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Fortune Kit


    • Jun 6, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
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    • 270 EPISODES


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    257 - Kiss the Machine [Patreon Preview]

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2025 3:10


    We're the only people on earth covering the indie post-grunge band Puddle of Mudd. Plus, should we taxidermy Diddy? And how come we aren't making new mummies anymore? Full episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/257-kiss-machine-130869365

    256 - Sympathy for Dracula, the Mummy, etc. (ft. Brendan James and Noah Kulwin)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2025 60:42


    Blowback's Noah Kulwin (@nkulw) and Brendan James (@deep_beige) join Charles and Alex to make a more realistic version of Sympathy for the Devil. Fortune Kit on Patreon: www.patreon.com/fortunekit

    255 - The God of Thunder Pretends to Drink Cum

    Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2025 61:54


    Tommy Lee's wife gets catfished by a fake Ronnie Radke, Meghan Trainor embraces a new kind of body positivity, and Gene Simmons pretends to drink cum for disinterested casino crowds. Fortune Kit on Patreon: www.patreon.com/fortunekit

    254 - Ethical Diddy

    Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2025 58:57


    The New York Times went backstage with Gene Simmons, and Remove Paywall Dot Com gave us the full scoop. Plus, Meghan Trainor has been featured on the Wikipedia front page a suspicious number of times and one Wikipedian has had enough. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit

    253 - The Hollywood Walk of Fame Has Predicted Bill Cosby's Impending Demise

    Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2025 67:01


    Puddle of Mudd debuts a new song during a Jiffy Lube oil change. The buried lede is that Wes Scantlin is responsible enough to get his oil changed. Plus, we should get rid of the Hollywood Walk of Fame and replace it with an ossuary full of all our best celebs' skeletons. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit

    252 - Money Should Go Bad Like Bread Does [Patreon Preview]

    Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2025 3:07


    Charles and Alex debut "David Sirota" and run down the 10 most popular YouTube music videos of all time. Plus, who else remembers when we used to have breadcrumbs trails all over the ground? Full episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/252-money-should-127997622 "David Sirota" on YT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Givy8DX0wJ0 On Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/2oo5yoH3F4Nz0ni2mgrQIe?si=421847197a324cb9

    251 - Crack Mt. Rushmore

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2025 60:02


    Deadmau5 compromised the moral and spiritual integrity of Coachella by spraying silly string on people. The Romans would have killed so many Christians in the Sphere. And there's too many popes in Heaven. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit

    250 - Dinner with Jay Z University

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2025 61:05


    Katy Perry is excited to learn more about STEM. Rivers Cuomo has a fucking Shakespeare sticker on his guitar and also the cops shot his bassist's wife. Shakespeare would have loved Spotify because there's so many "plays" on there. Does Robert Pollard ever do "cool teacher" stuff in his class, like bring in his guitar to sing songs about PEMDAS? Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit

    249 - Bingeable Moments in the Death of Empire

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2025 62:01


    Pete Best has retired. His old band the Quarrymen were on some Flintstones shit. The Beatles should have linked up with the Chipmunks in their prime, they were the two most famous varispeed bands basically doing the same shit. The Sgt. Pepper album cover was basically Fortnite just cramming a bunch of IP together. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit Ending song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yc3i9CKJzmI

    248 - Who is Harvesting the Snake Sperm in Jessica Simpson's Vocal Tonic? [Patreon Preview]

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2025 5:27


    Why do dumb tech guys keep buying Napster? Was Obama even the best presidential candidate in the Choom Gang? Has rap lost the white pillhead? Full episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/248-who-is-snake-125929909 Charles's song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yc3i9CKJzmI

    247 - Set Up the Drum

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2025 61:01


    Dan catches up with Charles about his latest adventures and JoJo Siwa tries to be Gene Simmons. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit

    246 - The Island Boys Slapping Rivers Cuomo's Giant Ass

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2025 61:39


    The next Gene Simmons is probably a Kick streamer, Weezer should consider getting BBLs, and sadly in today's world the Winkster would be more popular than Barney. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit

