Episodes

  • TMP345 ANTHONY DONADO MAKES IT EASY
    Jun 26 2026

    The drummer, songwriter, and singer with bands including Narcissy, the Bonapartes, the Low Amps, and the Abitals was also a member of the notorious Alex Chilton-produced group Soupchain. His association with record biz mastermind Carlo Ditta led to gigs backing the legendary John Sinclair. Now moonlighting at T Ray's Boudin and Cracklins, Anthony joins the Troubled Men to show them how the sausage is made.

    Topics include Agent 99 lookalikes, World Cup fever, the Naked Bike Ride, a rope swing mishap, a tipping incident, birthday gunplay, drunk hunting, Post-It Note exercise, "Welcome In" sightings, the desert, New Iberia, a radio career, local bands, fishing, a livestock show, Grant St. Dance Hall, LSU, the Rib Room, Mid City, Rob Savoy, Jay Holland, Dinteen, Austin Thompson, Chaz Fest, Abita Springs, Billy Gregory, a final set, an art show, and much more.

    Intro Music: "Just Keeps Raining" by Styler/Coman

    Break and Outro Music: "Superfund" and "Nest of Snakes" from "Deep Woods" by Narcissy

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    1 hr and 21 mins
  • TMP344 ALEX MCMURRAY IS MR. TUESDAY NIGHT
    Jun 18 2026

    The intrepid guitarist, songwriter, and singer with the Tin Men, the Valparaiso Men's Chorus, 007, Happy Talk, and Kings of the Small Time is also a veteran of such groups as Royal Fingerbowl, Michael Ward & Reward, the Geraniums, the Write Brothers, and the Glyn Styler band. He recently completed and released the posthumous album by dearly departed collaborator Carlo Nuccio, "Clap Hands." In a moment of weakness, Alex volunteers for a second turn in the barrel with the Troubled Men. He can't plead ignorance this time around.

    Topics include Pride month, Rat Fink, "Welcome In," "Drunk Hunting," Juan Sanchez, the tall ships, a double major, a bakery, Glenn Hartman, tight trousers, Pampy's, Patrick Ryan, Casey McAlister, Kevin O'Day, Bob Forrest, Disney Tokyo, a foxhole mentality, family vacations, a recording session, Jacques deLaTour, Ivan Neville, a new world's record, an airing of grievances, a new bride, the Cajun Navy, Luke Allen, pogo sticks, a Tuesday night residency, residuals, "Treme," a no-hitter, and much more.

    Intro Music: "Just Keeps Raining" by Styler/Coman

    Break and Outro Music: "Long While" and "Clap Hands" from "Clap Hands" by Carlo Nuccio

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    1 hr and 20 mins
  • TMP343 BRENT ROSE: PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT
    Jun 4 2026

    The Grammy Award-winning saxophone player and composer with the New Orleans Nightcrawlers, Otra, Charlie and the Tropicales, and Muevelo with Margie Perez is also a professor of music at UNO. First stationed in town with the Marine Corps Band, then coming to prominence with the young lions of Quintology, he's played or recorded with Galactic, Nicholas Payton, the Temptations, Charlie Hunter, and Gatemouth Brown. Brent's experience with the formless minds of today's students comes in handy as he attempts to school the Troubled Men.

    Topics include the Trump Phone, RFK's snake handling, Hawaii, #1 in Serbia, a 91-year-old fan, Claudine Longet RIP, Sonny Rollins RIP, Seattle, practice as therapy, school band, selling cigarettes, a gospel band, Father's Day, Tourette's Syndrome, combat training, Charlie Occhipinti, Charlie Blanq, latin music, Eric Traub, Sam Butera, Lena Prima, the Seahawks, and much more.

