This weeks episode, and probably next week’s episode are going to be different. My family had our collective hearts broken on Friday, August 25, 2023. My dad, Tom Erickson, was driving to Sioux Falls on old 77, nine miles north of Beresford, when a man driving a giant tractor hauling silage, blew through the stop sign and collided with his car. He died on impact. I speak for a couple of minutes about how great Dad was, and then I play the episode I recorded with him back in March. Mourn with me ...
Aug 29, 2023•1 hr 56 min
Former USPSA President, current USPSA presidential candidate, Yee-Min Lin was at Area 3 in Nebraska and I was able to catch up with him to record a podcast. We had a great conversation. Other topics: Going from Western Kentucky to Yale to Iraq in the Marine Corps, how we got into USPSA, why Yee-Min is running again after being removed on a selectively enforced technicality, how clubs deal with their home ranges, our thoughts on Area 3 shooting and working, Multigun Nationals, and I ask him why p...
Aug 22, 2023•1 hr 16 min
Part two of the episode with my dad. We had a little more whiskey and bourbon by the end of this one. Topics: Mom made me a sandwich, traveling the world in the Air Guard, Meeting Lee Travino at St. Andrew’s, Dad’s trip to Minneapolis to meet Grandpa’s commanding officer in WWII, the crazy pilot who beat a an F-15 with an A-7 in a war game. SIOUX FALLS SHOOTING can help you learn to shoot, get better at shooting, or get your South Dakota Enhanced Carry Permit, and you will have fun in the proces...
Aug 15, 2023•1 hr 17 min
My dad is back on the podcast this week. He was full of more stories, and we laughed so much. So much so that this 4 hour recording session is split into two episodes. Other topics: Taking Esia to airsoft, Shit details in the Marines, Flying commercial planes, famous people he flew, colorful people he flew, how Mom thought he died in a plane crash, that time Andy Interviewed Hillary Clinton, How Tom ended up in the SD Air National Guard, why dad was gone when I was born, traveling the world in t...
Aug 08, 2023•2 hr 28 min
Josh Vanden Top is a shooting buddy, a dad, a designer of tooling, and self-identifies as a 3-gunner. He and I both shot at USPSA Multigun Nationals in Forest Lake Minnesota in late July, and he was a storm chaser . We talk a lot of shooting, but we also talk about dad life, storm chasing, and how he designs tools that someone makes so other people can make other stuff with the tools (I think I understood that). SIOUX FALLS SHOOTING can help you learn to shoot, get better at shooting, or get you...
Aug 01, 2023•1 hr 44 min
Stacy Maier is a mother, wife, empty nester, grandmother, and a podcast guest for the first time all before she turns 50. (She wanted to do 50 things before she turned 50 and one of them was a podcast.) She works in insurance, and also sells Damsel in Defense products to help women defend themselves. She also told her story of having a husband go through rehab. She tells it in a touching and funny way. It was a great episode! SIOUX FALLS SHOOTING can help you learn to shoot, get better at shooti...
Jul 25, 2023•2 hr 49 min
A couple of weeks ago, Tash and I were guests on the Lunch Box podcast , hosted by Mike, Ryan, and Amber. This episode includes "some" of the crazy talk from before we officially were recording for their episode. I decided to include it. It was a lot of fun! SIOUX FALLS SHOOTING can help you learn to shoot, get better at shooting, or get your South Dakota Enhanced Carry Permit, and you will have fun in the process. Check out Andy’s classes or book a private session by going to SiouxFallsShooting...
Jul 18, 2023•1 hr 56 min
Matt Roach is co-owner of Pride Built Homes in Sioux Falls and can be seen on the HGTV show "Downhome Fab." Topics discussed: Tom Cruise is short, Matt and Manny are short, Manny's message for Matt, Season 2 of Downhome Fab, remodeling homes, wrecking the vehicles of people who steal fuel, people disappearing from social media, paying for people behind you in the drive-through is stupid, wearing skin tight clothing at the gym, and Covid was three years ago? SIOUX FALLS SHOOTING can help you lear...
Jul 12, 2023•2 hr 40 min
My youngest finally decided he wanted to do a podcast, so we did! Esia is a funny kid so you will enjoy it. He also has an encyclopedic brain full of history, trivia, airsoft, and music knowledge, mostly learned from YouTube. We had fun, hope you enjoy! SIOUX FALLS SHOOTING can help you learn to shoot, get better at shooting, or get your South Dakota Enhanced Carry Permit, and you will have fun in the process. Check out Andy’s classes or book a private session by going to SiouxFallsShooting.com...
Jul 04, 2023•50 min
One of many great people I've met shooting, Bruce Schmidt is a husband, seller of HVAC supplies, and a USPSA shooter and match director. We started this one off well oiled so be ready for a good time. We talked whiskey, shooting, and the massive new range planned to be built just north of Rapid City. Other topics covered: Bruce's beard, homeless redbeard in Alabama, downtown Rapid is pretty cool now, the path from oil changer to expert HVAC sales master, Andy forgot something at the range that c...
