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Grant & Mekaylay

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#49
Wednesday · 1 hr 14 min
Consider Getting A Mother | SoberNotSober Ep.49
Grant and Mekaylay are back with a sprawling episode that somehow connects Rascal Flatts Halloween costumes to the meaning of life. The duo debates the hierarchy of light beers (Miller Lite vs. Coors Banquet vs. Dos Equis), discovers that Harley has never had blood drawn, and Grant shares a traumatic childhood story about a Ciprodex allergy that turned his ear into a golf ball at Boys & Girls Club. Mekaylay reveals his own baby-era allergy to Augmentin before open-heart surgery — which Grant helpfully compares to a chemical from The Boys. Grant pours an Emil Beyer Grand Cru Riesling from Alsace, France and gives full sommelier tasting notes (petrol, peach, gooseberry, limestone) while Mekaylay gives a beautiful break down of his Hawaiian Shaved Ice energy drink. The two then build increasingly unhinged "death row breakfast" orders — Grant's involves a bacon egg and cheese on a sesame bagel, three pancakes, home-style potatoes, and a side omelet — before spiraling into nostalgia over Toaster Scrambles, Jimmy Dean pancake-wrapped sausages, and the McDonald's Big Mac Bundle Box. The conversation shifts to what they do to unwind: Grant drums to Tool and Sleep Token, sings full-throated in his car for two hours a day, plays Black Myth: Wukong, and rewatches the entire Harry Potter series every winter. Mekaylay recommends the Red Rising series by Pierce Brown and makes the case for Nintendo Switch immersion as therapy. A Wii Sports session leads Grant to the realization that he can look like 500 different archetypes of white dude — a claim backed up by comparisons to Adam Driver, Chris Evans, young Nic Cage, and "white Childish Gambino." Things get real when the conversation turns to stress, mental health, and what it means to "lock in." Mekaylay and Harley describe a life of constant readiness shaped by family health crises and adult responsibilities, while Grant opens up about his own anxiety spiral, reading Taoism, and trying to move his emotional baseline from negative to neutral. The episode closes with potential new podcast taglines, a Patreon book club idea, a plea for listener scary stories, and the email: sobernotsober69@gmail.com.
#48
August 19 · 1 hr 22 min
Doing Our Best With The Tools We Have | SoberNotSober Ep.48
Grant kicks things off with a controversial confession that rocks the anime world — Fullmetal Alchemist is officially a 10, not a 9.4. From there, the boys pour into a deep dive on New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc (Saint Clair, Marlborough, $20, way better than Kim Crawford), the difference between bourbon and whiskey, and why Grant's stomach can't handle corn-based spirits. Mekaylay brings his "movie of the summer" pick — Minions and Monsters — which turns out to be a plot-heavy gay love story between two minions named James and Henry, set in Hollywood, with zero comprehensible dialogue. It's somehow art. Grant shares a wild encounter with a urologist at a wine tasting who casually mentions he's seen 50 you know what's a week, complains about getting picked up in a Cybertruck, and offers unsolicited opinions on yoga pants. Meanwhile, Grant's apartment hunt is humbling him in real time — $35/month parking, $50/month cat fees, and valet trash you didn't ask for. He's also doing laundry on a geological timescale and wearing his long gone grandma's... something. The conversation gets real as the guys dig into healthy habits, screen time, and whether audiobooks count as reading (they don't, but they're fine). Grant rants about AI — the water waste, the slop albums (Tyga, we're looking at you), and why Auto-Tune comparisons don't hold up. Mekaylay opens up about his sobriety journey, his complicated relationship with AA, and why being told he's a piece of poo 24/7 might actually push him toward relapse rather than away from it. Plus: five cavities and $1,300 at the dentist, the Chris Watts case and his new "wife," and a call to build something real. Like, comment, subscribe — Grant may or may not show his nips next week
