The Rise Guys After Hours Podcast: Recent Episodes
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Some things we consider conventional wisdom may be bad advice. Maybe we're misinterpreting some stuff, too.
...of living wherever you are, and we get a little sidetracked for 90% of this episode!
It's a bold fashion statement! We discussed in-studio guests and a whole lot of really weird stuff came up along the way.
Who would win in a fight? Wait, that isn't right. Which one would you rather run across if you were alone in the woods?
How thick is your skin? Ours was a lot thinner when we were younger. Turns out it can still be a bit thin sometimes.
Mattman had a very interesting question that led to some great conversation before technical difficulties happened.
We talked about nu-metal, which is now old. Is anyone even sure what nu-metal is beyond a couple of bands?
A listener wanted to know why so many people who do what we do share this one particular interest!
How much does it really cost to live the American Dream? Turns out it all depends on where you live.
The answer depends on who you ask and how old they are. What do we think? What do you think?
Nine got sick and screwed up our Wrestlemania review, but he did want to acknowledge someone, even ethough Mattman disagreed.
We heard from a man who claims to have total global amnesia. Hear the behind the scenes of Mattman and Nine deciding if they believe it enough to have him on The Rise Guys.
Mattman and Nine go over the matches for night 2 of Wrestlemania. What do you think is going to happen?
Mattman and Nine go over the matches for night 1 of Wrestlemania. What do you think is going to happen?
Mattman and Nine go over the matches for both nights of Wrestlemania. What do you think is going to happen?
We gettin' silly on this episode with one of our favorite impressions and a story about a bad first date
Nine has a medical condition, but he's afraid people will think he's bragging if he talks about it.
Mattman and Nine were lucky enough to meet one of their heroes, but it was weird because of course it was
How many of his personalities did we have the pleasure of interviewing? You'll find out if you can keep count.
We've been at it for a long time. Two decades of us! This is a little walk down memory lane.
A real head-scratching mystery from Mattman's childhood and Nine is a really weird dude. That about sums up this week's After Hours with TRG.
We don't agree on a lot of food stuff, but both of us hate green bean casserole. We talked about all the classic Thanksgiving sides and a bunch of other foods.
Family Thanksgivings can be awkward and embarrassing. Nine started with an embarrassing story, Mattman talked about the family drama, then we took a turn and Nine got emotional about it.
This is a story Matt thought may be too personal for Nine, but Nine seemed to have a pretty good time telling a story of personal tragedy.
Nine got a delivery that would embarrass a lot of people, but not him. What was it? How did it lead to 30 minutes of conversation?
Mattman had a very simple question for Nine that wound up going so much deeper than you'd expect. We talked hobbies, pride, loneliness, unintentional self-harm, living, and learning. We're pretty proud of this episode!
Just like the title says, our bad experiences with substances. Take this as a warning and a cautionary tale.
Back in the olden days, we could get away with a lot of stuff on The Rise Guys. Back before anybody cared about legal repercussions and before anyone got woke. These are some of the most memorable ones.
Nine has a habit of almost drowning about once a year. Do you have any idea how much an in-ground pool costs in 2022?! Mattman was SHOCKED.
Who doesn't love donkey butts and them big ol legs? We ain't too proud to beg.
Maybe you've heard about the Vince McMahon scandal, but do you remember when the stuff he did was expected and maybe even encouraged & celebrated?
Then Dolly Parton and Lily Tomlin opened our eyes!
Our parents tell us stories about what happened during the first 2-3 years of our lives, but what if they're all made up?
Do you have a favorite movie? Mattman does! Nine says it's impossible to have just one favorite movie. Can you have a favorite food? Can you have a favorite anything?
We tried to figure out which one of us is weird, but we know it's probably both of us.
Continuing last week's conversation, we talked about hollow Earth, inner Earth, Middle Earth, and wherever Godzilla lives in the new movies. Special guest appearances by Admiral Byrd, the Bermuda Triangle, and inter-dimensional aliens!
Nine has a story about his family and those are always weird fun! This one features a great grandpa and a great-great uncle going to a tent revival and experiencing something that left them scared for the rest of their lives.
Mattman owned a company that sold sex toys at one point and we're talking all about it on this week's episode!
Just a casual re-telling of a story about a time we almost died and someone almost got stabbed.
Do you ever think how lucky we are to be alive after growing up in the 1980's & 90's? That's what this week's cast is all about! We didn't have a Class Action Park of our own, but literally everything was dangerous when we were kids.
originally aired 9/9/2020
Nine found some research from the University of Georgia and it made for an interesting discussion. You get some good, candidly honest conversation this week!
