The Bare Minimum Show

04/22/2026

NEW SCENT ALERT

Our friends over at Badass Beard Care just dropped a brand new scent… Main Squeeze 🍊

And let us tell you — this one is HANDS DOWN our favorite. It’s fresh, it’s clean, it’s straight up addictive.

So here’s the deal…
If they hit 5,000 sales using OUR link 👇
👉 www.badassbeardcare.com/bareminimum

We will get the Main Squeeze donkey tattooed on us

Yeah… we said it. It’s officially on the line.

Go grab yours, smell amazing, and help us make a terrible life decision

04/13/2026

Bare Minimum Monday

1️⃣ Listen to the new episode
2️⃣ Decide if the Moon Landing was real

That’s it. That’s the list.

🎧 Artemis II & The Moon Landing Conspiracy — OUT NOW

We try Badass Beard Care's newest scent Main Squeeze! Check it out



https://open.spotify.com/episode/2PynRHvwYNCQb0Map9C5Sr?si=tNyxLk-yRCqHZ0bboYj7_A

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oqJYOFs4p8

🚀 Artemis II & The Moon Landing Conspiracy… What’s the Truth?NASA is heading back to the Moon with Artemis II… but one question still hasn’t gone away:👉 Di...

03/27/2026

Sponsor Break Gone Wrong… (or Right?)

Shoutout to Badass Beard Care for delivering a sponsor moment we will NEVER forget

Ryan decided since the beard is gone, the mustache still deserves some love…
👉 applies beard balm
👉 immediately rips one loud enough for the mic to pick it up

And just like that… a slogan was born:
“Badass Beard Care… so badass it’ll blow you away ”

We can’t make this stuff up

Go show some love to Badass Beard Care — apparently their products are powerful in more ways than one

03/27/2026

New episode is LIVE… and yeah… we definitely should’ve planned this one .

No notes. No structure. Just:
🏁 Racing
🚒 Fire talk
🍺 Beverage break (thanks Vans Liquor Store)
🤦‍♂️ And whatever else came to mind

Basically just two guys hitting record and hoping for the best.

Sponsor Shoutout

JCI Electric
Badass Beard Care
Van's Liquor Store

Go give it a listen and tell us—should we ever plan again?



https://open.spotify.com/episode/3WHsiRhsJqbQikL3hMirIK?si=jf0hmKy3T6ec9KMHJsK6eA

https://youtu.be/xvsLZ9qwwno

No notes. No structure. Probably a mistake.It’s just Ryan and Mike this episode and we absolutely did not come prepared… so naturally we covered racing, fire...

03/20/2026

Not So Bare Minimum Music Friday is BACK 🎶

We took a brief pause (very on brand), but we’re coming in hot for spring

Weekend pick: “Walking on Sunshine” – Katrina & The Waves

Consider this your official notice… winter is canceled

Official video of Katrina & The Waves performing Walking On Sunshine from the album Walking On Sunshine. Buy It Here: http://smarturl.it/9mm4h2 Revisit more ...

03/17/2026

We know it’s not Bare Minimum Monday…
but it’s St. Paddy’s Day so we made an exception.

That’s right — we actually put in slightly above bare minimum effort and dropped the episode TODAY 🍀

Tune in for:
🍻 Green beer decisions
🍀 Leprechaun trap failures
🥩 Corned beef & cabbage season

You’re welcome.

https://open.spotify.com/episode/5j9NObQfr8uaRpgxxewgvn?si=6xrjp8t5Rfu9mwRBvP1W3w

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1jMv_C8mhE

🍀 BARE MINIMUM ST. PADDY’S DAY SPECIAL 🍀This week we’re going full Irish… or at least the bare minimum version of it.We’re talking about what St. Patrick’s...

03/10/2026

THIS is what small town pride looks like.

Today two local schools are playing on the State Tournament stage.

Not just representing their schools…
but their town, families, fans, and the same community.

Around here everyone knows someone on the team…
or someone whose kid played with them growing up…
or someone who coached them along the way.

That’s the difference with small town sports.

