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O'Brien & Doug
Doug and Brian have known each other since junior high school. They didn’t become “O’Brien & Doug” until their widely popular radio show polluted the airwaves of their local rock station. Brian was "Chris O'Brien" on the air and had been in broadcasting for 25 years and Doug....hadn’t. They spoke to listeners on the air about what was important (Who was the best rock drummer? Should 80s movies be required for all high school students?). The magic continues in the O'Brien & Doug Podcast!
Episodes
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O'Brien & Doug Ep312 [October 29, 2026 Bit-O-Honey Sucks!]
Send us Fan Mail On this episode we discuss our Halloween traditions and some that might not work today, we hear new music from Lita Ford, contemplate…
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O'Brien & Doug Ep311 [October 22, 2026 Be Kind Pr##k!]
Send us Fan Mail On this episode we listen to a LOT of new music. We hear from Bryan Adams, Cactus, Levara, Michael Damian, Blondie, and more. We discuss why…
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O'Brien & Doug Ep310 [October 15, 2026 O'Brien & Doug AFTER DARK!]
Send us Fan Mail We are in the “Fun Dungeon-West End” this week! On this episode we broadcast from our new digs (on the other side of the Wall of Tunes), we…
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O'Brien & Doug Ep309 [October 8, 2026 Puppy-Monkey-Baby!]
Send us Fan Mail On this episode, we recap our gig at the County Fest to End Hunger. We review three albums from three veteran rock bands, hear new music from…
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O'Brien & Doug Ep308 [October 1, 2026 We're Stupid, Love Doug]
Send us Fan Mail On this episode, we discuss our performance schedule, the Big 4 Classic Rock Rip-offs and Mistakes, play Who Dis? with Frostbit Blue. We also…
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O'Brien & Doug Ep307 [September 24, 2026 O'Doug & Meat Plate!]
Send us Fan Mail Meat Plate. On this episode, we discuss our recent Duo shows, upcoming October rock releases, and the real names of some of your favorite rock…
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O'Brien & Doug Ep306 [September 17. 2026 THE GREATEST EPISODE EVER!]
Send us Fan Mail On this episode, we discuss our final Syndicate shows of the season and our upcoming Common Crossing “reunion”. We also preview the new album…
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O'Brien & Doug Ep305 [September 10, 2026 Inside Springsteen]
Send us Fan Mail On this episode, we talk about our upcoming Trauma Tour, our Common Crossing reunion show, hear new music from Stanley Simmons, discuss first…
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O'Brien & Doug Ep304 [September 3, 2026 Fantasy Draft Day]
Send us Fan Mail On this episode, we discuss things we remember about going back to school in the 80s, we hear new music from U2, and we share snippets from…
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O'Brien & Doug Ep303 [August 27, 2026 The Crapshoot Episode]
Send us Fan Mail On this episode, we recognize the Queen of Country Music, Dolly Parton. May she rest in Peace. We also talk about how much of today’s music is…
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O'Brien & Doug Ep302 [August 20, 2026 We Are A Mandella Effect]
Send us Fan Mail On this episode, we continue our “Who Dis?” segment, where we take music suggestions from listeners, we preview some upcoming rock releases…
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O'Brien & Doug Ep301 [August 13, 2026 Who Dis & Where U At]
Send us Fan Mail On this episode, we debut a very special song, begin a new segment called “Who Dis?” where we take music suggestions from listeners, plus we…
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O'Brien & Doug Ep300 [August 6, 2026 We Heard You Missed Us - We're Back!]
Send us Fan Mail On this episode, we talk about our separate vacations, our first country band gig, and the recent Toto concert. We read some of O’Brien’s…
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O'Brien & Doug Ep299 [July 16, 2026 Widespread Clickbait]
Send us Fan Mail On this episode, we discuss the wildfires in Canada. No, really. We did. We talked about playing music at church, upcoming shows, the upcoming…
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O'Brien & Doug Ep298 [July 9, 2026 Women on a...!]
Send us Fan Mail On this episode, we complain about a certain wedding, hear new music from Stryper, Asia, the “Seeds of KISS, er…we mean Stanley Simmons, plus…
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O'Brien & Doug Ep297 [July 2, 2026 They Can't All Be Bangers!]
Send us Fan Mail On this episode, we get moon music from Peter Gabriel and the Rolling Stones, discuss a few bands from the hair metal era who should have been…
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O'Brien & Doug Ep296 [June 25, 2026 Caffeine & Hate]
Send us Fan Mail On this episode, we discuss O’Brien’s trip to Boston, the status of the basement, the “Big 4 of Rush Albums”, our favorite songs from Rush…
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O'Brien & Doug Ep295 [June 18, 2026 Oh Yeah, Happy Birthday Jude!]
Send us Fan Mail On this episode, we preview some new rock music set for release in July. We also see if Doug can recognize all 40 of the “best drum intros in…
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O'Brien & Doug Ep294 [June 11, 2026 RUSH is Back!]
