Episodes

Sunday Oct 15, 2023
#194 - John Gordon - Suck It Up Buttercup
Sunday Oct 15, 2023
Sunday Oct 15, 2023
In This Episode
- Guest: John Gordon, MIC at NWS-Louisville and former Hurricane Hunter
- Brought to you by windstormproducts.com
- Lightning Round - 3 Strikes and You're Out of the Woods
- amsweatherband.org join other meteorologists and weather professionals
- Find SFF Gear and other weather geek products at helicity.co
- #weatherfools - We present the fools doing stupid things in weather situations
- Weather Trollbot 5000 - Our repurposed robot interprets what our weather friends were really thinking when responding to trolls
- Next Episode's Guest(s)
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Our Guest: John Gordon
John Gordon has been an operational meteorologist for over 30 years. John retired from the U.S. Air Force after serving over 20 years most of which was spent as a flight meteorologist for the US Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunters based in Biloxi, MS. John flew several major hurricanes including Fran 1996, Bret 1999, Isabel 2003, Frances 2004, Ivan 2004, and Katrina 2005. Currently, John is the Meteorologist-In-Charge of the National Weather Service (NWS) Forecast Office here in Louisville.
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#weatherfools Links
- Cyrena - Compilation with Revolving Door Disaster
- John - Brazilian Bridge gets Waxed by Flood
- Brady - That's No Waterspout…That's a Tornado
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Next Episode… former EMT and now storm chaser for 10 years, Vince Waelti will be joining us and sharing some video including the Iowa EF4 he captured ¼ mile away from the base. SUBSCRIBE and set your NOTIFICATIONS on our YouTube.com/stormfrontfreaks channel so you can get notified whenever we go LIVE on Thursday, 10/26/23 @ 9pmET/8pmCT. Look for the audio podcast on your favorite podcast player that weekend.
Credits
- Opening Music: Brett Epstein
- Closing Music: Gabe Cox
- Other Music: “Pecos Hank” Schyma from El Reno Blues

Sunday Oct 08, 2023
Vintage #4 - Reed Stough & Paxton Calvenese
Sunday Oct 08, 2023
Sunday Oct 08, 2023
In This Vintage Episode
- Clips: Rex Game Studios Project Manager, Reed Stough and Creator of Wx24 Pilot/Drive Weather/Atmosphere Weather Apps, Paxton Calvenese
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Next Episode…back by popular demand is former Hurricane Hunter and current Meteorologist-In-Charge at NWS-Louisville, John Gordon! SUBSCRIBE and set your NOTIFICATIONS on our YouTube.com/stormfrontfreaks channel so you can get notified whenever we go LIVE on Thursday, 10/12/23 @ 9pmET/8pmCT. Look for the audio podcast on your favorite podcast player that weekend.
Credits
- Opening Music: Andrew Slotta/Phil Johnson
- Some Opening Footage Courtesy of Sanner/Tornado Titans
- Closing Music: Gabe Cox

Sunday Oct 01, 2023
#193 - Brant Beckman - Repossess Children’s Toys
Sunday Oct 01, 2023
Sunday Oct 01, 2023
In This Episode
- Guest: Brant Beckman, Chief Meteorologist, KNBN-TV in Rapid City, SD
- Brought to you by amsweatherband.org
- Lightning Round - Trashy Taps
- windostormproducts.com for all your hurricane hardware and shutter supplies!
- Find SFF Gear and other weather geek products at helicity.co
- #weatherfools - We present the fools doing stupid things in weather situations
- Weather Trollbot 5000 - Our repurposed robot interprets what our weather friends were really thinking when responding to trolls
- Next Episode's Guest(s)
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Our Guest: Brant Beckman
Brant Beckman is an imposter who has struggled to understand and communicate meteorology his whole life. His qualifications include flunking out of OU meteorology school, working at a brewery and a parts center for air conditioning and heating systems. He finally got his act together at Mississippi State with the help of lifelong friends and obtaining his masters in broadcast meteorology. He is now Chief Meteorologist at KNBN Newscenter1 in Rapid City, SD ... edge of the known meteorological world.
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#weatherfools Links
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Next Episode…back by popular demand is former Hurricane Hunter and current Meteorologist-In-Charge at NWS-Louisville, John Gordon! SUBSCRIBE and set your NOTIFICATIONS on our YouTube.com/stormfrontfreaks channel so you can get notified whenever we go LIVE on Thursday, 10/12/23 @ 9pmET/8pmCT. Look for the audio podcast on your favorite podcast player that weekend.
Credits
- Opening Music: Brett Epstein
- Closing Music: Gabe Cox
- Other Music: “Pecos Hank” Schyma from El Reno Blues

