Advice Fight

A listener is ready to put down the bottle. A musician approaching thirty hits up the boys about his relationship with alcohol, looking for advice about handling sobriety programs when you don't necessarily believe in a higher power.  LINKS: See the Grawlix live at the Bug Theatre in Denver on January 25th with Brittany Carney and Kelsey Rosen! See Ben performing in Northern California—Petaluma on...

Our Patreon supporters voted on the best episode of 2024—here's their top choice! We're taking a little holiday break, but never fear, we'll be back on Tuesday, January 7th, with a brand-new episode of The Grawlix Saves the World! LINKS: Support us on Patreon for access to ad-free episodes, birthday shout-outs, stickers, exclusive merch, our podcast-within-the-podcast Boi Crazy, bonus videos and...

The boys are crazy for the hunks of the holiday romantic comedy film Love Actually! It's Christmas Eve and we're sliding down your chimney with a sack packed full of UK hunks! Happy holidays to all of you and thanks so much for listening this year. We're taking a break for the rest of the year but we'll be back in 2025 with brand new episodes of the Grawlix Saves the World! Watch and listen to the...

How old is too old to only wear band t-shirts? After hearing used book store employees ruthlessly mock an older customer for their fashion choices, a 38-year-old listener wonders if he's now too old to wear so many band T-shirts—so he turns to we three forty-somethings who wear band T-shirts for help. Featuring a standup comedy clip from Rory Scovel at our live show! LINKS: See Ben headlining at C...

Ben seeks help from the boys about dealing with a past trauma. TRIGGER WARNING: As a survivor of sexual assault as a child, Ben has talked openly and honestly about the experience. But lately he feels like he's hitting a wall both in terms of seeking justice, and falling into some of the same negative patterns when trying to deal with it. So he turns to Adam and Andrew for some competitive advice...

The boys compete to give a listener the best advice for handling the loud family next door. Featuring a standup comedy clip from Emma Cricket at our live monthly show! LINKS: See Adam perform his one-man show Happy Place at UCB Theatre in NYC on December 4th and 5th! See Andrew at the Lincoln Center in Fort Collins on December 5th! See Ben performing at Glovebox Comedy Club in Boston, MA on Decemb...

The boys compete to give Adam the best advice for dealing with acute anxiety and stress. Featuring a standup comedy clip from our own Adam Cayton-Holland at our live monthly show! LINKS: See the Grawlix live at the Bug Theatre in Denver on November 30th with Troy Walker and Emma Cricket! See Adam perform his one-man show, Happy Place on November 29th at Buntport Theater in Denver! See Ben headlini...

The boys give competitive advice to a 44-year-old divorcee who's getting back out there. Featuring a standup comedy clip from Liv Carter at our live monthly show! LINKS: See the Grawlix live at the Bug Theatre in Denver on November 30th with Troy Walker and Emma Cricket! See Andrew at Comedy Works Downtown in Denver on November 21st! See Ben at the Comedy Fort in Fort Collins, Colorado, on Novembe...

The boys give competitive advice to an Australian fan who got caught, ahem, in the act. What do you do when you're on a cruise ship and your pre-teen son walks in on you getting busy with your girlfriend? You call the Grawlix. Immediately. Featuring a standup comedy clip from Mandy Kay at our live monthly show! LINKS: See the Grawlix live at the Bug Theatre in Denver on November 30th with Troy Wal...

Andrew seeks advice about his child custody situation. The boys turn their advice cannons around and aim them towards the deck of the SS Grawlix—this time, pointing directly at Andrew, who needs help with a major family decision. Featuring a standup comedy clip from Andrew Orvedahl himself, at our live monthly show! LINKS: See the Grawlix live at the Bug Theatre in Denver on November 30th with Tro...

The boys compete in a surprise speed Halloween costume contest. In honor of Halloween, Producer Ron surprises Adam, Andrew, and Ben with a flash costume contest—giving them only five minutes to create a costume (and character) from stuff laying around the house—and then decides who deserves the biggest candy bar in their bucket. Featuring standup comedy from Jaye McBride live at High Plains Comedy...

The boys are crazy for the hunks of Beverly Hills: 90210!   Holy slappin' Trapper Keepers, kids, we're going back the 90s! In this special episode of Boi Crazy, we put the television show Beverly Hills: 90210 under the hunk-o-scope—and rank the hunkitude of Dylan McKay (Luke Perry), David Silver (Brian Austin Green), Steve Sanders (Ian Ziering), and Brandon Walsh (Jason Priestley). Click here to w...

