1039 - Novel Gustatory Experiences feat. Bryan Quinby & Chris James (5/25/26)

My name is Tom Raper, and I am an American Citizen.

Brandon Routhe was crazy, because he was like a composite character of an average circa 2012 r/conspiracy poster, my most annoying former coworker, and my dad at the height of his alcoholism

Can someone tell Felix he made his point 15 minutes ago

real ale is british, and it's vastly superior

gonna be singing a diff tune when the end comes and you have a fully prepped coop at the ready

Will said “La-bot Blue” so therefore he will now need to check in the next time he’s in Wisconsin if he wants to retain his honorary Midwesterner bonfides

Chapo and the "Guys" have never had cask beer and I am 100% confident in this statement.

Cask ales in the UK are amazing. Not kidding

im' sorry but i legitimately do not give a shit about miller lite guy\

as an 8 year resident of miami, everything said here is true and it is even worse than you can imagine. not having winter is nice though.

Talking about how when ur younger u don’t know ur limits on comfort and push urself to an unreasonable degree makes me think of when I took a nightmarish Greyhound bus trip from Maine to Kentucky and thought i was being so thrifty choosing to put myself thru hell instead of going by train or plane

Even I don't drink on a monday, buddy

This guy did to beer what Meghan mcardle did to pie

Vancouver mentioned! 🎉

We should just rename all op-ed sections "dear diary" because 90% of the shit people write there belongs in a fucking diary and nowhere else

Atlantic writers get paid $300k I think I saw on twitter once? Which is like third year big law associate, Id need retirement money for 2500 florid words on drinky because daddy

Trump is a natural magnet for cranks so it makes sense that every other day somebody would be charging at him with an assault rifle Also was that a Baltimore accent or was that Will imitating Stavros imitating a Baltimore accent?

your third decade of life starts when you turn 20

Bryan talking about technical issues like real heads don't remember the blue yeti mics in the call-in show days

I gotta know what part of Columbus had the sketchy house the boys stayed in

I once hooked up with a girl who told me she was “living the van life” and I expected like a bespoke/influencer vibe, but she was actually just homeless living in a minivan

Im gonna pioneer hot air balloon life

Do you read Tyler Jacob Austin Hartwell ? DO YOU READ TAYLOR JUSTIN HARPOON?

The miller beer essay is the kind of writing that Liel Liebowitz from Tablet Magazine would cream his jeans 👖 over

go go gadget dick

Zoomers won't click on AI YouTube thumbnails, they also can tell when products have AI photos and are less likely to buy from those places

Fireball mentioned 🔥🔥🔥

PBR being seen as an ironic hipster beer is so funny to me cause it's literally just the cheapest beer at most bars. PBR and the Canadian beer Moosehead Lager are only $4 at the bar I go to, everything else is like $8

The "Ode to Miller Lite" quotes are hilarious because they read exactly like the 'how i related to alcohol at the peak of my alcoholism' part in many of the testimonial stories in the Alcoholics Anonymous big book from the 50s lmao "I switched to light beer and it seemed successful; it was less often that I got too drunk and fell asleep at parties... I figured my stomach would be full before my head with the light, cheap stuff... but I found one evening soon thereafter that, without thinking, I had bought and drank four triple IPA's... this went on for ten years..."

The Atlantic needs an anti-Miller rebuttal written by Ross D.

Its amazing this beer snob figured out what all our grandfather's did decades ago, light beers

Miami resident here, trying to move bad

Who are these sad sandwich guys on X they’re talking about in the open? I need more sad sandwich content in my life

hey so where’s movie mindset. it’s also nice to hear from Queeber and Gris edit: i can’t believe Pappy went unmentioned

Miami is the only reality: It’s all fuck all the time. It does suck now but until about 2016 it really was awesome. Great music, insane people 305 death squad forever

Jf and db next!!!!

This Tyler guy is speaking straight facts and you boys don't keep your hearts open enough to understand it.

Who is the swinger couple? Asking for myself

Bryan “forgetting” to tell Gris that he was also invited was perfect. Bryan is our special baby.

As a Wisconsin resident we all know highlife is the true everyday Miller, not lite.

Americans, room temperature is not "warm"

Latest Bret Stephens joint in the nyt is particularly odious, in which he posits that instead of losing the war with Iran, Trump should win it. Maybe good reading series

I used to drink what I like, but these dang Zoomers and their hard seltzer and cider have ruined it for me. They have taken over the beer section. One of my favorite breweries hase gone under and I don't get the seasonal releases I used to. Now I just drink what's survived

walking home past a Cookout RN. That riff about falling asleep in the drive through was right on time. Bless

I haven't thought about Tom & Bunny in so long. Hope Tom's 3rd dick implant is still hanging on

I'm a huge like I love living in a city type guy but it's genuinely so funny that none of the host of this show can appreciate even on paper the concept of waking up in a van watching over Monument Valley or like from within a redwood forest

40:44 Does anyone know what the one infamous incident of van life couples Will is talking about here? Not clicking for me

This guy did the exact assassination attempt from TAXI DRIVER

The most infuriating thing about the beer essay numbnuts is that he's acting like he's wordly and considered every angle. But he's a complete schmuck who failed to even consider or mention the big Japanese nama beers-- Asahi, Kirin, Sapporo, and Suntory. All vastly superior and more refreshing hanging out brewskis for the purpose he mentioned.