#47
August 12 · 1 hr 10 min
What's The Worst Thing You've Ever Done? | SoberNotSober Ep.47
Grant and Mekaylay are back with zero agenda again and its the last time. This one's a wild ride from start to finish — kicking off with a spirited (and slightly unhinged) review of the new Spider-Man movie that somehow devolves into a full-blown debate about Marvel's entire cinematic universe. Which movies actually matter? Should you skip the Thors? Is Civil War secretly the best one? Grant breaks it all down while Mekaylay plots his watchlist and Harley judges from behind the camera. From there, the guys ricochet through Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey in 70mm IMAX, a hard pivot into true crime with the Bryan Kohberger case, a heated defense of "Bohemian Rhapsody" as the greatest song ever made, and a nostalgic spiral into Taio Cruz and Usher deep cuts. Things get weird when Mekaylay recounts spotting a couple in their mid-50s full-on making out on a park bench at 9 AM in 110-degree heat — leading to a surprisingly thoughtful tangent about public affection, sugar daddy dynamics, and whether love is love (in all forms, allegedly). Then comes the real damage: a confessional segment where the guys own up to the worst things they did as teenagers. Grant steals a wheelchair from a thrift store and then fakes a disability at a grocery store — towel over the legs and all. Harley's church vandalism gets aired out. And Mekaylay drops the atomic bomb: he peed in a jug of bubbles at an elementary school playground and left it there in the Arizona heat for kids to find. They're not proud. They're not sorry enough. But they are honest. The episode closes out with Danny DeVito worship, a deep dive into LeBron's wine palate vs. Grant's self-proclaimed sommelier credentials, a very serious claim that Grant could strike LeBron out in baseball, and a nostalgic trip back to Little League glory days — complete with lollipop pitching, black eyes, and one coach who ruined everything. It's messy, it's honest, and it's exactly what happens when two high school friends put a microphone between them and hit record. Come for the Spider-Man goo talk, stay for the stolen valor.
August 5 · 1 hr 23 min
Happy Birthday, Leo King | SoberNotSober Ep.46
Grant walked into this episode having already done three shots of tequila. Mekaylay walked in completely sober. One of them is turning 27 today. This is that episode. The birthday chaos kicks off before they even hit record — Mekaylay set up a tequila trick where Grant was told two glasses were water and one was tequila. Spoiler: they were all tequila. Grant figured it out mid-second shot and still finished the third. Producer Harley somehow ended up being the mastermind. Nobody won, everybody lost, and now we're here. Once the gifts come out, things get genuinely sweet. Grant spent real thought on this: a cupcake hiding a cold Alani inside it, a premium custom t-shirt featuring Mekaylay's greatest podcast quotes (printed in burnt orange, a nod to their failed background era), a "Two Cats" art piece built on the two-wolves philosophy because Grant decided that was peak Leo energy, and a pair of spooky cauldron mugs because Halloween is always around the corner in this household. Mekaylay's reaction to the quote shirt alone is worth the watch. Then Grant puts Mekaylay in the hot seat: name five things you actually like about yourself, not just things you're proud of. What follows is one of the more unexpectedly genuine stretches of the pod — Mekaylay talks his beard, his sense of humor, being a present husband, financial responsibility, and taking care of his household. Grant then has to do the same, drunk, unprepared, and deeply uncomfortable with the exercise. Along the way: Grant's theater kid past coming to light, a very sober visit to a gay bar, a pregnant woman ordering a full wine flight, the dangers of herbal tea during pregnancy, ancient Roman abortion methods, and a surprisingly tender conversation about what sobriety actually does to your sleep and your inner monologue at night. It's Mekaylay's birthday. Nobody behaved. It was perfect.