    Intro Music: "Just Keeps Raining" by Styler/Coman

    Break and Outro Music: "The Fat Man" and "Gentilly Groove" from "Atmosphere" by the New Orleans Nightcrawlers

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    Chapters
    • (00:00:15) - Troubled Men
    • (00:00:40) - Trump's New Phone
    • (00:03:45) - Jimmy Kimmel on Chick Corea's Snake Eating
    • (00:05:43) - Hawaii tourist runs into sea turtle
    • (00:07:41) - Troublemen
    • (00:09:26) - The Old Pretenders Play At 91
    • (00:12:20) - RIP Peter the Troubleman
    • (00:12:54) - Claudine Lange's
    • (00:15:15) - Sonny Rollins Dead at 95
    • (00:17:47) - Wonders Say, Welcome In
    • (00:18:53) - Brent Rose
    • (00:19:59) - The Education of Our Youth
    • (00:21:34) - In the Elevator With Alex Rosen
    • (00:23:11) - Steve Kim on Starting On The Saxophone in Sixth Grade
    • (00:27:20) - Kurt Cobain's Friends Remembering Him
    • (00:29:05) - Honor Playing in the School Band
    • (00:31:21) - How Much Did Cigarettes Cost in Seattle?
    • (00:33:09) - Gospel Bandmember on Starting a Band at 16
    • (00:36:19) - Does Tourette Syndrome Affect Musicians?
    • (00:40:50) - Tiki Tuesday at Snake and Jake's
    • (00:42:07) - Thank You!
    • (00:44:12) - Life Is Fair
    • (00:45:27) - Marine Corps band member on joining the military
    • (00:48:18) - Marine Band at Tulane
    • (00:49:52) - Marine Drum Lessons in New Orleans
    • (00:52:48) - Quintology
    • (00:55:58) - Guitarist and Latin Music Artist
    • (00:58:30) - Playing With The New Orleans Nightcrawlers
    • (01:01:50) - How The New Orleans Nightcrawlers Won a Grammy
    • (01:05:30) - Accepting a Grammy
    • (01:07:42) - Are We Too Optimistic About Birth Rates?
    • (01:08:36) - Chaz Fest on The New Orleans Night Crawlers
    • (01:10:36) - Sam Butera on Playing With Louis Prima
    • (01:13:35) - milo on the Island
    • (01:15:51) - Charlie and the Tropicals
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    1 hr and 22 mins
  • TMP342 DAPHNE PARKER POWELL: THE DEATH OF COOL
    May 21 2026

    The award-winning singer, musician, and songwriter celebrates the release of her 7th album, "The Death of Cool," this week. Produced by Squirrel Nut Zippers' mastermind Jimbo Mathus and engineered by studio wiz Mike Napolitano, the record boasts contributions from esteemed collaborators including Eric "Roscoe" Ambel and the Zippers' own Dr. Sick. Having spent years sailing tall ships around the world, Daphne navigates to the choppy waters of Snake and Jake’s where the Troubled Men are well aware they will all wind up in the drink.

    Topics include "Welcome in," social division, the mailman, a hall pass, a "Halloween" mannequin, slasher films, getting rear-ended, assassins, conspiracy theories, a losing battle, human taxidermy, Ted Turner RIP, Rex Reed RIP, soundmen, Camp Lejeune, a family band, a cancer lawsuit, coal miners, an oxycontin surplus, Lilith Fair, Alanis Morissette, moving to Brooklyn, Pine Woods, Pete Seeger, the Clearwater, the Amistad, Cinque and the SLA, making records, a bad boy, poetic justice, a record label, surviving cancer, finding New Orleans, "The Starter Wife," a divorce, Harry Dean Stanton, smoking, record promo, team building, videos, and much more.

