The F-It Podcast

F is for Flannel 🍂🏈 There’s something special about fall in the Midwest. The temperatures start dropping, the leaves turn brilliant shades of red, orange, and gold, Friday night lights come alive, and life seems to slow down just enough for everyone to take a deep breath. This week on The F-It Podcast, we’re pulling on our flannels and celebrating everything we love about fall! We talk about our favorite parts of the season, from the crisp autumn air and changing leaves to those c...

Hey! This Week You Should Watch… Horror October is here, the spooky season has officially begun, and this week the guys are diving headfirst into the world of horror movies! From the movies that scared us as kids to the ones we still can't watch alone, Adam and Jimmy look back at their first memories of horror, share their favorite horror films, and admit which movies they absolutely can't stand. But horror hasn't stayed the same. The guys take a trip through the evolution of the genre, from ...

This week on The F-It Podcast, we're heading to one of the most sacred institutions in the Midwest: the supper club. What exactly makes a supper club a supper club? Is it the atmosphere? The relish tray? The Friday night fish fry? Prime rib? A brandy Old Fashioned? Or is there some secret, unwritten rule that separates a real supper club from a restaurant that just happens to have a bar and a Wisconsin Old Fashioned? The guys dive into the traditions that make supper clubs such a beloved part...

Hey! This Week You Should Watch… The Great Dictator Jimmy gives Adam some homework this week: watch one of the most important films in the history of cinema—Charlie Chaplin’s The Great Dictator. The guys take a look at Chaplin’s bold 1940 film and discuss how he used comedy and satire to take on Adolf Hitler, fascism, and the political climate of the time. They explore whether The Great Dictator helped establish a blueprint for the political satire we see in movies and television today, and w...

This week, the guys are talking about some of the best fight sequences in movie history, as well as some of the absolute worst. They break down what makes a movie fight great, what makes one painfully bad, and why sometimes the difference between an awesome fight and a laughable one comes down to choreography, realism, and whether the actors actually look like they know how to throw a punch. They also dive into one of the greatest action-movie tropes of all time: The Heavy—that intimidating,...