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Our guests are Idaho-based stand-up comics & the hosts of ‘Pretty Good Podcast’ — Samson Large & Max Knudson — gracing us at Top Shelf Studios for a quality hang with cigarillo Sam on production.Follow Samson @SkiLarge & Max @MaxKnudson on Instagram!  Go follow/subscribe/support their show: ‘Pretty Good Podcast’ wherever you listen/watch.We discussed the origins of Max’s ‘PrettyGood’ brand, how an idea for beer turned into a comedy podcast, and why beer is still heavily involved in their show’s success.  From corporate pyramid schemes, to their long pilgrimage to Casa Bonita, these boys do more than a pretty good job at fitting right into our chaotically genuine vibe.  It’s InTALLerable, after all.  Hear Samson advocate for the glass being half-full, while Max & Sean pour out whatever liquid they find.  Metatarsal mayhem, skate team Gaza, Moon-Drip; it’s a stacked-cast.  Lebron-toe levels of stacked.  Which is fitting, since Samson mentioned “his little toes are just as bad as Lebron’s.”  Samson & Max are more than PrettyGood, hell, they are DamnGreat in our book.  We are thankful they are out there spreading joy & grateful to share this hang together.EATIN’ uncut w/ Samson & Max — Patreon.com/InTALLerable — $2/month lifetime access to all our uncut bonus content & vaulted episodes!FO & BW0:00 - Guest Introductions1:30 - Origins of ‘Pretty Good’ Brand & Podcast4:00 - Skier Buddies6:00 - Beer Still Heavily Involved7:45 - Outdoorsy10:00 - Eating Shit to get Better 10:45 - Max Starting in High School14:00 - First Stand-up Jokes17:00 - Sandals are Fitting 20:00 - Being Fake, Not Good23:30 - Gifts for the Studio25:00 - Progressing as an Opener28:45 - Corporate Pyramid Scheme 34:00 - Casa Bonita 37:30 - Signature Station Identification38:00 - EATIN’38:30 - WING REVIEW!39:00 - Tony’s Chicken Wings40:30 - Samson’s Breaks his Foot45:45 - Pod Setup for the Bois47:30 - Cape-Wearing Kid50:00 - Marshall Law/Bad Jokes52:00 - Constitutional Convention 53:00 - Skate Team Gaza55:30 - Max’s Signature “Question” about Eating Yourself58:00 - All Beers, No Question1:00:00 - Adam Friedland Loves You1:01:00 - Traveling Around to Other Scenes1:02:15 - Unrestricted Rascals1:03:30 - AI Water Usage1:05:00 - Canada Kills More Canadians than Anything1:08:00 - Story Not Funny at All1:10:30 - Deadliest Warrior1:12:00 - “Health-Serviced” by Canada1:13:00 - Non-zero amount is too much1:14:00 - Agricultural Economics1:16:00 - Kinks to Try?1:18:15 - Single Men in the World1:21:30 - Foot Binding & Lebron Feet1:23:20 - After-After-Hours Show1:25:00 - Drag Name Geneator1:29:30 - Moon Drip1:31:30 - Riff-a-Drag-Name1:35:00 - Idaho Crazy People1:36:45 - Lenk make a Link?1:42:00 - DryBar’s new Industry?1:44:00 - Duck is the Constant1:46:00 - Job Talk1:48:00 - Conservative Dad Work-Ethic1:50:00 - Nothing Outside Work Lameness 1:51:00 - Cursing in Sales Meetings1:52:45 - Work is Work1:56:00 - What do you do it for?1:58:30 - Heighting2:00:00 - Come to Boise, ID

