You Don't Know Flack: Recent Episodes
Rob "Flack" O'Hara
Last week, Amigo Aaron from the Amigo’s Podcast came to visit me in Oklahoma City. I took him and his son all around the city, […]
Even as a little kid I used to spin records in my bedroom and talk between each one as if I were a DJ. Being […]
I can’t lie. This episode is really about basketball. I just named it “Hoopz” because I was afraid nobody would listen to it. In this […]
One thing I’ve learned in life is that sometimes we have to make positive things happen. Little, intentional changes can make a big difference in […]
I did an episode about thrifting on this podcast back in 2013 so I figured it was okay to revisit it 13 years later! A […]
Let it snow, let it snow… let it snow on somebody else! On this episode of You Don’t Know Flack we’ll be traipsing through the […]
On this special fireside episode of You Don’t Know Flack, I’m going to tell you how my October went. There will be a flood, a […]
It’s been 12 years since I last did a show dedicated to Halloween and so I decided that was enough time to revisit the topic. […]
Hey! We’re back with part two of the Fifty Nifty United States, starting with Maryland and working our way through Wyoming! Lots of classic short […]
Back in grade school we used to sing this song called “Fifty Nifty United States”. Not only did it help me memorize the names of […]
Have you ever eaten something that was simply too sweet? I never have. Ever since I was a kid I loved sugar and sweets and […]
For years I have taken listeners along with me on journeys but never before have I taken you somewhere as dangerous as THE BERMUDA TRIANGLE! […]
Have you ever learned about something that changed your whole outlook on life? I recently learned about Ikigai from Tim Tamashiro and on this episode […]
Susan’s back for another special edition of You Don’t Know Flack as the two of us recap the two weeks we recently spent on the […]
In this brand new, special edition of You Don’t Know Flack recorded from the Serenity Deck of the Carnival Spirit Cruise Ship, Flack is joined […]
You are all invited to a party in my first apartment… Country Club Apartments! (Lock your car doors.) Support You Don’t Know Flack at Patreon.com/RobOHara […]
You’ve heard of Pet Rocks, right? In 1983 I made my own commercial for a brand new product, Pet Sticks! Also available on YouTube: Support […]
I’ve always been a bit transparent on You Don’t Know Flack. On this episode I talk about my thoughts on getting old. Also, I am […]
Hey, we’re back with a brand new episode about old toys! In this episode I talk about the new toy booth my wife and I […]
Splish, splash, I was taking a… swim? On this episode of You Don’t Know Flack I “dive” into the topic of swimming pools! Support You […]
What did you want to be when you grew up? A doctor? An astronaut? A podcaster? On this episode I discuss 10 things I wanted […]
My thoughts on Artificial Intelligence after attending an AI conference in Las Vegas: amazing, exciting, terrifying. Support You Don’t Know Flack at Patreon.com/RobOHara iTunes | […]
Strikes, spares, and turkeys! This is every bowling story I have in me — one and done! Support You Don’t Know Flack at Patreon.com/RobOHara iTunes […]
On this episode Flack dives into the features and ethical issues of Meta’s Ray-Ban smartglasses. YouTube version: https://youtu.be/A8Y-T1PVy0w Support You Don’t Know Flack at Patreon.com/RobOHara […]
In 2014, I put a down payment on an Elio, a three-wheeled car that promised to deliver 84mpg. had a 5-star crash rating, and cost […]
I just got back from a cruise to Cozumel and so much has changed in the cruise industry that I decided to revisit the topic […]
From the old Mattel Football game to modern technological emulation machines, I run through the portable gaming systems aka handheld systems I’ve owned over the […]
In 1981, a water park named White Water opened in Oklahoma City. Here are a few of my memories about the park, what has changed […]
In part two of this subject, I talk about some of the movies I grew up watching that were known for their special effect, the […]
As a kid I was fascinated with special effects and how movies were made. In the first part of this two parter, I talk about […]
What happens when a guy with an interest in puzzles and encryption gets a copy of Visual Basic? The end result is eCoder Ring, a […]
