After a months-long hiatus, host Andrew Burnes returns to complete the multi-part discussion of his top 100 favorite musical artists of all time with entries 20-1 alongside with a recap of the bottom 80 and discussion of a couple of new additions along the way. Controlled Burnes is a weekly hobby-list podcast with a particular…
Music was not a huge part of my earliest childhood. I split my time between the two sides of my family, spending the majority with my evangelist mother, who listened to very little other than Christian music and the occasional Stevie Wonder’s Greatest Hits or Grammy nominee CD, and visiting my father, who listened to…
On this week’s episode, Reagan Burnes returns to the show alongside host Andrew Burnes to discuss Andrew’s first read of the third book in the Song of Ice and Fire series A Storm of Swords. The duo discuss each of the major storylines and events in the book, which coincides with seasons 3 and 4…
Controlled Burnes returns after a rough couple of weeks at the Burnes’ household as host Andrew Burnes walks his Spotify Wrapped results and the 80+ albums he listened to in 2025 including some all-time greats, Taylor Swift’s divisive Life of a Showgirl, and the full discographies of famed artists including Bob Seger, LCD Soundsystem and…
On this week’s episode of the podcast, host Andrew Burnes continues the multi-part discussion of his top 100 favorite musical artists of all time with entries 40-21 along with a recap of the bottom 60. The next and final part of this series will be included in the next episode of the podcast, so look…
On this week’s episode of Controlled Burnes, Reagan returns for a second Villainous discussion this time ranking each of the 12 current characters in Star Wars Villainous. The discussion includes lists from both Andrew and Reagan as well as a conversation about the pluses and negatives of each character as well as statistics detailing how…
On this week’s episode of the podcast, host Andrew Burnes continues the multi-part discussion of his top 100 favorite musical artists of all time with entries 60-41 along with a recap of the bottom 40. Future parts of this series will be included in future episodes of the podcast, so look forward to that and…
On this week’s episode of Controlled Burnes, Andrew and Reagan discuss their love of the Disney and Star Wars themed board game Villainous, the story of how they were first introduced to the game, and the rabid fandom that has taken root in the Burnes household ever since. The discussion includes the pair’s favorite aspects…
On this week’s episode of the podcast, host Andrew Burnes continues the multi-part discussion of his top 100 favorite musical artists of all time with entries 80-61 along with a recap of the bottom 20 and some of the adjustments that have already been made to the list since just last week! Future parts of…
On this week’s episode of the podcast, host Andrew Burnes kicks off the multi-part discussion of his top 100 favorite musical artists of all time. Andrew kicks off the discussion with the history of how he got into music and what sparked his passion for list-making as well as the 15-year odyssey that was constructing…
On this week’s episode of Controlled Burnes, host Andrew Burnes welcomes a new guest to the podcast, his childhood friend Wesley Orr. Wesley is a roller coaster enthusiast with roughly 250 coaster credits. He has also been to every Six Flags in the continental US, along with a litany of other parks in the states.…
On this week’s episode of Controlled Burnes, Andrew is rejoined by Reagan for their longest podcast yet, a nearly 5-hour examination of Andor Season 1. The pair watched the first season together back when it first released and loved it, but returned to it with fresh eyes again in 2025 prior to watching Season 2…
On this week’s episode, Andrew keeps the freewheelin’ video game console discussions coming with a draft of two different versions of a potential PS2 classic, one designed to hit the widest mainstream appeal and another catered to his own specific favorite games on the console. So the second list is his de-facto favorite PS2 games…
On this week’s episode of Controlled Burnes, host Andrew Burnes flies solo to reminisce on his time with the Nintendo Switch. SlowBurne talks about when he purchased the console and upgraded to the OLED model as well as discusses where it ranks within his pantheon of favorite consoles. He then shifts to covering the games…
On this week’s episode of Controlled Burnes, Andrew and Reagan return to cap off their discussion and analysis of The Last of Us Season 2. Andrew played through the first half of Part II in the lead up to firm up comparisons to the show, further solidifying some major issues he has with the changes…
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