Josh and Tim Fireside Chat

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Wilderness #151

Josh Jones and Tim Connor sit alongside the fire and chat all things archery! This podcast is dedicated to bringing you great organic stories from our lives. We talk archery, life’s lessons, hunting and conservation, and many more rabbit holes and off shoots.. At the end of the day, we’re just a couple dudes who love archery, and sharing stories.

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  • ggghouston
    Very Entertaining!
    I love listening to these guys chat. My family and I got to meet MFJJ at Iowa Deer classic my boys who are 3, 5, 6 and 8 couldn’t wait to say hi. We enjoying listening to all the cool stores and the wealth of knowledge!! Keep it up!
  • Bryce Ayers
    My review
    I really love what you guys do You make great content❤️
  • GFuhrman
    Josh and Tim Fireside Chat
    Enjoyed the show and archery content initially. However, lately focus had shifted to more of an info-mercial for MFJJ’s businesses and how busy and tired he is. Should get back on track with true archery content.
  • EODoutdoors
    Great mix
    Awesome mix of knowledge and technical information and just day to day banter. The dynamic between Tim and MFJJ is fun to listen to. My only complaint, it’s only once a week! Haha
  • AlaskanSki
    Good stuff
    Love the various topics. Q and A episodes are great
  • JT$12
    Great show!
    Great podcast . Perfect mixture of archery,gear,hunting . It’s cool to get two perspectives one who’s done it for 30 years one who’s a little newer but made huge progress. Keep it going!
  • Joestutesman
    Awesome hunt
    Awesome hunting trip! Hope they find your buck. Congratulations on the new shop!
  • Dillonboy4
    Best archery podcast out there
    These guys are studs. I listen to every episode and they are always informational and entertaining. Also here to make sure I offset any Karen’s
  • Fletchr Archery
    Real Archery Facts
    Great podcast where discussions involve real facts about products and innovations in archery and the hunting industry in general. Must listen if you are involved in archery hunting, go to TAC events, and tune your own bow!
  • WVUSAF2012
    Awesome content
    Always look forward to listening to Josh and Tim. It just seems like a down to earth podcast, that brings some good information about archery.
  • Longbow2240
    Enjoy the podcast
    Enjoying the podcast, getting back into the compound side of archery after shooting trad for 25 years, relearning a lot between the podcast and the both your YouTube videos. Great content!!
  • Fisher Dan 12849572
    Top tier.
    My guys for all things archery and entertainment. Welcome to TN big dawg.
  • Ralph the Boxer
    Easy listen
    Great pod, Josh is a bow savant that has great insight on the industry and Tim adds great perspective as a more amateur archer. 2 dudes talking about archery, hunting, and life.
  • 63KM
    Top Notch
    Just two cool dudes chatting about life, archery, and hunting.
  • Marksmt
    Entertaining Bow talk
    Gents, this is a fun chat I look forward to every time you drop a podcast. I appreciate the reviews, perspectives, and banter. Keep it up!
  • im real 84747$;-)(=)&))&
    Almost
    I like these guys, but the constant lip smacking and teeth sucking makes listening to the podcast impossible. Tim Connor’s YouTube channel is the way to go.
  • kentuckypipw
    Great podcast
    Very informative and also entertaining. Love that the liberal tears flow when they dip into politics.
  • DrewJen86
    Josh and Tim Fireside
    The guys execute the audio quality well, especially for the space it’s recorded in. Show is a simple format, can be educational or sometimes just chewing the fat on archery, hunting, or other topical subjects. Well done gents, appreciate ya!
  • HayMac17
    Just a chill podcast
    Great podcast to listen to. Easy listening for work, driving, chores, whenever. I really like their honest perspective on just about everything.
  • Little Jrab
    Favorite Podcast to listen to
    Really enjoy listening to you guys down here in south GA, y’all are like the ying and yang for each other. Yall keep us laughing and teach us so much. Josh’s crazy personality fits with Tim’s soft spoken and calm personality perfect! Could yall discuss the importance and dig deep into stabilizers in a pod. Good luck hunting this year and stay safe and shoot straight brothers!
  • Jolly T Rogers
    Best Archery Podcast
    Defiantly my favorite archery podcast, love all the technical and tuning advice Josh puts out there, Tim does a great job of content and new ideas for each episode. Keep up the great work guys!
  • Cooper Wilkins
    Screw the Karen!!
    Stumbled across you guys about a week ago on YouTube. Every day for the past 5 days I’ve played nothing but your videos in the background and I’ve learned a lot about various topics in the archery world. I’ve known about MFJJ for a couple of years now and he’s shown me a lot about working on bows and I was able to kinda start me up a little side gig in central Alabama called Archery Affection. So far it’s been a success. Thanks MFJJ for the knowledge!