Our guest is a prolific touring comedian from Detroit, co-host of one of the most popular weekly shows in Colorado, ‘Thick Skin’, and someone with more stories than he can even remember — Mike Stanley! Check out his upcoming dates at MikeStanleyComedian.com — Be sure to go follow him on Instagram @Mike_Stanley & TikTok @SirMikeStanleyWe talked about Mike’s funny family, growing up playing in a band, and his eternal love for hardcore music.  After drudging through a quick review of what is happening in the world, we stumble onto an idea for a secular social currency, try to muster up hope for the next generation, and wonder about the end game for these billionaires.  Stick around for Mike’s legendary story of going to EVERY concert for a summer with all his buddies.  In an era of paper money for paper tickets, Mike’s blank stack of tickets was better than gold.  Adjusted for inflation, you’ll be hard-pressed to find a nominally larger Ticketmaster hater than younger Mike Stanley.  King. Thank you to Mike for being someone I can always look up to, both in how he carries himself as a professional comedian, and for how he treats others. I appreciate his generosity to come on our show, share some laughs over smoked chicken wings, and for bringing his awesomely bright light into this ever-darkening world.  EATIN’ w/ Mike & more bonus pods — Patreon.com/InTALLerable — $2/month First Run Tier Our supporters make it possible, InTALLerable makes it happen.FO & BW0:00 - Seltzers for Mike1:00 - Growing up in Detroit2:00 - Funny Family3:00 - High School Sweethearts4:00 - American Love Stories5:00 - Too Many Options6:00 - Decensitized 7:00 - TikTok Sale8:30 - Not Good for Free Speech9:30 - Hopeful for younger generation11:00 - Accidentally Starting Sad12:00 - People Ain’t Readin’13:30 - A Social Crypto Currency 14:30 - Social Credit Score17:00 - Secular Social Currency18:00 - Pablo Torres’ Investigation of LA Clippers20:00 - Streamer Bagssss21:30 - LOTS to FIX22:30 - End game for Billionaires?23:30 - Most Toys Wins24:30 - Talking to Mom about Politics26:30 - EATIN’26:45 - Wing Review!27:30 - Ranking Mike’s Favorite Concerts28:00 - First Concert Story29:00 - Page & Plant30:30 - Camping out for Tickets32:00 - Bragging for Sam33:00 - Mike’s Ticket Trick39:30 - Supporting the Bands40:00 - So Many Shows He Can’t Remember43:00 - Sphere?45:00 - Dreaming about Tool at the Sphere47:30 - Disorienting Tech 48:30 - Cool Capitalism Thing: The Sphere49:15 - Heir to Remington Estate51:30 - Stairs to Nowhere52:30 - We can figure stuff out!53:15 - Performed at Red Rocks, but never seen a show there56:00 - ‘Heighting’

All our flights at TSS are milestones, but we went extra BIG, even more InTALLerable, for our 200th episode.  A live sketch artist plucked from a nearby courtroom, our small (but mighty) studio audience, and two of my favorite silly-goose guests.  It’s a bacon-wrapped fever dream with two of the funniest dudes to grace our modest studios: Nate Malouf (@suffering.malouf) & Jacob Humphries (@chrashcompactor).  Follow them so you can love them as much as we do. Join us for EATIN’ w/ guests & our newly recovered BBLT (Black Box Lost Tapes) available to our supporters at Patreon.com/InTALLerable — $2/month lifetime access ‘First Run’ Tier!  Get the entire UNCUT hang at Top Shelf with our guests. ‘All My Pies’ — The play, the movie, the experience.  This summer.  October 34th.  Three days after Halloween.  A world of gears, steam, & money.  Hear all about Nate’s breakout role as ‘Ted’ in this marathon production endeavor.  We’d say more but trust me, you’ll want to hear this for yourself.  Jacob tells us about his new gig being a blood-boy, we learn the horror of Tumnus’ Tiniest, and Nate forces Sean to learn new editing skills.  We’re all gonna be turned into Goo soon enough, may as well laugh while we still have the chance, right?Jokes aside, thank you for believing in us. 200 episodes of InTALLerable sounds pretty wild to say, but trust me, this is just the start.  If you like the show, please subscribe/rate/review wherever you listen or watch!  You all rule. FO & BW0:30 - Black Box Lost Tapes2:00 - New Job at Palantir3:30 - Branded Defense Tech Wearables4:30 - Satellite Conspiracies 5:15 - The Philly Accent6:00 - Clandestine Owens 7:00 - Nate’s from France8:00 - Cooling Tower/Fear of Nuclear9:00 - Nate’s Editing Demands10:30 - Learning to Search11:15 - Chronicle Ft. Nate & Jacob 12:15 - Tumnus’ Tiniest 13:30 - Reliving Tumnus14:00 - AI Generated Chicken Wings14:45 - Nate vs. AI Overlords16:00 - The Israeli Gambit16:30 - EATIN’ (Patreon.com/InTALLerable)17:30 - WING REVIEW18:00 - Worm Scale (Proprietary)19:15 - Parody Law21:00 - Goo Talk22:00 - Goo to Left, etc.23:00 - Jacob Blows Up24:00 - It’s Halloween Today   26:45 - White Blood Lady29:30 - Wordle31:00 - Jacob was Lame32:30 - Killed by Ninja Star33:30 - Jason Lee as ‘The Crow’34:30 - Imagining TV Crossovers 37:30 - Nate’s Turkish Hair39:00 - Jacob Angers Nate40:30 - Codename: Kids Next Door41:30 - Nate is deeply closeted 42:45 - All My Pies45:00 - The Play 46:00 - Jacob Helps Explain47:30 - It’s in the name48:00 - Fountainhead but for Pies49:00 - Screenplay from the Rift50:45 - ‘I play Ted, He plays Ted’51:30 - AI creates All My Pies53:00 - 12th & 13th Teds54:30 - Playwriting is too Easy56:30 - Would Nate Malouf do the Riyadh Comedy Festival?57:30 - Nate Can’t be Bought Off58:30 - Thought Experiment1:00:00 - What Nate Wants1:02:00 - Empty Homes1:02:45 - Legislation Worth a Leg1:04:00 - Disparity Gone Wild1:05:15 - Blood Contract1:06:30 - Back to ‘All My Pies’1:08:00 - It’s a Movie, a Play, an Experience 1:11:00 - Types of Pies for Sale1:12:30 - “ALL MY PIES!”1:13:30 - Humphries & Malouf1:15:00 - Rogue MK Ultra for Hire1:15:45 - The End of ‘All My Pies’1:17:00 - Jacob writes a part for himself1:19:00 - All My Pies Radio1:19:30 - After-After Hours Show!1:20:30 - Silent Filibuster1:21:45 - Groyper Accusations 1:22:45 - The Mucus Theater1:23:30 - French Prison Knowledge1:26:30 - Voice Trailer for ‘All My Pies’1:30:30 - Oct. 34th, three days after Halloween1:32:15 - Only Happening Once1:34:15 - “There will be casualties, but people will love the play.”1:35:15 - Coats are longer in New York1:36:30 - Sean Can’t Keep Up1:38:30 - Jacob gets into ‘Ted’1:42:15 - ‘Cats’ comes into ‘play’1:44:00 - Exact same thing but at the Mutant1:44:30 - Oct 34th1:46:00 - What else is going on?1:47:30 - New things Nate is thinking about?1:49:00 - Tumnus’ Tiniest1:50:00 - ‘All My Pies’ a Godly Pursuit1:51:15 - Plugs

