It’s a cocktail of razor-sharp wit, business savvy, and unfiltered friendship.
For 16 years, The Focus Group has kept listeners hooked with the unique bond between hosts Tim Bennett and John Nash—high school buddies turned LGBTQ marketing trailblazers, best known for their groundbreaking Subaru campaigns. Tim and John blend corporate and entrepreneurial insights for discussions that seamlessly shift from professional to personal. Tune in for their trademark humor, industry insights, and the kind of chemistry you can’t buy off the shelf.
THIS WEEKS SHOW
Should I Write My Own Obit?
11.26.25 | The John approved Dash Egg Cooker from last week’s show had several listeners report back that they bought one—plus, two of them know Gilded Age star Claybourne Elder. In Caught My Eye: frozen popcorn becomes a thing, and a $9.2 million Superman comic turns up in an attic. We celebrate Facebook’s Chris Hughes for the Business Birthday, and in Shop Talk, Warren Buffett reminds us to manage regret—and maybe draft the obituary we want.
TFG Unbuttoned: Are You a Phillumenist?
12.02.25 | Tackled on this week’s show. ‘Phillumenism,’ the declining perception of the value of a college degree, a political candidate’s creative response to an anti-LGBTQ survey, and the nostalgic return of matchbooks as collectible items. (Phillumeny is the practice of collecting matchbooks.)
PAST SHOWS
TFG Unbuttoned: Dire, Deranged, and Farcical
11.25.25 | Tim and John spotlight a GoFundMe created to support the beloved Oscar’s in Palm Springs. Then, two Texas would-be warlords hatch a delusional plan to “invade” a Haitian island of nearly 90,000 residents—complete with vile fantasies straight out of a bad movie script. And finally, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth unveils a slate of new military operation names that, frankly, sound a lot more like titles from a gay adult film catalog than official Pentagon campaigns.
Boiled Eggs, Billion Pennies, Better Speaking
11.19.25 | This week on The Focus Group, John discovers the Dash Egg Cooker thanks to actor Claybourne Elder of HBO’s The Gilded Age, and Tim reassures us that the penny isn’t going anywhere—there are 300 billion of them still in circulation. The Business Birthday honors Sylvan Goldman, inventor of the shopping cart, and in Shop Talk, the guys share simple tactics to cut filler words.
TFG Unbuttoned: The Price of Poor Decisions
11.18.25 | This week Tim and John tackle everything from premature Christmas décor to the politics of holiday gifting and community support. They break down a disturbing act of anti-gay vandalism, call out boneheaded decisions like hurling frozen water balloons at cars, and question the price tag of renaming the Department of Defense to the Department of War.
