434 - The Last One

• Ward and Eric discuss:
  
• Did TGI Fridays ever launch their take out and delivery focused program Fridays on the Fly? All signs point towards no.
• It's the last podcast episode. Time to move on.
• Favorite episodes
  

433 - The Podcast is a Changing

• Ward discusses:
  
• Changes to the podcast
• Who is the audience?
• The problem with solo episodes
  
• Consistency for the sake
  

432 - Capital and Isms

• Ward discusses:
  
• Sports Illustrated laid off the entire staff, that's after earlier this year it was revealed a number of articles were written by AI
• Fraud in academic research
  

431 - Gran Turismo Commercial

• Eric and Ward discuss:
  
• Updates from last week
• Gran Turismo movie is a commercial that works
• Wreckfest
• Hogwarts Legacy
• Fortnite
  
• Spider-Man 2
• Eric’s car audio business

430 - Reflections

• Eric and Ward discuss:
  
• Podcast and YouTube channel ideas
• Reflections on last year
• Ideas for this year

429 - Fails, Fords, and Future

• Ward discusses:
  
• Flat pack project fail
• Got a Ford F150
• Air compressor air dryer loop
• Dremel oscillating tool dies
• Actually sold something on Facebook marketplace

428 - Best & Worst Movies and TV

• Ward discusses:
  
• His best & worst movies and TV seasons of the year
• Memento
• Hero
• The Prestige
• Almost Famous
• Everything Everywhere All at Once
• The Green Mile
• Cast Away
• 30 Days of Night
• A History of Violence
• A Ghost Story
• Tár
• Pulp Fiction
• Notting Hill
• Se7en
• Barbie
• Brief Encounter
• Bloodshot
• Gray Matter
  
• The Current War
• The Last of Us
• Friday Night Lights
• Better Call Saul
• Jury Duty
• Succession
• The Bear
• The Wonder Years
• What We Do in the Shadows
• Band of Brothers
• The Fall of the House of Usher
• The West Wing
• Scavengers Reign
  

427 - How to Measure a Year?

• Ward discusses:
  
• How to measure the year
• Movie or tv reviews
• 8 novels read
• Youtube video every week
• 3 cars repaired
• Ran a 5k
• Wrote 3 screenplay
• One awesome Halloween costume
• 8' tall sheet metal Sasquatch, 50s era cabinet restoration, charging station, 60 Christmas ornaments
• Plenty of unfinished projects
  

426 - What is a Man?

• Ward and Eric discuss:
  
• What does it mean to be a man?
• Love Actually (2003)
  
• Yellowstone (2018-2024)
  

425 - Can't Be Selfless

• Ward and Eric discuss:
  
• Ward's Christmas ornament project and wood turning
• Can a project be selfless?
• The Vanishing (1993)
  
• NaNoWrimo
• Playstation loophole
  
• Youtube comments
  

424 - Pay Off

• Ward discusses:
  
• NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) is complete. 9 years in a row, 11 total years. 18 screenplays, 5 novels
• I've read 7 books
• The Fall of the House of Usher
• Christmas project

423 - 5K Run to the Future

• Ward discusses:
  
• Running a 5k and the lack of preparation
  
• Nanowrimo ups, downs, and inbetweens
  
• Facebook Marketplace ranting and grandma
  

422 - Art or Paycheck

• Ward and Eric discuss:
  
• Stallones
• Hanks
• Howards
• Perform for the art or the money
  
• Actors
• Movies

421 - Generation Defining

• Ward and Eric discuss:
  
• Nanowrimo
• Time travel
• Movies that define a generation
  

420 - Halloweenowrimo

• Ward discusses:
  
• Grim Reaper Halloween costume
• Texas Rangers win the World Series
• Nanowrimo

419 - Almost 500

• Ward and Eric discuss:
• Eric's company
• Facebook
• Reaper costume
• No longer precious about Halloween costumes
  
• The trip that could have been
  

418 - Tuesdays to Go

• Ward and Eric discuss:
• Weekday related restaurants
• Branded podcast opportunities
• Domain names and sales
• Reaper costume
• Nanowrimo
• Broken toe

417 - This is an Ad, Only an Ad

• Ward and Eric discuss:
• Extended TGI Fridays Ad
  
• DMV, not as painful as expected
• Mystery amazon delivery
• Milwaukee
• Trivia

416 - Made in America Antique

• Ward and Eric discuss:
• Rocking chair hijinks
  
• Ward is clearing out for Halloween. Honda Pilot is done. Sonata is on the road, though definitely not done
• Reaper costume
• Netflix DVD's no more
• Youtube channel subscribers
• Where do you CNC
  
  

415 - Grim Reaper Kind of Halloween

• Ward discusses:
• Sonata project got sidelined, thinking the wrecked bumpers will get put back temporarily
• October marks the start of Halloween costuming
• This year: the grim reaper
• An original design with a huge scythe
• Ward's previous costume highlights