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Steed is going full Waluigi with his mustache in this week's up and down Chubstep. The guys start with his fantasy of being Josh Allen's butler, and having loud friends visiting before getting to the main topic. Jrad and Steed cover all things elevators like a grandma and emo kid argument in front of one, why penthouses used to be the cheapest in a highrise, how Otis's elevator brake live demonstration made him a household name, a 'Steed Science' on how elevators are basically cars, a man getting stuck in an elevator for 41 hours, a women who survived a 1000ft elevator drop after being burned from a plane crash, a strike that led to self operated elevators, elevator tricks and myths that you don't know about, the largest elevator in the world, and an elevator special task force.

Introducing She Escaped the Unthinkable and Chose Her Own Beginning from The Oprah Podcast. Follow the show: The Oprah Podcast BUY THE BOOKS! I Choose My Beginning: A Story of Courage and Activism https://amzn.to/4j14o11 The Last Girl: My Story of Captivity, and My Fight Against the Islamic State https://amzn.to/4dwNaVF Nadia Murad was just 21 when ISIS attacked her village in northern Iraq. She was taken captive and endured unimaginable abuse before she escaped and went on to become one of the world's most powerful voices for survivors of genocide and wartime violence. A Nobel Peace Prize laureate and human rights activist, Nadia first shared her experience in her bestselling memoir, The Last Girl. Now, in her new book, I Choose My Beginning, she explores what it means to move forward and build a life beyond her past. Oprah and Nadia talk about the difference between surviving and healing and why she continues to speak out for the victims of the Yazidi genocide who are still missing. Nadia also opens up about finding love, getting married and creating a life that includes both her activism and her own happiness. Human rights lawyer Amal Clooney joins the conversation to talk about their work together seeking justice for ISIS crimes against the Yazidi people. 00:00:00 - Welcome Nadia Murad, author of “I Choose My Beginning” 00:05:40 - Why she chose to speak out 00:08:52 - Nadia wanted to rescue her niece 00:12:00 - Winning the Nobel Peace Prize 00:15:00 - Perceptions of survivors 00:18:00 - Online criticism 00:20:50 - Why Oprah admires Nadia 00:23:20 - Meeting Amal Clooney 00:27:00 - Cases for Yazidi women 00:31:30 - What Amal learned from Nadia 00:35:30 - Life in the refugee camp 00:37:35 - Falling in love 00:41:30 - Thousands of Yazidi people still missing 00:43:45 - The aftermath of war 00:51:00 - Nadia declined an operation 00:53:50 - Survival is not the end 00:56:00 - Building a new life Follow Oprah Winfrey on Social: https://www.instagram.com/oprahpodcast/ https://www.facebook.com/oprahpodcast/ https://www.instagram.com/oprah/?hl=en https://www.facebook.com/oprahwinfrey/ DISCLAIMER: Please note, this is an independent podcast episode not affiliated with, endorsed by, or produced in conjunction with the host podcast feed or any of its media entities. The views and opinions expressed in this episode are solely those of the creators and guests. For any concerns, please reach out to [email protected].

Steed survived a near death experience to record this week's episode of Chubstep with Jrad. The guys start with coming across a man with a gun in the middle of the forest, how to intimidate someone who is trying to kill you before getting to the main topic and Jrad shaving using a car's side mirror for a wedding. The guys cover why they're not going into the world's most dangerous game before getting to the ginormous illegal punt gun, strange hunting laws involving camels, the blind, and hunting out of hotel windows, the time Napoleon got attacked by rabbits, a future conservationist killing a leopard with his bare hands, and hunting the tiger that killed 436 people.

Steed is back with Jrad to talk all things Jell-O in this week's Chubstep. The guys start with Jrad's recent bachelor party trip with orange chicken at a fish fry and a psycho Airbnb host, and Steed having his hat removed without his consent at a gentleman's club. For the main topic Jrad goes through his 1970's Jell-O cookbook featuring savory lemon seafood Jell-O molds, the origins of Jell-O featuring a carpenter, cough syrup, false advertising, and  the attempted sale of the company for a few dollars, the battle of the Jell-O cities, Jell-O involved in deaths, and how the military lead to the Jell-O shot

Chubstep favorite Trent Vern returns to tell Jrad about his more recent Las Vegas encounter including a surprising topless pick pocket before getting to his latest role as a Smoke Jumper. The guys cover parachuting to remote places to stop spreading wild fires, how to eat and sleep in the middle of no where, getting stuck in trees and break femurs.

