The Grapes of Rad

Topics include: Nick is back due to popular demand, Ben and Aaron have hard jobs, Gay Ghost, Presidential Knife Fight, singing Tom Petty like Bob Dylan, This Week in No Shit, Nick and Ben talk about their awkward school years, being a dick in 4th grade, It's Sunsets!, MOAR BIEBER, offending Muslims, Aaron's idea for a new X-Men comic, This Week in Awesome Driving, The Master, A Grapes Follow-Up: Amish Hate Crimes, and That's Messed Up! Closing music is "Till the Morning Comes" by The Bailey Hounds off their fantastic debut album Along the Gallows.

Topics Include: The Blair Witch Project- for cats, no rain, mouthpieces, how to get ahead in line at the theme park, @fakebenparsons, we have Bieber fever, This Week in Oh....no, hot girl problems, rioting, poorly photoshopped fonzie and a new "virginity pamphlet" idea, it's science, football is on the television, relijin, How Broken is Your Shit?, "Guns, Germs & Steel" (part 1), and That's Messed Up. Introducing: the Sydney Funnel Web Spider, The Blanket Octopus, And drunken airline passenger Bella Chopra! Recorded on 9/15/2012, outro "Dominoes" by The Big Pink

Topics include: Nick interviews Gay Ghost, sending fat British kids to Australia, sweating, Ben at work, a Hollywood Minute!, your voicemails, Comma Police, our golfing prowess, the first time we met Nick, My Heart is an Idiot, piss clout, Justin Bieber, and more! Oh... and AIDS, abortion, Hitler, 9/11, mentally-challenged people, rape, pornography, homosexual stereotypes, and obese children. Nick just posted the last episode of his Planned Brotherhood podcast last night. LISTEN TO IT ON SOUNDCLOUD HERE. And check out Aaron & Nick talking movies on the latest MacGuffin podcast. (We had a lot of fun on this one!) Video Prozac httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8-nL5kQsy8 Davy Rothbart (Ep124) is coming back soon to promote his new book. Here's the hilarious trailer: httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6GDw_zwggc The closing music is "No Karma" off Max Tannone's project Jaydiohead.

Topics include: Kevin at Jiffy Lube, our new shirts, Amon Tobin at the Moore, Listener Cait made Ben cry, Jobs, "Compliance", your twitter suggestions, This Week in 100 Year Old Driving, a Shelton Story, one way to use a bottle of "vagina tightening cream", AIDSy Birds!, which "one hit wonder" deserves more respect?, psome psychology, How Broken is Your Shit? and That's Messed Up. Our Prozacs: The sky diving record- httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VM_jSZ2J9n8 Meet Anthony! httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yv5nzgrYBIQ Recorded on 9/2/2012. Outro: "Kill Your Heroes" by AWOLNATION

Joins us as Aaron spends the majority of the show regaling Ben and our pal Sean DeTore with tales from his week at the Shambhala Music Festival! We didn't have enough time to cover everything, but please check out Shambhala's website to see all that they've done/are doing for their local community, awards they've won, and more! Topics include: Ben vs. the garage door, partying with 10,000 friends, Gay Ghost, finding Jesus at the river, PK Sound, an update regarding video from our Live Show, the magical hippy couple, This Week in Aaron will Totally Love This, Sean & Ben are 35, It's Science!, the best drinking game in the world, and That's Messed Up. "The Shambhala Experience" httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtMqB_sYKUs This video and more are available on jeffrexsave's Youtube page. It's Science: Photography faster than the speed of light. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfgsQX78hg8 Check out Aaron and our friend Nick Ahlers talking about movies on this latest episode of The MacGuffin Podcast, AND GO SEE AMON TOBIN ON HIS ISAM 2.0 TOUR! Closing music this week is Don't Let Me Down 2012 by Gramatik

Topics include: You should come to Secret Movie Night II! Aaron converts to North Korea's religion of "The Shining Supreme Commander", Pakistan- it's time to shave those mustaches, if you have cancer perhaps a kick to the face is in order, upload a pic of you wearing our new merch!, the Mormons wrote back, This Week in Snoop Lion, Bubba's Face, Aaron is going to the Shambhala Electronic Music Festival, using "bro", Ben went to California, people no longer know how to use a sledgehammer, Bored of the Rings, a new YouTube series idea, This Week's Mass Murder by a White American Male!, This Week in Awesome Driving, and That's Messed Up. Kate Moss: Recorded Aug. 5, 2012 Outro "Johnny Too Beef" by Mos Dub

