Stef Rubino and Brendan Walsh are brothers & teachers with endlessly curious minds. Every week, they're using a planning period to dive into the topics they can't stop thinking about.
The Fat Guy, Jacked Guy podcast is an absolute gem in the world of podcasts. From the moment I discovered it, I instantly became hooked and now eagerly anticipate each new episode. This podcast has become a source of joy and laughter in my life, brightening up even the gloomiest of days. The hosts have an incredible dynamic, with their banter feeling effortlessly natural and genuinely funny. It's refreshing to listen to a podcast where the humor doesn't feel forced, but instead hits hard and leaves you in stitches.
One of the best aspects of this podcast is the range of topics they cover. Each week feels like diving into a grab bag filled with fascinating and fun conversation topics. You never know what you're going to hear about in each episode, but one thing is for sure – it will be enjoyable, informative, and guaranteed to make you smile. The hosts also sprinkle some great analysis on top, adding depth to their discussions and making it more than just mindless entertainment.
Another standout aspect of this podcast is its ability to engage listeners of all ages. As an 18-year-old high school student who doesn't usually enjoy listening to others' voices, I was pleasantly surprised by how engaged I felt while listening to this podcast. The hosts have a way of keeping you hooked throughout the entire episode, leaving you not only entertained but also educated. In fact, some people have even commented that they feel happier since discovering this podcast – a testament to its positive impact.
While it's hard to find any flaws in this fantastic podcast, if there was one downside, it would be that sometimes the discussions can veer off-topic or lack focus. However, this minor drawback is easily overshadowed by the overall enjoyment and quality provided by The Fat Guy, Jacked Guy podcast.
In conclusion, I can't recommend The Fat Guy, Jacked Guy podcast enough. It truly is a great listen for anyone looking to have a laugh and be entertained while also gaining some knowledge along the way. The hosts' conversational chemistry, the wide range of topics discussed, and the pure joy that radiates from each episode make this podcast a must-listen. So, do yourself a favor and give it a try – you won't be disappointed!
Maybe you've noticed that a ridiculous, new trend has taken hold of many of the young men across different social media platforms. In this episode, we explore the phenomenon known as "Looksmaxxing," a surprisingly aggravating (& not very original) idea taking hold of the young masses. We get into what it is, what it looks like, & what happens when it's taken to the extreme.You can find Fat Guy, Jacked Guy on Instagram!AND you can support us on Patreon! There's extra content for Patreon supporters, as well as opportunities to interact with us in other ways besides listening to the podcast. We appreciate any & all help you can provide, & we hope to keep this going for a long, long time. Thank you in advance for your support and love! You are our brothers!
This week, we're diving head first into one of the greatest food safety concerns of our time: people drinking raw milk without fear or consideration of where it comes from. We'll talk about how & why raw milk has become so popular in recent years & the risks it poses, debunk some "influencer science," & connect to a larger cultural phenomenon we're witnessing right now.You can find Fat Guy, Jacked Guy on Instagram!AND you can support us on Patreon! There's extra content for Patreon supporters, as well as opportunities to interact with us in other ways besides listening to the podcast. We appreciate any & all help you can provide, & we hope to keep this going for a long, long time. Thank you in advance for your support and love! You are our brothers!
Over the last few years, you've probably seen people online & in the media making a big deal out of something we can't even verify: the average rates of testosterone changing in American men. This week, we're covering this "crisis" & the people who have created small empires by making men all over the country freak out about nothing.You can find Fat Guy, Jacked Guy on Instagram!AND you can support us on Patreon! There's extra content for Patreon supporters, as well as opportunities to interact with us in other ways besides listening to the podcast. We appreciate any & all help you can provide, & we hope to keep this going for a long, long time. Thank you in advance for your support and love! You are our brothers!
We know he's been discussed at length all over the media, but this week, we're getting into the methodology & psychology of Bryan Johnson, the man who think he deserves to live forever for some reason. We get into his "Project Blueprint," discuss the burgeoning "Don't Die" movement, & try to figure out why he's so obsessed with his 19-year-old son's nighttime boners.You can find Fat Guy, Jacked Guy on Instagram!AND you can support us on Patreon! There's extra content for Patreon supporters, as well as opportunities to interact with us in other ways besides listening to the podcast. We appreciate any & all help you can provide, & we hope to keep this going for a long, long time. Thank you in advance for your support and love! You are our brothers!
Your brothers are back, folks! This week, we're diving straight into our new season, Optimized Idiocy, by attempting to dismantle the Navy SEAL/Special Forces workout industrial complex. We're getting into some of the most famous "Special Forces" grifts of our current moment & breaking down why they're poison to everyone involved, including us on the outside. And don't forget: You can find Fat Guy, Jacked Guy on Instagram! AND you can support us on Patreon! There's extra content for Patreon supporters, as well as opportunities to interact with us in other ways besides listening to the podcast. We appreciate any & all help you can provide, & we hope to keep this going for a long, long time. Thank you in advance for your support and love! You are our brothers!
