I Accidentally Signed Up For Military Camp | Good Children: S2E25: Boys State

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Did you know Andrew accidentally signed himself up for military camp? Joe interviews Andrew about his experiences at Boys State, a summer leadership program for high school students. They talk about the strict and disciplined environment, physical training, and psychological aspects of the program. Andrew reflects on the nationalist agenda of the camp and the impact it had on him.
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TIMESTAMPS:
00:03:07 - Andrew's interview for Boys State
00:05:44 - Andrew learns he was selected for Boys State
00:07:40 - Andrew's expectations for Boys State
00:09:30 - Preparing for Boys State and Meeting at the Parking Lot
00:10:09 - First Impressions and Feeling Overwhelmed
00:12:16 - Discovering Boys State is a Military Camp
00:18:20 - Introduction to Boys State
00:20:13 - Physical conditioning
00:27:23 - Running and Physical Fitness Training
00:28:08 - Nationalism and Military Focus
00:29:56 - Conservative Leanings
00:36:37 - Veterans
00:37:09 - Andrew's disappointment
00:39:15 - The dorm dump
00:46:16 - Leaving Boys State
00:46:26 - Ignoring Trauma
00:46:48 - Girls State
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Good Children make bad adults. Childhood best friends Joe Hegyes and Andrew Muscarella dive into their shared history of anxiety, food courts, wigs, and trying their best to do everything right as adolescent closeted queer kids growing up on the south shore of Long Island. With sound bites from over two decades of archival footage, you'll laugh, you'll cry, and you'll grow up all over again alongside these Good Children.

[@madeleine268]

i can totally see 17 yr old andrew being the one to get a marine to open up about his feelings and emotions

[@oliviamorris8736]

i’m actually cracking up in my car outside of my midwest cosmetology school on my lunch break. “boys state is run by the marines?” looks at camera “boys state is run by the marines?!?????”

[@GoodChildrenPod]

boys state is run by the marines.

[@Holyfanz]

Andrew is one of our strongest soldiers and the best president we have ever had

[@mikailagondreau3974]

Andrew reciting Toby Keith from memory is absolutely sending me

[@acatnamedmarvin]

i wish y’all could find someone who was at the camp with Andrew to call in and share their experience

[@HS-pm1ro]

We need Patrick stat

[@samfiore1568]

this episode was UNREAL

[@GoodChildrenPod]

[@gobletofmeier]

Oh my god this was a RIDE!! I went to Girls State and it was SO normal -- i could not have imagined Andrew's military camp would be Boys State! I've gotta watch that documentary!

[@shannon81726]

my girls state was at the same time on the same campus as boys state and we would always get a kick out of seeing them marching or doing push-ups!! aside from mentioning ALA programming it had nothing military related - we just ran our government and made s’mores lol

[@leslierea4399]

Andrew, you shined this episode! you're hilarious

[@meghansmith4781]

This is one of the best episodes! I was cracking up and loving the story Andrew! Thank you for your service 🫡

[@brennalizz4789]

it’s giving the spongebob episode where they think they are going to camp and they end up on a prison boat lmaoo

[@sydneyurban6313]

I'm usually an audio listener and haven't watched an episode on youtube in awhile.... oh my god the visuals make everything so much funnier

[@GoodChildrenPod]

[@annas8146]

The vulnerability Andrew wow I’m so proud I could not have imagined!!!! ❤❤❤

[@adventuresbysasha]

babes i’m not even kidding. there was this guy i went to high school with and he went to boys state AND WAS IN THE DOCUMENTARY. i was gagged. i did a podcast ep with him sometime in high school where a few kids talked about politics and society and stuff. girlllllllllllll it was genuinely scary because how do you even begin to tell someone that the nationalist ideas they have are… literally bad?? like there’s no other way of putting it HAHAHA

[@katiewagner9209]

I have quite literally watched this episode 5 times…and haven’t regretted a single one

[@taylorabshire3894]

Fellow girl stater here!! Louisiana Girl State was def sorority boot camp and had cult vibes when I look back now. No marines present, but we had to sing for our food, chant any time we were walking, and sing stupid songs any time we saw boy state walking by. The grand finale of boy/girl state week was a dance we both attended and the DRAMA of the evening was incredible. Love this podcast and I laughed so hard this whole episode!! Love yall!! ✌

[@madeleinefinley96]

Andrew continuing to surprise us and impress us!