#45
July 29 · 1 hr 8 min
Teacher, Can I Be Next for Popcorn Reading? | SoberNotSober Ep.45
This week, Grant and Mekaylay are back on the couch (a very expensive, very large, 14-foot couch, for the record) with Harley & Domino in the booth per usual. We kick things off with Grant's ongoing war against people who cannot say his name correctly. One syllable. Four letters. G-R-A-N-T. Not Brandt. Not Brandt. Not Tyler. After a trip to Hawaiian Bros ended in a full-on identity crisis at the pickup counter, Grant has developed a very specific — and very controversial — theory about who in America is most likely to get his name right. Spoiler: it tracks. Then we dive into the origin story nobody asked for: how Grant got his name. Hint — it has nothing to do with Ulysses S. Grant, and everything to do with Chamber of Commerce paperwork. His dad could've lied. He didn't. Respect the honesty, question the parenting. From there, the crew gets into baby names — specifically Mekaylay and Harley's taste in baby names, which can only be described as "aggressively stripper-coded." Cherry Hill. Bambi Hill. These are real suggestions that were made out loud by adults. Grant holds it together. Barely. The conversation naturally drifts into whether or not any of them even want kids, Harley's iconic quote about what a baby is going to do for her in the first five years, and a surprisingly wholesome detour about cats, boxes, and what it actually feels like to take care of something outside yourself. It gets deep. Then it gets weird again. We run through everyone's Five Things Worth Spending the Money On — and Five Things That Are Not Worth It But We're Doing It Anyway. Grant's list includes range golf ball buckets, a Crunchyroll subscription, and a $120 bottle of Leonetti Merlot. Mekaylay brings an electric vehicle, Costco Parmesan, and caffeine in any form. Harley adds crystals, a Kindle, and a Roomba for the five-cat household. Grant's "not worth it" list includes water delivery, Titleist golf balls he absolutely does not need, and going out socially — which he does anyway if you twist his arm. Then there's a full World Cup breakdown — Spain winning, Argentina's embarrassing final performance, zero shots on target in regulation, the post-match controversy, and Grant's very sincere plea for Nico Williams to join Arsenal. Mekaylay correctly identifies an anime battle from a passing window at 9 PM. Grant is watching That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime and is not ashamed. The back half of the episode goes fully off the rails with Line Reads and Act Outs, including: Multiple emotional deliveries of "Oh, you misheard. I don't have an order for Brandt." "Sell him for pennies. We'll make more." — in every conceivable tone, including Bruce Buffer and a tiny girl villain. "Teacher, can I be next for popcorn reading?" — hot & bothered, British, exquisite, and armed. Luke Skywalker breaking some very unfortunate news to Darth Vader about Leia. Two crane operators on 9/11 who are way too close to the towers but still have dirt to move. A lot lizard at a truck stop with absolutely no moral compass. Mekaylay confronting the ticket ripper who sent him the wrong direction at the theater. 📧 Send us your scary stories, your line reads, your act out ideas, and literally anything else: sobernotsober69@gmail.com or sobernotsoberstudios@gmail.com 📱 Find us on TikTok: Sober Not Sober Studios 🎙️ Like, comment, subscribe, and if you made it this far — Grant says you owe him a big wet one. His words.
#44
July 22 · 1 hr 15 min
Alcoholism And Schizophrenia Have Their Darkest Days. | SoberNotSober Ep.44
Mekaylay and Grant are back for their most vulnerable episode yet — and somehow also one of the most unhinged. They kick things off by choosing THIS podcast over a presidential address (their words), before diving into real talk about the broken American healthcare system — specifically the infuriating red tape that disabled people face just to get the basic equipment they need to live. Then things get personal. Mekaylay opens up about the night his dad had a massive stroke on his 60th birthday, the race to the hospital, being told by a nurse that he had "five strikes" and was basically already dead — and how he handled all of it the only way she knew how at 19: by drinking. Grant shares his own story of finding out he had schizoaffective disorder by accidentally seeing it on a computer screen at a mental health facility, and what it was like navigating that diagnosis as a kid who'd already lost his best friend to cancer and his grandfather in the same year. In between the heavy stuff, they talk about: the "you're the screen, not the movie" philosophy they actually use to manage anxiety and depression, why they started this podcast in the first place, and why negative comments on the internet say more about the commenter than the creator. Then somehow the episode pivots to even more traumatic life moments — Mekaylay watched a man die at the Grand Canyon (complete with a sudden hailstorm the moment he turned purple), and Grant rode along with his girlfriend's firefighter dad at age 12 to watch a guy get confirmed dead in a hospital elevator... and then come back. They close it out with an Am I the A**hole about a woman unknowingly exposing her b***hole in a hot Pilates class, which leads to a surprisingly nuanced ethical debate and too many creative synonyms for the human rear end. Real, raw, and ridiculous — exactly as intended. 📬 Submit your ghost stories, cryptid sightings, or anything scary: sobernotsober69@gmail.com 🎙️ Follow everywhere: @sobernotsoberpod
