Comedian Carl Sobel stops by the pod lounge to talk some smack. First, Ross and Matt briefly review the new album from Dream Theater, before we move onto more important topics like The 2025 Grammy awards. We get an absolutely hilarious News of the World, talk Chet hanks, wrester Stephen Flow, the upcoming Super Bowl, Creed and Mark Tremonti, A24 movies, and Elon Musk cheating at video games. Plus tons more. Soak it in.

Joining us in the pod lounge are musicians Kyle Brown and Mike Schertenlieb from the band Kyle Brown The Human Condition. In the first segment we get the low down on Kyle’s history as a musician, their recording process, and general ethos as musicians. We then discuss the recent purchase of Marshall Amps to a Chinese holding firm, drum techniques, drum gear and drum heads, and staying inspired to practice and make music. In the second segment we get caught up on News of the World, we talk about the recent Washington DC plane crash, and P Diddy’s prison beef with Luigi Mangione. Then Ross goes hard again on the new Snoop album no one is interested in. Later, we discuss the authors Ray Bradbury and Joseph Heller. Plus tons more. Soak it in.

The Metal Maniacs are back like Scoliosis. In the first segment we discuss changing directions in your musical tastes, getting out of each others way in song writing, and bands that can't lose a member. We get into Mastodon, Nine Inch Nails live, Tool's Fear Inoculum, buying CD's at midnight, and Modd gives us a rundown on the High School Mockrock years doing black metal. In the second segment we lose video, but hear some news of the world, gets a fresh batch of Matt's Musings. Then we speak on Conan getting the Mark Twain award, and the Obama and Jennifer Aniston couple rumor. Later we deep dive on Nosferatu, and eating grapes at midnight on New Years. In the third segment we get video back online, talk about the show No Good Deed, the new Ari Schaeffer special, Dave Portnoy's pizza show, drumeo videos, and Ross drunkenly rants about the new Snoop and Dr. Dre record "Missionary". Plus tons more. Soak it in.