The Tom Barnard Show

In a surprise twist, we had two weeks worth of Thursday guests on simultaneously. And also Mike Bryant. It all worked out though, because the theme today is medicine. Get your prostate checked. Don't drink so much. And maybe 11,000 miles is too many miles on a bicycle.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

What's worse, extreme violent crime or extreme cold? There's no need to choose; in Minnesota we've got both. Sometimes at the same time. But we've also got South Saint Paul, the best city in the entire world, so there's a balance there.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Would you like to be eight feet tall? If you said "yes", you probably didn't think hard enough. You could barely fit on any form of transportation aside from a boat. And apparently nobody wants to go on night cruises in the middle of the week any more. Ingrates, if you ask me.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

To round out a depressing week, we bring in two people who deal with depressing situations for a living. We also bring in Kristyn, who deals with Hollywood. Depending on who you are, that's either very different or very similar.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

For some completely unknown reason, we're morose today. So let's talk about dementia, CTE, and ransomware. Hey, they're important topics. We also talk about Naked Gun, so it's not all doom and gloom. One day we may even watch it.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The Twin Cities have experienced multiple shootings over the past 24 hours, one of them being at Annunciation Catholic School, a school for young children just a couple hours before today's show started. Updates flowed in as we continued, but there's still much we don't know.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

We're back from the great Minnesota get-together, and just in time by the sound of it. The brawls have begun. Our theory is that they were upset that they missed our show. Or perhaps they were protesting the fact that leaving the house costs $200.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This is the audio from our appearance at the state fair from the Hubbard stage on August 23rd, 2025. Many mugs were handed out that day, and we learned a valuable lesson about colon health.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The year was 2013. Or maybe 2014. I dunno. What I do know is that we were at the state fair back then too. I'm pretty sure we were just in a pop-up canopy with a laptop and a mixer. How far we've come.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

We've been crapping all over radio execs for years, but someone from KROQ does it and now suddenly it's gospel. We're offended. But we're also glad that everyone agrees with us now. Scott doesn't know that feeling, being a Minnesotan who's willing to go against the grain. We don't do that very well in this state.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Cars are crazy these days. They can drive themselves, but you can't get the door open. You can watch questionable material at 1080p while on the highway. And with AI integration, you might even fall in love and get married to it one day. But I'd suggest you don't.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Why is it that new houses seem to fall apart the instant you buy them? Almost like it's planned. That's what we're dealing with right now. That and getting Tony scheduled. We've got him, and he's back with a story or two (hundred).See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

It's Tuesday Reviewsday, apparently, which means going back into the distant past to see what people thought about our show and comparing it to today. Not much has changed, unsurprisingly. We're still a big hit. Not collectively; I mean individually. Good thing we're exactly the sum of our parts. Plus Costaki, of course. He'll be part of the crew again before you know it. Then he'll vanish for several months. So it goes.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Turns out losing a pound a day for a TV show is generally unhealthy. Crazy, right? I guess having a drill sergeant forcing you to starve yourself while slipping you caffeine pills really does make you the biggest loser - of your physical health. But at least they didn't have to endure negative reviews. Actually, yes, they probably did.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

You may have heard that social media can be somewhat negative. It's a new phenomenon first reported here. You may have also heard that video games are bad for you. This is false. The more you play them the cooler you are. Yes, even if they're baby games for babies. Babies can be cool too.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Jeremy from Fresh Dry is back. As are two of his kids. And Alex's kids. And Mike Bryant. I must reiterate that this studio is not large.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

You probably know Nik as the gearhead who's always working on classic motorcycles. Not the kind of guy you'd expect to get into an all electric self driving car. Well, he's into it like you wouldn't believe. Maybe the MRI turned him into a robot.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The studio build continues, and the end is in sight. The same cannot be said about Canada perpetually burning. Or about people seething about Trump. Or actors being sex pests. But at this point, we're really just focused on the studio.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The move is over and we're in our half-finished seventh studio. We probably could have spent the day finishing it, but then you wouldn't have anything to listen to for two weekdays in a row. And that's terrible.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Jack was on our show roughly 2700 episodes ago. That'd be somewhere around 11 or 12 years. He was just a teenager back then, his spinal injury relatively new. Now he's all grown up and he's got some exciting new advancements in the world of not being quite as paralyzed as you used to be. And yes, brain implants do come up.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.