Steed and Jrad tackle one of the most basic inventions of all time, the ladder in this week’s Chubstep.First the guys start with a lifelong regret involving the drawings of the mentally ill and why Shutter Island got it wrong before getting to ladders. They discuss ladder world records, cavemen ladders, how 500,000 ladder hospitalizations a year happen, the best looking yet most dangerous ladder, the legality of walking under a ladder, two brothers balancing on each others head climbing over a ladder in ‘Tanzania News’, ladders in crime, and forced good luck with ladders.

Have aliens from other planets been amongst us for hundreds and thousands of years? Unlikely but that doesn’t stop people from having some pretty wild stories involving them. Before Steed and Jrad get into aliens in this week’s Chubstep they start with Steed accidentally removing his mustache, and why Jrad is out on the whole state of Indiana. The guys start the main topic covering a connection from Alien and Ben Affleck, an incoming object coming from outside of our solar system, Baba Vanga’s future telling track record, a series of alien interaction stories from hair growing overnight to 6 months of family abductions and why each of them might have ulterior motives.

For the last 6,000 years humans have idolized gold. After listening to this episode you’ll be idolizing Chubstep for its vast knowledge transfer to you the listener. Steed and Jrad start with not so easy to open plastic packages, why bald Steed is buying women’s shampoo, and ignoring annoying people that are talking to you before getting to the main topic. The guys cover all aspects of gold from the man who got ripped off to start the gold rushes, the original cursed California gold man, how little gold has been discovered, dangers of gold mining, recent gold thefts including a gold toilet, having laws screwing you out of gold discoveries, eating gold, and Goldmember to Ben Affleck.

This week features a deep dive into the deep hollers of the Appalachians with a local to the mountains, fishing guide, and friend of the show Nick T. The guys start with a strange correlation with the country of Georgia cuisine, why younger brothers can never win, and a “small world” story between a TV host and Big Money Banks. Next the three get into the correct pronunciation, Jrad’s time with the Appalachian Service Project, driving ATV’s with snakes, life in the hollers, the best Appalachian food like pickled eggs, wild true and ghost stories alike only possible in this part of the country, associating with your county not city,

Chubstep legend and man of divine wisdom Mike James joins Steed and Jrad to discuss all things tarot in this week’s episode. The guys start with neck beards before getting into how Mike James got into tarot readings, goth girls, advantageously incorporating tarot into dates, types of cards, judging other readings, early 2000’s late night Comedy Central themed tarot deck, a ‘Chubistory’ on its origins, how to receive a reading, readings and pole dancing, a live reading of Steed from Mike, tarot true crime in Florida involving egg money replication, and the most expensive decks.

This week’s Chubstep starts with the guy recently losing bets on the Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating contest before getting into the improbable world of chewing gum. Steed and Jrad start with people getting triggered by chewing, the ancient history around the world of gum, the Aztecs looking at chewing gum as feminine, the Mexican dictator Antonio López de Santa Anna’s connection to the invention of modern chewing gum, multiple arrests because of gum, gum warnings, gum deaths, the chewing gum diet, and the most expensive piece of chewing gum ever sold.

This episode is filled with the pastime activities that are no longer legal and no longer popular for a good reason, Jrad and Steed do a deep dive on bloodsports in this week’s disturbing Chubstep. Before that, the guys discuss why you can’t be putting off doing steroids, the 2025 Nathan’s hot dog eating contest, Andor, and doing the splits like Jean-Claude Van Damme. They continue with a series of “sports” that would be better off with a ball, the money behind 1000 year old cricket fighting, England being the culprit behind most bloodsports, the legacy of Kimbo Slice and his tie to ‘The Mummy’.

In this week’s Chubstep Strikes! Strikes in bowling? Strikes in baseball? Kind of, it’s the kind where someone is so mad at their job that they create a chant and signs until the bosses become nice. But before Steed and Jrad get to strikes the talk about how rich they are from advertising revenue, Steed getting stared at during a play, and Jrad’s ideally celebrity entourage. For the main segment the guys discuss the first recorded strike, when striking got deadly, buying a scabby rat, the most ridiculous picket sign, professional scabs, bad strike chants, a failed strike, and Ben Affleck striking or not.

What was the wild west? Was it a time in the late 1800's where dust, guns, and illiteracy ruled the land or was it a 1999 movie featuring Will Smith and robot spiders? In this week’s Chubstep, Steed and Jrad cover all that and some of the most ridiculous stories about this crazy time in history from a man who claimed to create weather to the least successful train robbery. This podcast is about as untamed as the west was wild.

Lego Master contestant and professional Lego builder Randall Wilson joins Steed and Jrad as the first guest of season 2 of Chubstep to discuss everyone's favorite plastic building block. The guys discuss Randall’s first build, replicating the Chicago Theatre, the karaoke to lego connection, the worst Lego brick out there, Will Arnett’s voice, trying to build on TV vs on your own, Steed’s resemblance to Pootietang, and the business of Lego Building. Steed and Jrad continue with the worst environmental toy disaster in history, Ben Affleck’s connection to Lego, the most expensive Lego piece, and wild Lego facts