I genuinely don’t follow what the miller lite article is trying to say.

Will's "Vichy Millennial" bit is going to be rocking around in my head for a good while.

1 cup of soy sauce is insane.

Chris at T-Mobile Stadium!!!!

Oh, to have the joie de vivre of 23-year-old Felix on a 75-hour bus ride pounding Radio War Nerd articles and NyQuil

Heard about this crazy Christian family with 9 kids travels the country in a coach bus and homeschools. But they also hawk products and Bitcoin so false prophets, unlike Christman who is a true prophet of our times.

These Guys are delightful

‘We were living the life of Charlie from Charlie & the Chocolate Factory’ Or, alternately, Charlie Day from Always Sunny? ‘Those aren’t real problems!’ -Dee

Much respect to chris' hard work of annoying our politicians

15:18 oh James...

This guy writes about Miller Lite like Humbert Humbert writing about nymphettes. Horrifying

Love when Queeber brings up the swinger couple

GenX are worse than boomers tbh

For me, it is the opposite. We need more people drinking fruity cocktails as an antidote to the performative Carhartt wearing urban hipsters who base their entire personalities around PBR and miller high life

Tyler Austin Harper has some Olivia Reingold vibe.

Where did they get the weird idea that real ale doesn't have hops in it? I hear the "warm beer" bs a lot but never heard the "no hops" one before.

I’ve known him the longest…. I knew I was gonna come before my wife even though it was in there so actually technically I’ve known him the longest. DJT

Love me a good quimby ep

Does Felix really not realize how annoying and obviously forced his shriek- laugh is?

Very minor point I agree with but yeah NYC drivers are honestly not that bad. It’s just a hard city to drive in because of the density/layout. Drivers in every other city are exactly as bad or noticeably worse and their cities are literally designed around car usage. Most people in NYC drive fine and whenever you see something really crazy it’s usually a Jersey plate.

people who still complain about craft beer and IPAs in 2026 are no different than people still going to coffee shops saying “can’t I just get a regular cup of coffee anymore???”

I love watching van life/tiny home shows because inevitably the people want the homes to have something completely incompatible with scaling down their life. One guy wanted to make sure he had room for the terrarium for his spiders.

Who were they talking about as the famous van couple?

that whole "delicate equipoise of fizzy nothingness" section is one of the best examples I've ever seen of a piece of writing so overly elaborate that it actually kind of expresses the opposite of its own intended meaning, like, he used so many words to basically say "I don't understand how to taste beer"

There's a 4.5h supercut of Bryan Quinby lore from 2023. For those who don't know, Bryan has had the most hilarious and insane life, and continues to have a hilarious and insane life. https://youtu.be/XRuqGhL1ctc?si=ZClK0P2waBCek532

Miami is hands down the best city in America.

Getting snobby about mass produced American Lagers is much more insufferable than listening to IPA guys.

Lived in Miami since 2020 and recently moved to the south of England. This place is paradise compared to that shithole

OLD GRANDAD MENTIONED

Bryan Austin Tyler Harper's Ferry

I love Felix talking about individual lines from Old 97's songs as if more than like 5 people that listen to Chapo know who they are lol

Sad these pathetic attempts on Trump have been happening alongside fairly impressive assassinations: Luigi's Ivy League engineering education applied to a 3-D printed gun, Tyler Robinson outwitting security protocols despite bringing a hunting rifle to a huge event, and, of course, modern-day Ronin Tetsuya Yamagami hand-making a gun these Trump assassins are apparently too stupid to even buy. Even better, the victims of these assassins have all had their reputations go down since they were gunned down, which would surely happen once these MAGA politicians no longer need to flatter Trump to keep their jobs. All it takes is one!

Felix, it is your duty to stop Will from putting down Spencer

The alcoholic trajectory Replaceable lagers 1 yr-> Craft beer 5 yr-> Brewing your own beer 3 yr -> Replaceable lagers 3yr

The only situation where I would willingly drink a miller is post-apocalypse

The phone sex worker interview was published 4 days ago and has less than 200 views.

My wife, 2 kids, dog, and myself have been traveling the US for the last year in a camper taking travel nursing contracts (not scabing unions, I promise) and seeing as many national parks as we can before they all get logged and strip mined. Definitely dumb arguments and times I wish we were back in a real house, but I've also learned a lot and have enjoyed seeing so many places I haven't seen before. We get back home in a couple weeks though and I'm excited to start a compost in a back yard and get back to normal dad shit, never towing a camper further than a couple hours again lol.

I could honestly listen to Felix, Bryan & Chris talk about Opie and Anthony basically indefinitely

Lol that was my house in Philly, we ended up having to vacate on short notice because we uncovered black mold and our Russian landlords kept insisting it was just normal discoloration

#REALMENCOOK

"I do abuse everyone" We know!

