The boys try to not drive for a week. Inspired by the City of Denver's initiative offering free public transportation in August, the boys try to go without a car for a week. Featuring standup comedy clips from our own Andrew Orvedahl and Shanel Hughes ! Special thanks to our supporters on Patreon who voted for this challenge! LINKS: See Andrew headlining at Comedy Works Downtown in Denver on Wednesday, September 7th See the Grawlix live at High Plains Comedy Festival in Denver, September 8th-10t...
Sep 06, 2022•1 hr 11 min•Season 3Ep. 68
The boys try to clean up their potty mouths. Challenged by loyal listeners to reign in their freewheelin' linguistic ways, Ben, Adam and Andrew turn to the age-old remedy of the Swear Jar to curb their cursing. Featuring standup comedy clips from Ryan Belleville and Chanel Ali ! Thanks to everyone on Patreon who voted for this challenge! LINKS: See The Grawlix LIVE this Saturday, August 27th with Sara Schaefer and Lindsay Adams at the historic Bug Theatre in Denver! See Andrew headlining at Come...
Aug 23, 2022•1 hr 17 min•Season 3Ep. 67
The boys try on organized religion. Despite being staunchly anti-religious, Adam challenges the boys to each attend a religious service of their choosing. Featuring standup comedy clips from Aaron Urist and Ester Steinberg ! LINKS: See Ben opening for the band Off With Their Heads on August 12th in Manchester, NH and August 13th in Malden, MA See Ben and Adam on Saturday, August 20th with Miriam Moreno at the Bread Bar in Silver Plume, Colorado! See The Grawlix LIVE on Saturday, August 27th with...
Aug 09, 2022•1 hr 17 min•Season 3Ep. 66
The boys test the therapeutic merits of a rage room. Realizing that they're angry and reacting disproportionately to perceived slights—and by "they," we of course mean Ben—the boys decide to let out some of their anger by paying a lot of money to smash shit in a shack. Featuring standup comedy clips from Matt Braunger and Anthony Crawford ! LINKS: Follow us on TikTok , Twitter , Instagram , and Facebook for a few visual appetizers of this rage room challenge! Support us on Patreon for access to ...
Jul 26, 2022•1 hr 16 min•Season 3Ep. 65
The boys address their time management skills while on the clock. Producer Ron challenges the boys to take a look at how they waste time in their daily lives, drops a bombshell announcement that he will not be cutting anything from this episode, and then demands that Adam, Andrew and Ben finish the podcast in exactly sixty minutes. Chaos ensues. Featuring standup comedy clips from Kyle Ayers and Katrina Davis ! LINKS: Listen to the ad-free, exactly 60-minute version on Patreon! See Adam Cayton-H...
Jul 12, 2022•1 hr 5 min•Season 3Ep. 64
The boys are crazy for the hunks of the 1993 film "Dazed and Confused!" Alright, alright, alright! In this episode of Boi Crazy, our pod within the pod, we earnestly appraise the hunks of the legendary teen summer classic, "Dazed and Confused!" We size up the hunkitude of Pink (Jason London), Benny (Cole Hauser), Pickford (Shawn Andrews), Wooderson (Matthew McConaughey) and more —and then we crown the hunkiest Moontower boy of them all. We'll be back next Tuesday with a brand-new episode of The ...
Jul 07, 2022•11 min
The boys stare into the mirror that is their e-mail inboxes. Ending his streak of his good suggestions for the podcast, Andrew challenges Ben and Adam to clear out their inboxes completely, and they, in turn, hate him for it. Featuring standup comedy clips from Salma Zaky and Sammy Obeid ! And more birthday shout-outs to our Patreon supporters! LINKS: Here's that email inbox unsubscription service that Producer Ron suggested See Adam Cayton-Holland at The Crocodile in Seattle, WA on Thursday, Ju...