It's almost that time, brothers. We're coming back soon for ALL NEW season. And this time, we're taking you down some rabbit holes we've been quietly obsessed over the last couple of years. This trailer will tell you all about it! And don't forget: You can find Fat Guy, Jacked Guy on Instagram! AND you can support us on Patreon! There's extra content for Patreon supporters, as well as opportunities to interact with us in other ways besides listening to the podcast. We appreciate any & all help you can provide, & we hope to keep this going for a long, long time. Thank you in advance for your support and love! You are our brothers!
We've been covering the very normal decade of 2003-2013 for 2 years now, & we're finally ending Season 2 this week so we can move onto bigger & more hilarious things. In this episode, we get into some of the lessons we've learned along the way, our favorite episodes of the season, & what we hope others might take away from listening to it. It's been a great couple of years covering ALL this STUFF, & we're excited for the future of the show! You can find Fat Guy, Jacked Guy on Twitter, Instagram, & TikTok. You can find Stef on the web here & Brendan here. Support us on Patreon!!! There's extra content for Patreon supporters, as well as opportunities to interact with us in other ways besides listening to the podcast. We appreciate any & all help you can provide, & we hope to keep this going for a long, long time. Thank you in advance for your support and love! You are our brothers!
Straight actors playing gay roles - "doing gayface" - has pretty much always happened. But in the 2000s & 2010s, there was a rush of mainstream film releases featuring actors "doing gayface" that helped bring the discussion of whether or not this was acceptable to the mainstream, as well. In this PENULTIMATE episode for Season 2, we're not just discussing this phenomenon, but we're having some fun with it by discussing some of the best examples of "gayface" from the that time. You can find Fat Guy, Jacked Guy on Twitter, Instagram, & TikTok. You can find Stef on the web here & Brendan here. Support us on Patreon!!! There's extra content for Patreon supporters, as well as opportunities to interact with us in other ways besides listening to the podcast. We appreciate any & all help you can provide, & we hope to keep this going for a long, long time. Thank you in advance for your support and love! You are our brothers!
We're in the final weeks of FGJG Season 2 AND the final days of the 2024 Election Season. So, we thought we'd revisit the 2012 election cycle and examine one of its main characters: Mitt Romney, a guy who was both an evil businessman and a Mormon somehow. We learn a little more about the man, his "humble" beginnings, and we lampoon nearly everything about him. You'll love it. You can find Fat Guy, Jacked Guy on Twitter, Instagram, & TikTok. You can find Stef on the web here & Brendan here. Support us on Patreon!!! There's extra content for Patreon supporters, as well as opportunities to interact with us in other ways besides listening to the podcast. We appreciate any & all help you can provide, & we hope to keep this going for a long, long time. Thank you in advance for your support and love! You are our brothers!
Green Day's "punk rock opera," American Idiot, celebrated its 20th birthday at the end of September, and, you know, we figured we'd celebrate along with it. In the second half of 2004, it was impossible to get away from the 4 singles spawned by this album, and it seems like it's only gained more popularity and acclaim in the years since. But was it really ALL that? Did American Idiot really have a lot to say about the state of the world in 2004, or was it just Green Day's attempt to make it bigger than they ever had before? We're trying to figure that out in this episode. You can find Fat Guy, Jacked Guy on Twitter, Instagram, & TikTok. You can find Stef on the web here & Brendan here. Support us on Patreon!!! There's extra content for Patreon supporters, as well as opportunities to interact with us in other ways besides listening to the podcast. We appreciate any & all help you can provide, & we hope to keep this going for a long, long time. Thank you in advance for your support and love! You are our brothers!
Something weird happened in the early 2000s...and we're talking about it in this episode. Before the rise of Anthony Bourdain and Top Chef, people didn't really think of chefs as achieving the same level of sexiness as rock stars or other artists. Then, seemingly out of nowhere, being a chef became one of the sexiest possible things someone could do. So, we decided to track the origins of this transformation & discuss how peculiar it is to see this profession constantly being touted one of the hottest jobs in our culture. You can find Fat Guy, Jacked Guy on Twitter, Instagram, & TikTok. You can find Stef on the web here & Brendan here. Support us on Patreon!!! There's extra content for Patreon supporters, as well as opportunities to interact with us in other ways besides listening to the podcast. We appreciate any & all help you can provide, & we hope to keep this going for a long, long time. Thank you in advance for your support and love! You are our brothers!
The title probably gave you an idea of what we're discussing in this episode, & you're right...We're talking about Survivor, a show that's been with "us" for over 20 years now. We'll get into what Survivor is exactly, it's long-standing spot in American culture, & why we think people like it so damn much. You can find Fat Guy, Jacked Guy on Twitter, Instagram, & TikTok. You can find Stef on the web here & Brendan here. Support us on Patreon!!! There's extra content for Patreon supporters, as well as opportunities to interact with us in other ways besides listening to the podcast. We appreciate any & all help you can provide, & we hope to keep this going for a long, long time. Thank you in advance for your support and love! You are our brothers!
