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The Grawlix Saves The World
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The Grawlix Saves The World

The Grawlix (Adam Cayton-Holland, Ben Roy, Andrew Orvedahl)

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Bettering the world by bettering ourselves! Comedians Adam Cayton-Holland, Ben Roy, and Andrew Orvedahl (stars of the sitcom television series "Those Who Can't" on HBO Max) take a passive-aggressive look at their daily lives and then assign one other self-improvement or wellness challenges to address their issues. Once they've completed the challenge, the boys come back into the studio to review their experience, offer advice to listeners, and declare whether or not the challenge is good for ...
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The boys try to reconnect with folks who have drifted away. Moved by the spirit of the season, the boys attempt to reach out and touch base with special people in their lives who, for whatever reason, have fallen out of contact. Featuring standup comedy clips from Liv Carter and Troy Walker! LINKS: See Andrew at the 60th annual Ullr Fest in Brecken…
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The boys are crazy for the hunks of professional wrestling! WWF, WWE, WTF, OMG—it's time for a brand new episode of our podcast within the podcast, Boi Crazy! We're climbing to the top of the turnbuckle and throwing a flying crossbody straight into the world of professional wrestling. Wanna listen or see the full episode for yourself? Get the full …
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The boys tackle Gen Z slang. For some godforsaken reason, Andrew challenges Adam and Ben to embrace the boss lingo of all the hepcats and ska-daddies of Generation Z. Needless to say, they absolutely nail it. Featuring standup comedy clips from Chris Fairbanks and Lizzy Wolfson! LINKS: See the Grawlix live standup show at the Bug Theatre in Denver,…
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The boys solve a decades-old mystery. While removing old bushes from his yard, Producer Ron discovers a purse containing credit cards that expired in the late 90s. Naturally, he turns to Ben, Adam and Andrew to try and find the purse's proper owner, and the boys happily take the case. If you're a fan of true crime and idiots, this is the episode fo…
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The boys let things go while trying to not be sued by Disney. Just in time for the tenth anniversary of the animated movie Frozen—which for some reason Producer Ron is really excited about—the boys challenge each other to ‘let it go,’ whatever that means to them individually. Featuring standup comedy clips from Miriam Moreno and Ben Bryant! This ep…
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The boys go deep into conspiracy theories. Convinced there may be merit from digging into those dark internet nooks and crannies where all the most terrifying ideas live, Ben challenges Adam and Andrew to select a conspiracy theory and get to the bottom of it, reporting from the fringes, so to speak, to see if said fringes have anything to offer. N…
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Ben challenges Adam to an ill-advised baseball skills competition. For some perverse reason in his twisted little skull, Ben convinced himself that he was better at baseball than Adam—and so Ben challenged Adam to a national pastime duel. Professional minor league scout Andrew was beside himself at the opportunity to orchestrate the challenge, so o…
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The boys try to go a week without TV. In solidarity with the Screen Actors Guild and the Writer's Guild of America, the boys stage their own mini consumer strike and ground themselves from TV for a week. Will seven days away from the ye olde boob tube help them get better sleep, read more books, and spend more time with their family and friends? Wi…
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The boys go fly fishing with a pro. High on the mantra that a bad day of fishing beats a good day of podcasting, the professional fisherman, fishing instructor, and hilarious comedian Eeland Stribling challenges the boys to try fly-fishing. Are they capable of waking up early? Will someone be swept downriver and adopted by wolves? Listen to find ou…
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The boys go digging for their comedic roots. In celebration of his new comedy special, Ben challenges Andrew and Adam to go back into the history of comedy, mining for legendary treasures that they have never seen or heard before. The boys check out classic comedy specials from Lenny Bruce, Bob Newhart, and Eddie Murphy—and then Adam and Andrew ran…
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The boys are crazy for the hunks of 1990s grunge music! Lace up your Doc Martens, lovers, because we are tromping in the moss on this one. In this episode of Boi Crazy, our podcast within the podcast, the Grawlix boys earnestly appraise the hunkworthiness of 1990s grunge era musicians. Adam has unreasonably rigid opinions about the genre. Andrew ma…
