Don’t Wreck Yourself is a weekly podcast about finding truth on the internet. On each episode, we assess a claim wrecking the internet, answer questions nobody asked us, and say bad words.
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Cap and Ryan offer a retrospective of strange Olympic history discussing the utter chaos of early Olympic events, from the long hard, traffic clogged, rat-poisoned slogs, to the whimsical dismantling of France's signature coifed canine at the hands of a farmer's wife. Finally, they address accusations that Imane Kalif of Algeria should have been ba…
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The Lurker in the Farthouse Gives No Quarter
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In this episode Ryan and Dr. Brad talk coinage trends, probability, and youth culture before segueing into accounts of an ancient Mesopotamian demon whose victims were always taken on the commode inflagrante delicto. Take this opportunity to learn a thing or two from Brad, who unlike virtually everyone else on this show, is an actual expert. Subscr…
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Ryan and Ian tackle the conspiracy that Taylor Swift and the NFL are rigged in Joe Biden's favor. They also weigh in on some pop culture questions and explain the differences between First, Second, and Third World countries. Eat up, slop's gettin' cold. Find the show on all social media platforms @wreckyourpod Find Ryan on Instagram but not on Twit…
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Ryan takes to the streets with Cap to patrol the internet in search of questions and topics in need of vigilante illumination. Ryan provides an update on the state of the show, before they dive into the hows and whens of doing the gritty at a funeral, taking breastmilk baths, before ruling on whether there is a connection between Impossible Meat an…
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Don’t Spook Yourself 3: Holiday Turspookin!
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The lights are off. You knock anyway. Silence. You wait a month. The light comes on. The terror begins. Enjoy your tofurkey stuffed with candy corn, you freaks. This year's Halloween episode is grossly late, but worth the wait! Join Ryan, CJ, and Cap for all the tricks, all the treats, and all the human skin based fashion apparel you can buy on Ets…
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In this wild episode Matt and Ryan discuss deeply personal healthcare stories, tease a whale milk topic that you heard last week, and generally conduct themselves like over-caffeinated class clowns. But in the process they help an r/nostupidquestions asker embrace their inner Mandolorian. Then they weigh the pharmacological benefits of hotboxing cr…
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Ryan invites Ian Mauldin to dust off his microphone to talk about all of the internet's hottest topics from several weeks ago! First they throw a wet blanket on Burning Man, before discussing the impact the Taylor Swift Lifestyle can have on a relationship. Then they discuss whether a human being like you and me suffering from lactose intolerance c…
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Rocky Balbobot and the Great Fantasy Migration
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Ryan and Cap shoot the breeze about Sci-Fi, seeking to know what Sci-Fi is and whether it can tell us anything about ourselves. They also make some fart noises and go on some pretty gnarly tangents. Find the show on all social media platforms @wreckyourpod or @wreckyourpod.com on BlueSky Find Ryan on Instagram @foodicide Find Cap on Twitter @capand…
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Yes, there's a heat wave, but there's nothing more refreshing than rubbing a cool new episode against your earballs. Ryan and Matt start off by taking on an r/AskReddit question about the soundtrack in Hell, before taking on a hellishly tumultuous family feud pitting two golden children against their jealous siblings in the Case of the Stolen In-la…
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Don’t Spook Yourself Midnight Double Feature!
