Chubstep

While Steed is visiting his long lost son in Korea, friend of the show and tattoo owner Nava joins Jrad to talk everything tattoo in this week's Chubstep. The guys cover Jrad's infant glasses, putting on Chubstep at the tattoo parlor, the first tattoo on record 5000 years ago, the positive and negative connotation of tattoos, from peasants and criminals to royalty, tattoo fads from the 1700's to present day, having every inch of your body covered, Rasheed Wallace's tattoo legal battle, rotisserie chicken ink, crimes getting solved from body art, permanently coloring your eyes, Steed's tattoo bet that he still owes, and automated machine tattooing.

Steed and Jrad disagreed on a topic this week which led to the combination of multiple aka this sexiest paper vs cardboard episode of Chubstep. The guys start with how to make having a couch cool, and Jrad getting paid back from the government 15 years after he was robbed at gunpoint. For the main topics Jrad starts with women modeling cardboard, the sexiest papers you never knew you needed, fetishes that should get people automatically locked up like enjoying being in wet clothes, why cardboard has been around for 4000 years, and why cardboard is Sylvester Stallone and vellum paper is Chappell Roan.

In this week's Chubstep Steed and Jrad start with losing weight now that eggnog season is over, drinking a suspect cocktail at a bar, the worst kind of lettuce, and brainstorming a scam involving returning glass milk bottles to the grocery store before getting into the main topic, survival foods. The two cover surviving on ice cream cones only, the limit of what foods they would eat to survive, stories of extreme survival off odd foods like leathers boots and planting seeds vs eating them, salting, and the three foods they would want to survive on forever

It's a crossover episode! Comedian Mickey at ‪‪@OhItsGoing‬ joins this week to talk the most annoying TV characters, share their gripes: like the Bills ref's, Jrad's wife smashing things on his car seat, and why its offensive to Italians to say red sauce and pasta is not dinner, and of course a game of BLIND RANK.

Chubstep favorite Rosalee returns to the pod to talk men's fashion in this week's Chubstep. Steed, Jrad, and Rosalee start with broaches for men, overly large bowties, how to stand out without being at the level of Lil Nas X, getting the right fit for the size and theme, why Steed can't go full bald, attitude t shirts, gen z white socks, if anyone can pull off a formal vest, hats vs balding, stolen valor with Carhartt, a segment of "bring it back or girl that's wack" with tails on a tux, blackened teeth, tudor collars, and more. Finally the three cover fashion icks and how to keep it simple.

Steed and Jrad are back while JC and Santa are gone in this resolution focused Chubstep. The guys start with Steed's newest heroic act where he resuscitated a man, and Jrad's car breaking down on his Christmas drive before getting into the main topic. The guys start with why the New Year is on January 1st and hows that's changed over time, the unlikely religious connection to January 1st, a 10 month calendar, the timing of when resolutions fail, historical figures resolutions they couldn't keep, virtue signaling with resolutions, corporate and political promises they have no plan of keeping, and how finding someone worse off than you is the perfect solution.

Santa has something to tell Chubstep that is the biggest piece of Christmas news the world has seen in the last 2000 years in this hard hitting interview episode featuring Santa Claus, Jesus, and Big Money Banks. First Steed, Jrad and Big Money banks discuss the extremely expensive premium subscription of Chubstep Extra, and Jrad shaming a fellow traveler who stood up in the aisle on a flight to Cancun. Next Santa joins Jrad and Big Money Banks to break his news on a religious transformation and how that's leading to a long deserved break in the Bahamas, elves revolting, Jesus stepping in for Santa at the North Pole, Santa competing in Mr. Olympia, why the late Mrs.Claus was the perfect wife, and what Santa wants as a gift

A Chubstep special from The Christmas Bro's for all the listeners...It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas

In this filler Chubstep episode Steed and Jrad catch up after their recent trip to Atlanta. The guys talk about seeing the Atlanta Falcons vs Seattle Seahawks live, crazy cheap concessions, breakdancing kids, using someone dying of thirst as an advantage in the game of Risk on a plane, drinking warm sink airport bathroom water, an Uber ride that deserved 1 star, and driverless cars getting stuck.

A recent series of events have led the Chubstep boys to ponder the world of greetings. Before they get to that the two start with why they didn't talk about Thanksgiving, Jrad playing football at Wrigley Field, and why Steed can't support local pizza. When it comes to greetings the guys cover handshakes vs hugs in a professional setting, bowing to show your weakness as a bald man, Steed being creeped out by the Euro kiss, handshakes in 'Chubistory', a disaster handshake between Ben Affleck and John Kerry, and the strangest greetings around the world.

Here's everything about snakes you didn't know was missing from your life told in the only way Chubstep knows how. Steed and Jrad start with a timely complaint about a show ending, and a sledding commercial that is not based in reality before getting to Snakes. The guys cover when snakes had legs, Steed's run in with a mole in his basement, almost stepping on a rattlesnake in The Badlands, if some snakes are incels, flying snakes, the type of people that make selling reptiles their living, a series of snake owners killed by their pets, snakes eating themselves, how the largest King Cobra ever was a victim of WWII, Snake on a Plane, and Anaconda.

