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.
It's a mental health installment of Hardly Focused! Jack is an angry man, and is seeking help. A lifelong client himself, Nate educates Jack on cognitive behavioral therapy, and how he might benefit from it.
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27 Sept 2026
745: If You See Something, Say Something
Jack and Becky have an existential crisis over being elder millennials attending rock and/or roll concerts. As they observe, Olivia Rodrigo's crowd consists of the mothers chaperoning their kids while yearning to be at a Taking Back Sunday show, while Taking Back Sunday's audience should consider scheduling their colonoscopies. Getting old is fun!
Also discussed in this episode of Hardly Focused:
Damaging the family car as a teenage driver is a rite of passage.
Old Fall Out Boy is better than new Fall Out Boy - with the exception of (So) Much for Stardust which sounds like old Fall Out Boy.
How are people aging differently these days?
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19 Sept 2026
744: Say What?
Artificial intelligence continues to take over pretty much everything, but not without the occasional hiccup. Jack and Becky discuss the "actress" Tilly Norwood, an English AI model that glitches out mid-interview with Piers Morgan and begins to speak Chinese. Really though, is an AI glitch necessary to make Piers Morgan look bad?
Also discussed in this episode of Hardly Focused:
Local restaurants should not use AI for menus and advertising.
Celebrating heart disease and diabetes on National Cheeseburger Day!
The 25th anniversary of the September 11 attacks.
An NBC Los Angeles helicopter crashes during a live broadcast.
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Reach and audience
Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.
YouTube views
214,178
Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
Apple Podcasts (US)
4.2 / 5
5 ratings
Spotify
5.0 / 5
10 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 81 / 100
A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.
Quality
95
Social presence
0
YouTube
82
Engagement
85
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