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Ryan and Cap revisit our Halloween Specials and provide behind the scenes commentary on a pair of our favorite episodes! Relive Cap's first show appearance, and let us haunt you with all the facts. Faaaaacts. Don't Spook Yourself Credits In this special Halloween episode, Matt and Ryan are joined by Cap from the podcast Shrimp and Crits. They take …
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REMASTERED: Ep.027 - The Gordian Forget Me Not
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A Classic from the Archives, one of Ryan's personal favorites because Matt is totally on top of his game! __________________________ On this week's episode, Matt and Ryan celebrate a minor production milestone: six months of podcasting. Then they help the desperate souls of Reddit by tackling their most challenging r/nostupidquestions question yet …
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Ryan is joined by Ian, world renowned podcast editor and table top RPG personality to discuss the topics Wrecking the Internet. They start off with a topic from r/RandomThoughts about the films we see that haunt our very souls. Then they dig into a topic from r/ELI5 (Explain it Like I'm 5) asking some pretty hard, and frankly disturbing questions a…
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Ryan and Matt take on a lot of work topics in this episode! They start off discussing a fated golf game in which a junior partner at a financial firm publicly spanks rootin' tootin' Texas oil tycoon, costing his company a key customer, and his boss wants to know how to handle it. Then they discuss an incident in which an employee's dissatisfaction …
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Ryan and Cap reunite for some pretty questionable questions. First they answer a question from r/TooAfraidToAsk that will change the way you look at genitals. Then, speaking of things people lie about the size of, Ryan and Cap swap fishing stories as they analyze a portrait of gargantuan tuna. Then they wade into another ocean life related question…
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In this week's episode, Ryan and CJ discuss a meme purporting to save you money on home repairs. Then they offer the Jim Kramerest possible wealth management advice on the market when they tackle Whiskey Investment with slightly less slurred enthusiasm than CNBC. Finally they weigh in on the right wing assault on Bud Light, and specifically they lo…
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In this episode, Ryan and Matt discuss the leak of classified documents on Discord. Then they take on a controversial police action that starts off infuriating, but ends deliciously when everyone eats the victim. Then they discuss a case of a whale supposedly beached in the middle of the Amazon rainforest. Then Matt shares a skydiving service marke…
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Yakuza Kitty Kisses and Other Crimes of Passion
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Ryan is joined by Cap and Jess for a wide-ranging discussion covering a lot, and revealing so much more. First they discuss a story from Kentucky centering on a tattling toddler dropping dimes for the 5-0. Then they discuss an unusual rumor at the intersection of Japanese organized crime and sex-focused body modification culture. Then they tear int…
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Welcome to the special two-year anniversary episode of our podcast! We are infinitely grateful for all of the support that our listeners have given us over the past two years, and we wanted to take a moment to celebrate with some of our favorite outtakes from the past year. This endeavor wouldn't be possible without all the incredible co-hosts and …
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Ryan, Matt, and Monica eat their protein pills and put their helmets on before launching into a slew of Moon related topics. First they establish the facts about when exactly it's 4:20 on the Moon. Then they educate some fellow podcasters about the geological history of the Moon and also, sorta, dinosaurs. Then they tuck into a delicious topic, the…
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Ryan and CJ analyze a viral video from Facebook purporting to show the death of an Indiana Jones stunt performer. Then they provide an exceptional value to folks online looking for the cheapest possible legal opinion by weighing in free of charge on a question by someone considering a lawsuit against their neighbor for beekeeping. Then they settle …
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Matt returns for an episode to help break Ryan from a news cycle that will not die not matter how many Executive Branch officials have to get raided by the thugs of Joe Biden's crooked FBI (that's a joke, but seriously, you're great FBI, no notes this time.) Matt opens up the show by spinning a tale of deceit, lust, intemperance, and a lovely Delta…
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A Seemingly Infinite Number of Weeks of REDACTED
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BEEP BEEP BEEP. Ryan wakes up to even more of the same. He reaches out to a friend to discuss recurrent events. Again. And Again. And AGAIN. Find Don't Wreck Yourself on Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and gmail @wreckyourpod Find us online at www.wreckyourpod.com Find Rick on Instagram @rickreynolds Find Dr. Brad on Twitter @@BradHafford and…
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Ryan wakes up to more of the same. He reaches out to a friend to discuss recurrent events. Find Don't Wreck Yourself on Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and gmail @wreckyourpod Find us online at www.wreckyourpod.com Find CJ on Instagram @backyardpitmastersc Find Scott and the No New Friends Podcast on social media @nonewfriendspd and on the we…
