Nightwatch

Join the Nightwatch crew for a wild 2026 Halloween dress-up edition hosted by Chief and Big Smoke. The episode opens with Halloween banter and costume chaos, then launches into a series of long-form conversations that jump between pop culture, gaming, current events, and late‑night horror vibes. The hosts discuss celebrity health and losses (including mention of RJ Mitte, known for playing Walter...

In this long, freewheeling episode the hosts — Closer-in-Chief and Big Smoke — hold a two-person late-night break-room conversation mixing pop-culture riffs, personal stories and philosophical asides. They kick off by talking audience growth, channel metrics and shoutouts (including Fat Electrician and You Should Know Podcast), then shift into nostalgic tangents about fishing, sugary drinks, and c...

In this lively, wide-ranging episode of Nightwatch, the hosts reconnect after a brief release delay and dig into everything from podcasting burnout and scheduling strategies to the nitty-gritty of home healthcare timekeeping. Expect candid stories about juggling day jobs with podcast life, GPS geofencing issues, and the bureaucracy that led to payroll headaches. The conversation then spirals into...

Join your hosts — the Closer‑in‑Chief and Big Smoke — on this wide‑ranging episode of Nightwatch. The duo digs into a mix of pop‑culture takes, hard conversations about real violence, and candid personal updates from home and work. They lead with a spoiler‑aware review of Run Hide Fight: Infidels, the Ben Shapiro/Daily Wire‑backed release. The hosts critique the movie’s script, performances, and p...

Join the original Nightwatch trio — Closer-in-Chief, Big Smoke and Jolly Green — for a freewheeling, full-length episode packed with banter, updates and deep dives. The hosts catch up on merch, silly gifts and wedding prep, show off fan swag, and compare Temu vs. official collectibles. Expect a long, funny detour into domestic life: Chief’s new cookware and knife purchases, a vacuum sealer, debate...

Join your hosts Chief and Jolly Green on Nightwatch Episode 92 for a loose, wide-ranging conversation that moves from mic setup and podcast life to heavy real-world topics and deep gaming discussion. The episode opens with behind-the-scenes banter about audio setup, phones going off mid-show, and plans for future live midnight broadcasts aimed at late-shift listeners. Listeners hear candid workpla...

Join Closer-in-Chief, Big Smoke and Jolly Green for a raw, wide-ranging episode of Night Watch recorded from their new duplex studio. The hosts kick off with casual studio chatter—from creepy staircases to the logistics and costs of moving—before settling into a night of candid, often heated conversation and comic banter. Segments cover personal updates and home life: unpacking the move, debating...

Join the Nightwatch crew — Closer‑in‑Chief, Big Smoke and Jolly Green — as Kitty recovers on bed rest and the trio covers everything from personal updates to pop‑culture deep dives. Expect a candid, freewheeling episode with stories, debates and plenty of comic detours. We open with Kitty’s knee surgery update and the realities of recovery, then tumble into a nostalgic (and heated) run through ani...

Join hosts Closer-in-Chief and Big Smoke for a wide-ranging, unfiltered hour of Nightwatch banter. This episode opens with personal check-ins — Big Smoke’s family visit, low-key vacation stories and the everyday chaos of juggling work shifts — and moves quickly into updates about Kitty’s medical journey: EEGs, a last-minute sleep study before surgery, and the relief of SSDI approval. The conversat...

Join Closer‑in‑Chief and Big Smoke for a loose, late‑night episode of Nightwatch packed with shock, laughter and real talk. Over the course of an hour they catch up on life — who’s sick, who bailed, and what kept them from recording — while trading wild movie takes, service‑job anecdotes, and workplace drama. Listen as the hosts unpack a coworker’s social‑media meltdown that threatens the shop’s r...

Join the Night Watch crew — Closer-in-Chief, Big Smoke and Jolly Green — for an unfiltered, late-night episode full of tech troubleshooting, behind-the-scenes podcast changes, and wide-ranging banter.  The episode covers content strategy and monetization — Shorts/Reels strategy, why podcasters often don’t see income for years, the Ko-fi page (ko-fi.com/nightwatchpodcast), and their distribution ac...

Join hosts Closer-in-Chief and Big Smoke for Nightwatch’s one-year anniversary episode, recorded in an unusually empty studio. The conversation ranges from practical podcasting tips to wide-ranging pop-culture riffs — starting with a look at their audio/video workflow, and lessons learned about social handles, domains and building a podcast presence across TikTok, YouTube, Reddit and Facebook. In...