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The boys spend time doing things they loved as children. Finally allowed to make challenge suggestions again after joining Patreon, Adam’s wife challenges our heroes to engage in activities that they loved as children—but haven’t touched in years. Featuring standup comedy clips from Derek Sheen and Brandie Posey! LINKS: See the Grawlix live at the …
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Emma Arnold helps the boys simulate having a period. In an effort to have more empathy for people who menstruate, the Grawlix boys strap on TENS units to find out how much pain they can endure, live, in front of a killer audience at Mutiny Information Café. Featuring our special guest co-host and cramp doula for the evening, Boise's own Emma Arnold…
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The boys track their fitness. Vacation-bound and ABSOLUTELY TERRIFIED that the boys will forget to record an episode in his absence, Producer Ron surprises Ben, Andrew, and Adam with fitness tracking bracelets so that they can better monitor their health—but also so that he can harvest their data and sell it to Google. Featuring stand-up comedy cli…
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The boys explore ASMR for a week, then try to make videos for each other. Some may know ASMR as "autonomous sensory meridian response," while others may know it as those creepy whisper videos that make you feel all tingly. After listening to this episode, you will only know it as the best way to deeply, deeply disturb your friends. Featuring stand-…
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The boys give rapid-fire pep talks. Emerging from the depths of a full-fledged funk, Andrew surprises Ben and Adam by requesting a pep talk challenge. The boys take turns honestly answering the question "how are you?" for two minutes, then they engage in a tag-team competition to see who's the best at giving out doses of positivity. Featuring stand…
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The boys go vegan. After a mildly concerning cholesterol count, Ben challenges Andrew and Adam to exclusively eat a plant-based diet for a week. Featuring standup comedy clips from our own Andrew Orvedahl and Adam Cayton-Holland! LINKS: See the Grawlix live at the Bug Theatre in Denver, Colorado on Saturday, May 27th with Laura Peek, Sammy Anzer an…
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The boys practice radical honesty Just in time for Ben and Andrew's biennial knock-down-drag-out argument, our heroes decide to dabble in Radical Honesty, a self-help philosophy that claims you can transform your life simply by telling the truth. After carelessly skimming one page of the organization's website and watching some but definitely not a…
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The boys try to spruce up their neighborhoods. Looking to improve the streets that he walks on a daily basis—or perhaps just looking for a reason to go outside—Andrew challenges Ben and Andrew to a neighborhood beautification project. Featuring standup comedy clips from Shanel Hughes and Chris Charpentier! LINKS: See the Grawlix live at the Bug The…
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The boys try to avoid assuming gender or pronouns for a week. Frustrated by the rising vilification of queer and transgender people—and hoping to rewire his own linguistic tendencies—Adam challenges Ben and Andrew to go a week without gendering anyone. Andrew raises the stakes by creating a "gender jar" that collects $2 for every mistake, to be don…
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The boys are crazy for the hunks of the 1991 film "Point Break" Bank robbers with surf bods and a gorgeous FBI agent who goes undercover, trying to bring them to justice. Need we say more? How about Keanu Reeves and his 25-year-old peak physique going up against Patrick Swayze in the year when Patrick was named the Sexiest Man Alive? In this soppin…
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The boys get poetic. Inspired by Adam having a poem published in a literary journal, Andrew decides he wants in on the action—so he challenges the gang to spend a week consuming poetry and then write their own poems. WINNER TAKES ALL, LOSER GETS SENT STRAIGHT TO HELL!!! Featuring standup comedy clips from Hannah Jones and Brad Wenzel! LINKS: See th…
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The boys work on their flexibility. As we age, our flexibility wanes, our joints ache, and we huff and grunt our way out of bed every morning. So Adam proposes Team Grawlix stretch every night for a week, then measure their flexibility. A nice, easy challenge, right? But nothing is ever that simple on The Grawlix Saves the World. Instead, the boys …
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The boys get tattoos. Oh boy. This is a doozy. A simple request from Adam—that the trio get Grawlix tattoos together—takes a wild spin into Passive-Aggressive Acres (a suburb of Riff City) in a way that only a vintage GSTW episode could. The ending is such a shocking surprise that we're still not entirely sure what happened. We just know it's all g…