Our guest — Aaron Fleck — makes his podcast debut on InTALLerable at TSS for an unforgettable episode.  Though he looks & sounds like a natural, Aaron had never been on a podcast before, so we feel especially honored he wanted to pop his pod-cherry here at TSS.  Go see him perform comedy & be sure you follow him on Instagram @Aaron_Fleck  — Lots of his videos feature his loving Rottweiler, Dillon.We hear about Aaron’s life: from his early days growing up a trouble-making city boy in Denver, to playing in a band after high school, moving to L.A. to chase his dreams, meeting his wife & leaving California for work on the oil fields in Wyoming, to finally rediscovering stand-up at age 41 after finding sobriety from alcohol.  Listen to Aaron’s story and you might get some insight on navigating life’s challenges with grit & humor.Aaron’s looks might not match your assumptions about him.  Sure, he’s taken a ‘Tour-De-Jails’ across most Colorado county lock-ups, but he also loves dogs & gets sappy for Hallmark movies.  He’s a thoughtful & dedicated father, who uses his own example to guide his kids to make better choices in their life.  Aaron might be the softest, most down-to-Earth man that I would never dare mess with or cross.  FO & BWEATIN’ w/ Aaron & more bonus episodes — Patreon.com/InTALLerable$2/Month First Run Tier — Lifetime access to bonus content!2:30 — Growing up3:00 — City KID Era4:00 — Evergreen Era of childhood4:30 — Looks Don’t Match5:15 — Family/Little Brother6:00 — Single Mother Raising Boys7:00 — Special Ed Graduate8:00 — Football Rivalry w/ Conifer8:45 — Juvy at 16 years old9:30 — Moth to the Flame11:00 — Cop got him & his Mom 11:30 — Sobriety 13:45 — Spirits & 1214:15 — Bad Luck with Cops16:00 — Comedy & Sobriety17:00 — Starting Comedy in L.A.17:45 — Meeting his Wife18:45 — Married in Vegas19:15 — Started working as a Ruffneck20:00 — “Fruit” Nickname21:30 — Fruitcake to Treehugger22:30 — Economics of Drilling23:30 — Not a Steak Guy24:30 — Ruffneck Hierarchy 25:30 — How a Natural Gas Well Works27:30 — Types of Jobs on the Rig29:00 — Mudflow Monitoring30:30 — Importance of Cement31:45 — Fracking Worries33:00 — How does the gas come out?34:30 — Off-Shore Rigs35:00 — Money Pocket & the Moon36:45 — Stanley Kubrick Clues in the Shining38:00 — India’s Moon Landing39:00 — Financial Interests of the Moon39:45 — Roman Colosseum40:30 — We Landed On Saturn 41:30 — Fired for BS42:30 — Landscaping Business44:00 — Living in Eastern CO47:00 — Reengaging with Comedy47:45 — Meeting Joe Huisman 48:30 — Material about Sobriety & Addiction49:15 — Dog Content 52:00 — Getting Reps55:45 — Grandpa’s Street Jokes57:00 — Sponge of a Door Guy59:00 — High Plains Comedy Festival59:45 — Watching Pros Work1:00:45 — East Coast Ranting1:02:00 — EATIN’ 1:02:30 — Wing Review!1:04:00 — Not Ugly, Just Poor1:04:45 — Crypto Netflix Special1:07:30 — Growing Administrative State1:09:00 — Government Rebuild of Palisades1:10:00 — Legacy Media Poison1:13:30 — Being a Dad, Teaching Kids Lessons1:15:30 — Next Gen No Social Media1:16:45 — No Silverwear 1:17:30 — Short Term Memory Gone1:19:00 — How to Pull People from Echo Chambers1:19:30 — Playing with the Bank’s Time1:20:15 — Starting Stand-up Late1:21:00 — Aaron’s Goals1:23:30 — ‘Heighting’