Send us Fan Mail On this episode, we try to explain what Anika Nilles has done for the Rush faithful. We also hear new music from Prince, and the spawn of…
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O'Brien & Doug Ep293 [June 4, 2026 And the Checklist Saves the Day]
Send us Fan Mail On this episode, we discuss O’Brien missing his first Syndicate Show, Eli’s senior week; we hear new music from Peter Gabriel, Greta Van…
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O'Brien & Doug Ep292 [May 28, 2026 Monkeys in a Zoo]
Send us Fan Mail On this episode, we recap Eli’s prom, O’Brien’s concerts, Rick Beato, and more. We play Poorly Explained Movies, MixTape, and climb the Wall…
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O'Brien & Doug Ep291 [May 21, 2026 The Great Chocolate Chip Hunt]
Send us Fan Mail On this episode, O’Brien & Doug dish out new rock releases for the month of June, discuss the greatest guitar solos from 80s hairbands, and…
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O'Brien & Doug Ep290 [May 14, 2026 Dead End Doug's Dreamhole!]
Send us Fan Mail This episode goes off the rails in swift fashion. We’ve always said we are the podcast for those with ADD, but the number of rabbit holes we…
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O'Brien & Doug Ep289 [May 7, 2026 Two Young Thugs]
Send us Fan Mail On this episode we hear new music from Peter Gabriel and the Rolling Stones, Doug rants about the NYTimes list of the 30 Greatest Living…
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O'Brien & Doug Ep288 [April 30, 2026 Everything is Stoopid!]
Send us Fan Mail On this episode we finally get to some listener mail, we hear new music from Europe, Michael Stipe and Skid Row’s Rachel Bolan. We try to…
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O'Brien & Doug Ep287 [April 23, 2026 Black Ankle Socks]
Send us Fan Mail On this episode we discuss the 10th anniversary of Prince’s death, talk upcoming appearances, ruminate on the premise of the next Topgun…
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O'Brien & Doug Ep286 [April 16, 2026 Hedy Lamar is a BossBabe!]
Send us Fan Mail On this episode we begrudgingly chat about the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductees, hear new music from Foo Fighters, list more new rock…
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O'Brien & Doug Ep285 [April 9, 2026 6th Anniversary]
Send us Fan Mail It’s our 6th Anniversary!! On this episode we chat about our upcoming gigs, more stuff about Rush, hear new music from Stephen Pearcy of RATT…
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O'Brien & Doug Ep284 [April 2, 2026 Uh - I Don't Know!]
Send us Fan Mail On this episode we discuss Rush’s first reunion performance on the Juno Awards, the new installment of Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Festival, and…
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O'Brien & Doug Ep283 [March 26, 2026 Thank You Chuck Norris]
Send us Fan Mail On this episode we discuss the last couple of band gigs, the loss of a cult martial arts hero, the new rock releases for the month of April…
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O'Brien & Doug Ep282 [March 19, 2026 Happy St. Paddy's Day]
Send us Fan Mail On this episode O’Brien recounts a recent school trip to the Senate, we establish KISS are marketing geniuses and Vinnie Vincent is…
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O'Brien & Doug Ep281 [March 12, 2026 Farewell Dungeon of Fun!]
Send us Fan Mail On this episode we discuss possibly ditching the Fun Dungeon, Steve Vai on the new version of Van Halen’s “Jump”, The Big 4 of the Sunset…
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O'Brien & Doug Ep280 [March 5, 2026 Grabbing at Straws]
Send us Fan Mail On this episode we explain why we unexpectedly took a week off. We discuss which was better, the cover or the original…we talk rock hall…
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O'Brien & Doug Ep279 [February 19, 2026 Dogs Love Surf Music]
Send us Fan Mail On this episode we talk vacation, new releases, cover songs, and why Snoop Dogg is the new mascot for Gen X, plus we play “Poorly Explained…
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O'Brien & Doug Ep278 [February 12, 2026 Poorly Explained Podcast]
Send us Fan Mail On this episode we discuss Super Bowl, the passing of 3 Doors Down frontman Brad Arnold and what the band does from here, the original demo of…
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O'Brien & Doug Ep277 [February 5, 2026 Big Time Dumb]
Send us Fan Mail On this episode we discuss the upcoming release of Van Halen’s 5150 Box and all its glorious extras, the passing of Chuck Negron from Three…
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O'Brien & Doug Ep276 [January 29, 2026 How Do We Label These?]
Send us Fan Mail On this episode we list some upcoming rock releases for the month of February 2026, hear new music from Def Leppard, Lou Gramm of Foreigner…
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O'Brien & Doug Ep275 [January 22, 2026 Taste is Irrelevant]
Send us Fan Mail On this episode we talk about the NFL Playoffs, promo photos via ChatGPT, the 20 Best Hard Rock & Metal Albums from 1986 according to UCR…
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O'Brien & Doug Ep274 [January 15, 2026 Burritos & Portapotties]
Send us Fan Mail On this episode we lament all the sick bugs going around and discuss O’Brien’s plan to fix it. Plus, we may have a new business…
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O'Brien & Doug Ep273 [January 8, 2026 For People Who Hate Themselves!]
