Episodes

  • BONUS! All 13 Roller Coasters at Six Flags Great Adventure, Ranked!

    BONUS! All 13 Roller Coasters at Six Flags Great Adventure, Ranked!
    Apr 25 2025
    Surprise! Here’s a fun mini-episode designed to make you scream: Host and Great Adventure expert Jeremy Schneider takes us on a twisting, hurtling journey through Six Flags, ranking all 13 roller coasters for the 2025 season (2:00) — including the newly opened The Flash Vertical Velocity (8:18). Jeremy gets into which are overrated, which are classics and how the Jackson theme park really, REALLY fumbled its Kingda Ka closing (RIP) (20:30). Email us! Jerseysbestpodcast@gmail.com Follow us! @jerseysbestpodcast on Instagram, TikTok, Threads and Blue Sky Subscribe to NJ.com, our journalists need you! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    29 mins
  • Welcome To The ROADIE Awards! Crowning The Best And Worst Of Turnpike Exits

    Welcome To The ROADIE Awards! Crowning The Best And Worst Of Turnpike Exits
    Apr 23 2025
    What exit? We’ll tell you what exit! Host Jeremy Schneider is joined by veteran journalist Brian Donohue (The Jersey Angle Podcast, Red Bank Green) to present the first-ever Roadie Awards (8:43) — our way of unpacking the best and worst of the New Jersey Turnpike. Ride shotgun as the guys get into how the Turnpike fits into Jersey culture (6:39), and award exits for their devilry, beauty — and then Brian drops the wildest hot take in JBP history (25:57)! Finally, Brian completes the Garden State Gauntlet, highway edition (34:16). Email us! Jerseysbestpodcast@gmail.com Follow us! @jerseysbestpodcast on Instagram, TikTok, Threads and Blue Sky Subscribe to NJ.com, our journalists need you! Check out The Jersey Angle Podcast! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    40 mins
  • Jersey's Best Slang — Why Do We Talk Like This?

    Jersey's Best Slang — Why Do We Talk Like This?
    Apr 16 2025
    Our, uh, colorful New Jersey language unites us, even if the rest of the country doesn't know what the hell we're saying. Host Jeremy Schneider is joined by comedian and noted Bennie dissenter Allie Mae to break down all their favorite Jersey slang, from saltpepperketchup (7:34) and 20regularcash (14:42) to the more obscure Jersey Slide (16:29) and Goosey Night (22:38). They also bond over which New Jersey highway has not yet been lost to corporate America (13:36). Then Allie takes on our trickiest Garden State Gauntlet yet, identifying Jersey town nicknames (41:38). Email us! Jerseysbestpodcast@gmail.com Follow us! @jerseysbestpodcast on Instagram, TikTok, Threads and Blue Sky Subscribe to NJ.com, our journalists need you! Follow Allie Mae at @defaultprogrammer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    46 mins
  • Jersey’s Best Animals! And Which Could Beat Jeremy In A Fight

    Jersey’s Best Animals! And Which Could Beat Jeremy In A Fight
    Apr 9 2025
    This episode is all about New Jersey wildlife and the power of nature — versus the moxie of one unsuspecting podcast host. Jeremy Schneider is joined by veteran zoologist and wildlife photographer Wild Mike Miller to appreciate some of our favorite local fauna, and how most of them would put Jeremy in the hospital. From honey bees (4:21) to rattlesnakes (17:59) to black bears (33:04), this is definitely our most dangerous episode yet. You’ll laugh, you’ll learn, and you’ll hear Wild Mike complete the Garden State Gauntlet, animal edition (40:40). Email us! Jerseysbestpodcast@gmail.com Follow us! @jerseysbestpodcast on Instagram, TikTok, Threads and Blue Sky Subscribe to NJ.com, our journalists need you! Find Wild Mike Miller at wildmikeimage.com Check out Wild Mike Miller’s photo books: “Through a Keeper's Eye” “The Wanderlust Keeper” “A Keeper In The Wild” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    48 mins
  • Jersey’s Most Breathtakingly Ugly Places, Ranked!

    Jersey’s Most Breathtakingly Ugly Places, Ranked!
    Apr 2 2025
    Let’s get ugly! Host Jeremy Schneider is joined by comedian Nick Fierro to count down 10 of the “so hideous they’re spectacular” places only true New Jerseyan could love. Come along as the guys detail a strip club under a bridge (5:34), a hot dog that looks like a witch’s finger (8:40), the gross glory of Fairytale Forest (12:12) and the refinery that gives us a bad name (and smell) (30:05). Nick also takes on the rapid-fire Garden State Gauntlet (33:07) — will he survive? Email us! Jerseysbestpodcast@gmail.com Follow us! @jerseysbestpodcast on Instagram, TikTok, Threads and Blue Sky Subscribe to NJ.com, our journalists need you! Follow Nick Fierro at @schtickfierro Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    37 mins
  • Wawa vs. QuickChek: The Ultimate Showdown — With Taste Test!

    Wawa vs. QuickChek: The Ultimate Showdown — With Taste Test!
    Apr 2 2025
    Yes, New Jersey loves Wawa like a brother (who brings you hoagies). But QuickChek is actually the true Jersey native? Host Jeremy Schneider is joined by Wawa superfan Tyler Gyuirsin — the dude who famously collected sandwich receipts 1 to 999 — to settle once and for all, which is the greatest N.J. convenience store. The guys talk history (8:10), signature items (14:47) and do a live taste (19:25) to really solidify on their picks. Then Tyler completes the rapid-fire Garden State Gauntlet (25:41), Wawa edition! Email us! Jerseysbestpodcast@gmail.com Follow us! @jerseysbestpodcast on Instagram, TikTok, Threads and Blue Sky Subscribe to NJ.com, our journalists need you! Follow Tyler Gyuirsin at @tyler.gyuirsin Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    31 mins
  • Trailer: Introducing Jersey's Best Podcast

    Trailer: Introducing Jersey's Best Podcast
    Feb 26 2025
    New Jersey is America’s greatest state — so why wouldn’t it have the best podcast? Beginning April 2, join NJ.com culture reporter Jeremy Schneider for Jersey's Best Podcast, a weekly dive into everything that makes New Jersey spectacular, bizarre, beautiful, maddening and, ultimately, the best. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 min
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