Our guest is a stand-up comedian & an open mic host in Denver, who is not liked by the French TSA;  He told us how he learned (after being detained) that he shares his name with a supposed Hamas Financier.  Our guest for this flight in TSS  —  Ameen Mustafa!  Follow Ameen on Instagram @StopitAmeenAmeen's new show ‘Witch Hunt’ debuts October 3rd at Rise Comedy Club  —  If you like game shows, storytelling, or deception in general, you won’t want to miss it!!We talked about Ameen’s experience with bad teachers, give a layperson’s rundown of the Nepalese youth political uprising over Discord channels, we are disgusted and horrified to hear about Ameen’s battle with Poison Ivy growing up in Virginia, and we find out why he feels self conscious eating wings on camera after a Pandemic mishap on a work call.  Go show him some love in the comments over at Patreon.com/InTALLerable — First Run Tier support is only $2/month & now you can hear & see the EATIN’ with our guests.You make it possible, we make it InTALLerable.   FO & BW0:10 - Intros1:00 - Family Name2:00 - Functional Fashion4:00 - Bad Week to Ask for a Pitchfork6:00 - Wand-Down for Comedy9:00 - Detained in Paris Airport12:00 - Same Name as WHO?!13:15 - Lawn Care Team Interruption15:00 - Chef’s & Water15:45 - Wrap TSA Paris Story18:00 - Selling Kiosk Perfume22:15 - Red Cross Mom 23:30 - Dictators & History24:15 - Nepal Rundown26:00 - Pictures with Friends 27:45 - How Does China Feel28:45 - Ameen Growing up in DC33:00 - Poison Ivy 37:14 - Getting of Social Media 44:30 - Story of Pandemic Chicken Wings46:30 - Sean’s Bad Watch ReadPatreon.com/InTALLerable  —  EATIN’ w/ Ameen & more bonus episodes! — $2/month!Now with VIDEO!!47:17 — WING REVIEW 48:11 — WITCH HUNT50:00 — BLUE SHELLS NEEDED51:30 — MIDDLE SCHOOL TRICKERY53:00 — MESSING WITH PEOPLE54:00 — FRD - TRUSTWORTHY & HOMELESS 55:15 — WAR W/ TEACHERS58:00 — LETTING GO OF STUFF 59:00 — DONT TAKE AMEEN AT FACE VALUE1:00:15 — BASICS OF WITCH HUNT1:02:00 — ABANDONED STORIES1:03:15 — PRAISE FOR OTHER COMICS1:05:00 — THEME: FIRSTS1:07:00 — ALEK SEBALLES IS THE MAN1:08:00 — FAKE IT ‘TILL YOU MAKE IT1:09:45 — GREER’S ART1:11:00 — DENVER’S GREAT COMEDY SCENE1:12:00 — LEARNING FROM OTHERS1:17:45 — HIGH PLAINS COMEDY FESTIVAL1:18:30 — LUCK & BLIND BELIEF1:19:30 — GRAYSON SCHROM AURA1:20:15 — ‘HEIGHTING’1:22:00 — AMEEN PLUGS!1:22:30 — WITCH HUNT|OCT3|RISE COMEDY CLUB

Our guest is learning from the pros, just like Sean.  The old way.  Tried and true, by cleaning up one broken glass at a time.  A veteran door-guy at the Denver Improv and a veteran veteran of the US Army, please welcome: Nakata! We learn how Nakata stumbled upon his door job at the Improv, how his Asian genes will help him look young until he looks way too old, and he tells us (all he can) about his time working at GITMO.  Guantanamo Bay?  Ring any bells??   If you know our show, then that sentence sounds perfectly normal, but if you’re a new listener, welcome to the fun. Nakata shares how his unit celebrated his 21st birthday while deployed in Afghanistan, a prank his brother managed to sneak through military mail, and Nakata gives Sean some marriage advice as he soon embarks on his own marriage. Follow Nakata on Instagram @TheeMost_GingerNinja303Bonus EATIN’ with Nakata (now with VIDEO)  available to our supporters at Patreon.com/InTALLerable — all support goes to help feed smoked meats to future guests!  First Run Tier $2/Month — Lifetime access to all premium content we put out!FO & BW

