Welcome back to Bub’s Pub! Brennen Roberts is bellied up to the bar discussing some of these hot topics…

• The Masters is underway & Rory is hot
• Autopsy of the Illini basketball season
• POTUS steps in to manage the NCAA
• The Chicago Bulls are a mess
• Department of Justice VS. the NFL
• The "Home Team Act" proposal for pro sports teams
• A baseball record breaking story from Scott Presley
• DRAFT: Best Easter Candy!
• New York Governor changes her tune
• Elon Musk's plans are out of this world!
• Some pets are not OK

Brennen Roberts is back in the co-pilot seat as we break down everything from the historic run by Illini basketball in the NCAA tournament to outer space!

• Florida vacation adventures
• Illini basketball in the Final Four!
• Chicago Cubs season preview
• White Sox season preview
• MLB Lockout is looming
• "Can we agree...?"
• DRAFT: Best space movies
• "Hail Mary" movie review
• Artemis II mission back to the moon
• SpaceX reportedly plans for an IPO
• Weird story of the week

Super sister Stephanie joins the Bub’s Pub Podcast to discuss Sanibel, Soldier Field, Soccer, and being a Super Teacher in today’s environment!

• Getting to Sanibel and travel tips
• A toast to Chuck Norris who passed away at 86
• Illini basketball makes the sweet 16
• A Hail Mary for Soldier Field?
• Soccer fandom at the Premier League
• DRAFT: Best beach adjacent movies
• Being a teacher today
• 2 crazy headlines of the week

50th Episode celebration!!! Josh Bartzen, Tim Orfritz, and Brennen Roberts all join in for our first 4-person episode! We look back on the first 49 shows while still covering the news of today. Thanks to everyone who has listened and laughed with us along the way!

• Brennen's AI deep dive research of Bub's Pub
• Patrick’s Day insights
• NFL free agency and updates
• World Baseball Classic
• NCAA Basketball Tournament
• DRAFT of the best DRAFTS!
• Texas couple convicted of $5M home remodeling scam
• Punch the Monkey
• Anthropic vs. The Dept. of War - counter point
• Tim and Jodi need to enter this competition!

SPECIAL EDITION: Brennen Roberts is starting up Seniors Helping Seniors for the Greater Naperville Area! Seniors Helping Seniors is a company that offers non-medical in-home care for aging seniors who want to age in place in their homes. Brennen and I sit down for this interview about his exciting new business venture and the path he took to get there!

• Changes in the marketing agency space
• Personal life encourages new ideas
• The idea to make a change
• What to do next?
• Franchise? Maybe, but which one?
• Seniors Helping Seniors
• The loneliness epidemic and finding good caregivers
• The family is all-in
• Next step: Launching the business!
• The vision of the business
• Helping families how to navigate aging
• Community resources to leverage
• Getting up and running!

Mike Ciccarelli, Franchise Consultant Extraordinaire, joins the podcast for an in-depth interview with me and Brennen regarding all the considerations when starting up your own franchise business. Enjoy!

• Genius idea: Government "Relegation"
• Bear's Drew Dalman retires unexpectedly
• Illinois basketball feel good story
• Is there any hope for the Bulls?
• World Baseball Classic starts
• Iran conflict breakdown
• The Mossad - Israel's CIA
• DRAFT: Best Espionage or Spy movies
• Interview: Mike Ciccarelli - Franchise Consultant

Brennen is back! He tells us about his amazing Costa Rica trip, and we catch up on the world topics.

• Costa Rican vacation was amazing!
• A toast to Rev. Jesse Jackson
• The Bears stadium saga and debate
• Illini basketball is so Aggravating!
• Winter Olympics highlights
• Mexican Cartels are pissed off
• DRAFT: Best Drug Cartel Movies/TV
• Mamdani's Money Madness in NY
• Who does Kalshi say who will be the Democratic '28 candidate
• Landmark $2M lawsuit
• "CFO Silvia" your AI financial guru
• Meta's after-life AI patent

Josh Bartzen co-hosts this week and provides great insight (even for a Packers fan)!

• Big Ten basketball is tough
• Sam Darnold lost money playing the Super Bowl
• NFC North & Packers Analysis
• MLB -Tony Clark - Which is worse?
• Winter Olympics Update
• RIP - James Van Der Beek (Varsity Blues)
• DRAFT: Best of Robert Duvall – RIP
• Millionaire Migration from California
• Stephen A. Smith for President?
• Josh takes us inside government shutdowns
• Youth Sports as a Private Equity investment
• Olympic Condoms Restocked!