On this episode I talk about my long history as a fan of Weird Al. I talk about the first time I heard his music, […]
We’re going to have big fun on this episode talking about the Big Fun Glossary! Link: The Big Fun Glossary Support You Don’t Know Flack […]
I’m back, and going back to the first job I ever had — the concession stand. Support You Don’t Know Flack at Patreon.com/RobOHara iTunes | […]
On this episode of You Don’t Know Flack I tell some funny and not-so-funny stories about visits to the hospital. Support You Don’t Know Flack […]
Some memories, stories, and thoughts about photographs and photography, past and present. Support You Don’t Know Flack at Patreon.com/RobOHara iTunes | RSS | Facebook | […]
Everybody is interested in preserving, saving and archiving data. Here’s how to destroy it. Support You Don’t Know Flack at Patreon.com/RobOHara iTunes | RSS | […]
Two short questions about quotes and trains add up to one full-length episode! Support You Don’t Know Flack at Patreon.com/RobOHara iTunes | RSS | Facebook […]
My friends are tired of hearing me talk about #vanlife, so now you get to! Part 2 of 2. Support You Don’t Know Flack at […]
My friends are tired of hearing me talk about #vanlife, so now you get to! Part 1 of 2. Support You Don’t Know Flack at […]
I’ve been to a lot of concerts in my life. Here are my top 25 concert memories! Support You Don’t Know Flack at Patreon.com/RobOHara iTunes […]
Jack in, Cyberspace Cowboys and Cowgirls. On this episode of You Don’t Know Flack I talk about my experiences with and the evolution of VIRTUAL […]
Ahoy, matey! We have returned from our cruise and with it I bring updated cruise information! On this episode I talk about what’s changed about […]
On this episode of You Don’t Know Flack, I flip the script and thank my Patrons by sharing some of the neat projects they’re working […]
On the second part of my three part series, I list and briefly discuss my favorite music-related documentaries. Brace yourself, there are a lot of […]
On this episode of You Don’t Know Flack I run through ten of my favorite documentaries, giving lots of additional recommendations along the way. There […]
On this episode I hop through the development, ports, merchandise, and arcade cabinet I owned of one of my favorite arcade games, Q*BERT! Support You […]
The best toys! The best marshmallows! The best BREAKFAST CEREALS! Support You Don’t Know Flack at Patreon.com/RobOHara iTunes | RSS | Facebook | Twitter | […]
On this episode I talk about what it was like listening to heavy metal and playing Dungeons and Dragons during the SATANIC PANIC of the […]
If you have nostalgic memories of plastic building blocks, you’ll love this lengthy trip through the world of LEGO Support You Don’t Know Flack at […]
Camping! Rescue! Space Exploration! One line of action figures had it all… FISHER PRICE ADVENTURE PEOPLE Support You Don’t Know Flack at Patreon.com/RobOHara iTunes | […]
Spin the wheel, roll the dice, and get ready to play! On this episode of You Don’t Know Flack I talk about BOARDGAMES Support You […]
On this episode of You Don’t Know Flack I talk about some of the modems I’ve owned, from a 300 baud acoustic modem all the […]
On this episode of You Don’t Know Flack, I look back at the beginning, middle, and possibly end of a family and neighborhood tradition, GARAGE […]
On episode 201 I revisit the slides, jungle gyms, and monkey bars of my youth. Put up your lunch tray and let’s go. Today, we’re […]
On the second part of Episode 200, I tell how You Don’t Know Flack came to be, how it got its name, and where the […]
It took me 13 years, but I finally made it to episode 200 of You Don’t Know Flack! To celebrate this event, I will be […]
On this episode of You Don’t Know Flack, I talk about the earliest restaurant I can remember — one that serves Big Macs, Filet-o-Fish, Quarter […]
On episode 198 of You Don’t Know Flack, I talk all about my collection of lunchboxes — metal, plastic, old, and new! Links — iTunes […]
On the first YDKF of 2021, I talk about my latest purchase: the sequel to the MiST FPGA computer, the MiSTer! Links — iTunes | […]
Merry Christmas, seasons greetings, and happy holidays! On this episode of You Don’t Know Flack I go back to the well and come up with […]
Happy holidays! Earlier this week I was invited to join several podcasters from Everything Amigas to discuss every port of Home Alone we could come […]
