Wyatt Matters

Yes, scientists are turning human waste into concrete, and apparently it can make the finished product even stronger. Meanwhile, an Ohio couple spends their entire kitchen budget at IKEA only to discover that their new kitchen has arrived in 210 separate packages and they're the installation crew. Those stories about doing it yourself lead into a much harder question: What do you do when you've do...

It started with eight words: “I want you to start a radio show.” One hundred episodes later, Steve Wyatt brings the whole crew together to look back at the ridiculous moments, unforgettable conversations, and friendships that turned a radio experiment into Wyatt Matters. Bruce, Todd, Kimberlee, John, Garrett, and Maribeth join Steve to revisit some of the show’s funniest moments and reveal what th...

From cars that barely start to engines that literally fall onto the pavement, Steve, John, Kimberlee, and Bruce swap stories about vehicles that tested more than their patience. Then three chickens have an exceptionally bad Labor Day, including one taken from a Florida deli and another load of frozen birds stolen from a truck while both vehicles are moving. The ridiculous stories give way to a muc...

This week on Wyatt Matters, we’re revisiting one of our favorite conversations about something almost everyone is chasing: happiness. It starts with thousands of European World Cup visitors getting their first real taste of America—and discovering that everything really is bigger here. Free refills. Giant portions. Costco samples. Ice-cold air conditioning. What could possibly go wrong? Apparently...

One accidental click sends a child’s birthday invitation to everyone in her mom’s phone, including coworkers, exes, former students, and people she probably never wanted to see again. Meanwhile, another invitation asking strangers to simply “eat an apple with me” somehow draws around a thousand people together for five minutes of what its organizer calls “silly joy.” Then Steve introduces Brian Gu...

A teenager loses both legs and becomes an elite climber. Another man performs backflips in a wheelchair, while a golfer fights all the way to the Supreme Court for the chance to keep competing. Their stories challenge what we assume is possible when life hands someone an enormous mountain. But some mountains are internal. Steve and the crew discuss Perez Hilton’s recent crisis, his reported turn t...

This week starts with people getting stuck in places they definitely shouldn’t be, including one Mountain Dew fan’s disastrous trip into a porta potty and an enormous cat whose great escape doesn’t go according to plan. It’s funny until the conversation turns to the kinds of situations where getting unstuck isn’t nearly so simple. Steve shares how loss, cancer, kidney failure, and the death of his...

This week’s show starts with a sleep remedy nobody asked for: scientists are testing capsules made from donated fecal material as a treatment for chronic insomnia. Yes, poop pills. And yes, Steve and the crew have questions. Then, a 76-year-old man loses sleep over the noise coming from his neighbor’s koi pond. The fish themselves are silent, but his battle with the pond takes a turn nobody saw co...

One act of revenge targets the wrong person. Another attempt to settle the score ends in a way nobody saw coming. These unbelievable stories reveal how anger has a way of hurting the person who refuses to let it go. Then Steve Wyatt tackles one of Jesus' most difficult teachings: forgiveness. Why is it so hard to forgive someone who doesn't deserve it, and why does refusing to forgive end up costi...

What happens when someone earns a fortune online? And what would you do if you suddenly inherited $50 million? This episode looks at two very different money stories that reveal the same uncomfortable truth: more money doesn't automatically bring more peace. Steve Wyatt then turns to Scripture to unpack why so many people spend their lives chasing financial security, only to discover that contentm...

This week starts with one of the funniest takeaways from the World Cup as thousands of European visitors discover America for the first time. They fall in love with free refills, giant portions, Costco samples, and air conditioning—only to discover that too much of a good thing comes with heartburn, summer colds, and a few extra pounds. Then the crew tackles a story about a wealthy couple living i...

This week begins with one of the most talked-about moments in sports. After Caitlin Clark takes another hard hit, teammate Sophie Cunningham steps in to defend her… and instantly becomes a viral sensation. Was it simply retaliation, or was it something much deeper? Then the conversation turns to a major parenting study revealing the newest ways parents unintentionally hold their kids back. From ov...

