Show overview
BuckAround: A Wisconsin Badgers Football Podcast has been publishing since 2013, and across the 13 years since has built a catalogue of 382 episodes. That works out to roughly 360 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a fortnightly cadence.
Episodes typically run thirty-five to sixty minutes — most land between 48 min and 1h 5m — and the run-time is fairly consistent across the catalogue. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-language Sports show.
The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 5 days ago, with 8 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2015, with 59 episodes published. Published by Richard Branch.
From the publisher
BuckAround is the original podcast focused exclusively on Wisconsin football. An outgrowth of the popular blog founded in 2012, the BuckAround podcast is for the Badger fan who can never get enough Bucky!
Latest Episodes
View all 382 episodesEpisode 379 - Wrapping up Spring with Colten Bartholomew
Episode 378 - The Knowns and Unknowns of Spring Practice
Episode 377 - The Show Actually Ends on a Positive Note!
Rich and Max give their thoughts on the first ⅓ of Spring Practice and talk about the string of recent commitments for the Badgers.
Episode 376 - The Image of the Fickells Doing a Softball Interview in Their Cavernous Dining Room Feels a Little on the Nose Doesn't it?
Don't let sports make you mad
Episode 375 - OK, now we can talk about Colton Joseph
Rich and Max take a look at Colton Joseph's 2025 season at Old Dominion and talk about how he fits in with Wisconsin for 2026
Episode 374 - We're too Busy to Talk about Colton Joseph
Rich and Max discuss the roster post-portal. They talk about it so much they push off breaking down Colton Joseph for next time.
Episode 373 - Listener Potpourri 2026 Edition
Rich and Max find 5 different ways to say Luke Fickell has a lot to prove this year.
Episode 372 - The Only Way to Talk About the Transfer Portal is with Pivot Tables
Rich and Max talk about the roster turnover in the transfer portal.
Episode 371 - This Episode is Going to be Boring
Early portal talk, coaching conjecture, and partially informed discussions of NIL. This episode has it all!
Episode 370 - It's Luke Fickell's Learning Journey and We're All on it with Him (Week 14: Minnesota & NSD Recap)
Late show this week but Rich and Max cover the Minnesota game (quickly!) and talk about Luke Fickell's roster building vision elucidated at his National Signing Day Press Conference.
Episode 369 - Week 13: Illinois
Rich and Max discuss the Badgers 27-10 win over Illinois. Max is happy. Rich wants to temper your expectations.
Episode 368 - Week 12: Indiana
Rich and Max discuss the 31-7 loss to Indiana and Max gets really angry at the end.
Episode 367 - Week 11: Washington
Lots of talk of field storming and cave crickets. A stupid game deserves a really stupid show.
Episode 366 - Week 9: Oregon
Rich is joined by special guest Jim Polzin to discuss the latest Badger loss and give his thoughts on the state of the program, NIL, and why football is different than basketball.
Episode 365 - Week 8: Ohio State
Rich and Max basically record the same show as last week except they talk about a letter from Chris McIntosh
Episode 364 - Week 7: Iowa
Let's just play your voicemails and vent some rage
Episode 363 - It Would Be Kinda Cool if They Won (AKA Week 6: Michigan)
It's time for media beefs and cannibal rats on Russian ghost ships.
Episode 362 - YOU NEED TO CALM DOWN!!! (Actually No...No You Really Don't)
Rich and Max talk about the state of the 2-2 Badgers during the bye week. Optimism wouldn't be a word to use to describe this episode.
Episode 361 - Week 4: Maryland
Max is joined by a special guest host to discuss what may be the beginning of the end of the Luke Fickell era.
Episode 360 - Week 3: Alabama
Rich and Max discuss the Badger's 38-14 loss in Tuscaloosa. It wasn't fun.