Pawn Shop of Life: Trading, trashing, and appraising the chaos of everyday life.

BradBCG
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 Welcome to the Pawn Shop of Life, the only podcast where the listeners bring the inventory. Hosted by our lead appraiser, his resident specialist co-host, and our gatekeeper producer in the back room, we treat pop culture, life stories, and random rants like items on a pawn counter. From Diablo 4 grinds and military life to boating safety and nostalgia trips—if you want to unpack it, debate it, or throw it in the trash dumpster permanently, we are haggling over its value. What are your core memories actually worth? Hit subscribe, drop off your topics, and let's make a deal.  Talks of all life! Opinions, reviews, trash talk, military, video games, fishing, boating safety, Coast Guard, sports, politics, government, mental health, camping,  and much much more! Stayed tuned for all the madness! You can reach us at the following email for feedback or topics you'd like to hear us talk about: pawnshopoflife@gmail.com Follow us on Instagram: (@pawnshopoflife) • Instagram photos and videos Follow us on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@pawnshopoflife

  1. 1d ago

    40.0 Nostalgia Tripping and Pop Culture Retrospective; Haggling with History: From Game Boys to iPods 🕹️

    Send us Fan Mail Ever look at an old photo and think, “How on earth did we survive that era?” On this week’s episode of Pawn Shop of Life, we are opening up the vault and trading in some of our most valuable core memories. We are looking at three massive bridge years that completely rewrote pop culture and valuing them to see how well they aged. Grab your tags, because we are diving deep into 1989, 1990, and 2001—the ultimate era shift.  Here's the years we picked • 🕹️ 1989: You are blowing into a Nintendo cartridge to make it work, lining up to see Batman in theaters, and trying to fit a brand-new, brick-sized original Game Boy into your pocket. Meanwhile, Milli Vanilli is dominating the charts (completely drama-free... for now). • 📻 1990: The official dawn of a new decade. MC Hammer is telling us we Can't Touch This, everyone is wearing neon windbreakers, The Simpsons just premiered their very first full season, and a little movie called Home Alone is changing the holiday box office forever. • 🎧 2001: Fast forward to the new millennium. You are destroying the family PC with viruses downloading music on Limewire, buying the first-ever iPod, and watching Shrek on VHS. Pop culture is in overdrive with Britney Spears dancing with a python at the VMAs and the launch of the original Xbox. Support the show

  2. Sep 8

    39.1 (Part two) Nostalgia Tripping and Pop Culture Retrospective

    Send us Fan Mail We did it again! Some fun throw backs and some things you probably never heard of! Come and check it out to see the years that we talked about!!!! You'll have to forgive "Baby Kangaroo" on some of his ramblings (I hope I didn't miss any edits), he just had shoulder surgery so here's to a quick recovery. Thanks, Matt, for coming down from the great state of Maryland to join the cast!!! Enjoy the dogs barking!!! We hope you enjoy the show and please follow on the following platforms.   https://www.youtube.com/@pawnshopoflife https://www.instagram.com/pawnshopoflife/ Thanks for listening! If you'd like to be on the show email me at pawnshopoflife@gmail.com or through buzzsprout. Support the show

  3. Aug 23

    39.0 Nostalgia Tripping and Pop Culture Retrospective

    Send us Fan Mail Wow some fun throw back and some things you probably never heard of! Come and check it out to see the years that we talked about!!!! We hope you enjoy the show and please follow on the following platforms.   https://www.youtube.com/@pawnshopoflife https://www.instagram.com/pawnshopoflife/ Thanks for listening! If you'd like to be on the show email me at pawnshopoflife@gmail.com or through buzzsprout. Support the show

  4. Aug 9

    38.0 Room 101/Trashcan Segment

    Send us Fan Mail Today's episode was a fun one, Room 101/Trashcan Segment. We each pick a daily annoyance and decide if it something that life should just throw out (think slow drivers in the fast lane, we did). We hope you enjoy the show and please follow on the following platforms.   https://www.youtube.com/@pawnshopoflife https://www.instagram.com/pawnshopoflife/ Thanks for listening! If you'd like to be on the show email me at pawnshopoflife@gmail.com or through buzzsprout. Support the show

  5. Jul 13

    250 Merica!

    Send us Fan Mail Today we talk ab out America, it is the 250th anniversary of the greatest country in the history of the world! Fun facts and a few fun moments, check it out! We hope you enjoy the show and please follow on the following platforms.   https://www.youtube.com/@pawnshopoflife https://www.instagram.com/pawnshopoflife/ Thanks for listening! If you'd like to be on the show email me at pawnshopoflife@gmail.com or through buzzsprout. Support the show

  6. Jun 28

    37.0 Free for All

    Send us Fan Mail Hey all! We've all had a busy last couple of weeks, so I didn't make time for a specific topic, so we just go at it on a free for all. We do discuss some topics, retirement, Diablo, money management, golf, and the new Coast Guard school. Wound up being a good episode with nothing set in stone. Check it out! I hope you enjoy the show and please follow on the following platforms.   https://www.youtube.com/@pawnshopoflife https://www.instagram.com/pawnshopoflife/ Thanks for listening! If you'd like to be on the show email me at pawnshopoflife@gmail.com or through buzzsprout. Support the show

  7. Jun 15

    36.0 Pawning Our Peace: The Social Media & Mental Health Loop

    Send us Fan Mail Tami decided that she didn't get a chance to get all her info in so Tami is going to run this one. She spent a lot of time working on this and I hope we dont de-rail her too much. We hope you enjoy the show and please follow on the following platforms.   https://www.youtube.com/@pawnshopoflife https://www.instagram.com/pawnshopoflife/ Thanks for listening! If you'd like to be on the show email me at pawnshopoflife@gmail.com or through buzzsprout and we will set up a show with you as the guest host. Support the show

  8. Jun 1

    35.0 3D Printing, hosted by Baby Kangaroo

    Send us Fan Mail OK! Today Baby Kangaroo is running the show. We are talking about 3D printing, more complex than you would think. Hope you enjoy this one and next we are revisiting social media and mental health hosted by TamiB48! I like that my co-hosts are putting in some work!!! Please follow on the following platforms.   https://www.youtube.com/@pawnshopoflife https://www.instagram.com/pawnshopoflife/ Thanks for listening! If you'd like to be on the show email me at pawnshopoflife@gmail.com or through buzzsprout and we will host a show with you as the guest host. Support the show

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 Welcome to the Pawn Shop of Life, the only podcast where the listeners bring the inventory. Hosted by our lead appraiser, his resident specialist co-host, and our gatekeeper producer in the back room, we treat pop culture, life stories, and random rants like items on a pawn counter. From Diablo 4 grinds and military life to boating safety and nostalgia trips—if you want to unpack it, debate it, or throw it in the trash dumpster permanently, we are haggling over its value. What are your core memories actually worth? Hit subscribe, drop off your topics, and let's make a deal.  Talks of all life! Opinions, reviews, trash talk, military, video games, fishing, boating safety, Coast Guard, sports, politics, government, mental health, camping,  and much much more! Stayed tuned for all the madness! You can reach us at the following email for feedback or topics you'd like to hear us talk about: pawnshopoflife@gmail.com Follow us on Instagram: (@pawnshopoflife) • Instagram photos and videos Follow us on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@pawnshopoflife

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