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Noble Rot
by Chas Smith
Discussions about everything except surfing.
Episodes
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109 - Noble Rot: Celebrating Neurodiversity
In today's show David and Chas learn that even wealthy, lauded celebrities feel waylaid by the same insecurities we all do, discover why homogenizing human thought might be the end for normies and when the meek inherit the earth, fear the infiltration of Palantir's integration, identify the next...
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108 - Noble Rot: Feats Of Strength
In today's show Chas and David vie for superiority through testing their physical and mental limits through tail whipping a BMZ bike, high diving, downhilling a shopping cart, and dropping into a vert ramp, all while Michael Douglas outs his past lovers, Tom Cruise enforces a PR whitewash…
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107 - Noble Rot: Fantasyland
In today's show David and Chas venture into fantasyland and stretch their imagination to LARP, indulge on turkey legs at the Renfaire, cosplay as a UPS driver with the wife, and venture back to a time where music videos informed their personalities, all before drifting into a nightmare fueled in...
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106 - Noble Rot: Are You Smarter Than A Podcaster?
In today's show Chas and David weigh societal value of free speech against dollars and cents to determine the risk of opening one's mouth, they submit their resumes to In-N-Out, decide they prefer their 64 year old to be demur and just tease a little, wonder if Richard Gere will every escape that...
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105 - Noble Rot: Doomsday
In today's show David and Chas discuss best strategies to infiltrate subcultures and then lay the groundwork for starting a survival cult for when Ai poisons the world's water supply; prioritizing water collection, caloric sustenance, and security before discovering that entertainment and…
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104 - Noble Rot: Gut Check
In today's show David and Chas discover the fallibility of Christopher Nolan, get hypnotized by Elizabeth Holmes, learn to always call your wife when in doubt, quantify the precise percentage that one can trust their gut, remember to never lick-and-sniff your arm, get punished for being a doting...
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103 - Noble Rot: Lil' Davey Homemaker
In today's show Chas and David welcome the upcoming shift in seasons and design a cozier home with the help of paid assistants, calculate the required budget to fully Hyggefy, pray for a future where they can afford assembled furniture, wonder the cost Las Vegas developers are paying for Yosemite...
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102 - Noble Rot: The Dating Game
In today's show David and Chas broadcast from the Moon Lounge to learn how to reverse the effects of CTE, assign a personality to their next vehicle, bid farewell to the Royal dullards, and venture into the brave modern world of dating lingo to determine if digital matchmaking compares to IRL.…
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101 - Noble Rot: Trials and Tribulations
In today's show Chas and David sift through court documents to assess guilt of some of the most scintillating stories of our time; Meta's $200 billion liability for breaching our privacy, murder Mangione's shockingly refreshing honesty, 2Pac's assailant finally faces consequence and hopefully…
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100 - Noble Rot: Milestoners
In today's show David and Chas celebrate their centennial episode with a weekend visit to the most significant surf figure recluse, who revolutionized surfing in 1961 but never gave interviews, disappeared 20 years ago, relocated on to a 52,000 acre ranch where he revolutionized livestocking, and...
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099 - Noble Rot: The Kids Are Alright
In today's show Chas and David examine the lost boys of Woodword to plot a path out of the surveillance state, go fast to break things, find a common enemy in the Man, learn whether happiness is related to self-determination, wonder why all old things smell the same, deeply attempt to understand...
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098 - Noble Rot: Do The Right Thing
In today's show David and Chas lament the plight of the modern middle aged-man whom, burdened by responsibility, cannot enjoy even the highest highs, and reflect back on time when they were much nicer, then beg for praise as they show their moral superiority to return found money, correct bad...
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097 - Noble Rot: The Guesting Game
In today's show Chas and David regale and lament through stories of hosting and being hosted, how to kick someone out of your home, how to be welcomed back, the correlation between square footage and mental health, how Jimothy united a nation, how Igor can redeem his legacy, and the boys learn…
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096 - Noble Rot: Speaking Ill Of The Dead
In today's show David and Chas determine whether it's ever okay to celebrate the end of one's life, or what about questioning the dearly departed's sexual orientation? They determine why some people need to confess their every illness, and discover why your wife has a hirer pain tolerance than…
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095 - Noble Rot: Have You Ever Seen A Man Eat His Own Head?
In today's show David and Chas finally discover the precise and insidious motivation that has given birth to the Swiftie, they dissect the scorned relationships in Chas's wake and consider the cost of making amends, they seek to define American patriotism and determine whether it means that the...