  • Benfica 5785
    Thanks for all you guys do
    Another NY’er that caught to archery bug during Covid. I can’t get enough of archery content. Tried most of the things I do in archery from watching MFJJ. Tim your great at keeping it going. Cool to see how deep your getting in to the archery world.
  • Darby550
    Love it
    Hard to find archery podcasts. Really enjoy this one
  • Huntfishfire
    Fun and learning a lot.
    Awesome info, entertaining banter. I look forward to your show every week, thanks for what you guys do.
  • Colbym1
    Wealth of knowledge and laidback info
    Really appreciate MFJJ for trying to keep the archery world informed and Tim there to help facilitate. The guys make a good team and have a low key fun way to get info into the world. Love listening to the pod during the week and catching a lot of MFJJs reviews. And for Tim, GO BULLDOGS!
  • Jimjam1269
    Best podcast
    Great information from great guys keep up the hard work.
  • elkman elkman
    Ego
    I’ve tried listening for a while, but Josh’s ego is just too big and I can’t do it. He’s never been wrong about anything before and his own mind school, but way too much MFJJ ego
  • TheDoodabides76
    Real talk!
    A couple doods sitting fireside talking about archery. Great content and it feels like you are sitting there with them. Amazing job boys! Keep them coming!
  • Yooperbowhunter
    One of my favorite podcasts
    Love the format of this podcast. If you have a foot fetish the latest pod is one you should watch on You Tube. Josh has giant feet. Keep up the great work guys! Appreciate all the information you guys are putting out.
  • Michigan archers anonymous
    Great show.
    Great practical info to get a bow hunter or target archer from an intermediate to advanced understanding of their equipment. The stories and industry talk are very interesting too.
  • The Coolah
    Honest feedback
    Number 1 - MFJJ… you are the sole reason I suffer through listening to Tim the bumbling slug ramble on about his dietary revelations (spoiler alert- eat more cleaner=feel more better) and keep trying to draw correlations to his awful golf channel/experience.. I am also an avid golfer but don’t have a YouTube channel because I am honest with myself in accepting that I don’t have the personality for it or any truly net-new valuable insight… Now I get it, this dynamic is MFJJ the savant expert (which I believe) paired with a dunce in the thick of learning. It’s a smart model that has had me engaged since your first podcasts. It’s really unearthed a lot of great content that hit little intersections of brilliance that would resonate with a wide spectrum of folks of different experience levels. Expert stuff flies over 99% of folks heads and 101 stuff is boring for 99% of folks (I’m intentionally exaggerating)… BUT if you take a highly highly highly experienced and talented savant and pair him with the sniveling squirming village idiot… all you have to do is talk about the craft and a ton of value pops up in unexpected places for the vast majority of listeners. I love it. Now the one issue I want to address can be summed up in “know your place”. Tim, in this dynamic you have to have thick skin and try not to expect more than the good lord dealt you in life. Just because you have graduated from rolling like a wounded snail over glass shards to a hobbled slug commando inching over rock salt, it doesn’t mean any listeners are looking to you for anything more than being the village idiot. Stop trying too hard, lean into your lot in life and let MFJJ work his wizardry. Number two - MFJJ, part of the reason I have immense respect for you and enjoy your content is your dedication to be grounded in data, tethered to the scientific method. I propose a simple test for you to run. When you have conversations with various folks in your life, be very attentive to their demeanor and non-verbal cues when you tell them how busy you are. Do it with half, then with the other half don’t bring it up. I tell you this from experience, nobody really cares and you are sacrificing opportunity for actual stimulating conversation with another human being. My hypothesis is that you will look back on both sets of convos and have a profound epiphany. Please stop spending 10%-20% of your podcasts telling us how you are busy. I can appreciate your “full plate” but perception is reality for those suffering from this human condition and most people have perceived full plates and don’t give a rats fanny about you explaining yours over and over and over. I give this feedback from an honest and loving place. I hope it is well received (if you even read this far)… I am N of 1 and I don’t expect you to cater to N of 1 but I genuinely believe these are easily avoidable cringes that are curbing your potential. You asked for reviews… much like some bow manufacturers have asked you for. I ask you the same question you ask them when they are initially upset by your feedback… did I lie? Is any of this feedback completely fabricated and not based in truth? Love you guys! I hope you grow into the compelling disciples for us that I know you have the potential to be. Our little niche depends on you and people like you, so if I sound disgruntled its because you got me caring by flashing your massive potential early on. Rather than write this, it would have been a lot easier for me to just pop on another podcast and keep it moving. King Jay Kongren
  • Miller Hancock
    Tim X MFJJ
    Best part of my day is commute to work listening to you guys talk bow hunting and bow lifestyle. It’s a great escape for me before a long work day! Love you guys!!