Mattman comes clean about a lie he's been telling since 2004, but there was a good reason for it.
We've spent a lot of time in Charlotte and Atlanta, so which one do we like more?
We also talk about Dolly Parton movies and some of Nine's favorite bad 80s action movies!
It's been 20 years since Jackass: The Movie came out and we finally saw Jackass Forever last week.
We had Steve-O on The Rise Guys back in 2015 and a lot of people haven't heard it, so let's walk down memory lane
Mattman wonders why we don't do any archaeology in America. Does Nine have answers? Why does the United States own so many golf courses all over the world?
How much history has been hidden from us?
Mattman tells a truly unbelievable story from his childhood and discusses the ramifications & fallout from what happened.
Nine doesn't want to be in the metaverse, but he knows exactly how he's going to wind up there. It's how we'll all wind up there, even if we don't think we will!
Are we embracing more old man hobbies in 2022?
We covered a lot of ground on this week's episode and it's pretty dang funny!
We went down a few different rabbit holes this week. Everything from The Beach Boys featuring Uncle Jesse from Full House on drums to how cool The Battle of the Network Stars was back in the day!
Eventually, we got to the War on Drugs and it turned out we had a lot to say about that subject.
The Metaverse! What we think about it, what it it looks like in the near future, and some yelling at clouds. Also some In The Heat of the Night talk. The TV show, not the movie.
More conversation about Mattman aka Chief being a new grandpa. Would anything change Nine's mind about having kids someday, or is it too late now? Somebody is thinking real hard about getting a dog!
A lot of people always want to know why Mattman is always wearing sunglasses, even indoors or at night. We looked into that, and we told the story about the time we got in a fist fight on TV!
Before we even got started, Nine was MAD! Then the fire alarm made a cameo appearance, and THEN we got to discuss Mattman's really interesting thought about parents making up stuff that happened when we were all too young to remember it anyway. Did Bill Elliott really hold baby Nine back in 1985? No one knows for sure.
Chevy Chase, that is. We discussed the big Twitter debate of Chevy Chase Vs Will Ferrell! Who do we like more? We talked about those two and a slew of other comedy legends!
Were they even sick, or were people just having fun when they all decided to dance in the streets for 2 full months in the summer of 1518?
Nine just bought a big American V8 muscle car last week. This week, they're all officially going away to make way for electric muscle. We have feelings about this, and we talked about the best & worst cars we've ever owned!
Mattman is the king of tongue twisters after this episode. Nine had a wonderful surprise for everyone who listens closely, and we put together our perfect Thanksgiving feast!
Have we reached the point in life where we aren't interested in new technology, or are we just a little more picky about which new things we want to embrace? Maybe it's a little bit of both!
We both seeemed to realize there were waaay more rock concerts 20 years ago than there are now, and it turns out it isn't just us getting old and thinking stuff used to be better! It's actually true! But why?!
How do people waste money? What do people consider a waste of money? Finally, a topic we are experts in!
Nine didn't start out with a goal of watching 100 horror movies in a month, but he thinks he might do it. What has he been watching so far? Will he get to 100 by Halloween? Some classics, some weird stuff, and some movies he can't remember watching 3 days ago. We love us some Halloween around here
After two weeks of going over all 50 states, we finally give you our top & bottom states and there was a major disagreement.
Then we talked about Paul Reubens and realized we both really love Pee-Wee Herman.
Finally, we realized how much and how little we know about cousins, and what in the hell is a first cousin once removed?
Have we visited all 50 states? No! But that won't stop us from ranking and reviewing them.
What's the most southern food? The most southern President? The most southern superhero? We covered all those and a whole lot more!
Someone asked us about our hobbies outside of work, so we talked about all the stuff we do to occupy all our free time.
Are we interesting or are we boring? And we dealt with an existential crisis along the way!
We were lucky enough to have CM Punk live in our studio during the peak of his WWE run back in 2012! It did not go well. We talked about it in more detail than ever!
Then we talked about the staples on every bar menu in America!
Where do we see ourselves in 20 years? Our worst relationships? Those answers and a whole lot more!
This is a follow-up from an episode from 6 months ago, but now we have some data about which animals Americans and Britons believe they could beat in a fight! From rats to gorillas to grizzly bears!
We both watched the Woodstock 99 documentary on HBO Max over the weekend and it inspired us to take a look at that show, similar events in our lives, and how much the world around us has changed since the wild ass 90's.
