Times Before Can Be Forgotten
A group of non-aliens that love, inspire, are inspired, learn from, grow from, and can’t wait to meet each other. Plus a GenX digital cemetery, some neon poet laureate slacker art, and the ecstatic passions of Boston’s North Shore locals preserving the stories of our age.
World Cup Review/Preview!
The Group Stage is over and the Knockout Stage has begun. Three Connerys gather to discuss the evolution of soccer in their lifetimes, what they’ve enjoyed thus far in this Cup, and what they want to see as the World Cup moves closer each day to crowning a champ.
Stealing a Clutch of Mallard Eggs
The original TBCBF line-up gathers on a Sunday morning in late June. In a brisk 30 minutes, they manage to celebrate the merits of boredom, be baffled by Oasis’ resurgence, and explore what iconic musicians of the past are worthy of still discovering.
“I Have Hope.” —Josh Walker
No need to bury the lead—Josh Walker closes the G.O.V. circle for the first time since 2019 by joining the Times Before original lineup in their summer residency at Studio 48. If Times Before Can Be Forgotten had a mission statement, this episode would be it.
Pardon The Copyright Infringement
Any similarities between this episode of Times Before Can Be Forgotten and ESPN’s Pardon the Interruption should be ignored on account of the fact that no one cares what these Three Connerys have to say. Well, maybe Joe…
Better Now or Better Then?
Three Connerys gather to litigate an age-old topic: are things better now or back then? Specifically, Joe and Adam debate a number of topics from being a kid to television and more. Listen along! In fact, we dare you, you nerd!
A Times Before Mailbag!
For reasons that remain unclear, Times Before Can Be Forgotten has, well, not exploded, but has found its way to listeners from Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam to Amman, Jordan. In fact, listeners on six continents have been all over the pod. As born panderers, the original TBCBF podcasting crew have gathered to read through the mailbag from global listeners. Enjoy!
Desert Island Sports Draft
Ok, so it’s not quite a draft. Three Connerys gather to discuss what sports you would take to a desert island. If you only had access to one televised sport, which would it be? How about another sport, radio only? Each Connery makes seven picks in total while deriding one another’s selections.
A Stack of Bananas
The founders of TBCBF are no Craig Breslows, but they do what they do best—talk baseball, movies, and nothing in particular. Enjoy.
The Mediocrest Super Bowl Preview
Like Drake Maye, Three Connerys have endured rain and snow, only to arrive at Super Bowl weekend. Like Drake Maye, they’ve been thinking about nothing but Sunday’s game for two weeks. Like Drake Maye, they expect to win. Be like Drake Maye, and listen to Times Before Can Be Forgotten.
Winter Olympics in Schadenfreude, Germany
Three Connerys gather to do two of their favorite things: podcast about upcoming sporting events and speed skate in Singapore. From Lake Placid to Sarajevo to wherever in hell the Winter Olympics are this year, the boys take stock of the action and savor all the broken bones, insurance premiums, and heartbreaking disappointment off the podium.
105 Movies in 45 Minutes
For their 2-year anniversary pod, the Times Before Can Be Forgotten founders are together again to talk about movies—105 of them to be precise. From Rowley to Singapore, Sweden to Australia, TBCBF continues to expand its global stranglehold on mediocre podcasting. Join us.
The Road to Super Bowl LX, As Seen By Us III
This might not be the best NFL analysis out there, but it is the analysis you’re looking at right now! Join Three Connerys—two, really—on a prognosticative journey to Super Bowl 60 on February 8th 2026 (a totally unimportant day).
A Break For (and from) Jake
The episode cover art tells the story. The fight is over. His jaw is broken. We’ve earned a long break from Jake Paul. Three Connerys stayed up late, watched the fight, and have scalpels in-hand now for the postmortem.
Anthony Joshua vs Jake Paul vs Manute Bol vs Screech
The Connery boys gather again on the eve of another boxing event. On their holiday wishlists this year is to watch Jake Paul get knocked out by Anthony Joshua like Ivan Drago KOing Apollo Creed. Can it happen? Will it happen? How much longer will we even care? Tune in for the answers to these gripping holiday questions before the fight on Friday.
EPYX was Epic
On Times Before Can Be Forgotten, we’ve talked video games before. This time, Three Connerys will go much deeper than Lemonade Stand, Pitfall, and Golgo 13. Get ready for a multigenerational conversation about some 8-bit goodness!
Flock of Seagulls
Don’t let the photo fool you, Corey, Sittnick and Dick Warlock are together again—out of Studio 48 and in the Mobile Podcast Unit. Topic: your guess is as good as ours. We dare you to listen and apologize in advance.