Saturday Sep 23, 2023
Vintage #3 - Jennifer Gray & Kevin Roth
Saturday Sep 23, 2023
Saturday Sep 23, 2023
In This Episode
- Clips: CNN Meteorologist, Jennifer Gray and Rotogrinders Fantasy Sports Meteorologist, Kevin Roth
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Next LIVE Episode…We’re drinking with former HVAC tech turned on-camera meteorologist, Brant Beckman from Rapid City, SD. This guy started storm chasing before he could drive and totaled a car! Storm Front Freaks will be LIVE Thursday, September 28th at 9pmET/8pmCT on YouTube and the audio podcast will be available that weekend.
Credits
- Opening Music: Andrew Slotta/Phil Johnson
- Some Opening Footage Courtesy of Sanner/Tornado Titans
- Closing Music: Gabe Cox

Sunday Sep 17, 2023
#192 - Valarie Gardner - The Devil’s Lettuce
Sunday Sep 17, 2023
Sunday Sep 17, 2023
In This Episode
- Guest: Valarie Gardner, Former Behavioral Health & Wellness Officer with the National Weather Service
- Brought to you by windstormproducts.com
- Lightning Round - Weird Things People Search For
- Weather enthusiasts join AMS Weather Band
- Find SFF Gear and other weather geek products at helicity.co
- #weatherfools - We present the fools doing stupid things in weather situations
- Wasted Weather - We search the places no one else does to find clips of our weather friends with one drink too many
- Next Episode's Guest(s)
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Save the date…November 18, 2023 we'll be bringing you a 12 hour telethon to support disaster relief through the American Red Cross with our podcast friends from Carolina Weather Group and Chaser Chat. Stay tunes for more information and a star studded cast of guests!
Our Guest: Valarie Gardner
Commander Valarie Gardner is a Behavioral Health Officer with the U.S. Public Health Service. She previously served as the first Behavioral Health & Wellness officer for the National Weather Service. Commander Gardner has over 27 years of clinical experience and 12 years of military behavioral health program development and management experience.
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#weatherfools Links
- Phil - Slight Risk of a Slight Limp
- Phil - Highway to Hell
- Phil - Going Against the Grain
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Next Episode…not every TV Meteorologist was made from the same mold. We've got some stories to hear from HVAC Tech turned Meteorologist, Brant Beckman. He's the Chief Meteorologist in Rapid City, SD and was storm chasing before he had a drivers license! SUBSCRIBE and set your NOTIFICATIONS on our YouTube.com/stormfrontfreaks channel so you can get notified whenever we go LIVE on Thursday, 9/28/23 @ 9pmET/8pmCT. Look for the audio podcast on your favorite podcast player that weekend.
Credits
- Opening Music: Brett Epstein
- Closing Music: Gabe Cox
- Other Music: “Pecos Hank” Schyma from El Reno Blues

