Bric-a-Bracket

Thanks so much to everyone that has listened to the 22-episode first season of Bric-a-Bracket! We truly appreciate all the support you've given us so far, and want to repay it with some more high quality episode, engaging social content, and general merriment in the form of bracket-style competitions. We're going to be taking a short break to put all that together for you, but check out some previous episode and keep an eye for our glorious return in Season 2!

No allowance! Get ready for some nostalgia, because this week we talked about the Worst Childhood Chores with Carly Ballerini -- a hilarious comedian in Chicago. Build a bit of character and match up all the brutal errands you had to do before you turned 18!

Boot and rally! For our 21st episode, we got a little tipsy and crowned the Best Hangover Cures with Mike O'Keefe -- the host and producer of Best Night Ever at the Lincoln Lodge in Chicago! Whether you get a big ol' stomach ache or a pounding headache, these home remedies can assuage your inebriation illness in seconds, but which one is the best???

Down boy! For our 20th episode, we duked it out with Max Shanker -- producer of Smiley Face Stand Up -- to figure out which is the Worst Pet. We had a whole bunch of opinions about whether or not scales, feather, or fur was the worst animal companion skin and if smell or leg-count was an important thing to consider!

Party foul! This week, the Bric-a-Bracket gang matched up the Best Drinking Games with our guest Kendall Klitzke -- host and producer of the Cupcake Comedy Cabaret -- to decide the ultimate competition of inebriation. So many valiant contestants, from beer pong and quarters, to flip cup and even Edward 40 hands, there's no telling which drinking game will come out on top!

Everybody knows! This week, we duked it out with Nik Cartwright -- the host of the F*ck You Dad podcast -- to crown the Worst Place to Be Baked, and there are too many too count! Whether you've got red eyes or cotton mouth, these locations are very unpleasant when you're high on the Devil's lettuce. Give it a listen before your next sesh!

The Coin of Destiny is back and crueler than ever! This week, Jon and Conor tackled the Worst Things to Lose When You're Drunk and yes, they were both hungover when they recorded this episode. With no guest in sight, they left the tiebreaking decisions to the Coin of Destiny, a cruel but fair Massachusetts quarter that previously helped them decide the Worst Men's Hairstyles. From your phone and your keys to your memory and your dignity, we crown which thing is the worst to misplace while inebriated!

There's a bracket on the wing! This week, we talked with Nicole Schafer -- producer of Don't Tell Comedy in Chicago -- in hopes of crowning the Worst Airplane Behavior. Whether you're a shoes-off fiend or a smelly food scoundrel, this bracket will represent anything but the friendly skies to you, so listen now!

It's wedding season and it's time to take down some traditions! This week, we brought the Worst Wedding Traditions to the bracket to crown the king of cringe with Terence Hartnett -- the host of Down by the River! From something borrowed to cake in the face, this episode gets romantically frustrating until we truly come up with the most terrible marital lore.

Guilty as charged! This week, we did some serious debating about the Best Guilty Pleasures with Sonal Aggarwal -- producer of Gimme the Light -- and it got intense! Social media, gossip, fast food, and all the shame-addled vices we all know and love are matched up against each other, so give us a listen and we promise, we won't tell **wink**

Let's get stinky! This week, we narrowed down the Worst Smells with Josh O'Neill -- producer of Best Night Ever at the Lincoln Lodge -- and wow, did this one get disgusting! From fowl smelling animals to grotesque bodily functions, this bracket made us gag on more than one occasion, so get those nose plugs and dive into this one with both nostrils closed!

Don't be mad! We're taking a week off to focus on getting a few episodes recorded so we can more consistently bring you some more of the weekly Bric-a-Bracket podcast. Thank you to all our listeners through our first 12 episodes, and we can't wait to keep it up! Follow us on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and TikTok (@bricabracket) and we'll see you next week with another great episode!

Clock in, because we've got a doozy for ya this week! We hung out with Cameron Little -- a hilarious comedian in Chicago -- to find out what the Worst Types of Coworkers are that drive us crazy. From the microwave abuser to the chatty Kathy, we match up these horrible cohorts to find out which one makes work the worst!

Let's get outta the cities and talk fringe! This week, we hung out with Matt Drufke -- writer for the Fancy Boys Club -- to duke it out with the Best Things About the Suburbs. Is it Space, Price, Privacy, or one of the other eight high stakes competitors in this Battle of the Burbs? You'll have to listen to find out!