Well, the Olympics are officially over, & we're sad about it. We're sure y'all are a little bit, too. On this episode, we're taking you back to an the Olympic "scandal" that rocked the nation: Michael Phelps getting caught hitting a bong at a house party. We get into what happened, why people made such a big deal out of it, & why it was ridiculous then & even more ridiculous in retrospect. You can find Fat Guy, Jacked Guy on Twitter, Instagram, & TikTok. You can find Stef on the web here & Brendan here. Support us on Patreon!!! There's extra content for Patreon supporters, as well as opportunities to interact with us in other ways besides listening to the podcast. We appreciate any & all help you can provide, & we hope to keep this going for a long, long time. Thank you in advance for your support and love! You are our brothers!
In Spring 2012, no one could stop talking about Joseph Kony. A viral video put out by the organization Invisible Children tried to mobilize people to action, but the eventual fallout became more legendary. In this episode, we discuss that famous video & it's lasting impact on how people engage with online activism now. You can find Fat Guy, Jacked Guy on Twitter, Instagram, & TikTok. You can find Stef on the web here & Brendan here. Support us on Patreon!!! There's extra content for Patreon supporters, as well as opportunities to interact with us in other ways besides listening to the podcast. We appreciate any & all help you can provide, & we hope to keep this going for a long, long time. Thank you in advance for your support and love! You are our brothers!
For some reason, beer pong & cornhole took over college campuses & much of the rest of the outside world for a bit in the late 2000s & early 2010s. In this episode, we get into what made these "sports" so popular, how people tried their hardest to capitalize on them, & why we all just left them in the dust. You can find Fat Guy, Jacked Guy on Twitter, Instagram, & TikTok. You can find Stef on the web here & Brendan here. Support us on Patreon!!! There's extra content for Patreon supporters, as well as opportunities to interact with us in other ways besides listening to the podcast. We appreciate any & all help you can provide, & we hope to keep this going for a long, long time. Thank you in advance for your support and love! You are our brothers!
Remember when "Songs of the Summer" were part of our lives? We certainly do. In this episode, we're discussing our "Songs of the Summer" from a very vital, fun, alcohol-drenched period of our lives. We discuss what gives a "Song of the Summer" that coveted title, then get into our own lists of tracks. If you want to hear our songs, we've compiled them on a Spotify playlist for you. Listen here! You can find Fat Guy, Jacked Guy on Twitter, Instagram, & TikTok. You can find Stef on the web here & Brendan here. Support us on Patreon!!! There's extra content for Patreon supporters, as well as opportunities to interact with us in other ways besides listening to the podcast. We appreciate any & all help you can provide, & we hope to keep this going for a long, long time. Thank you in advance for your support and love! You are our brothers!
This week, we're doing something a little different. We're taking a little break to talk about us - to YAP, as the kids say. We found a little list of questions on the internet to help structure our conversation & help YOU get to know us better. You can find Fat Guy, Jacked Guy on Twitter, Instagram, & TikTok. You can find Stef on the web here & Brendan here. Support us on Patreon!!! There's extra content for Patreon supporters, as well as opportunities to interact with us in other ways besides listening to the podcast. We appreciate any & all help you can provide, & we hope to keep this going for a long, long time. Thank you in advance for your support and love! You are our brothers!
There's been a lot of discussion about 30 Rock over the last couple of years, & for two guys who have loved the show for so long, we're a little concerned some people might be missing the point. This week, we're not only discussing why we love the show & what makes it still feel fresh but we're also wading into some of the recent discourse surrounding the show's humor. You can find Fat Guy, Jacked Guy on Twitter, Instagram, & TikTok. You can find Stef on the web here & Brendan here. Support us on Patreon!!! There's extra content for Patreon supporters, as well as opportunities to interact with us in other ways besides listening to the podcast. We appreciate any & all help you can provide, & we hope to keep this going for a long, long time. Thank you in advance for your support and love! You are our brothers!
You probably haven't been thinking about Mickey Avalon in the last 17 years, but since we started this season, we have! This week, we invited Brendan's childhood friend & resident Mickey Avalon expert, Jeff Beck, to come talk to us about Avalon's life, his music, his rise to fame, & the subsequent fall from grace. You can find Fat Guy, Jacked Guy on Twitter, Instagram, & TikTok. You can find Stef on the web here & Brendan here. Support us on Patreon!!! There's extra content for Patreon supporters, as well as opportunities to interact with us in other ways besides listening to the podcast. We appreciate any & all help you can provide, & we hope to keep this going for a long, long time. Thank you in advance for your support and love! You are our brothers!