  • anniw thw great
    Real people who love the sport
    Keep up the great work of entertaining stories and information to help empower archers everywhere!
  • mister_dmac
    Nice!
    Really enjoying, guys! I always put a lot of stock into Josh’s take on arrow spine. Was wondering if we could get a little bit deeper discussion on the idea that “Mathews bows prefer a weaker spine.” You’ve definitely mentioned before how it’s just easier for shops to get people out the door in many cases with a weaker arrow. But specific to Matthews, with a handful of their marketing people mentioning it… could be informational for those of us shooting them who are teetering between spines. Cheers
  • SCBOWHUNTR
    BEST PODCAST
    I appreciate what y’all do for the archery/hunting community! Keep up the great content fellas 🔥🏹
  • Scribbly1
    Great listen with TONS of useful information
    The candid and authentic conversation is great and on top of that the shared knowledge and technical information is immense! Only complaint and it could be a ME thing, is the snacks… chewing and swallowing is not my favorite thing to listen to but I know that os a thing for me and not most.
  • tub2121
    Every week!
    I look forward to you guys every week!! Truly love hearing what your thoughts and ideas are and have learned a ton for your YouTube channels! I wonder what your thoughts are on the durability of each brands 5mm arrows……
  • Tom 10581
    Not a Karen
    I’ve been enjoying the podcast as I am big fans of both of you. I love the technical archery talk, as well as the tidbits of information I can pick up from Josh regarding large footwear as I wear a size 15 lol. Keep up the good work!
  • Raff367
    What are you drinking ?
    I normally watch the show on YouTube, but I also listen to podcasts when I go to lunch, so today I went for the podcast version. I have to say that if I didn’t watch the show on YouTube I wouldn’t have no idea of what was going on in the first couple of minutes. Maybe you should explain for your “audio only” viewers or edit it out (and you were going so fast that I could hear what you were drinking today. I only got something at Costco :) Anyway, keep up with the good work. Always interesting and entertaining (and I really enjoyed the one with your daughter, even if it brought up “things” that are currently going on with my daughter. But, I thought she started the whole thing to explain why she doesn’t do archery and never got there, so you’ll have to have her again).
  • Tom Heinonen
    Take Down Karen
    Thank you for the weekly uploads Josh and Tim! You guys are very informative and entertaining all in one. Keep up the great work and pay no mind to the Karen’s of the world!!
  • Meat Junkey - Nate Gabriel
    Keep up the diversity and randomness of topics
    Thanks for the great pod every week. I consume many hours of podcasts on a weekly basis and I love the organic nature of your chats. I am new to archery, western hunting and I love hearing the archery content as well as the random thoughts and your lives. Please don’t listen to the haters/ Karens. Like you said “change the channel” if this weeks topics aren’t for you. To the Karens, just give it listen, you might learn something.
  • Sfishs
    HELPFUL
    I’ve always had the desire to shoot archery. My husband and son have but because of a neck injury my husband had thought I couldn’t do this. A year go March 4 I purchased my first bow. Y’all have been so informative and helpful. I’ve went from shooting an elite ember to a Matthews Image. MFJJ and Tim y’all are awesome. I follow y’all on you tube and it’s awesome
  • Jwal33
    Good stuff!
    Look forward to this every week, love the variety!
  • cruebee
    Eat it Karen
    Good chats and good information. Sometimes more chats. Nice to hear friends just chatting about stuff sometimes. Not every episode can hit 100% of everything everyone wants all the time. You do enough to keep it interesting. So eat it Karen. Your ears are not needed here.
  • CJB0909
    Love the pod
    Josh and Tim are awesome to listen to!! The conversation are informative and funny and I catch my self waiting for the next pod to be released. Chapter 2 TAKE DOWN KAREN. keep it up you both are helping archery immensely!
  • JayPhilby
    Love these guys
    Missing an episode is not an option. This show makes me want to move to Spokane to hang out with these guys and play with bows
  • RobertinGA
    Awesome
    Great podcast. Love the anti-Karen vibe
  • Kgroder
    Don’t change a thing
    Don’t change a thing
  • whodapp
    Family
    This last episode really hit home with me. I just recently lost my farther two weeks ago to cancer. I love how you guys really share life’s experiences with us all. There was a time In my life I lacked confidence and my dad was always there to push me and helped to build confidence in sports or whatever perked my interest in life at the time. So hearing how MFJJ helped his daughter along her journey was great. Keep it up guys.
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