On this slightly odd episode of You Don’t Know Flack, I take a look at my infatuation with shelves — the first sets of shelves […]
As a kid, the period of time between Thanksgiving and Christmas was spent making Christmas wish lists, and many of the entries on those lists […]
After a stressful week of work and election headlines, I decided to pick a light topic. On this week’s episode, I’ll be discussing puppets — […]
My wife Susan joins me on this very special episode of You Don’t Know Flack. After sharing more bicycle stories, the two of us tell […]
Put up your kickstand and go on a ride with me as I pedal through some old memories of bicycles on this episode of You […]
Greetings, programs! On this episode of YDKF, I go digital and leap in my history with Tron. I talk about the movie, the games, the […]
If you’ve ever wanted to hear a grown man talk about joysticks for over an hour, boy are you in luck! From old Atari joysticks […]
In this long, rambling episode of You Don’t Know Flack, I talk about my journey with karate — from starting as a young white belt […]
In this episode of You Don’t Know Flack I talk about my childhood memories of Midsouth Wrestling, the wrestling program I grew up watching. I […]
Turn off your television and tune in to this podcast in which I talk about televisions — specifically, every one I’ve ever owned. Every story […]
In this episode of You Don’t Know Flack I’ll catch you up on where I’ve been and what I’ve been up to. I talk about […]
What does skateboarding have to do with Christmas? Nothing… almost! Links — iTunes | RSS | Facebook | Twitter | WWW | ThrowbackNetwork
I decided to take a break from my studies and talk about music for a couple of hours. This is the longest episode of You […]
Before my ninja phase and my skateboarding phase came my breakdancing phase. On Episode 182 of You Don’t Know Flack I share my memories of […]
If you have archived all the old episodes of You Don’t Know Flack, you are in luck! On Episode 181 of YDKF I talk about […]
Nothing says Thanksgiving like December. On this slightly-delayed episode of You Don’t Know Flack, I catch up on a few things. In a lengthy Loading […]
On Episode 179 of You Don’t Know Flack, I tell a few old stories about times I was almost killed. Believe it or not, it’s […]
On Episode 178 of You Don’t Know Flack I discuss Y2K — the hype and the reality, from someone who was actually there and was […]
On Episode 177 of You Don’t Know Flack I talk about roadtrips, from the first ones I remember taking with my family when I was […]
Episode 176 of You Don’t Know Flack is all about ANARCHY — and, more specifically, all those old anarchy BBS files we used to love […]
In episode 175 of You Don’t Know Flack, I run down a list of the top 10 hardest hits I’ve taken in my life. Some […]
The podcast’s engine is roaring back to life with another new episode! On this episode I tell a few stories about the cars I destroyed […]
Inspired by Doug McCoy’s new podcast (In The Theatre), I decided to share some of my own movie theater memories as well. In this episode […]
In Episode 172 of You Don’t Know Flack I talk about car audio, from the crappy components I purchased at flea markets and installed in […]
Episode 171 is all about UFOs. On this one I talk about the books, television shows, and movies that caused me to look skyward. I […]
In this week’s episode of You Don’t Know Flack, I talk about arcade guts — what you’ll find inside most machines. This episode is split […]
In Episode 169 of You Don’t Know Flack, hot off our vacation I kick off 2016 by talking about cruises: how they work, what to […]
In this episode of You Don’t Know Flack, I talk about the time I was interviewed by an AP reporter about my collection of classic […]
While the Commodore 64 will always be my favorite child, the IBM PC is certainly the hardest working. In this episode I talk about my […]
On this very special Halloween edition of You Don’t Know Flack I traipse through my history with horror movies, starting with the first ones I […]
Summer’s over and class is in session! On this episode of YDKF I talk about the five (!) different colleges I’ve attended — not particularly […]
On this episode of YDKF I take a walk down memory lane through all the operating systems I’ve run, from MS-DOS 2.1 to Windows 10, […]