Some people live so far on the fringes of society that they don't even consider themselves part of it, that's what Jrad and Steed are covering on this week's episode of Chubstep. The guys start with a correction on the Greenland episode before getting into why Steed's boredom led him to choose the main topic. Micronations and sovereign citizens starts out with the crazy people defending themselves in court, trying to use this excuse to get out of tickets, Mos Def / Yasiin Bey's trouble with his World Passport, the complicated beliefs of Sovereign Citizens and how it ties to Star Wars, a micronation made of concrete in the ocean that involved a James Bond level helicopter rescue, a high concentration of micronations in the Czech Republic including Anarchy99, when not paying your taxes adds up for micronations, Key West's Conch Republic, an island for the LGBTQ+ community, and a failed Scottish island take over

A good forgery can last forever so Steed and Jrad cover the one's that almost stood the test of time on this week's Chubstep. The guys start with Steed's recent love triangle/missed connection before getting to the main topic. For forgeries they cover a man who spent thousands on a fake stone giant and became famous nationwide all to prove a point to a preacher, finding the bones on Jesus's "Brother", a skull that shaped science from a mammal that never existed, a Roman emperor who found a very convenient letter, making millions off Hitler's letters he never wrote, selling fake painting to the Nazi's and when it almost backfired, and the revoked Grammy for Milli Vanilli

Want to cool off this summer? How about Chubstep's deep dive on one of the most scarcely populated countries in the world with: a history of disappearing civilizations, a shark that defies the odds of living hundreds of years and people eat despite being poisonous, a constant rejection to being purchased by the US, a hidden US nuclear base without Greenland's permission, no history of serial killers (although Iceland does). Before Greenland the guys discussed Steed witnessing another near death while traveling, and losing $50 betting on the Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Championship.

How did a volcano eruption eventually lead to Lance Armstrong requiring everyone to wear yellow bracelets? Steed and Jrad cover everything bicycles and more in this week's Chubstep. The guys start with Jrad being a part of a real life horror movie and how wildfires are obstructing Steed's views before getting to the main topic. The transformation of the Flintstones bike, to the hipster death bike to the "Safety Bike", bikes in war, severe bicycle crimes and scams, the guys worst bike accidents, the disaster that was the first Tour de France, and the worlds most expensive bikes

What are the strangest ways leaders throughout time have died? The list is never ending but the Chubstep boys cover some of the oddest in this week's episode. First they cover if it is socially acceptable to eat popsicles as a grown man, being hired out as a Karen, guest Patrick Bertoletti winning a banana eating contest, and buying weapons as a joke. For the main topic the guys discuss a monkey bite that caused 250,000 deaths, when a nose bleed goes bad, getting killed by your human head trophy, laughing to death, over the top mourning, heading into battle blind and becoming a human leg rest

Will there be a part 2? TBD but there are so many wild diseases out there that this probably isn't the last time Chubstep's Steed and Jrad cover the topic. First the guys discuss the delay in releasing this episode, when hospital staff isn't prepared for standard scenarios, Steed's memorial day trip to Chicago with bleeding ears and a leaky air mattress. The guys then cover people convinced they're already dead, the dancing plague, the laughing epidemic in 'Tanzania News', the forgotten living statues that awoke after 40 years in the 1960's, and when ancient treatments like blood letting and maggots in wounds make sense.

The pendulum swings as an episode dedicated to something only a woman can do is followed by a show based on all things masculine in this week's Chubstep. The guys start with thanking the fans for their most downloads ever in the month of April, Steed quitting his part time job in college by ghosting a sub shop, and a casino commercial which can't be interpreted in an appropriate way. The guys get to what they meant by the topic of masculinity doing an ASMR of eating a meat sticks, a 90's kid peak image of masculinity, the positive beginning of the meaning of toxic masculinity, why men don't live as long, beers, the ultimate man names, the best ways to eat meat, masculinity norm changes through history including crying and high heels, and the best ways for a man to break up with his significant other

What has been missing from pregnancy since the dawn of time? How about the male's on Chubstep perspective and deep understanding! The guys start with Jrad's surprise trip to Las Vegas, soy boys, and nobody being happy with the Kentucky Derby. For the main topic the guys start with how pregnancy is like a vending machine, ancient ways of determining if you're pregnant, the biggest baby ever and how it's like a first round draft bust, an impossibly small baby and long pregnancy, a cure all for pregnancy symptoms, how pregnant women can be helped by lonely men at Jimmy John's, odd beliefs around the world, the lady that 69 babies, and the guys tips for pregnancy.

For the second time, #2 ranked competitive eater in the world Patrick Bertoletti joins Chubstep to discuss all things food and eating a lot of it. Jrad and Steed start with the shame of a Mountain Dew-livery, eating pistachios in bed alone, and knock off foods. Next the 2024 Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Champion joins and the three discuss Jrad's Jamiroquai hat, Patrick winning the Mass Hole Donut Marathon with 100.5 donuts in 10 minutes, technique vs mentality for competitive eating, the official sandwich debate in Illinois, giving fake advice, Jrad downing a banana as fast as he can live, the life of a (egg)Nog Head, the Lettuce Club of Minnesota, Patrick eating heads of lettuce while driving, last meals, stomach stretching, and the upcoming hot dog competition

No animal has made some of the smartest people ever seem more stupid than eels. This is why Steed and Jrad tell you everything you need to know in this week's Chubstep. The guys start with still being ranked in the top 10 of Tanzanian podcasts, topical/tropical storms in Saipan, and Steed's heroic rescue of a family in need and his likely familial tie to Jesus before getting to Eels. For eels the guys start with how little there still is known about how they reproduce, all coming from one location, the idiocracy of: Aristotle and Sigmund Freud, the black market around baby eels, electric eels influence on the battery, hippies powering their house with electric eels, terrible to less terrible eel meals, and eels in noses