Blackout Diaries

Stories of almost dying while drunk. Sean explains why the podcast took a week off, due to a busy schedule and Chicago traffic. How close he came to death when first drinking as a teenager. Todd Masey, a comic and bartender, talks about the first time he drank and a terrible mistake made with a beer bong in which he probably should have died.… more

It’s Valentine’s Day- stories of romance while drunk. Sean talks about when his wife discovered he was a drunk. A listener shares a story about a rip-roaring first date, where both people got fall-down drunk. They are now married with kids.… more

Stories of mom and dad getting drunk. Sean talks about not realizing that his family drank more until he was an adult and started going to other people’s weddings. A few people at Chicago bars tell Sean stories on how their dad drove them to vacations after drinking back in the 1960s, and how a dart tournament was rescued by an intrepid son.… more

Stories of people buying stupid things online, drunk. Sean talks about a terrible domain name he registered while drinking with a freshly divorced Mike Burns (Comedy Central’s Dad Boner), which he forgot about the next day but it kept ruining his life every 3 years.… more

Stories that show how necessary cops are to the drinking ecosystem. Sean talks about how cold it is in Chicago and what alcohols can freeze in this weather. Also details how the CTA has been struggling with the weather. Jonah Jurkins talks about needing a cop after running into a very drunk, very confused drunk.… more

Recorded the day after Christmas. Sean talks about how the holidays have been without a cell phone- how different drinking was when you couldn’t reach anyone, which is how he has been spending nights. Sean has been drinking hard over the holidays and talks about some of those incidents and how the bars are lucky he doesn’t yelp with some of the misunderstandings (though each one is his fault).… more

Podcast is back after taking some time off because the live show had to move. We found a great new home at high hat club and to celebrate we include some stories from the staff at High Hat on this podcast.… more

A podcast on stories that have been passed down in your family, occurred with old family members. I share stories I’ve heard about my great grandfather, who burned down his own twice but was a firefighter. Alex Joyce transcribes a hilarious, old family drinking story about a celebration in West Virginia that took a bad, and literal, wrong turn.… more

Stories of people going home to drink, enjoying the cheap beer prices and tiny rooms of your youth. Sean talks about how cheap beer is in Cleveland and how much he fears driving there, because he’s now too aggressive a driver from Chicago.… more

We discuss stories of sneaking into places you shouldn’t be for drinks you shouldn’t have, by acting like some one you are not. I recap Whiskey Fest from Portland and talk about how you can maneuver for free drinks as most big festivals.… more