Sam Tallent is one of the foremost riffers in these United States. And certain parts of Canada. It was only natural, then, that he saunter into Riff City and issue a challenge to them Grawlix Boys—riff an entire set, record it, and bring it in for review. Will Riff City crown a new mayor? Listen and see! Featuring standup comedy clips from Sam T live at the Grawlix and from his new comedy special, "Waiting for Death to Claim Us." LINKS: Get tickets to the premiere of Sam's comedy special in Denv...
Sep 07, 2021•1 hr 10 min•Season 2Ep. 43
Summoning their inner Tim "The Tool Man" Taylor's (cocaine), Adam, Andrew and Ben vow to tackle home-repair projects they've been putting off—without calling any real men for help. Featuring standup comedy clips from Gabby Gutierrez-Reed and Mat Alano-Martin ! LINKS: See The Grawlix live with Chris Fairbanks, Shane Torres, Janae Burris, Mike Mulloy, Kate McLachlan, and a special surprise guest at the historic Bug Theatre in Denver Follow The Grawlix on Twitter and Instagram Want ad-free episodes...
Aug 24, 2021•1 hr 3 min•Season 2Ep. 42
Eating healthy is hard. Eating healthy on a road trip—or as a traveling comedian—is damn near impossible. The boys discuss their dietary strategies while touring and their top breakfast, lunch, and dinner choices for the approval/judgement of famed fast-food lobbyist Troy Walker (Denver native and writer for Jimmy Kimmel Live! ). Also featuring standup comedy clips from Troy! Huzzah! LINKS: Listen to the Late-Night Lightning Round on Patreon ! Follow Troy Walker on Twitter and Instagram See Andr...
Aug 10, 2021•1 hr 10 min•Season 2Ep. 41
That's right! It's another episode of our pod within the pod, Boi Crazy! They say sex sells, and we can't think of any group of salesmen sexier than those colorful hunks on fronts of cereal boxes. In this episode, we give rapid-fire appraisals for EIGHTEEN different cereal mascots—and then we each pick the three that we'd most like to, ahem, pour into our bowl. Click here to listen to the full episode—and watch the video—exclusively on Patreon We'll be back next Tuesday with a brand-new episode ...
Aug 03, 2021•9 min
As July turns to August and summer begins to slip away, Ben, Andrew and Adam soak up every last drop by shuffling through their respective iPods and sharing their favorite summer jams with international playlist influencer Eliza Skinner. Featuring brand-new standup comedy clips from Justine Marino and Jacob Rupp ! LINKS: Listen to our summer jams playlist on Spotify! Get tickets to see The Grawlix live at the historic Bug Theatre Follow Eliza Skinner on Twitter and Instagram Follow The Grawlix o...
Jul 27, 2021•1 hr 11 min•Season 2Ep. 40
After a week of trying (and failing} to use less plastic, we realized that we needed to stop bullshitting and talk to an expert. In this special bonus episode, we interview Will Hancock , a sales director for Plexus Recycling Technologies and a consultant to the recycling industry. Will takes us on the journey of a water bottle after it's tossed in a recycling bin and gives us the dirt on compostable plastics, companies that are turning plastic into jet fuel, ROBOTS WITH INFRARED VISION, and so ...
Jul 20, 2021•37 min
Just in time for Plastic Free July , The Grawlix attempt to cut plastic out of their lives for a week straight, only to find themselves helplessly torn between their desire to do the right thing and their love of seafood and takeout coffees. Featuring standup clips from Phoebe Bottoms and Mike Wiebe ! LINKS: Get tickets to see The Grawlix live at the historic Bug Theatre Check out Ben's new album, "Take the Sandwich" Andrew's book recommendation, The World Without Us by Alan Weisman Ben's incred...
Jul 13, 2021•1 hr 1 min•Season 2Ep. 39
High off the results of their positive push in the previous episode, Andrew, Adam and Ben become low-rent superheroes and scour the city for random acts of kindness they might provide. Featuring standup clips from Brandie Posey and Christian Duguay ! LINKS: Check out Ben's new album, "Take the Sandwich" Help Danny Ramos recover from a hit & run car accident The Grawlix on Twitter and Instagram Visit our Patreon page to receive merch, stickers, bonus videos, and more Learn more about your ad ...
Jun 29, 2021•1 hr 11 min•Season 2Ep. 38
After Ben and Adam reveal they've got a case of the crankies, Andrew calls for an emergency positive push. Channeling the spirit of the late great Brody Stevens, the boys all commit to positive thinking for a week—by recording voice memos of all their negative thoughts. Oh, and then they have to play them for each other on the podcast. Will sharing private logs of their tantrums and bouts of self loathing help the boys set sail for more positive waters? Listen to find out! Featuring standup clip...
Jun 15, 2021•1 hr 11 min•Season 2Ep. 37
In a move that's clearly just a ploy to boost ratings, Ben and Andrew decide to throw a surprise Zoom baby shower for Adam. And by "baby shower" we mean sprinkle. And by "sprinkle" we mean diaper sculpture contest. Special guest Shayna Ferm joins to offer wisdom and judgement, Producer Ron gets dragged into the sculpting competition, and Adam joins in the second half to display the freakish and fantastical creations that he discovered on his front porch. Featuring comedy clips from Shayna at The...
