September 5, 2025

YKS Premium S36E6: The Trending Sound Challenge w/ Maddalena Alvarez and Jake Jonez

We all want to go viral! It’s basically like winning the Powerball of going online. The problem is, social media can be one crazy place. So we reached out to some experts! Maddalena Alvarez (our show) and Jake Jonez (Instagram, TikTok) agreed, after much begging by certain hosts, to take a look at our FYPs and Timelines to help our little podcast become the hulking behemoth content vertical we all know it could be. 

Music for YKS Premium courtesy of Wavmage, Howell Dawdy and Mark Brendle. YKS is edited by Producer Dan. Social Media by Maddalena Alvarez…that’s right, the one on this episode!

Check out Jake’s new single, Touchdown, out TODAY! 

Executive Producer Tim Faust (@crulge)

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Comments (19)

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rosie · September 8, 2025

One of the seniors I work with has the same shoes as JF. No shade, completely neutral comment, just a note. He's like 90 and I've walked in on him watching p0rn multiple times

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Horse · September 8, 2025

The audio on this one has finally done it. You guys forced my hand and I cancelled another Patreonage (you should apologize to them) and I am now Squeezing Louise instead

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Pat H · September 7, 2025

No quarter given on spitty old guy 😭😭😭😭

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Eian · September 6, 2025

Jake is hilarious! Thanks for introducing me to him YKS team.

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Matt Lech · September 5, 2025

I've been seeing Jake Jonez on Instagram super hilarious

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N6MAA111184 · September 5, 2025

Thank you king JF for being self aware about the Türkiye flight back thing. Went there like 4 years ago and the flight back was looking at the back of a plane full of scabby bandaged heads.

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b. · September 5, 2025

the amount of women and/or gay guests recently suggests to me that yks has gone woke. thank you. we needed this.

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Jackie · September 5, 2025

I'd also like to go viral so Rhea Ripley knows who I am

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Alex · September 5, 2025

I love that JF and DB are so good at digging up bizarre social media stuff that they can absolutely shock two young people who live and work in that space.

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Maddalena · September 5, 2025

Also per Mondays ep: disregard everything we said ab Cracker Barrel❤️

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Aaron Panos · September 5, 2025

Its true love

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Maddalena · September 5, 2025

Ty for having us kings🫶🏼🫶🏼🫶🏼🥲

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Fellow Worker · September 5, 2025

I see the headlines now “YKS Inflation Video Breaks Internet”

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Mike Kowieski · September 5, 2025

Damn this episode is a banger for real. Great vibes with the whole crew! Maddalena and Jake's shared reaction when Mike goes "You should be throwing it back for yourself" is priceless (screengrab here because I'm bored: https://snipboard.io/igojnC.jpg)

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Alex · September 5, 2025

Can we get one of them reacting the old guy finance thing?

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Earl_Cardigan853 · September 5, 2025

AUGUESTEPTEMBER

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Dad · September 5, 2025

jake 😍😍😍

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Riro Sixt · September 5, 2025

chemistry off the charts between jake and jf

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Pablo Picasso was never called an asshole · September 5, 2025

finally a guest almost as gay as Mike