We’re kicking off the new season by diving headfirst into one of our darkest recurring series yet: AWFUL Hazing Stories, Volume 3. This time, we go beyond frat houses and also include the world of sports, exposing how so-called “team bonding” rituals routinely cross the line into humiliation, violence, and outright criminal behavior. From brutal high school locker-room assaults to college athletic initiations that spiral into sexual abuse, lawsuits, and even death, we break down some of the most disturbing hazing cases on record, and the institutional failures that allowed them to happen.

Outside of hazing hell, the episode still brings the full FratChat chaos with listener emails, wild news, and more. PLUS, we react to a cultural face-plant involving Kid Rock and a Turning Point USA “halftime show,” unpack a Winter Olympics scandal the internet lovingly dubbed Penisgate, and tackle a listener dilemma about family, politics, and ICE. Plus, Not the Drag Queens is back this season, and this week we shine a spotlight on yet another “protect the children” loudmouth who turns out to be exactly who you’d expect: not a drag queen, not an immigrant, but a MAGA Republican arrested on child exploitation and weapons charges. New season, same unhinged energy. Welcome back, people! It's the Fratchat Podcast.

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This week, the FratChat Bros do something truly unprecedented: they sit down, crack open their emotional journals, and apologize for some of the meanest things they've said this season. In the main segment, We’re Sorry, the guys run through a wildly unfiltered (and occasionally unhinged) list of apologies—ranging from aging boy-band comparisons, Corey Feldman slander, presidential fat jokes, and yes… even you, the listener arguing in the car right now. It’s part self-reflection, part roast, part group therapy session that absolutely should not be covered by insurance. Growth is happening. Probably.

Then it’s back to classic FratChat chaos with Emails From the Listeners, including an Applebee’s birthday dinner that ended in betrayal, public humiliation, and a manager comping every table except one, plus a married listener wondering if yelling-then-banging counts as healthy conflict resolution. In the news, we break down how posting your boarding pass online can literally get your flight canceled, react to a woman marrying an AI chatbot (credit to CNN), and cover a jaw-dropping Tennessee story involving a school board member arrested again for indecent exposure (credit to ReichWingWatch). Equal parts funny, horrifying, and “how is this real life,” this episode has everything—except shame. We already used it all up.

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Christmas music is supposed to bring joy, but every year we’re reminded that some holiday songs are an absolute crime against humanity. This week on the FratChat Podcast, we break down the worst offenders ever inflicted on the season — from celebrity Christmas songs that never should’ve been recorded, to tracks that are either unintentionally hilarious or emotionally devastating for no reason. We argue over which songs are just bad, which ones are wildly uncomfortable, and which ones feel like they were written specifically to ruin your mood while you’re trapped in a Target checkout line.

Plus, we read emails from listeners, including a Thanksgiving family feud sparked by garlic mashed potatoes and a desperate request for the perfect excuse to call out of work. In news, Carlos comes to terms with getting older after John Cena's final WWE match, and in Not the Drag Queens, we once again call out a loud anti-drag crusader who turned out to be exactly what he claimed to be fighting against. Awful songs, listener chaos, pop culture heartbreak, and uncomfortable truths — all in one episode.

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This week on The FratChat Podcast, the boys crack open the most unhinged holiday stories ever written — by us to roast us. That’s right, we’re diving into “Story Time 2K25,” featuring the legendary Carlitos, the Sweaty Snack-Hoarding Menace of Christmas, and Old School Chris surviving the world’s angriest grandma and the world’s most volatile lactose incident. From reindeer homicide to bathroom war crimes, this episode is a festive fever dream of chaos, trauma, and poor adult supervision. And as always, your two favorite bros bring it to life with dramatic readings and enough questionable morals to qualify as a holiday special on FX.

In our other segments, we jump into Emails From the Listeners, including a listener's absolute CODE RED situation — a Hallmark holiday gone full Skinemax when his mom walked in mid–North Pole polishing. We break down how a grown man recovers from psychological Chernobyl. Then a listener asks CMo the big question: “What conspiracy theory do you believe… but only after two beers?” And in the news, the guys talk about the clown circus that is FIFA inventing a “Peace Prize” just to hand it to Donald Trump after the Nobel said “nah.” Finally, in this week’s Not the Drag Queens, we expose yet another “child protector” who turned out to be the actual threat — former Georgia GOP assistant secretary Ja’Quon Stembridge, caught in an alleged sting that proves, once again, drag queens are just trying to contour while everyone else is out here committing felonies. Strap in, folks — it’s a wild one!

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This week on The FratChat Podcast, we’re giving thanks the only way we know how — loudly, stupidly, and with absolutely zero emotional maturity. We’re diving into our annual tradition: “Things We Are Thankful For,” 2025 edition. From the people we love (and secretly steal from), to all the bizarre little gifts life gave us this year. If it made us smile, saved our sanity, or conveniently distracted us from our responsibilities, it made the list.