A Gaze Back at Movie Opens
This is our magnum opus, for now. Whatever we’re good at here on Times Before Can Be Forgotten is on full display this episode as the original lineup is back together at Studio 48 with Sittnick and Corey to discuss some of the greatest opening scenes in cinema history.
TBCBF XIII: Dead Air
While scary movies may not be a favorite musing for the pod, looking backwards always is. Solo-podding (monologuing in the marsh) again is our lonely host who can’t get out of his own way this month and get the real talent of the pod on-air. So he reminisces about 80s Halloween costumes, the connective tissue between horror films and another 80s childhood phenomenon, and looks back on which movie villains played more of a role than others.
I Must Be in the Front Row…
Three Connerys gather together on the eve of the 2025 baseball playoffs. Twelve teams, one World Series winner. Wait, there are three wildcards now? Ok, lots to parse through—including three World Series matchup predictions and no consensus whatsoever between them.
Prescription Corona Pirate Radio
The original TBCBF lineup is gathered at Studio 48, extolling the virtues of Miami Vice, free speech, and comparing the ‘25 Patriots to the ‘24 Red Sox. Join us before the FCC shuts us down!
Decapitated Owl Mile
The original TBCBF lineup is together again at Studio 48, continuing their commitment to talking about nothing. The acting of John C. McGinley, the evolution of hat collections, transgressive memories of Garbage Pail Kids—all this and much more is celebrated in this latest episode of Times Before Can Be Forgotten, which the Filipino Podcast Review calls, ‘a podcast.’
The Naked Podcast
The Three Connerys made an experiment after surviving getting caught in the gears of a combine. Watch the original Naked Gun, go see the new one in theaters, and report their respective findings live on a pod. There was a 50/50 chance they’d do it, but only a 10% chance it would happen. The result? Listen and see.
Utah! Get Me Forty-Six!
Forty-six minutes of Point Break material, that is. With Corey on the DL, Sittnick is doing the work, crushing tape, and ready to show everyone why he just might like Point Break more than anyone. Join him (and Connery) for an all-time breakdown of one of the best cinema scenes of all time.
Ten Things I Like More Than You Do
“You think you’re better than me, Connery?!” Definitely not. But I’m solo-podding in the marsh again and controversially brooding over ten things that I like more than you like them. Listen along, then prove me wrong.
Three Beers & A Podcast
As promised, Sittnick, Corey, and Connery made it to Studio 48 before the end of June to talk about turning 50–and whatever else they want.
The Only Cliff’s Notes You’ll Ever Need
Not thinking for yourself has never been easier. Connery’s solo-podding in the marsh again, doing the reading so you don’t have to. Later today, he’ll be back at Studio 48 with real starpower. Til then, we’re talking about books in a way that’s not normal.
Studio 48
This is our best work—simple pleasures, weekend plans, self-improvement, friendship, and Joe-tani.
Somewhere Between Garbage and Nostalgia
The Connerys Three are together again for 50 movies in 40 minutes. Adam is on the hot seat fielding a long list of 80s and 90s films to decide if they are hall of famers or garbage, nostalgia or—God forbid—something he’s never seen. They litigate, argue, and name which of the 50 comprise their respective Mr. Rushmore.
Verse 9
Through gambling, I learned I was just smart enough to know how dumb I probably am.
Verse 8
Even in 2009, social media was deeply tiresome.
Verse 7
The apex and decline of American dissent in novels with a nod towards 21st Century film franchises.
Verse 6
A romantic and unreasonable glimpse of going off-grid, circa 2009.
Verse 5
What to watch: a man getting hit in the crotch with a football or a beheading in the Middle East.
Verse 4
A 2009 piece as to whether or not the UFC would transcend marginalized status—with some help from the kids from Stand By Me.
Verse 3
A never-ending spring rendered in the summer of 2009.
Verse 2
Sixteen years ago—new grad and no hope.
Verse 1
Deciding to begin a blog in 2009: Vonnegut and TV Guide movie descriptions.
The Verses—An Introduction
Back when the podcast was a blog, we’re traveling 15 years and more than 500 spoken-word essays—all 1,000 words—about processing the age we live in through movies, sports, pop culture, literature, ideas, Boston, nostalgia, travel, and free fucking speech.
Scholastic Book Fair: Revisited
Corey, Sittnick, and Connery journey back to a time when books were the most important thing there was (if you were alone and bored with nothing on TV and before you owned any kind of a video game system).
Is Al Kaprielian Still Alive?
When Caldor wanted a new look, they called Times Before Can Be Forgotten. Before the fucking Internet, the Wild West of Content was the UHF band. The Brothers Connery fight Terry O’Reilly, run through a haunted house with Moe, Larry, and Shemp, and put the Fabulous Moolah in a Camel Clutch to remember everything they can about the magical UHF.