Andy's Things and Stuff

Jona Leo is a husband, father, 4-time world bench press champion, 6-time national champion, 5-time world record holder, and the owner of Liberty Barbell, a local gym with a different business model. …

Brandon Spinner is a meteorologist at WCPO in Cincinnati, but you would likely remember him from his days at KDLT in Sioux Falls. But the reason I'm having him on this week is because of his podcast,…

Bert Shoumaker is a cop, a husband and father, and one of my buddies I met in shooting. We talk shooting quite a bit, and Bert tells some more hilarious stories from his work as a police officer. We …

Brad "Murdoc" Jurgenson is the president of The Homeslice Group, a company with it's fingers in marketing, radio, media, live event production, and artist management. He's also a podcaster, hosting h…

This episode is hilarious and intense. Andy Hanson is an intense guy and I love hanging out with him. I met Andy back in 2016 when he was running Gunway and had me out to the store to teach classes a…

Dan Buresh is from Madison, SD and he is a hunting nerd. We talk about his coveted elk tag he drew in Montana this year, western hunting, rifles for hunting, the delicious Jefferson's Ocean bourbon h…

Mike Miller (not that one) is a dad and a podcaster. He is one of the hosts of The Lunchbox Podcast. We talk about him being adopted from Korea and growing up in Tyler, MN, crazy 9/11 conspiracy theo…

My buddy Tyler is back on the podcast. We were in Ankeny, IA to shoot the Iowa Section USPSA match and recorded a podcast on one microphone. I also tell the greatest poop story ever told. Plus a fun …

It's been one year since I started the podcast! Thanks for listening! Last week I was out in Pierre with my buddy Jeremy Williams for a training class. I suggested we go shoot prairie dogs in the For…

Dad's funeral was this past Thursday, August 31, 2023. My family has received dozens of messages, social media comments, and other incredible tributes written and sent to us, which was eye opening. W…

This weeks episode, and probably next week’s episode are going to be different. My family had our collective hearts broken on Friday, August 25, 2023. My dad, Tom Erickson, was driving to Sioux Falls…

Former USPSA President, current USPSA presidential candidate, Yee-Min Lin was at Area 3 in Nebraska and I was able to catch up with him to record a podcast. We had a great conversation. Other topics…

Part two of the episode with my dad. We had a little more whiskey and bourbon by the end of this one. Topics: Mom made me a sandwich, traveling the world in the Air Guard, Meeting Lee Travino at St. …

My dad is back on the podcast this week. He was full of more stories, and we laughed so much. So much so that this 4 hour recording session is split into two episodes. Other topics: Taking Esia to ai…

Josh Vanden Top is a shooting buddy, a dad, a designer of tooling, and self-identifies as a 3-gunner. He and I both shot at USPSA Multigun Nationals in Forest Lake Minnesota in late July, and he was …

Stacy Maier is a mother, wife, empty nester, grandmother, and a podcast guest for the first time all before she turns 50. (She wanted to do 50 things before she turned 50 and one of them was a podcas…

A couple of weeks ago, Tash and I were guests on the Lunch Box podcast, hosted by Mike, Ryan, and Amber. This episode includes "some" of the crazy talk from before we officially were recording for th…

Matt Roach is co-owner of Pride Built Homes in Sioux Falls and can be seen on the HGTV show "Downhome Fab." Topics discussed: Tom Cruise is short, Matt and Manny are short, Manny's message for Matt, …

My youngest finally decided he wanted to do a podcast, so we did! Esia is a funny kid so you will enjoy it. He also has an encyclopedic brain full of history, trivia, airsoft, and music knowledge, mo…

One of many great people I've met shooting, Bruce Schmidt is a husband, seller of HVAC supplies, and a USPSA shooter and match director. We started this one off well oiled so be ready for a good time…