
Backroads & Bonfires
Hosted by Adam and Burk and Ped and Ryan · Adam Pedersen & Friends
5.0from 76 ratings
- 294
- Episodes
- 20
- Transcribed
- 76
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2021
- First episode
About Backroads & Bonfires
When it comes to the Midwest, there's no better place to have a conversation than Backroads & Bonfires. You're invited to ride shotgun with host Adam Pedersen and a collection of his friends as they discuss life in the Midwest, food, humorous stories from their past, 90’s pop culture and so much more. So put on your Tommy Hilfiger jeans, grab your favorite Náutica tee, toss on your Jansport backpack and transport yourself back to the good ole days.
- Publisher
- Adam Pedersen & Friends
- Category
- comedy
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 22 Mar 2021
- Latest episode
- 4 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
20 of 294 episodes have a transcript.

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Taylor Swift & Store Rewards Programs: STOCK DOWN
Published 4 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] And they end up. He's out by a mile. Yeah, he was out by a mile. They end up at the end saying, let's meet back here in one year and let's not exchange numbers. Wow. And it was really cool. That's crazy. Well, it was like, oh yeah, this was life before like, give me your snap or I'll follow you on Instagram. They could have given a name and address, but they just said, no, let's leave it to chance a little bit. We'll meet back in a year. And then there's two more movies in the series. They made them, but they're all like years apart. Yeah. There's Before Sunrise, Before Sunset. And Before Midnight, I think the third one's called. […]
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- Big E
- Jared
- Glizzy
- Lisa
- Elizabeth Peterson
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.9 / 5
- 31 ratings
- Spotify
- 5.0 / 5
- 45 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 58 / 100
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- Quality
- 96
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 51
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Adam and Burk and Ped and Ryan host the show. Published by Adam Pedersen & Friends.
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