[@GoodChildrenPod]

you never know what he's gonna say next

[@elisehollie]

This episode was amazing- please make this into a movie

[@lincolnb2244]

I need a true crime style documentary reimagining of this story called “Red White and Blue are the new Rainbow”

[@alanarodriguez6838]

the only thing that’s keeping me going today after an awful day at work 😅❤

[@mfotino]

i remember when my highschool boyfriend went to boys state i truly felt like my husband was going off to join the war and i was waiting for him to come home w a letter (he never wrote me one)

[@GoodChildrenPod]

LOL

[@camillematusiak8690]

as someone who was in rotc as a fat emo girl, this was my favorite listen so far

[@maryrose5460]

besides how much I cackled at this one I think we all might be skipping over the most important part of this episode, which is truly how the looks you both are wearing in this are SO good!!

[@GoodChildrenPod]

love uuuu

[@terrancelj3]

Please continue the stock videos, they make me laugh so much when they are sprinkled in!

[@delylahdavies1]

i’m still stuck on Andrew coming back & acting like nothing happened bc baby i’d be telling EVERYONE about the horrors I went through, you could’ve gotten even more attention Andrew!!!🤣💓

[@GoodChildrenPod]

it's SICK!!!!

[@amarameister4013]

The editing on this is so funny! I love the tone of this episode 😂

[@GoodChildrenPod]

thank youuu

[@aseguradojaicel]

This is possibly one of THE best episodes ever!!! A masterpiece!!!!!

[@lilrachelxx]

i laughed up my lunch while watching this. thank you for making my day

[@HS-pm1ro]

I tried to write a review on Spotify and it said I wasn’t allowed to without listening to the show. Little do they know I’ve watched every Patreon and podcast episode on KZbin.

[@HS-pm1ro]

Update: listened to a minute and a half of an episode and checked back and it let me review

[@GoodChildrenPod]

GOD BLESS

[@GoodChildrenPod]

OMGGGGG

[@juliashoup574]

I’m doing my homework and making sure I subscribe across all platforms. This episode absolutely cracked me up. The trauma and how you told no one ?!? I could never lmao props to you

[@juliashoup574]

Also whoever edits your episodes kudos cause the dramatic music in this kept me going 😂😂😂

[@GoodChildrenPod]

THANK YOU!!!!

[@GoodChildrenPod]

ALSO thank you (it's joe)

[@jennae6548]

the editing of these just keeps getting better!!

[@meghancordoza]

i watch this at least once per week, incredible episode.

[@grega5386]

Also, they literally play made in America by Toby Keith in Air Force boot camp ….. I salute you Andrew 🥹

[@jakepas2473]

THE WAY I identify with every single sentence of this. From, a former Oklahoma Boys State ‘chief of police’

[@GoodChildrenPod]

NOTTTT CHIEF OF POLICE

[@haleyking1612]

omfg it just kept getting crazier and crazierrrrr. joes reactions were cracking me up too

[@GoodChildrenPod]

[@davidc8694]

I loved Boys State, & mine was run similar to yours. Looking back, it was definitely a bit culty. I think Warren Jeffs was our floor's drill sargeant.

[@lilyscott8809]

I watch this video once every few months and just die laughing. This whole story is perfection

[@jmouay]

love that ur at 10k rn & it's the end of july,, slay~

[@godblessmia]

i am so sorry andrew i am audibly chuckling rn

[@bbbbenny]

stop i did this same exact thing in arizona… the trauma of the rulers with making the beds is insane but i will say i do tuck the corners when i make my bed now so

[@scootylynn518]

i think dads threatening to send their fem sons to military camp is universal, but i CANNOT imagine actually going omggggg

[@grassghosts]

getting to this episode now that you’re AT 10k is amazing 💅 so proud

[@GoodChildrenPod]

[@annastimac6357]

This is the best episode of any podcast ever

[@jjtitan27]

For my Boy’s State experience we stayed at a LITERAL army base! Anywho I didn’t run for Governor but I did screw over one of the candidates and got the winner elected. I felt like I was on Survivor or Big Brother or something

[@GoodChildrenPod]

NOT that

[@lilmoo2222]

GREAT Episode!🚌🕷🛏👟📝🎶📯🫂

[@Stevis-eo2dt]

The fits are slaying this episode

[@mendozamarisol9]

I also went to a military high school to build my resume. I ended up transferring because I hatedddd it. Overachievers in solidarity 😢

[@user-dk4rb6yr8s]

I went to Maryland Boys State in 1994 (yes, I’m old). At that time, it was like what is described in the video. Held at the Naval Academy in Annapolis. Marines were assigned to each “city,” and midshipmen from USNA were also involved. Marching, PT, yelling, saluting, etc. It was gung-ho. They still did the government stuff, too. I honestly thought all Boys State programs were like that until I just watched the documentary and saw that they aren’t. I’m not sure Maryland is anymore, either, to be fair. We had a bunch of old WW2 vets from the Legion in charge, too. I’m sure they’ve all passed on given that it was 30 years ago. Maybe the younger crowd of vets in the AL aren’t as keen as making it so gung-ho (I think each state gets to set its own rules for how it operates). I have fond memories of the program, to be fair.