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Going 6,000 Rounds With Your Teacher’s Twin Sister
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Ryan and CJ revisit a recent topic from Episode 66 by discussing the fundamental differences between Joe Biden and Donald Trump's respective breaches of US national security protocol. Then they delve into a topic from listener Maurice regarding a memed up story of a sewer worker who allegedly got into the vault of the Bank of England. Then they dis…
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Ryan is joined by CJ on this episode to discuss all the internet's questions! First they discuss a conspiracy about r/conspiracy posted on r/conspiracy. Then they take a deep dive into the internet rumor that America's former sweetheart Ellie Kemper won a KKK beauty pageant, but the truth is actually way weirder and it involves a lot of armed, raci…
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Wreck the Halls 2: Bless Ye Merry Baphomet
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In this holiday special, Ryan summons three host to help him Wreck the Halls with boughs of internet folly. Normally we tell you all the topics we cover in an episode, but this is a season of gift giving. Just unwrap it. Find Don't Wreck Yourself on Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and gmail @wreckyourpod Find us online at www.wreckyourpod.com…
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CJ rejoins Ryan to answer all the heavy hitting questions, like a listener submitted question about roundabout legal etiquette from r/NoStupidQuestions. Then they offer some insight into best barbecue brisket practices from r/bbq. Then they discuss another question from r/NoStupidQuestions that delves into Constitutional rights or physics... it's h…
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Ryan is joined by his friend Monica this week to unravel the knot of internet ignorance. They start off by explaining what life after 40 looks like to the young folks out there. Then they discuss the population statistics of polar bears in the southern hemisphere, before taking on a picture of a homeschool model of the Earth that frankly has no hem…
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Happy Halloween! For the second annual Don't Spook Yourself Halloween spectacular, Ryan is joined by the incredibly spooky Catie Stroud and absolutely kooky Cap from Shrimp and Crits. They talk candy hotdogs memes, before knocking on a stranger's door to provide a smart answer to an r/nostupidquestions inquiry exploring the connection between Dracu…
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CW: IT IS OUR 69TH EPISODE, SO YEAH, IT'S GONNA BE NICE. AND BY NICE WE MEAN SEXUALLY EXPLICIT. LIKE... SLIGHTLY MORE THAN USUAL. Ryan is joined once again by Cap from Shrimp and Crits to celebrate our arrival at a very good number of episodes wit ha very special Oops! All Reddit! episode. This week, they answer a request from r/theydidthemath brea…
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Ryan welcomes Will, AKA Dr. Crox, to the show for a riveting discussion about Japanese fart scrolls, before taking on a question about dancing testicles from r/TooAfraidToAsk. They segue from the surreal to the hallucinatory, when they deal with a meme found on r/TheyDidTheMath requesting info about how much LSD a town would need to get the party s…
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CONTENT WARNING: This episode features descriptions of criminal acts, some of which are violent nature. These crimes include, but are not limited to the following... MATRICIDE HUMAN CLONING ORGAN HARVESTING TRAPPING PEOPLE IN CARBONITE STAR WARS EPISODES 7-9 TACO SPAGHETTI SERIAL MURDER PETTY THEFT Today, Ryan is joined by Ian Mauldin from Shrimp a…
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Locked Down, Tuned Up, Taking Secret Data Dumps
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This week Ryan is joiend by CJ Cypress to talk alcohol and barbecue. First they discuss a query from r/TooAfraidToAsk about whether 1pm is too early for her boyfriend to be drunk... then they cross the International Date Line to discuss an alleged Japanese government initiative to get people to drink more booze. Then Ryan breaks down the difference…
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We are coming back from a hiatus with all sorts of changes! Tune in to find out! Cap of Shrimp and Crits Fame joins Ryan to revisit the Trolley Problem before switching modes of green transportation to discuss laser bikes! Then they weigh in on a r/nostupidquestions inquiry in which an internet user wonders whether their overweight work colleagues …
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This episode originally aired on 06 April 2021, and it has only improved with age and hard lessons about audio production. The episode has been remastered for better audio quality. Don't Wreck Yourself will return with new episodes after Labor Day! The guys run down a series of rabbit holes in their search for the truth. Ryan tells about his harrow…
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Matt and Ryan pop the cork on a finely matured r/nostupidquestions inquiry in which an asker needs to know the carnal dangers of combining toots and toys. Then they do their best not to get tripped up by another r/nostupidquestions topic seeking to know the etiquette of watching someone else take a spill. Next they try to figure out how the world w…
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Matt and Ryan kind of sort of answer a listener question about who was worse between two Byzantine Empresses. Then they address a report from the Daily Beast about a South African man who fell victim to a Jaeger induced illness. Then they go to an r/NoStupidQuestion about how a magician turned off a TV in the early 1990s without using the remote. T…
