4 golf obsessed friends discuss the makings of a perfect golf trip including who to bring, where to go, and, simultaneously trying to maintain a healthy family and work life
Host YZ shares his summer experiences as America's Guest, while hosts Shaggy and Josh recount a bizarre stranger prank during their golf trip, offering humorous insights into elite sports and unexpected encounters.
24 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT
Risks Worth Taking with Akbar Chisti
Akbar Chisti, aka golf’s most positive butterfly, joins the fellas as they guide him through his golf industry origins, the birth of Seamus Golf and a golf trip for the ages during the opening season of Sand Valley.
3 Aug 2026
How to be a Better Person with Clark Willard
Parnia is thrilled to welcome Rodeo Dunes’ Head Golf Professional and all around great human, Clark Willard to the Pod. Clark dives into what makes a Destination golf trip so special and how it differs from your every day course experience. He even tries to make the fellas, especially Josh, better, more patient and accommodating humans!
13 Jul 2026
The Member Guest: Sandbaggers and Crybabies
Episode 5: The Member Guest: Sandbaggers and Crybabies.
The guys tackle the unwritten rules of member-guests. What makes a great guest? What makes a terrible guest? When is a putt actually “good”? How much sandbagging is too much? And perhaps most importantly… should you ever cry after winning?
30 Jun 2026
London Part 2: High Socks, Halfway Houses & Hydration!
Part 2 of the guys’ epic golf trip to London takes us to Rye, Sunningdale, a Doja Cat concert and almost to the hospital. A new way to experience golf, an “interesting” mid-round lunch buffet and the pressure of playing a couple of rounds in front of Grand Slam winner Rory Mcllroy are all topics of London Part 2.
16 Jun 2026
London Part 1: Andy, The Prince of Wales!
The 2nd Annual Customer Service Cup takes the boys to London, England. Some typical international golf trip travel snafus hit the fellas but they overcome to take the CSC to Royal Wimbledon, Swinley Forest and Walton Heath during the first 2 days of the voyage. Enjoy the first in this two part special episode of Parnia.
21 May 2026
Episode 2: More Than a Hit and Giggle
The fellas discuss two annual competitive buddy trips, The Snowshed and The Lit. Curating the right guys, navigating rules, weather and different sized budgets all need to be thought through before embarking on a Ryder Cup style golf trip.
9 May 2026
Mark me down for a PARNIA
Leaving the safety and security of an ongoing text thread, our four co-hosts attempt to introduce each other and the hopes for what Parnia can bring to other likeminded (golf obsessed) folks who are looking to go on endless golf adventures. Key take away: Carefrontations are important for a successful golf trip.
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Stranger Danger and the Return of America’s Guest
Published 21 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] And you're right, Andy, sometimes you are invited to places and you go and play. And sometimes, you know, you feel welcome in a course. And I'd say the difference, it all comes down to people, right? The courses all have unique personalities, things like that that I've played. I think anybody who's played a course can say there's different personalities between one another. But I'd say I've been on excursions where the group has been more straight-laced and buttoned down. But then the ones where you really feel welcome are the ones where – everybody's there to have a good time to just truly appreciate the course and experience. […]
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