The Brighter Side

This week on The Brighter Side we talk about PTSD, and what its like for a soldier to rejoin society and continue on into life the best way they can. It is a real problem that drives a 22 marines a day to suicide. Joining Amber, Ed, Seena, & Sam this week is Combat Marine Jonathan Ward. Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of The Brighter Side ad-free. Start a free trial n...

Late nights, camping, and constant drinking sounds fun, right? Well it's got it's moments, but overall it's a nightmare. Today we're talking about being homeless. Joining this week is comedian and co-host of Get In The Ring, Tim Warner. We love ya baby, go grab yoself some soup. Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of The Brighter Side ad-free. Start a free trial now on Apple...

The year is 1973. You're wanted in three states so you decide to hide out in the military for a couple years while sh*t cools down. Turns out criminals are pretty good soldiers and you make a career out of it, travelling the world killing humans of every race and religion. Sure, it sounds like fun, but is that anything you should put your kids through? Joining today are military brats Ryan Feik an...

Where are you gonna be when the computers stop working? Who's gonna be your buddy when the lights go out? How many bullets is a dog worth? Find out the answers to these questions and more. Joining Amber, Seena, Sam, and Ed is Steve O'Brien from Team Submarine. Start digging your holes now! Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of The Brighter Side ad-free. Start a free trial no...

For what seems like the first time in our lives the National Football League is under scrutiny from every angle of society. Who would have thought that training 2,000 giants to beat each other up would backfire? Joining us is former college lineman Taylor Ketchum and our secret NFL insider Mrs. Baklava. Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of The Brighter Side ad-free. Start a...

On a long and lonesome highway, east of Omaha, you can listen to the engine moanin' out it's one note song. You can think about the woman, or the girl you knew the night before. That's right, we're talking about the road. Joining the crew today is Danny Bedrosian of Parliament Funkadelic and Marie Anderson of the Reformed Whores! Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of The Bri...

What happens when you drunkenly bang some half idiot and they skeet some goop up into your bread barn, when you ain't got no job he works at Wendy's part time, and one of his stoned idiot tadpoles squirms his way inside of of your gin-soaked eggs? KILL, KILL, KILL! Joining us is the original baby slayer Justy Dodge! Get that tube of bleach ready, cause we're drownin' this fucker out. Subscribe to...

Welcome to a journey through the brain and times of Nick Vatterott, from growing up and learning to cope with OCD to getting abused by the St. Louis PD. If he wasn't funny he'd be a murderer. Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of The Brighter Side ad-free. Start a free trial now on Apple Podcasts or by visiting siriusxm.com/podcastsplus . Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz com...

Tis the season. Hurricane Season. Are you prepared? Where are you gonna be when the computers don't work. Always remember: after a hurricane, chaos reigns. Joining the Brighter Side this week is anthropologist Luisa Diez and creator of the HeartGov app Asher Novek. Only the strong survive! Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of The Brighter Side ad-free. Start a free trial no...

OK, there's a 25 year old marriage and things aren't what they used to be. He cheates on her with one of his students so she bangs his brother. Long story short, the brother walks in on it, murders her and his brother and flees to Guatemala. Someone's gotta clean this mess up. This week The Brighter Side is talking crime scene cleanup with ex-Baltimore cleanup expert Lupe Rodriquez. Also joining u...

Amber, Seena & Ed are determined to make the name and model of their mean shit, but Hell we sure gonna give it a shot. They bring in therapist Ansley March, comedian Neil Constantine, and 3 Time Roundtabler of the Year: Michael Che. Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of The Brighter Side ad-free. Start a free trial now on Apple Podcasts or by visiting siriusxm.com/podcas...

There comes moments of your life that you need to set free some human juice. And yeah, sure, that moment in your life might happen every day. This week we're talking masturbation with expert and host of This Week in Jackin', Chris Laker, director Adam Wirtz, and comedian Chrissie Mayr. You do you baby. Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of The Brighter Side ad-free. Start a...

You gotta feed that monkey. Sometimes though that monkey gets fed way too much and it starts stealing money from everyone it knows just to tie one off. But then maybe one day that monkey wakes up and he's sleeping on cardboard and cleans up its act and trades in all it's needles for bananas and rejoins the monkey village. We're talking addiction and recovery with Taylor Ketchum. Subscribe to Siriu...

