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Brainwaves
Brainwaves is two GenX guys who never quite let go of the good stuff. Jason Reilly and Barry Nixon take the movies, comics, TV shows and cartoons that raised them and drag them, kicking and screaming, into middle age, one pointless debate at a time. How you watch a movie. What's worth owning. The stuff you loved at twelve that you're weirdly still defending at fifty. It's about 20 minutes, it settles nothing, and you'll leave with a laugh, a hot take, and something to argue about. If you grew…
Episodes
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Amazing Eras, Workplace Etiquette and Everything In Between
This week we deep dive into workplace etiquette, talk about what other eras we’d want to live in, reveal our favourite Marvel characters and a whole bunch more.
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Childhood Heroes, Amazon Wildlife and Gross TV Commercials
If you find yourself stuck in the Amazon, what are you more afraid of? The wildlife or the insects? We'll get to the bottom of that one. Then we talk childhood…
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A (Super)Bowl Full of Good Times
This episode we reveal our planned menus for the Superbowl. Then, how do you like to wear your clothes? Hot or Cool? We’ll tell you where we stand on this…
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Logan's Fun
Put on your sci-fi nostalgia cap because we’re doing a deep dive on the 1976 dystopian classic, Logan’s Run! Then we talk toothpaste, childhood skills never…
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Washing Down Books With A Hot Cup'a Sanka
What would choose between winning the lottery or working your dream job? We'll tell you where we stand. And we'll come clean about the books we'd eat and how…
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Great Movies, Bad Conversations and So-So Winter Sport
Jason ranks his top four movies of the week, Barry tells us his sure fire way to get out of a one-sided conversation, and we discuss the exercise fad that’s…
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Days of Future Hard Pass (go away 2020)!
In our New Years episode everything old is new again including our top 2020 moments, Consumers Distributing, Bobby Orr and the Big Hat conspiracy.
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Scams, Rants and Music Catalogues
First we debut a hot new drink draws a lukewarm reception. Then we officially become the 651st podcast to dissect the Tom Cruise covid rant. Plus, we talk…
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Tattoos, Torn Socks and Ginger-less Gingerbread
We span the decades as we talk TV from the 70s and movies from the 80s and 90s. Then we answer the age old question, "where should you throw out your socks?"…
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07 - Spotify On The Beach with LeBron and Tom
We review our top songs on Spotify for 2020, come clean about the filthy beach and reveal who we’d rather hang out with – LeBron James or Tom Brady.
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06 - Saved By The...Rats???
This week I (Jason!) reveal my deep affection for a childhood show that's just made a comeback. Does it hold up? Then we get serious about baseball parks…
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05 - Secrets Revealed!
So many secrets revealed! Discover the top secret origin story of how we met. Marvel as we bring the long promised "Coke Vs…" debate to its stunning conclusion…
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04 - Celebrities with Pens
This episode we discuss incredible Amazon packages, deliver a message for Leafs Nation, talk awesome celebrity encounters and settle Diet Coke Vs Coke Zero…
Brainwaves03 - Music, Movies and Sci-Fi (Oh My!)
This episode we go deep into all things music, movies and sci-fi. But don’t worry, we saved some time for one of life’s critical questions: what cartoon animal…
Brainwaves02 - Breakfast Cereal Shenanigans
In this week's episode we talk retirement, roller coasters, Stephen King and breakfast cereals. Yep, that's how we bounce. Share a few shots and discover the…
Brainwaves01 - It's our FIRST episode. Cool!
Welcome! Settle in for a roller coaster ride because in our first episode we share our feelings on the riveting history of sand, all the strange noises the…