Jun 01, 2021•1 hr 11 min•Season 2Ep. 36
Ben, Adam, and Andrew reunite in person for the first time in months—to test their grip strength and their trust in one another—by going indoor rock climbing. Will the the bonds of the boys' friendship become stronger when they're literally tied to opposite ends of the same rope? Will one of them fall to their tragic-but-hilarious death while a crowd of strangers watches? Listen and find out! Featuring standup comedy clips from Denver's Anthony Crawford and our own Andrew Orvedahl ! LINKS: The G...
May 18, 2021•1 hr 5 min•Season 2Ep. 35
Adam once considered himself fluent in Spanish. Ben and Andrew, not at all. But that doesn't mean all three of our intrepid Grawlix heroes can't use a week-long refresher course on the second most commonly spoken language in the US. Join them on un viaje hispanohablante! Featuring a thirteen-year-old standup clip from the well-traveled travieso Adam Cayton-Holland and a much more recent clip from Denver darling Christie Buchele ! LINKS: The Spanish learning app that Ben used for this challenge D...
May 04, 2021•1 hr 1 min•Season 2Ep. 34
Setting out to answer that age-old question, "does weed make you more creative?" Andrew, Adam and Ben celebrate that oh-so-Colorado holiday of 4/20 by saxing a few daggers and then taking creativity tests administered by Producer Ron. The results are very, very stupid. Featuring standup clips from Steve Vanderploeg and Eeland Stribling ! LINKS: The Grawlix on Twitter and Instagram Visit our Patreon page Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Apr 20, 2021•1 hr 12 min•Season 2Ep. 33
That's right! It's another brand-spanking new episode of Boi Crazy, and inarguably our most batshit episode to date! This time, we rank the hunkiness of US presidential assassins—and yes, we included an attempted assassin as well. Duh. Enjoy this free mini episode and then join our Patreon , where you can listen to the full episode—or watch the uncut video of this episode recording, complete with photos of the 'hunks,' so you can judge along with the boys! Hurry, before we all get put on an FBI ...
Apr 14, 2021•7 min
Ben, Andrew, and Adam are joined by their buddy Ian Karmel to see if their bowel movements can be improved by the use of a simple yet sophisticated, molded piece of highly functional plastic—the Squatty Potty . Grawlix Note: We're not being paid by Squatty Potty for this endorsement. Yet. Also featuring standup clips from Ian—hot damn, that's a lot of Karmel! LINKS: Ian on Twitter and Instagram Ian's podcast, All Fantasy Everything The Grawlix on Twitter and Instagram Visit our Patreon page Talk...
Apr 06, 2021•1 hr 1 min•Season 2Ep. 32
We've all got moments we're not proud of. Times we were dicks. Times we were completely wrong in our thinking. Times when we were...too drunk. And sometimes it helps to talk about those moments, and apologize for them. Because, undoubtedly, if more people apologized when they were in the wrong, the world would be a much, much better place. Allow us to get the ball rolling. Featuring standup clips from Dave Ross and Ryan de la Garza ! Find bonus videos, clips, and merch on our Patreon page ! Talk...
Mar 23, 2021•1 hr 4 min•Season 2Ep. 31
Remember our first episode ? The one where we swore off social media for a week? Well forget all that. For this episode, we throw our respective hats into the TikTok ring to see if as comics we should be embracing new-fangled forms of expression and self-promotion. And we invite none-other-than hilarious comic and TikTokker extraordinaire Steph Tolev to show us the ropes and judge our efforts! LINKS: Steph on TikTok Steph's website—buy her album! Adam's TikTok videos Andrew's TikTok videos Ben's...
Mar 09, 2021•1 hr 9 min•Season 2Ep. 30
Boi Crazy is BACK and this one's a real hunk-doozy—we're earnestly appraising the hunks of Saved By The Bell! Enjoy this free taste and listen to the the entire episode (with video!) by joining our Patreon at patreon.com/grawlixsaves And never fear, we'll be back next Tuesday with a brand-new episode of The Grawlix Saves the World! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Mar 02, 2021•10 min
In a very special LIVE episode from Number 38 in Denver, Colorado, the boys welcome Shane Torres to get their bromance on and write valentines to one another. Special guest Eliza Skinner does a standup set and helps us judge our results! Click here to see photos from this live show and a video of Tim's marriage proposal on Patreon! Click here for Andrew's new stray-animal RPG called STREETS! Click here for tickets to Adam's shows at Comedy Works South! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit meg...
Feb 23, 2021•1 hr 3 min•Season 2Ep. 29
In what is surely a podcast first, three standup comics vow to be better listeners rather than just wait for their turn to talk. Andrew and Adam put into practice helpful listening tips while Ben takes a vow of silence for an entire week, resulting in a palpable dip in global jiu-jitsu chatter. Featuring standup comedy clips from Troy Walker and Emily Maya Mills ! Here's a link to that NYT Smarter Living article! Here's a link to tickets for our live show on February 10th! Here's a link to our P...
