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America's Barley Basket

202 episodes - English - Latest episode: 4 days ago -

Comedians Nathan Fulsebakke and Marlin Wells have never seen The Simpsons. We're not sure how that happened, but documenting their journey through the show from the beginning seems like a good idea...

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Episodes

Episode 200

April 23, 2024 08:00 - 1 hour - 87.8 MB

Stretch out, limber up, and prepare your body for EPISODE 200! We did it! Your favorite boyz are discussing childhood injuries, Nathan's temper, and Marlin absolutely loses it about scotcheroos!

Episode 199

April 16, 2024 08:00 - 1 hour - 69 MB

Your boyz are shacked up in a Super 8 chattin' about sweatpants, chizzas, tall toilets, and cereal!

Episode 198

April 09, 2024 08:00 - 1 hour - 88 MB

Your favorite boyz are back and all the stars are here! Mel Brooks, Clancy Brown, and Ralph Nader all come up, plus Nathan has joined Team Flamin' Hot and Marlin has an exciting update to his corn dog rankings!

Episode 197

April 02, 2024 08:00 - 56 minutes - 51.3 MB

Your favorite boyz are runnin' late to hit the road but still made the time for YOU, our beautiful listeners! We're chattin' nu metal, Marlin's new blackjack habit, and Nathan's triumphant return to terrestrial college radio! Enjoy!

Episode 196

March 26, 2024 08:00 - 1 hour - 71.8 MB

This is a weird one! Your favorite boyz are chattin' about Green Arrow, massage mishaps, Marlin's sharing old strip club tales, and Nathan's feet are truly nightmarish! What more could you want on a Tuesday!

Episode 195

March 19, 2024 08:00 - 1 hour - 64.4 MB

LIVE from two motel beds in rural North Dakota, it's the America's Barley Basket Road Show! Your favorite boyz are out on the road slingin' jokes and they managed to fight off the bed bugs long enough to chat about Billy Zane, the dorkiest thing Marlin ever did, and the unknown struggles of the strongmen! Is there anything your boyz won't do for you??

Episode 194

March 12, 2024 08:00 - 1 hour - 68.5 MB

Your favorite boyz are joined by their favorite boy Chase Raeder this week! Listen to tales of Dwight Yoakam's terrifying fanbase, Chase's manure-based anxieties, and the best Shel Silverstein puns you'll hear all week, guaranteed! Let's hear it for the boyz!

Episode 193

March 05, 2024 09:00 - 1 hour - 82.6 MB

Your boyz are here to brighten your Tuesday with joyous discussions of barbecue festivals, Storage Wars, and sumo wrestling! Join your boyz!

Episode 192

February 27, 2024 09:00 - 53 minutes - 49.4 MB

Your favorite boyz are fartin' up a motel room, planning their dominant talent show acts and providing potato salad hot takes! 

Episode 191

February 20, 2024 09:00 - 1 hour - 61.7 MB

Your favorite boyz are fallin' apart but they manage to chitchat about the Super Bowl and The Usual (food, toilets, wrestling).

Episode 190

February 13, 2024 09:00 - 1 hour - 58.3 MB

Join your boyz for tales of party days long gone, Nathan's moral quandary, and Marlin's donut dilemma!

Episode 189

February 06, 2024 09:00 - 1 hour - 64.9 MB

Your boyz are comin' at you live from a nice li'l motel in rural Minnesota and they're chattin' about car meals, the Kia boys, and unfortunate country music remixes!

Episode 188

January 30, 2024 09:00 - 1 hour - 76.3 MB

Your favorite boyz are here to discuss the adult film industry and Batman before lamenting the lack of mischief in their adult lives and developing Marlin's objectively terrifying new drag queen act! 

Episode 187

January 23, 2024 09:00 - 1 hour - 68.3 MB

Nathan has a real humdinger of a tale to tell, and some amends to make with Mr. Dressup, before your boyz dive into this week's homework...the 1990 TV series Babes! Finally!

