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Grown Ass Man Podcast #5: Inevitably You Get Yelled At
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- Chairshot Radio Network
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- Sep 9, 2026
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- 3952
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Summary
Greg and Patrick talk college move-in chaos, difficult parents, test screenings, workplace upheaval, logistics, and growing through change. The Grown Ass Man Podcast is back with Episode 5, and this week Greg DeMarco and Patrick O’Dowd manage to turn college move-in chaos, test screenings, workplace upheaval, and parents behaving badly into another episode that feels less like a planned show and more like the conversation that naturally happened. The episode opens with Greg talking about attending a test screening for an upcoming movie, complete with the NDA, the lack of concrete details he can actually share, and the strange experience of seeing something before almost anyone else. It becomes less about the movie itself and more about the novelty of being part of the process, knowing you have seen something unfinished, and walking away curious enough to want to see what changes by the time the final version hits theaters. From there, Patrick takes over with stories from one of the busiest times of his year: college move-in. With nearly 14,000 students moving into on-campus housing at UMass, the process is less “drop your kid off at the dorm” and more full-scale logistics operation. Centralized check-ins, keys, lines, professional movers, stadium coordination, early mornings, and thousands of people all have to somehow work together without the entire system collapsing. Of course, the real entertainment comes from the parents. Patrick breaks down the ways parents try to bend rules, skip steps, make exceptions for themselves, and generally turn an already complicated process into something even more difficult. One dad even tries flashing a badge to get his way, only to discover that move-in procedures do not care nearly as much about authority as he hoped. Meanwhile, st…