A farmer marries his tractor. A woman marries the Eiffel Tower. Another builds an AI boyfriend and calls it true love. These bizarre headlines are hilarious… but they reveal something surprisingly serious about the human heart. Why are so many people looking for love in places that can never love them back? Steve Wyatt explores why real love isn't built on feelings or constant affirmation, but on...

This week starts with a customer who eats two entire pizzas… then demands a full refund. The crew has plenty of laughs, but the story quickly turns into a bigger conversation about entitlement, personal responsibility, and why some people simply refuse to accept the word "no." Then the focus shifts to the New York Knicks' remarkable playoff run after decades of disappointment. Their perseverance r...

This week’s show starts in one of the most emotionally unstable places on Earth: the parking lot. Steve unpacks the strange territorial instincts people suddenly develop when somebody else wants “their” parking space — even when they were about to leave it anyway. From there, the crew dives into bizarre headlines, including forklift jewelry heists, donkey getaway vehicles, and another reminder tha...

What happens when you say no to something everyone else says you should want? In this special broadcast edit of Wyatt Matters, Steve and the crew explore the surprising story of Matthew McConaughey turning down millions of dollars and walking away from the Hollywood roles that made him famous. At the height of his career, McConaughey realized success was pulling him away from the person he wanted...

"Never quit."   It's one of the most popular pieces of advice you'll ever hear.   This week, Wyatt Matters asks whether that's always true.   From a wildly impractical road trip across Africa to a woman who spent years chasing a driver's license she probably shouldn't have received, the crew explores stories of determination that crossed into something else entirely.   Then the focus turns to form...

This week starts with a hilarious look at “Jetway Jesus”... those passengers who need a wheelchair to board a plane but somehow experience a miraculous recovery before reaching baggage claim. Then the crew takes aim at one of the internet’s most annoying trends: vague-posting, sadfishing, rage-baiting, and the endless search for attention online. Why do people post cryptic messages that say everyt...

This week starts with one of the strangest headlines you'll hear all year: politicians wrangling snakes in a bizarre public spectacle that leaves the crew shaking their heads and asking how we got here. Then the conversation takes a sharp turn into something much more serious. A respected public figure receives a devastating cancer diagnosis, forcing a difficult conversation about suffering, morta...

This week starts with BB the parakeet, a bird whose owner built a tiny submarine so she could go exploring underwater. Some people loved it. Others screamed animal abuse. The whole debate proves how fast people jump from seeing a clip to judging a person’s heart. From there, the crew looks at moral grandstanding and public hypocrisy—people who call out others loudly while living with their own con...

In this Best of Wyatt Matters episode, Steve and the crew revisit one of the most relatable human temptations: revenge. From movie-style threats like “I will find you” to viral real-life payback stories involving zip-tied harmonicas, front yards full of pennies, and revenge plots that get weird fast, the conversation starts funny — because let’s be honest, some revenge stories are painfully entert...

This week’s show opens at 2 a.m. with a phone in one hand, a Cheetos bag in the other, and a brain stuck on the bad-news channel. Steve breaks down doom-scrolling, negativity bias, and why one bad headline can hit harder than ten good things. Then the crew looks at what happens when fear turns into action. From wild conspiracy spirals and apocalypse prep to mystery drones, UFO panic, and people ma...

This week’s show starts in one of the most emotionally unstable places on Earth: the parking lot. Steve unpacks the strange territorial instincts people suddenly develop when somebody else wants “their” parking space — even when they were about to leave it anyway. From there, the crew dives into bizarre headlines, including forklift jewelry heists, donkey getaway vehicles, and another reminder tha...

This week kicks off with a story that’s equal parts hilarious and uncomfortable—a pastor turns a simple lunch prayer into a full public spectacle. What should’ve been a quiet moment with God becomes a performance for everyone else. It lands the joke, but exposes a bigger issue: how often faith gets turned into something it was never meant to be. Then the show pivots into pure absurdity, with a vir...

The front half of this show is pure absurdity: Pac-Man perfection, giant twine balls, ear-hair records, plane-eating weirdos, and a pig-chasing robot with zero emotion and no sense of purpose. But that absurdity sets up the real issue: people give their lives to all kinds of things that ultimately can’t carry the weight. Then Steve turns the conversation toward faith. What happens when someone tru...