#43
July 15 · 1 hr 16 min
We Could Flop Way Better In This World Cup | SoberNotSober Ep.43
Grant and Mekaylay are back, and this one's got a little bit of everything. The episode kicks off with the boys trying — and immediately failing — a no-cussing challenge, which becomes a running gag throughout the entire show. From there, the conversation spirals into the 2026 World Cup. They both somehow end up rooting for Norway because of Erling Haaland. Along the way, Grant describes perhaps the most unhinged six-second commercial he's ever seen: Lowrider Lawyers — a genuine fever dream of an ad that aired during a Colombia vs. Switzerland match and cannot be explained, only experienced. Things get weirder from there. The duo explores the rabbit hole of soccer players commenting on their own lookalike TikToks (shoutout Haaland and Declan "Jollof" Rice), and talk about why USA got embarrassed by Belgium's B-team, and debate the very real overlap between hockey and soccer when it comes to flopping. Grant shares his mom's accidental Threads debut — a mild political post that somehow attracted 187 comments of pure fury against her 18 likes — which leads to a genuine and surprisingly thoughtful conversation about political posting, cancel culture, and why nobody online has ever changed anyone's mind about anything except maybe the price of gas. Then it gets creative: Grant introduces an improv game inspired by Dropout TV's Game Changers, and the two attempt several bits including a 1950s sports commentator calling Grant Gibson's catastrophic career-ending injury, a monster from Monsters Inc. who's way too familiar with the kid he's supposed to scare, and a very drunk man trying to turn away a Girl Scout. The bits are rough-draft gold. The back half of the episode takes a personal turn — Mekaylay shares his four-year Prozac experience (and the unsolicited advice from rehab about what the medication can do to a man's ability to, uh, finish), and they celebrate Louis C.K.'s Netflix comeback. Grant predicted it episodes ago and is thrilled to be right. And then, inevitably: poop. Mekaylay recounts a near-disaster emergency bathroom stop at a Jackson Hole fine dining establishment that turned out to have — inexplicably — a trough urinal. Grant confesses to intentionally blacking himself out to cure hiccups and cracking his head on a dresser. And finally, Harley witnesses a lone man doing what he absolutely had to do on the side of a desolate Idaho highway, prompting a lengthy and genuine debate about whether he's the a**hole. (He is not.) The hosts call out to the internet to help identify this roadside hero. If you made it this far, we love you. Email: sobernotsober69@gmail.com | Submit your spookiest stories for the Halloween episode
#42
July 8 · 1 hr 22 min
Yellowstone Is Amazing, Old Faithful Isn't | SoberNotSober Ep.42
Welcome back to Sober Not Sober, the podcast where two best friends keep it completely unfiltered, occasionally try to be better people, and almost always fail in the most entertaining way possible. Episode 42 is here, and after a little time away, Grant and Mekaylay return to the mic rustier than a park bench in a rainstorm — and we mean that in the best way. Before we even get into the good stuff, the duo attempts to do an entire episode without dropping a single curse word. A noble goal. A respectable challenge. It lasts approximately 30 seconds. The swear jar is proposed, budgets are discussed, Paper Mario references are made, and somehow it all spirals into a full breakdown of whether golf scores count if you shoot them alone. (Grant says 71. The people are skeptical.) But the real story of this episode? Yellowstone. Mekaylay took a trip out to one of America's most iconic national parks — bison, hot springs, endless wilderness, the whole deal — and came back with one very controversial opinion: Old Faithful was not that cool. Yeah, he said it. One of the most famous geysers on the entire planet, a natural wonder that has been erupting on schedule for thousands of years, and Mekaylay's take is basically "I've seen better." He stood there with what felt like half the country's tourist population, waited for the big moment, watched it go off… and felt nothing. Was he expecting too much? Was it the crowd? Was it the heat? Is Mekaylay simply broken inside? All of this gets unpacked in Episode 42. And look — if you've ever made a long drive, paid for a AirBnB (millions of dollars), packed your bags, and stood in front of something everyone told you was going to be incredible, only to think "huh, that's it" — you already understand exactly where Mekaylay is coming from. Sometimes the hype is bigger than the moment, and sometimes the most honest thing you can do is just say it out loud on a podcast. Between the Yellowstone rant, the golf obsession, the failed clean-language experiment, and the usual chaotic energy that comes with Grant and Mekaylay sharing a microphone, Episode 42 is exactly the kind of episode that reminds you why you subscribed in the first place. It's real, it's funny, it goes absolutely nowhere on purpose, and somehow it's exactly what you needed to hear today. So sit back, put your headphones in, and enjoy the return of your favorite podcast duo. They missed you. Probably. 