    Intro Music: "Just Keeps Raining" by Styler/Coman

    Break and Outro Music: "Speak No Evil" and "Scorcher Earth & The Flood" from "The Death Of Cool" by Daphne Parker Powell

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    1 hr and 19 mins
  • TMP341 ROSIE TRAN STANDS UP
    May 1 2026

    The stand-up comic, producer, writer, model, and podcast host is a veteran of the L.A. and New Orleans comedy scenes with a new series "Rosie Tran Presents" now available on Amazon Prime. In her comedy special on Peacock, "Saigon Honey," Rosie draws on her background growing up in New Orleans as a first generation Vietnamese-American. Tonight she laughs it up with the Troubled Men.

    Topics include French Quarter Fest, Jazz Fest prep, mobile toothbrushing, a ruptured sewer line, a Titanic auction, a surprise guest, the Alice Harte-Edna Karr-Ben Franklin pipeline, Algiers, a comic boyfriend, the Howlin' Wolf, open mics, joke writing, Cal State L.A., the Comedy Store, the Laugh Factory, women in comedy, gatekeepers, Joan Rivers, T-Ben Boudreaux, USO tours, the Prytania Bar, Mike Strecker, Adam Barnhardt, the Improv, the lottery, TikTok comedians, a feature film, an OnlyFans page, and much more.

    Intro Music: "Just Keeps Raining" by Styler/Coman

    Break and Outro Music: "Factory for Stars" and "Red Cadillac" from "Hope Is Not For The Weak" by the Geraniums

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    1 hr and 10 mins
  • TMP340 ERIC BOLIVAR BACK IN ACTION
    Apr 23 2026

    The master drummer and percussionist with Bonerama, Lynn Drury, the Pimps of Joytime, and the Joe Krown Trio has also played with Anders Osborne, Tab Benoit, Karl Denson, and Ellis Marsalis. His recent kidney transplant, after over 10 years on dialysis, has given him a new lease on life and a long-overdue return to normalcy. With an intense festival season schedule looming, Eric finds some free time to catch up over cocktails. That new kidney will be working overtime cleaning out the toxins after his night with the Troubled Men.

    Topics include street people, Tiki Tuesday, young love, an A.I. savior, Adderall, teen takeovers, midwifery, home births, the moon shot, "Capricorn One," a musical family, a first drum set, drum and bugle corps, band decorum, leadership, the Frostop, Karl Denson, Doug Belote, Kirk Joseph, Jazz Fest dates, mystery cramping, a diagnosis, touring, the transplant list, dietary restrictions, an organ donor, ice preferences, recovery, water intake, a positive attitude, the clarity of parenthood, a naming contest, and much more.

    Intro Music: "Just Keeps Raining" by Styler/Coman

    Break Music: "Junco Partner" from "Qualified" by the Joe Krown Trio+1 (featuring Papa Mali)

    Outro Music: "Meters Medley (featuring Omari Neville)" from "So Much Love" by Bonerama

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    1 hr and 26 mins
  • TMP339 THE ROB HUDAK GOES FULL TILT
    Apr 16 2026

    The singer, guitar player, and songwriter with the Hawtsies, the Newborn Naturals, and Boogie Man Smash is also the founder and CEO of Full Tilt Records and a partner in the nightclub Chickie Wah Wah. Having grown up in a mobbed-up Youngstown, Ohio, with a Lou Reed/Velvet Underground obsession during the collapse of the steel industry, he's no stranger to the seedy side of life. Tonight Rob takes a walk on the wild side with the Troubled Men.

    Topics include Juan's wedding, Bosco from Eddie V., festival season, Frostop demolition plans, our fearless leader, "Welcome in," March Madness, a long buzzer, a Kit Kat heist, an OnlyFans arrest, the rackets, Joey Naples, stealing from the poor box, Beatles cartoons, Elvis's death, a toy guitar, "Transformer," the Who, the Penguin Pub, Ohio bands, Stiv Bators, Thin White Line, Harvey Pekar, Toby Radloff, Shimmy Disc Records, graphic design, moving to New York, the Lakeside Lounge, Jim Marshall, Kelly Keller, 52 Ludlow St., the Strokes, Gram Parsons, the Clash Day shows, Dan Penn, Bobby Marchan, and much more.

