Free Nights and Weekends Podcast

01/16/2026

This week on *Free Nights and Weekends*, we get ready for The Grammys! We welcome in longtime friend and veteran musician Rick Toops — and the two dive headfirst into one of the wildest pop-culture stories of the late ’80s: the rise, fall, and unexpected comeback of Milli Vanilli. Yep. You read that right. Fab Morvan — one half of the most infamous duo in pop history — is nominated for a Grammy. Again. And it just so happens Rick was there, in Oklahoma City, watching Milli Vanilli perform at the Myriad right before the scandal broke. The crowd. The energy. The lip-syncing. The clues. The chaos. Rick walks Scott — and you — through the entire surreal experience. In this episode: The night Milli Vanilli came to Oklahoma City. Rick’s behind-the-scenes musician perspective. How the duo shot to global superstardom * The fallout after the tapes stopped matching the lips * And how, somehow, decades later… redemption comes knocking at the Grammys. It’s nostalgic, it’s ridiculous, it’s musical, and it’s right here!

This week on *Free Nights and Weekends*, we get ready for The Grammys! We welcome in longtime friend and veteran musician Rick Toops — and the two dive headfirst into one of the wildest pop-culture stories of the late ’80s: the rise, fall, and une...

01/16/2026

Deets on tomorrow’s show! We’re enjoying our break before we fire up our next season in two weeks. This is a good one. You can see The Grammys on Feb 1 but the story of the show is right here. Join us tomorrow with guest, local piano stud, Rick Toops!

01/15/2026

Good googly moogly, man! The old people’s radio station in my hometown, the one my mom used to listen to Sinatra and 50’s doo w*p on those endless errands in the back seat of that station wagon… I, I don’t know what to say. Just got this message from FNAW listener, Gregg Reeves. I’m going to bed. 😑

01/09/2026

See he was a bird and he was big, get it? That’s important. In this episode, we dig through the tucked away memories of Sesame Street and touch on the future of *America’s 4,230th favorite podcast about growing up in the 405.

*estimate.

See he was a bird and he was big, get it? That’s important. In this episode, we dig through the tucked away memories of Sesame Street, touch on the future of *America’s 4,230th favorite podcast about growing up in the 405. *estimate.

01/07/2026

Thank you all! Hard to believe the growth in 2025. And what was our most downloaded episode of the year? See comments.

01/05/2026

“Singing is just cursive talking”. I stand by this long held claim. If anyone has any other beliefs they’ll fight over, lay em on me. Going to discuss them on a future podcast.

01/02/2026

Let’s recap 2025 together! New episode Friday!

And that’s a wrap on 2025! From Sesame Street to Toys ‘R’ Us treasure hunts to the white-knuckle thrill of Driver’s Ed, VBS, and an eighth grade year that was really hard to believe are included too!  We relived it all.Quick linksDrivers ed&n...

01/01/2026

12/31/2025

We’re sticking a fork in the year on Friday! Join us as we recap a fun year of podcasting!

12/29/2025

Other than deep th*****ng the water hose, this is pretty dead-on.

12/26/2025

Episode Friday! Not exactly “new” but kind of.

A look back at the Christmas specials we grew up with and a heartwarming tale of an Ohio Christmas. Featuring a familiar voice and Scott schooling a Buckeye stater about the greatness of the BC Clark jingle. Merry Christmas!