🎙️ Sober Not Sober Podcast — Episode 42 🏔️ Yellowstone, Old Faithful, and Overrated Tourist Traps ⛳ Golf Scores, Swear Jars & Paper Mario 🔥 New episodes dropping weekly Subscribe so you never miss an episode. Like if you've ever been let down by a tourist attraction. Comment your most overrated travel destination — we want to know we're not alone. 🎧 Find us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and everywhere else you listen — search Sober Not Sober 💸 Want bonus content? Join us on Patreon
July 1 · 1 hr 18 min
A Midsommar S*x Cult Episode, Happy 4th! | SoberNotSober Ep.41
This episode kicks off with Grant confessing his deepest shame — running out of 6mg Wintergreen Zyns before a shift and having to white-knuckle through work on weak 3mg Velos like a civilian. From there, Mekaylay takes a detour to the casino with their buddy Taylor, swapping war stories about the one time they walked out of Talking Stick up $800 because a dealer told them to leave. Grant also recounts cleaning up at a fake-money casino event on like day five of his new job and winning half the raffle table. The World Cup is in full swing, and the guys weigh in — Germany nearly getting embarrassed by Ivory Coast, the US advancing, and the truly bizarre decision to host matches in Missouri. Grant breaks down the hydration timeout rule for non-football people and they briefly ponder the population of Curaçao. Grant finally watched Midsommar. He gives it an 8.6, mostly because the boyfriend deserves everything he gets, and he and Mekaylay get into a broader conversation about why slow-burn psychological horror hits different than jump-scare factory stuff — with a detour through Shutter Island and a Wes Anderson comparison that actually makes sense. Things get real in the back half. Mekaylay opens up about his time in detox — what the facility was actually like, the guy who checked in and bolted after one shower, and watching other people go through withdrawal. Grant shares why he keeps showing up to record every week, shouting out Basement Yard and Rick Glassman as the podcasters who made him want to do this in the first place. The two get into a genuine conversation about the mental-to-physical crossover of addiction, what it looks like when your body stops functioning without a substance, and why relapse is part of more recovery stories than people admit. Oh, and someone emailed in with a sobriety date four months before Mekaylay's. Shouts out. Arizona Specific Treatment Options Below. https://canyonvista.com/ https://valleyhospital-phoenix.com/ https://thecrossroadsinc.org/ More of Broad selection to get help anywhere in the US for Drug & Alcohol addiction. SAMHSA’s National Helpline, 1-800-662-HELP (4357) https://www.usa.gov/substance-abuse If you are having problems with drugs or alcohol you are not alone! it is never too late or the wrong time to ask for help.
#40
June 28 · 57 min
If You Have To Ask, It's Probably You #2 | SoberNotSober Ep.40
Happy Father's Day (to the fathers AND non-fathers out there)! Grant and Mekaylay are back with a pre-recorded ep while Mekaylay and Harley hit Yellowstone — because consistency is the brand even on vacation. Weekly episodes, no matter what. This week the duo dives into Reddit's "Am I the A**hole?" including a mom outing her gay son by casually asking if his boyfriend was coming toa family vacation, a mother-in-law making a dead mom joke to a very pregnant woman, and the legendary workplace saga of Jean, Jorts, and a coworker named Pam who thinks calling an orange cat dumb is a racial microaggression. (It's not, Pam.) Plus: live NBA Finals commentary with the Knicks vs. Spurs series, a wild Karen encounter at Ace Hardware, a deep dive into a True Crime podcast called "Feed Me, F* Me, Kill Me," Grant's ongoing $120/month water delivery addiction, the hunt for Grant's new apartment (washer/dryer in-unit is non-negotiable), and a shoutout to The Escape Podcast and Professor Sendy. Like, comment, subscribe — so we can eventually rent out Madison Square Garden and scream about whatever we want. 📧 SoberNotSober69@gmail.com 📲 @SoberNotSober everywhere else
#39
June 17 · 1 hr
Is This Anime Worth Watching? | SoberNotSober Ep.39
Grant and Mekaylay are back for episode 39, and this one gets nerdy — in the best way. Grant runs through his full anime tier list (yes, there's a ranking system), makes a case for why Vinland Saga and Frieren deserve your attention, and challenges Mekaylay to guess which show is the anime: a brutal Viking saga about a boy watching his father get murdered, or a sci-fi thriller about scientists dying and the night sky sending Morse code. (Spoiler) Mekaylay has seen one of them on TikTok. Mekaylay's Grandmas dog Clyde shows up hurt. Their old elementary school is for sale for $21 million. The Elliot Army was apparently using it. And somehow, all roads lead back to why anime conventions smell the way they do. Like, comment, subscribe — and wash between your folds.
