Welcome to HSNE March Madness! This week we asked AI to pick 32 top pop-punk songs and put them in a bracket to see which will prevail the winner! Eternal Boy frontman and Four Chord Music Festival founder Rishi Bahl joins us as the resident pop-punk expert to help us determine the ultimate song (based on what AI gave us).
Patreon Sneak Peek: Blink No Singles Setlist Challenge
This week we're giving you a sneak peak into our Patreon exclusives! PunkishDad was calling the shots for February and asked us all to make the perfect blink-182 setlist with the caveat that NO SINGLES are allowed. Wingman Steve, Chris-183, PunkishDad himself, and Nick J make their setlists and Tom G analyzes and picks the winner. For more Patreon shenanigans, subscribe at www.patreon.com/hsnepod
Forgotten Favorites February: Vacation
We wrap up Forgotten Favorites February with a discussion about everyone's favorite topic... Vacation! This is the album Vacation by Seaway, and we're joined by PunkishDad him self and Chris from the cautious.optimistic handle to deep dive the album, talk about Maxim magazine and much more!
Forgotten Favorites February: Skip School, Start Fights
We do not endorse our listeners to skip school or start fights, but we do endorse you to check out Hit the Lights and their album Skip School, Start Fights. We've never spoken about Hit the Lights before but we have Stefan from gear182 to help us walk through this neon pop-punk jam.
Forgotten Favorites February: Unwritten Law
For our next Forgotten Favorites February we're talking about a band that somehow we have overlooked for years. Today we are joined by D-Rock and we're talking all about Unwritten Law's self-titled album.
Forgotten Favorites February: Sound the Alarm
Our HSNE Jeopardy Tournament of Champions Winner PunkishDad gets to pick the content for our show for all of February! He's demed this "Forgotten Favorites February," and if you're unsure what that means, tune in and everything will be explained as we deep dive Saves the Day's Sound the Alarm with PunkishDad and PunkishDad's friend!
HSNE Goes Old School: Stranger Than Fiction
It's our final HSNE Goes Old School and we're deep diving Bad Religion's 1994 record Stranger Than Fiction. Is this a classic album you enjoy? Is this the best Bad Religion album? Tune in and hear our thoughts!
Eternal Youth feat. Ken Vasoli
Tell me what you thought about that time we got to sit down with Ken Vasoli and chat about the Drive-Thru Records days, the new album Eternal Youth, his favorite records, and more!
HSNE Goes Old School: Let's Talk About Feelings
There's nothing that says Old School surf punk like a SoCal band from the 90's. This week we are deep diving Lagwagon and their 1998 album Let's Talk About Feelings. Do you think this is in the top 50 pop-punk albums of all time? We shall discuss!
HSNE Goes Old School: ...And Out Come the Wolves
Next up on HSNE Goes Old School we're breaking out the black coat, white shoes shoes, black hat, Cadillac and we're talkin about Rancid's 1995 record ...And Out Come The Wolves. Mark from The Two Point Conversation Podcast joins us to walk through this old school ska/punk classic and debate what's Rancid's biggest single.
HSNE Goes Old School: Milo Goes to College
It's a new year and a new theme here on HSNE. We're going back back to the old school and visiting some albums that were influential on the pop-punk scene. To start, we are going into The Descendents and their first record Milo Goes to College
HSNE Jeopardy Tournament of Champions!
It's a Christmas miracle! We've brought all 3 of our HSNE Jeopardy Champions together for a Tournament of Champs. We PunkishDad vs Tom vs Dave to see who is the champ of champs. The questions have gotten harder and the board has gotten bigger. Listen in and see who prevails for a very special prize!
2025 Recap: The Same Old Wasted Wonderful World
We're capping off our 2025 Recap with a deep dive on Motion City Soundtrack's new album The Same Old Wasted Wonderful World. It's been 10 years since we've heard a new album from these guys and this is the first Wingman Steve and Chris-183 have seen released as official fans. Tom Good joins us as the resident MCS expert to talk about this one track by track.
2025 Recap: The Sound A Body Makes When It's Still
Next on our list of 2025 albums we couldn't wait to chat about, it's Hot Mulligan and The Sound A Body Makes When It's Still. Call it emo, screamo, midwest emo, whatever you want, we were just stoked to dive into this one and how could we resist all the fun song titles?
2025 Recap: Eternal Youth
We've waited 18 years for a new Starting Line full length album and they delivered with 2025's Eternal Youth. We're joined by lifelong Starting Line fan Sam to break this one down, discuss the hooks and sounds and debate where it scores in the Starting Line discography.
2025 Recap: Better Days
It's the end of the year and it's time to reflect back on all the beautiful pop-punk music we were given in 2025. In our first of several 2025 Recap episodes we're deep diving Yellowcard's first full length record since their reunion, Better Days. Huge singles, violins, some electronics, Travis Barker, Avril, Matt Skiba... we have a lot to discuss.
HSNE Collabs: Wasting Time
For our final HSNE Collabs, we're chatting with Chris from across the pond and The Wasting Time Podcast. Chris chats with us all about their show, some cool guests they've had on, and their involvement with our favorite music festival - Four Chord!
Fantasy Draft: Yellowcard + Starting Line
In this Patreon episode, we took 10 Yellowcard songs, 10 Starting Line songs, and 4 total wild cards and did a fantasy draft with our buddies Stew and Steve Kelly. We also invited third party analysts Dr Bernie and Sam to evaluate the teams and see who came out on top!
HSNE Collabs: Stereo Therapy
For our next HSNE Collabs we are chatting with Lisa from Stereo Therapy Podcast. We talk all about the local music scenes in Chicago and New Jersey and discuss the importance of mental health in the scene. Check them out @stereo.therapy!
HSNE Collabs: Playlitest
This month we're collabing with some awesome fellow podcasters. We're kicking things off with our friends Wiley and Steve from Playlitest. We talk all about playlists, CD-RW's, their show and more. We even created a Quintessential Pop-Punk Playlist which you can listen to! https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2d0Ec1TIJjT211rv4sgqsS?si=63d7c0d824b4451b