Topics include: You can buy a bunch of our new shirts and stickers on the Merch Page!, your voicemails, we give our take on the Live Show, Bob Saget, how to make shit disappear, The Dark Knight Goes Down, Sister Allred wrote back, Does Nicki Minaj have schizophrenia?, Bored of the Rings, creepiness, Newsroom, guns & the new cold war, text before you drop by, and That's Messed Up. Very Special Live Show Thanks to: Secret Powers, Stay Tuned, and Sean DeTore. Get your Secret Movie Night info HERE. "Mixtape Sean" httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZllV-hPFGpw Recorded on Sunday, July 22. Outro "Anna Sun" by WALK THE MOON

"F#%K IT! We'll Do it LIVE!" was recorded in front of a (totally kick-ass) live audience at Chop Suey in Seattle on July 18, 2012! Topics include: Camping, boxers & visual jokes, "Bubba's Law," are you Bored of the Rings?, the world premier of "Mixtape Sean," Just the Headline, Badass of the Week, Awful Poetry with Zack, This Week in Rap Law, Stay Tuned, "Gay or Steak?" starring Clive Meedles, Ben vs. The Mormons, You're Doing it Wrong, That's Messed Up, and more! And check out our new shirts & stickers! The video for "Mixtape Sean" httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZllV-hPFGpw Here are a few photos taken by Listener Paul: If you have any pics from the show, tag us on Facebook, tweet them to @grapesofrad, or email "aaron@grapesofrad.com" and I'll add them to the gallery! There are a lot of people whose efforts made this show possible, & we'd like to express our gratitude to every single one of them - especially those of you who bought tickets and came out on a Wednesday night to laugh at 2 unemployed jackasses. We love you.

On this Special Edition of deez Grapes, Aaron talks with the one and only Bob Saget! Topics include: Bob thinks Seattle is "one of the best towns for comedy," his Roast on Comedy Central, Dirty Work and directing Chris Farley, the Montreal Comedy Festival, being too hot for Leno, using humor to cope with tragedy, doing Full House & America's Funniest Home Videos simultaneously for 8 years, people who still think he's Danny Tanner, treating people with kindness, and Bob mentions tons of amazing comedians including Brian Posehn, Norm Macdonald, Greg Geraldo, Artie Lange, Don Rickles, Cedric the Entertainer, Louis CK, Sam Kinison, and more! Seattle, come see Bob at one of his 2 shows THIS Thursday, July 19 at The Moore where he'll be taping his new hour stand-up special! That's the night after our show. Who's ready for a fun week?! Special thanks to Sean DeTore and the folks at KIRO for helping us record the call. Our friend Aaron at Air-Raid also talked to Bob, so keep an eye on his show the next few days for some more Saget! photos via @bobsaget music "Rollin' With Bob Saget" via Funny or Die

Our live show is only 10 days away! Tickets are $10 in advance, but more at the door, so GET THEM NOW! This week, we're joined by our friend, twitter champ, and former host of Planned Brotherhood Nick Ahlers! Topics include: "F#%K IT! We'll Do It Live!," Nick finally quit smoking, Ben is unfamiliar with TV theme songs, last weekend's drunken podcast fest, we love our stupid #moviebands and #bandbands hashtags, Ben narrowly avoided a massive awkward moment at the park, the first time each of us saw a boob, a Twitter-themed Vocab, Seattle's new ferris wheel, a Shelton Story, This Week in Awesome Driving, talking to girls on the phone, amusement park rides, and of course - That's Messed Up! 'Ell No httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52JWnleaojE Here's the article with 2 more videos. Dudes writing tribute to us on their naked bodies. Yes. This is a wiener. Thanks a ton, GUYS...