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The boys are crazy for the hunks of NSYNC and the Backstreet Boys! Oh my god, we're back again. In this episode of Boi Crazy, our podcast within the podcast, we take a deep-dive into the 1990s boy band craze—aka the suburbs of Orlando, Florida—to say "Hi, Hi, Hi" to those honey-throated hunks from NSYNC and Backstreet Boys. Enjoy this free taste—th…
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The boys try acupuncture. Weary, ragged and just looking for a challenge where he can lay his old bones down for a goddamn minute, Andrew challenges Ben and Adam to try acupuncture, the wellness cure-all for pretty much everything! Featuring standup comedy clips from Justine Marino and Nina Davis! LINKS: See Adam perform at Helium Comedy Club in Po…
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The boys make new friends. Alarmed by his increasingly hermetic ways—weeks spent in solitude, poring over strange, homeopathic remedies and polishing board game figurines—Andrew challenges himself, Ben and Adam to each strike up conversations with three complete strangers. Featuring standup comedy clips from Georgia Comstock and Rob Gleeson! LINKS:…
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The boys try sunning their perineums. Reaching a new low in the very first episode of 2023, the boys attempt to expose the area between their respective anuses (ani?) and scrotums (scrota?), aka their perineums (perinea?), to fifteen minutes of direct sunlight. Because they're geniuses. Geniuses saving the world. Featuring standup comedy clips from…
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Last year we took 25 challenges to better the world around us by bettering ourselves. But which challenge was the best? Our Patreon supporters voted on the best episode of 2022—here's their top choice! And never fear, we'll be back next Tuesday, January 10th, with a brand-new season of The Grawlix Saves the World! LINKS: See the Grawlix live at the…
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The boys are crazy for holiday hunks! Hark! In this episode of Boi Crazy, our podcast within the podcast, we earnestly assess the hunkitude of TWELVE hunks from the movies, magic and myth that make Christmas so special. Who made it onto our Nice list? Who's been very naughty? Listen to find out! Enjoy this little sip and then listen to the full epi…
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The boys take another crack at challenges from the past year. As the Grawlix Saves the World bravely prepares for another challenge-filled year ahead, we cast our gaze backward, to the challenges we've completed in 2022, to see if redoing one might also improve the world. For how can we save the future, if we cannot save the past? Featuring standup…
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The boys embrace the World Cup. Delirious with World Cup Fever, Adam challenges Ben and Andrew to immerse themselves in the greatest sporting event in the world. Featuring standup comedy clips from Mike Mulloy and Courtney Maginnis! LINKS: See Adam live at Planet of the Tapes in Louisville, Kentucky on December 2nd and 3rd See Ben live at the Denve…
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The boys try to share happy memories, and only happy memories. Frustrated by their shared proclivity for only remembering the worst moments in their childhoods, Ben and Andrew decide to mine their respective pasts for positive memories, just in time for the holiday season with family. Meanwhile, Adam dicks around on his phone. Featuring standup com…
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The boys make spooky one-minute movies with their kids. Filled to the absolute brim with Halloween spirit, Andrew challenges Ben and Adam to make short, scary movies. Then Ben says we should all include our kids. Then Adam says we should have our old pal Bobcat Goldthwait—acclaimed director and the man behind the camera for several spooky "Those Wh…
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The boys confess their musical guilty pleasures. Fed up by the ridicule he received for attending a recent Dave Matthews concert, Adam demands Ben and Andrew share music they hate to admit that they love, and the trio spend a week taking it all in. Featuring standup comedy clips from Dave Hill and Gabby Gutierrez-Reed! LINKS: See the Grawlix live a…
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The boys are crazy for the hunks of the Fast & Furious universe. Enjoy this live episode from High Plains Comedy Festival, where we were joined by renowned hunk experts David Gborie and Chris Charpentier. We review our top picks from the FNFU and place a corona atop the head of the franchise's king hunk. Listen to the full episode of Boi Crazy here…
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The boys get body positive. Fresh off a swimming challenge where they appeared alongside Olympians in speedos, Team Grawlix mandates an emergency body positivity challenge. Featuring standup comedy clips from Felicia Folkes and Caitlin Peluffo, live from High Plains Comedy Festival! LINKS: See the Grawlix live at the Bug Theatre in Denver, Colorado…
