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Hot off the press this week's Chubstep is all about sayings and idioms. First Steed and Jrad get into the wedding in Minnesota they were at the past week, why being the "Best Man" is tough, the worst wedding speeches, and Star Wars music at cocktail hour. Next the guys break it down, idiom by idiom, starting with the sayings that have gone the way of the dodo and which they wish would come back be...

Pope Leo XIV is in power so Steed and Jrad decided to do a pivot and talk all things pope in this week's Chubstep. The guys start with Jrad finally understanding Chappell Roan before getting to the first pope, the crazy ways pope's have been killed, a 'Chubsitory' on their countries of origins and names including 3 african popes and 13 Pope Innocents, the background on the first American Pope Leo...

As Jrad approaches a record number of weddings attended, Chubstep decides to take on this topic from all angles. First Steed and Jrad discuss Steed's close resemblance to Li Shang from "Mulan", that most of the US is desolate, cities that suck, Jrad's trip to the catskills/upstate New York for a wedding. The guys start the topic of the week with the first and history of weddings that was fun until...

Ever wondered what the biggest things in the world are? Steed and Jrad have you covered in this week's episode of Chubstep. The guys start with them going to a wedding in Malibu, drinking no water for 3 days straight, climbing a 30' rope in Santa Monica, and not letting someone sleep on an airplane because they reclined. All of that before getting to the world's biggest mountain, roadside world's...

The black and white bear from China can't hide from Jrad and Steed in this week's Chubstep as they talk all things Panda. But first Jrad is back from Namibia where he has been introducing Beanie Babies into the country for the first time and creating a new Beanie economy. The guys discuss recent trips to Austin, Texas with repeated back injuries, running into Jersey Mike in St. Augustine, Florida...

One of the biggest guests ever on Chubstep, Steed and Big Money Banks are joined by the controversial and elusive Easter Bunny. Before the interview the guys discuss why eating rabbit is better than chicken, and the history of the Easter Bunny from ancient Greek's to Germanic tribes. Listeners will be surprised to hear the Irish female sounding bunny discuss rabbit genocide, how she traded her sex...

But wait there's more…Chubstep! This week Steed and Jrad start with a thrift store modeling gig gone awry before getting into the wild world of infomercials. The guys talk everything from the very first 30 minute infomercial for Vitamix to the most successful 'As Seen on TV' products of all time, the downfall and arrests of the spokesman, George Foreman's kids all named George Foreman, the worst i...

Based on a listener's email, Jrad and Steed are talking all things night vision in this week's Chubstep. The guys start with the 'Chubistory' of night vision in the military and it's ties to what was found in Osama bin Laden's compound and Ben Affleck before getting to the way too complicated 'Steed Science', why Chappell Roan makes Steed regret his timing joining the military, dining in pitch bla...

Season 2 is off to a hot start with this all encompassing electric episode on duct tape. Jrad and Steed start with a list of the hottest bald guys before telling you everything you didn't know you needed to know on this gray adhesive from its history in WWII and Apollo 13, to how its made, how to escape being bound by duct tape, the $6.2 million piece of duct tape, the thousands of guinness world...

Chubstep is trying something new. Steed and Jrad are picking a theme and basing the whole episode around it, this week it's pistachios. The guys start with Steed's accidental felony before getting into fun facts around pistachios, a 'Chubsitory' of the pistachio and how that goes from the Bible to the Iranian Revolution to Ben Affleck, true crime around illegal pistachio acquisition to murders inv...

It's one bing bong after another as the topics are flowing in this week's Chubstep. Jrad and Steed discuss an update on the guy who accidentally threw away millions of dollars of bitcoin, Steed wondering what retired presidents do, an update on Nick Russo's favorite moment in history from Chub #500 with the love life and letters of President Warren G. Harding, reverse pirates in 'Tanzania News', a...

IT'S THE START OF SEASON 2 OF CHUBSTEP. The guys review Chub 500 and the best season of Chubstep thus far before getting to terrible sayings on tee shirts and decorations, Jrad and Steed's trip to San Diego, paying an uber driver to clean their car, cos playing as a poor person, airport shenanigans, the 'True Crime of Wanda Holloway' hiring a hitman for the purpose of getting her daughter on the c...