Our best/worst drunk stories! Turns out, we used to raise some hell. And we were occasionally what you might call a drunken mess!
We both grew up loving the Weekly World News and Nine owns a painting of Bat Boy. That's where we jumped in but we wound up wondering if the internet really made us smarter like we all thought it would.
The stories in this episode are some of our most embarrassing moments. That's really all you need to know. What did Matt's dad see through the window? Maybe you've heard us hint around about the story of Nine and his cat, but this podcast gives you the whole story in way more detail than you ever wanted to know.
It does happen to be National Fudge Day, but we didn't know that when we had this conversation. For the first time, you get the full story of Nine's incident in a fast food restaurant in Richmond, VA. It's a legendary Rise Guys story, but we could never go into such detail on the regular show.
It's more summertime themed fun on this week's After Hours!
Nine started off this week talking about what it would be like if all the grown ups got a summer vacation just like the kids in school. Mattman and Nine shared a lot of memories of running wild & free all summer as kids. Not the family trip to the beach or the mountains, but the every day nonsense kids got into when there was no school for almost 3 months!
This week, Nine and Mattman started discussing pop culture's affinity for the south and why it changed sometime in the 1960s or 1970s. What happened?!
That's just the tip of the iceberg!
Who would win in a fight? Stallone or Schwarzenegger? What about a presidential battle royal? Chuck Norris Vs Jean-Claude Van Damme and Steven Seagal at the same time?! Tom Brady Vs Derek Jeter? Mattman Vs Jeremy Clements?! And more!
What are Bingo Wings? Nine just found out, so he had to tell Mattman. That's sent us down rabbit holes of bingo, video poker, and the human body! Would you rather look like 5lbs in a 10lb bag or would you prefer to look like 10lbs in a 5lb bag?
Like an episode of Seinfeld, we aren't positive what this week's episode is about but it's pretty funny! Mattman wanted to blow Nine's mind with some interesting and little-known facts. How'd it go?
This episode is all about food! Foods we love, foods we hate, and one food that is supposed to be a southern delicacy, but he's never tried it or even seen it served in person.
We grew up during the height of the War on Drugs and the Just Say No movement, so we're looking back on what that was like and how things have changed since we were kids in the 80's & 90's.
It's happened before and it did a lot of damage in 1859. If it happened today, it could be catastrophic!
It's Wrestlemania week! For one week only, Mattman and Nine are talking about some rasslin and the history of 36 annual Wrestlemanias!
Last week we talked about how Nine doesn't want some of these new technological innovations. So this week we talked about the tech we grew up with and all the innovations we've witnessed! And you will not believe what Nine's dad did to that fax machine.
Where are we headed with technology? Seems like Nine may have had enough, but Mattman is way more excited for what the future holds!
Nine is on the move! And he hates it! Everybody does it at some point, but most people REALLY seem to hate it. What other regular normal life occurrences do we really struggle with?
It's a magical time of the year! Drunkenness, debauchery, partying right to the brink of death!
We grew up with it. It made some people rich, it ruined some lives, it scared our grandparents, it really dominated American culture & society for about 40 years. Is it over yet, or will it come back?
Has everyone been attacked by an animal at some point? Probably so. Especially southerners. What if you got in a fight with a wild animal? Could you win? Could we?
What are the big ones? Which ones are fake? Major holidays, minor holidays, made up holidays, every day is a holiday!
For the first time, we had some guests on After Hours! What did they want to ask us? How stoned were they? You'll find out about stereotypes, Dan Marino, and a very controversial subject we love to talk about but can't talk about very much.
We discussed our relationship with the telephone, the evolution of the telephone, and you get a great glimpse into exactly how antisocial Mattman and Nine really are!
Nine thinks we're in a marketing apocalypse. Mattman was VERY confused by something we all saw in TV commercials growing up. Do men even use toilet paper?
We picked up wher Episode 21 left off. A lot of people will be SHOCKED to hear Nine be wrong about something. Everyone will be SHOCKED to hear how long it's been illegal to drive a car while drinking a beer, and you might laugh as hard as Mattman did at Nine's story about learning how to survive in the woods with a short handled shovel and a roll of toilet paper!
A lot has changed since Mattman and Nine were kids, but we aren't complaining because a lot of things changed for the better! For instance, the lives of dogs and grandparents have gotten a lot better since the early 90's.