#38
June 10 · 1 hr 14 min
A Thriller Of An Episode | SoberNotSober Ep.38
Grant and Mekaylay are back yet again. This week: Grant finally admits he played Troy Bolton in an elementary school production of High School Musical (yes, against his will), and Mekaylay shares his preschool mic moment that ended with a teacher losing her mind. Then things get serious — Grant went down a Michael Jackson documentary rabbit hole until midnight and comes in with a full breakdown of the 2005 trial. They dig into the Arizo family, the Bashir documentary, the Neverland raid, and whether the mom was running a con from the start. Real talk, minimal filter. Plus: horoscopes (Mekaylay is the alpha Leo and he will not let you forget it), soccer chants vs. American sports heckling, the movie Jawanna Man, and someone in their hometown put up a sign that says "Brenda cheats at bowling." You'll have to listen.
#37
June 3 · 1 hr 16 min
No One Can Get His Name Right | SoberNotSober Ep.37
Grant ordered Chick-fil-A and they wrote Dwayne on his coffee. Not Greg, not Trent, not Trevor — Dwayne. We break down exactly how a 5-letter name turns into The Rock. We also talk about the pierogi place that has us absolutely stunned, the movie Obsession and why a 26-year-old just raised the bar for everyone, The Boys finale, horror movie recommendations, and whether VeggieTales belongs in a public school classroom. New episodes every week. Find us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube. 📧 sobernotsober69@gmail.com
#36
May 27 · 1 hr 12 min
Sober from the Bottle, Still Hooked on the Sauce (Cane's Sauce) | SoberNotSober Ep.36
Grant and Mekaylay are back for episode 36, and this one has everything. Mekaylay kicks things off with the most cursed 48 hours imaginable — a dying guinea pig, helping his severely disabled dad get ready in the morning, a bird repeatedly flying into a client's windows, hundreds of moths taking over a house, and two baby quails dead on the back patio. The only logical response? Open every window, grab the sage, and tell whatever energy is living there to get out. Grant then dives into the heartbreaking tale of Andiamo — a small Scottsdale pizza joint that earned an 8.2 from Dave Portnoy and promptly collapsed under the weight of its own fame. A pizza none of us will ever get to try. Thanks, Dave. The two also get honest about addiction and recovery. Mekaylay is four years sober, and Grant is... well, Grant is very open about his relationship with the Caniac Combo. Some battles are still being fought. (You can't stop eating or you know...) Plus, Harley's uncle Craig makes a memorable appearance, and the guys tackle an AITA about a man whose dream of selling artisanal ketchup via live restaurant performance is being sabotaged by his unsupportive friends. Episode 36. We still here, and we're not going anywhere. so join us in all the fun and Subscribe.
#35
May 20 · 1 hr 17 min
If You Have To Ask, It’s Probably You | SoberNotSober Ep.35
If you are here for just the AITA, they start at the 30 minute mark! Regardless thank you for checking us out! Grant and Mekaylay are back doing what they do best — going off on random topics and somehow making it all connect. This week: white guys with dreads, a guy on an e-scooter drinking a gallon of milk, the future of streaming and where your favorite sports are gonna end up, why celebrity podcasts are annoying, Severance vs Succession (Mikale mixed them up), and a reality TV pitch involving a politically divided cruise ship that honestly has legs. Oh, and they're introducing a new segment — Am I the A**hole. the end of the episode is great we promise we laugh so hard we cry. Same as always, just two friends talking nonsense for an hour. Come hang.