In 2004, no name in the underground & mainstream art worlds was bigger than Banksy's. His street art & the clandestine techniques he used to get his images in some of the most public spaces in our world seemed to help usher in a new era of artistic provocation. But was it really all that? Did it really do anything? In this week's episode, we try to figure that out. You can find Fat Guy, Jacked Guy on Twitter, Instagram, & TikTok. You can find Stef on the web here & Brendan here. Support us on Patreon!!! There's extra content for Patreon supporters, as well as opportunities to interact with us in other ways besides listening to the podcast. We appreciate any & all help you can provide, & we hope to keep this going for a long, long time. Thank you in advance for your support and love! You are our brothers!
No work of fiction had a hold on American adults more than The Da Vinci Code in the early 2000s. But to tell you the truth, neither of us here at Fat Guy, Jacked Guy really paid any attention to it. This week's episode is an attempt to rectify that & come out of the comfort of our ignorance. We get into just about everything we can handle when it comes to this blockbuster hit, & we try to figure out why people cared about it so much. You can find Fat Guy, Jacked Guy on Twitter, Instagram, & TikTok. You can find Stef on the web here & Brendan here. Support us on Patreon!!! There's extra content for Patreon supporters, as well as opportunities to interact with us in other ways besides listening to the podcast. We appreciate any & all help you can provide, & we hope to keep this going for a long, long time. Thank you in advance for your support and love! You are our brothers!
2024 is the 20 year anniversary of some of the biggest albums of the last two decades. We're taking advantage by doing a little intra-season series on some of them. We're kicking off These Albums Can't Drink Yet with The Killers' Hot Fuss, an album that has stuck around in pop culture for the last 20 years with no signs of letting up. This week, we get into the specifics of the album, our thoughts on The Killers' rise, and we talk about some of the lyrics of the album's big singles. You can find Fat Guy, Jacked Guy on Twitter, Instagram, & TikTok. You can find Stef on the web here & Brendan here. Support us on Patreon!!! There's extra content for Patreon supporters, as well as opportunities to interact with us in other ways besides listening to the podcast. We appreciate any & all help you can provide, & we hope to keep this going for a long, long time. Thank you in advance for your support and love! You are our brothers!
What do you get when you mix politics & entertainment? You get two guys from different sides of the aisle who are willing to ham it up for an American audience thirsty to see them feud...in a funny way. This week, we're discussing Jon Stewart & Bill O'Reilly's televised 2012 "debate" Rumble in the Air-Conditioned Auditorium, what actually went down between them, & why we'll never see anything like this again. You can find Fat Guy, Jacked Guy on Twitter, Instagram, & TikTok. You can find Stef on the web here & Brendan here. Support us on Patreon!!! There's extra content for Patreon supporters, as well as opportunities to interact with us in other ways besides listening to the podcast. We appreciate any & all help you can provide, & we hope to keep this going for a long, long time. Thank you in advance for your support and love! You are our brothers!
You might not believe this but February 1st is officially our 2nd year anniversary as a podcast & as podcasters. That's right, we released our very first episode on February 1, 2022, & we've been producing quality content for y'all since then. In this week's episode, we discuss the advent of the show, some of our absolute favorite episodes & moments, & we reminisce on how far we've come. It's our own little clip show, & y'all are invited along for the ride! You can find Fat Guy, Jacked Guy on Twitter, Instagram, & TikTok. You can find Stef on the web here & Brendan here. Support us on Patreon!!! There's extra content for Patreon supporters, as well as opportunities to interact with us in other ways besides listening to the podcast. We appreciate any & all help you can provide, & we hope to keep this going for a long, long time. Thank you in advance for your support and love! You are our brothers!
We want you to reminisce with us about a time when the Internet was actually cool & fun, when it was more about bringing people together than pitting them against each other. This week, we're getting into some of the history of file sharing, specifically through the use of the p2p client KaZaa. We get into how it all got started, how the entertainment industry reacted, & what it all meant to us. You can find Fat Guy, Jacked Guy on Twitter, Instagram, & TikTok. You can find Stef on the web here & Brendan here. Support us on Patreon!!! There's extra content for Patreon supporters, as well as opportunities to interact with us in other ways besides listening to the podcast. We appreciate any & all help you can provide, & we hope to keep this going for a long, long time. Thank you in advance for your support and love! You are our brothers!
Happy New Year's, our brothers! We started our second season by entering the Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve time warp, so we're spending this episode discussing it & all of the major changes the TV program went through in the decade 2003-2013. Surprisingly, there were many! We get into all of that plus, in the spirit of the upcoming holiday, we discuss New Year's Eve & what's so (un)appealing about it more generally. You can find Fat Guy, Jacked Guy on Twitter, Instagram, & TikTok. You can find Stef on the web here & Brendan here. Support us on Patreon!!! There's extra content for Patreon supporters, as well as opportunities to interact with us in other ways besides listening to the podcast. We appreciate any & all help you can provide, & we hope to keep this going for a long, long time. Thank you in advance for your support and love! You are our brothers!
