Breaking Headsets Podcast

This week, Breaking Headsets goes mobile: one host has a brand-new shoulder, the other is driving to Las Vegas, and somehow that’s still not the strangest part of the episode.

They start with the episode that never made it out: a late-night recording ruined by terrible audio, painkillers, DoorDash, and apparently enough questionable honesty to become future Patreon material — assuming they ever actually create a Patreon.

From there, they get into road-trip phone calls, Sammy Hagar, the Foo Fighters at Allegiant Stadium, a titanium shoulder that may be interfering with the microphones, and a major first for the show: an actual sponsor.

The boys officially welcome L&L Hawaiian Barbecue in Benicia, complete with an original jingle, spam musubi, mac salad, unnecessary singing, and the declaration that may now follow the podcast forever: L&L is fire.

They also check in on Robert the Savior, who somehow bought a new house directly across the street from his old house — just in time for his wife to break her ankle in a boating accident during move-in week.

Then it’s time to settle unfinished business with the America’s Goodest Girl bracket.

After Dolly Parton won the original American Treasure bracket, an all-female edition was demanded. A female panel was assembled. Everything was organized.

Then almost everybody bailed.

So the boys step in and somehow work their way through Oprah, Serena Williams, Taylor Swift, Julia Roberts, Michelle Obama, Mariah Carey, Martha Stewart, Britney Spears, Sandra Bullock, Megan Rapinoe, Hillary Clinton — and, for reasons nobody can properly explain, the Pope.

There are disappearing connections, questionable voting, accusations of sexism, Julia Roberts somehow becoming Julia Stiles, and enough chaos to make the first bracket look professionally produced.

Eventually, it comes down to Julia Roberts vs. Sandra Bullock for the completely meaningless but fiercely contested title of America’s Goodest Girl.

And because the episode still isn’t chaotic enough, it ends with an investigation into whether Stu on the Streets secretly blocked Travis from the group chat — which somehow turns into drones over San Francisco and dating advice.

Broken shoulders, road trips, Hawaiian barbecue, boating injuries, brackets, bad internet, accusations, and one very real sponsor.

Just another completely normal episode of the Breaking Headsets Podcast.

This week, the boys are finally back — and it doesn’t take long before the entire episode gets rerouted straight onto Renshaw’s Rumor Road.

After more than a month away, they catch up over roadside tacos, an absurd amount of salsa, and an orange drink with enough sugar to qualify as a dessert. From there, they revisit the beautiful disaster that was the last American Treasure bracket — missing audio, questionable voting, Dolly Parton somehow emerging victorious, and all — while setting the stage for the next round: an all-female American Treasure bracket with a new panel.

Then comes the real controversy. Fantasy football season is approaching, an opening appears in a longtime league, and somehow everyone except the guy who has been asking to join for years gets the call. The explanation? Apparently, “word on the street” is that he retired from fantasy football. Nobody knows which street — but Renshaw’s Rumor Road is officially born.

The episode also gets unexpectedly personal as they talk about the one-year anniversary of losing a father, a long-overdue family gathering to spread his ashes in the Sierras, and the kind of completely inappropriate humor that somehow makes the hardest moments a little easier. There’s unexpected Hebrew, questionable ash-distribution techniques, chunks of bone, and the realization that sometimes the most imperfect memorial can still bring exactly the closure you needed.

And because this show can never stay serious for too long, they also recap a courtside Valkyries game that nearly turned into a confrontation, meeting the Goo Goo Dolls backstage, the mysterious Dropbox containing years of strangers’ meet-and-greet photos, and one of the most important debates ever presented on the podcast: if you could only eat potatoes in one form for the rest of your life, what are you choosing?

Plus, there are plans for trivia and karaoke, another bracket on the horizon, a future potato ranking, and a tease of something the show has been chasing for a long time — a new sponsor.

It’s friendship, grief, fantasy football betrayal, tacos, concerts, basketball, potatoes, terrible rumors, and the usual amount of completely unnecessary arguments.

Welcome back to the Breaking Headsets Podcast — and welcome to Renshaw’s Rumor Road.

