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One draft. One decade. Way too many great picks. We set one simple rule: the show must have aired at least one episode in the 1980s, then we build our “best lineup” and talk way too much trash about it. If you love 1980s TV shows, classic sitcoms, action series, and comfort-watch reruns, you’re going to have opinions and we want all of them. The board fills up fast with heavy hitters and personal favorites like The Simpsons, Cheers, Miami Vice, Married with Children, MASH, Saved by the Bell, Alf, The Wonder Years, The Price Is Right, Quantum Leap, Seinfeld, The Dukes of Hazzard and The A Team, then we expand the draft and start calling out the snubs. We also drop a stack of honorable mentions that’ll send you straight back to the couch with the wood-paneled TV. After the nostalgia, we switch gears into Would You Rather questions that somehow get real: would you take more time or more money, keep every memory or selectively erase the painful ones, and would you rather be lost in space or lost in the ocean. Then we wrap with “what is wrong with people” headlines, including a naked DoorDash delivery caught on camera, a Guinness World Records burrito speed-eating run, a disturbing foster care case involving a monkey trade allegation, and a stolen plane joyride near a nuclear facility that triggered fighter jets. Listen now, then vote on who won the 80s TV draft by messaging us on our Facebook page or website, and if you enjoy the chaos, subscribe, share the episode with a friend, and leave a quick review. Support the show

Everybody has a favorite mall food court spot, and apparently everybody else’s pick is wrong. This week on After 2 Beers, we draft our ultimate food court lineups and take cinnamon rolls, pretzels, and questionable mall pizza way too seriously. A duck race sets the draft order, and the live chat helps settle who built the best place to blow twenty bucks. Then we discover a Facebook group called Scenic Pisses, because apparently even taking a leak needs an online community. A round of Would You Rather gets us arguing about relationships, privacy, and whether knowing what everyone really thinks of you could possibly be better than $250,000. Some things are better left a mystery. We also get into a story about first-semester grading changes at the University of Michigan and a Florida lawnmower traffic stop that gives us another reason to appreciate Florida from a distance. Food court loyalties, terrible choices, and conversations that probably should’ve stayed off the internet. Grab a beer and join us. Subscribe, leave a review, and tell us which food court spot deserves the first pick! Find more After 2 Beers: https://www.after2beers.com Help keep the mics on and support the show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/after2beers Support the show

A concert draft sounds easy until you add one rule that changes everything: every headliner has to be alive and still active. We’re building a dream festival lineup the way real friends do it, with strong opinions, instant regret, and way too much confidence. The picks jump across genres and generations, and we end up arguing about what actually makes a great live show: famous songs, ticket demand, pure stage presence, or the kind of performance that turns a random Friday night into a lifelong memory. Before we crown a winner, we take a few classic After 2 Beers detours. Chris drops a jaw-dropping On Patrol Live moment involving a 20-year-old on a motorcycle, an unbelievable BAC reading, and a decision that leaves us all confused. Then a simple grocery store cart return turns into a legit social experiment: when the system is already messed up, do you fix it, follow the posted rules, or follow the crowd so the next person isn’t dealing with chaos? We also brainstorm what should go into a 50-year time capsule for America’s 300th birthday, pulling in modern technology, social media, money, politics, and everyday items that might not even exist in a few decades. Things take a darker turn with a Chicago funeral home investigation, and we finish on Would You Rather questions that go from hilarious to deeply personal fast. If you like a comedy podcast with drafts, debates, and the kind of stories you’d hear at a bar, hit subscribe, share this with a friend, and leave us a review. What would your three headliners be? Support the show

