S2 Ep.057: Forgery
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A good forgery can last forever so Steed and Jrad cover the one’s that almost stood the test of time on this week’s Chubstep. The guys start with Steed’s recent love triangle/missed connection before getting to the main topic. For forgeries they cover a man who spent thousands on a fake stone giant and became famous nationwide all to prove a point to a preacher, finding the bones on Jesus’s “Brother”, a skull that shaped science from a mammal that never existed, a Roman emperor who found a very convenient letter, making millions off Hitler’s letters he never wrote, selling fake...
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S2 Ep.056: Greenland
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Want to cool off this summer? How about Chubstep’s deep dive on one of the most scarcely populated countries in the world with: a history of disappearing civilizations, a shark that defies the odds of living hundreds of years and people eat despite being poisonous, a constant rejection to being purchased by the US, a hidden US nuclear base without Greenland’s permission, no history of serial killers (although Iceland does). Before Greenland the guys discussed Steed witnessing another near death while traveling, and losing $50 betting on the Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Championship.
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S2 Ep.055: Bicycles
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How did a volcano eruption eventually lead to Lance Armstrong requiring everyone to wear yellow bracelets? Steed and Jrad cover everything bicycles and more in this week’s Chubstep. The guys start with Jrad being a part of a real life horror movie and how wildfires are obstructing Steed’s views before getting to the main topic. The transformation of the Flintstones bike, to the hipster death bike to the “Safety Bike”, bikes in war, severe bicycle crimes and scams, the guys worst bike accidents, the disaster that was the first Tour de France, and the worlds most expensive bikes
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S2 Ep.054: World Leaders’ Bizarre Deaths
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What are the strangest ways leaders throughout time have died? The list is never ending but the Chubstep boys cover some of the oddest in this week’s episode. First they cover if it is socially acceptable to eat popsicles as a grown man, being hired out as a Karen, guest Patrick Bertoletti winning a banana eating contest, and buying weapons as a joke. For the main topic the guys discuss a monkey bite that caused 250,000 deaths, when a nose bleed goes bad, getting killed by your human head trophy, laughing to death, over the top mourning, heading into battle blind and becoming a human leg...
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S2 Ep.053: Diseases pt. 1
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Will there be a part 2? TBD but there are so many wild diseases out there that this probably isn’t the last time Chubstep’s Steed and Jrad cover the topic. First the guys discuss the delay in releasing this episode, when hospital staff isn’t prepared for standard scenarios, Steed’s memorial day trip to Chicago with bleeding ears and a leaky air mattress. The guys then cover people convinced they’re already dead, the dancing plague, the laughing epidemic in ‘Tanzania News’, the forgotten living statues that awoke after 40 years in the 1960’s, and when ancient treatments like...
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S2 Ep.052: Toxic Masculinity
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The pendulum swings as an episode dedicated to something only a woman can do is followed by a show based on all things masculine in this week’s Chubstep. The guys start with thanking the fans for their most downloads ever in the month of April, Steed quitting his part time job in college by ghosting a sub shop, and a casino commercial which can’t be interpreted in an appropriate way. The guys get to what they meant by the topic of masculinity doing an ASMR of eating a meat sticks, a 90’s kid peak image of masculinity, the positive beginning of the meaning of toxic masculinity, why men...
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S2 Ep.051: Pregnancy
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What has been missing from pregnancy since the dawn of time? How about the male’s on Chubstep perspective and deep understanding! The guys start with Jrad’s surprise trip to Las Vegas, soy boys, and nobody being happy with the Kentucky Derby. For the main topic the guys start with how pregnancy is like a vending machine, ancient ways of determining if you’re pregnant, the biggest baby ever and how it’s like a first round draft bust, an impossibly small baby and long pregnancy, a cure all for pregnancy symptoms, how pregnant women can be helped by lonely men at Jimmy John’s, odd...
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S2 Ep.050: Competitive Eating feat. Patrick Bertoletti
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For the second time, #2 ranked competitive eater in the world Patrick Bertoletti joins Chubstep to discuss all things food and eating a lot of it. Jrad and Steed start with the shame of a Mountain Dew-livery, eating pistachios in bed alone, and knock off foods. Next the 2024 Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Champion joins and the three discuss Jrad’s Jamiroquai hat, Patrick winning the Mass Hole Donut Marathon with 100.5 donuts in 10 minutes, technique vs mentality for competitive eating, the official sandwich debate in Illinois, giving fake advice, Jrad downing a banana as fast as he can...
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S2 Ep.049: Eels
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No animal has made some of the smartest people ever seem more stupid than eels. This is why Steed and Jrad tell you everything you need to know in this week’s Chubstep. The guys start with still being ranked in the top 10 of Tanzanian podcasts, topical/tropical storms in Saipan, and Steed’s heroic rescue of a family in need and his likely familial tie to Jesus before getting to Eels. For eels the guys start with how little there still is known about how they reproduce, all coming from one location, the idiocracy of: Aristotle and Sigmund Freud, the black market around baby eels, electric...
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S2 Ep.048: The Moon
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The Moon, the myth, the legend is what Steed and Jrad focus on in this week’s Chubstep. First there are some pressing matters to get to like small batch eggnog before Easter, having the past coming back to bite you in Easter egg hunts, and an audience member getting kicked out of a comedy show. For the Moon segment the guys cover bad Moon puns, Artemis II making us all look bad, how the Moon was created, why no season would lead to better skiing, why you didn’t always want to be king in ancient times, using the Moon to find dung, when we almost nuked the Moon, and the insane items still...
info_outlineWhat has been missing from pregnancy since the dawn of time? How about the male’s on Chubstep perspective and deep understanding! The guys start with Jrad’s surprise trip to Las Vegas, soy boys, and nobody being happy with the Kentucky Derby. For the main topic the guys start with how pregnancy is like a vending machine, ancient ways of determining if you’re pregnant, the biggest baby ever and how it’s like a first round draft bust, an impossibly small baby and long pregnancy, a cure all for pregnancy symptoms, how pregnant women can be helped by lonely men at Jimmy John’s, odd beliefs around the world, the lady that 69 babies, and the guys tips for pregnancy.