Sunday Sep 10, 2023
Vintage #2 - Reed Timmer & Mark Sudduth
Sunday Sep 10, 2023
Sunday Sep 10, 2023
In This Episode
- Clips: Extreme Meteorologist, Reed Timmer and Owner of HurricaneTrack.com, Mark Sudduth
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Next LIVE Episode…mental health is a challenge many face in the severe weather industry. From meteorologists covering storms, to storm chasers and victims, our guest, former NWS Behavioral Health/Wellness Officer, Valarie Gardner will discuss. SUBSCRIBE and set your NOTIFICATIONS on our YouTube.com/stormfrontfreaks channel so you can get notified whenever we go LIVE on Thursday, 9/14/23 @ 9pmET/8pmCT. Look for the audio podcast on your favorite podcast player that weekend.
Credits
- Opening Music: Andrew Slotta/Phil Johnson
- Some Opening Footage Courtesy of Sanner/Tornado Titans
- Closing Music: Gabe Cox

Sunday Sep 03, 2023
#191 - Richard Gross - Into The Suck Zone
Sunday Sep 03, 2023
Sunday Sep 03, 2023
In This Episode
- Guest: Richard Gross, Owner of the Twister Movie Museum and SWC Storm Expedition Tours
- www.windstormproducts.com
- Lightning Round - Name That Tornado Movie
- Find SFF Gear and other weather geek products at helicity.co
- #weatherfools - We present the fools doing stupid things in weather situations
- Weather Trollbot 5000 - We find how our weather friends respond to trolls and then let our repurposed robot interpret what they were really thinking
- Next Episode's Guest(s)
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Out Guest: Richard Gross
Richard began his career chasing supercells and other extreme weather throughout the Midwest and Ohio Valley regions and witnessed his first tornado on June 2, 1990 in a suburb of Cincinnati at the age of 9. Since then, he has intercepted tornadoes across 13 states including the Great Plains and the Deep South and now runs the SWC Expeditions Storm Tours with his wife, Mandy. The Twister Movie Museum in Wakita, Oklahoma was purchased by Richard and his wife in April of 2022.
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#weatherfools Links
- Phil - Adalia 1-StormChaserChad 0
- Phil - Might Need a Mulligan
- Phil - Scaring the Crap Out of Adalia
- Phil - I Don't Think the Heavy Stuff is Going to Come Down in Quite a While
- Phil - I Need a Sub
- Greg - Adalia Flips Car
- Dina - Hydroplaning Sweet Spot
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Next Episode…it's a mentally tough business working in the weather industry from meteorology to storm chasing. We'll be talking with former National Weather Service Behavioral Health and Wellness Officer, Valerie Gardner. SUBSCRIBE and set your NOTIFICATIONS on our YouTube.com/stormfrontfreaks channel so you can get notified whenever we go LIVE on Thursday, 9/14/23 @ 9pmET/8pmCT. Look for the audio podcast on your favorite podcast player that weekend.
Credits
- Opening Music: Brett Epstein
- Closing Music: Gabe Cox
- Other Music: “Pecos Hank” Schyma from El Reno Blues

Sunday Aug 27, 2023
Vintage #1 - Tom Niziol & Kelly Williamson
Sunday Aug 27, 2023
Sunday Aug 27, 2023
In This Episode
- Clips: Former Weather Channel Winter Storm Expert, Tom Niziol and the late storm chaser, Kelly Williamson
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Next LIVE Episode…we'll be talking all things Twister and the upcoming sequel, Twisters with the new owners of the Twister Museum in Wakita, OK. SUBSCRIBE and set your NOTIFICATIONS on our YouTube.com/stormfrontfreaks channel so you can get notified whenever we go LIVE on Thursday, 8/31/23 @ 9pmET/8pmCT. Look for the audio podcast on your favorite podcast player that weekend.
Credits
- Opening Music: Andrew Slotta/Phil Johnson
- Some Opening Footage Courtesy of Sanner/Tornado Titans
- Closing Music: Gabe Cox