    Intro Music: "Just Keeps Raining" by Styler/Coman

    Break and Outro Music: "Hell Raisin'" and "Voodoo Doll" from "9 Lives" by The Hawtsies

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    1 hr and 23 mins
  • TMP338 RANDY ELLIS CRUISES IN
    Apr 3 2026

    The Grammy Award-winning guitarist with Chubby Carrier and Tyron Benoit also played with departed local legends Michael Ward and Dino Kruse. Under the Choupic Sessions umbrella, he releases recordings from his long-running songwriting collective. Once a regular at Snake and Jake's, tonight Randy returns to the scene with the Troubled Men. For him, it's a definite step down.

    Topics include road construction, water main breaks, a Glyn Styler recording session, a cast party at Francis Ford Coppola's, a St. Patrick's day parade, the Brain Tuner, unfunny comedies, "The Bear," Mel Brooks, smoking, a poll, a gondola crash, the Liberace Museum, John Mooney at Madigan's, Thibodaux, Bayou Lafourche, mourning, 10,000 hours, a coma, G.I.T., Los Angeles, strippers, Tommy Tedesco, Levon Helm, Steve Masakowski, UNO, Russ Broussard, Keith Keller, Jack Snyder, Tabby Thomas, touring, German bikers, a family band, band camaraderie, Taj Mahal, a publishing company, and much more.

    Intro Music: "Just Keeps Raining" by Styler/Coman

    Break Music: "Lonely Frog" by Randy Ellis

    Outro Music: "Tippy Toes" by Tyron Benoit and Choupic Sessions

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    Chapters
    • (00:00:00) - Troubled Men
    • (00:03:46) - Manny on His Week
    • (00:04:07) - Glenn Styler on His New Music
    • (00:06:14) - St. Patrick's Day Parade
    • (00:07:35) - Eric Clapton on Rehab
    • (00:09:32) - Living Is a War
    • (00:09:59) - Mel Brooks on His 99 Year Old Body
    • (00:12:37) - Which Sound More Racist? Asian vs. Black
    • (00:14:29) - Consensus Reached on Immigration
    • (00:14:38) - Liberace in the Swiss Gondola
    • (00:15:58) - Guitarist Randy Ellis on The Bayou Swamp Band
    • (00:16:31) - John Mooney at Snake and Jake's
    • (00:19:26) - My Ancestry Story: From New Orleans, Louisiana
    • (00:20:17) - Mourning the Dead in New Orleans
    • (00:24:11) - How many years is 10,000 hours?
    • (00:25:37) - Practice for Days, Even Hours
    • (00:27:29) - Guitar Lessons from Thibodeau
    • (00:29:46) - Living With Strippers In Los Angeles
    • (00:32:23) - Tommy Did Asko On The Wrecking Crew
    • (00:33:50) - Playing Rock 'n' Roll With Strippers
    • (00:34:55) - Blues Guitar Lessons With Chubby Carrier
    • (00:37:27) - Get It Together
    • (00:37:35) - Dino Cruz on the Road With Dean Martin
    • (00:39:51) - Troubleman Podcast: Thank You!
    • (00:42:08) - Jimmy Chubbuck on Dino Cruz's Life
    • (00:43:51) - Chubby Carrier
    • (00:47:19) - Doug Baloch on Chubby's Muscles
    • (00:47:49) - Randy on Chubby Carrier's Family
    • (00:52:10) - On Playing With The Drummers
    • (00:53:23) - Chubby Carrier on His Grammy Win
    • (00:57:15) - Louisiana Blues Legends on The Big Easy
    • (00:59:58) - Tyron Benoit: We Started a Songwriting Session With My
    • (01:04:24) - Randy Ellis on Shoe Pick Sessions
    • (01:06:49) - Seniors Get Older
    • (01:07:52) - Trouble Men Stickers
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    1 hr and 12 mins