The Blackout Diaries

The Blackout Diaries celebrates the start of college football! CJ and Sean talk about how college football tailgating parties are the some of the funnest, most-wild, yet somehow must-inclusive parties on earth. We share some stats on how allowing alcohol sales inside college stadiums has not lead to more binge drinking, along with some of our own stories about attending college games. And we close it out with a story by the hilarious Colby Dant of The Sports Gambling Podcast, on how he got banned from the Rose Bowl because cheering for the home team is illegal on the west coast.

Chicago bartender and musician Christian McGann explains the differences between the Front Of The House and The Blackout Of The House, to our live audience at The Blackout Diaries. Christian tells some stories about bartending in Chicago and concludes with a hilarious song about what it's like to hear the drink orders of customers all night long. Christian joins CJ and Sean in the studio and we discuss the demands of bartending, along with Christian's other tavern-based job- he is one half of a dueling piano duo. CJ and Sean discuss some stats about bartending and how much the service industry drinks, along with how some bars have adjusted to bad internet reviews in hilarious, albeit confrontational ways. Remember to subscribe to the podcast and leave a review- plus follow Christian to checkout more great piano tunes and live apperances.

Legendary Chicago comedian Joey Villagomez tells a couple of stories at the live show, about the time he got high at work during a polar vortex and then about the time in highschool when his buddy drank too much and had to be hosed down. Joey then joins CJ and Sean in the studio and shares some crazy stories about working for the city of Chicago, along with other drinking buddy tales. This leads to a theme on drinking buddies. We discuss the science of how drinking buddies impact our alcohol consumption, share some stories, and extend an open invite to a FL lawyer who got separated from his drinking buddies and entered the wrong car, naked.

Special episode where CJ and Sean talk about their favorite, world sporting event- The Olympics. We laugh about how an Australian professor might have danced so poorly her sport has been thrown out of any future Olympic consideration; how some swimmers are pounding Cokes to eat away at the polluted water; and the weird and often funny career opportunities that Olympic athletes have to jump on once the games are over.

Comedian Joe Kilgallon tells a story at our live show about the time he was the only man invited to a bachelorette party. Joe talks about being de facto security for the women, along with the funny differences between bachelor and bachelorette parties. Joe joins CJ and Sean in the studio and they talk more about how Joe is the perfect security layer for bar hopping friends. CJ and Sean also talk about how bachelorette parties are viewed as near locusts by some people, including a group of Boston researchers who say bachelorette parties are ruining gay bars and a town in Spain that is banning public displays of sex toys to try and discourage bachelorette party tourism.

Give it a listen, give us a review and check out Joe's comedy specials on youtube along with podcast Let's Get Dumb!

Comedian Ed Towns tells the story of how a woman ghosted him, while they were both inside her apartment. Ed, who is also a producer of the The Blackout Diaries live show, joins CJ and Sean in the studio to discuss the story in more detail and share his thoughts on everything from ghosting, and bartending to how open mikes should be run. CJ and Sean talk about ghosting in more details and share some studies that prove ghosting is on the rise, particularly with younger people.

Comedian, and Blackout Diaries regular, Adam Burke tells the story of when he and a group of friends were robbed at gunpoint while drinking at a neighborhood bar. Adam shares all the details at the live show, which are equally funny and scary, then joins CJ and Sean in the studio to answer some questions on it. CJ and Sean then share some personal stories about drunk crimes they have witnessed and we share some statistics on how Americans are terrible at estimating how often crime happens.

It's All Star Week, so we dedicated a full episode to baseball drinking stories! Comedian, and former Blackout Diaries producer Derek Smith gives a hilarious recap of Cleveland's disastrous Ten Cent Beer Night, recorded at our live show in Chicago. CJ and Sean talk about how many people screw up the National Anthem at baseball games and we discuss recent surveys that claim Philly Fans drink the least of any baseball fanbase. We also talk about other famous baseball, drunken disasters like Disco Demolition along with some recent stories like the Reds fan who went viral after be tased in centerfield.

Comedian Michael Meyers tells the embarrassing story of the last and final time he drove drunk. Michael joins CJ and Sean in the studio to talk about how this incident, along with a wise tow truck driver, changed him. Michael also discusses his hilarious, debut comedy album, "Michael Meyers Performs Comedy for Real People", which is available on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRk3XSvSKnk . CJ and Sean then discuss how karma and drinking, including how studies have shown how 'good karma' or the goal of 'paying it forward' are actually bad qualities in the work force. Sean shares a reverse karma story about him giving an employer a second chance.

Special emergency podcast for July 4th, where CJ and Sean talk about America's unending love of drunkenly setting off fireworks. They tell stories of friends that nearly killed themselves lighting off fireworks while drunk and how a few of the videos of their buddies went viral. We also discuss the surprisingly high (or maybe low depending on your perspective) statistics on how many people injure themselves each year with fireworks and list some of the stranger, more dangerous injuries that have happened recently. Plus, fireworks aren't just dangerous for the consumer- we share stories on famous fire work factory accidents, ranging from the 17th century to modern times and how even police bomb squads don't seem to know how to safely deal with fireworks.