Feeling festive? Well it's your lucky day, because this week, we talked to Josh Waldron -- host of Don't Tell Comedy in San Diego -- about the Best Non-Religious Holidays! From Halloween and New Year's Eve to April Fool's Day and 4/20, we narrow down the field to eventually find out what the favorite festivity is when it comes to the secular sect!

Special episode time! This week, it was just Jon and Conor duking it out to find out what the Worst Men's Hairstyles were, as two true experts on the topic themselves. Instead of your every day human guest, our folilcly forlorn hosts utilized the Coin of Destiny to break any ties that may have arisen. Give this episode a listen right now, and don't forget to check out Tichy Brand, our new sponsor for this and future episode!

What's the best way to fix an iPod? A podcast! This week, we matched up the Best Dad Jokes with Molly Kearney -- as seen on Comedy Central -- to deem one of them the greatest fatherly funny ever! From pull my finger to telling the waiter "clearly we hated it" while handing back a clean plate at a restaurant, we laugh our way to the ultimate Best Dad Joke there is.

It's not you, it's us! This week, we got a bit romantic and battled it out with the Worst Ways to Get Dumped with Deanna Ortiz -- host of Crushes! with Deanna Ortiz -- to find out what the most painful way to end a relationship really is! Cheated on? Rejected proposal? Having their friend do it for them? There are so many to choose from, but only one can be dubbed the Worst Way to Get Dumped!

Let's go to the mall, everybody! In this episode, we matched up the Best Teen Mall Stores to crown the ultimate loiter location with Marty DeRosa - host of Marty and Sarah Love Wrestling! The likes of Pac Sun, Bath & Body Works, Claire's, and several others performed admirably, but only one Best Teen Mall Store could come out victorious. Find out now and every Thursday on Bric-a-Bracket!

This week, we popped some tags with $20 in our pockets, and talked to Kate Kennedy -- comedian, porn star, and host of Camgirl Chronicles -- to talk about the Best Thrift Shop Finds! We discussed it all, from vintage shirts to unique wall art, to find out which thrifty find is the best, so you can hit your local shop to find something for yourself. Give it a listen, subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts, and strap in for a delightful romp through these second-hand treasures!

School's out for Bric-a-Bracket! This week, we hung out with Adam Cayton-Holland -- one of the stars of Those Who Can't on TruTV -- to find out which day of school is the best! From the first day to the last day and everything in between, we take a jaunt down Nostalgia Boulevard to whittle down these eight educational experiences to eventually crown the Best Day of School!

You're in luck! This week, we battled it out with Stephanie Weber -- a hilarious Chicago-based comedian and author of Nothing Nice to Say -- to find out which superstition was the superest! From black cats to broken mirrors, we went deep into the good and bad superstitions that have cursed and blessed us throughout our lives, while narrowing down the field of eight to the one Superest Superstition!

Bric-a-Bracket is bric-a-back! For our second episode, we talked to Jarrell Scott Barnes -- a hilarious Chicago-based comic and host of the Hood Nerds Anime and Comics Podcast -- to decide which first job is the worst. We reminisce about our own history of terrible forays into the professional world, and weigh the cons of waking up early, dealing with terrible people, and generally having to do any work at all to eventually dub one lucky profession the WORST FIRST JOB!

For our very first episode, we went to the big dance with Liza Treyger, a hilarious comic and host of That's Messed Up -- a Law & Order SVU podcast that is, you guessed it, messed up -- to decide which tattoo is the absolute trashiest. We talk about our own trashy tattoos, the importance of location, and why a trashy tattoo is a rite of passage, whittling down this competitive field of eight to ultimately crown the Trashiest Tattoo in all the land!

Welcome to Bric-a-Bracket, the weekly podcast that pits miscellaneous topics against each other the ol' fashioned way: an 8-subject bracket-style competition. Unlike other bracket podcasts though, we branch out a bit and tackle some of the more unique topics, like the trashiest tattoos, the worst first jobs, the superest superstitions, and a whole bunch more! In this trailer episode, we give you a taste of what you can expect from this podcast, how the rules work, and who helped us along the way! Each episode features cohosts Conor Cawley and Jon Torres, as well as a special guest. Through the magic of majority rules, all three of us vote on what we think are the best of the best when it comes to these unique topics to crown an ultimate winner. We vote first and discuss after to create as much tension as possible, and we only talk about the loser after each vote.  Be sure to follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok at @bricabracket and subscribe to make sure you never miss an episode, released every Thursday! Theme song by Mike McCarthy, artwork by Tom Ryan!