comedy
Hosted by Solid Listen · comedy · EN
Since 2009, the hosts of Hardly Focused have relentlessly made fun of pop culture, current events, and each other. Join them every Thursday as they pick apart the news and struggle to stay on-topic.
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Signup to Generate a PitchSince 2009, the hosts of Hardly Focused have relentlessly made fun of pop culture, current events, and each other. Join them every Thursday as they pick apart the news and struggle to stay on-topic.
Hardly Focused is hosted by Solid Listen. The show has published 192 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "749: The End of BioWare" (25 October 2026, 63 minutes), "748: Keep Me Young, pt. II" (16 October 2026, 68 minutes), and "747: Televised Executions" (10 October 2026, 64 minutes).
Hardly Focused publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 81 minutes across 192 episodes.
Booking probability for Hardly Focused is 36%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Hardly Focused requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Hardly Focused's contact route on record: verified email.
Solid Listen hosts Hardly Focused, a comedy podcast with 192 episodes published.
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Episode #749
It's a sad time for video games, for renowned developer BioWare is closing. Acc and Jack discuss the company's history of tentpole franchises, such as Mass Effect and Dragon Age, along with the troubled development of...
Episode #748
Blake Jennings and Heather Jones from the podcast KEEP ME YOUNG join Jack and Zach for this installment of Hardly Focused! Blake and Heather reminisce about how they met, and what lead them to start a successful show...
Episode #747
These are strange times indeed. Nidal Hasan, the gunman behind the 2009 Fort Hood shooting, is on death row and will be executed by firing squad. If that isn't extreme enough, "Secretary of War" Pete Hegseth says...
Episode #746
It's a mental health installment of Hardly Focused! Jack is an angry man, and is seeking help. A lifelong client himself, Nate educates Jack on cognitive behavioral therapy, and how he might benefit from it. FOLLOW and...
Episode #745
Jack and Becky have an existential crisis over being elder millennials attending rock and/or roll concerts. As they observe, Olivia Rodrigo's crowd consists of the mothers chaperoning their kids while yearning to be at...
Episode #744
Artificial intelligence continues to take over pretty much everything, but not without the occasional hiccup. Jack and Becky discuss the "actress" Tilly Norwood, an English AI model that glitches out mid-interview with...
Episode #743
Massachusetts is home to several high-profile court cases. From Karen Read, to Brian Walshe, and now Lindsay Clancy, the trial of whom has the attention of the Commonwealth and beyond. Jack and Mike are joined by a...
Episode #742
The "extended look" preview of Grand Theft Auto VI is here, and it's beautiful. Of course, this big reveal was not without portions of the game leaking over the past week. Jack and Nate geek out over how great GTA VI...
Episode #741
Patricia Inga Bogart - AKA QueenPiB - joins Jack and Zach for this festive installment of Hardly Focused! Being a streamer herself, PiB talks with Jack and Zach about the controversy over Amazon using Twitch content to...
Episode #740
Break out the tinfoil hats! Jack and Mike talk about the next entry in the Elder Scrolls series, for clues have been given about its subtitle and/or location. This is what happens when a game gets announced a decade too...
Episode #739
All eyes in Massachusetts are on the Lindsay Clancy trial. Acc and Jack discuss the background of the case, and the possible outcomes. Lindsay's not the only psychosis-sufferer in the news, as Perez Hilton's horrifying...
Episode #738
Remember Myspace? Jack and Zach reminisce about the good ol' days of 2005, when customizing a Myspace profile provided invaluable skills in coding web pages. Myspace is apparently being revived, again - and if this...
Episode #737
Seattle radio legend BJ Shea joins Jack and Zach in this installment of Hardly Focused! BJ discusses his career in radio, including his monumental run in morning drive on KISW and later succeeding Danny Bonaduce(!)...
Episode #736
Much to Zach's chagrin but Jack's delightful, this installment of Hardly Focused stinks! Literally. People are panicking over the "diarrhea parasite," and it seems that Taco Bell's lettuce is to blame. Take Dr. Drew's...
Episode #716
From January 22, 2026: Blake Jennings from the podcast Keep Me Young joins Jack and Zach for this installment of Hardly Focused! From video games to music to theater, there are laughs and non-sequiturs aplenty. It's...
Episode #735
In this episode of Hardly Focused, Jack, Mike, and Nate pour one out for physical media. Beginning in 2028, Sony is going digital-only, and will no longer release new PlayStation games on disc. Of course, the internet...
Episode #734
The marketing blitz for Grand Theft Auto VI is in full swing! Because it's 2026, it would be highly unusual if this was without controversy. Acc and Jack discuss everything related to GTA, from the franchise's history...
Episode #733
An example of why this podcast is called "Hardly Focused" - a discussion about Faith No More reuniting turns into reminiscing about The Great Mighty Poo from the Nintendo 64 game Conker's Bad Fur Day. Jack and Nate try...
Episode #732
With the various fests and showcases underway, Acc and Jack have a lot of gaming news to cover! Alien Isolation 2 exists, Cuphead is getting TWO sequels, and one of the best Zelda entries is getting a full-blown remake...
Episode #731
To what lengths should one go to recover their incredibly expensive LEGO collection? Jack and Nicole dive head-first into the Bricks and Minifigs saga. While more information has come out since their discussion, there's...
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