    245 - We Put an Imagine Dragons MP3 on the Moon

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2025 64:06


    Musicians are going crazy in space, and Imagine Dragons are getting a piece of the action. Maybe Elvis should have Spaceland on the moon. And maybe Offset needs a group with his nephew since he was the third wheel in Migos' nephew-uncle dynamic. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit

    244 - The Big as Fuck Blue Dot [Patreon Preview]

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2025 8:21


    Was Mildred J. Hill's "Happy Birthday" what "Creep" is to Radiohead? Plus, the IRS is auctioning Tekashi 6ix9ine's Star of David pendant and Katy Perry is going to space. Full episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/244-big-as-fuck-123859487

    243 - Purple Smurf (ft. Spencer & Cole)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2025 62:56


    Imagine your german shepherd brings a dead Smurf to your doorstep. Plus, Will Smith is taking over the rap game with the Sunday Service Choir. Featuring Spencer (@TGOFV_Pod) and Cole (@aryanblackgirl). Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit

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    242 - Billie Bean

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2025 58:25


    This week: Boneless Thugs body horror, Mr. Bean Saudi Arabia luxury real estate, Bikini Bottom is a U.S. protectorate, and the government is removing our wisdom teeth to make us stupid. Fortune Kit on Partreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit

    241 - The Bryan Adams Benefit for Toilet Etiquette

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2025 59:18


    Veteran players should do senior pranks at the Super Bowl, and since Vince Neil has a jet he should get to do the Super Bowl flyover, since they're not letting geriatric rockers perform at halftime anymore. Plus, police in India try to stop Ed Sheeran from rocking. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit

    240 - A New Kind of Pizzagate [Patreon Preview]

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2025 4:43


    Ringo Starr has never tried pizza, the Grammys completely snub Great White and Whitesnake, and Charles and Alex learn that Alvin and the Chipmunks were nominated for Record of the Year at the very first Grammys. Full episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/121734020

    239 - Rum, Sodomy, and the Lash

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2025 65:33


    Charles, Alex, and Dan talk about being in the navy—the British one and the Village People one. Plus, the downfall of the world's first—and now last—major-label NFT band. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit

    238 - Bigger Than Judas

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2025 61:05


    Charles and Alex talk about Foo Fighters pinball, the Trump memecoin, and Lil Wayne's Joan Jett Signature Series Melody Maker. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit

    237 - CleanBoss / DirtyBoss

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2025 62:35


    Charles and Alex wonder if John D. Rockefeller would have turned into a whiny Elon-style baby if he had to listen to the Red Dead guys shit talk him all day online. Plus, Pitbull gets into the botanical disinfectant game and Gerard Way voices a D&D pinball machine. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit

    236 - Ticketmaster Should Copyright Clapping [Patreon Preview]

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 3, 2025 5:49


    Charles and Alex discuss IDF catgirls, Kelly Clarkson's DoD funding, and how the happy birthday song should be on the Billboard charts all year. Full episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/119232351

    235 - Proto Mom Rock (ft. Palma)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 27, 2024 70:59


    Palma (@sweetxpalma) takes Charles and Alex through the early dad-rock years of Fleetwood Mac before their fateful pivot to mom rock. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit Tracklist: If You Be My Baby Ooh Baby Albatross Station Man (Live San Bernardino 1971) Future Games Dissatisfied Did You Ever Love Me Second Chapter (Danny Kirwan) Station Man (Live 1975) Hypnotized (Live 1975)

    234 - Snoopy vs. Osama

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2024 60:01


    A New Jersey Democrat fakes his Springsteen bona fides, Elton John comes out against the scourge of marijuana, and we discover a Snoopy-themed '60s band that dropped an anti-Osama song in 2006. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit

    233 - All That Stuff and All This Travel and All This Stuff

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2024 62:32


    Fights break out at Mariah Carey Christmas concerts, Ronnie Radke BANNED from the U.K., and the You Know I Had to Do It to 'Em Kid, finally, had to do it to 'em. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit

    232 - People of All Strips [Patreon Preview]

