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Funny and intense arguments about what is "the best" in the world of movies, music, sports and everything pop culture from three guys who have known each other our whole lives. A formatted head to head (to head) to settle the score, once and for all on everything ranging from best one-hit wonder to best sports scandal. Formidable Opponents covers a wide array of interesting topics and breaks them down in a round table discussion as each of us defends and debates our individual takes on the topics we all love to hilariously argue about. [email protected]: @FOpponents Instagram formidable_opponentsFacebook: Formidable Opponents Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/foropponents

Recent Episodes

Randall Writes a Book. Check out "Nu Metal: Nu'er Emotions"

Send us a message and get a shoutout! Most people revisit their youth by making a playlist. I wrote an entire book. In this special bonus episode, I want to share the story behind "Nu Metal: Nu'er Emotions: A Loud Funny and Surprisingly Emotional History of Nu Metal." Hear why this music still matters, how nostalgia turned into a book, and why an era that gave us Korn, Limp Bizkit, Linkin Park, Slipknot and screaming over turntables deserves another look. If you ever burned a CD, ...

7 MIN

Best Song to Fight to

Send us a message and get a shoutout! Sometimes we rank things like the greatest albums of all time, but today we rank the songs that would make us dramatically remove our jacket before getting immediately knocked out. That's right, we're discussing and debating the best songs to fight to! On this episode, we debate the loudest riffs, hardest beats, and most glorious and violent anthems in music history. Because every playlist deserves one track that make you feel like a her...

54 MIN

Worst Movie Ending

Send us a message and get a shoutout! Some movies stick the landing. Others drive straight off a cliff, explode, and somehow still roll credits. This week, Formidable Opponents dives headfirst into the most baffling, rage-inducing, and unintentionally hilarious movies ever put on film. From endings that make absolutely no sense to finales that somehow manage to ruin two hours of perfectly good storytelling in under five minutes, nothing is safe! Warning: Contains spoilers, cinematic sla...

70 MIN

Saddest 90s Song

Send us a message and get a shoutout! This week Formidable Opponents dives into the near impossible question: what is the saddest song of the 1990s? From grunge despair and acoustic heartbreak to emotionally catastrophic funeral ballads, the episode revisits a decade when every music video looked like someone had just lost custody of a payphone in the rain. Join us for a "deeply scientific" exploration of sadness, nostalgia, and why the 90s somehow turned emotional collapse, cargo shorts, and...

68 MIN

Best Movie Mentor

Send us a message and get a shoutout! This week, we’re diving headfirst into the sacred cinematic dojo to crown the greatest movie mentor of all time. From wise, cryptic legends to wildly unqualified chaos agents, we break down the icons who shaped heroes, delivered life lessons, and occasionally committed light emotional damage in the name of growth. Is the best mentor the one with discipline and wisdom? Or the one who just yells, throws you into danger, and hopes you figure it out? We’re ta...

60 MIN