Jun 28, 2022•1 hr 14 min•Season 3Ep. 63
The boys take quizzes to determine how they behave in relationships. FInding themselves newly single and not-at-all ready to mingle, Ben and Andrew decide to take a quiz to find their "attachment styles" in relationships and how to be better partners. Adam does as well, but from a place of comfortable superiority. Featuring standup comedy clips from Emma Arnold and Georgia Comstock , and birthday shout-outs to some of our Patreon supporters! Here's the attachment styles quiz that the boys took! ...
Jun 14, 2022•1 hr 11 min•Season 3Ep. 62
The boys better the world for their dogs. We all love our dogs like children, yet often we take them for granted—so the boys decide to give each of their respective pups a special day to appreciate them before they’re gone. Featuring standup comedy clips from our own Andrew Orvedahl and Adam Cayton-Holland ! See Ben and Adam performing at the Clinton Street Theater in Portland, Oregon on Friday, June 3rd See Ben filming his first one-hour special at Comedy Works in Denver on See The Grawlix LIVE...
May 31, 2022•1 hr 12 min•Season 3Ep. 60
The boys employ daily journaling of spontaneous prose to get their creative juices flowing. In April of 1951, Jack Kerouac sat down at a typewriter for three weeks and poured On The Road onto a now-legendary scroll. In May of 2022, Adam, Andrew and Ben tried to sit down in front of a journal every morning for a week and then write down whatever comes out of their heads. And literature, as we know it, was shook off its axis anew. Featuring standup comedy clips from Rosalie Jaymes-Taylor and Brock...
May 17, 2022•1 hr 3 min•Season 3Ep. 60
The boys are crazy for the hunks who've played Batman! It's another episode of Boi Crazy, our podcast-within-the-podcast, where we earnestly appraise pop culture's hottest hunks! Special guest Rory Scovel joins us to evaluate seven hunks from the Batman franchise— Adam West, Michael Keaton, Val Kilmer, George Clooney, Christian Bale, Ben Affleck, and Robert Pattinson —and then we crown the hunkiest Batman of them all . We'll be back next Tuesday with a brand-new episode of The Grawlix Saves the ...
May 10, 2022•18 min
The boys turn to crystals for spiritual guidance. Momentarily shelving the signature cynicism that oozes out of their every pore, Adam, Andrew and Ben EARNESTLY embrace crystals—seeking guidance, enlightenment, and just good vibes, man, from a bunch of stones purchased in a store. Featuring standup comedy clips from Kristin Lytie and David Gborie ! LINKS: See we Grawlix three performing all weekend at the Chief Bicycle & Comedy Festival in Trinidad, Colorado on May 6th-7th See Andrew headlin...
May 03, 2022•1 hr 8 min•Season 3Ep. 59
Sean Jordan invites the boys to attempt an old-fashioned push-up challenge. Championing the philosophy that trying hard things always betters the world, friend of the pod Sean Jordan challenges Adam, Andrew and Ben to do 100 push-ups, every day, for a week. Featuring standup comedy clips from Sean himself, headlining at our live show! LINKS: See video of Sean and the boys doing pushups on day 1 of the challenge! See Sean's video of doing 40 skateboard tricks for his 40th birthday See Adam headli...
Apr 19, 2022•1 hr 8 min•Season 3Ep. 58
The boys get their survivalist on and prep backpacks for the End Times. Bravely sharing a paranoid side of himself that Ben and Adam always suspected—but never cared enough to confirm—Andrew challenges everyone to prep backpacks that they can grab quickly in an apocalyptic emergency scenario and improve their chances of survival. Featuring standup comedy clips from Janae Burris and Zach Reinert ! LINKS: See Andrew at Infinite Monkey Theorem in Denver on Wednesday, April 6th See Ben at Loonees Co...
Apr 05, 2022•1 hr 4 min•Season 3Ep. 57
The boys try to read the most difficult novel of all time. In a week. In a passive-aggressive Hail Mary for the ages, Ben lashes out at Adam's literary prowess and challenges the group to read James Joyce's Ulysses in seven days. And thus was born "The Ulysses Challenge," which will no doubt sweep TikTok! Featuring standup comedy clips from Hannah Jones and our own Adam Cayton-Holland ! LINKS: See The Grawlix LIVE at the Bug Theatre in Denver on Saturday, March 26th with Anthony DeVito, Kelsey R...
