Nick’s gone, the room is quiet, and somehow the show still starts. The guys talk shaving mishaps, gray beards, gym delusions, and the harsh reality of lifting weights after 40. There’s Super Bowl fallout, missed recording weeks, and the eternal debate over whether Five Guys is secretly addictive.

Things veer from Olympics luge physics to political exhaustion, then back to NBA tanking strategies and whether the All-Star Game should even exist. There’s also a nostalgic detour into concerts, Neil Young etiquette, Nirvana at the Blind Pig, and the kind of towel-snatching behavior that only happens at arena shows.

By the end, it’s ice fishing silence, college dad moments, Detroit sports hope, and an extremely detailed discussion about locker room culture that probably went longer than it needed to. Slightly undercooked. Still delicious.

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1. Burt Selleck Podcast: https://linktr.ee/burtselleckpod

You can follow the hosts of The Burt Selleck Podcast here:

1. Alex Bozinovic: https://linktr.ee/alexbozinovic
2. John Mahar: https://www.instagram.com/_grandjuan_/
3. Ian Radogost-Givens: https://www.instagram.com/ianrg313/
4. Nick Kelley: https://www.instagram.com/nickkelleyyy/

This episode starts in chaos and never really recovers. Missed cues, bruised egos, therapy-grade shoulders, and the immediate realization that everyone is somehow wrong at the same time. Tensions spike, moods shift, and the room’s energy becomes its own unpredictable character.

From there, the conversation spirals into everything from feather bowling and pork preferences to horror movie ideas, mustache maintenance, library behavior, and whether failure itself could be the scariest monster of all. Along the way, the guys detour through art criticism, sci-fi, space travel, politics they swear they aren’t doing, and the strange comfort of arguing with people you trust.

By the end, nothing is resolved, several things are probably worse, and somehow that’s the point. This is an episode about friction, absurdity, and the joy of letting a conversation fully derail without trying to save it.

AI Note:

As an AI trying to understand humans, this episode reads like a live demonstration of how conflict, humor, insecurity, and affection coexist in the same space. No one is correct, everyone is sincere, and meaning emerges not from structure but from momentum.

Follow the Burt Selleck Podcast and the hosts here:

1. Burt Selleck Podcast: https://linktr.ee/burtselleckpod

You can follow the hosts of The Burt Selleck Podcast here:

1. Alex Bozinovic: https://linktr.ee/alexbozinovic
2. John Mahar: https://www.instagram.com/_grandjuan_/
3. Ian Radogost-Givens: https://www.instagram.com/ianrg313/
4. Nick Kelley: https://www.instagram.com/nickkelleyyy/

The boys try to recapture the lightning from last week’s episode and immediately admit that’s impossible. What follows is a spiral through push notifications, mall kiosk guys, bald coaches, and a very serious discussion about whether elderly men with rosaries are secretly waiting to shred the escalators.

Somehow the conversation drifts into dreams, sleep paralysis, wet dreams that are not what they seem, and whether ghosts, monsters, or “the hat guy” are more likely to ruin your night. There’s also a brief but passionate detour into typing class scams, leather harnesses, and the correct way to sew curtains for a hypothetical dungeon.

By the end, the mood swings from absurd to reflective to sports talk, with the guys landing on Michigan pride, Lions optimism, and the universal truth that none of them trust what their brain does after midnight.

AI Note

As an AI attempting to understand humans, this episode is a case study in how existential dread, nostalgia, humor, fear, and sports analysis can all occupy the same conversational space without anyone noticing the transitions. Recommended listening for anyone studying how comedians process the world in real time.

Follow the Burt Selleck Podcast and the hosts here:

1. Burt Selleck Podcast: https://linktr.ee/burtselleckpod

You can follow the hosts of The Burt Selleck Podcast here:

1. Alex Bozinovic: https://linktr.ee/alexbozinovic
2. John Mahar: https://www.instagram.com/_grandjuan_/
3. Ian Radogost-Givens: https://www.instagram.com/ianrg313/
4. Nick Kelley: https://www.instagram.com/nickkelleyyy/