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2024 5:18


    The Village People singer denies "YMCA" is a gay anthem, the U.K. sends dumb Christmas novelty songs to the top of the charts, and Aerosmith's drummer can't find a good cup of coffee. Full episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/117452381

    231 - I Can't Rock Without My Heavy-Metal Gummies

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 29, 2024 64:18


    Charles and Alex appraise Trump guitars and make an official endorsement in the special election in New York's 21st Congressional District. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit

    230 - Three Harmonicas and the Truth

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2024 57:20


    Did George and Amal Clooney hijack Sammy Hagar and Guy Fieri's liquor trucks? Should we use Jerry Garcia's A.I. voice to insert new stage banter into old performances? Did Stevie Wonder have Kobe killed? Charles and Alex investigate. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit

    229 - 12 Drink Minimum

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2024 61:30


    Charles and Alex discuss pop punk typos, Alice Cooper's bombshell admission that he liked school, and Mariah Carey's lawyer's induction into the Rock Hall of Fame. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit

    228 - Kurt Cobain Would Have Loved DraftKings [Patreon Preview]

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2024 5:17


    On this episode of Chapo Trap House, Charles and Alex consider a world that consists of nothing but scams. Full episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/115163666

    227 - Dan AuerPAC

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2024 56:54


    Charles and Dan talk crypto PACs, Robert Smith, and bootleg merch. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit

    226 - Fortune Kit Presented by Triaminic Cold and Cough

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 18, 2024 62:57


    Charles and Alex speculate that Heaven is a worse version of The Villages. Geriatric former slaveowners drinking 10 a.m. mai tais and crashing their golf carts. Plus, Green Day and Barney the Dinosaur make their 30-year nostalgia plays. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit

    225 - QVC Exclusive Coldplay Toaster

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2024 59:10


    Charles and Alex check in on T.I.'s toy lawsuit, Coldplay on QVC, and a Zionist fact check of the new Godspeed album. Plus, bats are biting everybody at concerts nowadays. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit

    224 - Problematic Father-Son Age Gap [Patreon Preview]

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2024 3:52


    Charles and Alex find out about the world's first Israeli-Palestinian boy band and Elon stealing Grimes' baby name idea to use with his mistress instead. Full episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/224-problematic-113369032

    223 - Grown Man Saying Dum Diggy Dum Diggy Dum Onstage (ft. Spencer & Cole)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2024 66:22


    Spencer (@TGOFV_Pod) and Cole (@RaceplayShawty) join Charles and Alex to discuss Billboard oddities and songs from Spencer's "the Gauntlet" playlist. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit

    222 - Three Bears Truthers (ft. Josiah Hughes)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2024 65:22


    Josiah Hughes (@josiahhughes) joins Charles and Alex to question why the three bears' porridges were different temperatures and write a pop-punk song about the challenges of being a teen. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit

    221 - Lou Reed Riding On a Banana [Patreon Preview]

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 10, 2024 4:17


    Charles and Alex check in on Linkin Park's scientologist singer, Weezer's community-theater-style production of the Blue Album, and T.I.'s lawsuit against the same toy company that made Poopsie Surprise dolls. Full episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/111797823

    220 - Last Resort

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 30, 2024 60:12


    Charles and Alex find out Coldplay has the highest-grossing rock tour ever, examine the DNC roll call songs, and listen to Falling in Reverse's cover of Papa Roach. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit

    219 - TimBitClout

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 16, 2024 62:19


    Charles, Alex, and Ohio's Very Own Dan Boeckner discuss the Tim Horton's musical and voice support for artist-run entities like Madison Square Garden and the U.S. State Department. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit Listen to Charles' EP: https://open.spotify.com/album/1wsxKiIHqOzHBx8QOYMKMs?si=8Ja1fywQSa6eUaHj54Ty_Q https://solipse.bandcamp.com/album/more

    218 - Wokeness and the Shrillness Around It Resonates Disproportionately In Politics Today [Preview]

