Don’t Wreck Yourself

This week Ryan is joiend by CJ Cypress to talk alcohol and barbecue. First they discuss a query from r/TooAfraidToAsk about whether 1pm is too early for her boyfriend to be drunk... then they cross the International Date Line to discuss an alleged Japanese government initiative to get people to drink more booze. Then Ryan breaks down the difference between Hillary's email server and Donald Trump's...

We are coming back from a hiatus with all sorts of changes! Tune in to find out! Cap of Shrimp and Crits Fame joins Ryan to revisit the Trolley Problem before switching modes of green transportation to discuss laser bikes! Then they weigh in on a r/nostupidquestions inquiry in which an internet user wonders whether their overweight work colleagues are going to cause his pool to overflow. Then, whi...

This episode originally aired on 06 April 2021, and it has only improved with age and hard lessons about audio production. The episode has been remastered for better audio quality. Don't Wreck Yourself will return with new episodes after Labor Day! The guys run down a series of rabbit holes in their search for the truth. Ryan tells about his harrowing near death experience at the wrong end of a ba...

Matt and Ryan pop the cork on a finely matured r/nostupidquestions inquiry in which an asker needs to know the carnal dangers of combining toots and toys. Then they do their best not to get tripped up by another r/nostupidquestions topic seeking to know the etiquette of watching someone else take a spill. Next they try to figure out how the world would be a different place if men experienced menst...

Matt and Ryan kind of sort of answer a listener question about who was worse between two Byzantine Empresses. Then they address a report from the Daily Beast about a South African man who fell victim to a Jaeger induced illness. Then they go to an r/NoStupidQuestion about how a magician turned off a TV in the early 1990s without using the remote. Then they discuss a post from r/conspiracy calling...

In this episode, Matt and Ryan bask in the afterglow of America's explosive birthday party before taking on a topic from r/AITA centering on the whens and hows a man can eat a banana at work without getting fired. Then they discuss Wal-Mart's recent decision to drop a coconut milk line over its unexpected source of forced labor. Next they weigh in on Google's recent dismissal of an employee over h...

On this week's episode, Ryan tracks Matt down and forgets to make a Dr. Livingstone reference. The hosts record live and in person for the first time, sacrificing audio quality like a fatted calf on the altar of basic human companionship. They tell you what they did in Philly, take on the folks next door having loud, obnoxious hotel . Then they dig into why humans need to cook their food while our...

Shakin' Shaner from What's Shakin' With Shaner keeps Matt's seat warm as he and Ryan get under the hood of Pixar's Cars franchise to figure out what's going on with Lightning McQueen's Finn McMissile. Then they discuss a photoset making the rounds on social media that depicts a surprisingly conventional Fourth of July party in an unconventional place. Then they discuss the mysterious appearance of...

On today's episode, Ryan's old boss Dr. Brad Hafford fills in for Matt to talk about a couple popular myths associated with the ancient city of Ur. This episode is 100% archaeology. Ryan and Brad talk about a busty Roman hanging out at a thrift shop in Texas, and seek to answer the all important question "what IS a museum" without smoking any OG kush at all. Then they discuss a pair of ancient Mes...

NEW EPISODES NOW DROP ON FRIDAY Ryan works with co-host pro tempura Cap from Shrimp and Crits to get to the bottom of an r/NoStupidQuestions inquiry trying to get answers about an aviation mystery from the internet. Then they discuss the political fallout of definitely killing, but only allegedly murdering one's spouse while running for office. They follow up murder, both cold-blooded and alleged,...

Matt and Ryan are joined by Stu Horgan the creative force, host, and sole heir to the Highly Irregular podcast fortune which shall be, according to the mysterious last will and testament slipped to him rolled up in a copy of a particularly scandalous edition of The Sun while he was taking in a bit of fresh air at local park... paid in laughs. First they discuss a question from r/TooAfraidToAsk abo...

Happy Mothers Day to all child rearing humans and wolves! CONTENT WARNING: This episode deals with pregnancy and pregnancy complications. This week, Matt and Ryan discuss mom related topics! First they talk about whether moms deserve special social privileges over other people. Then they discuss whether it's possible to for a person to become pregnant alone and through the combined power of YouTub...