This week, we're bringing this episode back because it fits so perfectly in our current season! The "War on Christmas" isn't real. But you didn't need us to tell you that. This week, we're going in on our discussion of this Conservative talking point and getting the heart of why it keeps coming up in our culture. We talk the over 100 year history of the "War on Christmas," why Conservatives love to bring it up so much, and why Liberals need to stop trying to engage with it. We're not getting involved in the discourse over whether "Happy Holidays" is more inclusive than "Merry Christmas"...we're just making fun of everyone who does. You can find Fat Guy, Jacked Guy on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok. You can find Stef on the web here and Brendan here. Support us on Patreon!!! There's extra content for Patreon supporters, as well as opportunities to interact with us in other ways besides listening to the podcast. We appreciate any and all help you can provide, and we hope to keep this going for a long, long time. Thank you in advance for your support and love! You are our brothers!
This week, we have a special guest with us to discuss the brief moment in the sun nu metal had at the very beginning of our decade for this season, 2003 - 2013. Dani shares the evolution of her relationship to nu metal as a young person, her thoughts on nu metal's impact on us & American culture, & what it was like to grow up & grow out of listening to it. We also have a few laughs at the expense of these bands, as well! You can find Dani on Instagram, Substack, or at her website. You can also listen to her podcast Fig Widow Cast. You can find Fat Guy, Jacked Guy on Twitter, Instagram, & TikTok. You can find Stef on the web here & Brendan here. Support us on Patreon!!! There's extra content for Patreon supporters, as well as opportunities to interact with us in other ways besides listening to the podcast. We appreciate any & all help you can provide, & we hope to keep this going for a long, long time. Thank you in advance for your support and love! You are our brothers
We're not a fitness podcast (technically) but as two guys interested in strength sports, we couldn't resist covering one of the hottest fitness trends to come out of this season's decade: CrossFit. In this episode, we get into the history of CrossFit, why it became so popular, & what makes us feel kind of weird about it. Along the way, there's tons of unexpected twists & turns in the story of how this "sport" (?) came to dominate the fitness world. You can find Fat Guy, Jacked Guy on Twitter, Instagram, & TikTok. You can find Stef on the web here & Brendan here. Support us on Patreon!!! There's extra content for Patreon supporters, as well as opportunities to interact with us in other ways besides listening to the podcast. We appreciate any & all help you can provide, & we hope to keep this going for a long, long time. Thank you in advance for your support and love! You are our brothers
Folks, you know what it is. It's October, so that means it's time to get into some seriously spooky content. In this episode, we discuss the horror films that were making waves (& not really hitting) in the decade we're focusing on this season. We discuss some of the stuff we absolutely hated & some of films we're still thinking about. You can find Fat Guy, Jacked Guy on Twitter, Instagram, & TikTok. You can find Stef on the web here & Brendan here. Support us on Patreon!!! There's extra content for Patreon supporters, as well as opportunities to interact with us in other ways besides listening to the podcast. We appreciate any & all help you can provide, & we hope to keep this going for a long, long time. Thank you in advance for your support and love! You are our brothers
12 years ago, 200 people in NYC & thousands across the country were spending their days & nights protesting capitalism & consumerism in the U.S. in response to the Great Recession. As soon as Occupy Wall Street started, it swept the nation's attention & forced people to contend with class struggle on a large scale for the first time in the 21st century. In this episode, we get into the background of the movement, some (ridiculous) reactions to it, & the legacy it left behind in its wake. You can find Fat Guy, Jacked Guy on Twitter, Instagram, & TikTok. You can find Stef on the web here & Brendan here. Support us on Patreon!!! There's extra content for Patreon supporters, as well as opportunities to interact with us in other ways besides listening to the podcast. We appreciate any & all help you can provide, & we hope to keep this going for a long, long time. Thank you in advance for your support and love! You are our brothers!
We've got another guest episode for y'all this week. This time though, our guest is teaching us about something we know very little about: Bravo's The Real Housewives franchise. In this episode, our friend Kayla guides us through the concept of the show, some of its stand out moments, her favorite "wives," & why more queer people should be into it. And luckily for us, she gets into some of the darker sides of the shows, as well. You can find Kayla on Twitter and Instagram. You can read her work at Autostraddle or visit her website to read everything else. You can find Fat Guy, Jacked Guy on Twitter, Instagram, & TikTok. You can find Stef on the web here & Brendan here. Support us on Patreon!!! There's extra content for Patreon supporters, as well as opportunities to interact with us in other ways besides listening to the podcast. We appreciate any & all help you can provide, & we hope to keep this going for a long, long time. Thank you in advance for your support and love! You are our brothers!