Jun 27, 2023•2 hr 5 min
DiAnn was my intern long ago. Her husband started a welding fabrication company that changed dramatically after they got together. They also hired me to teach them shooting the day we recorded the podcast. And they brought some good whiskey over. Other topics: E-nun-see-ay-shun, how welding sparks can possibly go up your nose under a welding mask, how this welding couple got together, how DiAnn picks a whiskey, the funniest movies of all time, and much more! SIOUX FALLS SHOOTING will help you le...
Jun 20, 2023•2 hr 41 min
Mary Wiese (aka "No Hands Pants" Mary) is a new mom, a plant nerd, and is completely capable of getting lost in her hometown. We had a good time and laughed a lot! SIOUX FALLS SHOOTING can help you have a good time safely with your guns, learn to shoot, get better at shooting, or get your South Dakota Enhanced Carry Permit, and you will have fun in the process. Check out Andy’s classes or book a private session by going to SiouxFallsShooting.com...
Jun 13, 2023•2 hr 2 min
Joe Erickson is my brother, is the owner/operator/painter of Painter Joe’s Painting, a big (snobby) fan of fancy whiskey, and a newlywed. He doesn’t like how I like whiskey or my level of enthusiasm for trying a 21 year Bushmills. We also talk about camping in places that are not campgrounds, tourist traps in the Black Hills, and Slim Buttes in Harding County. Plus how he shot a hole in his buddy's roof. SIOUX FALLS SHOOTING can help you have a good time safely with your guns, learn to shoot, ge...
Jun 06, 2023•2 hr 12 min
I've had friends and family on the podcast. I finally have my wife on for an episode. We talk about how she doesn't like to talk, our kids, about her business which offers life insurance and many other insurance options, the story of how we met, working together on fixing our deck, money stuff and how I had debt and she didn't, how being different is how we work, how it went teaching her to shoot, and much more! SIOUX FALLS SHOOTING can help you have a good time safely with your guns, learn to s...
May 30, 2023•1 hr 33 min
I did not have a guest this week as last week I was super busy preparing the Great Plains Section Championship USPSA match. It was held in Canton and it was a lot of work. Hear the good, bad, and the stupid. Including hard to open beer. SIOUX FALLS SHOOTING can help you have a good time safely with your guns, learn to shoot, get better at shooting, or get your South Dakota Enhanced Carry Permit, and you will have fun in the process. Check out Andy’s classes or book a private session by going to ...
May 23, 2023•31 min
My former morning show partner Tash is back on the podcast! She has her own podcast now called " Talkin' With Tasha ." She's also been calling bingo, and a few other things. It was a lot of fun to catch up. Still feels the same when we get behind the mics. SIOUX FALLS SHOOTING can help you have a good time safely with your guns, learn to shoot, get better at shooting, or get your South Dakota Enhanced Carry Permit, and you will have fun in the process. Check out Andy’s classes or book a private ...
May 16, 2023•1 hr 39 min
I mentioned the political leanings of my niece a few episodes ago and after she heard about it, she wanted to defend her honor so she's on the podcast this week. We talked about what law school is really like, how law firms are way more boring than movies and TV shows, the culture shock of moving from South Dakota to Alabama, and joining the cult of 'Roll Tide.' Other topics: South Dakota accents change in the winter, glaciers are what make things flat, and when Syd misses South Dakota. SIOUX FA...
May 09, 2023•2 hr 12 min
My brother, Joe, has been on the podcast a couple of times. Now his wife of almost two months joins me ten days after I met her for the first time, mostly just so I can get to know her. Chelsey Erickson is a mom, a personal trainer, and a lot of fun to drink whiskey with. We talk shit about my brother/her husband behind his back, how they met for the first time right after he and I went to Top Gun: Maverick, our bad backs, how not to do a dead lift, how men suck at taking instruction, how having...
May 02, 2023•1 hr 48 min
Robert Wyatt lives in the Salt Lake City area, is co-host of the PARAcast podcast ( Spotify , Apple ), and designs homes for a living. He's also a rabid USPSA shooter, like me. We mostly talk shooting, but we also talked a fair bit about our Vietnam veteran fathers, and he started designing homes at 13 and still does. Topics covered: heinous safety violations, why our right ears our losing hearing, getting accidentally shot at, the PARAcast's podcast is not about ghosts, Mormons are preppers? re...
Apr 25, 2023•3 hr 8 min
I met Dustin back in 2016 when we were going to start teaching classes at a now defunct gun shop in Harrisburg. Then he and the other guys on the board at Sioux River Sportsmen's Club volun-told me to join the board, of which Dustin is the president. He's a husband, a dad, a woodworker, cabinet installer, enthsiast of meticulous things that are hard to do, and he drove 500 miles with one broken rifle to hunt deer. SIOUX FALLS SHOOTING can help you have a good time safely with your guns, learn to...