Send us Fan Mail On this episode we discuss Alex Van Halen teaming with Toto’s Steve Lukather, the Vinnie Vincent album that will probably never be released…
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O'Brien & Doug Ep272 [January 1, 2026 Happy You Near!]
Send us Fan Mail On this first episode of 2026 we discuss our holiday, including a holiday house fire...we ponder what KISS alum Vinnie Vincent and Peter Criss…
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O'Brien & Doug Ep271 [December 18, 2025 Merry Christmas from BamBam & PoopyHead]
Send us Fan Mail On this episode we react to the passing of legendary filmmaker Rob Reiner, the arrival of O’Brien’s first grandchild, what it takes to be an…
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O'Brien & Doug Ep270 [December 11, 2025 Making Christmas Magic].mp3
Send us Fan Mail On this episode we lament the passing of guitar great Steve Cropper. We also discuss the huge July 2026 concert announcements in our neck of…
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O'Brien & Doug Ep269 [December 4, 2025 Pacing the Cage]
Send us Fan Mail On this episode we debut some of our new imaging positioners (big words describing when a different voice says our name), we discuss…
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O'Brien & Doug Ep268 [November 20, 2025 The Curse of O&D Strikes Again!]
Send us Fan Mail On this episode we read some listener mail. Our cursed discussions continue as we lose another famous musician. We talk rock headlines…
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O'Brien & Doug Ep267 [November 13, 2025 Six Seven]
Send us Fan Mail On this episode we discuss some rock releases expected in the month of December, The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2025 Induction, new music from…
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O'Brien & Doug Ep266 [November 6, 2025 We are in the KISS National Guard]
Send us Fan Mail On this episode we discuss the effects of a full moon on school age children, what we remember about being home sick from school in the 80s…
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O'Brien & Doug Ep265 [October 30, 2025 Halloweeny Themey!]
Send us Fan Mail On this episode we our favorite Halloween movies, the new album from Mammoth, and some rock and roll headlines. We play MixTape and climb the…
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O'Brien & Doug Ep264 [October 23, 2025 Nothing To Do For Eternity]
Send us Fan Mail On this episode we discuss the sudden passing of Ace Frehley and the eeriness of our talk of KISS on the previous episode (it’s happened…
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O'Brien & Doug Ep263 [October 6, 2025 Find Us On DougTube] DougTube]
Send us Fan Mail On this episode we discuss our rock and roll show at the Cross Insurance Center, 5 greatest hard rock guitar duos of the 80s, the coolest…
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O'Brien & Doug Ep262 [October 9, 2025 Some Kind of Knob]
Send us Fan Mail On this episode we talk about our upcoming rock show at the "Big Arena" down the road, the fact that Rush is touring, and we hear the latest…
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O'Brien & Doug Ep261 [October 2, 2025 Studio Reboot]
Send us Fan Mail On this episode we are back to recording video. Check out this episode soon on our YouTube page. Just type in O’Brien & Doug Podcast, click…
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O'Brien & Doug Ep260 [September 25. 2025 Mana Mana]
Send us Fan Mail On this episode we discuss our take on Spinal Tap 2, plus some real life Spinal Tap stories. We also hear new music from Steven Tyler and…
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O'Brien & Doug Ep259 [September 18, 2025 Happy BD B.B.]
Send us Fan Mail On this episode we discuss new rock releases headed your way in the month of October, real Spinal Tap stories from various bands, and O’Brien…
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O'Brien & Doug Ep258 [September 11, 2025 I Am Not a Robot]
Send us Fan Mail On this episode talk about failed parenting, broken guitars, Ozzy’s band, rock imaging with Cousin Larry, new songs from Clapton and Plant…
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O'Brien & Doug Ep257 [September 4, 2025 Skip This Podshow]
Send us Fan Mail On this episode we tackle the rerelease of the latest Bon Jovi album and, why, the new documentary about Heart’s Ann Wilson and and the Most…
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O'Brien & Doug Ep256 [August 28, 2025 Under New Management]
Send us Fan Mail On this episode we talk about the future of the podcast, the pitfalls and sheen of ai, hear new music from Cheap Trick and the Redrocker, play…
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O'Brien & Doug Ep255 [August 21, 2025 Directly in the Buttocks]
Send us Fan Mail On this episode we talk about O’Brien’s trip to see the Doobies, Megadeth’s farewell, and new rock releases expected this September. We also…
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O'Brien & Doug Ep254 [August 14, 2025 Doug Knows Science]
Send us Fan Mail On this episode we talk about our upcoming tour of the County with the Star City Syndicate, we put our two cents into the discussion of the…
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O'Brien & Doug Ep253 [August 7, 2025 For Prosterity's Sake]
Send us Fan Mail On this episode we read some listener mail, talk rock news, discuss Ultimate Classic Rock’s list of the Top 50 Yacht Rock Songs, and whatever…