The Bucket Boys Podcast

Episode 71: Runaway

This week turns into a long, winding debate about adulthood, responsibility, and the very real urge to disappear for a few days without explaining yourself. We talk surviving ice storms, power grid scare emails, snow that refuses to melt, and learning way too much about all-wheel drive versus four-wheel drive. From homemade marshmallow experiments and birthday gifts gone right to childhood dream jobs, restaurant fantasies, bagel debates, and whether cats or dogs are actually smarter, the bucket pulls us through nostalgia, petty arguments, and surprisingly honest moments. We wrap it all up by normalizing the idea that every adult deserves one fully sanctioned “runaway week” every few years.
 
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Episode 70: Tangled

This week goes completely off the rails as we bounce between nostalgia regrets, physical media we should’ve never gotten rid of, and the strange comfort of owning things you don’t actually use. We spiral into ride anxiety, theme park logic, why some attractions feel riskier than advertised, and how adulthood turns fun into a series of internal negotiations. Along the way we unpack car trouble paranoia, sibling interruptions, voice-to-text chaos, everyday annoyances that snowball into full conversations, and the realization that most problems start small and get worse when you talk about them too long.
 
Nonstop detours and a lot of confident opinions about things that truly don’t matter. Classic Bucket Boys.
 
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Episode 69: Receipts

This week spirals out of a simple inconvenience and turns into a full breakdown of modern life. We get into rental car confusion, mileage anxiety, customer service limbo, and the quiet rage of being told to “just check back later.” From gas station etiquette and receipt judgment to pizza arguments, tired jokes everyone thinks they invented, and phrases that should’ve been retired years ago, we unpack how small interactions somehow carry way too much emotional weight.
 
Petty frustrations, accidental lessons, and a lot of thinking about things that truly don’t matter. Classic Bucket Boys.
 
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Episode 68: Tangents

This week starts with big football emotions and quickly veers into a full spiral of pizza philosophy, relationship timelines, and why cheese might be the most honest order you can make. We debate toppings people pretend to hate, trendy opinions that don’t hold up under pressure, and how certain arguments refuse to die no matter how many times we revisit them. From awkward dating math and high-school logic to adulthood realizations that hit way later than they should, the bucket keeps pulling us in every direction.
 
Things get weirder as we unpack college paths, night classes, scholarships that almost happened, community college confidence, and the strange pride that comes with finishing anything at all. We also wander into style eras that should have stuck around, trends we’re glad disappeared, nostalgia traps, parenting thoughts we’re not ready for, and the chaos of having opinions before fully thinking them through.
 
Loose structure, long tangents, and way too many confident takes. Classic Bucket Boys.
 
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Episode 67: Checkout

This week spirals fast as we debate the chaos of self-checkout culture, receipt checks, and why stores insist on making customers do the job while pretending it’s a convenience.
 
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Episode 66: Detours

This week kicks off with big news as we finally drop merch, immediately lose focus, and spiral into a weekend that was supposed to be brunch and somehow turned into a full National Harbor takeover.
 
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Episode 65: New Year's Eve

It’s New Year’s Eve and the final episode of the season, so naturally we lose a toy immediately, crack celebratory Banquets, and stumble into way more reflection than planned. We talk screen-free flights, anxiety spirals at 30, middle-seat misery, rough landings, airport behavior, and why some people treat public spaces like their living room. From New Year’s resolutions we absolutely won’t keep to personal growth, skateboarding goals, pull-up delusion, karma point systems, and the comedy math behind who really wins an argument, this one feels like an end-of-year recap disguised as a hangout. We wrap it up with life goals, dumb hypotheticals, freestyle insecurity, law-student comedy crowds, and a very serious debate about crispy vs. chewy.
 
End-of-year chaos, honest laughs, and zero follow-through. Classic Bucket Boys.
 
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Episode 64: Christmas Eve

It’s Christmas Eve and we’re faking the holiday spirit just enough to get through the night. We debate Santa running late, Mrs. Claus’ first name, naughty vs. nice lists, flight logs, Real ID paranoia, and whether anyone should ever be on any list. We do a full in-studio gift exchange, accidentally nail the perfect presents, and unpack why Christmas hits different as an adult. From White Elephant strategy and terrible gift-opening etiquette to Wawa supremacy, two-cup fountain drink science, holiday food debates, family traditions, in-law chaos, and proposing on Christmas Eve, this one is equal parts wholesome, unhinged, and aggressively festive.
 
Holiday chaos, real laughs, and zero cheer requirements. Classic Bucket Boys Christmas Eve.
 
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Episode 63: Hangovers w/ Isaac Ignacio Bennett

This week we’re joined once again by Isaac as we spiral through hangover cures, friendship betrayals, and why dancing in the kitchen at 4 a.m. might actually be a spiritual experience. We try Japan’s minus-1.96 seltzers, roast bad bar chains, debate mashed versus baked potatoes, and argue about what truly defines a dive bar. Isaac walks us through Skankfest chaos, Ferris-wheel propositions, hotel-room interviews gone wrong, and being accidentally identified as “that gay guy who gives fashion advice.” We also get into anime kids, gym-class trauma, terrible tapes, comic jealousy, body-image delusion, and whether jackets swaps should count as foreplay.
Unfiltered stories, fast chaos, and three men solving nothing. Classic Episode 63.
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Episode 62: Sandwiches

This week we go deep on leftover Thanksgiving sandwiches—what belongs, what ruins everything, and why cranberry sauce continues to divide the nation. From deviled-egg engineering to brioche-bun diplomacy, we take holiday food way too seriously before spiraling into New York trip stories, comedy cellar anxiety, Philly cheesesteak egg rolls, and the logistics of splitting an $5,800 Village apartment eight ways. We hit late-night pizza culture, seedless fruit supremacy, cartoon moms with absurd cake, animated-show rankings, Vine nostalgia, and which comedian wins in a Norm vs. Farley showdown.
 
Unfiltered chaos, very strong food opinions, and absolutely no qualifications. Classic Episode 62.
 
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