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The boys get their swim on—with coaching from actual Olympic athletes. Reasoning that it's never a bad idea to improve one's swimming skills, the boys take like ducks to water and compete in three separate water challenges with help from not one, not two, but THREE Olympic swimmers. Featuring standup comedy clips from Dan Soder and David Gborie! An…
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The boys are crazy for those hunky heroes on a half shell! Cowabunga! In this episode of Boi Crazy, our podcast within the podcast, we earnestly assess the hunkitude of all four Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles—Leonardo, Raphael, Donatello, and Michaelangelo. Which turt is the most pert? Listen to find out! Listen to the full episode and find past epis…
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The boys try to not drive for a week. Inspired by the City of Denver's initiative offering free public transportation in August, the boys try to go without a car for a week. Featuring standup comedy clips from our own Andrew Orvedahl and Shanel Hughes! Special thanks to our supporters on Patreon who voted for this challenge! LINKS: See Andrew headl…
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The boys try to clean up their potty mouths. Challenged by loyal listeners to reign in their freewheelin' linguistic ways, Ben, Adam and Andrew turn to the age-old remedy of the Swear Jar to curb their cursing. Featuring standup comedy clips from Ryan Belleville and Chanel Ali! Thanks to everyone on Patreon who voted for this challenge! LINKS: See …
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The boys try on organized religion. Despite being staunchly anti-religious, Adam challenges the boys to each attend a religious service of their choosing. Featuring standup comedy clips from Aaron Urist and Ester Steinberg! LINKS: See Ben opening for the band Off With Their Heads on August 12th in Manchester, NH and August 13th in Malden, MA See Be…
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The boys test the therapeutic merits of a rage room. Realizing that they're angry and reacting disproportionately to perceived slights—and by "they," we of course mean Ben—the boys decide to let out some of their anger by paying a lot of money to smash shit in a shack. Featuring standup comedy clips from Matt Braunger and Anthony Crawford! LINKS: F…
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The boys address their time management skills while on the clock. Producer Ron challenges the boys to take a look at how they waste time in their daily lives, drops a bombshell announcement that he will not be cutting anything from this episode, and then demands that Adam, Andrew and Ben finish the podcast in exactly sixty minutes. Chaos ensues. Fe…
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The boys are crazy for the hunks of the 1993 film "Dazed and Confused!" Alright, alright, alright! In this episode of Boi Crazy, our pod within the pod, we earnestly appraise the hunks of the legendary teen summer classic, "Dazed and Confused!" We size up the hunkitude of Pink (Jason London), Benny (Cole Hauser), Pickford (Shawn Andrews), Wooderson…
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The boys stare into the mirror that is their e-mail inboxes. Ending his streak of his good suggestions for the podcast, Andrew challenges Ben and Adam to clear out their inboxes completely, and they, in turn, hate him for it. Featuring standup comedy clips from Salma Zaky and Sammy Obeid! And more birthday shout-outs to our Patreon supporters! LINK…
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The boys take quizzes to determine how they behave in relationships. FInding themselves newly single and not-at-all ready to mingle, Ben and Andrew decide to take a quiz to find their "attachment styles" in relationships and how to be better partners. Adam does as well, but from a place of comfortable superiority. Featuring standup comedy clips fro…
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The boys better the world for their dogs. We all love our dogs like children, yet often we take them for granted—so the boys decide to give each of their respective pups a special day to appreciate them before they’re gone. Featuring standup comedy clips from our own Andrew Orvedahl and Adam Cayton-Holland! See Ben and Adam performing at the Clinto…
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The boys employ daily journaling of spontaneous prose to get their creative juices flowing. In April of 1951, Jack Kerouac sat down at a typewriter for three weeks and poured On The Road onto a now-legendary scroll. In May of 2022, Adam, Andrew and Ben tried to sit down in front of a journal every morning for a week and then write down whatever com…
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The boys are crazy for the hunks who've played Batman! It's another episode of Boi Crazy, our podcast-within-the-podcast, where we earnestly appraise pop culture's hottest hunks! Special guest Rory Scovel joins us to evaluate seven hunks from the Batman franchise—Adam West, Michael Keaton, Val Kilmer, George Clooney, Christian Bale, Ben Affleck, an…
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