The Ramblecast After Dark

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A messy late-night pop-culture hang.

The gist

The Ramblecast After Dark runs on the energy of friends talking past the agenda and somehow making that the agenda. Episodes drift from TV recommendations and movie ratings to rock memories, holiday trivia, childhood disappointments, live-chat heckling, and whatever joke survives the pileup.

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About The Ramblecast After Dark

The Ramblecast After Dark is a long-form hangout comedy show where the topic list matters less than the people bouncing off it. It rambles, and it knows it. A typical episode can open with a song attempt, a technical mishap, or someone realizing a regular voice is missing, then sprawl into whatever reference has the room laughing first. Music comes up often, especially old rock and pop memories, from earworms to concert memories, band confusion, and arguments about changing styles. TV talk is just as common. The panel compares sitcom ensembles, argues through ratings, recommends shows, and keeps circling back to the difference between a main character and the supporting cast that makes a show work. Games give the show a loose spine. The meme game, movie ratings, holiday categories, Santa actors, trilogies, villains, kids shows, robots, insects, and daily doubles all appear as prompts for banter as much as competition. Rules get challenged. Scores get remembered poorly. Someone usually needs the chat, and someone else usually claims the chat should stay quiet. That friction is part of the fun. Childhood nostalgia also turns into running material, especially when old toys, rentals, commercials, and educational oddities fail to live up to memory. The tone is warm but not tidy. Speakers interrupt, tease, correct themselves, forget names, freeze on camera, lose track of categories, and keep going. Live listeners, emails, patrons, and familiar names from the chat make the show feel like a clubhouse with recurring side commentary. The humor can be sharp, adult, and irreverent, but it is driven more by comfort than shock. It is best for listeners who enjoy a panel with shared history, flexible structure, and a willingness to spend a long time on a tangent because the tangent got funnier than the plan. The show’s charm is not precision. It is the accumulated rhythm of people who know exactly how to irritate each other and keep talking anyway.

Made for: For listeners who like panel comedy, nostalgic pop-culture chatter, and games that become arguments before they become answers. Best for people who enjoy familiar voices, loose structure, and banter that wanders without apology.

What sets it apart: Its structure is deliberately fragile: trivia boards, meme games, emails, songs, and live chat are mostly launchpads for side stories. The show stands apart by making the interruptions and memory lapses feel like the main event.

In their own words

Join Jack, Matt, Nick, Boston and (sometimes) Jay in this explicit version of Jay + Jack's Ramblecast. They chat about anything and everything. This is the old Married Man Show feed. These podcasts will remain on this feed for the time being for anyone who wants to go back through the archives.

Why you'd press play

One mangled song lyric later, you're debating Star Wars, 90s sitcoms, and terrible mail-order toys.

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  • a hangout where a homemade song parody can derail into an argument about the Beatles
  • company for comparing Star Wars with Top Gun: Maverick, then litigating an old sitcom romance
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Episodes

  1. 1

    Ep. 290 “Google Pastiche”

    ·1h 37m
  2. 2

    Ep. 3.25 "Fuji Envy"

    ·1h 27m
  3. 3

    Ep. 3.24 "Caught up in the Material World"

    ·2h 35m
  4. 4

    Ep. 3.23 "Parenthood 1989"

    ·2h 14m
  5. 5

    Ep. 3.22 "Sweet Pickles, My Kind of Dick"

    ·1h 49m
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    Ep. 3.21 "A Bro Job"

    ·2h 2m
  7. 7

    Ep. 269 “Starz is the RC Cola of Steaming”

    ·1h 25m
  8. 8

    Ep. 3.20 "Goes Up to Eleven"

    ·2h 1m
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    Ep. 3.19 "Jay Does the Meme Game"

    ·1h 23m
  10. 10

    Ep. 3.18 "Ole Missed Opportunity"

    ·1h 51m
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    Ep. 3.17 "Drunk & Druber"

    ·1h 48m
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    Ep. 3.16 "Little B"

