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Can't Recommend Enough

27 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 3 years ago - ★★★★★ - 4 ratings

The world is an amazing place filled with wondrous experiences, hobbies, ideas, lifestyles, philosophies, excitement, fun and a multitude of other things that we just love and geek out over. This podcast is a place to share what we Can't Recommend Enough. Hosted by Rick Villanueva.

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Episodes

Beastman: A Life In Wrestling and Never Giving Up

December 16, 2020 04:00 - 57 minutes - 39.4 MB

Beastman is one of the fastest rising super heavyweights wrestlers on the east coast. Even though it’s difficult to understand his language Beastman uses his power and agility to speak to his fans and is quickly becoming one of the most popular wrestlers on the independent wrestling scene. And he's here to talk about his life in Wrestling. Connect with Beastman Twitter: @beastmanhusk Facebook: @beastmanhusk Instagram: @beastmanhusk Beastman Recommends Never giving up! For More Can't Recom...

"Weird Al" Yankovic with Jason Benhoff

December 08, 2020 04:00 - 1 hour - 68.8 MB

Jason Benhoff is a producer at HoffsTech, an organization dedicated to helping people learn programming skills, get a job in the tech industry, and progress their career. On this episode we set out to talk about the album 2112 by Rush and we did. But we also through talking about Batman, Prince, our favorite guilty pleasure songs, and 90's Music Videos came to the realization that "Weird Al" Yankovic is the glue that binds everything together. Find out how. Jason Recommends Red Dwarf (BBC) ...

Immersed and Re-Educated with Ian and Shaye of Camp ReEducation

November 19, 2020 03:00 - 2 hours - 88.7 MB

Ian and Shaye, are hosts/guides/camp counselors of the Camp ReEducation Podcast where every episode follows a two week immersion into a variety of topics, during which time they’ll challenge preconceptions about everything life has to offer, from the seemingly obvious to the utterly bizarre. On this episode we explore some of their immersions including Makeup, Microdosing LSD, and Summoning Demons. We also try to form a band about Counting, discuss the hilarity of Buffalo Bill in Silence of ...

That's Florida!, Some Monty Python Love, Kids Need to Watch Monster Squad, and Tips and Tricks for Enjoying Disney World with Jason Benhoff

November 11, 2020 03:00 - 1 hour - 61.2 MB

Jason Benhoff is a producer at HoffsTech, an organization dedicated to helping people learn programming skills, get a job in the tech industry, and progress their career. He and I have been friends for a long time. Actually, we recount the first time we met and I even remember what he was wearing. Weird right? Anyway, Jason and I riff off of each other while he rides out a what was supposed to be a hurricane that became a tropical storm that became a regular storm which is really nothing in ...

Lucid Dreaming and the Human Mind with Graham Allen of Passing Wisdom

October 29, 2020 03:00 - 1 hour - 72.5 MB

Graham Allen is the creator of Passing Wisdom, a theologian, and a good friend and he is back on the show. In this episode we're talking lucid dreaming, what is reality, the Placebo Effect, Fight Club, and Chuck Palahniuk‘s Choke, Nikola Tesla, Thomas Edison, weight loss, intermittent fasting, the carnivore diet, Jordan Peterson wisdom, manifesting the life you want to live, Schrödinger's Cat, perception, and more. Also, Graham coins a term for an alcoholic beverage for gamers. Graham Recom...

Why are Action Movie Henchmen so Incompetent with Michael Maxwell of The Jack of All Nerds Show

October 21, 2020 03:00 - 1 hour - 72.2 MB

Michael Maxwell is the host of The Jack Of All Nerds show, a multi-platform entertainment site, featuring comedy livestreams, podcasts, movie reviews, history videos, nostalgic tv reviews, and a superhero comic strip. Michael and I are talking Action Movie Henchmen and how ridiculous they are in response to his series, "How to Survive an Action Movie." We also get into Video Game to Movie Adaptations, Tom Cruise Movies, and later in the show we discuss our love for Highlander. Also, Michael ...

