once.
2020-01-16 10:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Self-Proclaimed nerd writer Shea Strauss joins the Pitch Group podcast to talk writing for multiple places, feeling like a poseur and Shadow Pat! Please subscribe to the podcast on iTunes, Spotify, etc.
2020-01-15 09:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
On this week’s upscaled and antialiased episode of Fanboys, the guys hold gamers accountable for their many crimes by roasting their fellow Hard Drive contributors. We here at The Hard Times would like to state for the record that we consider video games to be shameful and evil, and we’re hap...
2020-01-14 17:19:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Hard Drive editor Kevin Flynn joins Mark and Jeremy to talk about today’s adventure to Sockhop Land, where Koopa the Kool kidnaps Princess Toadstool in an attempt to get her to go steady with him. This, of course, means that Mario and Luigi have to put Elvis’ living, talking shoes onto his fe...
2020-01-13 19:23:09 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's your ad free episode of The Hard Times Podcast! Tim Kasher, frontman of Cursive, joins Matt and Bill today talk Tom Petty, screenwriting and then we bully Tim for going on Jonah Ray’s podcast. Catch Cursive on tour starting next week 2020-01-09 09:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Jonah Nink is taking a break from all of the many things that fill his time! We discuss his multiple bands, his time on college radio and of course, hard times. Please subscribe to the podcast on iTunes, Spotify, etc.
2020-01-09 01:01:13 +0000 UTC View Post
On this week’s trippy and horny episode of Fanboys, the boys dunk on Hulk Hogan, drop acid while watching the news, and do some good old-fashioned self-diagnosis. They also do a whole ton of shouting. Like, we get it, you’re happy to be back, but just… fucking cool it, guys. Whatever. Onto ...
2020-01-07 09:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
We took a break from watching The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! to answer your questions about all sorts of shit! We cover many, many questions about which Mario characters we would like to fuck the most, who we would cast as who, how our lives are going, and more. Plus, we play the legendary cli...
2020-01-06 18:06:07 +0000 UTC View Post
It’s the first episode of 2020 and to celebrate Matt and Bill brought instead they read their favorite headlines of the year, then play a game of traffic golf to see where our readers are from and tell a very funny story about a vegan cake. They also talk about countries and get so many things ...
2020-01-02 10:26:26 +0000 UTC View Post
Pat is pulling double duty for this episode of the Pitch Group Podcast. Find out Pat’s history in bands, comedy, podcasts & the Hard Times!! Please subscribe to the podcast on iTunes, Spotify, etc.
2020-01-01 09:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
On this week’s long-delayed episode of Fanboys, the guys celebrate Edgar’s horrific and untimely death by roasting their fellow Hard Times contributors. On a real note, big thanks to everyone who reached out to wish Edgar a speedy recovery. We missed our chance to send him to an early grave t...
2019-12-31 09:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Today’s animated segment takes place in the Wild Wild West (neither the show nor the movie) and Mark and Jeremy agree that it is an episode of television in which things happen. In the live action segment, Luigi gets zonked on the fuckin’ head and wakes up thinking he’s a game show host. It...
2019-12-31 04:05:20 +0000 UTC View Post
Filmmaker Scott Crawford calls into the show to talk about Ian Mackaye’s secret diet, classify different skinheads and his newest film about Creem magazine.
2019-12-26 09:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Poet and self-proclaimed “indoor kid” James Knapp joins the show in person, live! Please enjoy hearing Eric make eye contact for the first time as James tells us about finding and joking the Hard Times. Please subscribe to the podcast on iTunes, Spotify, etc.
2019-12-25 09:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostHello everyone, we here at The Hard Times/Hard Drive hope you are having a wonderful time pretending to enjoy the company of your family. For all you $10 Patrons here is the updated list of headlines to pose. If you see something you like you can claim it by emailing bill@thehardtimes.net for a H...
2019-12-24 20:37:48 +0000 UTC View Post
Mario and the gang head to Caveman Land in search for Mugga the Medicine Woman and Mario straight up dies in the first five minutes. Luigi then embarks on a Quest for Pizza that involves one of the show's most disgustingly horny moments yet when he has to milk a giant cow dinosaur, who is wearing...
2019-12-23 08:15:47 +0000 UTC View Post
Drummer and Photographer extraordinaire Matt Kadi of Monster Squad joins Matt and Bill on today’s episode! And you already know it’s chock full of Bay Area talk.
2019-12-19 10:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Patrick Crooks joins the show today to talk Hard Times, music and why Trapt can’t even GIVE their tickets away! Please subscribe to the podcast on iTunes, Spotify, etc.
2019-12-18 21:53:31 +0000 UTC View Post
On this week’s Fanboys, Edgar is still off dying somewhere, so it’s a best-of episode! The boys shout out to their favorite punk-rock primary schooler, star in an anime, and climb the ladder of pigs. Also, the guys want to give a big shout-out to all of you for supporting The Hard Times’ Pa...
2019-12-17 10:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
In today’s Legend of Zelda cartoon, Link and Zelda meet, and I’m sorry that I’m not joking about this, a shady merchant named Sleezenose. In the shock of the century, the sword that Sleezenose trades Link (the one that he says will make girls want to kiss him) turns out to be a big ol’ ph...
2019-12-16 08:03:13 +0000 UTC View Post