Welcome back to Sober Not Sober! This week, Grant and Mekaylay unpack the etymology of "hella" (is it more than "a lot" or less than "copious"?), debate renting vs. buying in Arizona's brutal rental market, and share some truly unhinged Arizona neighbor stories — including a listener submission about a Quartzsite local who buried actual landmines in his yard and Mekaylay's childhood neighbor who dug a 12-foot hole at 3 AM on what we can only assume was a lot of meth.
Welcome back to Sober Not Sober! This week, Grant and Mekaylay unpack the etymology of "hella" (is it more than "a lot" or less than "copious"?), debate renting vs. buying in Arizona's brutal rental market, and share some truly unhinged Arizona neighbor stories — including a listener submission about a Quartzsite local who buried actual landmines in his yard and Mekaylay's childhood neighbor who dug a 12-foot hole at 3 AM on what we can only assume was a lot of meth.
And stick around for Krillion, where wine knowledge somehow saves the day, and the birth of the Sober Cinematic Universe — a country EP, a screamo LP, and a novel that definitely isn't called "Spooky Book."
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7 Oct 2026
Shower With The Boys | SoberNotSober Ep.55
Caleb Williams got booty neked and showered with the team. That's a leader. That's team camaraderie. At least, that's Mekaylay's argument — and he's not backing down.
This week on Sober Not Sober, Grant and Mekaylay cover everything from billionaire purchases and Jeff Bezos hunting for Apollo 11 thrusters, to a guy on a Harley cranking Soulja Boy with no hands on the handlebars. Grant breaks down the brutal Master Sommelier Level 4 exam — including a service portion that sounds like a literal humiliation ritual — and tries (unsuccessfully) to get Mekaylay to watch the Somm documentary.
Plus: NFL vs. soccer (the eternal debate), Chris Collinsworth won't shut up, Mike Tomlin's Minecraft world (is it real?), tainted baby names, Grant's acting audition for Aegon the Conqueror, Mekaylay's 18-inch albino nip hair, a cat rescue cafe with bulletproof glass (no kids allowed), Speedo discourse, and the boys play Krillion live on air.
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30 Sept 2026
If You're Still Balding in 2026...What Are You Doing!? | SoberNotSober Ep.54
We kick things off with a genuine séance for Caleb Williams and his hamstring — because if prayer works, a full-blown spell cast has to work better, right? From there, things spiral into a rant about the state of online advertising: the aggressive balding ads, the "we lied" TikTok Shop hustle, and how ad agencies have completely lost the plot. We also get into what makes a podcast authentic (and why we physically couldn't fake it if we tried), followed by a deep dive into a classic AP World thought experiment — if you put seven babies on an island with zero outside influence, do they develop greed, lying, and racism on their own? The answer might say more about us than them.
Later, we break down TikTok vs. Instagram's algorithm, get nostalgic about Coolmath Games and Addicting Games, and discover the niche trivia goldmine that is Krillion. We also take a somber moment to remember Pokekid Avery, a 12-year-old Pokémon creator who brought genuine light to the community before losing his battle with cancer. Then we tackle the question of who's funnier — men or women — shout out Lisa Gilroy and Jordan Jensen, debate whether Ryan Murphy's Lizzie Borden series needed a steam-engine d****, and argue about whether able-bodied actors should play disabled characters (Bryan Cranston, Gary Oldman, and the kid from Glee all enter the chat). We close out with some questionable hip-hop lyric recitations and a reminder to keep the séance playing on loop for Caleb.
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