Action Movie Henchmen with Michael Maxwell of The Jack of All Nerds Show

October 21, 2020 03:00 - 1 hour - 72.2 MB

Michael Maxwell is the host of The Jack Of All Nerds show, a multi-platform entertainment site, featuring comedy livestreams, podcasts, movie reviews, history videos, nostalgic tv reviews, and a superhero comic strip. Michael and I are talking Action Movie Henchmen and how ridiculous they are in response to his series, "How to Survive an Action Movie." We also get into Video Game to Movie Adaptations, Tom Cruise Movies, and later in the show we discuss our love for Highlander. Also, Michael ...

Why We Love Horror Movies with Jesse and Josh of the Slice By Slice Podcast

October 13, 2020 15:00 - 2 hours - 110 MB

Jesse and Josh are Horror Movie fanatics and hosts of the Slice By Slice Podcast where they dissect and discuss horror films by categories and subgenres, such as slashers, vampires, franchises, and director's bodies of work. In this episode we're gushing over our favorites Horror Movies, directors, franchises, subgenres, and talking about our love for the Horror genre. There's a lot here to take in. If you've ever wanted to get into Horror but didn't understand it or know where to start, th...

Why We Love Horror Movies and You Should Too with Jesse and Josh of the Slice By Slice

October 13, 2020 15:00 - 2 hours - 110 MB

Jesse and Josh are Horror Movie fanatics and hosts of the Slice By Slice Podcast where they dissect and discuss horror films by categories and subgenres, such as slashers, vampires, franchises, and director's bodies of work. In this episode we're gushing over our favorite Horror Movies, directors, franchises, subgenres, and talking about our love for the Horror genre. There's a lot here to take in. If you've ever wanted to get into Horror but didn't understand it or know where to start, thi...

Why We Love Horror Movies and You Should Too with Jesse and Josh of the Slice By Slice Podcast

October 13, 2020 15:00 - 2 hours - 110 MB

Jesse and Josh are Horror Movie fanatics and hosts of the Slice By Slice Podcast where they dissect and discuss horror films by categories and subgenres, such as slashers, vampires, franchises, and director's bodies of work. In this episode we're gushing over our favorite Horror Movies, directors, franchises, subgenres, and talking about our love for the Horror genre. There's a lot here to take in. If you've ever wanted to get into Horror but didn't understand it or know where to start, thi...

LEGO, Not Just For Kids with Garrett Gourley of Back 2 Brick: Unofficial LEGO Podcast

October 06, 2020 05:00 - 1 hour - 44.7 MB

Garrett Gourley is an Adult Fan of LEGO® (AFOL) that isn't just passionate about building LEGO, but talking about them too! And we are talking some LEGO. If you've ever wondered if you should get into or back into LEGO, this one is for you. We're talking about seeing the build, using software to build, LEGOland, the licenses (Star Wars, Harry Potter, Disney, Adidas, etc.), LEGO Discovery Centers, sweet builds, and more. Garrett Recommends Helix (TV Show) Utopia on Amazon Prime (TV Show) Win...

Talking LEGO with Garrett Gourley of Back 2 Brick: Unofficial LEGO Podcast

October 06, 2020 05:00 - 1 hour - 44.7 MB

Garrett Gourley is an Adult Fan of LEGO® (AFOL) that isn't just passionate about building LEGO, but talking about them too! And we are talking some LEGO. If you've ever wondered if you should get into or back into LEGO, this one is for you. We're talking about seeing the build, using software to build, LEGOland, the licenses (Star Wars, Harry Potter, Disney, Adidas, etc.), LEGO Discovery Centers, sweet builds, and more. Garrett Recommends Helix (TV Show) Utopia on Amazon Prime (TV Show) Win...

Rick's Picks for September 2020

October 01, 2020 02:00 - 12 minutes - 8.67 MB

Movies: My Dinner with Andre Directed by Louis Malle Starring Wallace Shawn and Andre Gregory Two old friends meet for dinner; as one tells anecdotes detailing his experiences, the other notices their differing worldviews. on HBO Max #Alive Directed by Il Cho Starring Ah-In Yoo and Shin-Hye Park The rapid spread of an unknown infection has left an entire city in ungovernable chaos, but one survivor remains alive in isolation. It is his story. on Netflix King of Staten Island Directed by Ju...

