Show overview
BuckAround: A Wisconsin Badgers Football Podcast has been publishing since 2013, and across the 13 years since has built a catalogue of 391 episodes. That works out to roughly 370 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 3 days ago, with 17 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 391 episodesEpisode 388 - Week 4: Penn State
Episode 387 - Week 3: Eastern Michigan
Episode 386 - Week 2: Western Illinois
Episode 385 - Week 1: Notre Dame
Episode 384 - Season Preview 2026: Max has CoJo Fever
Episode 383 - The Familiar Unfamiliarity of the Defense
Episode 382 - Is the Offense Going to be any Good?
Episode 381 - Luke Fickell has Entered his YOLO Era
Episode 380 - Four Questions
Episode 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.