• #99 Chris Gets Drunk & Earns A New Nickname
    2025/01/30
    Comedian Chris Trani tells the story of when he was too drunk to enter Wrigley Field so, after security rejected him, he found a local Chicago softball game. Chris joins CJ and Sean in the studio to talk about the unique ways men plan a re-union weekend, versus women. We also discuss nicknames- the good and the bad. We share a study that suggests nicknames might be better to use if you have a very weird birth name and we tell some stories about some of drinking buddies who have great nicknames.
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    1 時間 3 分
  • #98 America Gets Drunk & Promises To Take January Off
    2025/01/17
    A Dry January Episode from The Blackout Diaries. Sean is doing Dry Jan with his wife and talks about how that began and CJ updates everyone on how he escaped the burning hills of Hollywood. The outgoing Surgeon General has announced that America should put cancer warnings on all bottles of alcohol and we discuss why that may not be effective and why getting people to quit drinking is much harder than quitting cigarettes- because alcohol is a lot more fun. We also share some articles about the warnings of Dry Jan and talk about how most of them do not apply to the kind of person that will consider taking 30 days off.
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    51 分
  • #97 Kait Gets Drunk & Visits Ireland with Her Dad
    2025/01/08
    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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  • #96 Comics Get Drunk & Talk About Kenny De Forest
    2024/12/20
    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 分
  • #95 Kevin Gets Drunk & Talks Presidents
    2024/12/06
    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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  • America Gets Drunk & Fries Turkey
    2024/11/26
    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 分
  • #93 Chelsea Gets Drunk & Backpacks Over Europe
    2024/11/14
    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 時間 4 分
  • #92 Baseball Gets Drunk & Plays The World Series
    2024/10/27
    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 分