Mar 22, 2022•1 hr 13 min•Season 3Ep. 56
The boys are crazy for the hunks of "Young Guns" and "Young Guns II" It's a shoot out at the Boi-K Corral! In this episode of our pod within the pod, Boi Crazy, we earnestly appraise those cattle-punchin' hunks of the "Young Guns" franchise. Dig your spurs into this tasty teaser for free, then support us on Patreon to hear (and see) the whole hunk ! We'll be back next Tuesday with a brand-new episode of The Grawlix Saves the World. Until then, stay Boi Crazy! Learn more about your ad choices. Vi...
Mar 15, 2022•22 min
The boys try to save the world by donating blood. Adam calls bullshit on the entire premise of the podcast—threatening the fragile cash-cow from whose supple teet we sup!—and then challenges Ben and Andrew to put undeniable good into the world by donating blood. Featuring standup comedy clips from Mo Welch and Jordan Doll ! Special thanks to Brooke Way and all of the fine folks at Vitalant's Denver West Donation Center. Schedule YOUR blood donation today at any of Vitalant's 120+ donation center...
Mar 08, 2022•1 hr 4 min•Season 3Ep. 55
The boys try to pinpoint exactly when their families came to the United States. Concerned about their resentment of the vaping transplants e-scootering into their beloved city of Denver, the boys challenge themselves to de-NIMBY their brains—and have a little more empathy—by investigating when and why their ancestors first became strangers in this strange land. Featuring standup comedy clips from Miriam Moreno and Nolawee Mengist ! LINKS: See The Grawlix LIVE at the Bug Theatre in Denver on Satu...
Feb 22, 2022•1 hr 10 min•Season 3Ep. 54
The boys get silly on psilocybin. Taking advantage of Denver's decriminalized psilocybin laws, the boys decide to take mushrooms. Like grown-ups. Deliberately, with a proper set and setting, and a specific intention. Or in Ben's case, for the first time ever, while wracked with fear. Featuring standup comedy clips from our pals Troy Walker and Myq Kaplan ! LINKS: See The Grawlix LIVE at the Bug Theatre in Denver on Saturday,February 26th with Sean Jordan, Ryan Belleville, and Georgia Comstock! S...
Feb 08, 2022•1 hr 2 min•Season 3Ep. 53
The boys clean up their texting habits. Let's face it, a lot of people just don't understand text etiquette. And nowhere is that more infuriating than in a group chat. Here at the Grawlix Saves the World, we're no different. And that's because of Andrew. But, because we are a team, we all take a look at our texting habits and apply some new rules to our thread. Featuring standup comedy clips from Lizzy Cooperman and Christian Duguay ! Click here to see Ben's custom collection of GIFs! LINKS: See...
Jan 25, 2022•1 hr 14 min•Season 3Ep. 52
The boys write and deliver each other's eulogies. Bothered by the fact that we only seem to celebrate those we love after they're gone, Adam challenges Ben and Andrew to all write eulogies for one another in the first-ever Grawlix live funeral! Featuring standup comedy and British-reality-show-style judging by Matt Kirshen ! LINKS: See The Grawlix LIVE at the Bug Theatre in Denver on Saturday, January 29th! Say hello and suggest challenge ideas to us on Twitter , Instagram , and Facebook Support...
Jan 11, 2022•1 hr 6 min•Season 3Ep. 51
In this steamy episode of our pod within the pod, Boi Craz y, we rank the hunks of Full House , Step By Step , and Family Matters (aka the three most successful shows of ABC's legendary TGIF television programming block). Dig in to this tasty teaser for free, then support us on Patreon to hear the whole hunk ! We'll be back next Tuesday with a brand-new episode of The Grawlix Saves the World. Until then, stay Boi Crazy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Jan 04, 2022•20 min
The boys reflect upon the world that they saved. Wow. Fifty episodes. We simply cannot believe it. To celebrate the occasion, the boys reflect upon the last two years and each pick their top episodes—the self-improvement challenges that had the greatest impact on their lives. And then we crown the GSTW Winner of the First 50! All hail the new champ! Featuring standup clips from Justine Marino and Josh Blue ! LINKS: See the Grawlix Saves the World LIVE at the Bug Theatre in Denver on Thursday, De...