    ·1h 55m
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    Ep. 3.15 "'The' Ramblecast"

    ·2h 9m
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    Ep. 3.14 "A Big Thumbs Up To You"

    ·1h 22m
  15. 15

    Ep. 3.13 "A Symphony of Trumpets"

    ·2h 10m
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    Ep. 312 "I Can't Dollar Your Mom"

    ·1h 58m
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    Ep. 311 "F*@king My Heart in the @ss"

    ·2h 1m
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    Ep. 310 "Dick Grieco"

    ·2h 13m
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    Ep. 309 "More Painful than Childbirth"

    ·1h 57m
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    Ep. 308 "I'm Captain Chow"

    ·2h 11m
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    Ep. 307 "Rules? In a Knife Fight?!"

    ·2h 7m
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    Ep. 306 "Tequila & Cheese"

    ·1h 43m
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    Ep. 305 "Memes in the Wild"

    ·1h 44m
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    Ep. 304 "The Pleasure Brothers"

    ·2h 8m
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    Ep. 303 “Heat Refrigerator"

    ·1h 59m
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    Ep. 302 “Who Names a Show 'Worms'?"

    ·1h 22m
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    Ep. 3010 “Lifeboat Vacuum ”

    ·2h 23m
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    Ep. 300 “See You Next Tuesday”

    ·1h 45m
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    Ep. 298 “Two Men and a Bidet”

    ·2h 1m
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    Ep. 297 “The Ramblecast is What You Need Tonight”

    ·1h 55m
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    Ep. 296 “Ramble-Tron”

    ·1h 58m
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    Ep. 295 “IMDB Babble”

    ·1h 29m
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    Ep. 294 “Ramblecast after the BBQ”

    ·1h 51m
  34. 34

    Ep. 293 “Jack is Pitt-iful”

    ·2h
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    Ep. 292 “Long ago…on a podcast far far away…”

    ·1h 57m
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    Ep. 291 “Japanese Meat Stick, 100,000 Served!”

    ·1h 48m
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    Ep. 3.26 "Unnecessary Epilogue"

    ·1h 55m
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    Ep. 289 “Jack on the Shoresy”

    ·2h 1m
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    Ep. 288 “Dustin Hoffman's Crotch”

    ·1h 28m
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    Ep. 287 “Elon Firebombed This Podcast”

    ·2h 12m
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    Ep. 286 “Milton Berle’s Wizard Wand”

    ·1h 41m
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    Ep. 284 “Cocaine For the Eyes”

    ·1h 43m
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    Ep. 283 “You had Me at Pussy”

    ·1h 59m
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    Ep. 282 “Dryer Sheets Don’t Cum in a Box”

    ·2h 3m
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    Ep. 281 “The Chiefs Are Killing Jack”

    ·2h 9m
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    Ep. 280 “It’s Okay, My Friend’s a Dodger’s Fan”

    ·1h 28m
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    Ep. 279 “F@&K SPRINKLES”

    ·2h
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    Ep. 278 “What Pretzel Is This?”

    ·1h 31m
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    Ep. 277 “The Stuff I Got in Alaska”

    ·2h
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    Ep. 276 “Young People Hours”

    ·1h 49m
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    Ep. 275 “The One About St. Denis”

    ·2h 13m
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    Ep. 274 “WOW”

    ·1h 57m
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    Ep. 273 “Nicsurrection”

    ·1h 5m
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    Ep. 272 “Uncle Milton’s Lever”

    ·1h 44m
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    Ep. 268 “Sofa King”

    ·1h 50m
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    Ep. 267 “Jack’s the Princess”

    ·1h 36m
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    Ep. 270 “Jack Cries Over a Volleyball”

    ·1h 52m
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    Ep. 265 “Large Jackfelter”

    ·1h 4m
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    Ep. 264 “Duck Fat Cornflakes”

    ·1h 43m
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    Ep. 263 “There's no porn in my business model!”