It's 3 am, you're piss drunk and if you get in the subway you won't get home till 4:30 if you're lucky. You're doomed. Who's going to be your stinky foreign night in piss-colored armor? That's right: a blatantly racist cabbie. Former cab driver and current comedian Trey Galyon joins the crew. Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of The Brighter Side ad-free. Start a free trial...

Come on baby, Daddy needs a new pair of shoes and daughter needs a backpack and wife needs a new round of birth control so daughter doesn't get another new sister. Aaaaand 7 is crap. You lose sir. Your family will never forgive you. But, you can have a free drink if you can find the waitress. This week on The Brighter Side, we talk gambling with Ben Kissel and Anton Shuford. Beat the spread baby....

Sometimes doodoo rocks come when you're not at home. Sometimes those doodoo rocks ain't gonna wait for your cute little footsies to be on that nice light blue fluffy rug you got by your toilet. Then you must do the unthinkable, crap at a Wendy's. Well, hey, it's better than having shit in your pants. Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of The Brighter Side ad-free. Start a fr...

Come one, come all to the beautiful and illustrious 9/11 Memorial and Museum. Watch as your memories become nightmares in front of your very eyes, all for $25, a Coke, and a smile. We went, we cried, we we got the hard truth. No guests, just Amber, Ed, Seena and Sam. We didn't want to put anyone else through it. Go to the gift shop. Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of The...

Everyone likes sex but not everyone likes it weird. But sometimes you have to to keep that juju rock hard. So get a nurse's outfit and take a leak on the man you love the earth cause we gotta keep the earth populated. Joining Amber, Seena, and Ed is Abigoliah Shamaun, Mr. Pastrami, and some hot chicks and see what butts taste like. Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of The B...

Big Boy and Andre 3000 sit down with The Brighter Side this week. Cause we're talking about Outcasts. We're so happy we got them! Such a treat to meet these fine gentlemen. ATL 4 Life! Just kidding it's Holden McNeely and Ross Parsons. Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of The Brighter Side ad-free. Start a free trial now on Apple Podcasts or by visiting siriusxm.com/podcast...

Bang bang! Pow! Booya! In a time when guns are held under a microscope, someone's gotta stick up for them. Get it? Stick up? This week, Amber, Ed, and Seena welcome Mike Recine and Jordan Temple to come in and speak about firearms, just to prove that we ain't ever gonna learn our lesson. Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of The Brighter Side ad-free. Start a free trial now...

Good ole boys, rednecks, trashy gentlemen, honkies, and crackers. Sure they're stupid and aggravating but boy oh boy are they fun to watch hurt themselves. This week Amber, Ed, and Seena talk about rednecks with photographer to the stars Mindy Tucker and New Orleans' own Sean Patton. Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of The Brighter Side ad-free. Start a free trial now on A...

So you're an 18 year old blonde bombshell from Montana, you move to LA to become a star, and in that process you realize you can't really act or read. So you shoot some pornos and get some cash. Is that really worse than being a stripper in Billings? This week Amber, Ed, and Seena take on the Brighter Side of porn. Joining us are two pros: Mitch Enwood and Rusty Ford. NSFW baby! Subscribe to Siriu...

Drugs. Who needs 'em? Most of us. The Brighter Side gives you a look into their lives with drugs and how to enjoy them without becoming that junkie who hits his mother and takes her last $12 that she was gonna use for crack herself. Marcus Parks and Ben Kissel are sitting in. Free yo mind. Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of The Brighter Side ad-free. Start a free trial no...

Ever sit on a big man's lap before? Everybody loves fat people, except themselves. We bring in two Ring Ding siblings to get down and dirty on all the joys of being fat. So grab a cheesesteak and some chocolate milk and set that tummy free! Also featuring Marcus Parks who are all sitting in for Seena and Amber because they were out exercising. Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episo...

This week our optimistic posse welcomes Jared Logan to talk about God. Is God real? Should people believe in it? And how much money does he have? All this and more with no direct answer on this episode of The Brighter Side. Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of The Brighter Side ad-free. Start a free trial now on Apple Podcasts or by visiting siriusxm.com/podcastsplus . Host...