Our guest brought along her hilarious stage presence to TSS, bravely climbing into our studio (garage) for a hot & heavy episode full of educating two dumb men about the plight of aging womanhood.  We are joined by “the cougar of Colorado Comedy” — Mo Vida!During the Great Financial Crisis, Mo was a recruiter living in NYC & working in private wealth.  Surely, this experience enhanced her skill of talking weak men off ledges, which will inevitably come in handy for teaching our producer, Chris, & our host, Sean, about just how little of a shit the healthcare industry cares about aging women, her life growing up as the daughter of immigrants from Hungary, and how the one thing we’ve really gotten right as humanity is hypocrisy. Perimenopause & political science, being labeled a ‘Karen’, the psychology surrounding billionaires still wanting more, and her story of teaching a man she was seeing how to properly send a dick pick; this is the kind of guest that belongs on InTALLerable. Mo brought the energy from beginning to end.  We are grateful she came on our silly show, for being so generous with her time, laughter, & the ‘Heighted’ energy she brings the world. More InTALLerable & bonus content — Patreon.com/InTALLerable — Our supporters make it possible, we make great conversations & smoked meats happen!FO & BW

A freelance graphic designer who is colorblind AND can’t draw?  Now this I gotta hear (or maybe see??).  Wait, wait, you’re telling me he’s a stand-up comedian from the midwest, played college basketball, and didn’t realize Casa Bonita was a real place until he moved to Colorado?  Ladies & gentlemen, making his InTALLerable debut — Scott Shaffer!Follow Scott @irrelevantscott on socials & check his website https://www.irrelevantscott.com/ for his upcoming stand-up dates!We discussed the unaffordability of living in Denver, playing high school sports (poorly), while witnessing gruesome injuries on the football field, and the death of small town lifestyle across America.  Scott thinks small town death can easily be avoided, simply by having five or so people living in these towns who actually give a shit (care).  He tells me about shooting his special in Kansas City and why doing literally anything else other than watching yourself back (over, and over) during the editing process sounds like a better option.  Trust me, for Episode 195, there exists no better option than our guest, Scott Shaffer.More pod-slop for your pleasure available to our supporters at — Patreon.com/InTALLerableCouldn’t keep the lights on, or the smoker runnin’, without you. Thanks!FO & BW

Our guest is here to educate me about life’s important things: evil Republicans, Stone-Cold Steve Austin’s Coors Beer truck video, & how he learned the magic of lotion from a Bill Burr bit.  Ethan Everhart is a stand-up comedian originally from the Quad Cities in Eastern Iowa.  When starting out in comedy, Ethan often commuted from Muscatine to Cedar Rapids & performed at Penguins Comedy Club— the basement comedy club where Sean got his first door-guy job in college.  Follow Ethan on Instagram @TheEthanEverhart to see upcoming dates of his bi-monthly show ‘Jokes and Jams Denver’ where comedians perform stand-up & then a song alongside his band: ‘Solar Flare Sunset’ — Who just released their new album: ‘Forever Waiting’ — Check it out!! We mourn the loss of legends Hulk Hogan & Ozzy Osbourne, Sean pitches ‘America’s Gallows’ to Ethan, who immediately came up with a way to improve on the idea, and we hear about Boise Idaho’s ‘Hetero-Awesome Fest’...  and somehow we find ourselves back on the ATF’s side of Ruby Ridge.  Taking a college course on the Holocaust, experiencing whether Portland, OR really smells like piss, and the Bhutan Happiness Index — Truly a Top-Shelf episode, with a Top-Shelf guest.  Thanks to Ethan for coming on, we are excited to talk to him again whenever he wants to be back on with his band. Have YOU wanted to hear the EATIN’ segment, but thought, “man $2 is really asking alot..”Today is your lucky day, because this episode's EATIN’ is for public consumption!!  EAT UPLots more bonus content & EATIN’ with our guests — Patreon.com/InTALLerableFO & BW

Our guest is a stand-up comedian based in Colorado Springs, the winner of Comedy Works New Faces contest, and most importantly, a great dad — Mike Hammock!  Follow Mike on Instagram @themikehammock & check out his upcoming dates.You won’t want to miss the opportunity to see his comedy when he performs near you!We discussed the arc of comedy through the years and how Mike had found some early inspiration for his sense of humor listening to radio comedy, typically done in a 2-man team over the airwaves.  He teaches us that comedy culture has now come full-circle in this TikTok era, with Gen-Zers playing both parts of the two-man radio comedy shows of old.  BPD or just reverting to old comedic ways?  Whose to say. From opening for one of his favorites, Dave Smith, recently at Comedy Works Denver, to the story of how he met his wife at college, to the single greatest part of the human experience: having children; we should all heed Mike’s wisdom during these trying times and remember: “People had kids during the black plague!”  Alternative Christian pop-culture, wondering if AI will kill our few remaining critical thinkers, and why women make the world better for everyone; what more could you want, folks?!The TALLest of thanks to Mike for coming on our silly little show.  Here’s hoping that one day I might open for him like he did for Dave, and sit in the shine of his green room aura. EATIN’ w/ Mike & more bonus content — Patreon.com/InTALLerable$2/month for lifetime access to our entire catalog — first 100 people!! FO & BW

