Riffing in the Abyss

Riffing in the Abyss

By Payton Green and Zack BarlowComedyLeisure
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Riffing in the Abyss episodes

  • Ep.15 – Give Pizza a Chance

    Payton and Zack are back and half-medicated! Topics include:

    • Welcome to the pre-riff
    • Jerk off songs
    • Good, niche comedy that takes an understanding of the discography of The Police
    • Classic horror films
    • "Here's This Weird Thing That Happened in History that I Don't Think a Lot of People Know About So I'm Going to Tell You About It"
    • Banned 9/11 songs
    • Imagine There's No Pizza
    • A loving tribute to Herman Cain
    • Workplace coffee
    • Payton's Big Move
    • A loving tribute to Shrek 4D
    • Our favorite dinosaurs
    • The Laura Dern Cinematic Universe
    • A Laura Dern-free version of The Big Dudes Insist

      • Find out more at https://riffing-in-the-abyss.pinecast.co

      58 min
    • Ep.14 – Googling Mothman's Dummy Thick Ass

      When you don't have a guest, you can always count on brotherly love. This week we welcome Zack's brother Seth to the show!

      Topics include:

      • Fuck, Marry, Kill condiments
      • The Comedy Central Roast of Zack's Roommate
      • Southern Delicacies and Kitchen Crimes
      • Mud fossils
      • Cryptid-currency
      • Mothman's ass and the eating thereof
      • Our favorite conspiracies and cults
      • A deep dive into the Cars universe
      • The Big Dudes Insist

        • Find out more at https://riffing-in-the-abyss.pinecast.co

        1 hr 4 min
      • Ep.13 – My Dog Ate My Teeth

        We're making podcast history - but not for all podcasts, just for our podcast. Our first episode we also streamed live on Twitch. So please excuse a couple of only visual-only gags.

        Topics include:

        • Zack's love of piss
        • The horrifying truth of the Tooth Fairy
        • Payton's tooth-eating dog
        • Filing police reports
        • The Season of Spooky
        • The Venn Diagram of Technology
        • A Horrible Thing When Me was Child
        • Making friendship bracelets with your wife
        • Meal prep and the Sunday Scaries
        • The Big Dudes Insist

          • Find out more at https://riffing-in-the-abyss.pinecast.co

          51 min
        • Ep.12 – The Power of "The List"

          This week we are joined by the unstoppable creative force known as "Nick" topics include:

          • Dungeons and/or Dragons
          • Creativity
          • Productivity
          • Mental Illness (again)
          • Drugs
          • Reality TV
          • Chris Pratt as Mario
          • Sexy live streams
          • Jerking off into the vacuum of space
          • The Big Dudes Insist!

            • Find out more at https://riffing-in-the-abyss.pinecast.co

            1 hr 22 min
          • Ep.11 – Banger after Banger, Bop after Bop

            It turns out we put out our best content when we're depressed. Here we go...

            Topics include:

            • "Depression and Anxiety" by the Pixies
            • We suck at video games now
            • Rock concerts in pandemic times
            • The lore of Coheed and Cambria
            • Spider-Man: Welcome to the Abyss
            • Disney abductions
            • The Big Dudes Insist (with a brand new theme song!)
            • Zack forgets time zones

              • Find out more at https://riffing-in-the-abyss.pinecast.co

              56 min
            • Ep.10 – Buttchugging the Emerald Vaccine

              We've got a blast from the past for you guys this week. Our good friend and former host of Feud Fight Zach Denmark! If you're a fan of that show, you'll enjoy this. If not, good luck!

              Topics include:

              • What Zack's ashamed of on the internet
              • Sonic the Hedgehog's human feet
              • The new new COVID variant
              • How has the vaccine changed you?
              • Anti-maskers are insane in the membrane
              • War on Terror-based media
              • The Big Dudes Insist

                • Find out more at https://riffing-in-the-abyss.pinecast.co

                54 min
              • Ep.9 – Cut to Beginning of Podcast

                This episode is full of promise but will it have delivery? Probably not.

                Topics include:

                • Foreshadowing
                • A weird thing Payton saw on Twitter
                • The dreaded social media comments section
                • Regretting our decision
                • Courage the Cowardly Dog
                • Repelling Zack with a cross
                • The Boreanaz Cinematic Universe
                • Fuckin' billionaires, man
                • How suck the world is
                • The Memers Party
                • Big Dudes Insist

                  • Find out more at https://riffing-in-the-abyss.pinecast.co

                  51 min
                • Ep.8 – That Round Thing Without any Holes

                  This week we welcome Tristin, our first guest who actually prepared. Good thing? Bad thing? You be the judge!

                  Topics include:

                  • "My Momma" jokes
                  • Figuring out our audience
                  • The origins of drive thrus
                  • Egg facts
                  • Honestly most of the show is egg facts
                  • The big dudes insist

                    • Find out more at https://riffing-in-the-abyss.pinecast.co

                    1 hr 5 min
                  • Ep.7 – Riffing Finds A Way
                    Episode Notes

                    On this episode Zack and Payton take a deep dive into podcasting, themselves and Jurassic Park.

                    Topics include:

                    I am Yo Yo Ma

                    The fall of Chris Pratt
                    Jurassic Park 2: The Trial of John Hammond
                    Talkin' shop
                    Why do we do this?
                    Monkey sounds
                    TV for Dogs!
                    A haunting by The Ghost of Seth McFarlane Past
                    Googling "William Shakespeare farts"
                    Accepting the Noid
                    Minions for ISIS
                    The Big Dudes Insist

                    Find out more at https://riffing-in-the-abyss.pinecast.co

                    53 min
                  • Ep.6 – 51 Totally Goofy Jokes for Zack's Birthday
                    Episode Notes

                    We're joined by entertainer and voice actress Faith Janicki who helps us celebrate Zack's birthday as he joins the 27 club.

                    Topics include:

                    51 Totally Goofy Birthday Jokes for Kids

                    Joining the Los Angeles Motorcycle Club
                    Other dumb clubs
                    Air travel am I right?
                    75 Plus Hilarious Birthday Jokes from Reader's Digest Canada
                    Birthday multi-liners
                    Unexpected ass joke
                    Making Faith into a clay pot
                    Recipes for bigger toes?
                    The Dudes (and lady dude) Insist

                    Find out more at https://riffing-in-the-abyss.pinecast.co

                    57 min

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                  Following on the heels of the incredible mediocrity of their previous work "Feud Fight", Payton and Zack tackle pop culture, current affairs, life and the questions we all ponder during bouts of…