Sunday Aug 20, 2023
#190 - Adaline Spears & Beckett Moore - Hard Core PG-13
Sunday Aug 20, 2023
Sunday Aug 20, 2023
In This Episode
- Guest: Adaline Spears and Beckett Moore, 13 year old weather vlogging phenoms
- www.windstormproducts.com
- Storm Chaser Safety Tips - Flash Floods
- Lightning Round - Battle of the Decades
- Find SFF Gear and other weather geek products at helicity.co
- #weatherfools - We present the fools doing stupid things in weather situations
- WX AI Mad Libs - We play a classic game of weather Mad Libs and have AI create a visual interpretation of the story we came up with
- Next Episode's Guest(s)
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Our Guests
Adeline Spears
Adeline is a 13 yr old aspiring meteorologist & storm chaser from Northwest Georgia who is well known on Twitter for her weather videos. Before online blogging, Adeline created and distributed a weather newspaper in her neighborhood. Last school year, she created a fundraiser for Rolling Fork Tornado Relief Project at her school.
Beckett Moore
Beckett is a 13 year old weather enthusiast who lives in St. Louis, MO. Beckett loves to forecast and report on weather conditions for his audience on Twitter and Youtube where he goes by Moore Weather. He is a team member of Live Storm Chasers. He already has his mind set on becoming a meteorologist.
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#weatherfools Links:
- Phil - You're Dead
- Phil - Big Mac Stall
- Phil - Not Enough Bats
- Phil - Look at the Spinning Water
- Phil - Mine's a Little Raw
- Greg - Canoeing on the Wake of Vehicles
- Greg - Too Close for a Close-up
- Jen - Volcanic Dust Devil
- Jen - Sea Lion Fools
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Next Episode…we'll be talking all things Twister and the upcoming sequel, Twisters with the new owners of the Twister Museum in Wakita, OK. SUBSCRIBE and set your NOTIFICATIONS on our YouTube.com/stormfrontfreaks channel so you can get notified whenever we go LIVE on Thursday, 8/31/23 @ 9pmET/8pmCT. Look for the audio podcast on your favorite podcast player that weekend.
Credits
- Opening Music: Brett Epstein
- Closing Music: Gabe Cox
- Other Music: “Pecos Hank” Schyma from El Reno Blues

Sunday Aug 06, 2023
#189 - Mike Boylan - Sewer Usage
Sunday Aug 06, 2023
Sunday Aug 06, 2023
In This Episode
- Guest: Mike Boylan, Creator of Mike's Weather Page at spaghettimodels.com
- www.windstormproducts.com
- Storm Chaser Safety Tips - Exit Strategies
- Lightning Round - Hurricane or Superstar
- Find SFF Gear and other weather geek products at helicity.co
- #weatherfools - We present the fools doing stupid things in weather situations
- Wx Resources - We share some of our favorite weather resources like books, websites, tools, and more
- Next Episode's Guest(s)
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Our Guest: Mike Boylan
Mike's Weather Page (spaghettimodels.com) was launched in 2004 by Mike Boylan. He graduated from the University of South Florida with a degree in marketing in 1996. His Facebook account has amassed over one million followers, making him a popular figure in the weather blogging realm. Boylan is also known for his live coverage of Atlantic hurricanes as a storm chaser. In 2023, the Florida Division of Emergency Management announced a partnership with Mike's Weather Page for the sponsorship of the No. 4 JD Motorsports car in a NASCAR Xfinity Series race.
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#weatherfools Links:
- Greg - Cruisin' for a Bruisin'
- Greg - Missing the Fire
- Dina - Don't Keep Truckin'
Wx Resources Links:
- Dina - NWS Weather and Hazards Data Viewer
- Mike - Mike's Weather Page
- Mike - GlocalMe
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Next Episode…we have two up-and-coming weather blogging phenoms in teenagers Adeline Spears and Beckett Moore. SUBSCRIBE and set your NOTIFICATIONS on our YouTube.com/stormfrontfreaks channel so you can get notified whenever we go LIVE on Thursday, 8/18/23 @ 9pmET/8pmCT. Look for the audio podcast on your favorite podcast player that weekend.
Credits
- Opening Music: Brett Epstein
- Closing Music: Gabe Cox
- Other Music: “Pecos Hank” Schyma from El Reno Blues