The Rise Guys After Hours Podcast

How do people waste money? What do people consider a waste of money? Finally, a topic we are experts in!

Nine didn't start out with a goal of watching 100 horror movies in a month, but he thinks he might do it. What has he been watching so far? Will he get to 100 by Halloween? Some classics, some weird stuff, and some movies he can't remember watching 3 days ago. We love us some Halloween around here

After two weeks of going over all 50 states, we finally give you our top & bottom states and there was a major disagreement. Then we talked about Paul Reubens and realized we both really love Pee-Wee Herman. Finally, we realized how much and how little we know about cousins, and what in the hell is a first cousin once removed? 

The exciting conclusion as we go through all 50 states from A-Z! 

Have we visited all 50 states? No! But that won't stop us from ranking and reviewing them.

What's the most southern food? The most southern President? The most southern superhero? We covered all those and a whole lot more!  

Someone asked us about our hobbies outside of work, so we talked about all the stuff we do to occupy all our free time. Are we interesting or are we boring? And we dealt with an existential crisis along the way!

We were lucky enough to have CM Punk live in our studio during the peak of his WWE run back in 2012! It did not go well. We talked about it in more detail than ever!  Then we talked about the staples on every bar menu in America! 

Where do we see ourselves in 20 years? Our worst relationships? Those answers and a whole lot more!

This is a follow-up from an episode from 6 months ago, but now we have some data about which animals Americans and Britons believe they could beat in a fight! From rats to gorillas to grizzly bears! 

We both watched the Woodstock 99 documentary on HBO Max over the weekend and it inspired us to take a look at that show, similar events in our lives, and how much the world around us has changed since the wild ass 90's.

Our best/worst drunk stories! Turns out, we used to raise some hell. And we were occasionally what you might call a drunken mess!

We both grew up loving the Weekly World News and Nine owns a painting of Bat Boy. That's where we jumped in but we wound up wondering if the internet really made us smarter like we all thought it would. 

The stories in this episode are some of our most embarrassing moments. That's really all you need to know. What did Matt's dad see through the window? Maybe you've heard us hint around about the story of Nine and his cat, but this podcast gives you the whole story in way more detail than you ever wanted to know. 

It does happen to be National Fudge Day, but we didn't know that when we had this conversation. For the first time, you get the full story of Nine's incident in a fast food restaurant in Richmond, VA. It's a legendary Rise Guys story, but we could never go into such detail on the regular show. It's more summertime themed fun on this week's After Hours! 

Nine started off this week talking about what it would be like if all the grown ups got a summer vacation just like the kids in school. Mattman and Nine shared a lot of memories of running wild & free all summer as kids. Not the family trip to the beach or the mountains, but the every day nonsense kids got into when there was no school for almost 3 months!

This week, Nine and Mattman started discussing pop culture's affinity for the south and why it changed sometime in the 1960s or 1970s. What happened?! That's just the tip of the iceberg!

Who would win in a fight? Stallone or Schwarzenegger? What about a presidential battle royal? Chuck Norris Vs Jean-Claude Van Damme and Steven Seagal at the same time?! Tom Brady Vs Derek Jeter? Mattman Vs Jeremy Clements?! And more!

What are Bingo Wings? Nine just found out, so he had to tell Mattman. That's sent us down rabbit holes of bingo, video poker, and the human body! Would you rather look like 5lbs in a 10lb bag or would you prefer to look like 10lbs in a 5lb bag?

Like an episode of Seinfeld, we aren't positive what this week's episode is about but it's pretty funny!  Mattman wanted to blow Nine's mind with some interesting and little-known facts. How'd it go? 

What is cool? Who is cool? What makes someone cool? Is anyone actually cool?!

This episode is all about food! Foods we love, foods we hate, and one food that is supposed to be a southern delicacy, but he's never tried it or even seen it served in person. 

We grew up during the height of the War on Drugs and the Just Say No movement, so we're looking back on what that was like and how things have changed since we were kids in the 80's & 90's.  

It's happened before and it did a lot of damage in 1859. If it happened today, it could be catastrophic! 

It's Wrestlemania week! For one week only, Mattman and Nine are talking about some rasslin and the history of 36 annual Wrestlemanias!