[@HS-pm1ro]

I had a rough day thank you so much for a delightful video that had me continually laughing 🥲

[@GoodChildrenPod]

[@isabelroemer]

12:48 breaking the fourth wall simultaneously 😭😭

[@GoodChildrenPod]

lololol

[@clarafilbert7205]

Andrew 100% would have been one of the best cheerleaders in the nation and I know it in my heart

[@Jessicasom]

this editing is 100000000 / 10

[@GoodChildrenPod]

tyyyy

[@jadareneex]

This is SO funny oh my god I was laughing the entire episode we need more Diane sawyer esque eps

[@Tramp4fashion]

This is one of my favorite episodes ICONIC

[@GoodChildrenPod]

THANK U

[@isabelroemer]

presenting: Andrew Muscarella as Hillary Duff

[@EmmaMay522]

this is so hilarious, I went to girls state in massachusetts and it had NOTHING TO do with the military, I would have DIED!!!!!!! ur so brave

[@oliviaturner351]

Watching this on 4th of July❤❤❤

[@isabellacecilia9334]

I JUST FELL TO MY KNEES SEEING THIS I was invited to go to Girls State having absolutely no idea what it was. I even sold my tickets to the Formation World Tour to go… I regret it to this day 😭

[@hannahperkins4694]

I know I'm late to this but I'm from Massachusetts and my high school boyfriend went to Boy State. It was basically what Andrew THOUGHT he was getting into -- socializing, networking, campaigning, etc. tbh they're probably military grooming NY boys bc New Yorkers are a different BREED.

[@makball6478]

HELP. I WENT TO VA GIRLS STATE AND MY BROTHER WENT TO VA BOYS STATE AND SELECTED FOR BOYS N A T I O N AND MET OBAMA FOR NO REASON i was the sheriff of my town OMGGFGG

[@GoodChildrenPod]

NOTTTT BOYS NATION

[@cheercakexoxo]

1000/10 episode

[@seanm777]

The way this could be a Netflix limited series…

[@scootylynn518]

red white and blue is the new rainbow 17:07

[@rayrunn]

*music heightens* “I do believe it was fat gay camp..” “it was. it was”

[@isabelroemer]

(pretend this is Andrew) hahahahahahaha that shot was amazing

[@delylahdavies1]

Andrew crying after Made in America is so real like REAL PEOPLE LISTEN TO THAT MUSIC? 😭

[@GoodChildrenPod]

LOL :(

[@leviweaver2251]

AH stop I immediately said those overalls are so cuties!

[@leviweaver2251]

Gimme dat, I’m joking! Iiiim jokin

[@suzanneharte6991]

this was laugh out loud funny

[@GoodChildrenPod]

[@alealarcon94]

Diane Sawyer episode for sureeee. Best one yet

[@GoodChildrenPod]

[@claudieee45]

I was a closeted lesbian who went to girls state. I remember raising a brow when we had a whole day dedicated to flag etiquette 🤨

[@gracelobato6651]

I went to girls state. You would have thrived we sang Kelly Clarkson’s “Stronger” instead of Toby Keith

[@jaspercays2806]

Patrick x Andrew

[@HS-pm1ro]

Literally like. New ship unlocked. They’re trauma bonded.

[@GabbyReyes-tw9cn]

Literally all I wanted was to get into georgetown too but I think it was only because of college road trip

[@GoodChildrenPod]

valid

[@loudenproud00]

I went to boy state in California- idk if I went to a fake boys state because it was more academic than physical and no song unless I blocked it out. It was not the best.

[@bbbbenny]

ironing our clothes until they were practically glass to pass inspection

[@madeleinefinley96]

Let’s have good children county’s lol

[@GoodChildrenPod]

omg...

[@cryinglibra]

u guys i want to be a florida ambassador of good children...

[@Nina_lilpeacheyes]

The dramatic music like this is a documentary about a murderer is so good I love it

[@isabelroemer]

“The time Andrew was kidnapped and taken to military gay conversion fat camp”

[@rayrunn]

not the mailbox POV

[@Margaret-uq6mk]

cadet kelly core

[@RoseD06]

The editing has me cackling

[@GoodChildrenPod]

[@mitchdbish]

Mr. President 🫡

[@mooniepal]

HE. QUIT. ON. US.

[@josielawhorn4924]

I was a girls state victim who also wanted to be president of the US 🫶🏻 so this ep was truly everything to me