Ever think your job sucks? Meetings, emails, annoying bosses, and “per my last message” energy? Cool. At least you’re not drowning in human shit.

In this episode of Are You Sh!tting Me?, Brett dives into the grossest, most horrifying jobs throughout history—and suddenly modern work complaints don’t seem so bad. From medieval gong farmers who shoveled human waste by hand, to tanners soaking hides in urine, plague corpse collectors hauling bodies during the Black Death, and leech collectors slowly bleeding themselves for medicine that absolutely did not work.

We’re talking disgusting historical jobs, dangerous working conditions, and the nightmare careers no one romanticizes. Along the way, you’ll learn why some of these jobs paid well, why they were deadly, and why progress didn’t just bring technology—it brought dignity.

If you’ve ever hated your job, complained about work, or thought “there has to be something worse than this,” this episode will give you instant perspective—and multiple moments where you’ll say out loud:

“Are you shitting me?”

Happy New Year, shitters.

Chuck & Brett stumble headfirst into another year of questionable decisions and even more questionable research. In this episode of Are You Sh!#ing Me?, we break down the weirdest New Year’s traditions from around the world (broken plates, lucky underwear, grape-eating chaos), recap some of the most “are you serious?” moments of 2025, and peer deep into the AYSM crystal ball with wild, dumb, and strangely possible predictions for 2026.

Along the way, we crack open a session IPA, invent brand-new New Year’s traditions that absolutely should not exist, roast things that must die in the new year (QR code menus, influencer families, airport nonsense), and remind everyone why common sense is still undefeated. If you like humor, global traditions, pop culture, beer talk, and laughing at humanity while learning something accidentally—this episode is for you.

Because sometimes the best way to start the year is by asking the most important question of all: Are you shitting me?

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What do candy canes, space pranks, pooping logs, roller-skating to church, and Christmas ale all have in common?

Apparently… Christmas 🎄🍺

In this chaotic holiday episode of Are You Sh!#ing Me?, Chuck & Brett stumble through Christmas facts, bizarre global traditions, holiday food debates, beer tasting, and Christmas movies rewritten like true-crime horror stories. Along the way, they uncover why candy canes used to be plain white, how NORAD accidentally started tracking Santa, why Mariah Carey makes millions every year from one song, and how Santa’s reindeer are probably female.

They crack open Great Lakes Brewing - Christmas Ale, argue about fruitcake, eggnog, and canned cranberry sauce, explore strange Christmas customs from Japan, Spain, Venezuela, Norway, and beyond—and completely ruin your favorite holiday movies by reframing them as stories about gaslighting, domestic terrorism, and cult behavior.

It’s festive. It’s educational. It’s slightly unhinged.
🎄🍻 We’re educating the masses.

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Cheers & Merry Christmas!

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In this episode of ⁠Are You Shitting Me? – Something I Learned While Avoiding Real Responsibilities, ⁠Brett stumbles into one of the most unbelievable moments in modern warfare: the Christmas Truce of 1914.In 1914, during the chaos of World War I, something unbelievable happened—soldiers stopped fighting because it was Christmas.

It proved something wildly inconvenient and deeply human.

And that’s something Brett learned… while avoiding real responsibilities.

Cheers!

Brett

What exactly makes someone a homie — loyalty, shared chaos, or the fact that they’ve witnessed your worst decisions and still show up? In this highly entertaining episode of Are You Sh!#ing Me? (AYSM), Brett & Chuck break down the true meaning of homies, the surprising history of the word “homie”, and why ride-or-die friendships matter more than ever.

Brett & Chuck also debate:
🔥History’s most iconic duos (Lewis & Clark, Twain & Keller, Han Solo & Chewbacca, Goose & Maverick)

🔥The unwritten rules of best friend dynamics
🔥A beer review of My Homie by Breakside Brewery (https://breakside.com)
🔥A playlist of the best homie songs of all time

🔥Homie Dream Teams- where Brett & Chuck create the best 3 duos or all time (you can vote for the best Homie Dream team on Spotify) btw – Brett so wins this one.

The episode blends comedy, storytelling, and a little research into the friendships that shape our lives — the homies who support your dreams, roast you mercilessly, and sometimes hold your beer while you make a terrible decision.

If you’ve ever wondered what defines a true homie, this episode delivers laughs, insight, and a whole lot of nostalgia.

Cheers!

B&C

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In this AYSM - Something I Learned While Avoiding Real Responsibilities solo episode, Brett dives into one of the internet’s most infamous scientific myths: The Brown Note—the supposed ultra-low sound frequency powerful enough to make you instantly lose bowel control.

Is it real? Could a deep bass tone actually turn your intestines into a malfunctioning subwoofer? And why has this myth survived for decades despite being busted harder than a cheap speaker at a Metallica concert?

Brett breaks down the strange science of infrasound, the spooky ways low frequencies mess with your brain, the South Park episode that launched the legend into pop culture, and the moment MythBusters literally tried to weaponize acoustics in the name of science.

Spoiler: no pants were harmed.

You’ll learn where the story came from, why people swear it has to be true, and what infrasound really does to the human body (hint: wrong end). It’s weird, it’s hilarious, it’s slightly unsettling — classic AYSM.

If you’ve ever wondered whether a sound can actually make you poop… this episode hits all the right frequencies.

Cheers!

Brett

This week on Are You Sh!#ing Me?, Something I Learned While Avoiding Real Responsibilities,

Brett goes solo to unpack one of the weirdest, most unnecessary, and most delightfully chaotic moments in American holiday history: ,

The Great Cranberry Panic of 1959 — the year the government basically told everyone, “Happy Thanksgiving… maybe don’t eat anything red.”

Just two weeks before Thanksgiving, officials announced that some cranberries might be contaminated with a weed killer that could cause cancer in rats. The result?

Panic. Outrage. Angry telegrams. Politicians flexing by chugging cranberry juice on TV. And an entire country looking for emergency backup side dishes (spoiler: it wasn’t pretty).

President Eisenhower skipped the cranberry sauce. Grocery stores pulled cans off shelves. Life Magazine suggested pickled watermelon rind. AMERICA. LOST. ITS. MIND.

Buckle up, because I discovered something while procrastinating that sent me into a spiral.

Brett breaks down:

• Why the warning happened

• How bad the science actually was

• Why Nixon ate four servings on camera like a deranged berry martyr

• The letters the White House received (including Canadians demanding an apology)

• And how this panic shaped modern food safety laws

All that plus jokes, rants, and whatever Brett was supposed to be doing instead of researching 1950s cranberry drama.

Cheers!

Brett

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