Apr 18, 2023•2 hr 37 min
Eric Vasgaard has worked behind the scenes in television for 25 years. He's gone from making local TV commercials to graphics and video content seen on pro sports broadcasts and in pro and college stadiums all over the country. SIOUX FALLS SHOOTING can help you have a good time safely with your guns, learn to shoot, get better at shooting, or get your South Dakota Enhanced Carry Permit, and you will have fun in the process. Check out Andy’s classes or book a private session by going to SiouxFall...
Apr 11, 2023•2 hr 26 min
Joe Sneve is a journalist, co-founder of The Dakota Scout . We talked about his departure from the Argus Leader, what goes into starting a new business and publication, and much more. Topics included: $5.33 is what it cost to get Joe as a guest? Legislators party for three months, Lord Calvert isn't as bad as it looks, car salesmen > politicians, how newspapers screwed themselves, why he is not an activist journalist, and "news tips welcome." SIOUX FALLS SHOOTING can help you learn to shoot, ...
Apr 04, 2023•2 hr 11 min
Bert is a funny dude. He's also a cop and used to launch jets from air craft carriers in the Navy. Topics discussed: becoming a cop, launching jets in the Navy, fingering phones, crazy without beer, being a goofball and also being a role model as school resource officer, Bert pees on the podcast, good dick days, trying to get better at USPSA, the woman that gave him covid, and a whole bunch more. SIOUX FALLS SHOOTING can help you learn to shoot, get better at shooting, or get your South Dakota E...
Mar 28, 2023•2 hr 59 min
DiAnn Hofer was a high school intern when I met her in 2008. Now she's a welder and co-owns a shop with her husband making dumpsters and rolloffs. She also has 20,000 followers of her Tik Tok ( welderchick ). Topics discussed: how the Tik Tok works, how it's hard to say "Tylenol," girls are gross, girlie tomboys, Andy's basement is overwhelming, the Rancor, Andy burns his hair off with a lighter at Tesla and Firehouse, how a welding spark got up DiAnn's nose, fear of flying, bribing Andy to skyd...
Mar 21, 2023•1 hr 56 min
My buddy Tyler is back on the podcast. We talked about his python, the offroad trail that is Cliff Avenue, shooting stuff, going to the DMV four times in a month, we're too honest to sell things, having a conversation with something you made, the new shooting range north of Rapid City, and lots more. SIOUX FALLS SHOOTING can help you learn to shoot, get better at shooting, or get your South Dakota Enhanced Carry Permit. Check out Andy’s classes or book a private session by going to SiouxFallsSho...
Mar 14, 2023•1 hr 54 min
My dad, Tom Erickson, joins me on the podcast this week. We only scratched the surface of where it could go. We start off with the story of the elk he shot while pooping in Colorado, what 9/11 was like at the South Dakota Air National Guard base, and how he accidentally ended up joining the Marine Corps. We also talk extensively about his service in the Marines up through the Tet Offensive in 1968. SIOUX FALLS SHOOTING will help you learn to shoot, get better at shooting, or get your South Dakot...
Mar 07, 2023•1 hr 54 min
Matt Roach is the co-owner of Pride Built Homes , a dad, a husband, a podcaster (someday), and was featured on the HGTV show Down Home Fab with Chelsea and Cole DeBoer. Topics included: leaving radio, renovating houses on a reality show, talking about Matt's bougie podcast that still hasn't started, Matt's sleepwalking story and the origin of "Manila Matt" as a nickname, Andy sleepwalking in public in his underwear, and much much more in this marathon of laughs episode of Andy's Things and Stuff...
Feb 28, 2023•3 hr 41 min
My friend Jeff King is back on the podcast. After technical difficulties and too much to drink, we went for three hours. We go over some missed details of his Guadalcanal trip which was heavily covered in Episode 13, we talk a fair bit about shooting and USPSA, Andy's broken arm, and lots of other stuff. It got a little wild. SIOUX FALLS SHOOTING can help you learn to shoot, get better at shooting, or get your South Dakota Enhanced Carry Permit. Check out Andy’s classes or book a private session...
Feb 21, 2023•2 hr 56 min
Mary Wiese is a newlywed, new mom, plant nerd, and fitness instructor. "No Hands Pants Mary" was the knickname Tash and I gave her in the radio days. You can hear why, along with talking about: dropping out of education, A.D.D. is a diagnosis we have in common, learning new stuff is good for you, clever ways to clean stuff, men doing women's voices in audiobooks is cringey, and much more. SIOUX FALLS SHOOTING can help you learn to shoot, get better at shooting, or get your South Dakota Enhanced ...
Feb 14, 2023•1 hr 35 min
Lot of funny stories with my buddy Nick. He is a husband, dad, works on power lines, likes shooting stuff, and is obsessed with using fire to cook meat. Topics: Nick’s first podcast he listened to was one he was on, how Nick ended up working on high voltage power lines, dropping out of college is a good thing, Nick and Andy’s obsession with Instagram cat videos, crazy things weather do to power lines, that big Chinese balloon that went over the US, what it’s like being a new dad, walk out of the...
Feb 07, 2023•3 hr 24 min