This week, we have a special guest on our show to talk with us about the best hip hop artists of the decade we're focusing on this season. All three of us come from vastly different backgrounds when it comes to our tastes in music, & bring a lot of different considerations to the table. You might even be surprised which artists we bring into the conversation. We're sure you'll get something out of it even if you're not as into rap & hip hop as we are. You can listen to & watch the Playa Hataz Podcast, & you can find Craig on Instagram. You can find Fat Guy, Jacked Guy on Twitter, Instagram, & TikTok. You can find Stef on the web here & Brendan here. Support us on Patreon!!! There's extra content for Patreon supporters, as well as opportunities to interact with us in other ways besides listening to the podcast. We appreciate any & all help you can provide, & we hope to keep this going for a long, long time. Thank you in advance for your support and love! You are our brothers!
The title kind of gives this all away, but let us tell you anyways...This week, we're taking you back to a time when political sex scandals ruled the news & forced us all to learn more about one another than we ever wanted. On one hand, many of these were fun & provided fodder for lots of goofs over the span of several weeks. On the other, we're wondering why we gave so much of shit in the first place. We're talking about it, and reminding you (or teaching you) about some of the biggest ones of the period. You can find Fat Guy, Jacked Guy on Twitter, Instagram, & TikTok. You can find Stef on the web here & Brendan here. Support us on Patreon!!! There's extra content for Patreon supporters, as well as opportunities to interact with us in other ways besides listening to the podcast. We appreciate any & all help you can provide, & we hope to keep this going for a long, long time. Thank you in advance for your support and love! You are our brothers!
What's better than getting together with your favorite "guys" & just HANGIN' out & doing STUFF? As two dudes who love that shit, we'd argue NOTHING. And this week, we're examining the era of the return of the bro comedies - those films where it's just a bunch of guys hangin' out & doin' stuff. We'll get into some of the definitions of what makes a bro comedy a Bro Comedy, what made them so attractive to us when we were younger (& why we still like them now), & what these movies can teach us about our lives. You can find Fat Guy, Jacked Guy on Twitter, Instagram, & TikTok. You can find Stef on the web here & Brendan here. Support us on Patreon!!! There's extra content for Patreon supporters, as well as opportunities to interact with us in other ways besides listening to the podcast. We appreciate any & all help you can provide, & we hope to keep this going for a long, long time. Thank you in advance for your support and love! You are our brothers!
A lot of changes are happening around FGJG HQ so this week, we're giving you one of the Patreon extras we recorded back in Februrary. In this episode, we discuss Nathan Heller's 2023 article in the New Yorker titled "The End of the English Major." We break down what's good about the article, & we also get into the parts of the article that are completely off base. This a little different than the episodes we normally put out, but we're sure you'll still learn a lot from it (and hopefully, laugh a lot, too)! You can find Fat Guy, Jacked Guy on Twitter, Instagram, & TikTok. You can find Stef on the web here & Brendan here. Support us on Patreon!!! There's extra content for Patreon supporters, as well as opportunities to interact with us in other ways besides listening to the podcast. We appreciate any & all help you can provide, & we hope to keep this going for a long, long time. Thank you in advance for your support and love! You are our brothers!
Y'all might have forgotten the one season of Stella that premiered on Comedy Central in the summer of 2005, but we certainly haven't! In this episode, we discuss what made Stella so great, how it changed our perceptions of what comedy could be, & how it impacted so much of the work that came after it. Believe us, this episode will have you wanting to binge the show right after. You can find Fat Guy, Jacked Guy on Twitter, Instagram, & TikTok. You can find Stef on the web here & Brendan here. Support us on Patreon!!! There's extra content for Patreon supporters, as well as opportunities to interact with us in other ways besides listening to the podcast. We appreciate any & all help you can provide, & we hope to keep this going for a long, long time. Thank you in advance for your support and love! You are our brothers!
In 2004, Howard Dean looked like he was poised to be the Democratic Party's outsider contender for president. Then, he laid down the scream heard around the world & was forced out of the race. Or, at least...that's what we all thought happened. This week, we're examining the "Dean Scream," what really pushed Dean away from political candidacy, & the effect it's had on politics since. You can find Fat Guy, Jacked Guy on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok. You can find Stef on the web here and Brendan here. Support us on Patreon!!! There's extra content for Patreon supporters, as well as opportunities to interact with us in other ways besides listening to the podcast. We appreciate any and all help you can provide, and we hope to keep this going for a long, long time. Thank you in advance for your support and love! You are our brothers!
We're taking y'all into the Octagon in this week's episode on the once beloved but now kind of ignored reality TV series, The Ultimate Fighter, where contestants have a shot at winning an exclusive UFC contract. We get into the first season of the show, which premiered in 2005, & discuss its effects on UFC's popularity, then of course, we get into some of the labor issues plaguing The Ultimate Fighter & the UFC more broadly. You can find Fat Guy, Jacked Guy on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok. You can find Stef on the web here and Brendan here. Support us on Patreon!!! There's extra content for Patreon supporters, as well as opportunities to interact with us in other ways besides listening to the podcast. We appreciate any and all help you can provide, and we hope to keep this going for a long, long time. Thank you in advance for your support and love! You are our brothers!