    ·2h 1m
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    Ep. 262 “Do the Humpty Dance”

    ·1h 59m
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    Ep. 261 “Jack Doesn’t Do Reading”

    ·2h 1m
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    Ep. 260 “Fan F-king Tactular!”

    ·1h 34m
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    Ep. 259 “Fisher Steven's Neck”

    ·1h 39m
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    Ep. 258: “Colonoscopy Sketch Artist”

    ·2h 5m
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    Ep. 257: "Impotent Pine Tree"

    ·2h 17m
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    Ep. 256: "Jeb Bush Joins the Chat"

    ·1h 36m
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    Ep. 255: "That's What Your Wax Smells Like?"

    ·2h 10m
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    Ep. 254: "Dick Down in Kuala Lumpur"

    ·1h 43m
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    Ep. 253: "You Gotta Keep the Ginger!"

    ·1h 4m
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    Ep. 252: "The One About The Sitcoms"

    ·1h 49m
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    Ep. 251: "Like It's 1999"

    ·1h 21m
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    Ep. 250: "Tunic on the Cock"

    ·1h 45m
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    Ep. 249: "Twilight of the Dicks"

    ·2h
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    Ep. 248: "Jay Pegged Me"

    ·1h 5m
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    Ep. 247: "That’s Every Marriage, Jack"

    ·1h 51m
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    Ep. 246: "BJs and the Bear"

    ·1h 51m
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    Ep. 245: "This Man Has No Dick"

    ·1h 26m
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    Ep. 244: "Look Away Little Girl"

    ·1h 55m
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    Ep. 243: "The Greatest Ever"

    ·1h 1m
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    Ep. 242: "I'm Not Doing That"

    ·1h 33m
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    Ep. 241: "It Smells Like Cake"

    ·1h 44m
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    Ep. 240: "If you’re not listening, I don’t care"

    ·1h 51m
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    Ep. 239: "All About that Bass"

    ·1h 51m
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    Ep. 238: "I Dig a Pygmy by Charles Hawtrey & the Deaf Aids"

    ·1h 55m
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    Ep. 237: "Red Banana"

    ·1h 48m
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    Ep. 236: "The Ultimate Star Wars Fantasy"

    ·1h 52m
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    Ep. 235: "Roast Beef Threeway"

    ·1h 38m
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    Ep. 234: "Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy"

    ·1h 54m
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    Ep. 232: "Merry Christmas, We Hate You."

    ·1h 29m
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    Ep. 231: "Where’s Easy Vein and the Law Man?"

    ·2h 2m
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    Ep. 230: "What’s up with Jack and Nazis?"

    ·1h 44m
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    Ep. 229: "Chris Hugs Old Man at Patriots Game!"

    ·1h 31m
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    Ep. 227: "I Got A Rock"

    ·2h 11m
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    Ep. 233: "Happy Birthday, Nick!"

    ·1h 46m
  96. 96

    Ep. 266 “The Batman with Nipples”

    A comedic ramble about music, Batman, and personal anecdotes.

    ·1h 42m
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    Ep. 299 “Half Goosed”

    Four friends reminisce about childhood pizza experiences and debate the fashion of a tablecloth shirt.

    ·1h 58m
  98. 98

    Ep. 271 “That's my fine china, bitch!”

    The hosts discuss the Netflix show 'Nobody Wants This' and their personal viewing experiences.

    ·1h 29m
  99. 99

    Ep. 228: "Jack Pays for the Cock"

    The Ramblecast After Dark crew discusses the Beatles' final song 'Now and Then', made possible by AI technology from Peter Jackson.

    ·1h 58m·5 clips
  100. 100

    Ep. 285 “I Just Lit the Damn Thing”

    Jack and Chris host Ramblecast After Dark without Nick, starting with technical glitches and jokes about old platforms like TalkShoe.

