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Ep. 197 - 43 Years Old and Still Owes the School Money! - 05/28/2026
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- May 28, 2026
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- 1312
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Summary
Peaches and Viktor Wilt somehow managed to start this episode by discussing a tragic crowd surfing accident at a Sleep Theory show before immediately realizing they probably shouldn’t be joking during a conversation involving brain bleeds and emergency surgery. From there, things spiral into a completely different lane with Peaches promoting a pellet grill giveaway at The Gun Shop, Viktor explaining why he still doesn’t have his high school diploma at 43 years old, and the shocking revelation that Pocatello High School has apparently been storing his diploma in a drawer since the Clinton administration because of unpaid parking tickets, missing textbooks, and “senior dues.” The two also debate which careers AI can’t destroy, with suggestions ranging from plumbers and HVAC techs to choreographers — a category immediately disproven when ChatGPT successfully teaches them how to dance live on the air for their upcoming “Second Chance Prom.” Add in tanning bed paranoia caused by Final Destination, MRI horror stories, fathers reacting to forehead kisses, and Viktor preparing to become a middle-aged carpenter after radio inevitably collapses, and you’ve got an episode that sounds less like a podcast and more like two guys accidentally getting locked inside the internet for an hour.