Bret Demmen & Owen Wyatt-Riley

Wet Bench

Comedy EN ↓ 11 episodes

Join Bret & Owen, the most neurodivergent gay couple you've ever met, as they struggle to stay on a different topic each week. We might not know what we're doing, but neither do you, so come take a seat with us at the Wet Bench and we can talk it out together. There's joy to be found, and we'd love you to be there when we find it. Celebrate Wet Bench Wednesdays with us! (We post on Wednesdays, basically) See you soon, Bret and Owen ~ xoxo Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Bret Demmen & Owen Wyatt-Riley

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#11 Season One Finale! Interview with Monster High Creator, Garrett Sander, Part Two (ft Discussing Fantasy Mattel Creations Dolls We Want, Three Queers Sharing an Obsession over Buffy, and A Peek at Garrett's new Project!) 15.08.2024 1:08:16

Hey Stinks! Thank you sitting with us (for the last time for season one!) on the Wet Bench! It's the ELEVENTH Episode! Thank you again to Garrett for talking monster high with us, we had an incredibly time with him and hopefully our path will cross again in the future. This episode, we talk more about the Monster High influences as Owen goes in depth on what Monster High means to him as Garrett sh...

#10 Interview with Monster High Creator, Garrett Sander, Part One (ft A Detailed Breakdown of the Toy Creation Process, The Struggle to Incorporate LGBTQ Themes into Children's Content, and the Frustration of Being a Creative in Big Corporate America) 14.08.2024 57:26

Hey Stinks! Thank you for sitting with us at the Wet Bench! This is a very special episode. Not only is it our first ever interview, it's none other than Owen's childhood hero, Garrett Sander! Together, the three of us uncover the creation process behind a multi-media franchise like Monster High and Garrett offers a brand-new perspective into the creative process and shares his views on what Monst...

#9 Professor Owen's Introductory Lesson to Monster High (ft Frustration and Disappointment at the Misogyny Present in Girl's Toys, Ranting about Straight People Again, and an Update about the Future of the Podcast (It's Good (Mostly))) 31.07.2024 1:41:36

Hey Stinks! Thank you for sitting with us at the Wet Bench! It's the ninth episode! Somehow! We're pretty tired. This episode is very close to Owen's heart as he formally introduces you guys to Monster High, to his collection, and why it means so much to him. Touched upon as well we have to unpack how frustrated Damla was to hear the Taylor Swift slander on the pod, as well as several example of w...

#8 A Needlessly Thorough Critical Analysis of the Trolls Movies (ft Bret Talking About Experiencing Fun for the First Time, Owen's Memory of Glee Getting Tested and ~ FINALLY ~ Someone Wearing a Wig) 24.07.2024 1:17:17

Hey Stinks! Thanks for sitting with us at the Wet Bench! It's the eigth episode! Tune in once again for possibly our most chaotic half-and-a-bit yet. The subject WAS guilty pleasure movies. We don't know why we even bother trying to have topics for discussion anymore. We just are not that podcast. BUT, it's a good one! We fully dissect the Trolls movies and why Owen appreciates them so much and wh...

#7 This Was Supposed to be about Our Gig Experiences; It's Not (Ft Bret's Confounded and Recurring Hatred for Katy Perry's New Song, A Solid Two Minutes of Battenburg Cake Appreciation and Nostalgia for Tati Westbrook's Masterpeice "BYE SISTER") 17.07.2024 1:20:16

Hey Stinks! Thank you for sitting with us at the Wet Bench! It's the seventh episode! After out impromptu mid-season break (Bret was ill) Wet Bench is BACK with a new episode! This week, join Bret and Owen as they struggle more than ever to remain on topic. As the title suggests, the two were MEANT to discuss live music experiences. They do, for a little bit, somewhere in the middle. Most of the e...

#6 Things We Hate (Part Two) (Sleepytime Edition) (Ft Spoilers for the Scream Movies, Distain for Family Vloggers and a Full on Fist Fight) 03.07.2024 59:45

Hey Stinks! Thank you for sitting with us at the Wet Bench! It's the sixth episode! Now that Pride month is over (thank GOD) we're sitting once again on the hate train for another negatively charged dose of things we hate. This time, both Owen and Bret express concern concerning family vloggers and the lasting impact on children, Owen reveals how upset he is with internet Doms who don't seem to wa...

#5 Bumper Pride Episode! (ft the Answerless Question of Kink at Pride, Bret's Epiphany as to Why he Struggles with Pride, and a Brief but Impactful Fascination with the Tyra Banks Show) 26.06.2024 1:27:52

Hey Stinks! It's the fifth episode! Join Bret & Owen on the Wet Bench YET AGAIN as they delve into the commercialised and sometimees difficult yet overall wonderful world of Pride Events. Thoroughly, the two gay's dicuss their experiences and perspectives regarding Pride events, including an epiphany from Bret, many story's from Owen, and a deep dive into the question of kink and pride, includ...

#4 Things We Hate (Part One) (ft Owen Tormenting Poor Pedestrians, Lambasting Straight Men for their Weaponized Incompetence, and Bret's Unbridled Hatred of Food Instagrammers) 19.06.2024 1:00:14

Hi, we’re Bret & Owen! Thank you for sitting on our Wet Bench! It's the fourth episode! Today we're taking a deep dive into things we hate and discussing (and occasionally defending) why we dislike them so. Learn exactly why Owen hates performative gender acceptance from straight men, or why Bret hates food bloggers, and why both of us (and probably you as well) find it impossible to understan...

#3 Introducing Owen, At Some Point (ft Everyone's Frustration with the Gender Binary, A Passion for Trans Rights and Explaining Why Heartstopper is Great, Actually) 12.06.2024 1:12:38

Hi, we’re Bret & Owen! Thank you for sitting on our Wet Bench! It's the third episode! We're STILL trying to help you get to know us this time; this is the final part to our three-part opener! Take a seat as we take a journey to get to know the only other one of our co-hosts, the northern fruit himself, Owen! Learn about his passion for Ariana Grande's music and how communities ruin fandom, ga...

#2 Introducing Bret, Sort Of (ft an Idiot's Guide to the UK Student Loans System, Ruminations Upon Video Game Mechanics and Brets History of Ruining Hobbies for Himself) 05.06.2024 45:19

Hi, We’re Bret & Owen! Thank you for sitting on our Wet Bench! It's the second episode! We're actually trying to help you get to know us this time. Take a seat as we take a journey to get to know one of our co-hosts, the short king himself, Bret. Learn all about his unique education journey, his thoughts on self-identifying with internet counter-cultures and hear the details of the embarassing...

#1 What Are Podcast, Anyway? (ft a Discussion Concerning Emma Chamberlain, A Lack of Introductions, and Two Terrible Pop Culture Memory Banks) 29.05.2024 44:26

Hi, We’re Bret & Owen! Thank you for sitting on our Wet Bench! It’s the first episode! Here we are! Thank you for joining us on this journey so far, it’s been amazing to work on this together and has been a wonderful little project for us as a couple. Though we set out to introduce ourselves, that did not happen. Instead, we discussed literally anything else. Hope you like it!  Though thi...