Advice Fight

The boys try to go a week without TV. In solidarity with the Screen Actors Guild and the Writer's Guild of America, the boys stage their own mini consumer strike and ground themselves from TV for a week. Will seven days away from the ye olde boob tube help them get better sleep, read more books, and spend more time with their family and friends? Will their bravery and determination inspire a turni...

The boys go fly fishing with a pro. High on the mantra that a bad day of fishing beats a good day of podcasting, the professional fisherman, fishing instructor, and hilarious comedian Eeland Stribling challenges the boys to try fly-fishing. Are they capable of waking up early? Will someone be swept downriver and adopted by wolves? Listen to find out! Featuring standup comedy clips from Eeland perf...

The boys go digging for their comedic roots. In celebration of his new comedy special, Ben challenges Andrew and Adam to go back into the history of comedy, mining for legendary treasures that they have never seen or heard before. The boys check out classic comedy specials from Lenny Bruce, Bob Newhart, and Eddie Murphy—and then Adam and Andrew rank Ben's latest opus against those all-time greats....

The boys are crazy for the hunks of 1990s grunge music! Lace up your Doc Martens, lovers, because we are tromping in the moss on this one. In this episode of Boi Crazy, our podcast within the podcast, the Grawlix boys earnestly appraise the hunkworthiness of 1990s grunge era musicians. Adam has unreasonably rigid opinions about the genre. Andrew may or may not know what grunge is. Ben is a kid in...

The boys spend time doing things they loved as children. Finally allowed to make challenge suggestions again after joining Patreon, Adam’s wife challenges our heroes to engage in activities that they loved as children—but haven’t touched in years. Featuring standup comedy clips from Derek Sheen and Brandie Posey! LINKS: See the Grawlix live at the Bug Theatre in Denver, Colorado on Saturday, July...

Emma Arnold helps the boys simulate having a period. In an effort to have more empathy for people who menstruate, the Grawlix boys strap on TENS units to find out how much pain they can endure, live, in front of a killer audience at Mutiny Information Café.  Featuring our special guest co-host and cramp doula for the evening, Boise's own Emma Arnold! Check out the full uncut video here! LINKS: Se...

The boys track their fitness. Vacation-bound and ABSOLUTELY TERRIFIED that the boys will forget to record an episode in his absence, Producer Ron surprises Ben, Andrew, and Adam with fitness tracking bracelets so that they can better monitor their health—but also so that he can harvest their data and sell it to Google. Featuring stand-up comedy clips from Erin Rose and John-Michael Bond performed...

The boys explore ASMR for a week, then try to make videos for each other. Some may know ASMR as "autonomous sensory meridian response," while others may know it as those creepy whisper videos that make you feel all tingly. After listening to this episode, you will only know it as the best way to deeply, deeply disturb your friends.  Featuring stand-up comedy clips from Casey James Salengo and Lizz...

The boys give rapid-fire pep talks. Emerging from the depths of a full-fledged funk, Andrew surprises Ben and Adam by requesting a pep talk challenge. The boys take turns honestly answering the question "how are you?" for two minutes, then they engage in a tag-team competition to see who's the best at giving out doses of positivity. Featuring standup comedy clips from Gabby Gutierrez-Reed and Jaco...

The boys go vegan. After a mildly concerning cholesterol count, Ben challenges Andrew and Adam to exclusively eat a plant-based diet for a week.  Featuring standup comedy clips from our own Andrew Orvedahl and Adam Cayton-Holland! LINKS: See the Grawlix live at the Bug Theatre in Denver, Colorado on Saturday, May 27th with Laura Peek, Sammy Anzer and Haley Driscoll! See Ben headlining Comedy Work...

The boys practice radical honesty Just in time for Ben and Andrew's biennial knock-down-drag-out argument, our heroes decide to dabble in Radical Honesty, a self-help philosophy that claims you can transform your life simply by telling the truth. After carelessly skimming one page of the organization's website and watching some but definitely not all of this YouTube video, the boys stride headlong...

The boys try to spruce up their neighborhoods. Looking to improve the streets that he walks on a daily basis—or perhaps just looking for a reason to go outside—Andrew challenges Ben and Andrew to a neighborhood beautification project. Featuring standup comedy clips from Shanel Hughes and Chris Charpentier! LINKS: See the Grawlix live at the Bug Theatre in Denver, Colorado on Saturday, April 29th...

The boys try to avoid assuming gender or pronouns for a week. Frustrated by the rising vilification of queer and transgender people—and hoping to rewire his own linguistic tendencies—Adam challenges Ben and Andrew to go a week without gendering anyone. Andrew raises the stakes by creating a "gender jar" that collects $2 for every mistake, to be donated to Trans Lifeline. And our good friend River...

