Episodes

  • #97 Kait Gets Drunk & Visits Ireland with Her Dad

    #97 Kait Gets Drunk & Visits Ireland with Her Dad
    Jan 8 2025
    Comedian Kait Carmody tells a story at our live show about her recent trip to Ireland with her father, who was born there. Kait, who is also our newest coproducer at The Blackout Diaries, then joins CJ and Sean in the studio and we discuss everything from Ireland to how vacations are different with your family, versus your drinking buddies. This leads to a theme on family vacations. Sean tells some stories from his recent trip to Hawaii with his family and CJ shares some stories about his dead saving money on vacations by locating fly-by-night airlines.
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    1 hr and 1 min
  • #96 Comics Get Drunk & Talk About Kenny De Forest

    #96 Comics Get Drunk & Talk About Kenny De Forest
    Dec 20 2024
    An amazing standup comic and friend to many, Kenny De Forest, passed away a year ago this week. On this episode, we celebrate Kenny with a clip from his last appearance on our live show along with stories about Kenny from other comics. Comedian Aaron Weaver shares a great story about what it was like to hangout with Kenny and Matty Ryan talks about how much Kenny meant to everyone, as seen at the tribute show that was organized for Kenny. Cj and Sean add some of their own stories and impressions of Kenny, along with how standup comics tend to 'process' death (i.e. drink).
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    56 mins
  • #95 Kevin Gets Drunk & Talks Presidents

    #95 Kevin Gets Drunk & Talks Presidents
    Dec 6 2024
    Comedian Kevin D Williams, a Chicago legend, stops by the studio as our first, post-election guest and shares his thoughts on the election. We play some live clips of Kevin and then talk Presidents. Kevin shares why he thinks Trump should have been banned from running for office, based on his experience at a McDonalds. And CJ and Sean share some of their favorite historical stories about hard drinking presidents.
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    1 hr
  • America Gets Drunk & Fries Turkey

    America Gets Drunk & Fries Turkey
    Nov 26 2024
    Special Thanksgiving Episode! CJ and Sean share stories about the holiday we consider to be America's drunkest. We talk about how Netflix often screws up these kind of events with streaming problems, which forces us to confront the horror of interacting with our families. Why families get so drunk on Thanksgiving and how many mailboxes are lost due to driveway accidents. We share stats on which states have the most accidents and deaths due to deep frying turkeys and more.
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    54 mins
  • #93 Chelsea Gets Drunk & Backpacks Over Europe

    #93 Chelsea Gets Drunk & Backpacks Over Europe
    Nov 14 2024
    Comedian Chelsea Hood shares the story of the time she backpacked across Europe with her boyfriend's sober, god-loving best friend- recorded at our live show. Chelsea then joins CJ and Sean in the studio and we talk about the special itineraries drunks have when they travel across a different continent. Chelsea also talks about what's its like to be a female construction worker and general contractor and how dudes react when she shows up to fix things. CJ and Sean share their own backpacking stories, along with some stories about how different EU airlines want to different policies on drunk passengers and a story about how European bullet trains confuse some people when they are on a bender.
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    1 hr and 4 mins
  • #92 Baseball Gets Drunk & Plays The World Series

    #92 Baseball Gets Drunk & Plays The World Series
    Oct 27 2024
    A special episode celebrating the start of the World Series. CJ and Sean talk about the Dodgers vs Yankees matchup and how its causing Carmageddon in LA. We also talk about some of the funniest moments in World Series history, which include legendary drunk and slugger Babe Ruth ending game 7 on a hilariously bad stolen base attempt, George Steinbrenner claiming he was attacked by Dodgers fans- only to punch their teeth out. We also talk about drinking in the world series, including a Sox pitcher who entered the game drunk and how the Yankees may have punished Mantle and Ruth by making them play weird positions.
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    55 mins
  • #91 Tori Gets Drunk & Tours a Fire Station

    #91 Tori Gets Drunk & Tours a Fire Station
    Oct 18 2024
    Comedian Tori Kilkenny tells two hilarious stories at our live show- one about the last time she blacked out and the other about an impromptu decision to tour her local fire fighting station. Tori then joins CJ and Sean in the studio and we talk about the joys of revisiting things you loved as a child , like fire engines and snow ball fights. This leads to a theme on firefighters- we share stats on how much firefighters drink compared to the average citizen and a story about a Wisconsin volunteer fire fighting crew that struggles to find a sober driver for the truck on weekends. We also share our own stories about dealing with Chicago fire fighters and what they will and will not respond to.
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    1 hr and 3 mins
  • #90 The Internet Gets Drunk & Falls For Scams

    #90 The Internet Gets Drunk & Falls For Scams
    Oct 12 2024
    CJ and Sean talk about technology and drinking. Sean has recently been contacted by a bunch of people who have fallen victim to cyber scams and shares those stories, along with good advice on how to know if you are speaking to a scammer. We also talk about the Israeli operation that sold exploding pagers. CJ talks about the crazy tech theories he heard in North Carolina, between hurricanes. CJ and Sean end by discussing some recent ways science and technology has intersected with drinking, specifically the growth of sober influencers and how Ozempic is now being used to curtail drinking habits as well as eating habits.
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    56 mins