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094 - Noble Rot: It's Getting Hot In Here, So Take Off All Your Cloths
In today's show David and Chas report from the sweltering heat of the East Coast to discuss why AC is overrated, whether grown men should be wearing tank tops, harken back to a time before the Super Soaker, remember the glory of water balloon fights, weigh the risks of spraying the wife with a...
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093 - Noble Rot: Baby Feet
In today's show Chas and David receive a funhouse mirror reflection of America through the eyes of World Cup tourists who remind us how to have fun that doesn't end in a shooting, how to drink beer, why littering only harms oneself, and they get haunted by a phantom whiff, and learn that you…
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092 - Noble Rot: Sean Penn Hates Selfies
In today's show Chas and David learn why Brad Pitt's kids would rather be punched than spend time with him, decode how Sean Penn has tricked us into believing he's handsome, determine the correct sized social group to avoid triggering anxiety, wonder why a Holocaust survivor and home caregiver...
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091 - Noble Rot: Won't You Be My Neighbor
In today's show David and Chas regale with stories from their neighborhood, feuds fought, friendships forged, dissect why some neighbors warrant a wave while others deserve Slayer played at full blast, decide what level of vindictiveness to level for each infraction, and they reveal the sorest...
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090 - Noble Rot: Hater-ade
In today's show Chas and David recalibrate to shift away from Kindness Is Cool and back to targeting society's back actors with due shame, celebrate the artistic genius of Amelie, dive deep into gnome culture, question the morality of cheap skates, ponder their own ethics when finding a bag of...
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089 - Noble Rot: Tickle Me, David Lee
In today's show David and Chas celebrate the life of Tickle Elmo inventor by question who they would stampede and for what price? For which worldly possessions would it be worth to punch a grandma? Would you pull a gun to snag a winning Lotto ticket? Is hiring a hitman ever justifiable? And they...
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088 - Noble Rot: It's Never Too Late To Be A Ninja
In today's show Chas and David, in the spirit of EuroVision, measure their prowess against the fellow man in a variety of TV show competition; from gladiator athletics, to dance-offs, to facing their fears, to conning other contestants, to top modeling, the boys come to a sad realization that…
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087 - Noble Rot: Pablo Cruise
In today's show Chas and David discuss the ultimate price to pay for a PR bump, share tales of woe from Spirit Airlines, fear the threat of Hantavirus aboard Pablo Cruise, and then rank the best and worst forms of vacation from all-inclusive hedonism, to the happiest place on earth, to organized...
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086 - Noble Rot: Your Butt Is Mine
In today's episode David and Chas attempt to tease apart the difficult dilemma of loving an artist's work and then discovering their atrocious crimes; can you still enjoy to Michael Jackson's music? Woody Allen's films? Is there a crime that would compel you to throw out an artists entire body of...
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085 - Noble Rot: Salad Days
In today's episode Chas and David learn how to performatively sue, question why a YouTube rapper wasn't arrested after a pregnant child was found in his frunk, marvel at the range of director Peter Farrelly, and then agree upon the world's best salad, when is it acceptable to put it on pizza, and...
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084 - Noble Rot: And I Was Like, "Baby, Baby, Baby, Oh!"
In today's show Chas and David offer a reprieve from the tribulations of tax day to share stories of survival from an audit, read fan fiction about Sanchez-Bezo, give thanks for professional plumbers, and reflect on a life of concert going as Justin Bieber takes his fans through a self-indulgent...
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083 - Noble Rot: Moonshot
In today's show Chas and David consider the practicality and consequence of teleportation, wonder why UK culture is so much better than the US through the lens of Ye, consider transitioning careers to join the Space Force, reflect on the best astronaut new story of all time, wonder why the aliens...
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082 - Noble Rot: Busted
In today's show David and Chas learn some of life's hardest lessons from the wealthy class's biggest offenders and learn the price of flipping a car, siring a child with a housekeeper, fist fighting in public, embezzling money, and getting fired from a dream job due to bad behavior, and determine...
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081 - Noble Rot: War. What Is It Good For?
In today's show Chas and David learn what war is good for by analyzing abusive tirades of Hollywood directors, amputee professional athlete's murder count, melodic poetry spurned from conflict zones, and salivate over delicious, non-nutritious albeit shelf stable edible treats designed to keep...
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080 - Noble Rot: Yes, CHEF!
In today's show Chas and David chart the rise and fall of Noma and analyze the costs of greatness, determine whether it's better to be punched or fired, decide the perfect balance of happiness vs achievement, assess how far back Millennials have devolved society, recognize that the Manosphere is...