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The Monkey Business Pitfalls of Being a Banana Karen
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In this episode, Matt and Ryan bask in the afterglow of America's explosive birthday party before taking on a topic from r/AITA centering on the whens and hows a man can eat a banana at work without getting fired. Then they discuss Wal-Mart's recent decision to drop a coconut milk line over its unexpected source of forced labor. Next they weigh in …
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Loud, Obnoxious, and Extremely Horny for Facts
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On this week's episode, Ryan tracks Matt down and forgets to make a Dr. Livingstone reference. The hosts record live and in person for the first time, sacrificing audio quality like a fatted calf on the altar of basic human companionship. They tell you what they did in Philly, take on the folks next door having loud, obnoxious hotel . Then they dig…
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Shakin' Shaner from What's Shakin' With Shaner keeps Matt's seat warm as he and Ryan get under the hood of Pixar's Cars franchise to figure out what's going on with Lightning McQueen's Finn McMissile. Then they discuss a photoset making the rounds on social media that depicts a surprisingly conventional Fourth of July party in an unconventional pla…
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On today's episode, Ryan's old boss Dr. Brad Hafford fills in for Matt to talk about a couple popular myths associated with the ancient city of Ur. This episode is 100% archaeology. Ryan and Brad talk about a busty Roman hanging out at a thrift shop in Texas, and seek to answer the all important question "what IS a museum" without smoking any OG ku…
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The Revivifying Power of the Electric Nut Massage
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NEW EPISODES NOW DROP ON FRIDAY Ryan works with co-host pro tempura Cap from Shrimp and Crits to get to the bottom of an r/NoStupidQuestions inquiry trying to get answers about an aviation mystery from the internet. Then they discuss the political fallout of definitely killing, but only allegedly murdering one's spouse while running for office. The…
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Matt and Ryan are joined by Stu Horgan the creative force, host, and sole heir to the Highly Irregular podcast fortune which shall be, according to the mysterious last will and testament slipped to him rolled up in a copy of a particularly scandalous edition of The Sun while he was taking in a bit of fresh air at local park... paid in laughs. First…
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Happy Mothers Day to all child rearing humans and wolves! CONTENT WARNING: This episode deals with pregnancy and pregnancy complications. This week, Matt and Ryan discuss mom related topics! First they talk about whether moms deserve special social privileges over other people. Then they discuss whether it's possible to for a person to become pregn…
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Millennials and Their Participation War Trophies
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In this week's episode Matt and Ryan discuss the military's Uniform Code of Long Distance Relationships when they advise someone dating a soldier who clearly keeping dependents in different residences if you know what we mean. They they discuss a raid in Russia in which authorities claimed to have foiled a Neo- wet-work cell that just could not get…
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In this week's episode, Matt and Ryan discuss whether employers care if you got to the top of the rope in gym class. If you did, then Charlie Kirk suggests you may have been radicalized by the secret message Karl Marx scrawled up there 170 years ago, causing you to foolishly critique the corrupt capitalist system from your fancy high rise penthouse…
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In a return from a one week hiatus, Matt and Ryan offer yet another meaningless take on the slap heard round the world... but wait, there's more slap related content! Ryan tells Matt about a secret Ottoman martial technique in which open hand slaps are honed by striking marble, making it the second time in the episode they talk about some guy slapp…
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On this week's episode, Matt and Ryan discuss how Russians will be forced to get things their way after McDonald's pulls up stakes... will they be "lovin' it"? Then they transition into two listener food related questions dealing with mayo applications and an ad circulating online purporting to be a genuine advertisement for Kraft's Potato Fudge. T…
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Matt and Ryan take you on a tour of some of their best bits from their first year of podcasting, and they drop a few clips from their unreleased demo recordings to. Thanks to everyone for an amazing first year! We look forward to doing more, saying more, and thanking you all again next year. Sure, we'll say thank you to all of our listeners, but yo…
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Matt's hungover and the guys agree that on the occasion of their 50th episode that the time has once again arrived to celebrate the wellspring of content that is the Reddit website. They moan some names, discuss toilet etiquette, weigh in on genital tattoos, judge a guy for unrealistic baby beauty standards, tear down the Confederate flag, and take…
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