Speaker
Shayne Topp
Appearances over time
6 episodes
Episodes
6Podcasts
Quotes & moments
Two women landed at 1 AM and their Uber driver immediately started blasting explicit AI-generated BDSM music at full bass volume for their 30-minute ride.
The Joy of Painting has 403 total episodes, all of which the Reddit OP's family had watched multiple times as a nightly bedtime ritual.
A podcaster typed a Reddit plea for help while their co-host monologued the entire Dragon Ball timeline without stopping for 50+ minutes.
Smosh Reads Reddit Stories has been doing an annual Pride episode for four years, making it one of the show's signature recurring events.
A grad student's boyfriend wakes her during deep sleep every morning to say 'I love you' despite repeated requests, sticky notes on her door, and verbal reminders the night before.
OP and Sally had been inseparable since childhood, with OP serving as bridesmaid at Sally's wedding and providing emergency support through a stroke and a divorce — making the B-list treatment especially devastating.
The girlfriend used Oura Ring data to confirm her boyfriend was waking her during deep sleep, making her groggy throughout the day.
OP arrived at her best friend's 30th birthday only to be placed in a side room with 10 strangers watching a livestream of the real party — a setup the birthday girl had deliberately planned.
A 67-year-old woman with no family left her 27-year-old work friend her SUV plus an investment, and left his mother $350,000 — nearly half a million dollars total.
The Uber driver had a subwoofer in his trunk so powerful it was physically vibrating the passengers' rib cages.
A man hooked up with a bisexual dude 25 years older, only to discover weeks later that man was the father of the woman he was dating — and the dad ultimately confessed and asked his daughter to break up with the boyfriend so the dad could be with him.
The deceased woman's will instructed the OP's mother to use $350,000 to buy a home and move in with her son so he could care for her as she ages.
After being told Bob Ross had died, the 4-year-old daughter cried for a solid 20 minutes, punching herself in the chest and thighs.
The couple in the first story have separate bedrooms, which Shayne notes is increasingly common and a sign of healthy boundary-setting rather than relationship trouble.
A gay 23-year-old dropping off his dad's work was hit on by female colleagues, who later called him an asshole for not disclosing his sexuality — but Reddit and his dad both sided with him: sexuality is nobody's business.
A 23-year-old man hooked up with a bisexual stranger 25 years his senior, then started dating a 20-year-old woman — only to meet her father at a park and recognize him immediately. The dad later confessed and asked his daughter to dump the boyfriend so he could pursue the guy himself.
When the most attractive woman Jared Goldstein had ever encountered asked him point-blank if he was gay, he panicked, said no, and then sprinted to a friend for advice on 'figuring out how to be straight.' They're still friends — she was flattered when he finally came clean a month later.
A boss's response to an employee walking in and saying 'I am gay' was to ask if he had any marketing insights for that demographic. What followed was a cascade of awkwardness, a mutual friend scolding, and a Reddit post asking if the boss was the asshole. He wasn't — and the update revealed the employee later got engaged to the boss's brother.
Jared Goldstein described how being someone people come out to is one of the greatest honors he's experienced. He then addressed anyone still in the closet directly: 'Come out to me. I have so much compassion. I have good stuff to say to you.'
Robert, convinced his wife was cheating, pointed across the factory floor at his openly gay colleague — a man with a male fiancé and pride stickers all over his car — and demanded a paternity test. The accusation destroyed Robert's marriage, spawned threatening voicemails, and ended with a Reddit post explaining why the gay man texted the wife directly.
Jared Goldstein articulated something rarely named: a brand of straight male narcissism where a man convinces himself a gay person might be faking their orientation in order to covertly access his partner. It's not just ignorance — it's a collision of homophobia, sexism, and profound insecurity.
Jared Goldstein's first Zoom stand-up show was on March 15, 2020 — day one of pandemic lockdowns. He performed five minutes of jokes in silence thinking he was bombing, then finally heard laughter and realized the audience had been muted the whole time. A masterclass in bad timing.
A man channeled a famous viral clip — barging in on someone who didn't flush — and used his loudest Scottish accent to re-enact it in his boyfriend's home office. His boyfriend was presenting to his entire company on a video call. The sign on the door had been forgotten.
Jared Goldstein ended the episode by sharing a genuine realization: his butt has no idea that anyone is offended by its natural functions. It's just a sweet little butt doing its best. Hard to argue with that.
A 29-year-old doctor took her niece to the school nurse, who complimented her looks, claimed she 'owed her,' and said she'd 'find a way to make it up to her.' The doctor posted to Reddit asking if she was rude. Thousands of commenters had to explain: she was flirting with you. The update? Beach walk, dinner, seven months of dating.
Chanse McCrary and Shayne Topp observed a persistent double standard: straight men rarely object to women who have been with women — often the opposite — while some straight women see any same-sex history in a male partner as an absolute dealbreaker. That asymmetry, they argue, is a big reason bisexual men stay closeted.
A 4-year-old who had watched Bob Ross every night since before she was born was told he died. She sobbed for 20 minutes, punching herself in the chest. The hosts agree: telling kids hard truths builds trust, not trauma.
Before the soft voice and the happy little trees, Bob Ross spent 20 years as a drill sergeant in the US Air Force. He vowed never to yell at anyone again after leaving — which explains everything.
Trevor Evarts knows firsthand how a great gaming session erases time. His fix: set a 40-minute alarm to check in with yourself before you lose the whole evening — or, apparently, forget to pick up your kid.
Shayne Topp recounted the legendary Reddit 'poop knife' story: a man who grew up with a family bathroom knife specifically for breaking up large stools visited his girlfriend's family and confidently asked where their poop knife was — only to discover his family was the only one that had one.
Analysis
What they talk about
- Society & Culture 74%
- Comedy 14%
- Technology 7%
- Business 3%
- Religion & Spirituality 2%
Connections
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