A Yellowstone bison, a leafy greens outbreak, and a river full of cobras sound like three separate nightmares, but for us it’s just another night hanging out and trying to make sense of the internet. We start with control-room banter and a story from a VFW “Queen of Hearts” jackpot night, where the people watching is almost as wild as the prize money. Then we dig into the week’s headlines: the viral clip of a 77-year-old getting way too close to a Yellowstone National Park bison, the very real reality of food poisoning linked to contaminated leafy greens, and the flood footage out of southern China that pushes every snake fear button at once. If you’ve ever watched something and thought “that has to be AI,” we’re right there with you. We also play one of our favorite clips of absurd public life: a New Jersey township meeting interrupted by a full-size purple bong costume performance, plus a quick history nugget about Prince doing door-to-door ministry as a Jehovah’s Witness. The back half gets competitive with our Sylvester Stallone movie draft, complete with rules, strategy, sleeper picks, and listener voting, followed by rapid fire would you rather questions. If you laugh, share it with a friend, subscribe so you don’t miss next week’s draft, and leave a review to help more people find After Two Beers. Support the show

Facebook puts us in “timeout” over an old meme and it instantly raises a bigger question: what happens to your show or your small business when your entire marketing plan lives on a platform you do not own? We talk through the ugly side of content moderation, surprise enforcement, and why buying ads still does not protect you. The solution is not panic, it is infrastructure: a real website, multiple channels, and a direct relationship with your audience so you are not one report away from disappearing. From there, a scene from American Gangster sparks a time jump thought experiment. If you walked out of prison 10 to 15 years from now, what would feel unrecognisable? We trade predictions about the AI future, automation, driverless vehicles, drone delivery, and household robots that do the boring stuff. It gets funny fast, but the underlying theme is serious: technology is changing work, relationships, and everyday routines, whether we feel ready or not. We also dig into online sports betting and how apps make gambling frictionless, especially for younger users who grow up with promos baked into every game. Then we pivot hard into Fourth of July reality: fireworks prices, massive shells, and why professional pyrotechnics and basic safety beat “hold my drink” energy every time. Finally, we nerd out on wild military and CIA history like the Korean DMZ tree incident, Operation Mincemeat, and the Howard Hughes submarine claw mission, before ending on heat, hot car rescue laws, and a reminder to check on people who might be struggling. If you enjoy the mix of real talk, ridiculous stories, and practical takeaways, subscribe, share this with a friend, and leave a review so more people can find the show. Support the show

He went to a Pride parade to support his daughter and partner, turned around for one second, and suddenly found himself leading the parade with thousands of strangers cheering him on. That story kicks off a night that swings between heartfelt and hilarious, while still landing on something real: support is not just what we believe, it is what we do for the people we love, even when we feel out of place. We talk about why Pride events feel so joyful, what it means to be an ally in public, and how a single day can become a core memory that changes your view of community. From there, we pivot into After 2 Beers History and get morbid fast. We unpack executioner history, hangmen, and public executions, including why towns once treated hangings like a fair with crowds, picnics, and spectacle. We get into the mechanics and the horror of it, like rope length, botched hangings, and why methods meant to be “clean” often were not. Then we argue the uncomfortable questions: would you take the job, how would you live with it, and what does it say about society that we demand an outcome but shun the person who carries it out? We finish with news that feels ripped from the internet: a bungee jump tragedy in Brazil that is almost too unbelievable to process, a lemonade stand robbery at gunpoint, and a real-world reminder that fireworks can trigger PTSD when people are not warned. Finally, we lighten it up with World Cup visitors reacting to America, from Scottish fans drinking Boston dry to travelers discovering ranch, Buc-ee’s, and the “wait, you can buy that here?” culture shock. If you laughed, cringed, or argued with us in your head, subscribe, share the show with a friend, and leave a review so more people can find After 2 Beers. Support the cause: patreon.com/after2beers Support the show

