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Chris is joined by guest cohost Kendra Hadden as they surprise regular cohost / Kenrda's husband Rob with an intervention to address Rob's addiction to the video game Diddy Kong Racing.  On Step by Step, the white Urkel Mark Foster also has a video game addiction that nearly ruins his life when he gets a D for the first time ever in school. And of course Scott Stapp wrote the Creed song...

Step by Step super fan / previous guest "Bob K." challenges Chris & Rob to trade podcasts for the day. While Bob & his brother Charles K. Schwab take over Step by Stapp, Chris & Rob must do an episode of the secretly Evangelical Christian podcast "Nasty Time with The Dirty Boys". Meanwhile on Step by Step, Frank & Carol trade places with J.T. & Dana to settl...

Chris & Rob start a new business selling book reports to high school students, but end up getting cyber bullied. Coincidentally on Step by Step, J.T. tries this same scheme by stealing Mark's essays and selling them to the football team. And you won't believe the lengths Scott Stapp went to while writing the Creed song "Good Fight" in order to secretly make it about this ep...

Chris & Rob try to get their new religion off the ground and welcome Erika back to the show to be initiated as its first member. Later on, Erika and Rob start a Trader Joe's side podcast and get a not so unexpected caller. On Step by Step, Frank feels pressured by Carol into going to church but has to miss the big game to do so. And the Creed song "What's This Life For?" is...

Episode 50 kicks off with a brand new theme song penned by guest Julian Morena. But when Chris & Rob realize they accidentally agreed to pay Julian $1000 per listener download, they quickly scramble to ruin the show. Enter Chris's infamous Uncle Jeff, who immediately grosses everyone out. But is it enough to drive away all listeners, saving Chris & Rob from debt?  Along the way are se...

Chris & Rob perform selections from their new musical about legendary band Creed and its formation in the early 90s. These amazing original songs like the opening number, "What's Singing?", will be bouncing around in your head for weeks. Find out how Scott Stapp & the boys came to write all their songs about Step by Step, and don't miss the grand finale. And on the seas...

Our first episode of 2018 is packed with what the kids are calling "content". Chris recounts spending New Year's Eve with his Uncle Jeff, regular caller Martii interrupts the show, and we count down our top 3 clips from 2017. The clips were all chosen by our intern, Shane, who we have never mentioned before. Plus, we recap the Step by Step season 2 finale in which Karen has to take...

Chris & Rob sneak in a quick recording session before their families depart for a joint vacation to Paris for the holidays. But when their wives accidentally leave without them, the boys are left at home...by themselves. Although they are frightened by the prospect, Chris & Rob try to make the most of their situation being in the house unattended, but soon realize they must confront the yu...

On Step by Step, Frank & Cody must renovate a house by first blowing it up with dynamite. But when Cody finds out a down-on-their-luck family is still living there, he refuses to detonate the home with them in it for some reason. And just wait until you hear what Scott Stapp thought about this when he wrote the Creed song "Hide". Plus, Chris hires who he believes to be the Property B...

Chris & Rob await the biggest guest they've ever landed for this baseball themed episode: none other than world renowned MLB legend Jack "The Jackhammer" Hammerjack. They are ready to discuss the Step by Step episode where Mark (a nerd) has to play baseball, as well as the Creed song "Wash Away The Years" which, of course, was inspired by said episode. The Jackhammer i...

Joining us this week is real life psychic Nick Baglas. He's here to discuss the psychic moral code, the feud between psychics & magicians, and to give Chris and Rob each a reading on the air. On Step by Step, J.T. is terrified he's going to die when a psychic predicts his own sister will murder him at midnight. Meanwhile, Frank & Carol buy a vibrating bed from a yard sale. And yo...

Very famous New York comedian Rob Leon joins Chris & Rob to discuss the episode of Step by Step where J.T. gets a girlfriend but needs Mark (the white Urkel) to show him how to treat her right. We also find out what Scott Stapp thought about this episode when he wrote the song "Surround Me." Plus, Chris & Rob set out to have an in depth, personal WTF-style conversation with comed...

Picking up where Ep 41 left off, Chris & Rob try to outsmart Lord Hulu - a computer virus that is making them complete challenges in order to continue streaming Step by Step. If they lose, not only will their Hulu access be denied, but their souls will be lost for eternity. Also, they discuss the Step by Step episode "Aloha : Part 2" and tell you why Scott Stapp wrote the Creed song...