This all started because Matt found some weird facts online and he wanted to see if Nine knew anything about the Red Brick Road from the Wizard of Oz, or anything about how deaf people helped NASA get people to space! There are answers to be found, bu there are way more questions that pop up along the way. Go down the rabbit hole with us! It's fun down here.
A naked 80's rock star and a Crisco massage, the time we met MC Hammer, getting hit in the balls on pay-per-view, Jesco White, and the time one of the Wild & Wonderful Whites of West Virginia almost died at the radio station!
This week, the stories include the time we spent with Tommy Chong, Kevin Smith, Hulk Hogan, Rob Schneider and more! Which one of those men did we really piss off one morning? Don't worry, we were mad too so it's all good in the end.
We've had many brushes with greatness, from athletes to rock stars, comedians & pro wrestlers. And becaues it's us, it usually turned out funny. Maybe a little uncomfortable.
We've done some really cool stuff over the year, but that means we've also done some terrible, awful gigs. Sketchy places, sketchy people, but somehow it seems like fun looking back on it now!
It all started with a simple question in Nine's DMs. We've talked about a lot of conspiracies in 18+ years of doing radio, so how do we debunk them? This is how our brains work. We ain't right, but you aren't either if you're listening to us.
This week, Mattman and Nine sat down to talk about the Presidents who have led America during their lifetimes...mainly in pop culture terms. From Ronald Reagan to Bill Clinton to Donald Trump, and how they all influenced the nation's culture during their time in office.
Is mainstream dead? Is that a good thing, or a bad thing? That's what we're talking about this week on Episode 13 of After Hours!
What was Halloween like for a couple of kids who grew up in a mill village in the 1980's & 90's? Turns out it was a lot of fun, but there was ALWAYS some drama on the mill hill. It's a Mill Hill Halloween Special on Episode 12 of After Hours with The Rise Guys!
It's time for Halloween! A haunted bank! A haunted plantation house! A haunted graveyard! Did you know Mattman and Nine are former ghost hunters? Well, not really, but they've been on some ghost hunts and they did it in total Rise Guys style.
"Yes, but not from you!" You'll find out what that means in Episode 10! It's a story of adventure on the high seas! In 2010, Mattman and Nine took a cruise with a bunch of people who listen to The Rise Guys. Why did Matt think he was going to be killed in the Bahamas? Why wasn't Nine worried about the situation? Did someone really die on the ship?!
Mattman and Nine are back for part 3 of the TRG origin story! This week is all about some of the wildest & strangest times we’ve ever experienced. Yeah, we’re surprised we made it, too.
This week, the origin story continues where we left off last week! You'll hear about the very beginning of The Rise Guys Morning Show back in 2003 AND you'll get to hear the awesome story of Nine's 18th birthday. You don't want to miss these scandalous details and long-lost confessions.
How did it all happen? Every great hero has an origin story, and so do regular dudes like us. This week, we go back to the beginning and discuss how this show started. It begins all the way back in 1999 when Mattman and Nine first met.
Did you ever get to live your dreams and hang out with your childhood heroes? Did you ever almost get your ass kicked by one of your childhood heroes? Did you see your childhood heroes naked? Well, Mattman and Nine have lived some charmed lives and they're here to talk about the time Mattman almost took a beat down from a legend. Some road stories in Episode 6 of After Hours with TRG!
Do you ever think how lucky we are to be alive after growing up in the 1980's & 90's? That's what this week's cast is all about! We didn't have a Class Action Park of our own, but literally everything was dangerous when we were kids.
Or is it Episode 3, part 2? Either way, it's the rest of Nine's story about his dad's incredible life. This week, there are stories involving shootouts, car chases, murder charges, violence, and...memories of a happy childhood? It's the thrilling conclusion to the life & times of Eddie McDonald on After Hours with The Rise Guys!
This week, Mattman and Nine talk about the life and times of Nine's dad. He lived a hell of a wild life. Prison, notorious serial killers, daring escapes, shootings, a guy even died! In part one, Nine is telling the first half of his dad's life story and you won't believe some of the stories! It's the life and times of Eddie McDonald on After Hours with The Rise Guys!
Mattman and Nine are back this week to discuss growing up religious in the south and why they stopped going to church along the way. Mattman talks about the pastor stealing his baseball cards, and he opens up about a far more traumatic moment that took place at the church.
Mattman and Nine keep the conversation going After Hours. They're going longer, they're going deeper, and Episode 1 is two guys trying to explain astral projection without fully understanding it. Military experiments, time traveling in space, disappearing war ships, and that's just the tip of this iceberg.