Somebody microwaves fish at work and a detective allegedly responds by pulling a gun. A dog fires a shotgun at a gas station. A lottery ticket looks like $100,000 until the scanner says $20. That’s the kind of night you get when After Two Beers hits episode 200, and we’re somehow still trusted with microphones. We bounce from sponsor shout-outs and drink testing into our favorite lane: odd news stories that reveal how people actually behave. We break down workplace etiquette and why shared spaces can feel like a battleground, then jump into a Hoosier Lottery scratch-off “glitch” that raises a simple question: when a system messes up, who pays for it? We also talk body-cam footage where a deputy accuses an adaptive athlete of texting with her right hand even though she was born without one, and why some people in authority just can’t admit they’re wrong. Things get even wilder with the US Army’s new combat field test, our own ridiculous training confidence, and a health story that turns into an honest conversation about blood pressure, avoiding doctors and the fear of bad news. We close with a big one: AI and the future of work, plus a growing trend where people create an AI version of their ex to get “closure.” Is that emotional healing, or a new kind of trap? If you like comedy podcasts, strange headlines, real talk about mental health, and conversations that go off the rails but land somewhere meaningful, hit subscribe, share this with a friend, and leave us a review. What story had you saying “no way” out loud? https://www.patreon.com/after2beers Support the show

You ever catch yourself laughing at something, then immediately wonder if you should feel bad for laughing? That’s where we start: guilty pleasures, clean sheet day, and the kind of unfiltered “bonfire talk” that only happens when the microphones are on and we’re being honest. We also shout out the people and places keeping small-town community alive, from our friends at the Moose to upcoming nights at the VFW and the American Legion, plus how you can support the After 2 Beers Podcast on Patreon. Then the conversation takes a turn into one of the strangest modern habits: scrolling local mugshot pages like they’re the morning paper. We talk about why it’s so addictive, why the comment sections can be brutal, and the uncomfortable reality that an arrest is not a conviction. It’s funny until it isn’t, and we try to sit in that tension without pretending we have perfect answers. From there, we tackle celebration culture: fourth grade “graduations”, social media performance, and even job “signing day” ceremonies that look like Division I recruiting. We’re pro vocational education and trade skills, and we dig into why manufacturing automation, robotics, and AI make real training more important than ever. After that, we hit A2B News with stories so ridiculous they sound fake: bees used as a weapon during an eviction, an accidental medical “fix”, undercover cops stinging each other in a drug bust, and a bulldozer taking revenge at a pub. Stick around to the end for the most important part: a reminder to check on your people when life gets hard. If you enjoy the show, subscribe, share it with a friend, and leave a review so more folks can find us. Support the show: patreon.com/after2beers Support the show

One minute we’re debating whether cruise ships are just floating germ factories, and the next we’re spiraling into a surprisingly heated argument about how many eggs a chicken can actually lay in a day. That’s how this episode goes, but underneath the laughs is a real conversation about small-town life, local politics, and the struggle of keeping independent local shows alive without community support. We get into Indiana local elections, low voter turnout, and why so many people complain after the fact while skipping the ballot box altogether. Then we break down what a sheriff can actually control inside a county jail, from food quality and budgeting to inmate dignity and accountability. It’s the kind of local government conversation most people ignore until it affects them personally. From there, the headlines get absolutely unhinged. We talk about a woman allegedly chasing a kid down a sidewalk with her car, a missing person investigation complicated by heavily filtered social media photos, and Finnish Air Force cadets reportedly drawing crude images in the sky. Somehow it only gets stranger from there. But there’s also some real humanity in this one. We cover the story of a teenager using a Make-A-Wish opportunity to feed 300 homeless people, plus a frustrating Walmart disability lawsuit that raises serious questions about ADA damage caps and whether massive corporations are ever truly held accountable. If you like weird news with heart, local conversations with actual substance, and the occasional emergency expert appearance from Farmer Brad to settle chicken math once and for all, this episode is for you. Support the show and get bonus content at patreon.com/after2beers Support the show

You can feel a life milestone hit in real time. We’re joking around one minute, then the next we’re staring straight at a question a lot of us avoid: when did “50 is old” stop being a joke and start being a mirror? Dutch’s 48th birthday kicks off a surprisingly honest run about health, losing people too young, and why the most valuable thing you own has nothing to do with your bank account. We also get into the messy, hilarious reality of dating standards as you age. What’s a reasonable age cutoff on a dating app when your kid is grown? How much does physical attraction matter, and what do you do with the Gen Z idea of “Shrekking,” dating someone you’re not attracted to because they’re a good person? It’s part comedy, part real talk, and way too relatable. Then we turn the chaos up with a game: five headline stories and one is fake. A snake bite leads to a finger getting chopped off. A slot machine flashes a $43 million jackpot that gets voided as a “glitch” and replaced with a steak dinner. A hickey ends in a fatal stroke. A first date shows up with 23 family members and a massive bill. We argue, we guess, and we spiral like only this crew can. If the ending hits close to home, that’s the point. Check on your people, say the thing, and take care of yourself. Subscribe, share the show with a friend, and leave us a review so this community keeps growing. Support the show

