Bottom of the Barrel

Behind every great podcast, there is an episode about First Ladies. And behind every First Lady is some sort of Initiative that helps shape the country. Nancy told us to say, No! Dolly made us cookies. And Swasey doesn't know what a Dutch Oven is.

The eerie, spooky, scary topic of ghosts, ghouls and cryptids continues with Jay, Kyle and John. Through the murky haze of mysterious whiskey spirits, the boys peer into the catty whompus whompus cat and finally put a finger on the bogeyman.

There's a chill in the air... and the Monsters are back! La Llorona guides us into a murky current of ladies offing their children to keep the rest of us away from dangerous waterways. Dangerous for us all. Including the donkeys.

SPLAT! Your buggy buds come buzzing back with more insect madness. From the tasty nibbles of crispy crickets and scorpion lollipops to the horrors of cockroaches and the evils of mosquitos. May they both rot in hell.

They can be creepy. They can be crawly. They can bring disease and screams. That's right, the boys get up close and personal with BUGS. They even take it upon themselves to rate their overall badassery.

The deliberations are in as the Barrel reaches a verdict on crazy, stupid, fantastical lawsuits. From monkey selfies and $67 million dollar pants to George Harrison and his Sweet Lord the boys squeeze their defendants for all they're worth.

The trial moves on to its second week as your law team of Hickman Swasey & Jones go deep on big candy, big alcohol, and big tobacco. And they discuss lawsuits.

Order in the court! The Barrel gets litigious and testifies on behalf of the Universe that some lawsuits are just plain kooky. From scalding McCoffee crotch to crappy asshole neighbors, get ready to lay down the lawyers.

The history of Houston barrels on as your pals from the bottom get deeper into their cups of knowledge. Nonetheless, they find enough lucidity to mention Ima Hogg, Lead Belly, and Lady Chatterly's Lover.

Bottom of the Barrel kicks off Season 3 on the 190th birthday of Houston, Texas. The boys brave the mosquitos, heat, and hurricanes to figure out how this relatively young city boomed and blossomed into a massive international hub for food, medicine, and urban sprawl.

The second season comes to a swilling conclusion with another flurry of ponderances with which our boys choose to embarrass themselves. From Beatles albums and super powers to lottery dreams and restaurant nightmares - everything beautifully collapses into a most glorious final sip of chaos. Cheers.

The crew returns to yammer on a bout advertising. This time, this visual side of branding and marketing gets the treatment with everything from font phonetics to ligature lingo. There's even enough time to discuss the size of John Swasey's asterisk.

There simply was not enough time to cover all the unfortunately famous folks out there. The gang takes a ride with Kai the Hatchet Wielding Hitchhiker, get lost with Franz Kafka, and drink with Charles Bukowski and Emily Dickinson.

All aboard! And place your bets! It’s time for a BOTB ride down-steam on a riverboat casino. The boys explore the murky waters of the legally fluid life along the river. There are no rules. And there is no bottom.

The meteoric rise to notoriety continues until it comes crashing down in a ball of fire. The boys Tripp with Linda, Bink with Jar Jar, go to Reno with Janet, cut some Jewels with Richard, and shame a whole slew of Karens.

The meteoric rise to notoriety continues until it comes crashing down in a ball of fire. The boys Tripp with Linda, Bink with Jar Jar, go to Reno with Janet, cut some Jewels with Richard, and shame a whole slew of Karens.

The Barrelers take a look at when instant fame lands upon a person. The good, the bad, the stupid. The unfortunate. Baby Jessica, John Wayne Bobbit, and Karens across the globe.

The excruciatingly painful dental procedure continues. This week our patients get gassed up and cover everything from root canals and dental mishaps to veneers and sexy gaps on the Dickernese Islands.

It's time for your Dental Appointment. This week the boys drill down deep into the painful exposed root of dentistry. So lie back and relax with some morphine, cocaine and radioactive toothpaste.

Your favorite inmates continue their sentences about life in prison. From the dreaded first day to meeting new roommates to the wild culinary facets of prison food - so get locked in and bunk up for a heaping helping of onions smothered in onion gravy.

Busted! The guys take a look behind the walls and bars of prison, the clink, the big house. Come along for a tour and find out all the reasons why you don't want to ever go back.

The boys dig deeper into the bigtop as well as their bottles as they unravel the tarps shrouding the traveling circus. From Russian dancing bears and stumbling buffoons to fu*king wicked-awesome frozen sharks from Boston, everyone gets swindled.

Ladies and Gentlemen! Prepare yourself for the greatest spectacles this world has to offer! Lions and tigers and bears and clowns and bearded ladies and bearded Swaseys and a whole bunch of shady shenanigans under the big top.

And coming in just under the wire is your very own Bottom Barrelers with a curling slapshot at the buzzer. Cuddle up for some icy, sexy drama - where the Olympic Committee must answer the question, "Can you poke it like that with your finger?"

The plundering continues as our scallywags sail their way through the more pirate savagery and lechery and baseball in Pittsburgh. Also, enjoy a surprise visit from Jean Lafitte himself!