Get your tickets now for "The Grapes of Rad: F#%K IT! We'll Do It Live! (in 3D)" and be a part of our live show on July 18th!! Topics include: We want to get a lot of that inside of us, Steven Hawking and the science festival, the ladies like it too!, Mason got DRUNK, the zero gravity death match of the century, this week in "Wait For It", a Listener imported cover of the former voicemail song, lapel mic batteries, "the saddleback", Florida is a Christian teenager/"it was only oral", diminishing returns, profiling fat dudes for Brian Posehn, naked bicyclists, Zoe Voss vs. Habitat for Humanity, he's a MEGAPASTOR, this week in "I Fucking Hate Airport Security", Just the Headline, the new bath salts, and That's Messed Up. This. Best Whistler Ever (original) httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ESBWC7doqo Best Singer Ever, Whistler Re-Dub httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQ_fO8BSPZo Recorded June 22, 2012 Outro "Back to the Hotel" by N 2 Deep

Get your tickets now for "The Grapes of Rad: F#%K IT! We'll Do It Live! (in 3D)" and be a part of our live show on July 18th!! Topics include: being "ruined for the ordinary," not eating, Ben loves going to the movies with mentally challenged people, thetimeistudiedabroad.tumblr.com, pronouncing the word "ask," [movie trailers], a Secret Movie Night follow-up story, Rap Genius: the hip-hop wikipedia, female porn habits, This Week in Yeahhh Riiight…, Tourette's, Ben's wife finally joined Facebook, It's Science, murdering sex offenders, That's Messed Up, thrift stores, y mucho mas! Ice Cream Truck Fight httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xhCzGPQdZ4 The "Banned" TED Talk about Job Creators httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKCvf8E7V1g Recorded Monday, June 11. Closing music: "Wheels" by CAKE

CLICK HERE TO BUY TICKETS TO THE JULY 18 LIVE SHOW! Topics include: All professional skateboarders have the posture of Shaggy, middle school, Distenzio's, this week in awesome driving, Listener Lorenzo's dad, Boozer Cruisers, the Dollar family, Raul is in mas trouble, a new idea for a post-apocalyptic television series, Meagan is on a boat, texts from an anonymous security officer, the robot is ok- the little boy is not, Sack Circus, the in-laws, and Xavier Cugat (pictured). Mike Judge speaks at the UC San Diego graduation: (he starts at about 6:53) httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylnMb6niDJ0 Mr. Rogers autotuned: httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFzXaFbxDcM Recorded on June 10, 2012. Outro: "Freak Like Me" by Santigold

Fellow Seattle podcasters Sean DeTore and Aaron Roden join us in Studio B to talk about our experiences at last weekend's Sasquatch! Music Festival. Topics include: Aaron M. wrote a song for Sean, we had our first Secret Movie Night with MacGuffin and it was SUPER FUN, Ben went to the dentist while we were at The Gorge, the Getty Lady, Sean's missed love connections, mom jeans, and we saw some music. Lots of music. Including Tenacious D, Girl Talk, The Roots, Feed Me, Reignwolf, Allen Stone, Reptar, Charles Bradley, The Physics, Sol, John Reilly, St. Vincent, James Murphy, Wolfgang Gartner, Felix Cartal, fun., tUnE-yArDs, Wild Flag, and more! Reignwolf playing live on Jet City Stream httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekq4ZMgMa1Q "Mixtape Sean" Here's the original. Come see us LIVE at Chop Suey on Capitol Hill July 18th! Tickets on sale soon!! Closing song: "Sasquatch" by Tenacious D photo via Apes on Tape

SEE DEEZ GRAPES LIVE ON JULY 18TH AT CHOP SUEY! Topics include: This week in Amish, the best karaoke performance ever (featuring a ferocious crotch grab), roller derby gets it, this week in revenge, Florida can't read, Ben's kid is training to become Hugh Hefner, Jeannie makes contact, turntable.fm, Riley Martin is doing reverse Scientology, promo code "Chuck", a good one to keep holstered, Prison Break is not a good show, we can't find things, and a text from an anonymous house cleaner. The Fabulous Secret Powers Remake: httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HnC4c7hB7A&feature=youtube_gdata_player Recorded on 5/20/2012 Outro "Steal My Sunshine" by Len