You know that moment when a normal catch-up turns into a dead-serious debate about aliens, JFK, and who’s really pulling the strings? That’s where we live. Dutch Dalton, Kimmy Gibbler, and Michael Summers crack the seal after a couple drinks and chase the questions people only admit they have when the room feels safe: Bigfoot sightings, Area 51, 9/11 doubts, the Epstein list, and why it feels like the public always gets the story late. We also get into faith and history in a way that’s messy but honest, from Freemasons to missing religious texts like the Book of Enoch, plus the idea that “secrets” might be sitting in places like the Vatican archives or locked-away collections the public never sees. Then we pull it back to modern life, including what it’s like to get “Zuckered” by social media and watch a page’s reach collapse when platforms and reports decide you’re a problem. And because it’s After Two Beers, we end up laughing at the most absurd real headlines on earth: Olympic Village condom shortages, a camel beauty contest busted for cosmetic hump fillers, an Antarctica stabbing over book spoilers, a kid accidentally packing a vodka cocktail for lunch, a Guinness record pulled with nipple piercings, and yes, sharks testing positive for drugs in the Caribbean. If you like comedy podcasts, conspiracy theory talk, and weird news that somehow circles back to real life, this one’s for you. Subscribe, share with a friend who loves a good rabbit hole, and leave a review, what conspiracy do you want us to go deeper on next? Support the show

What do a Super Bowl halftime show, a CIA-wired cat, and a bank robber who refuses to run have in common? They all reveal how people—and giant institutions—make baffling choices for reasons that seem obvious once you pull back the curtain. We crack open outrage culture around Bad Bunny and land on an unglamorous truth: in the NFL’s $240B world, market growth beats politics every time. When owners’ families publicly cheer a globally dominant artist, it’s not a culture war; it’s an audience strategy. From there we shift into something more personal: the uneasy art of reading people. One moment it’s a rest-stop gut check, the next it’s a neighborhood feed full of coyotes and doorbells. Is spidey sense intuition or just pattern matching? We weigh safety, bias, and the way technology fuels certainty. Then we veer into conspiracies with receipts. Yes, Acoustic Kitty really happened—tiny mic, big bill, one unlucky taxi. And the rumored “gay bomb”? A proposed non-lethal tactic meant to scramble enemy morale. It never launched, but the fact it was drafted says everything about how far bureaucracies will reach for an edge. The stories get wilder: a “cleaning fairy” who breaks in, tidies up, and leaves a handwritten invoice; a 70-year-old who calmly robs a bank because home is worse than prison, only to be sentenced to house arrest; and a grudge so epic an ex spends decades visiting a grave for the pettiest ritual imaginable. Beneath the laughs is a throughline: we’re all navigating spectacle, judgment, and the strange ways people try to feel in control. We wrap with community—live trivia, music nights, and a reminder to check on friends who seem off. The world is tough; a message, a meetup, or a shared joke can change someone’s day. Join us for sharp takes, questionable theories, and stories you’ll retell. If you laughed, learned, or yelled at your speakers, tap follow, rate the show, and share it with a friend who loves a good rabbit hole. Support the show