This week, we're defining, describing, and rating famous Dumb Guy Movies released in the early 2000s and the aughts. We get into the differences between a Dumb Guy Movie and a regular, run-of-the-mill dumb movie, and take you through some of the most popular ones of the decade (2003 - 2013). We're sure you've experienced this phenomenon in your own life even if you weren't sure what to call it. If you want to pre-order the shirt mentioned in the introduction to last week's show, you can find it here. You can find Fat Guy, Jacked Guy on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok. You can find Stef on the web here and Brendan here. Support us on Patreon!!! There's extra content for Patreon supporters, as well as opportunities to interact with us in other ways besides listening to the podcast. We appreciate any and all help you can provide, and we hope to keep this going for a long, long time. Thank you in advance for your support and love! You are our brothers!
Happy Pride, everyone! In honor of Pride Month, we're diving into the wild universe of the original seasons of The L Word. We know, we know...this has been done many times over before but even though Stef does get into some of why they watched the show from its premiere in 2004 to its end in 2009, we're going to talk about some stuff we don't see other places covering: how straight (presumably white) men felt about the show's premiere and existence. You're probably wondering why their opinions matter, which they don't, but they're a lot funnier than you think. If you want to pre-order the shirt mentioned in the introduction to this week's show, you can find it here. You can find Fat Guy, Jacked Guy on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok. You can find Stef on the web here and Brendan here. Support us on Patreon!!! There's extra content for Patreon supporters, as well as opportunities to interact with us in other ways besides listening to the podcast. We appreciate any and all help you can provide, and we hope to keep this going for a long, long time. Thank you in advance for your support and love! You are our brothers!
Craft beer lovers and haters, this episode is for you! This week, we're getting into this history of the American craft beer boom of the 2000s, the 2010s, and today. We get into our some of our own histories enjoying and subsequently moving away from craft beer, why we hate IPAs now, and how (as usual) capitalism ruins everything good. You can find Fat Guy, Jacked Guy on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok. You can find Stef on the web here and Brendan here. Support us on Patreon!!! There's extra content for Patreon supporters, as well as opportunities to interact with us in other ways besides listening to the podcast. We appreciate any and all help you can provide, and we hope to keep this going for a long, long time. Thank you in advance for your support and love! You are our brothers!
If you're as old as we are (or older), there's a good chance you spent some time casually watching Reno 911 during Comedy Central's Golden Age of original programming. This week, we're discussing the show's creation, its premise, its awful and unforgettable cast of characters, and its impact (or lack thereof). We discuss what satire is supposed to do, and why it just never seems to go as far as it needs to. You can find Fat Guy, Jacked Guy on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok. You can find Stef on the web here and Brendan here. Support us on Patreon!!! There's extra content for Patreon supporters, as well as opportunities to interact with us in other ways besides listening to the podcast. We appreciate any and all help you can provide, and we hope to keep this going for a long, long time. Thank you in advance for your support and love! You are our brothers!
Some people might be trying to rewrite the story of George W. Bush's presidency, but not your brothers here at FGJG. This week, we're discussing Bush's distinct rhetorical style - what people call "Bushisms" - and the ways he used this caricature of himself to convince a nation that the expansion of our imperialism was both inevitable and morally sound. We're getting into the linguistic nitty gritty of it all, AND we're power ranking the top 10 Bushisms of all time. You can find Fat Guy, Jacked Guy on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok. You can find Stef on the web here and Brendan here. Support us on Patreon!!! There's extra content for Patreon supporters, as well as opportunities to interact with us in other ways besides listening to the podcast. We appreciate any and all help you can provide, and we hope to keep this going for a long, long time. Thank you in advance for your support and love! You are our brothers!
We've got a special treat in store for all you VH-1 Heads out there in the world this week. We're revisiting the wild, whacky, incredibly self-referential VH-1 "celebreality" universe from its origin: The Surreal Life. We discuss what The Surreal Life was/is, which "celebrities" were on it, and how exactly VH-1 helped usher in the brave, new world of being a celebrity not just for doing something important but also for doing nothing important at all. You can find Fat Guy, Jacked Guy on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok. You can find Stef on the web here and Brendan here. Support us on Patreon!!! There's extra content for Patreon supporters, as well as opportunities to interact with us in other ways besides listening to the podcast. We appreciate any and all help you can provide, and we hope to keep this going for a long, long time. Thank you in advance for your support and love! You are our brothers!
