PUDs Podcast

Nick is super-tan and back from a 5th wedding anniversary trip in Southern California! Josh debates what to do with poison ivy, coaches tee-ball, the Tiverton Bucket Golf Invitational, and (perhaps) sacrifices his youngest to a giant backyard snake! Nick gives the scoop on where he stayed, ate, drank, visited, and hiked in San Diego on the first installment of "Nick Goes West&

We did it! We finally had our first remote guest! Tony, AKA Dad Abrantes, AKA the leader of the Ferocious Foursome, joins Nick and Josh to discuss being Portuguese, how he got the boys into golf, meeting Aerosmith, and how he beat Josh in Nick's bracket pool! Nick gets ready to head to California, Josh is wearing a melting teenage mutant ninja turtle, wascally wabbits, and Sei

Coming off the heels of the eclipse, Nick and Josh are struggling with some technical issues but persevere because the pod must go on! Nick sounds like Mickey Mouse, Josh is Australian, Nick tackles some "local" hikes including The Cliff Walk in Newport, what Josh would do if he had to face his nemesis on the moon, and tunnels in unexpected places, as we sashay through th

It's officially been a year since the first PUDs Podcast has been released and it's time to kick off our second season! Josh is angry about rain-induced traffic, the PUDs Podcast is now a "ranked" hiking podcast, and with the winter solstice just past Nick recaps all his hikes over the 2023-2024 calendar winter. From the White Mountains of New Hampshire to the H

We are the podcast of Pointless-Up-and-Downs, and this week we dive into one of the bigger "downs" that Josh and Nick have unfortunately both already experienced in their lives, losing their Dads. An episode with a somber middle and some cheery ends like a nice PUDs-wich; Josh chats about an awkward trip to the dermatologist, Nick scoops some poop out of a bathtub, the bo

Josh is back and you'll be happy to know his swagger is unswayed!!! Josh talks on what it's like being a Dad for the second time and Nick is happy to be 25% a godparent! The boys catchup on what's been happening with Josh, how Greta Van Fleet is awesome, get serious around some pressures with new Moms, and the reality of the comfort of hospital couches on this specia

Ash and Nick just got back from a trip to the High Peaks Region of the Adirondacks, their new favorite place to explore nature outside of their "home"-hiking-turf of New Hampshire! Pull up an Adirondack chair to listen in as they once again fly "Josh-less" and talk about everything ADK, including where to stay, where to eat, a day on the slopes at Whiteface, a j

With Josh absent to become a Dad for the second time, Nick and Ash finally get down to it (after chatting about doing it for the last month or so) with a rather sizable SPUDs on winter hiking in the White Mountains of New Hampshire! The dynamic hiking duo dive into their own experience winter hiking in the Whites and beyond; covering gear, layering, what's in their packs, trac

The boys are sipping on some nice carbonated beverages and Josh is in the final days before his new daughter arrives! Nick is ready to commandeer this podcast talking about his hike of Madison and Adams last weekend, how to pronounce Metallica, Josh dives into his ongoing journey with weight loss, people who run without headphones are crazy, (best) friend of the podcast Adam doesn&

Josh dons his interviewer persona as Nick reviews what he's been up to in the White Mountains of New Hampshire since Josh's "Christmas Party"! Take off your pack, brush off the snow, and find someplace cozy, as Josh chats with Nick about his last calendar-Fall hike up to Tom, Field and Willey, kicking off calendar-Winter with a hike of Franconia Ridge, The Kinsm