A three-hour fishing trip turns into 438 days adrift on the Pacific. When Jose Salvador Alvarenga finally washes ashore thousands of miles away, he isn’t just a survivor—he’s a headline, a lawsuit target, and a mirror for how we treat people who outlast the impossible. We unpack what he ate, how he endured, and why the public often demands spectacle before empathy. From there, the ride gets wilder. We meet three friends who push their car after a night out to avoid a DUI and end up fined for “misusing the road,” and a giant panda that fakes pregnancy to score AC, buns, and bamboo—proof that incentives shape behavior in zoos and in life. Then we spotlight a New Jersey restaurant owner who closes up shop, launches a fleet of drones with thermal cameras, and reunites families with their lost pets—refusing payment from those who can’t afford help and building a community network on purpose, not clout. We also wade into messy human moments: a surgeon who wants his donated kidney “back” during a divorce, and a pastor who proposes at a funeral—choices that test where generosity ends and attention-seeking begins. Along the way we wrestle with casino economics versus addiction risk, the dopamine pull of slots and e-tickets, and how media turns violence into currency. The throughline is simple: survival is personal, but recovery is shared. Systems nudge us; character defines us; community saves us. We keep it candid, a little rowdy, and always real—because life’s hard enough without pretending otherwise. If you’re into true survival stories, human psychology, weird-but-true news, and community wins that restore your faith, you’re in the right place. Hit play, share it with a friend who loves a good story, and leave a review to help more curious folks find the show. Support the show

A century-old film clip sparks a modern gut check: a Paris tailor climbs the Eiffel Tower in 1912 wearing a parachute suit of his own design… and jumps. The crowd is ready, the cameras are rolling, and gravity answers in four seconds. We break down why this infamous moment still matters—how belief is fuel, but physics is the guardrail—and use it as a lens for the tech leaps we’re making right now. From there, we fast-forward to the near future that’s already pulling into the driveway: AI-driven cars you can nap in, not-so-subtle subscription features hiding inside your vehicle, and why flying cars sound fun until you imagine them running out of charge over your roof. We explore the quieter revolution of convenience—groceries delivered, apps everywhere, VR meetings that might actually feel present—and ask what happens to community when leaving the house becomes optional. The thread runs through drones and swarms, unmanned warfare, and the rising value of metals like silver and copper that power electrification and chips. Follow the materials and you can almost map the next decade. It’s not all heavy. We trade small-town legends, smoky humor from a Colorado dispensary fire, and updates on our live trivia nights and a 90s country theme party. But we close where it matters most: eight years into this show, we’ve seen how quickly life can turn. People get quiet. Grief sneaks up. If someone in your world hasn’t sounded like themselves, reach out. One honest check-in can land harder than any algorithmic upgrade. If this mix of history, tech, and real-life storytelling hits home, tap follow, share with a friend who loves a wild tale, and leave a quick review so more curious listeners can find us. What future leap do you trust—and which one needs more testing? Learn more at https://www.after2beers.com/ Support the show

The bow-on-the-hood moment looks great on TV, but what happens when a surprise 90,000 dollar purchase runs headfirst into real life, real budgets, and real trust? We kick things off on the back porch with the kind of money talk most people avoid. Simple rules. Honest limits. The difference between a thoughtful gift and a financial grenade. If you have ever tried to balance independence with a shared future, this one hits close to home. Then things get weird. A family unknowingly drives their “deceased” aunt 300 miles to a cremation only to hear knocking from the coffin. A bald eagle drops a cat through a windshield. And the internet convinces people that smearing menstrual blood on their face is a beauty secret. We laugh, we cringe, and then we dig into why this stuff spreads so fast and how to keep your common sense intact when the algorithm rewards chaos. We also talk about a long-term Norwegian study that claims heavy teenage drinking leads to later success. It is the kind of headline built to get clicks, so we slow it down and unpack what really matters. Community matters. Connection matters. And survivorship bias is real. For parents, we share practical guardrails that actually work, from setting money boundaries to building safe spaces without glorifying bad decisions. We close on something quieter. Anxiety that shows up without warning, especially around the holidays. If you feel it, you are not alone. We have been there. Small routines help. Talking helps. Checking in on someone else helps even more. If you enjoyed the ride, laugh, or perspective, support the show at patreon.com/after2beers. It helps us keep the conversations going, the mics on, and the beer cold. And if this episode gave you something to think about, share it with a friend who could use it. Support the show