It’s been 20 years since I worked for the big yellow tag. On this episode of You Don’t Know Flack I delve way back into […]
This episode of You Don’t Know Flack is dedicated to one of the greatest (and one of my favorite) arcade games of all time — […]
On this episode of You Don’t Know Flack I discuss my history with VCRs, from the first one we got when I was 5 in […]
Oh dear. It appears I recorded an episode using my SX-64 and somehow lost the cassette! On this episode I grab the portable mic and […]
On this episode of You Don’t Know Flack I talk about MAME, the arcade game emulator. I talk about some of the different types of […]
It’s spring in the Midwest and that means it’s tornado season. On this episode of You Don’t Know Flack I talk about what it was […]
Listen. I know this sounds like a terrible idea for a show. It’s not as bad as it sounds, I promise. Just wait until you […]
Okay, so it’s not really every computer I’ve ever owned, but it’s every computer I’ve ever owned and actually used. My fellow hoarders understand the […]
Seasons Greetings, Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas, and Happy New Year! On the first You Don’t Know Flack of 2015 I talk about my history with […]
On this episode of You Don’t Know Flack, I talk about my latest attempt to get an emulation PC up and running in my living […]
If you remember hearing (or saying) “I want my MTV,” then this episode is for you! In episode 153 of You Don’t Know Flack I […]
In this episode I talk a bit about my visit to Rancho Obi-Wan before jumping in with lasers blazing and talking about as many Star […]
Visiting Disneyland for the first time last month put me in the mood to tell old stories about theme parks. [Links] The best Disney-themed podcast […]
The opposite of last week’s show, this week’s episode of You Don’t Know Flack is definitely non-technical. “The Creek” was out behind my house and […]
I’m back at home and back on the mic with another episode of You Don’t Know Flack. This episode is about the exciting world of […]
Welcome back, my friends, to the show that never ends. After a slight delay, You Don’t Know Flack is back with an episode all about […]
Another year, another relaunch. On episode 147 of You Don’t Know Flack I bring us into the new year by reflecting back on past holiday […]
Getting back to arcade games, I spent November 15-17 in Denver, Colorado hanging around the 1UP Arcade attending the 3rd Annual Kong Off Tournament. Billy […]
Throughout the years, several people have asked me how to get started podcasting. I’ve never sat down and wrote or recorded an answer to that […]
Better late than never, on this episode of You Don’t Know Flack I rummage through my old Halloween memories, from trick-or-treating back then to trick-or-treating […]
On this week’s episode of You Don’t Know Flack I delve into the MiST computer, a new FPGA-based system designed to run Amiga and Atari […]
On Episode 142, I and special guest Earl Green from TheLogBook.com share our memories about collecting Star Wars toys. Both of us saw Star Wars […]
In Episode 141, I talk about my infatuation with the new(ish) credit card-based computer, the Raspberry Pi. In this show I talk about what the […]
In previous episodes of You Don’t Know Flack I’ve talked both about arcades and my own personal arcade collection. In Episode 140, I talk about […]
Last week I visited the Galloping Ghost arcade just outside of Chicago, Illinois. You can hear all about the arcade and my time there in […]
You Don’t Know Flack is back with another episode! In this episode, I wax nostalgic about my days with the Atari 2600. You’ll get to […]
On Episode 137 of You Don’t Know Flack I delve into the history of Soulz at Zero, the lit group I founded back in the […]
Where did the time go? After a couple of weeks off, You Don’t Know Flack is back with episode 136. In this episode I talk […]
Say a prayer and grab the Holy water — today’s episode is all about backmasking in music, those backwards subliminal messages hidden both intentionally and […]
Episode 134 of You Don’t Know Flack tells the story of my pseudo Commodore 64 cracking group from the 1980s, the OK Krackers (OKK). (Listen […]
This very special episode of You Don’t Know Flack is all about ninjas. From wanting to be a ninja in the 1980s to watching ninja […]
In this apparently cursed episode of You Don’t Know Flack, I tell the story of Yukon Software, the computer software store my parents opened and […]