May 13 · 1 hr 11 min
4 Years Sober, And Its All Over | SoberNotSober Ep.34
It's been FOUR YEARS since Mekaylay got sober — and we're celebrating with extremely cool dollar tree party poppers & balloons. Grant works in wine (NOT drunk, we swear — episode 34 disclaimer), and together we cover everything important in the world right now. This week: Grant's legendary 8th grade Athlete of the Year moment, the glory and brutality of working in the service industry on Mother's Day, chafing in slacks, and why cruise ships are basically WALL-E in real life. Oh, and there's a new disease spreading from Argentinian rats — cool cool cool. We also get into the Monkey App, Scientology trolling content, Breath of the Wild being lowkey anime-coded, and a TikTok cooking account that will leave you questioning everything. Plus: our YouTube analytics say our entire audience is 13-17 year old boys. We are so sorry. Please turn this off. 🐶 Harley makes an appearance 🐱 Domino & Bing are a nuisance as always 📺 Find "Mother's Cooking" on TikTok (don't say we didn't warn you) Like, comment & subscribe — it's literally free and means everything to us. 📧 Email us at: Sobernotsober69@gmail.com
#33
May 6 · 1 hr 14 min
How To Find Love? Make It A Game Show. | SoberNotSober Ep.33
This week, Mekaylay flips the script and puts co-host Grant in the hot seat for a special dating game show episode. Grant is 27, a sommelier, newly bald by choice, and — most importantly — very much single. Over the course of an hour, he walks through his ideal first date, what he's looking for in a partner, how he cooks for someone he's trying to impress, and why he needs an emotional connection before anything physical. He's thoughtful, surprisingly self-aware, a little self-deprecating, and genuinely ready to find his person. If you've ever wanted to know what Grant brings to the table — literally and figuratively — this is the episode.
#32
April 29 · 1 hr 27 min
10-Year-Old Tuscan Beef MRE. 20-Year-Old Zinfandel. We Aged Into Disappointment |SoberNotSober Ep.32
This week on Sober Not Sober, Grant and Mekaylay tackle two very old things: a 10-year-old Tuscan Beef MRE purchased from the USS Iowa gift shop nearly a decade ago, and a 20-year-old bottle of Cucamonga Valley Zinfandel from Temecula. Spoiler: the cracker tasted like gym socks, the coffee was basically hot water, and the wine was corked. A sommelier and a recovering alcoholic suffering through expired military rations is exactly the content you didn't know you needed. Also on this episode: 🪖 Shouts out to the soldiers — we respect the sacrifice even more now 🌏 Is China actually ahead of us? Grant makes a case 🏈 College football: too many games, not enough pay ❓ Am I the A hole? — a sober girlfriend, a drinking boyfriend, and a locked bedroom door 🍷 Bringing a $25 bottle of wine to a party hosted by vineyard owners New episodes every week. Like, subscribe, and leave us five stars — it genuinely helps. 📧 sobernotsober69@gmail.com 📱 Follow us on Instagram & TikTok ❤️ Support us on Patreon
#31
April 22 · 1 hr 8 min
Were Not Getting Payed By Anyone And We Want Everyone To Know | SoberNotSober Ep.31
Grant and Mekaylay are back in the studio (Harley & Domino are running the booth as always) for another hour-plus of the kind of conversation you didn't know you needed. This week: the boys debate whether civilization could have ever functioned without money — and somehow make a compelling argument. JD Vance gets roasted for being the most obvious political flip-flopper in recent memory. Trump posts an AI picture of himself as Jesus and people are actually mad about it for the wrong reasons. The Epstein files get brought up (allegedly). And Grant has a Plan Z that ends with him in a very comfortable Swedish prison. Also on the table: Irish twins and the husband stitch, cats absolutely ruining work calls, Jack Black deserving more credit than he gets, Toby vs. Andrew vs. Tom (the only Spider-Man debate that matters), the wine industry spoon-feeding you garbage with a smile, and why you don't actually have free will at the grocery store. Harley doesn't say much. The cats say too much. If you made it to the end, you know exactly what to comment.
#30
April 15 · 1 hr 21 min
There’s Only One Man Who Can Save Us | SoberNotSober Ep.30
Grant and Mekaylay are back with a brand new setup — broadcasting from the West Coast studio in Burbank as they work toward building out their full multi-city operation. In Episode 30, we dive into what we'd actually do with unlimited free time (spoiler: neither of them really knows), Grant's new job and surprisingly relaxed schedule, the ongoing saga of his $120/month water delivery he still hasn't canceled, and his long-overdue discovery of what a 401k actually is. The episode goes sideways in the best way possible — Mekaylay accidentally knocked a bird's nest out of a tree during yard work, a mystery rapper and his entourage trashed an Airbnb Mekaylay company was hired to clean, Arsenal's Champions League chances, the Bears' cheese grater hats, Bo Burnham being the only one who can fix the world right now, and whether or not you can milk a bird (crop milk is real, look it up). They also address the antisemitic comments they keep getting on their clips, keep it real about the state of the world, and cap things off with thoughts on the new Super Mario Bros. movie. If you've made it this far — comment "the state of Israel" so they know you're real. Like, subscribe, and follow everywhere.

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