Our guest — JoJo Pride — is known across Colorado for his unique style & unmissable flair.  It could be that he is the only guy we know who is performing stand-up comedy while rocking his roller blades on stage.  Badass.  JoJo Pride climbs to Top Shelf for an episode steeped in the philosophy of his signature ‘call-sign’, his motto for life, a mantra for his path to mastery: YAR. Follow JoJo on Instagram @DiggityDopeJoJo to find out where he will be performing next & check out his Tye-Dye page if you’re looking for a fresh fit — @SickNTyed on InstagramYou can always catch him late-night Tuesday on Colfax. JoJo is ⅓ of one of the best open mics in Denver: ‘The Gong Show’You’re probably wondering… What is YAR?  Why hard YAR?  (You can’t possibly mean.. That?! Right?!?)Listen, folks.  JoJo really spilled the beans, giving us the lowdown on the origins and the meaning behind YAR.  If it was an “easy-YAR,” then you’d already know the secret knowledge.  It is not.  So, we will not diminish the secret knowledge, by just summarizing it for you here.  Go listen & learn from JoJo.  You won’t regret it, we promise. Bonus episodes, vaulted episodes, & EATIN’ with guests available for supporters — Patreon.com/InTALLerable — $2/month gets you lifetime access to all our bonus stuff. Thanks to our supporters, InTALLerable is made possible by listeners like you. FO & BW

Our guest, Dan Mazzucca, has a pension for putting together the best lineups of local stand-up possible.  He is a well-traveled working man, a Denver-based stand-up comic, & the talent booker for the Denver Improv.  He went from hearing about this position ‘door-guy,’ from comedians on a podcast, to landing a job as a door guy at the Denver Improv.  After seeing his attitude & work ethic, coupled with his passion for laughter, he climbed all the way up the chain until he could be in the green room, ensuring each show runs smoothly.  Check out his killer upcoming shows — @odbol_enterprises on InstagramThe next one is tomorrow August 30th — Brandt Tobler, Georgia Comstock, & David GborieFollow Dan & his comedy — @fiftytwoad on InstagramDan is a true fan of our show, often watching it in preparation to destroy his colleagues on the Roast Battle stage with the inside scoop he gets from the long-form, unfiltered conversation we provide at Top Shelf Studios.  We talk about Dan pushing it like an athlete at the dinner table, how ‘wind turbines’ is something you can major in at college, how a lot of places across the U.S. shouldn’t exist, and how he spent 5 years working on a comic book called Heaven V. Hell.Whether or not InTALLerable is an institution in the Denver scene is up for debate.  What isn’t up for debate, is that Dan Mazzucca cares deeply about being the best steward for our comedy scene that he can be, for as long as he gets the chance.  I am grateful we have him here, because he is a gem. EATIN’ w/ Dan available — Patreon.com/InTALLerable — $2/month for lifetime access to all bonus content and helps support more smoked meat be put into the mouths of future guests!FO & BW

For the past decade on both the AM’s & the FM’s, our guest, the radio machine, Mark Springer, has been producing sports radio across Colorado. He recently added ‘open-mic comic’ to his skillset, joining Denver’s scene.  Here at TSS he is joined one last time by (now) Boston-based stand-up comedian, Nick Hahn.  RIP.  He’s not dead but man could that guy use some peace.  Follow Mark on X/Twitter @MarkAMarkFollow Nick on Instagram @nickhahncabaretWe hear about Nick & Mark’s 4th of July endeavors & how Nick learned that night that Mark Springer is ‘Mr. Steal-Yo-Gurl’.  Mark passionately advocates that ‘Bump & Grind’ was the best era for dancing music at the club.  We hear about his path to working in sports radio & how it has allowed him to stretch his comedic muscle on the air.  From the affordability of crap food, to emergency room visits & American healthcare, and why we should treat health insurance like PTO — Ep. 190 is a fast-paced talkin’-shit time with the boys, just like God intended.  P.S. — Don’t forget Nick Hahn “discovered” Mark Springer.  It might end up being his biggest credit if (when) Mark blows up! Bonus episodes, vaulted (cancelled) episodes, & more — Patreon.com/InTALLerableJoin the ‘First-Run’ Tier for $2/month to get lifetime access to all bonus content & help support our show!FO & BW