What to do when your teenager turns. Oh, those petulant teens. The coarsening of a child—from sweet apple of your eye to apathetic, hostile Vape King—can be a lot to handle as a parent. Fortunately, the Grawlix boys are here to hold a listener's hand through it all.  Featuring standup comedy from Django Gold live at High Plains Comedy Festival! LINKS: See the Grawlix live at the Bug Theatre in Den...

All hail Evil Josh! Our patented competitive advice makes its live debut as the boys are joined by super guests Laura Peek and Josh Gondelman at the High Plains Comedy Festival!  Full video on Patreon! LINKS: Listen to Andrew's new album, Now That's What I Call Comedy Volume 21! See the Grawlix live at the Bug Theatre in Denver on October 26th with Brooks Wheelan, Derek Sheen, and Mandy Kay! See B...

The boys take their feckless MLB baseball team to task. A casual question from a listener—what to do about the laughing stock Colorado Rockies?—unites Ben, Adam and Andrew in a blind, seething rage towards the worst team in professional sports. Featuring standup comedy from our own Andrew Orvedahl at our live show! LINKS: Mark your calendars for Andrew's new album, Now That's What I Call Comedy Vo...

The boys take Producer Ron aside for a little chat. In a very special Grawlix Saves the World, the boys confront producer Ron about his Amazon addiction.  Featuring standup comedy from Kurt Braunohler at our live show! LINKS: Mark your calendars for Andrew's new album, Now That's What I Call Comedy Volume 21, on October 4th! See Adam in Casper on September 27th, Milkwaukee on October 1st, and New...

The boys don’t know the first thing about the Constitution. In anticipation of the upcoming US election - fun! - Ben challenges Adam and Andrew to a quiz on the Constitution, through no less an authority than a random online quiz! Democracy dies in darkness. This episode is the nail in the coffin.  Featuring standup comedy from Hannah Jones at our live show! LINKS: See the Grawlix live at High Pla...

When a teenage fan needs help navigating a situation at her first job, the boys go into overdrive, saving multiple worlds in the process, maybe even the universe. Time will tell.  Featuring standup comedy from Eeland Stribling at our live show! LINKS: See the Grawlix live at High Plains Comedy Festival, September 19th-21st! See Adam performing at Lulu's Downtown in Colorado Springs on Friday, Sept...

How to handle an unexpected pregnancy in your 40s. A long-time listener who never wanted kids of his own—and who didn't think it was even possible—discovers that his 42-year-old wife is pregnant. So Adam, Ben and Andrew compete to see who can give the best advice on how to handle the situation. Featuring standup comedy from Jordan Doll at our live show! LINKS: See the Grawlix live at High Plains C...

How to be civil about politics when the world is burning. You know the boys love fixing each and every one of your lives, but when a listener asks Adam, Ben, and Andrew how to talk to co-workers about the upcoming election without pissing anyone off, the veracity of the Riff City Brain Trust is put to the ultimate test.  Featuring standup comedy from we Grawlix three at our live show! LINKS: See t...

The boys give advice about making new friends in adulthood. A loyal listener asks Adam, Ben, and Andrew for a few tips on making friends as an introverted adult—and the boys turn the question into a competition. Also Ben hijacks the intro of the show to drop one of his newly patented "diamonds." Featuring standup comedy from Joe Mande at our live show! LINKS: See the Grawlix live at the world-famo...

Adam gets a vasectomy. Falling on his proverbial sword, Adam finally goes through with a vasectomy, and Andrew and Ben are there for him in his hour of need.  Featuring standup comedy from sweet sterile baby Adam Cayton-Holland at our live show! LINKS: See the Grawlix live at the world-famous Bug Theatre in Denver, Colorado on Saturday, August 31st with Hannah Jones and Brian Sullivan! See Ben's b...

The boys go weight lifting. Flummoxed by his recent return to the gym, after years away, Adam recruits Ben to give him a weight lifting crash course, and Andrew comes along to spritz them both with water.  Featuring standup comedy from Kate McLachlan at our live show! LINKS: See the Grawlix live at the world-famous Bug Theatre in Denver, Colorado on Saturday, August 31st with Hannah Jones and Bria...

So gross. When Andrew gets bed bugs, he turns to Ben and Adam to help him figure out the best course of action. They, in turn, burn his house down. And the day is saved.  Featuring standup comedy from Bryan Cook at our live show! LINKS: See the Grawlix live at the world-famous Bug Theatre in Denver, Colorado on Saturday, August 31st with Hannah Jones and Brian Sullivan! See Ben headlining Comedy W...

The boys give a listener advice about using generative AI. A long-time fan asks us about using AI bots for creative endeavors, so we compete to decide who's got the best advice. And because we're nothing if not fair, we let ChatGPT also weigh in on the situation—with one special caveat. Featuring standup comedy from Ahmed Bharoocha at our live show! LINKS: See the Grawlix live at the world-famous...