This week on Breaking Headsets, the guys catch up after a couple of weeks off, starting with Travis' unforgettable shirtless recording mishap before launching into a full-on roast of Renshaw for skipping the episode, trashing Noah's singing, and the never-forgotten decision not to invite Travis to his wedding. They recap Julia's first birthday party, debate the horrors of "bathtub hot dogs," and put an abandoned military MRE through a brutally honest taste test that delivers everything from neon-orange Tang to one of the worst cheese spreads ever created. To close out the show, the crew is joined by friends for the American Treasure Bracket, a tournament-style debate featuring icons like Tom Hanks, Dolly Parton, Sylvester Stallone, Willie Nelson, Morgan Freeman, Jack Black, and more, all competing for the title of America's greatest living treasure. As expected, the voting quickly goes off the rails, producing plenty of questionable takes, heated debates, and nonstop laughs.

**Noah is back after taking a baseball to the back of the head, and naturally, the guys turn a legitimate concussion into one of the funniest Breaking Headsets stories yet. From the eyewitness reports of “my head, my head,” to Noah waking up in the dirt, getting fast-tracked through the ER, and Travis laughing way too hard over FaceTime while Noah sits in a hospital gown waiting on CT scan results — the whole thing becomes an instant classic.**

**Once the concussion dust settles, Travis and Noah get into El Molino’s betrayal of the century: casually mentioning a Big Boi/Outkast set at the last possible second, after Noah had already spent weeks defending Outkast as a real band. That leads to karaoke threats, Retro Junkie plans, Brandy vs. Suspicious Minds, a possible one-man show, and a full breakdown of Retrofest at Concord Pavilion.**

**The guys also recap Father’s Day, debate the biggest villain in the Breaking Headsets universe, revisit Renshaw’s horrifying plate of food, shout out Stu on the Streets, and somehow end up appreciating America through the eyes of World Cup fans discovering Popeyes, giant parking lots, self-serve soda machines, free chips and salsa, air conditioning, and football stadiums.**

**It’s concussions, hospital gowns, Outkast betrayal, karaoke delusion, dad-life chaos, international soccer fans, and peak American nonsense — exactly the kind of spiral only Breaking Headsets can turn into an episode.**

The boys celebrate Noah’s birthday, but due to

his most recent bout with Covid they are not together in studio. They discuss Ben Stiller’a top 10 movie’s, and Travis gives an amazing bday gift.

The boys celebrate their one year anniversary

We finally get Chris Coyne back on, and immediately throw him into the fire with a “Hit the Post” segment he definitely wasn’t prepared for. This time it’s all soft rock, and somehow it turns into one of the funniest segments we’ve done.

Chris takes his shot at songs from David Byrne, Toto, Goo Goo Dolls, Extreme, and Temple of the Dog, mixing in random trivia, confidence, and just enough chaos to keep it interesting. He may not have known the exact timing, but he showed up ready to play.

Outside of the music, it’s business as usual — which means zero structure and a lot of randomness. Travis is dealing with a torn meniscus and multiple surgeries coming up, Noah recaps a rare night out that turned into a full send, and the guys revisit some recent moments from the show.

Somehow this episode also includes:

• A recap of the rap draft and how it actually turned out
• The ongoing investigation into the missing cologne bottle
• Wrestling stories and the ridiculous virtual fan era
• A wild update involving an old friend now making kangaroo leather bullwhips
• The usual mix of inside jokes, childhood stories, and nonsense

It all wraps up with a live-style outro that somehow works perfectly.

Just another episode that starts in one place and ends somewhere completely different.

Tapped My Cell & My Phone in The Basement

Hildor prevails... too much

Appreciate you all

- Trav

This week on Breaking Headsets, things go off the rails immediately and never recover — in the best possible way.

We kick things off with Christopher Cross chaos, 90’s PSA nostalgia (“It’s 10PM… do you know where your kids are?”), and a debate over what qualifies as a cardinal mistake. Then comes the discovery of what might be the largest bottle of cologne ever manufactured — hidden inside a car like beach glass waiting to be unearthed.

We also recap a Sharks game adventure featuring center-ice seats, the worst arena pizza ever served, and a late-night La Victoria orange sauce situation that nearly stole the show.

The episode wraps with a full 90’s Band Draft between the crew — complete with controversy, questionable rule interpretations, surprise picks, and a few all-time classics somehow lasting way too long on the board.

Featuring picks from:Green Day, Alice in Chains, Pearl Jam, Metallica, Soundgarden, Foo Fighters, Nirvana, Rage Against the Machine, Smashing Pumpkins, Beastie Boys, Oasis, Bush, Matchbox Twenty, Counting Crows, Blink-182, Incubus, and more.

Plus honorable mentions, heated arguments about what counts as a “band,” and one extremely passionate defense of Hootie & the Blowfish.

Another free show. You’re welcome.