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Welcome back to Sober Not Sober, the podcast where two best friends keep it completely unfiltered, occasionally try to be better people, and almost always fail in the most entertaining way possible. Episode 42 is here, and after a little time away, Grant and Mekaylay return to the mic rustier than a park bench in a rainstorm — and we mean that in the best way. Before we even get into the good stuf...

This episode kicks off with Grant confessing his deepest shame — running out of 6mg Wintergreen Zyns before a shift and having to white-knuckle through work on weak 3mg Velos like a civilian. From there, Mekaylay takes a detour to the casino with their buddy Taylor, swapping war stories about the one time they walked out of Talking Stick up $800 because a dealer told them to leave. Grant also reco...

Happy Father's Day (to the fathers AND non-fathers out there)! Grant and Mekaylay are back with a pre-recorded ep while Mekaylay and Harley hit Yellowstone — because consistency is the brand even on vacation. Weekly episodes, no matter what. This week the duo dives into Reddit's "Am I the A**hole?" including a mom outing her gay son by casually asking if his boyfriend was coming toa family vacatio...

Grant and Mekaylay are back for episode 39, and this one gets nerdy — in the best way. Grant runs through his full anime tier list (yes, there's a ranking system), makes a case for why Vinland Saga and Frieren deserve your attention, and challenges Mekaylay to guess which show is the anime: a brutal Viking saga about a boy watching his father get murdered, or a sci-fi thriller about scientists dyi...

Grant and Mekaylay are back yet again. This week: Grant finally admits he played Troy Bolton in an elementary school production of High School Musical (yes, against his will), and Mekaylay shares his preschool mic moment that ended with a teacher losing her mind. Then things get serious — Grant went down a Michael Jackson documentary rabbit hole until midnight and comes in with a full breakdown of...

Grant ordered Chick-fil-A and they wrote Dwayne on his coffee. Not Greg, not Trent, not Trevor — Dwayne. We break down exactly how a 5-letter name turns into The Rock. We also talk about the pierogi place that has us absolutely stunned, the movie Obsession and why a 26-year-old just raised the bar for everyone, The Boys finale, horror movie recommendations, and whether VeggieTales belongs in a pub...

Grant and Mekaylay are back for episode 36, and this one has everything. Mekaylay kicks things off with the most cursed 48 hours imaginable — a dying guinea pig, helping his severely disabled dad get ready in the morning, a bird repeatedly flying into a client's windows, hundreds of moths taking over a house, and two baby quails dead on the back patio. The only logical response? Open every window,...

If you are here for just the AITA, they start at the 30 minute mark! Regardless thank you for checking us out! Grant and Mekaylay are back doing what they do best — going off on random topics and somehow making it all connect. This week: white guys with dreads, a guy on an e-scooter drinking a gallon of milk, the future of streaming and where your favorite sports are gonna end up, why celebrity po...

It's been FOUR YEARS since Mekaylay got sober — and we're celebrating with extremely cool dollar tree party poppers & balloons. Grant works in wine (NOT drunk, we swear — episode 34 disclaimer), and together we cover everything important in the world right now. This week: Grant's legendary 8th grade Athlete of the Year moment, the glory and brutality of working in the service industry on Mothe...

This week, Mekaylay flips the script and puts co-host Grant in the hot seat for a special dating game show episode. Grant is 27, a sommelier, newly bald by choice, and — most importantly — very much single. Over the course of an hour, he walks through his ideal first date, what he's looking for in a partner, how he cooks for someone he's trying to impress, and why he needs an emotional connection...

This week on Sober Not Sober, Grant and Mekaylay tackle two very old things: a 10-year-old Tuscan Beef MRE purchased from the USS Iowa gift shop nearly a decade ago, and a 20-year-old bottle of Cucamonga Valley Zinfandel from Temecula. Spoiler: the cracker tasted like gym socks, the coffee was basically hot water, and the wine was corked. A sommelier and a recovering alcoholic suffering through ex...

Grant and Mekaylay are back in the studio (Harley & Domino are running the booth as always) for another hour-plus of the kind of conversation you didn't know you needed. This week: the boys debate whether civilization could have ever functioned without money — and somehow make a compelling argument. JD Vance gets roasted for being the most obvious political flip-flopper in recent memory. Trump...

Grant and Mekaylay are back with a brand new setup — broadcasting from the West Coast studio in Burbank as they work toward building out their full multi-city operation. In Episode 30, we dive into what we'd actually do with unlimited free time (spoiler: neither of them really knows), Grant's new job and surprisingly relaxed schedule, the ongoing saga of his $120/month water delivery he still hasn...

