About this podcast
Poor Boy’s Banter is a nostalgia-fueled podcast where funny childhood stories collide with vintage toys, classic video games, and a slightly more adult sense of humor. Hosted by two early Gen X nerds who grew up with minimal supervision and even less money, each episode dives into the weird, hilarious, and sometimes questionable moments that somehow turned into great stories.
Episodes
- Tricks, Treats, and MORE Tribulations · 21 min · Episode 12Phillip and Roger share more stories from Halloweens past. Vintage Halloween TV Specials: Great Pumpkin! Garfield! Fat Albert! Things that scared us as kids, including a…
- Tricks, Treats, and Tribulations: Part 1 · 15 min · Episode 10In this episode, Roger and Phillip celebrate Halloween in the 1970's and 1980's! They share favorite costumes and Halloweeen TV Specials, and a real-life scare freaked Philip out…
- A Halloween Special Episode - Ol' Buckethead · 15 minThis is an experimental episode of Poor Boy's Banter. I've always wanted to produce an audio drama of some sort so I took an adaptation of an old folklore tale I wrote a few…
- BMX Hijinks: Death Defying Stunts! · 13 min · Episode 8In this episode, we talk about one of our favorite pasttimes as kids...riding our bikes. But, not just riding...jumping, racing, flipping, wheelies, and more jumping! It truly is…
- Gridiron Grudge Match: We Got a New Madden · 17 min · Season 1 Episode 6This episode is all about football! We discuss some of our old toys and collectibles from our childhood...the plastic collectible NFL helmets found in 25 cent vending machines…
- Pint-Sized Vacations · 22 min · Season 1 Episode 5In this episode, we talk about some vacations we took while kids. We briefly visit Tweetsie Railroad (and talk about Phillip s dad overcoming his fear of heights), pre-Dollywood…
- Rabbit Ears Be Gone! · 23 min · Season 1 Episode 4In this episode, we talk about the day we got cable TV. The cable guy did not have great social skills, but neither did Roger. Plus, we mention Godzilla, Skinemax, (uh, I mean…
- My Dad Can Beat Up Your Dad! · 31 min · Season 1 Episode 3In this episode, we honor our fathers for Father's Day. Both of our fathers have passed but we wanted to celebrate them with some stories that respect their memory and pay…
- When McDonald's Meant More · 24 min · Season 1 Episode 2McDonald’s used to be a big deal when we were kids. Today, it’s a convenience. Then, it was a special event.
- Insert Coin · 17 min · Season 1 Episode 1Candy, trading cards, arcade games! What more would a 10 year old in 1981 want?
- Welcome to Poor Boy's Banter! · 3 minA brief ”Hello!” from the guys as they slam the champagne bottle (or Guinness beer, knowing these two) against the bow of this ship as they set sail for the warm waters (and…
- Poor Boy's Banter Promo · 2 minPromo trailer for the new Poor Boy’s Banter podcast. Expect funny childhood stories mixed with vintage TV Shows, movies, video and computer games, and an adult sense of humor. We…
