Double Dusted with Harley Morenstein

This week, Harley and Big Lynch break down the hit 1991 soda Orbitz, Clearly Canadian's soda with balls: a drink so futuristic it had suspended orbs, a dedicated website, and every flavor except a good one. The boys cover the $155 million company that gambled on science and on balls in a bottle, the 85% sales faceplant, why the whole thing was secretly boba tea arriving a decade early, and the one...

This week, Harley and Big Lynch break down how the coolest drink in America became the most expensive bottle of iced tea in business history. The boys trace Snapple from a Brooklyn health food store to a glass-bottle, fact-under-the-cap phenomenon, the private-equity operator who bought 70% for $140 million and walked away with $900 million, and Quaker Oats outbidding Coca-Cola to pay $1.7 billion...

This week, Harley, Donnie, and Big Lynch break down how a $20 all-you-can-eat shrimp deal exposed the cracks in a 56-year-old icon and dragged Red Lobster into bankruptcy court. The boys trace it from founder Bill Darden to the $2.1 billion private-equity sale to Golden Gate, the sale-leaseback that gave away the land out from under the restaurants, and Thai Union, the shrimp supplier that also ow...

This week, Harley, Donnie, and Big Lynch break down how a single Subway franchisee accidentally invented the most famous deal in fast food history,  and how that same $5 sandwich nearly broke the empire that sold it. The boys trace the footlong from a slow weekend at a Miami hospital Subway to a 27,000-store juggernaut, the jingle that's still stuck in your head, the $3.8 billion it raked in, the...

This week, Harley and Big Lynch break down how Tim Hortons went from owning Canada (eight out of ten cups of coffee, double-doubles, Timbits, Roll Up the Rim) to getting branded anti-Canadian. The guys get into the hockey-player founder, the 2014 sale to the Burger King owners in Brazil, the "always fresh" par-bake reality, the franchise squeeze, and the temporary foreign worker firestorm that dra...

This week, Harley and Big Lynch break down how Wendy's spent decades trying to replace Dave Thomas and ended up posting their worst quarter in 20 years, with the stock down 50%, 600 stores closing, and CEO Kirk Tanner bailing to run a chocolate company. Big Lynch delivers a full PREsentation on the rise of Wendy's, Dave Thomas, the high-school dropout and Colonel Sanders protégé who founded the ch...

This week, Harley and Big Lynch break down how McDonald's accidentally caused the biggest fast food promotion disaster in history: selling 100 million Happy Meals in 10 days during the 1997 Teenie Beanie Baby craze and having to publicly apologize for it. Big Lynch delivers a full PREsentation on the history of the happy meal, the $1 billion 1996 Disney exclusive deal that nuked the toy arms race,...

This week, Harley and Big Lynch break down the slow death of Pizza Hut and why Yum! Brands is now trying to offload them for $3.5 billion. Big Lynch delivers a full PREsentation on how a $600 loan from the Carney brothers' mom in 1958 turned into the world's #1 pizza chain before losing to Dominos. The boys reminisce about pebbled red cups, Tiffany lamps, X-Men VHS giveaways, Pizza Pete, the salad...

This week, Harley and Big Lynch break down the worst collapse in fast food history, Quiznos. From 4,700 stores at the 2007 peak down to 200 today, the boys unpack the Spongmonkey mascot disaster, the toaster ad nobody asked for, the senior VP sting, and the corporate "trap" that nickel-and-dimed franchisees out of business. Big Lynch delivers a full presentation, with Donnie listening from a canoe...

This week, Harley and Big Lynch let YouTube's AI pick the episode and dig into the $200 million chip disaster that gave America diarrhea. The boys break down Olestra, the Wow! chip launch of '98, and why "may cause anal leakage" was just printed on the bag like it was a nutrition fact. Then it's an update on Brian Niccol's $100M year at Starbucks, McDonald's launching dirty sodas with no fresh lim...

This week, Harley and Big Lynch break down how MLB concessions became an all-out arms race for your wallet in 2026. $45 hot dog, a wearable nacho sombrero, and a 24-inch quesadilla that comes in a custom carrying case. Big Lynch created The Belly Index™, the official Double Dusted ratings system for absurd ballpark food. The guys go deep on Aramark and Levy, the concessions companies nobody's hear...

This week, Harley and Big Lynch hold it down without Donnie as PepsiCo erases $50 billion in market value trying to charge $7 a bag for Doritos. Lynch crowns Kevin Hockman the next $100 million man as Chili's surpasses Olive Garden for #2 casual dining in America. The boys break down Denny's launching Project Grand Slam, Hershey's US president dipping after just 14 months of wobbly chocolate and M...