Join the Night Watch crew — hosted by the Closer-in-Chief with Jolly Green, Big Smoke and Kitty — for a loose, candid episode packed with off-the-cuff stories and pop-culture debates. The hosts open with banter about a chaotic recording session and Murphy’s Law-style mishaps, then touch on the logistics of turning the audio podcast into video, managing backlogs, and encouraging audience engagement...

Join Closer-in-Chief with Big Smoke and Kitty for a freewheeling episode that jumps from wedding plans to wildlife scares and everything in between. The hosts trade stories about elopements versus big ceremonies, who to invite (and who to skip), potluck vs. catered receptions, awkward family dynamics and the realities of travel and money when loved ones can’t attend. They debate ideal guest lists,...

Chief, Big Smoke, Kitty, and Jolly bounce from turkey myths and powdered doughnuts into pizza-shop chaos, bad managers, disputed tips, relationship stories, dog training, tinnitus, and the usual Nightwatch detours. The crew breaks down whether turkey really causes food comas, compares late-night eating habits, and gets honest about weight, dieting, and comfort food. From there, the conversation sh...

Chief, Big Smoke, and Kitty bounce from gaming nostalgia and Star Wars lore into AI-run tabletop campaigns, service-dog training, and the strange ways unfinished projects come back to life. Chief breaks down how he built a massive lore bible for a solo D&D campaign with AI acting as the Dungeon Master, including resurrected favorite characters, modern-fantasy warfare, magic, orcs, and early ta...

A loud explosion rattles the neighborhood, sirens start converging, and the Nightwatch crew immediately starts trying to figure out what the hell just happened. Chief, Big Smoke, Kitty, and Tech trade first-hand accounts from different parts of the area, compare what they heard, and speculate about where the blast came from. From there, the conversation turns toward how illegal grow operations and...

Episode 80 is a loose, late-night breakroom spiral through cannabis tolerance, grief, old friends, moving stories, traffic nightmares, delivery work, dog routines, podcast logistics, tabletop shows, investing, GameStop, workplace drama, awkward language moments, and the strange little comforts that keep people going. The crew gets candid about lost friends, addiction, money stress, work exhaustion...

Episode 79 launches from the breakroom straight into orbit as Closer-in-Chief, Big Smoke, Kitty, and Tech dig into the moon landing debate, Apollo skepticism, Artemis II, space tech, NASA’s return-to-the-Moon plans, and the growing problem of knowing what evidence to trust. The crew talks Apollo footage, lunar dust, telescope limits, aging flags and rovers, Artemis flight testing, radiation concer...

Closer-in-Chief, Big Smoke, and Tech trade stories about workplace chaos, hospital logistics, crash carts, ambulance restocking, inventory ghosts, bad supervisors, holiday call-offs, contamination scares, scams, debt collection, and the slow grind of burnout. From medical supply rooms and pizza shop closings to Amazon, Walmart, and the strange comfort of video games after a rough shift, this episo...

Join the Nightwatch crew — Closer-in-Chief, Big Smoke, Kitty and Jolly — for a candid, wide-ranging episode. They kick off with hot takes on international tech and military rumors, AI-generated propaganda, and modern stealth and drone warfare. The conversation shifts to personal stories: a heartwarming act of honesty at Kroger, a detailed warning about a Section 8 landlord scam that cost $700, and...

A raw, conversational episode where the Nightwatch crew share personal stories from a long day: a DoorDash delivery that turns into an emotional connection with a lonely elderly woman; memories of cleaning and moving after years in one apartment; the messy realities of shared workspaces and the oddities of co-workers; tales of being shot as a teenager and neighborhood survival; plus reflections on...

Hosts Chief, Big Smoke, and Kitty record a candid Nightwatch podcast while in a snowy, white-out evening. They bounce between stories about rapidly changing weather, stolen dog gear, and how winter driving exposes both danger and bad habits. The conversation moves into personal memories of car accidents, hospital recovery, and how those experiences shaped them into defensive drivers. They also sha...

Join the Nightwatch crew for a freewheeling late-night episode where conversations jump from quirky food ideas — like raising quails for tiny, nutrient-dense eggs — to favorite videogames such as roguelites, Hades and mobile time-killers. The hosts trade sleep and alarm stories, gripe about car trouble and job shifts, and share warm, often funny cohabitation moments that reveal how relationships c...

On this episode the hosts binge through Disney movies and recent TV picks, trade stories about neighborhood run-ins (including a drive-by comment about a dog and a clipboard shove at a doctor’s office), and laugh about parking-lot chaos. They share a hilarious blind-date tale and other dating-app mishaps. The conversation then dives into films — from beloved cult classics and box-office flops like...