Game Times:

🟦 Bellevue vs Burlington Notre Dame — 3:45 PM
🟥 Marquette Catholic vs Bishop Garrigan — 7:15 PM

Good luck today to the Bellevue Comets and the Marquette Catholic Defenders.

The whole community is proud of you. 👏🏀

03/09/2026

BARE MINIMUM MONDAY 🎙️

You know what that means… a new episode just dropped.

Episode 7: The Forgotten Technology We Thought Was the Future

Remember when we were convinced certain gadgets were going to change the world forever… and now they’re sitting in a junk drawer somewhere? Yeah… we’re talking about those.

Join us as we take a trip back through some of the tech that had us saying “this is the future!” before it completely disappeared.

And of course we can’t forget the people that make this show possible:

⚡ JCI Electric
🍻 Vans Liquor Store
🧔 Badass Beard Care
🥩 Doiche Foods

Give them some love and tell them you heard about them on The Bare Minimum Show (even if you didn’t… we won’t tell).

Now go listen… it would be doing more than the bare minimum



https://open.spotify.com/episode/408Zgmr8krt5gfmyV9BVC8?si=Xw5r2NVZRJufmMmtS4_jww

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsQt9xin6f4

Remember when technology felt like the future… but now it just feels like a weird fever dream? 😂This week on The Bare Minimum Show, Mike, Ryan, and Michael ...

03/02/2026

It’s Bare Minimum Monday

New episode with Austin from The Skol Hop.

We gave it full effort…

You already know how the results turned out.

Podcast grind talk
Would You Rather
Who Did It Better
Bare Minimum Award of the Week

Shoutout to our Sponsors

JCI Electric
Van's Liquor Store
Badass Beard Care www.badassbeardcare.com/bareminimum

Let’s go



https://spotifycreators-web.app.link/e/S7DkpKzvb1b

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nd4HcuQLLZM

02/28/2026

BARE MINIMUM SPONSOR SHOUTOUT SATURDAY

Shoutout to the OGs —

Van's Liquor Store on Sinsinawa Ave in East Dubuque

They’ve been rocking with us since the very beginning…
back when the Bare Minimum was somehow even more minimum.

They’ve got all your beverage needs
and some of the best deals around.

When you stop in this weekend — and you should —

Make sure you tell them you heard about them on The Bare Minimum Show
(even if you’ve been going there for years)

It lets them know we’re actually doing our job…

and not just the bare minimum

Thank you Jeff and your team for trusting us to help expand your brand

Support the ones who support us

https://www.vansliquor.com/

Van's Liquor Store in East Dubuque, Illinois. Proudly serving the tri-state area with the best deals on beer, wine, and liquor since 1937!

02/27/2026

NOT-SO-BARE-MINIMUM MUSIC FRIDAY – BACK AGAIN

Last week we introduced it…

This week we proved it wasn’t a fluke.

We’re officially a music podcast now
(don’t fact check that)

This week’s repeat-button abuse:

Been listening to Here’s to the Night – Eve 6 a lot lately…

Because it hits that weird millennial sweet spot of:

• nostalgia
• “how did we get here?”
• realizing we’re now the adults we used to make fun of

It’s not even sad… just reflective.

Like a slow-motion montage of:

• AIM away messages
• graduation parties
• late summer nights that felt important for no reason

Here’s to the nights we thought would last forever 🍻

Drop your weekend anthem 👇

Eve 6's official music video for 'Here's To The Night'. Click to listen to Eve 6 on Spotify: http://smarturl.it/Eve6Spotify?IQid=Eve6HTTNAs featured on Horro...

02/23/2026

🚨 Bare Minimum Monday Update 🚨

You might be wondering where today’s episode is…
Well… we really leaned into the brand this week and did the bare minimum — meaning we didn’t record one

Ryan’s down in Florida chasing speed and glory 🏁
Mike and Michael have been getting ready because this Friday we’re recording with a 👀 special guest… and that episode will drop next Monday. Trust us — you’re gonna want to hear this one.

We’re still here. Still alive. Still doing just enough to legally call this a podcast.
Hang tight… good stuff coming soon.