Then we jump into our other segments, starting with Emails From the Listeners — and you guys brought the chaos. One listener writes in having a full-blown meltdown because his girlfriend wants to invite her extremely conservative parents over for the Super Bowl. We also hear another listener, newly single and trying to navigate online dating without accidentally writing a profile that reads like a job application. Plus, we break down the horrifying, digestive-system-obliterating annual tradition known as Brown Friday — the day plumbers see the worst things humanity can produce. And finally, in the News, we talk about the Namibian politician literally named Adolf Hitler who just got reelected, proving once and for all that 2025 refuses to be a normal year. Buckle up — this episode has everything but working plumbing.

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Bachelor and bachelorette parties: the final frontier of chaos, poor decisions, emotional instability, and someone ending the night crying in a bathroom for reasons no one fully understands. This week, we’re counting down the Top 10 WORST Things You Can Do at Your Bachelor or Bachelorette Party — the nuclear-level mistakes that guarantee drama, breakups, medical emergencies, missing persons cases, and screenshots that will haunt group chats for the rest of time.

But that’s not all — we’ve got a STACKED lineup of chaos in our other segments.
In Emails From the Listeners, a listener writes in because her boyfriend is perfect… except in bed... Then Joseph from San Diego wants to know if he’s wasting his time on a cross-country long-distance romance with a woman he met at a wedding. We break it all down, judgement-free (ish).Then in The News, we dive into the political earthquake of the week: Marjorie Taylor Greene’s shocking resignation from Congress. We get into the infighting, the meltdown, the fallout, and why MTG quitting before we even got Grand Theft Auto VI was absolutely NOT on our 2025 bingo card.
And finally, in Not The Drag Queens, we spotlight the spectacular downfall of Alexander Steven Back — the ICE auditor who got busted in a child-sex sting, then tried to save himself by shouting “I’m ICE, boys!” like he was cutting a promo on Monday Night Raw. Spoiler: he was not saved.

Another week, another mountain of chaos. Strap in. This one goes HARD!

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This week on The FratChat Podcast, we’re breaking down the definitive list of the best and worst Thanksgiving sides you can possibly bring to a potluck — because some of you out there are still committing culinary war crimes. We’re going talking the elite-tier comfort dishes like creamy mac and cheese (REAL cheese only, you heathens), and of course… the unholy disasters that will immediately get you uninvited to our house. We’re going in HARD on the best and worst so you don’t embarrass yourself this holiday season.

But that’s not all — we’ve got Emails From the Listeners, and wow, this week is a ride. First, a listener writes in after reconnecting with a college buddy who apparently still thinks he's in Project X: bar fights, puke in the Uber under your account, and a hangover that nearly kills a man pushing 40. Should he hang out with this human hurricane again? Then CMo tackles another listener who has one simple Thanksgiving problem: his girlfriend’s mom cooks like she’s actively mad at flavor. What does he do when “sh** on a plate” is the official family recipe? We also dive into wild new government shutdown riders affecting the entire hemp industry and some very nervous senators, and wrap with Not The Drag Queens — where newly released Epstein emails claim Trump “spent hours” at his house and “knew about the girls.” Denials abound, the questions get bigger, and we break it all down.

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This week, the boys are roasting the absolute worst holiday characters ever created — the ones that make you wish Christmas came with a recall policy. From Zwarte Piet, the racist relic the Netherlands refuses to retire, to Spuds MacKenzie’s beer-soaked Santa phase. We’re unwrapping the tackiest, creepiest, and most problematic icons of the season, and asking: who thought this was festive?

Then in Emails From The Listeners, a listener writes in about his girlfriend’s ex getting the backdoor access he never could, and the guys try to explain America’s insane tipping culture to a confused Italian newcomer. In News, we cover the bizarre case of the woman convicted of cyber farting — yes, literal weaponized flatulence. And finally, Not The Drag Queens returns with the infuriating story of an Oklahoma teen who brutally assaulted two girls and somehow got probation — proving once again, it’s not the drag queens hurting people. It’s the privileged bros the justice system keeps protecting.

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The bracket chaos continues! The guys are back with Part 2 of The Best Excuses to Leave a Party Early Tournament, and it’s time to crown the ultimate champion of social bailouts. The excuses are getting wilder, grosser, and way too relatable — from “food poisoning” to “my therapist said I should say no more often,” no lie is safe and no exit strategy goes unjudged. It’s the hilarious and weirdly informative showdown you didn’t know you needed — and trust us, this one’s a can’t-miss episode for anyone who’s ever Irish-goodbyed before dessert.

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It’s tournament time, baby! The guys kick off The Best Excuses to Leave a Party Early Tournament (Part 1) — where 32 of the funniest, grossest, and most creative excuses go head-to-head to see which one reigns supreme. This  episode is for everyone who’s ever faked an emergency to escape small talk. (We are looking at YOU!)

Plus, in this week’s listener emails, one guy’s girlfriend has gone full Christmas in October, another can’t deal with his partner’s overpacking, and the news gets wild with an NBA gambling scandal involving mob ties and insider bets. Then, in Not the Drag Queens, a so-called “family values” guy in Indiana gets busted for the exact crimes he’s been preaching against — proving once again, it’s never the drag queens.

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