Feb 09, 2021•1 hr 8 min•Season 2Ep. 28
Look there's just no beating around the bush: The Grawlix are a bunch of fucking uggos. We're just butt. And the pandemic ain't helping. So we decided to take a week to practice some proper facial skin care—and we reached out to Arbonne Regional Sales Champion Kyle Kinane for help. Featuring standup clips from Kyle and Charla Lauriston ! Wanna see the before-and-after photos from this episode? We've unlocked them for everyone on Patreon: https://patreon.com/grawlixsaves Learn more about your ad ...
Jan 26, 2021•1 hr 8 min•Season 2Ep. 27
Starting the year off right, Adam, Andrew, and Ben decide to chuck their pesky free will out the window and let the universe tell them how to live—specifically by putting into action whatever vagaries their daily horoscopes have in store for them. Spoiler alert: We all buy Bitcoin! Featuring standup comedy from Kevin O'Brien and our own Ben Roy ! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Jan 12, 2021•1 hr 5 min•Season 2Ep. 26
In a move that is just so Andrew, he picks the movie, "Top Gun," for his first time at the Boi Crazy wheel. "But Andrew," we said. "They are men, not teen hunks." "Yes," Andrew responded. "But they helped turn us from Bois into men." And there's just no arguing with that. The rest is Boi Crazy history. Enjoy this free taste, and listen to the the entire episode (with video!) by joining our Patreon at patreon.com/grawlixsaves And never fear, we'll be back next Tuesday with a brand-new episode of ...
Jan 06, 2021•11 min
Typically the Grawlix GloboCorp company holiday party is a fête for the ages! We break into one of those storage PODS and smoke cigarettes until we all get headaches, just like in the bible! This year pandemic restrictions have us homebound, so we celebrate the only way we can—with secret present drops for one another in the dead of night, and barely restrained passive aggression. And we invite producer Ron in on the fun! A Christmas miracle! Featuring standup clips from Mara Wiles and our own A...
Dec 22, 2020•1 hr 13 min•Season 1Ep. 25
Remember Tamagotchis? Those egg-like keychains that were actually little digital lives that you had to take care of? The ones that were so popular in the 1990s? The ones that shit and eat and need medicine and stimulation and discipline? The boys sure do! The boys and special guest Maria Thayer ( Those Who Can't , Strangers With Candy , Forgetting Sarah Marshall ), just spent a week raising them! What fun! Beeping, kitschy, insufferable fun! Featuring standup clips from Noah Gardenswartz ( The M...
Dec 08, 2020•1 hr 14 min•Season 1Ep. 24
It's Thanksgiving time at The Grawlix Saves the World—and we suppose everywhere else too—and what we're most grateful for is our fans. Specifically those who support us on Patreon . The rest of you are great, but let's get real: money talks. So, to show our gratitude, Ben, Adam, and Andrew each take on separate challenges suggested by our Patreon subscribers! Featuring standup comedy clips from Kyle Kinane and the Puterbaugh Sisters ! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoice...
Nov 24, 2020•1 hr 4 min•Season 1Ep. 23
Huzzah! The episode America has been clamoring for! After exploring Ben's love of jiu-jitsu and Andrew's love of Dungeons & Dragons, Adam finally gets his day in the sun, as he shares his passion for bird-watching with his cohorts. Is the world better off for it? Um, doy-hickey. Of course it is. And as if that's not enough, this episode features the return of the Whapping Spatula! And standup comedy clips from resident bird nerd Adam Cayton-Holland and the splendid Eliza Skinner ! Learn more...
Nov 10, 2020•1 hr 5 min•Season 1Ep. 22
With one week—ONE WEEK—left until the presidential election, Andrew, Adam and Ben hash it out and then decide to do something politically proactive every day for a week. Will the Grawlix actually maybe save the world this week?! Only November 3rd will tell! Or a protracted legal dispute thereafter. USA! USA! Featuring standup clips from Nolawee Menghist and our own sweet baby Ben Roy ! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Oct 27, 2020•1 hr 8 min•Season 1Ep. 21
It was Gandhi who said, "If you hate something, try it, and maybe your attitude will change." And even though we just invented that quote for Gandhi, it feels right in his wheelhouse. All this to say, Andrew, Adam and Ben put aside their hatred of e-scooters and try living as the Vape-Bro half lives, in a free-for-all scooter race through the streets of downtown Denver. It's all very, very stupid. Featuring standup comedy clips from Colorado's own Eeland Stribling and a deep cut from friend-of-t...
Oct 13, 2020•57 min•Season 1Ep. 20
Behold, our first live, in-person podcast ever! Shout out to the good folks at Ratio Beerworks for helping us put this on safely and for just generally ruling. And to Erin Rollman and Brian Colonna from Buntport Theater for moderating the challenge like champs. See who among Adam, Andrew and Ben is the best—okay, least worst—speller of the Grawlix! Note: This is an edited version of the live show. Wanna hear the whole enchilada, including a dating update from Andrew and stories from Adam and Ben...
Sep 29, 2020•1 hr 13 min•Season 1Ep. 19