Our guests are: Braxton Fuller (AKA Cave Man), the Editor & Chief of ‘Rocky Mountain Caving’, and returning guest: Connor Moore, who has been working on their new publication powered by young minds: MoorePosts.com Cave Man takes us through his journey to finding caving. As a kid he would read stories of discovery & adventure, but soon found himself working as a CNA in a memory care unit, wiping up crap & constantly coming back to his core question: ‘Where can I still discover something?’We talked about how every cave is secret, times Braxton has been genuinely stuck while caving, naming new caves he’s discovered, like Slinky-Dinky-Donk Cave, and we hear the terrifying experience of crossing the Lake of Fire & getting through Satan’s Ass Crack. Braxton was kind enough to send over some firefighter camera footage from the inside, so I just cut in the whole thing in our pod, that way you all can be as scared-beyond-expectation as I was watching it. This is one you won’t want to miss.  The second half gets more intellectual/topical & we debate where America might be headed next..  For war, obviously.  What else other than war? Incredibly hot Patreon EATIN’ ep w/ Cave Man & Connor available — Patreon.com/InTALLerable Thanks to our supporters, especially new ones out there!You make InTALLerable possible.  We just make it happen. FO & BW

Our guest is Gus Rey, an artist, muralist, and graphic designer from Denver, Colorado.  Instead of wading into the creative waters slowly, with part-time or on-the-side work, Gus jumped head-first into turning his passion into his career.  This commitment to his craft quickly led him into challenging & rewarding projects, like his recent mural: ‘Why Not Be Great’ which featured Denver Broncos cornerback & 2024 DPOY, Patrick Surtain II.  Follow Gus on Instagram @_GusRey Check out his website to see all his amazing work — GusRey.comWe utilized our fancy new additions at TSS for this one, including the new in-studio TV, where Gus discovered that ChatGPT can describe his artwork & style even better than he can.  From the red-tape difficulties of bigger projects, to the differences between making a career (“living”) in stand-up comedy versus in visual art, to the complicated relationship between graffiti writers & muralists, we try to get down to the nitty-gritty of what it means to be a muralist.Thankfully our producer Chris keeps us on track while we jump around Gus’ story & his art.     We dream BIG on this one, because why not?!  How big, you ask?  How's the Hoover Dam, multi-stage-mosaic mural, over 1 million sq ft of spray paint, sound for a BIG project?  Surely some funding for paint was included in that big, beautiful bill Trump keeps bragging about??  Right?! If he starts three years ago, Gus can have it finished up for the 250th anniversary of America. Gus has a generous perspective toward life adorned with a humorous lens.  I am grateful Gus came on our silly show.  I hope you all enjoy this conversation as much as we did. Bonus content, EATIN’ w/ Gus, & vaulted episodes available — Patreon.com/InTALLerableFO & BW

Our guest is Josh Beaver, a Denver-based stand-up comic, who at age 24 looks wise beyond his years.  But that might just be the fast-livin’ lifestyle he brings to the world.  Or maybe the drugs..?  Josh works at my “rival” comedy club in town, but that doesn’t matter here at Top Shelf Studios, because just like the worst Italian restaurant found in most midwest towns — when you’re here, you’re family. Follow him on Instagram @BeaverComedy_ & Go see him do stand-up all around Colorado!When we recorded, Josh was coming off Roast Battle the night before where he was taken down by Helen, so we licked his wounds & built back up his confidence. He shared stories about growing up all over the country because his dad was in the military, his psychedelic phase and a trip that went too far by accident, and how his first DMT trip pushed him to start performing stand-up comedy.  We learn about the Chick-Fil-A of the home services merchandisers — Home Depot — and their cult-like practices, such as their “chant”.Josh is too funny to miss. We are grateful he could give us some of his time & come on our silly show to chop it up and enjoy some smoked chicken wings. If you want to support the show & access tons of bonus content & vaulted episodes, head over to Patreon.com/InTALLerable   — Full, Uncut, EATIN’ with Josh Beaver!FO & BW 

Fresh off the East Coast stretch of his ‘Here To Pee’ 50-state Tour, Ren Q is back in Colorado! He joins us in our new Top Shelf Studios Hilltop (still the same ‘ol playground for imperfection) to talk about how his time traveling the United States has made him more patriotic & hopeful in the spirit of America.  All while at the exact moment, the LGBTQA+ community is feeling like those in the highest offices of power are saying “We hate you.”Follow him on social @renqcomedy & @heretopee — HereToPee.com for the upcoming tour dates!We circle back to our first episode, where Ren met a much younger Maggie (just a baby!), who we had recently brought home from a Cracker Barrel in Pueblo.  Ren, being the thoughtful soul he is, journeyed out of his way to stop at the first ever Cracker Barrel to bring us back a gift for our studios: a Dolly Parton Lodge Mini Pancake griddle.  Magnificent. Ren tells me about the spectacular hospitality he has encountered in each place he has traveled, the warm-hearted nature of truckers across our highways, and we joke about bad pride-month corporate branding.  We hear about his shows in Plymouth, MA, one of the gayest places in the U.S., which leads us down a ChatGPT rabbit hole wondering why Tel Aviv is over 25% LBGTQIA+.  It’s a fun ride, per usual.Don’t ask too many questions.  Just listen & enjoy.  UNCUT, EATIN’ w/ Ren available on Patreon.com/InTALLerable — Thanks to our supporters who help keep InTALLerable Ad-free & For The Fans!FO & BW

