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Podcast · 64 episodes

The Basement Yard, page 3

by Santagato Studios · English

A podcast hosted by lifelong friends Joe Santagato & Frank Alvarez. Presented by Santagato Studios.

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#525 - The Hardest I Have Ever CriedThe Basement Yard discusses “hopecore” and why it makes them cry, then pivots into a broader critique of the internet’s negativity.20 Oct 2025 · 1 h 23 min · 33 chapters
#524 - Rhett & Link Are Here!Rhett & Link guest on “The Basement Yard,” discussing parenting “lies,” dreams about choking, adult bed-wetting, hot-dog eating habits, and early YouTube/college roommate stories.13 Oct 2025 · 1 h 33 min · 35 chapters
#523 - The Pocket Is HotThe Basement Yard episode #523 mixes a fashion/underwear rant (thongs, G-strings, fishnets, wedgie talk) with food talk—especially ranking pizza bagels, discussing how to eat Hot Pockets without…6 Oct 2025 · 1 h 12 min · 27 chapters
#522 - Is The Mandela Effect Real?The hosts riff on whether “the Mandela Effect” is real, then mostly pivot into long tangents about game shows, grammar/pronouns, space facts, and what it would be like to be on TV.29 Sep 2025 · 1 h 28 min · 46 chapters
#521 - The First Day Of SchoolRuby’s first day of pre-K and the emotional “letting go” parents experience, followed by a debate about sports fans’ behavior—especially a viral incident where an older woman argues over a baseball…22 Sep 2025 · 1 h 14 min · 28 chapters
#520 - The Unknown CallerThe hosts discuss Netflix’s documentary Unknown Caller, which follows a teenage girl (15–16) being relentlessly cyberbullied by vile texts from an “unknown number,” and the eventual reveal that the…15 Sep 2025 · 1 h 23 min · 24 chapters
#519 - We Have A Foot FetishThe Basement Yard episode mixes wedding-dancing/drinking talk with increasingly explicit “fetish” hypotheticals, culminating in a game about how much money the hosts could make by licking people’s…8 Sep 2025 · 1 h 16 min · 22 chapters
#518 - A Robot Is Pregnant With My BabyThe hosts riff on “thinking” body language (chin stroking, lip tapping), ancient Greeks vs Romans jokes, cartoons/superpowers, and then pivot to a news-style discussion about Chinese scientists…1 Sep 2025 · 1 h 18 min · 27 chapters
#517 - Welcome To FlavortownThe Basement Yard episode mixes food talk (stadium tiramisu, “Flavor Town” hypotheticals), TV/food culture (Guy Fieri and Food Network), and adult behavior debates (pacifiers for stress).25 Aug 2025 · 1 h 22 min · 25 chapters
#516 - Are We Gooners?The Basement Yard episode #516 mixes a Scrubs season promo with the hosts’ chaotic banter about “gooning” (misunderstood as a sexual term), clubbing/drink scams, ideal bar setups, being a “local” at…18 Aug 2025 · 1 h 16 min · 27 chapters
#515 - We Became Finance Bros!The hosts riff on “finance bro” thinking, national debt, and cashless payments—mocking the idea of Venmo-ing the government to reduce debt, debating whether paying off debt would collapse the…11 Aug 2025 · 1 h 15 min · 29 chapters
#514 - We Got Into Clown SchoolThis episode of The Basement Yard is a freewheeling conversation that starts with board-game trivia and “myth vs reality” (Clue, the Whispering Gallery at Grand Central Station, secret tunnels and…4 Aug 2025 · 1 h 12 min · 29 chapters
#513 - Caught In 4kThe hosts riff about being sick and using NyQuil/DayQuil, sleep problems, home security (Simply Safe panic button, guns, strobe-light deterrence), strobe/epilepsy concerns (Pokemon Porygon incident),…28 Jul 2025 · 1 h 35 min · 30 chapters
#512 - We're Forming A Boy BandThe Basement Yard episode #512 centers on boy-band formation and fandom, sparked by watching the Netflix documentary Dirty Pop (about the Backstreet Boys/NSYNC manager Lou Pearlman).21 Jul 2025 · 1 h 17 min · 26 chapters
#511 - The Biggest Show We've DoneThis episode is mostly a hype-and-announcement episode for The Basement Yard’s biggest show yet, plus a long, raunchy “edging” discussion and a side debate about animals and the moon.14 Jul 2025 · 1 h 32 min · 30 chapters
#510 - I Got Married To A.I.The Basement Yard episode #510 mixes absurd “AI dating” talk with the hosts’ rambly stories about excitement habits (squeaking/squirting), being sweaty, childhood masculinity myths, and real-life…7 Jul 2025 · 1 h 21 min · 33 chapters