This week, Harley, Donnie, and Big Lynch watch a man inhale a full KFC biscuit in one frame, debate the $45 billion McCormick x Unilever acquisition, and Lynch gets clowned after falling for an April Fools' prank. The boys get into Frank's Red Hot vs Cholula, Lynch debuts the Alpine Food Review eating a frozen Snickers on the mountain, Harley calls his mom to settle who grew up richer, mushroom tr...

This week, Harley, Donnie, and Big Lynch react to the viral wobbly Hershey's chocolate video and debate cocoa content in gas station chocolate bars. Lynch debuts a new segment where he weighs chips to verify the grams on the bag, then describes the "liquefaction profile" of how chips dissolve in your mouth. The boys get into influencers heading to Cuba on a flotilla, Donnie's high school knife arr...

This week, Harley and Big Lynch are back with new vibes while Donnie's Xbox habits catch up with him. The boys react to Doordash selling Nasty Azz Cheeseburgers out of a shopping cart, roast the pathetic Oscars snack box, and break down why Chili's won't stop winning with 19 straight quarters of growth, relaunched nachos, and the $11.99 Three For Me deal dominating casual dining. They go deep on t...

This week, Harley, Donnie, and Big Lynch drill down on the ongoing CEO Burger Wars of 2026. Big Lynch prepares a a detailed PREsentation to consider all possible CEO’s based on a  proprietary grading system created by Double Dusted. The boys re-analyze the now infamous McDonald’s clip, consider the concept of “burger-mogging,” and rank CEOs from Burger King, Domino’s, Taco Bell, and Chick-fil-A ba...

This week, Harley, Donnie, and Big Lynch break down the reason Pepsico is releasing a new Doritos protein chip. They also get into the “Secret” and how that helped launch Epic Meal Time, how to ascend, alpine competition, Donnie's special message to the listeners, switching to Pepsi Zero, and so much more. New episodes of Double Dusted Discussion every Monday. Tell us what you think at r/EpicMealT...

This week, Harley and Big Lynch break down the Reese’s chocolate controversy after the founder’s grandson and Mr. Beast call out Hershey for allegedly changing ingredients of the legendary peanut butter cup. They react to viral Diet Coke chicken night, a bizarre plastic-bag diet hack, AI doom, why you should save your money, Harley's hairline, the Game of Thrones TV show, alpine burgers, xbox new...

This week, Harley and Big Lynch debate whether Gen Z is actually getting dumber after new cognitive testing data drops, break down mogging theory and the“big guy” etiquette, and react to the most infuriating pizza flip ever recorded. The boys get into NBA-level pettiness over family room food, McDonald’s vs. Starbucks in the breakfast war bald head timing, and so much more. New episodes of Double...

This week, Harley and Big Lynch have a heart to heart over recent slander coming from the H3 After Dark show. The guys break down the game tape between the McDonald's CEO and the Starbucks CEO to see who is the alpha. Then the boys spiral into Pizza Hut for breakfast, Costco hot dogs at 9AM, blockbuster nostalgia, their co host, Donnie, freaky addiction, and so much more. New episodes of Double Du...

This week, Harley, Donnie, and Big Lynch break down the federal “healthy $3 meal” claim (piece of chicken, piece of broccoli, corn tortilla… and undisclosed “other”?!?) and why it feels completely detached from real life. The boys discuss the hidden reason why so many fights happen at fast food locations, chocolate almond addiction, the big pivot to their looksmaxxing arc, and so much more.  New e...

This week, Harley and Big Lynch discuss the new era of luxury water and how to become a water sommelier. The boys talk about reverse osmosis systems, Donnies alpine envy, ranking Canadian snacks, the death of the monoculture, Lynch's new addiction calendar, and so much more. New episodes of Double Dusted Discussion, every Monday! Tell us what you think at r/EpicMealTime, @EpicMealTime on Twitter,...

This week, Harley, Donnie. and Big Lynch react to a viral hibachi clip, sparking a conversation about money, embarrassment, and the unspoken rules of eating with friends. The boys go deep on China vs USA, Heinz ketchup packaging innovation, being broke, moving up the corporate ladder, and so much more. New episodes of Double Dusted Discussion, every Monday! Tell us what you think at r/EpicMealTime...

This week, Harley, Donnie, and Big Lynch break down what it was like growing up in the Pizza Pop economy of your friends basement. The boys get into protein cereal gone too far, losing 60lbs doing the Ozempic bed rot, bear danger on the ski hill, and Big Lynch reveals his unhinged car-based destruction of a family-sized container of M&M’s. New episodes of Double Dusted Discussion, every Monday! Te...

This week, Harley and Big Lynch are joined by Chef Atari! They kick off 2026 by debating whether video games are healthier than phones, doomscrolling, and modern dopamine addiction. The conversation shifts to inventory management brain, pockets vs bags, and the invention of the “piss rag.” From there, the boys spiral into food safety, leftovers sitting out too long, and why people take insane risk...