Banter with the mic left hot.
The Lions Den Podcast Network collects several chatty shows under one roof, from Two Dumb Dads riffing through everyday nonsense to Back to the Past revisiting older movies. The tone is fast, familiar, and proudly unpolished, with jokes, sponsor reads, trivia, and sudden detours sharing the same table.
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The Lions Den Podcast Network is a sprawling podcast hub with several voices and formats sharing the same casual, unpredictable energy. It is built around banter first. The episodes move through dad comedy, movie nostalgia, trivia, food rankings, politics, sponsor spots, studio mistakes, and stray personal stories without trying to sand everything smooth. Two Dumb Dads is the clearest comedy lane, with Spanky and Bonzi trading mock irritation over days off, tired intros, parenting logistics, and the general absence of common sense. The DBEXP Show feels more combustible. A simple question about cars, smells, dips, or microphone levels can turn into teasing, confusion, and a long detour before anyone remembers the original point. Sometimes the detour gets sharper, as in a political exchange about Christianity and respect for the Pope. Back to the Past Podcast brings a different rhythm, using older films as the frame for trivia and memory. The Princess Bride episode moves from release dates and William Goldman to Criterion editions and Godzilla. The Three Amigos conversation slides from comedy to darker Hollywood history, including a discussion of Vic Morrow and the risks of film production. That range is part of the network's texture. It can be silly, blunt, nostalgic, awkward, affectionate, and oddly specific within the same run. The shows often keep the seams visible: retakes, sponsor reads, board trouble, corrections, and people talking over each other remain part of the experience. That makes it feel more like a live room than a packaged comedy product. The humor is not carefully sculpted. It comes from repetition, petty corrections, confident wrong answers, and the pleasure of hearing familiar people needle each other. Listeners looking for a clean narrative arc may find it scattered. Listeners who like hangout audio, old-movie chatter, and conversational chaos will understand the appeal quickly.
Made for: Best for listeners who like dad-humor podcasts, local-radio energy, movie nostalgia, and casual arguments that wander into jokes. It suits people who enjoy loose group chemistry more than polished segments.
What sets it apart: The network's variety is its hook: Two Dumb Dads, DBEXP, and Back to the Past each bring a different lane while keeping the same fast, teasing, sponsor-read-heavy feel. It leaves in the false starts and room noise that many shows would edit out.
Welcome to The Lions Den Podcast Network. Home of the original show-The Lions Den Podcast featuring conversations with athletes/students, coaches, teachers and Alumni. Positive fun conversations with a peek behind the person or persons. Also home of The ''2 Dumb Dads'' Show with hosts Bondsy and Spanky. Also the home of The ''Love and Laughter'' Show with Terri and Spanky, Fantasy Football Junkies, Back to the Past Podcast and The DBEXB Show. Enjoy!!!
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Its most rewarding movie conversations pair easy group chemistry with a genuine appetite for production history and cult-film detail.
The Lions Den Podcast brings several conversational programs into one feed, with Back to the Past Podcast providing its clearest screen-culture thread.
The Princess Bride trivia and refried bean dip arguments share a feed; your taste for detours belongs here.
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A loose studio exchange turns into a heated argument about faith, the Pope, and a troubling picture.
A casual studio exchange slowly tightens into a charged conversation about a picture, faith, and respect for the Pope. It begins with sandwich jokes, hugs, and some uncertainty about whether anyone is on air, then shifts into a sharper argument about Christian voters and an…
A loose Princess Bride discussion where adaptation history and Criterion collecting give familiar affection a fresh shape.
The Lion's Den Podcast returns to The Princess Bride by treating its staying power as both shared memory and documented history. The discussion moves from the film's September 25, 1987 release into its enduring blend of fencing, fighting, torture, revenge, giants, monsters,…
A personal question game becomes a relaxed showcase for affectionate friction.
The episode turns a string of personal questions into a loose little character study, with the pair letting simple prompts become miniature arguments.
A Three Amigos rewatch becomes a loose but uneasy conversation about Hollywood history and production safety.
Back to the Past Podcast treats Three Amigos as a way back into December 12, 1986, with the hosts circling the movie, its comic rhythm, and the familiar trio of Steve Martin, Chevy Chase, and Martin Short.
A dip ranking turns into a relaxed argument about language, logic, and getting happily sidetracked.
The DBEXP Show treats a dip ranking as a reason to follow a conversation wherever it wants to go. French onion dip gets a moment of comic discovery, seven-layer dip settles at number five, and refried bean dip reaches number six after the hosts get stuck on whether the "re" in…
A pronunciation dispute becomes a loose, rabbit-backed quiz about the animals people eat most.
The show spins a pronunciation argument into an easygoing quiz about which animals people eat most around the world. One host remembers pushing back on a word heard at the radio station, while the other keeps testing whether the complaint is really an insult.
A loose food ranking becomes spirited bickering with one sharply gross late turn.
DBEXP turns a food ranking into a running test of personal taste, with Bonzi and Donnie B treating nearly every slot as grounds for a fresh argument.
Tiny debates, treated with heroic seriousness.
The Two Dumb Dads Show episode 143 features hosts Spanky and Bonzi introducing their podcast with sponsor plugs and a lighthearted tone.
A podcast episode reviewing the 1995 film Waterworld, discussing its plot, production, and legacy as a cult classic.
A podcast episode discussing the 1982 fantasy film The Dark Crystal, its creation, and its impact.
The Two Dumb Dads Show episode 152 features comedic banter and sponsor plugs, with hosts struggling with technical issues.
Hosts Bonzi and Donnie B engage in a casual, humorous conversation on the DBEXP show.
Spanky and Bonzi host The 2 Dumb Dads Show, discussing sciatica pain linked to wiping technique.
The Lion's Den Podcast episode "The DBEXP Show-EP 78" opens with a Stark Roofing sponsor read and then spends its longest stretch on an AI-generated image of Donald Trump in Jesus-style clothing.
The Lions Den Podcast episode "The DBEXP Show- EP 77" turns a listener request from Lexi Rose into a Stephen Colbert-style questionnaire for Donnie B.
Back to the Past Podcast spends this episode on Rob Reiner's The Princess Bride, released on September 25, 1987, after opening with the film's 'fencing, fighting, torture, revenge' frame story.
The hosts discuss having a day off from work due to their child's school closure and joke about the rarity of weekday offs.
The hosts banter about technical issues and a trivia question after a sponsor ad.
Back to the Past Podcast revisits Three Amigos, the 1986 Steve Martin, Martin Short, and Chevy Chase comedy released through Orion Pictures.
Donnie B argues that refried beans make sense because “there’s no oil involved” in reheating.
The hosts introduce themselves and their sponsors in a comedic, informal style for their podcast episode.