    ·1h 6m·5 clips
  101. 101

    Ep. 3.28 "I Can’t Hear You"

    Apr 18, 2026·2h 12m
  102. 102

    Ep. 3.27 "Thanks Carol"

    Apr 13, 2026·2h 11m
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    Ep. 3.26 "Unnecessary Epilogue"

    Hidden gem

    ["Chris says Jackson's ADHD medication started at a quarter tablet and is now being adjusted to a half after about two months.", "The panel uses YouTube Kids, Mark Rober, How It's Made, and Mighty Machines to show how kids pick up loud or educational viewing habits.", "Chris then links nightly drinking in food service to self-medication, while the group argues over prohibition, trauma, and marijuana stigma.", "The episode ends with ratings and memory tests around Shorzy, Newsroom, Sports Night, Wings, and Nine to Five, plus alternate lyrics and Boyz II Men jokes."]

    Mar 22, 2026·1h 55m·5 clips
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    Ep. 3.25 "Fuji Envy"

    ["The Ramblecast After Dark episode Fuji Envy opens with a Mount Fuji story about missing the base after a nine-hour van ride.", "The conversation then pivots to Project Hail Mary, with Ray Porter, a March 20 movie release, and a Lego Hail Mary ship all becoming part of the same recommendation pitch.", "Later segments move through a sweaty Vision Pro Fruit Ninja session, an F1 movie discussion on Apple TV, and a long argument about immersive sports viewing and automated officiating.", "The episode closes with a TV run that touches Paradise, Shrinking, Monarch, The Paper, and The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins, then ends on a parking debate about backing in versus pulling through."]

    Mar 7, 2026·1h 27m·5 clips
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    Ep. 3.24 "Caught up in the Material World"

    Mar 2, 2026·2h 35m
  106. 106

    Ep. 3.23 "Parenthood 1989"

    Feb 13, 2026·2h 14m
  107. 107

    Ep. 3.22 "Sweet Pickles, My Kind of Dick"

    Hidden gem

    The Ramblecast After Dark spends most of this episode on Matt, Jack, and Chris trading Lego collecting stories, sick-day jokes, and 1980s nostalgia.

    Feb 7, 2026·1h 49m·5 clips
  108. 108

    Ep. 3.21 "A Bro Job"

    Jan 31, 2026·2h 2m
  109. 109

    Ep. 3.20 "Goes Up to Eleven"

    Jan 23, 2026·2h 1m
  110. 110

    Ep. 3.19 "Jay Does the Meme Game"

    Jack and Jay host a casual episode of the Ramblecast After Dark, discussing the movie Stripes and playing a meme game.

    Jan 18, 2026·1h 23m
  111. 111

    Ep. 3.18 "Ole Missed Opportunity"

    A podcast host plays a childhood song on ukulele while dealing with technical difficulties and banter with co-host Jack.

    Jan 9, 2026·1h 51m
  112. 112

    Ep. 3.17 "Drunk & Druber"

    Three hosts — Chris, Nick, and Jack — record a holiday episode of the Ramblecast After Dark with Nick live by candlelight due to a power outage, discussing Lego lighting kits (Chris reveals his Disney ship set and the USB power bank workaround for keeping LEDs on), Cape Cod Polar Express train rides, Universal Studios nostalgia, and a Cheers rewatch update.

    Dec 22, 2025·1h 48m·5 clips
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    Ep. 3.16 "Little B"

    Three hosts — Chris, Nick, and Jack — spend the first hour of this episode debating the death of big-screen comedy, revisiting Die Hard's cultural legacy, and recommending recent television.

    Dec 12, 2025·1h 55m·5 clips
  114. 114

    Ep. 3.15 "'The' Ramblecast"

    Dec 5, 2025·2h 9m
  115. 115

    Ep. 3.14 "A Big Thumbs Up To You"

    Nov 17, 2025·1h 22m
  116. 116

    Ep. 3.13 "A Symphony of Trumpets"

    Nov 16, 2025·2h 10m
  117. 117

    Ep. 312 "I Can't Dollar Your Mom"

    Oct 26, 2025·1h 58m
  118. 118

    Ep. 311 "F*@king My Heart in the @ss"

    Oct 18, 2025·2h 1m
  119. 119

    Ep. 310 "Dick Grieco"

    Oct 11, 2025·2h 13m
  120. 120

    Ep. 309 "More Painful than Childbirth"

    Oct 5, 2025·1h 57m
  121. 121

    Ep. 308 "I'm Captain Chow"

    Sep 26, 2025·2h 11m
  122. 122

    Ep. 307 "Rules? In a Knife Fight?!"