The Joys of Geocaching with Joshua Johnson the Geocaching Vlogger

September 23, 2020 05:00 - 1 hour - 54.2 MB

Geocaching is an outdoor recreational activity, in which participants use a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver or mobile device and other navigational techniques to hide and seek containers, called "geocaches" or "caches", at specific locations marked by coordinates all over the world. - Wikipedia Joshua Johnson aka the Geocaching Vlogger is an award winning Geocache video creator and has been called the "Steve Irwin of Geocaching." On this episode he breaks down the fundamentals of G...

Geocaching is Seriously Awesome and You Need to Try It with Joshua Johnson the Geocaching Vlogger

September 23, 2020 05:00 - 1 hour - 54.2 MB

Geocaching is an outdoor recreational activity, in which participants use a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver or mobile device and other navigational techniques to hide and seek containers, called "geocaches" or "caches", at specific locations marked by coordinates all over the world. - Wikipedia Joshua Johnson aka the Geocaching Vlogger is an award winning Geocache video creator and has been called the "Steve Irwin of Geocaching." On this episode he breaks down the fundamentals of G...

The Great Jurassic Park Debate, Zombies, Kindness and Selfishness, Meditation, Wim Hof Method, and More with Graham Allen

September 17, 2020 15:00 - 2 hours - 98.2 MB

Graham Allen is the creator of Passing Wisdom, a theologian, and a good friend. A while ago in passing he posed the question, "If we could clone dinosaurs, should we?" We never got into that day, so I invited him on the show to really dive into it. And, oh boy, did it open the door to all kinds of thoughts. We cover not just the debate of whether or not dinosaurs should be cloned but also the terror of a zombie apocalypse, meditation, the Wim Hof Method, kindness and selfishness, Costco's Ki...

The Great Jurassic Park Debate with Graham Allen

September 17, 2020 15:00 - 2 hours - 98.2 MB

Graham Allen is the creator of Passing Wisdom, a theologian, and a good friend. A while ago in passing he posed the question, "If we could clone dinosaurs, should we?" We never got into that day, so I invited him on the show to really dive into it. And, oh boy, did it open the door to all kinds of thoughts. We cover not just the debate of whether or not dinosaurs should be cloned but also the terror of a zombie apocalypse, meditation, the Wim Hof Method, kindness and selfishness, Costco's Ki...

Minor League Baseball Logos are Way Cooler than Major League Logos with Bruce Voge of Just Barely Sports

September 10, 2020 04:00 - 1 hour - 60.5 MB

Bruce Voge is the Host of the Just Barely Sports Podcast and a Minor League Baseball Logo geek. He really breaks down why Minor League Baseball is so cool. Hint; it's not actually the playing of the game. From sweet team names/logos and even alternate team names/logos to Cowboy Monkey Rodeos, Wrestling in the parking lot, Bill Murray, Contraction of teams, insane foods to be found at a game, and much more; Minor League Baseball is a hell of a lot more interesting and cool than you'd think. ...

Minor League Baseball Logos with Bruce Voge of Just Barely Sports

September 10, 2020 04:00 - 1 hour - 60.5 MB

Bruce Voge is the Host of the Just Barely Sports Podcast and a Minor League Baseball Logo geek. He really breaks down why Minor League Baseball is so cool. Hint; it's not actually the playing of the game. From sweet team names/logos and even alternate team names/logos to Cowboy Monkey Rodeos, Wrestling in the parking lot, Bill Murray, Contraction of teams, insane foods to be found at a game, and much more; Minor League Baseball is a hell of a lot more interesting and cool than you'd think. ...