Everyone has a name but Chubstep is here to help you understand the beginnings, wild stories, and restrictions of names throughout the world and time. The guys start with Jrad starting his eggnog journey early this year, why Steed needs the gun laws to change, why stealing a grocery store basket makes sense financially, and when themed parties pay off before getting to the main topic. Covering everything Names, the hosts go over if Steed would change his name, the food themed names of Steed's future kids, the dork who had the oldest recorded name, why we thank Trent that names were recorded, names that have been restricted through time, which family names are more powerful between Steed and Jrad, why its hard to track names, the meaning of Steed's ex's names, the most popular names of the last 200 years, NFL player names, and the best names in history

The best part of a failed business idea is that multiple people sign off on something that completely backfires and that's what Steed and Jrad are investigating in this week's Chubstep. First the guys discuss Jrad's quick trip to Las Vegas with a magician dealer, and why bald guys are more attractive because they have nothing to hide. For the main topic the guys start with the Pepsi Harrier jet marketing disaster, only weirdos using Google Glass, Netflix's dive back into DVD's, a juicer that no one could afford, a chip that caused anal leakage, toaster bacon and a phone that started on fire, a free flight promotion that took down Hoover UK, Space Jam 2 that no one asked for, the uncool Microsoft Zune, new Coke's loss of lifelong customers, and a Harley Davidson perfume.

It's egg season so Chubstep is going to give you everything to know about eggs you never knew you needed. First the guys start with the stolen jewels from the Louvre featuring episode S2-E24's topic ladders, Jrad's latest trip to Miami and being seated next to a man with two women of the night at brunch, and Boise being the Miami of Idaho. When it comes to eggs the guys discuss why humans don't lay eggs (but maybe should), what came first: the chicken or the egg, the first things to lay eggs, animals that lay eggs, which eggs you can eat, the largest egg ever which is the equivalent of 183 chicken eggs, major crimes involvement in stealing eggs, the largest omelet ever made, the animal that lays the most eggs per year and why they're bad parents, egg Russian roulette, reducing the hard boiled egg stigma, and a famous egg related Ben Affleck line.

Since the days of the Spartans men have been celebrating the end of their singledom. In this week’s Chubstep Steed and Jrad cover all things Bachelor Party. The guys start with Steed’s latest homeless encounter, and a Japanese maid outfit before getting to the main topic. As an expert who has been to 16 bachelor parties, Jrad starts with some quick tips like making a basic plan, then Steed discusses his future bachelor party where no one will be able to discuss it or they will be implicated. The guys discuss the bachelor party that started their risque implications in ‘Chubistory’, what women think men should do at bachelor parties, various celebrations around the world, and when bachelor parties go wrong.

Do you need to hear Chubstep’s take on electricity? Well you’re using electricity reading this description so explain that? Steed and Jrad will try on this week’s Chubstep. The guys start with Steed solving crime by sacrificing Nebraska, Lil Jon becoming a bodybuilder, AirCanada’s media team being Chubaholics, Jrad’s trip to Montreal and the excessive speed of electric wheelchairs. Getting into electricity, they start with a ‘Steed Science’ that leaves you maybe more confused than when you started, the ‘Spark Ranger’ who was struck by lightning 7 times, the BS story behind Benjamin Franklin and electricity, the exaggerated feud between Edison and Tesla, Ben Affleck’s broken electric car, living off the grid being directly correlated to owning a gun, random causes of outages and billions of dollars of stolen electricity.

Anything can be a death defying stunt until something goes wrong but that hasn’t stopped people for hundreds of years of making spectacles of doing what seems impossible. This week on Chubstep Steed and Jrad start with why Steed’s apartment smells like fish, almost getting pulled into the water deep sea fishing in Miami, getting kicked out of the exit row on a plane, a walking stereotype, and Steed breaking into a construction site causing light pollution before getting to the main topic, daredevils. The guys start with the Frenchman credited with inventing the parachute by jumping out of a hot air balloon, a teacher jumping over the Niagara Falls, the first famous American daredevil, Charles Lindberg’s checkered past, a hero’s stolen plane for Tanzania in ‘Tanzania News’, the naming of Angel Falls, Ben Affleck in Daredevil, an influencer’s accident on a skyscraper, the wild beginnings that led to the legend Evel Knievel, and The Flying Wallendas

For ol’ times sake Jrad and Steed welcome back television aficionado Lil’ Stevie to discuss the best TV shows of 2024 and 2025 on this week’s Chubstep. The guys start with Steed not allowing any criticism of the Buffalo Bills and his favorite show of 2025 which is 15 years old before getting to the ranking. In 2024 the guys go over shows like Hacks, Somebody Somewhere, The Penguin, Ripley and Shogun. In 2025 the guys go over shows like Studio, The Rehearsal, Gilded Age with the Carrie Coon fan club, Adolescence, and Andor. Finally the guys talk about how to balance great shows when some are shorter vs have more seasons that trail off.   

Who are the strongest men (and women) in the world? How about of all time? This week Steed and Jrad cover everything from mass monsters, controversies, and the true origins of the keg toss when it comes to strong men and women. The guys start with a potential new 3rd host, a pie eating contest and almost drowning on the river. The main topic starts off with greasing and tanning before Mr. Olympia competitions, body building not equaling athletic ability, Louis Cyr the strongest man of all time in ‘Chubistory’, the Strongman competition, the world's strongest: woman, gay man, and person with physical disabilities, controversies within Mr. Olympia, the weakest countries, crimes with bodybuilders and a tie to Ben Affleck,  

Steed and Jrad tackle one of the most basic inventions of all time, the ladder in this week’s Chubstep.First the guys start with a lifelong regret involving the drawings of the mentally ill and why Shutter Island got it wrong before getting to ladders. They discuss ladder world records, cavemen ladders, how 500,000 ladder hospitalizations a year happen, the best looking yet most dangerous ladder, the legality of walking under a ladder, two brothers balancing on each others head climbing over a ladder in ‘Tanzania News’, ladders in crime, and forced good luck with ladders.