The boys are crazy for the hunks of the 1991 film "Point Break" Bank robbers with surf bods and a gorgeous FBI agent who goes undercover, trying to bring them to justice. Need we say more? How about Keanu Reeves and his 25-year-old peak physique going up against Patrick Swayze in the year when Patrick was named the Sexiest Man Alive? In this sopping wet episode of Boi Crazy, our podcast within the...

The boys get poetic. Inspired by Adam having a poem published in a literary journal, Andrew decides he wants in on the action—so he challenges the gang to spend a week consuming poetry and then write their own poems. WINNER TAKES ALL, LOSER GETS SENT STRAIGHT TO HELL!!! Featuring standup comedy clips from Hannah Jones and Brad Wenzel! LINKS: See the Grawlix live at the Bug Theatre in Denver, Colo...

The boys work on their flexibility.  As we age, our flexibility wanes, our joints ache, and we huff and grunt our way out of bed every morning. So Adam proposes Team Grawlix stretch every night for a week, then measure their flexibility. A nice, easy challenge, right? But nothing is ever that simple on The Grawlix Saves the World. Instead, the boys head straight for the gutter in an effort to crow...

The boys get tattoos. Oh boy. This is a doozy. A simple request from Adam—that the trio get Grawlix tattoos together—takes a wild spin into Passive-Aggressive Acres (a suburb of Riff City) in a way that only a vintage GSTW episode could. The ending is such a shocking surprise that we're still not entirely sure what happened. We just know it's all great.  Featuring standup comedy clips from our swe...

The boys are crazy for the hunks of NSYNC and the Backstreet Boys! Oh my god, we're back again. In this episode of Boi Crazy, our podcast within the podcast, we take a deep-dive into the 1990s boy band craze—aka the suburbs of Orlando, Florida—to say "Hi, Hi, Hi" to those honey-throated hunks from NSYNC and Backstreet Boys. Enjoy this free taste—then listen to the the entire episode by joining our...

The boys try acupuncture. Weary, ragged and just looking for a challenge where he can lay his old bones down for a goddamn minute, Andrew challenges Ben and Adam to try acupuncture, the wellness cure-all for pretty much everything! Featuring standup comedy clips from Justine Marino and Nina Davis! LINKS: See Adam perform at Helium Comedy Club in Portland, Oregon on February 14th See Adam perform...

The boys make new friends. Alarmed by his increasingly hermetic ways—weeks spent in solitude, poring over strange, homeopathic remedies and polishing board game figurines—Andrew challenges himself, Ben and Adam to each strike up conversations with three complete strangers. Featuring standup comedy clips from Georgia Comstock and Rob Gleeson! LINKS: See Ben perform at Vultures in Colorado Springs...

The boys try sunning their perineums. Reaching a new low in the very first episode of 2023, the boys attempt to expose the area between their respective anuses (ani?) and scrotums (scrota?), aka their perineums (perinea?), to fifteen minutes of direct sunlight. Because they're geniuses. Geniuses saving the world.  Featuring standup comedy clips from Kelsey Rosen and our own Andrew Orvedahl! LINKS...

Last year we took 25 challenges to better the world around us by bettering ourselves. But which challenge was the best? Our Patreon supporters voted on the best episode of 2022—here's their top choice! And never fear, we'll be back next Tuesday, January 10th, with a brand-new season of The Grawlix Saves the World! LINKS: See the Grawlix live at the Bug Theatre in Denver, Colorado on Saturday, Jan...

The boys are crazy for holiday hunks! Hark! In this episode of Boi Crazy, our podcast within the podcast, we earnestly assess the hunkitude of TWELVE hunks from the movies, magic and myth that make Christmas so special. Who made it onto our Nice list? Who's been very naughty? Listen to find out!  Enjoy this little sip and then listen to the full episode or watch the full episode—along with every o...

The boys take another crack at challenges from the past year. As the Grawlix Saves the World bravely prepares for another challenge-filled year ahead, we cast our gaze backward, to the challenges we've completed in 2022, to see if redoing one might also improve the world. For how can we save the future, if we cannot save the past? Featuring standup comedy clips from Lizzy Wolfson and Jordan Doll!...

The boys embrace the World Cup. Delirious with World Cup Fever, Adam challenges Ben and Andrew to immerse themselves in the greatest sporting event in the world. Featuring standup comedy clips from Mike Mulloy and Courtney Maginnis! LINKS: See Adam live at Planet of the Tapes in Louisville, Kentucky on December 2nd and 3rd See Ben live at the Denver Comedy Underground on December 2nd and 3rd See...