Jrad and Steed are joined by all of the Chubstep legends in this very special, almost 3 hour, 500th episode. The guys have all 11 and a half guests name their top moments of Chubstep, Pop Culture, History, Their Personal Life, and Cringe. They are joined by: comedy writer for the show Chubstep Amy, half guest Chubstep Lex, TV and podcast legend Lil Stevie, recent Pokemon trader Chubstep Trevor, fr...

If you're one of the many Chubaholics who listens to the episodes under large blankets with strangers this is the Chubstep episode for you. Jrad and Steed discuss a rigged chili cookoff competition, trusting 'experts' on the internet, Steed glamping near the ocean while a police chase is going on, a new low light sports experience for those fans that need things to be less intense and exciting, an...

Jrad and Steed discuss it all on this week's Chubstep. They cover how Steed can make himself sound as cool as possible when living in a new city where no one knows you, flirting in a gas station, apologizing for Jrad's acting on last week's episode, the most unique eyebrows of all time in 'Chubistory', getting caught in a lie about the Marburg virus in 'Tanzania News', what the most patriotic dise...

Steed is devastated and Jrad is there to comfort him in this week's Chubstep. The guys talk about the Buffalo Bills loss but more importantly, 5 things in the last 100 years that were more disappointing than that loss. How to boycott the upcoming football game, the illegal streaming sites ridiculous pop up adds, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, accidentally running into a geocache and wanting to...

In the guys first cross country Chubstep episode Steed and Jrad are pulling out all the stops in this week's Chubstep. The guys discuss Steed's 32 hour drive to Washington with highways getting shut down, Jrad's bonehead move of the week driving to the wrong airport, Jrad's trip to Copper Mountain, why Steed is endorsing steroids, and boys potentially buying the ghost town of Cairo, IL in 'Chubist...

In the last episode before Steed moves to Vancouver, Washington him and Jrad get together in this week's Chubstep. The guys discuss fun facts of the Vancouver area including the introduction of the flying saucer and the worlds largest naked bike ride They continue with a man who wants to recover his bitcoin filled hard drive from a garbage dump, getting sucked into a conversation with an insane ma...

Steed and Jrad are joined by the king of hot takes and Chubstep expert Nick Russo where the guys discuss bad deeds done in 2024, fighting over movie recommendations, a prediction of the NFL playoffs, a man in Wisconsin who faked his own death only to be discovered in Europe, and when pigeons were used to guide military missiles.

For the first Chubstep episode of 2025 Jrad discusses his courageous volunteer work in Haiti before getting into his recent raw dog flight courtesy of Delta on his way to Aspen in his new segment 'My Tough Life', a 'Steedvestigation' into why we are not eating more exotic eggs and what are the best eggs to eat, Baloomfest '86 in 'Chubistory', Steed's idea for a morning New Year celebration, and th...

Steed and Jrad put together this 5 minute Chubstep wrap up episode to thank the listeners for everything you do. Thank you for another great year Chubaholics!

In this very special Chubstep episode Steed sits down with the one and only Santa Claus for an interview like he's never done before. The two go over all the questions Christmas aficionados have always wanted to know. The listeners will get to see a different side to Kris Kringle that they never knew and probably didn't want to know existed.

The guys did it again, the perfect episode of Chubstep. The Jrad and Steed discuss Steed's recent experience with cave madness, declining the verbal confirmation for sitting in the exit row on a plane, Jrad hanging out with Yung Gravy on Thanksgiving, the one elaborate scenario which would have led to Josh Allen marrying Steed, embarrassing yourself while showing something on your phone, and how t...

Jrad is joined by Chubstep legend, world traveler, and wildland firefighter Trent Vern on this special episode. The guys discuss Vern's most recent trip to eastern asia where he bought a one way flight to Japan with no return flight and only a backpack full of clothes. They go into the details of the trip including what the craziest thing he ate was, how he lost his wallet twice, getting in a boxi...

Happy Thanksgiving from Chubstep Steed and Chubstep Jrad as the guys enjoy a nice swan for dinner. Listen to this rollercoaster of an episode where they discuss how the writer of a children's song forced the president to make Thanksgiving a holiday, then told the country turkey was the best food choice for the day, the best tasting obscure birds, Jrad's trip to a 3 Michelin star restaurant and wha...