Good Guys To Know

Every once in a while, science news seems to walk a fine line between fantastic and fantasy. Em Drive, the topic of our latest podcast, is a recent example of exactly that! Em Drive (pronounced “M” drive) also known as RF resonant cavity thruster is a hypothetical propulsion mechanism designed in part for space travel.…

This episode we follow up on Chad’s challenge to read Zen Golf by talking about the book.  Zen Golf is one of our favorites.  I can personally confirm that it help drop at least 5 shots off of my game after reading and implementing some of the techniques.  Give it a read, or a listen....

This week we have an awesome interview with Perek’s sister-in-law Andrea on the great outdoors.  Andrea has an incredible resume with oodles of experience educating and living in the outdoors.  Summer, winter, up high, down low, she’s got a ton of awesome experiences that I wanted to share with the listeners. I asked Andrea to...

Hey everybody, this week chad gives us a rundown of some cool home automation tools and discusses the Internet of Things!  Very cool stuff.   I hope you like our homegrown songs and jingles, too!   Thanks for listening!

Hey everyone.  Any chance you want to save some money on your bills?  I thought so.  This week Mitch regurgitates an awesome article he read over at bakadesuyo.com.  The article is a cool interview with a hostage negotiator on some principles that you can apply to things like your cable subscription.  Mitch even recorded a...

This last month I paid $70.96 for cable alone. That doesn’t include phone or internet or fancy movie channels like HBO. Only cable. Through many conversations with friends, I know that I am not the only one with ever-growing contempt for cable companies. And like many of those friends, I am also getting ready to...

Geo isn’t here this episode.  Quick, let’s talk about babies!  That’s right, without Geo around the Good Guys are discussing becoming new dads this episode.  There is lots to consider, but one of the main struggles I had personally was the overwhelming amount of information out there that my wife and I had to sift...

  Measles Virus Highly communicable (9 out of 10 in same room will become infected) Airborn 10-14 day incubation period Fever (up to 104F or 40C), runny nose, sore throat, conjunctivitis, cough Eventually, rash that starts on the face and moves down. Koplik spots develop (small white spots on inside surface of cheek) Contagious 4...

As you know, my new years resolution is to drastically reduce the amount of “filler” words I use during the podcast. “um,” “like,” “uh,” “right” etc. So as per usual, instead of getting out there and practicing , I delved into some research to figure out both why we say Um/uh etc, and if there...

Hey everybody!  Well, another year is in the books.  This episode we break down all the awesome stuff we did in 2014 on the Good Guys To Know Podcast.  Find out who had the most challenge points.  Hear how we did on our year long challenges.  Hear our NEW year long challenges.  So much content,...

Happy new year everybody!  I hope you all have a long drive ahead of you in the near future, because gas prices are crazy low.  It’s all over the news and I can’t go 10 feet without overhearing someone talking about how awesome it is.  I decided to take a look into WHY the prices...

The flu season is upon us.  Listen up to learn about your enemies – bacteria and viruses, and how to conquer over them this season.  Geo shows you where to buy your Christmas tie, we review our egg challenge, and Mitch drops some retro tracks on the listeners in a shameless plug.  Enjoy!

I can confidently say that all of the Good Guys have made more than few trips to the casino. Whether those trips proved lucrative is up for debate. But what those experiences have taught us is that there are a number of tips that can help make your first (or 50th) trip to the casino...

  Most of the US is dealing with frigid temperatures, and everyone’s blaming the polar vortex. Educate yourself about the omega block, which is the true culprit!  See which Good Guy can accurately describe how soap works, check in on the apple-a-day challenge, find out why msn.com is a terrible home page, get Geo’s latest fashion advice,...

So we’ve had a few listener rumblings about what a good guy to know should know about babies – and we are starting to have some first-hand experience. My first kid is 2 months old now – Chad’s is almost one month – and Perek’s got one on the way.  So I would by no...