Still on track! Episode 131 of You Don’t Know Flack is all about boxes — not the cardboard kind, but the phone phreaking kind. After […]
After a slight detour, we’re back with episode 130! In this episode of You Don’t Know Flack I talk about my early experiences with pagers, […]
In Episode 129 of You Don’t Know Flack, I talk about the collection of arcade games (six, in all) that I owned back when I […]
For Episode 128 of You Don’t Know Flack it seemed fitting to talk about the Commodore 128, even though I didn’t personally own one back […]
Episode 127 of You Don’t Know Flack is all about BASIC programming. In this week’s podcast I talk about some of the BASIC programs I […]
This week’s show is all about the Nintendo Entertainment System — the NES, for short. In this episode you’ll get to hear about how and […]
On this episode of You Don’t Know Flack I talk about the Video Game Crash of 1983: what caused it, and why Imissed it. [Links] […]
This week’s show is about the Arkadia Retrocade in Fayetteville, Arkansas. I spent several hours at the Arkadia arcade yesterday. Here’s what I found! [Sponsor […]
Leaping from moderately mainstream to moderately obscure, this week’s episode of You Don’t Know Flack is dedicated to the CFFA 3000, a relatively new card […]
Episode 122 of You Don’t Know Flack covers the often requested topic of MAME Cabinets. In this episode I talk a little bit about what […]
In Episode 121 of You Don’t Know Flack I talk about thrifting — this includes shopping at thrift stores, garage sales, antique malls and pawn […]
Episode 120 of You Don’t Know Flack is about radio scanners, those little devices that allow you to eavesdrop on all the little conversations floating […]
Episode 119 is about Hohocon — specifically, Hohocon ’94, the last Hohocon (and the only one I attended). [Links] The Milwaukee 414’s (Wikipedia and in […]
Episode 118 is about a new piece of hardware used to play old video and arcade games — the iCade. Yes, it was designed to […]
Going old school on this one, Episode 117 of You Don’t Know Flack is all about copyfests, those disk-swapping parties we used to throw back […]
Episode 116 of You Don’t Know Flack tells the tale of Mr. Moonpie — who he was, and who he is. If you don’t know […]
Episode 115 of You Don’t Know Flack is all about text adventures. This episode is unique in multiple ways. Not only does it feature the […]
Episode 114 of You Don’t Know Flack is all about Arcade Auctions. In this episode I talk about my experiences of buying arcade games at […]
You Don’t Know Flack is back on track with Episode 113, which is about my personal experiences with Apple computers. The podcast spans my experiences […]
Episode 112 is all about Photon: The Ultimate Game on Planet Earth. Laser Tag was a big part of my teen years and I could […]
Episode 111 is a lot about my old BBS, The Gas Chamber, and a little about my new forum, The Gas Chamber. It is not […]
In light of Sony’s recent decision to end production of 3 1/2 floppy disks, Episode 110 of You Don’t Know Flack is all about floppy […]
In Episode 109 of You Don’t Know Flack I discuss the 1541 Ultimate, along with several other solutions for loading D64 images on real Commodore […]
Episode 108 of You Don’t Know Flack is all about pc-based Multitrack Recording. This episode contains many samples from songs I’ve recorded over the past […]
In Episode 107 of You Don’t Know Flack, I compare and contrast two recent purchases of mine: Amazon’s Kindle 2, and Acer’s Aspire 9″ Netbook. […]
In Episode 106 of You Don’t Know Flack, I cover all facets of the writing of my two books, Commodork: Sordid Tales from a BBS […]
In Episode 105 of You Don’t Know Flack, I talk about my experiences with Boss BBS, and the Boss’ experiences with the long arm of […]
In Episode 104 of You Don’t Know Flack, I cover the topic of Console Copiers, those unique little devices “from the back alleys of Hong […]
In Episode 103 of You Don’t Know Flack, I talk all about the arcades of my youth. [Links] Join our forum at TheGasChamber.robohara.com
Episode 102 of You Don’t Know Flack, in honor of Gary Gygax (1938-2008), is dedicated to Dungeons and Dragons. In this 35 minute episode you’ll […]
In Episode 101 of You Don’t Know Flack, I discuss three firsts in my life: my first videogame console (the Volley VI pong clone, by […]