Change is good for the soul (or so we’re told).  It’s our first episode in our new studio!We welcome back a couple of our favorite guests from our time at our last studio, TSS Universidad.  Two hilarious dudes who can navigate a conversation that could truly go anywhere — Grayson Garcia & Jeff Morris!  Follow them on Instagram @Grayson_Garcia & @Jeff_Dingus_Morris to see their upcoming stand-up dates!Who better to talk about this week’s news, folks?!  From cat-fighting-in-white-house between Trump & Musk, to hobby horsing and whatever else Jeff is hiding in that algorithm of his, to a deep discussion on the overt sexualization of animated animal characters in popular culture. We’re talking to you Lola Bunny!  Oh, and don’t think you can hide Ms. Green M&M behind you..We can see those hips from the front!!It’s Jeff, a man who desires a job where he can fail constantly and continue to be paid, and Greyson, whose dog's birthday we celebrated, and still the only guest to educate me on Yakuba. The dude who “created the white race” according to the Nation of Islam.  Massive bonus content from our brunch with these boys available Patreon.com/InTALLerable Vaulted Eps, Bonus Eps, & Much More. Help us stay ad-free & supporter-ran by subscribing to the Patreon.FO & BW

Our guest is Denver-based stand-up comic Emily Cornelius. Go see Emily compete on Comedy Works 25th annual New Faces contest this upcoming Wednesday June 11th — Follow her @emilyiscorny on Instagram I hope I don’t speak out of turn here, but Emily is the kind of guest that, in retrospect, I should have just gotten riled up about young men losing their lives to sports betting & stepped the frick out of her way.  She’s got this covered without my bullshit interjections.  How do I know?We easily navigated from pontificating on pope smoke, to how the hell the government allows old people to get their pilots license at age 90, to her multiple publications ranging in topic matter from NFTs to Southwest Airlines screwing passengers — Emily brings a fun flair to what some of us have unfortunately come to see as merely a cold, desolate, ever-crumbling hell-scape.  She thinks that men are capable of great things, but aren’t.. well.. Doing them..?Emily knows the stuff we don’t. Fun stuff, like racially-questionable American Girl Doll lore & what could become my newest obsession, a show called: ‘Pimp My Truck’ Need I say more? Eat up. Uncut EATIN’ episode featuring Emily “licking her fingers medically” available to our ever-loving supporters at Patreon.com/InTALLerable — I promise this one alone is worth joining the First-Run tier & helping us keep the show ad-free while feeding delicious smoked meats to future guests at Top Shelf. Oh.. I almost forgot. This was our final episode in Top Shelf Studios Universidad. All good things must come to an end. Whether you’ve been with us for a while or this is your first time, thank you. We feel fortunate to go out with a hilarious new guest, and look forward to what’s on the horizon for us. FO & BW

Our guest is Denver stand-up comic, Trey Marchant.  He is hotly contesting for best-looking guest of 2025.  Follow him on Instagram @TreyMarchantComedy & go to his monthly show! Trey read the calendar invite & came bearing gifts for Top Shelf.  He has bestowed upon us an all time gift, folks.  We might have to mess around and change it to Tippy-Top Shelf Studios after receiving this gem.  Perhaps the garage sale find of this millennium  —  a vintage Chairman Mao coaster set  —  featuring the ever-elusive & hyper-rare ‘Laughing Sunset Mao’  (oooooooooo)Government scepticism?  We got into it much earlier than Trey Marchant anticipated.  Ya know.. light conversation topics!  When did democracy die?  When did our leadership & elections (seem to) become witholden to the intelligence state, does crafting public policy mean making it for the bottom quartile of bad decision makers, and how do we all operate within a much larger system of globally recycled debt???  Like we said.  Light conversation topics.   Trey shares how some recent chaos prevented him from doing what he really wants to do: play Oblivion.  I won’t spoil it for you, but trusting the AI overview while cleaning his basement bathroom led to him accidentally creating mustard gas.  The real loss here is the lost hours that could’ve been spent grinding Oblivion.  Pour one out. P.S. Who the hell does all of humanity owe this debt to? FO & BW