Episode 186

January 16, 2024 09:00 - 1 hour - 80.9 MB

Your boyz are really talkin' Arby's this week. Like, seriously. This episode should be sponsored by Arby's. Arby's, if you're listening, reach out. I dare you to find a more Arby's-friendly podcast out there. The fellas also discuss Nathan's sweatpants snafu, the Epstein list, and spitball ideas for their new TikTok channel! Join us! We have the meats!

Episode 185

January 09, 2024 09:00 - 1 hour - 64.1 MB

With no Simpsons, what'll the boyz even talk about?? Is it wresting? I bet it's wrestling.

The Best of America's Barley Basket Vol. II

January 02, 2024 09:00 - 1 hour - 63.9 MB

Your favorite boyz are here and have a gift for you! It's a new clip show! Celebrate the New Year with another stroll down memory lane! We've caught up to The Simpsons again, so let's take a moment to reflect. And if you wanna hear the whole episodes these clips are from, They're listed below: Episode 61: The Flying Boy Episode 119: Burly Boyz Home Design Episode 18: Knife Kids Episode 121: Chocolate Slut Episode 21: Swimming Lessons Episode 103: Cat Sex Episode 93: Country Bas...

Episode 184

December 26, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour - 70.8 MB

Well, I'll be damned, your favorite boyz have caught up to The Simpsons again! When we're not chattin' Little Caesar's and terrible pork chop recipes, we're wrappin' up Season 34! 750 episodes down! Season 34, Episodes 21-2

Episode 183

December 19, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour - 89.5 MB

Your boyz are barreling toward the end of Season 34, but still make time for toilet talk, trailer parks, and problematic antiques! Season 34, Episodes 19-20

Episode 182

December 12, 2023 09:00 - 2 hours - 111 MB

Boy howdy, this one's a doozy! Join Nathan and Marlin as they take a journey through tapioca troubles, siege engines, the nightmarish smells of history, and Marlin's chaotic Sonic order! Oh and The Simpsons! Season 34, Episodes 17-18

Episode 181

December 05, 2023 09:00 - 55 minutes - 50.9 MB

Your boyz are on the road and joined by our good friend Josh Dullea! The takes are hot as we discuss Garth Brooks, Nathan comes up with the worst rollercoaster name, and of course The Simpsons! Season 34, Episodes 15-16

Episode 180

November 28, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour - 73.8 MB

Your boyz are feelin' their age after a weekend on the road, but they're here to talk walkin' tacos, Ronnie Milsap, and of course...The Simpsons! Season 34, Episodes 13-14

Episode 179

November 21, 2023 09:10 - 1 hour - 71.5 MB

Slide on the crispin' sleeve, we've got a hot and fresh new episode for you today! The boyz are in a Twin Cities hotel room chattin' pot pies, midwestern grandmas, and The Simpsons! Season 34, Episodes 11-12

Episode 178

November 14, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour - 72.9 MB

Let's hit the high notes and talk Simpsons! Wait, do the boyz have a Simpsons-centric episode of their Simpsons podcast? Nope. No they do not. Season 34, Episodes 9-10

Episode 177

November 07, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour - 85.7 MB

Your boyz have had their weekly pre-podcast bath and they're here to discuss German food, Tom and Jerry's, and arguing Graverobbing Vs Metal Detecting! Also, The Simpsons! Season 34, Episodes 7-8

Episode 176

October 31, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour - 104 MB

Would ya look at this! It's Halloween and your favorite boyz are talking about two Halloween episodes! Look at the Universe makin' things happen! Universe, you so crazy! Season 34, Episodes 5-6

Episode 175

October 24, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour - 68.1 MB

Nathan is in tough shape but the boy's a trooper so we're here to chat Levar Burton, Ferrero Rocher, and The Simpsons! Season 34, Episodes 3-4

Episode 174

October 17, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour - 88.8 MB

Can you believe it?? The Simpsons are back and your boyz are here to talk about 'em! Do they remember how to do this? Do they still make time to talk about milk and beer and sex toys? You bet your buns they do! Welcome back to a podcast about The Simpsons! Season 34, Episodes 1-2

Episode 173

October 10, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour - 78.2 MB

This week, your boyz are reminiscing about the Next bus, Marlin's havin' cashier troubles, and Nathan has real specific chocolate tastes. Live it up because next week we're back to The Simpsons!