    Sep 20, 2025·2h 7m
  123. 123

    Ep. 306 "Tequila & Cheese"

    Sep 13, 2025·1h 43m
  124. 124

    Ep. 305 "Memes in the Wild"

    Sep 6, 2025·1h 44m
  125. 125

    Ep. 304 "The Pleasure Brothers"

    Aug 30, 2025·2h 8m
  126. 126

    Ep. 303 “Heat Refrigerator"

    Aug 17, 2025·1h 59m
  127. 127

    Ep. 302 “Who Names a Show 'Worms'?"

    Aug 9, 2025·1h 22m
  128. 128

    Ep. 3010 “Lifeboat Vacuum ”

    Aug 2, 2025·2h 23m
  129. 129

    Ep. 300 “See You Next Tuesday”

    Jul 20, 2025·1h 45m
  130. 130

    Ep. 299 “Half Goosed”

    Jul 11, 2025·1h 58m
  131. 131

    Ep. 298 “Two Men and a Bidet”

    Jul 3, 2025·2h 1m
  132. 132

    Ep. 297 “The Ramblecast is What You Need Tonight”

    Jun 13, 2025·1h 55m
  133. 133

    Ep. 296 “Ramble-Tron”

    Jun 7, 2025·1h 58m
  134. 134

    Ep. 295 “IMDB Babble”

    May 30, 2025·1h 29m
  135. 135

    Ep. 294 “Ramblecast after the BBQ”

    May 21, 2025·1h 51m
  136. 136

    Ep. 293 “Jack is Pitt-iful”

    May 11, 2025·2h
  137. 137

    Ep. 292 “Long ago…on a podcast far far away…”

    May 5, 2025·1h 57m
  138. 138

    Ep. 291 “Japanese Meat Stick, 100,000 Served!”

    Apr 26, 2025·1h 48m
  139. 139

    Ep. 290 “Google Pastiche”

    Apr 21, 2025·1h 37m
  140. 140

    Ep. 289 “Jack on the Shoresy”

    Apr 4, 2025·2h 1m
  141. 141

    Ep. 288 “Dustin Hoffman's Crotch”

    The hosts discuss Dustin Hoffman's crotch and Nick's trip to Dallas to recreate the JFK assassination.

    Mar 29, 2025·1h 28m
  142. 142

    Ep. 287 “Elon Firebombed This Podcast”

    Mar 23, 2025·2h 12m
  143. 143

    Ep. 286 “Milton Berle’s Wizard Wand”

    Mar 16, 2025·1h 41m
  144. 144

    Ep. 285 “I Just Lit the Damn Thing”

    Jack and Chris discuss the unreliability of old communication platforms like TalkShoe and Skype.

    Mar 13, 2025·1h 6m
  145. 145

    Ep. 284 “Cocaine For the Eyes”

    Feb 24, 2025·1h 43m
  146. 146

    Ep. 283 “You had Me at Pussy”

    Feb 14, 2025·1h 59m
  147. 147

    Ep. 282 “Dryer Sheets Don’t Cum in a Box”

    Feb 9, 2025·2h 3m
  148. 148

    Ep. 281 “The Chiefs Are Killing Jack”

    Feb 1, 2025·2h 9m
  149. 149

    Ep. 280 “It’s Okay, My Friend’s a Dodger’s Fan”

    Jan 17, 2025·1h 28m
  150. 150

    Ep. 279 “F@&K SPRINKLES”

    Jan 12, 2025·2h