This review is well overdue! I’ve been listening for at least four years now, and while I’ve shared clips with a bunch of people, I’ve never actually shared my immense amount of pleasure in the form of a review. So here we go.
Part of why this podcast clicked so fast for me is how much I relate to these guys. Brad and I frequently read the same books, have kids the same age, and go through similar experiences there. Jake and I have similar preferences, experiences, opinions, and sense of humor. That connection makes listening feel natural and familiar in the best way.
I was introduced to Jake back in the Jake and Josh days. I watched all of those videos and then, randomly, four years later decided to watch them again. After watching all of the 31 Days to 31k videos, I wondered what happened to Jake. When I looked on Instagram, I found Ghostrunners and was hooked from the first episode about selling your dog! I zoomed through the existing episodes to catch up right around the time that Jean Shorts was started.
There is very little these guys get wrong, at least from an entertainment standpoint. I feel like they frequently get facts wrong, but don’t we all? That’s what makes them so relatable. The games they play, the segments they have, the way they lead their lives as Christian men in all the different stages of life, and the relationships they have and share about on the podcast are all a great example of what it means to have fun in the life we’re given.
Mondays are trash night for us, so I have many, many memories of classic Ghostrunners moments while I’m breaking down cardboard and taking the trash down. I’ve also been listening with my 4-year-old Teddy in the car recently, and he loves listening to “Brad and Jake.” It’s easy to consider these guys friends and to put them on with the kids and family around.
You won’t regret listening to this podcast, for sure. Keep it up, fellas!