The title of this week's episode really says it all. This is the Fat Guy, Jacked Guy tribute to the best white rapper of the aughts: Houston's own Paul Wall. We're giving you all the Paul Wall knowledge you thought you'd never have! We discuss his background, his rise to fame, some of his biggest hits, & a lot of other stuff in between. Here are some links to the songs & videos we mentioned in the episode: Mike Jones ft. Slim Thug & Paul Wall - Still Tippin' Paul Wall ft. Big Pokey - Sittin' Sidewayz DJ Khaled ft. Paul Wall, Lil Wayne, Rick Ross, & Pitbull - Holla At Me Nelly ft. Paul Wall, Ali, & Gipp - Grillz You can find Fat Guy, Jacked Guy on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok. You can find Stef on the web here and Brendan here. Support us on Patreon!!! There's extra content for Patreon supporters, as well as opportunities to interact with us in other ways besides listening to the podcast. We appreciate any and all help you can provide, and we hope to keep this going for a long, long time. Thank you in advance for your support and love! You are our brothers!
This week, we're joined by one of our beloved former students (& loyal Fat Guy, Jacked Guy listener & patron), Dawn, to talk about RuPaul's Drag Race, which premiered on Logo in 2009. We discuss what Drag Race is, & we ask Dawn about all her favorite Drag Race everything. We also get into the cultural impact of Drag Race & why the queens who competed on the show have become such a mainstay in pop culture. It's a lot more significant than you think, & Dawn breaks it all down for us. You can find Dawn on Twitter (where she is most active!). You can find Fat Guy, Jacked Guy on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok. You can find Stef on the web here and Brendan here. Support us on Patreon!!! There's extra content for Patreon supporters, as well as opportunities to interact with us in other ways besides listening to the podcast. We appreciate any and all help you can provide, and we hope to keep this going for a long, long time. Thank you in advance for your support and love! You are our brothers!
This week, we're revisiting that moment in the mid-aughts when it seemed like everything underground was finally dredged up for everyone to enjoy. We're talking about the garage rock revival and the emergence of the "indie sleaze" scene, a time when roaring guitar-driven rock & roll helped build a culture of spontaneity and debauchery and...American Apparel bodysuits? It's the last of the youth-created and youth-led do-it-yourself scenes, and we're taking you on a little trip through some of it, particularly the early days of the scene and the music and fashion that defined it. Stef mentions a Spotify playlist they made for the episode, which you can find here. You can find Fat Guy, Jacked Guy on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok. You can find Stef on the web here and Brendan here. Support us on Patreon!!! There's extra content for Patreon supporters, as well as opportunities to interact with us in other ways besides listening to the podcast. We appreciate any and all help you can provide, and we hope to keep this going for a long, long time. Thank you in advance for your support and love! You are our brothers!
In this week's episode, we dive deep into the new millennium's version of Sparta by revisiting 2007's 300. We discuss everything 300 is bringing: the fascist propaganda, the anti-queerness, the idealized masculinity, the connections between the messages in 300 and the American politics of the period, and, of course, the ripped bodies of the actors who starred in the film and how they got them. If you've never seen the film, don't worry. You don't really need to. Plus, we got you covered on all the details you'll need to understand how much it sucks. You can find Fat Guy, Jacked Guy on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok. You can find Stef on the web here and Brendan here. Support us on Patreon!!! There's extra content for Patreon supporters, as well as opportunities to interact with us in other ways besides listening to the podcast. We appreciate any and all help you can provide, and we hope to keep this going for a long, long time. Thank you in advance for your support and love! You are our brothers!
This week, we're wrapping up our month-long relitigation of the media produced in response to the "War on Terror" and the American War in Iraq. We discuss our experiences being part of the anti-war movement as teenagers, get into the criticisms launched by some famous entertainers and performers and the public's reaction to those criticism, and review an editorial written by David Frum for the The Atlantic THIS month. And as always, it's fuck George W. Bush forever in the Fat Guy, Jacked Guy universe. You can find Fat Guy, Jacked Guy on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok. You can find Stef on the web here and Brendan here. Support us on Patreon!!! There's extra content for Patreon supporters, as well as opportunities to interact with us in other ways besides listening to the podcast. We appreciate any and all help you can provide, and we hope to keep this going for a long, long time. Thank you in advance for your support and love! You are our brothers!
March 20th, 2003 was the start of the American War in Iraq. That means this week is the 20th anniversary of that day, and as we've been covering all this month, we're here to talk about some of the most important media of the period. In this episode, we discuss the oft-forgotten "War on Terror" documentaries No End In Sight (2007) and Restrepo (2010). We break down the content of the documentaries, discuss the problems they're highlighting in further detail, and get into why it's so important for people in the U.S. to grapple with this information right now. Today, as it is every day in the FGJG universe, it's fuck George W. Bush forever. You can find Fat Guy, Jacked Guy on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok. You can find Stef on the web here and Brendan here. Support us on Patreon!!! There's extra content for Patreon supporters, as well as opportunities to interact with us in other ways besides listening to the podcast. We appreciate any and all help you can provide, and we hope to keep this going for a long, long time. Thank you in advance for your support and love! You are our brothers!
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