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 9, 2024 4:18


    Charles and Alex check in on Akon City, read a crypto guy's Eminem review, and argue that Bruce Springsteen should have to open for Steven Van Zandt reciting classic Sopranos lines. Full episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/109790344

    217 - バナナの道 ~Banana Road~ (ft. Hot Dad)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 2, 2024 72:10


    Hot Dad (@hotterdad) joins Charles and Alex to share his favorite '00s Japanese rock bands. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit Listen to Banana Road: https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/hotdad/banana-road Playlist: Quruli - Hana no Mizudeppou Quruli - World's End Supernova (Live) Asian Kung-Fu Generation - Siren Asian Kung-Fu Generation - Kimi no Machi Made Asian Kung-Fu Generation - Natsu no Hi, Zanzou Cornelius - Smoke Cornelius - Breezin' Supercar - White Surf Style 5 (Live) Supercar - Wonder Word

    216 - Luffy Smoking Newports (ft. Raina Douris)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 26, 2024 64:33


    Raina (@RahRahRaina) joins Charles and Alex to discuss her time in Japan interviewing bands, shopping at Seven & I Holdings, and feeding cats outside of their designated feeding area. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit Playlist: Sakanaction - Wasurerarenaino Cornelius - Chapter 8 Seashore and Horizon Boris - Heavy Rain Buffalo Daughter - Cyclic Hitsuji Bungaku - Addiction Atarashii Gakko! - Tokyo Calling Mass of the Fermenting Dregs - Sugar

    215 - Wisconsin State of Mind (ft. Will Menaker & Katherine Krueger)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 19, 2024 60:11


    Will Menaker and Katherine Krueger join Charles and Alex to cover this summer's hottest music festival—the RNC—and weigh the musical merits of the car crash king Billy Joel. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit Stream Charles' new song: https://open.spotify.com/track/4r6cxwLnd1eokkF8qUAvND?si=461221842bff414e

    214 - Choomwagon [Patreon Preview]

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 10, 2024 5:55


    Charles and Alex discuss Joe Biden's audio engineering woes, Gerber's 1970s campaign to market baby food to adults, and Kid Rock's endorsement of an anti-American dessert: apple pie. Full episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/107890816

    213 - I'm a Dog Mom

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 28, 2024 61:29


    Charles and Alex listen to Meghan Trainor's new pet food jingle. DUI king Billy Joel weighs in on Justin Timberlake. Alex calls him RuPaul Stanley because KISS are drag queens. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit

    212 - The Duckies Do (ft. Jokermen)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2024 64:04


    Evan Laffer (@evanlaffer) and Ian Grant (@ian__grant) of Jokermen (@JokermenPodcast) join Charles and Alex to discuss the career of Barney the Dinosaur, with an eye toward his criticually and commercially overlooked later works. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit

    211 - Jesus Had Crazy Myrrh Supplies for a Baby

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2024 62:46


    Charles and Alex wonder what baby Jesus did with his gold and discuss a story about artists like Ne-Yo and the Game scamming people through their official Instagram accounts. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit

    210 - Garfield NEETs [Patreon Preview]

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 7, 2024 4:38


    Charles, Alex, and Dan discuss the recent spate of arena tour cancellations and check in on the world's youngest FORMER Garfield licensee. Full episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/105775522 See Dan on tour: www.subpop.com/artists/boeckner/tours

    209 - Running Up a $500,000 Tab at Dinner with Jay-Z

    Play Episode Listen Later May 28, 2024 71:25


    Charles and Alex read Rolling Stone's Kid Rock profile and realize that he needs to tour with Bruce Springsteen to heal America. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit

    208 - Gone Off That Shit Clinically Proven to Boost Brian Wilson's Mental Function

    Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2024 59:56


    Charles and Alex want to do the drugs their favorite 80-year-old psychedelic rock artists are doing. Plus a check-in on Kanye's presidential campaign. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit

    207 - Too Hot for TV

    Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2024 60:11


    Charles and Alex discuss Da Band's very limited discography and check in on P. Diddy's whereabouts. Fortune Kit on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fortunekit

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