Off the Record with Jon and Tim

The newest member of Jox Primetime is our guest on Off the Record as Aaron Daniel joins the show to re-live the good old days when the three guys started working together. They talk about Jon's hate of Halloween, the famous "pelican" segment and their worst work ever when they shot a Purge style video a couple of years ago to review the third Purge movie. This is unscripted, real conversation. This is what happens off the air. This is Off the Record. 0:24 - Jon had to be at a meeting early and is extremely tired and delirious.  5:36 - Tim and Jon introduce Aaron Daniel to the podcast as our guest this week. Aaron is the star of such stories as the Nacho story. 8:18 - Aaron gives his impression of Jon and Tim after having worked with them for almost a decade and what he thinks about joining Primetime. 10:51 - Tim wants to know once and for all why Jon hates the Halloween holiday. 20:32 - Aaron talks about his girlfriend bugging him all the time after she moved away. 23:41 - Jon, Tim and Aaron bring up

We're back with another Monday edition of the podcast as we discuss what we did over the weekend including hosting more radio shows and watching the new show "Maniac" which came out on Netflix this past weekend. This is unscripted, real conversation. This is what happens off the air. This is Off the Record. 0:53 - Jon talks about the atmosphere and weather at Bryant-Denny Stadium on Saturday. 3:22 - Tim describes what it's like working with Joe Hunk on Jox Gameday each weekend and Jon talks about what it was like when he and Joe first started on Jox Primetime a few years ago. 17:42 - Tim says he and Jon need more audio and video evidence on discussions they have so they know who was right and wrong. He brings up to Jon that they need to do more video streams moving forward. 19:10 - Tim asks Jon how he manages his schedule, and Jon gives an example of how he had to watch Maniac scattered over the course of the weekend. 22:10 - Jon and Tim discuss Maniac. Tim says it's hard to watch, Jon says

We're back. We took a few days off, but we're back and talking more about the new Joker movie, discussing Tim's hate of space movies (and Jon's continued hate of horror) plus discussions about Westworld and more. Listen as we ramble about movies and TV shows for an hour to make up for lost time this week. This is unscripted, real conversation. This is what happens off the air. This is Off the Record.

The guys discuss the new casting news and first photos from the new Joaquin Phoenix "Joker" movie.  Both are still skeptical, but that leads them into a discussion about what they think about Joaquin Phoenix overall after Jon recommended Tim watch "Her". Jon brings up the parallels between Her and Blade Runner 2049 and then they discuss why a great movie like Blade Runner 2049 didn't make more at the box office. That leads into a discussion on marketing which brings things back to the DCEU and how poorly it has been handled. This is unscripted, real conversation. This is what happens off the air. This is Off the Record.

Jon and Tim discuss their love of video games and some of their favorites as they prepare for the launch of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate this winter. The conversation then turns into how video games are so negatively viewed by many.  The guys discuss how people unfairly blame video games for shootings and how many people in sports view video games as lazy. This is unscripted, real conversation. This is what happens off the air. This is Off the Record.

It's a stormy day at the Off the Record Studios. With that, Jon says it's perfect sleeping weather so Tim talks about how much he enjoys naps but can't sleep in a moving vehicle. That then leads to Jon thinking back to the times that he's almost fallen asleep in a car or been with someone who has fallen asleep while driving. Then the podcast takes a strange turn as we tell a story we never thought we would ever tell in public.  It has to do with Alabama football, a coworker and nachos.  Enjoy. This is unscripted, real conversation. This is what happens off the air. This is Off the Record.

Today we start off by talking about Hurricane Florence as it has already made multiple college football games be cancelled.  Jon and Tim talk about the coverage of the hurricanes in town and what this one will mean for the rest of the season. Tim brings up the story that Henry Cavill has left the role of Superman.  One site says Michael B. Jordan should be Superman, and Jon and Tim debate the pros and cons of having a black Superman and compare it to the response so far to the rumors of Idris Elba playing James Bond. Then the conversation goes into why ESPN is failing so bad right now. This is unscripted, real conversation. This is what happens off the air. This is Off the Record.

We recap our weekends while breaking down sports, movies and more. The podcast starts with Jon and Tim continuing their fight over Halloween after Tim decided to tweet at Jon about the good reviews Halloween had compared to A Star Is Born. Jon counters a day later after the negative reviews came out. Jon then recaps what the metal detectors and experience was like at Bryant-Denny Stadium this week as Alabama opened the football season. Our AJ Question of the Day asks us if we've ever gotten teary eyed during a sporting event, TV show or movie. Jon brings up winning his first state championship, Tim brings up watching the movie Pearl Harbor after September 11.  That starts a discussion about where we were when 9/11 happened and how it affected us as we near the 17th anniversary tomorrow. This is unscripted, real conversation. This is what happens off the air. This is Off the Record.

Our AJ Question of the Day asked us a couple of days ago about things we'd like to see come to Birmingham, but on this podcast, we spend the entire time lamenting about things that Birmingham no longer has, including: better movie theaters, Galleria Fun Country, good arcades, and Jon especially misses Mars Music. This is unscripted, real conversation. This is what happens off the air. This is Off the Record.

On today's episode, we discuss how we handle criticism on our show, specifically when people tweet comments that aren't based in any kind of fact. Our "AJ Question of the Day" asks us if we would ever be the voice of a sports team if we couldn't be a fan of the team. We discuss some movie trailers we've seen lately after Tim geeked out over the new Halloween trailer, and that takes us down a path of what comedic actors we still like, what comedy duos we enjoy most and what has happened to the good old days of funny movies. This is unscripted, real conversation. This is what happens off the air. This is Off the Record.

