High School Never Ends : A Pop-Punk Dad Podcast

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Let's Talk About Feelings Jan 15, 2026

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There's nothing that says Old School surf punk like a SoCal band from the 90's. This week we are deep diving Lagwagon and their 1998 album Let's Talk About Feelings. Do you think this is in the top 50 pop-punk albums of all time? We shall discuss!

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...And Out Come the Wolves Jan 08, 2026

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Next up on HSNE Goes Old School we're breaking out the black coat, white shoes shoes, black hat, Cadillac and we're talkin about Rancid's 1995 record ...And Out Come The Wolves. Mark from The Two Point Conversation Podcast joins us to walk through this old school ska/punk classic and debate what's Rancid's biggest single.

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Milo Goes to College Jan 01, 2026

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It's a new year and a new theme here on HSNE. We're going back back to the old school and visiting some albums that were influential on the pop-punk scene. To start, we are going into The Descendents and their first record Milo Goes to College

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HSNE Jeopardy Tournament of Champions! Dec 25, 2025

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It's a Christmas miracle! We've brought all 3 of our HSNE Jeopardy Champions together for a Tournament of Champs. We PunkishDad vs Tom vs Dave to see who is the champ of champs. The questions have gotten harder and the board has gotten bigger. Listen in and see who prevails for a very special prize!

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2025 Recap: The Same Old Wasted Wonderful World Dec 18, 2025

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We're capping off our 2025 Recap with a deep dive on Motion City Soundtrack's new album The Same Old Wasted Wonderful World. It's been 10 years since we've heard a new album from these guys and this is the first Wingman Steve and Chris-183 have seen released as official fans. Tom Good joins us as the resident MCS expert to talk about this one track by track.

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2025 Recap: The Sound A Body Makes When It's Still Dec 11, 2025

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Next on our list of 2025 albums we couldn't wait to chat about, it's Hot Mulligan and The Sound A Body Makes When It's Still. Call it emo, screamo, midwest emo, whatever you want, we were just stoked to dive into this one and how could we resist all the fun song titles?

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2025 Recap: Eternal Youth Dec 04, 2025

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We've waited 18 years for a new Starting Line full length album and they delivered with 2025's Eternal Youth. We're joined by lifelong Starting Line fan Sam to break this one down, discuss the hooks and sounds and debate where it scores in the Starting Line discography.

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2025 Recap: Better Days Nov 27, 2025

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It's the end of the year and it's time to reflect back on all the beautiful pop-punk music we were given in 2025. In our first of several 2025 Recap episodes we're deep diving Yellowcard's first full length record since their reunion, Better Days. Huge singles, violins, some electronics, Travis Barker, Avril, Matt Skiba... we have a lot to discuss.

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High School Never Ends is a part of the Dragon Wagon Radio independent podcast network. www.dragonwagonradio.com

HSNE Collabs: Wasting Time Nov 20, 2025

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For our final HSNE Collabs, we're chatting with Chris from across the pond and The Wasting Time Podcast. Chris chats with us all about their show, some cool guests they've had on, and their involvement with our favorite music festival - Four Chord!

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High School Never Ends is a part of the Dragon Wagon Radio independent podcast network. www.dragonwagonradio.com

Fantasy Draft: Yellowcard + Starting Line Nov 16, 2025

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In this Patreon episode, we took 10 Yellowcard songs, 10 Starting Line songs, and 4 total wild cards and did a fantasy draft with our buddies Stew and Steve Kelly. We also invited third party analysts Dr Bernie and Sam to evaluate the teams and see who came out on top!

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High School Never Ends is a part of the Dragon Wagon Radio independent podcast network. www.dragonwagonradio.com

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