Minor League Baseball Logos, Cowboy Monkey Rodeo, and hitchBOT with Bruce Voge of Just Barely Sports

September 10, 2020 04:00 - 1 hour - 60.5 MB

Bruce Voge is the Host of the Just Barely Sports Podcast and a Minor League Baseball Logo geek. He really breaks down why Minor League Baseball is so cool. Hint; it's not actually the playing of the game. From sweet team names/logos and even alternate team names/logos to Cowboy Monkey Rodeos, Wrestling in the parking lot, Bill Murray, Contraction of teams, insane foods to be found at a game, and much more; Minor League Baseball is a hell of a lot more interesting and cool than you'd think. ...

Under The Microscope - Literally with Julie Laurin of the Planet B612

September 02, 2020 05:00 - 1 hour - 45.9 MB

Julie Laurin was inspired to get a microscope after reading a book called, Never Home Alone by Rob Dunn. Soon enough, both a smaller and larger world opened up for her. She tells us all about seeing Tardigrades, Diatoms, Amoebas, and battles in the microscopic world and how her discoveries got her noticed by the scientific community. We also discuss getting over your paralysis when you really want to do something by just doing it anyway and also, filmmaking. Check our her Podcast, Planet B6...

Under The Microscope - Literally, Just Doing It, and Filmmaking with Julie Laurin of the Planet B612 Podcast

September 02, 2020 05:00 - 1 hour - 45.9 MB

Julie Laurin was inspired to get a microscope after reading a book called, Never Home Alone by Rob Dunn. Soon enough, both a smaller and larger world opened up for her. She tells us all about seeing Tardigrades, Diatoms, Amoebas, and battles in the microscopic world and how her discoveries got her noticed by the scientific community. We also discuss getting over your paralysis when you really want to do something by just doing it anyway and also, filmmaking. Check our her Podcast, Planet B6...

Under The Microscope - Literally with Julie Laurin of the Planet B612 Podcast

September 02, 2020 05:00 - 1 hour - 45.9 MB

Julie Laurin was inspired to get a microscope after reading a book called, Never Home Alone by Rob Dunn. Soon enough, both a smaller and larger world opened up for her. She tells us all about seeing Tardigrades, Diatoms, Amoebas, and battles in the microscopic world and how her discoveries got her noticed by the scientific community. We also discuss getting over your paralysis when you really want to do something by just doing it anyway and also, filmmaking. Check our her Podcast, Planet B6...

Intermittent Fasting Changed Our Lives with Mike DiCarlo

September 01, 2020 15:00 - 1 hour - 60.8 MB

Mike DiCarlo is a long haul trucker and friend of mine. A couple of years ago he recommended Intermittent Fasting to me after telling me all about his experience with a 7 day water and coffee fast. It compelled me to want to learn more. And I did. Through research on YouTube and articles on the web I lost a little over 100lbs in just a couple months using Intermittent Fasting combined with rigorous exercise and calorie restriction. I am forever grateful. This Episode is our Story. Recommen...

How Intermittent Fasting Changed Our Lives with Mike DiCarlo

September 01, 2020 15:00 - 1 hour - 60.8 MB

Mike DiCarlo is a long haul trucker and friend of mine. A couple of years ago he recommended Intermittent Fasting to me after telling me all about his experience with a 7 day water and coffee fast. It compelled me to want to learn more. And I did. Through research on YouTube and articles on the web I lost a little over 100lbs in just a couple months using Intermittent Fasting combined with rigorous exercise and calorie restriction. I am forever grateful. This Episode is our Story. Recommen...

Mobile Dog Grooming, Archery, and Autism with Steven Naranjo

August 31, 2020 15:00 - 1 hour - 55.4 MB

Steven Naranjo is a mobile dog groomer and an avid archer. He's also a wedding photographer. We discuss dog grooming, dog origins, famous archers and archery, hunting, and what it's like to have ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder), and Steven has some great ideas about adults with ASD navigating the work environment. A Book that helped Steven Quirky, Yes-Hopeless, No by Dr. Cynthia La Brie Norall, Ph.D. and Beth Wagner Brust Steven Recommends PSE Archery Knight Hawk Recurve Bow Lancaster Archer...

Can't Recommend Enough Trailer

August 28, 2020 05:00 - 1 minute - 745 KB

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