Chris & Rob throw a party to celebrate the TGIF catalogue release on Hulu (which of course includes our beloved Step by Step). No longer will the boys have to dodge computer viruses to watch the show on sketchy websites and all is right with the world. OR IS IT? We also discuss the Step by Step episode "Aloha Part 1" where the entire family goes to Hawaii. That episode ends with a &q...

Special guest Erika is back to help Chris & Rob answer listener questions on all things romance for this Valentine's Day in September themed Step by Stapp. And as luck would have it, the episode of Step by Step being discussed today is also about Valentine's Day. Plus, did you ever wonder if the Creed song "Never Die" from 1999's Human Clay was actually about Dana Fost...

On Step by Step, J.T. and Cody's public access show gets picked up to go state wide, so of course J.T. becomes an unbelievable asshole. Scott Stapp had a few things to say about this when he wrote "Unforgiven" from My Own Prison. Plus, the podcast (finally) gets its own TV show on the acclaimed network VH2. However, Chris & Rob's friendship and the future of the show is put...

It's ladies' night and the feeling is NOT right when Chris & Rob can't find any women to be on the podcast. Luckily they meet Andrea on hotornot.com, who calls in to offer the female perspective of this episode of Step by Step where Frank hires an attractive woman to his construction crew.  We also discuss the Art of Anarchy song 1000 Degrees, and Rob falls in love with Andrea d...

All Dana wants for her 17th birthday is to have a Sprite-fueled, no-parents party at a weird motel. Her mom, Carol, forbids it so she lies and sneaks out to have the sober high school party of her dreams. And what are the odds that Carol and Frank booked a room in the same hotel for the sole purpose of getting freaky? The odds are 100%. Plus, Chris & Rob pitch a Step by Step reboot that would...

On Step by Step, Cody is sad when his old man friend Walter from the nursing home dies. But then he's happy when he finds out the old man left him 250K in his will. Now Cody has to deal with all the kids in the clan who want a piece of his inheritance. Scott Stapp also took Walter's death pretty hard when he wrote the song "On My Sleeve" and of course we will explain how the ep...

Frank's high school buddy Scooter comes to visit and makes everyone in the family and the viewing audience uncomfortable. Also Cody gets a pet turkey. And wouldn't you know it, the Creed song "Stand Here With Me" is also about those things. Plus Chris & Rob have a guys' night, which of course consists of drinking light beer and looking at the adult magazines Chris stol...

When Rob discovers an overdue video rental from 1994 has bankrupted him, friend/enemy of the show Martii takes a controlling stake of the podcast and institutes some creative changes. Weirdly, season 2 episode 11 of Step by Step also sees an overdue video rental causing problems when the youngest kid in the clan, Brendan, loses a rented VHS under his bed. Logically, Brendan decides to leave home f...

On Step by Step, Dana & J.T. face off in the school election for Student Body President. But even though Dana is more qualified, J.T. wins as voters flock to his tell-it-like-it-is outsider persona. Oh boy. Plus, Chris & Rob run against each other for President of Step by Stapp. This podcast campaign has everything - attack ads, heated debates, and finally the tension of election night as...

Returning guests and resident Art of Anarchy experts Steve Schifini & Julian Morena (aka The Fart Boys) are here to help decipher how the Step by Step episode where Cody reveals his virginity inspired Scott Stapp to write a new song in 2017. Plus, Chris & Rob get deep during a very serious interview about Julian's new album. We find out all the scintillating details such as the name o...

Dana has a date with Mike "The Mover" Walters, who everybody knows just wants sex. Luckily Patrick Duffy is there to c-block her at every turn. Plus, Chris & Rob report on the recent Scott Stapp interview in which he reveals that he spoke with the ghost of Scott Weiland in a tour bus bathroom. The news story is light on details, so Chris & Rob reenact the encounter to show you EX...

Suzanne Somers' most attractive daughter, Karen, gets a chance to go to Chicago and be ogled by old men as a teen model. For some reason, Carol doesn't like this. Will Karen see that her mother is just looking out for her best interests? Or will she abandon her family and become the glamorous supermodel she's always wanted to be? I honestly can't remember. Plus, Chris & Rob...