In this week's episode Matt and Ryan discuss the military's Uniform Code of Long Distance Relationships when they advise someone dating a soldier who clearly keeping dependents in different residences if you know what we mean. They they discuss a raid in Russia in which authorities claimed to have foiled a Neo- wet-work cell that just could not get enough of Sid Meier's SIMS. Then they discuss an...

In this week's episode, Matt and Ryan discuss whether employers care if you got to the top of the rope in gym class. If you did, then Charlie Kirk suggests you may have been radicalized by the secret message Karl Marx scrawled up there 170 years ago, causing you to foolishly critique the corrupt capitalist system from your fancy high rise penthouse. Finally, they discuss whether a beloved sixty-fi...

In a return from a one week hiatus, Matt and Ryan offer yet another meaningless take on the slap heard round the world... but wait, there's more slap related content! Ryan tells Matt about a secret Ottoman martial technique in which open hand slaps are honed by striking marble, making it the second time in the episode they talk about some guy slapping theout of a Rock. Then they discuss a mysterio...

On this week's episode, Matt and Ryan discuss how Russians will be forced to get things their way after McDonald's pulls up stakes... will they be "lovin' it"? Then they transition into two listener food related questions dealing with mayo applications and an ad circulating online purporting to be a genuine advertisement for Kraft's Potato Fudge. Then they discuss an r/AmItheAsshole post from a wo...

Matt and Ryan take you on a tour of some of their best bits from their first year of podcasting, and they drop a few clips from their  unreleased demo recordings to. Thanks to everyone for an amazing first year! We look forward to doing more, saying more, and thanking you all again next year. Sure, we'll say thank you to all of our listeners, but you should know that anyone showing up after you wo...

Matt's hungover and the guys agree that on the occasion of their 50th episode that the time has once again arrived to celebrate the wellspring of content that is the Reddit website. They moan some names, discuss toilet etiquette, weigh in on genital tattoos, judge a guy for unrealistic baby beauty standards, tear down the Confederate flag, and take an offensive name for a dog behind the shed and s...

On this week's very special pre-birthday special, Ryan and Matt celebrate another successful year of Matt being in the world. They take on a new spin on the chicken or egg question, discuss the crappy exchange rate of the Russian Ruble, and discuss the origin of the numerical decimal place system that is all the rage. They delve into a claim about a vortex of worms in New Jersey, and then discuss...

Matt and Ryan are joined by Ryan Stroud from the popular... uhh, structured fiction gambling podcast Shrimp and Crits? He lends his expertise in all things alligator to help settle an unsanctioned matchup between representatives of both WWF organizations. Then they investigate a claim by a Tennessee preacher that cartoonist Matt Groening, of Simpsons fame is in direct communication with an actual,...

Matt and Ryan open up with a couple listener recommendations, two topics that have to do with what folks do when there's a hole in the ground (put stuff in or get stuff out). Then they discuss a curious Finnish past time that starts in your skivvies and ends up face down on the kitchen floor. Then they reflect on a boomer's reminiscence of a time when any man worth his salt was expected to be carr...

On this episode, Matt and Ryan plow through some minor audio issues and dive into some political claims on Twitter, a service that will be remembered in the post apocalyptic wasteland as a precursor to Truth Social, the communication platform for mutants, degenerates, and other irradiated deplorables. Then, if you like stuffed crust you better put a ring on it, and that ring should be a 10 karat g...

A listener thinks they solved an internet mystery better than we did. Yeah right. As if. Everyone knows it was a tie. Then they try to convince a misguided reddit user that blue whales are the biggest animal to ever live. Then they delve into a ripped from the headlines true crime theory from the r/conspiracy that brings allegations against aliens, cannibals, and a heavily medicated sasquatch in t...

Ryan drags Matt into a dumb conversation on Twitter about the Keystone XL pipeline's relationship with inflated gas prices. Then they dream up solutions for a young man in a terrible conundrum that could end with his nasty bits being showed all over the internet. Then they open up a can of marital worms when they take on an r/amitheasshole post about a husband caught getting smoochie in public wit...

The first rule of Dinosaur Nipple Butter Gun Club is Don't Wreck Yourself. Admittedly, this one gets weird. Matt and Ryan open up the show discussing a post from r/randomthoughts about dinosaur milk and all the anatomy that implies, before moving onto a surprising east coast/west coast beef right out of Dr. Seuss's Butter Battle Book. They go on to discuss the Chinese government's new ending to th...