August 3, 2026

Episode 470: Welcome To The Future Of The Baseball Hat with Chef Kevin Bartelt

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Deep in the Realm of the Fruglins…our intrepid hosts form a new idea. Regular YKS, but with guests! And with that, AuGuest is born. I guess that happened last year, but we’re doing it again. And this time…it’s personal. (?)  

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Comments (20)

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Kevin Doyle · August 10, 2026

ok this is some weird mandela effect shit, whenever i start thinking about what race JF’s wife is i fall asleep for like 16 hours and wake up bare ass up on the front lawn. am i remembering this wrong?

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Clay Dunk · August 9, 2026

Kevin is being pretty funny in this one; I wish he wouldn’t

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Bagweed · August 8, 2026

god forbid, but here are 2 possible gravestones for Mike & JF: 1. here lies JF & Mike together face to ass in the ground forever just like how they used to go to the bathroom & sleep at night when they were alive (according to the voicemail message) 2. couldn’t think of one

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Gabbie · August 8, 2026

Wait I also thought JF’s wife was Asian..Mandela effect goes crazy

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Curtis · August 5, 2026

Love a JMT and Army of the Pharaohs reference from Chef Kevin

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birb · August 4, 2026

I thought she was Asian too, not even joking.

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YKS · August 10, 2026

he’s gas lighting the fans

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Lil Witchy · August 4, 2026

When I first started learning how to sculpt I was looking for videos about it on Youtube and that Andrew Keith whoever dude popped up. So I started following along, learning how to like sculpt an ear or something. After following a few of his videos one of his popped up and it was him sculpting a bust of Matt Walsh and while he was sculpting it he was talking about how abortion is evil. The next video was him shirtless talking about how as a sculptor it's important to keep his body fit and lean. I just moved on because he was a weirdo and then like 2 years later look who shows up on my favorite podcast.

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kmanisland · August 4, 2026

I don't know why, but I always pictured JF being with a 20-30 foot tall Hungarian bodybuilder lady who makes him wear a diaper. Mike too. Come to think of it, Chef Kevin as well. And, hell! That's sort of how I envision my own life! Huh!

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angie eakley · August 4, 2026

It's truly a testament to JF's protectiveness of his family's privacy that he's been podcasting and streaming for so long and no one has any idea what his wife's ethnicity is, and also something that if asked to guess, a non-zero percentage of listeners would answer "definitely asian"

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Benjamin Trapanese · August 3, 2026

1000% also thought Jesse’s wife was Asian 😬. He’s said his in laws live in Asia! It’s not for no reason!

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YKS · August 3, 2026

well they live in texas but granted both are kind of far away

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T · August 3, 2026

I took up boxing at 42 - highly recommend it! Fitness and the obvious confidence stuff aside - the part I like most is how hard my brain has to work to coordinate feet and hands.

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MacReady215 · August 3, 2026

y’all i’m in Philly and the other day i saw a Pennsylvania vanity license plate that said CHEFKEV. god i wish you could post photos in these comments.

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Pat · August 3, 2026

10/10 ep

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J · August 3, 2026

That call in had me howling "We don't talk that here, we're white people!" is a line I will be using out of context moving forward. But she's right, Dan would absolutely be with a Filipino woman.

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Robert Armstrong · August 3, 2026

You don't wanna see my neck where my mic be at.

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Let Us Cook · August 3, 2026

Thanks for having me gang. This was truly a blast. To the YKS community, I will not be lowering the price on my Used Producer Dan Vapes. What you call “a severe mark up” I call knowing your market. It’s simple ecomonics.

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Mousewithahaton · August 3, 2026

God bless these men

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WG_Harding · August 3, 2026

Phenomenal episode!