Episode 172

October 03, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour - 83.6 MB

Man, we've gotta stop recording these while we're hungry...

Episode 171

September 26, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour - 77.9 MB

We're celebrating Nathan's birthday by chitchattin' about peanut brittle, butt plug, and bees!

Episode 170

September 19, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour - 69.7 MB

Careful ya don't Bossman yourself while your boys are talkin' about Mario 3 and bus driver nightmares!

Episode 169

September 12, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour - 66.4 MB

Your favorite boyz squeezed themselves into a Minneapolis hotel room to discuss Home Depot hookups, Nathan's hot sauce odyssey, and their favorite dinosaurs!

Episode 168

September 05, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour - 85.7 MB

Potato Nightmares and The Gravy Incident

Episode 167

August 29, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour - 73.9 MB

This week your boyz are gazing into eachother's eyes via the miracle of the internet and discussing prison wine, unleashing their old man grump grumps, and going through the joys of home ownership!

Episode 166

August 22, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour - 79.1 MB

Nathan's having a tough week, we dive into maybe the worst thing that might occur inside a car, and the boyz discuss a wildly popular old Fox animated show!

Episode 165

August 15, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour - 92.6 MB

Happy Tuesday, Barleyheadz! Your favorite boyz are here with our pal JD Provorse from "We Watch Shudder" and we're talkin' stone fruits, the feel good story of the Von Erichs, brilliant food nightmares, and get this...The Simpsons!

Episode 164

August 08, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour - 59.3 MB

Your boyz are back! And ya know what your boyz love? Arbys. And ice cream. F*** what you heard.

Episode 163

August 01, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour - 85.5 MB

Your boyz roll out the casting couch one more time for our friend Josh Dullea! Join us as we discuss prairie comedy, fake drugs, and The Ballad of Tuna Can Dan!

Episode 162

July 25, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour - 63.1 MB

Your favorite boyz have invited their friends Chase Raeder and Joe Christianson to sit on a hotel couch and discuss the most horrifying home-ec assignment, the merits of ABBA, and heroin! Join us! Your cup overfloweth with nice boyz!

Episode 161

July 18, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour - 74 MB

You won't believe how long your favorite boyz can talk about fruit.

Episode 160

July 11, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour - 102 MB

Your boyz are back and they're talking their favorite movie theater treats, the awkwardness of the midwestern male, and they get into a heated debated about cargo shorts! Hot damn!

Episode 159

July 04, 2023 13:30 - 1 hour - 64.9 MB

Never fear, your favorite boyz are here to finish off them banana bread butts and share their most regrettable facial hair choices!

Episode 158

June 27, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour - 71.6 MB

We're givin' Nathan's pants a proper sendoff and shovelin' scotcheroos in our gobs this week as your favorite nice boyz wax nostalgic about music piracy and get really real about home alone dress codes.

Episode 157

June 20, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour - 78.8 MB

Your boyz are apparently hungry because this one ended up accidentally being about food mostly.

Episode 156

June 13, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour - 98.2 MB

This week, it's the thrilling conclusion to our Worst Comedy Shows lists!

Episode 155

June 06, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour - 84.5 MB

The List! Your favorite boyz take a trip down memory lane and talk about the worst comedy shows they've ever performed on. Have a seat and enjoy some stories of oh so glamorous showbusiness!

Episode 154

May 30, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour - 94.8 MB

"Heroes are forged in the weirdest of furnaces."

Episode 153

May 23, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour - 80.8 MB

Marlin's got that donut hubris and Nathan is fallin' apart on an all new ABB!

Episode 152

May 16, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour - 76.4 MB

The nice boyz are back on the couch in their natural habitat and they're chattin' about Johnny Cash and silly batting stances and trailer park summoning and this dream they call a rodeo! So update your vision board and give a listen!