This week on Sober Not Sober — Grant and Mekaylay are back and nothing is off limits. The duo dives deep into what it really means to have genuine people in your corner when life gets hard, sparked by a conversation about a legendary athlete going through one of the most public rough patches of his career — addiction, back surgeries, DUIs, and the question of whether the people around him are actu...

We hit 100 subscribers and we're coming for Mr. Beef — I mean, Mr. Beast. In this episode: Mekaylays Adopted childs friends leaves a pile of sardines on her doorstep (the Chens energy hits different), Grant gets told he looks exactly like a McDonald's drive-thru worker's dad, and we somehow end up debating who's most ready to get after it between Prince and Freddie Mercury. Plus: Grant accidentall...

Grant and Mekaylay are back for another beautiful hour of unfiltered conversation. This week: Mekaylay watched a movie that ruined his perfect Saturday (spoiler: it wasn't good), and Grant recommends The Master — a 2012 cult classic with one of the greatest acting scenes ever put on screen. They also get into Ozzy Osbourne's powerful solo track "Under the Graveyard," the final season of Peaky Blin...

We are back for another chaotic episode of SoberNotSober — the podcast where one of them is sober and one of them very much is not. This week: a pug named Gizmo eats 30-50 ibuprofen pills (thanks to a cat heist), a grandpa interrupts a business meeting to show off his $2 bill collection, and the guys go deep on World War I, shell shock, PTSD, and how Peaky Blinders actually got it right. Plus: reh...

Mekaylay and Grant are back with another wild ride through life's randomness. This week: Mekaylay recounts his Northern Arizona cabin weekend that turned into an impromptu raptor show experience featuring eagles with 600 PSI grip strength, the smartest crow you've ever seen, and an Aplamado Hawk that can fly through vineyard rows upside down. But first, they stumble into what might be a hoarder ho...

Grant got a promotion and Mekaylay had to see the doctor—so naturally, we spent an hour talking about everything BUT that. This week: Grant celebrates his new job while simultaneously wishing unemployment on a coffee shop worker. We dive deep into famous functional alcoholics (Winston Churchill's breakfast whiskey, Stephen King's blackout novels, and Steven Spurrier's lifetime wine commitment). Ha...

Today we're doing the 3 Mystery Items from Home and let's just say... the items we brought reveal A LOT about us. One of them is from a dead animal. One has been moved between apartments for 20+ years. And one involves Grant's dad in the most wholesome way possible. But the mystery items are just the start. This episode spirals into: Grant discovering his parents' pros and cons list about whether...

DISCLAIMER: Anything conspiracy theory related is a JOKE and not to be taken seriously. Grant and Mekaylay dive deep into their wildest high school stories, starting with McKayla's suspension for showing up to class reeking of weed (with rolling papers and a condom to boot). Grant counters with his legendary party bust where he outsmarted a breathalyzer six times and walked away as the only person...

Welcome back to another chaotic episode of Sober Not Sober! Grant (sommelier, still drinking) and Mekaylay (still sober) dive into: 🍷 Wine Shop Survival Guide - Grant shares his rules for buying wine without annoying your local sommelier, including why "Sancerre is just Sauvignon Blanc" and why your sulfite sensitivity is probably BS 👵 Customer Stories - Meet Linda (the inappropriate wine shop r...

We missed last week's upload because we lost the audio from our recording (Episode 20 and we FINALLY had our first technical failure - honestly surprised it took this long). BUT we're back with our FIRST EVER double cam setup! New backgrounds, new angles, same stupidity. In this episode: 💧 Grant reveals he's been spending $120/month ($1,100+ per year) on water delivery... when he could've been sp...

Welcome back! In this episode, Grant and Mekaylay are joined by their longtime friend Taylor for a wild conversation covering everything from haircuts and balding to the Dallas Cowboys, Arizona drug culture, and philosophical debates about wine snobbery. Side note we were not expecting to have a guest on the show yet so we only have 2 Mic’s still and had to make due! With that being said extra tim...

Welcome back to Sober. Not Sober! In this episode, Grant (the industry pro who’s not sober) and Mekaylay (rocking nearly four years sober) dive into the ultimate showdown: Alcoholic vs. Sommelier. We kick off the new year with laughs, real talk, and a few wild stories about sobriety, social life, and the ever-changing alcohol industry. We get honest about the ups and downs of being sober, the soci...