Large bottles of high alcohol beers are meant to be shared, the problem is this mf’er has no friends

json is so fucking funny

90% sure the guy doing drunk Mario kart that Felix is talking abt is the woman talking L’s YouTube channel lol

I thought the WWE AI was doing Noreaga Superthug.

Chapo has the connections, they need to get 🗣️ GORKA 👹 on the line and sort this mess out so Chris can enter the US in peace

I went to Miami last year to hang out with friends. Some of them live there so it was easier for us to come to them. I hadn’t been to Miami since I was like 5, that city is one of the worst places on earth. Genuinely, there is traffic at all hours of the day and everyone there drives like they are on 5 different substances. Truly an evil place. Beware the Miami particles

first two real canadians

The WWE thing was so fucking funny 😂

I’m so glad you guys know about the Chinatown bus. I took it home for Christmas and I was reading reviews during boarding that were so bad they involved genuine accusations of human trafficking lmfao. We stopped at a gas station in the middle of nowhere bumfuck Pennsylvania so the driver could smoke a cig and a woman got off to into the gas station and the bus drove off and literally left her there alone at 2:00 AM because she wasn’t back in 2 minutes.

Ok now get the yks guys on chapo NOW

Felix channeling Matt during that reading series

I know you said the author’s name is tyler austin harper but man it sure does sound a lot like one of Adorno’s essays from the culture industry, or when zizek did a commercial for coca cola

One of the funniest episodes you’ve done in a while. PLEASE have these two on more.

The guy who wrote this article just needs to go to AA

To understand the van life stuff, you can’t really be a professional podcaster. Van life comes from people either breaking down from actual jobs, or being priced out of rental markets and all of these aspects of professional burnout then being marketed as something normal and within the person’s control. Van life is the exterior dressed up as something to be chosen freely

This was nice

terrible i knew exactly what poster you were talking about, damn

I flew to MIA and drove down the Keys and had more fun than Bryan/Lindy West (no airbnb tho)

Tyler is a lot like McKay. Just consumed by a hatred of a liberal class that they clearly fit to a T. Just head butting the mirror in rage everyday

Dad was part of the big anchor steam OG craft beer wave. Also said “you can’t get in trouble with beer”

Chris James collect your Chapo challenge coin! Congrats man

Wild hearing Gris on Chapo. You expect Queeber, because he’s such a prominent leftist, but all Gris knows is be bisexual, tread the boards, eat hot chip and lie.

Good to get Ghris on the pod

Gerald Ford had women with names like Squeaky try to assassinate him.

Heiroglyphics are very horny

As I have publicly stated on many occasions: 'Gen X is the worst generation'.

Felix waiting patiently for the first possible instance he can bring up Opie and Anthony

❤️ Guys!

The fact that this episode wasn’t titled “Stateside Swill” is a missed opportunity

Bring back Moby Worm!

Thanks for the 97s drop (Big Brown Eyes)

Anyone ever notice Bryan Quinby sounds like Android 13 from DBZ?

Girl drunk drink

Queeber

As a long time NEAS + chapo head, this fkn rules

"He is one video away from getting back on top." Gregg 'Opie' Hughes, the most American broadcaster of all time.

SHOES ON

YESSSSSSSS

Mindofjson made the Resident Evil 2 remake burger

Gen Z aren’t thrifty enough to pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today

Flubheads eating good!

In case Chris doesn’t bring it up, Bryan used to suck on his girlfriend’s titties for several hours instead of having sex

If I were a college freshman I’d print this episode out and hang it on my wall

Felix is blowing my mind knowing “Big Brown Eyes” by the old 97’s

An Old 97s reference? On my chapo? It's more likely than you think

Chippah Trap House! Double guns cocksucka 👉👉

ballmer wooder tastes better

Smooth Shrek sends his regards.

FLUB! FLUB! FLUB!

Ooooo yay Guys is so funny - a GIRL! Crazy!

I feel like listening to this podcast gives me the sense that this moment in time with our popular culture, politics and general mood is like a lobotomy victim wandering aimlessly saying fucking gibberish in the sanatorium they are trapped in. We will probably be alright tho

Why did you guys ban Chris Wade? The chat demands an answer

september fish

This episode is gonna me so fuckin sweet in august 🤘

22nd!

this one from the future

Felix begins speaking at 47 seconds

FLUBHEADS ASSEMBLE

yooo big moment for the griss man

Apparently we're back in February?

2/25/26? Kind of warm for February! 😅😅😅 amirite flubheads?

flubheads rejoice

The venn diagram of the Guys and Chapo audience should just be a circle at this point

A+ show artwork lol

Excited for a Chris's corner this episode

Holy crap it’s The Guys

I can’t remember who said it, maybe David Roth, who said these “assassination attempts” can best be understood as fundamentally an attempt to change the channel. I really hope someone doesn’t eventually succeed tho because it’ll become legally mandatory for every town to have its own golden calf statue

New slop ❤️

Oh shit, it's Queeber and Gris!

Guys on chapo? is this heaven?

Hell yeah Chris James on Chapo

Let’s go!

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