On today's episode, we talk about numerous topics.  The podcast begins with Tim asking Jon about why he uses a smart speaker like the Amazon Echo at home. Tim and Jon then yell at each other over the office football pool where they pick college and pro football games and debate whether or not it was fair that Tim got a free win for a game that was cancelled due to the weather. At 30:33 they jump into today's "AJ Question of the Day" - What's something you would love to see come to Birmingham (doesn't have to be sports related)?  Tim and Jon then discuss that they would both want better movie theaters in town because AMC is terrible (and all there is in Birmingham). This is unscripted, real conversation. This is what happens off the air. This is Off the Record.

On the Labor Day edition of the podcast we talk about what it's like to work on a holiday and how we actually enjoy it sometimes if the holiday revolves around football, plus share some horror stories of working on holidays. We also dive into the Nick Saban/Maria Taylor exchange and basically tell everyone to chill out with the whole situation.  We dive into how the question Maria asked wasn't bad, but that the reaction by Nick Saban wasn't necessarily bad either, and why everyone always feels the need to jump in and defend one or the other. We then answer our "AJ Question of the Day" which revolves around reading and whether we like it or not as people who talk for a living and what our favorite books are. This is unscripted, real conversation. This is what happens off the air. This is Off the Record.

Our "AJ Question of the Day" asks us what movies we were embarrassed to say we purchased a ticket to and actually enjoyed, plus a movie we were extremely hesitant to see but ended up loving.  That then takes us in this long conversation about why Jon hates some horror movies and loves others.  Tim has tried to get Jon to go see Halloween for years but Jon says he never will. This is unscripted, real conversation. This is what happens off the air. This is Off the Record.

One of the newer hires for Cumulus Birmingham is Jason Lee.  Jason works with Talk 99.5, the same station Tim works on as the assistant news director.  We talk with Jason about what got him into the radio business, his passions as both a radio guy and outside of radio, and more. This is unscripted, real conversation. This is what happens off the air. This is Off the Record. Today's intro song is "Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)" by Journey.

Our "AJ Question of the Day" asks us who the one person we'd like to interview is. Jon's is Barack Obama, Tim's is Christopher Nolan. Hear our reasons why. The conversation turns into talking about how awful the Batman franchise has become post-Nolan. This is unscripted, real conversation. This is what happens off the air. This is Off the Record.

We get nerdy big time today when it comes to Star Wars and discuss all of the recent decisions with Star Wars and how the franchise is viewed by fans of the series and the general public who may not be fans. We also discuss how people are trying to make Star Wars political and how that hurts more than just moviegoers. This is unscripted, real conversation. This is what happens off the air. This is Off the Record. 0:39 - Tim confirms Ryan Haney (our boss) will join the podcast Thursday. Tim also mentions that he and Jon will be going to the UAB game Thursday as well and blasts Jon for never going to Legion Field anymore (which isn't true). 4:35 - Tim brings up Matt Smith (Doctor Who, The Crown) being cast in Star Wars Episode IX and both guys try to theorize which character he could be. 5:23 - Tim asks Jon about the character of Snoke in Star Wars and what his legacy will be in this series. 10:22 - Jon and Tim discuss why The Last Jedi was such a divisive film and how awful the fans have acted a

Jon got a chance to experience the Sidewalk Film Festival this past weekend.  He talks about his experience there and the guys also touch on some of the more tragic events of this past weekend and talk about how much they wish they had a silky, smooth radio voice. This is unscripted, real conversation. This is what happens off the air. This is Off the Record. 0:48 - Jon talks about the pros and cons of his first Sidewalk Film Festival. (the picture from today's podcast is from the documentary "Wrestle") 4:12 - Tim talks about wanting to attend South by Southwest and Jon is skeptical of some of the screenings there. 5:19 - Jon and Tim discuss the shooting in Jacksonville at a Madden 19 tournament and how ignorant people are that blame video games for the world's problems. 10:05 - Jon talks about the start of the high school football season and how cool it is that Alabama was prominently featured on ESPN. 13:47 - Jon and Tim talk about the work that goes in to making JoxPreps happen each day and how it's

Jon and Tim took a day off thanks to the busy start of the high school football season.  Today's episode is making good on the promise to recap the Jox Kickoff Party where the guys broadcasted live. They also discuss a new "AJ Question of the Day" about what topics they didn't like talking about during the offseason and what topics they wish they could have discussed more. This is unscripted, real conversation. This is what happens off the air. This is Off the Record.

Landrum Roberts joins the podcast as our special guest as we talk with him about how he got into the radio business and what it's like hosting 3 Man Front on Jox 94.5. This is unscripted, real conversation. This is what happens off the air. This is Off the Record. 1:11 - Welcoming in Landrum and what the daily grind is like for him. 4:35 - Landrum talks about the pieces outside the 3 guys in the name 3 Man Front that make the show work. 7:09 - Tim asks Landrum how he handles the criticism toward the show. 11:23 - Tim brings up the kickoff party where everyone was able to meet listeners and gets Landrum's opinion on the event. 13:29 - Tim says he's envious of Landrum's voice and asks when Landrum knew he wanted to be in broadcasting. 17:02 - Jon asks how Landrum got into calling beach volleyball. 22:25 - Tim asks Landrum if he is a nerd like them. 27:45 - Landrum asks Jon and Tim whether they like Cole Cubelic or not after he called their show the "special teams" of Jox. 33:53 - Tim asks Landrum abou

On this episode, we talk about the Jox Kickoff Party which happens Tuesday night.  We discuss how we interact in person with listeners who we only hear their voice or see on social media.  Then we discuss the latest with the 007 franchise as Bond 25 has lost it's director - is there any hope for the future of the franchise? This is unscripted, real conversation. This is what happens off the air. This is Off the Record.