Dec 14, 2021•1 hr 25 min•Season 2Ep. 50
The boys attempt baking treats for a holiday party. Well sir, it's the holiday season and here at Grawlix GloboCorp LTD that can only mean one thing—our annual company holiday party. A raucous bacchanal of EDM, brotherhood, and pure, unfiltered sexual energy. You know, the holidays. As if that wasn't enough, the boys attempt a baking challenge , each presenting their pastries for the appraisal of the Grawlix board of directors. Who will win? Who will even survive? The answers will unveil themsel...
Nov 30, 2021•1 hr 4 min•Season 2Ep. 49
The boys assemble their holiday self-care kits. The holidays can be tricky for anyone, WHAT WITH THE OMNIPRESENT JUDGEMENT OF THE ALL-KNOWING CHRIST KING. And because The Grawlix Saves the World has been (and always will be) a vengeful Old Testament type of podcast, the boys challenge one another to create holiday self-care kits —three items that bring them comfort and joy—to help them navigate the trials and tribulations of Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanza, Solstice, Boxing Day, Las Po...
Nov 16, 2021•1 hr 9 min•Season 2Ep. 48
The boys try to scare the bejesus out of each other through horror movies. If you're a fan of the pod, you know that Andrew and Adam have been going pretty hard at ole Ben Roy lately with a string of challenges designed to make him face his fears. So, in this episode, Ben turns the tables—well, on Adam, anyway—by forcing him to watch the scariest horror movies that the trio can muster. The boys give themselves one week to watch three films: The Descent , Gaia , and The Exorcism of Emily Rose . A...
Nov 02, 2021•1 hr 14 min•Season 2Ep. 47
Behold! It's another episode of our pod within the pod, Boi Crazy! Baseball season has come to an end and the World Series is underway—far away—which has us feeling wistful for those hunktastic homerun heroes of the Colorado Rockies in the 1990s, the Blake Street Bombers. In this very important and extremely necessary episode of Boi Crazy, we earnestly objectify baseball legends Larry Walker, Andrés Galarraga, Vinny Castillo, Dante Bichette, and Ellis Burks. Don't know a thing about the Colorado...
Oct 26, 2021•48 min
The boys "live off the land" by tasting some exotic mountain meats. Live podcast episode! We eat exotic mountain meats cooked by Producer Ron and Ben's son Milo! Yes, even Ben, who's a vegetarian! Earlier this month, we were invited to perform at the opening weekend at TACAW (The Arts Campus at Willits) , an amazing new venue north of Aspen in Basalt, Colorado. The mountain peaks were dusted with snow, and the aspen leaves were popping off, and we Grawlix three were just feeling, like, really co...
Oct 19, 2021•1 hr 8 min•Season 2Ep. 46
Ben tackles one of his biggest fears. Adam and Andrew come along for the ride. If there's one thing that The Grawlix Saves the World is about, it's friends helping friends overcome. We always strive to provide a helping hand to one another, so that we may better surmount difficult, emotional hurdles. However, this episode features none of that. Andrew and Adam find out Ben is afraid of rollercoasters, so they make him ride one, like sadistic, unlicensed therapists. Featuring standup comedy clips...
Oct 05, 2021•1 hr 10 min•Season 2Ep. 45
If you could write a letter to your adolescent self—a missive from the future to a younger, impressionable you—what would you say? And would you read that letter in front of an audience, and then let it be judged by your comedian friends Rory Scovel and Daniel Van Kirk, hosts of the amazing Pen Pals podcast ?! The Grawlix boys would. And the result is a live show for the ages. Featuring standup comedy from Ester Steinberg and David Perdue ! Enjoy! LINKS: Get tickets to see The Grawlix live at th...
Sep 21, 2021•1 hr 17 min•Season 2Ep. 44