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079 - Noble Rot: The Death And Dismemberment of Timothée Chalamet
In today's show Chas and David learn about the Hanks family's perverse habits, learn which career's AI will replace, marvel at Timothée Chalamet's shallow understanding of his craft, revel in the Internet's pile on, survey the ravages on mental health of early childhood fame, and discover the...
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078 - Noble Rot: A Conspiracy For You And Me
In today's show Chas and David reflect on their path to becoming conspiracy theorists, weigh-in on the classics like whether the moon landing was faked and whether 9/11 was an inside job, and then analyze Firewire being selected by Kelly Slater to win Stab In The Dark and determine who suffers…
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077 - Noble Rot: Krash Patel
In today's show Chas and David discuss the overly exuberant male and ponder when is it appropriate to showcase an unbridled emotional outburst, is it ever socially acceptable to celebrate someone else's win more than the winner themselves, is dignity worth sacrificing for the relief of…
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076 - Noble Rot: You Are Terminated
In today's show Chas and David share notes from a real life dystopia where AI bots are writing Yelp reviews of their human programers and renting human's to do real world tasks, and then the boys assess which Hollywood films accurately predicted the AI era and which scripts a far too benevolent...
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075 - Noble Rot: The All American-O-Meter
In today's show Chas and David learn that hard lesson that being a good father comes with consequence, learn that political radicalization is big business, and Chas subjects David to a citizenship examination to expose his level of Americanism while David exposes the real reason behind Stanley...
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074 - Noble Rot: Winter Is Staying
In today's show Chas and David embrace six additional weeks of Winter and glorify childhood spent on the slopes, speculate on Catherine O'Hara's backwards guts, Pour One Out for socially conscious celebrities, question what happened after Black Swan ended, designate Bill Murray Day, and learn…
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073 - Noble Rot: Adult Tattletales
In today's episode Chas and David survey the wild landscape of adult tattletales, those who find refuge in HR, the ideologists who leverage law enforcement to thwart political opposition, what one's moral obligation is upon discovering a friend's affair, and they find the exact boundary line of...
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072 - Noble Rot: Where's The Beef?
In today's episode Chas and David attempt to answer the call of their childhood while fighting to ween themselves from industrial food manufacturing, doubling their protein intake, purging deli meats, trying to find an edible dairy cow, and make the shock discovery that Stephen King may actually...
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071 - Noble Rot: A Moment Of Silence
In today's episode Chas and David finally find appreciation for one of Hollywood's notorious Lotharios, become convinced about the powers of telepathy, suffer a moment of profound dumbness, discover that Epstein drew the line at homosexuality, find acceptance from a rock guitar legend, and the...
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070 - Noble Rot: Play Stupid Games Win Amazing Prizes
In today's episode Chas and David glean lessons from "the greatest athlete on the planet" and strategize for how to win any barroom Olympics, they try to understand the rules of modern Imperialism, attempt to quantify the real cost of oil, and offer a blueprint for how to make a career out of…
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069 - Noble Rot: The Nothing
In today's episode Chas and David search into the abyss of the week between holidays to attempt to find where their early onset cynicism developed, seek to understand the popularity of fantasy fiction, fantasize about more meaningful brotherhoods, dream up lies to confuse their kids, and make a...
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068 - Noble Rot: Black Christmas
In today's episode Chas and David find gratification in Jake Paul's broken jaw before revisiting the notable deaths of 2025, mourn a few, dance on a few graves, attempt to understand mummification, learn what Cesar Milan has in common with Jane Goodall, and identify fake Christmas trees as the...
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067 - Noble Rot: The 12 Days Of Christmas
In today's episode Chas and David learn why Jingle Bells is racist, how to avoid their default body dysmorphia, reflect on the work of Rob Reiner, and analyze whether the 12 gifts of Christmas were thoughtful or just an elaborate apology. Plus Heroes and Zeroes! Enjoy! Learn more about your ad...
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066 - Noble Rot: Quentin Taranti-NO!
In today's episode Chas and David struggle to come to terms with Quentin Tarantino, whom despite an impressive oeuvre, has shared remarkable flawless opinions and recommendations. The boys review his favorite 20 films to reevaluate everything they thought they knew about the man and realign their...
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065 - Noble Rot: You Look So Handsome Today
In today's show Chas and David attempt to learn how to accept a compliment, with advice from Oprah and Cosmo, they learn about fostering friendship, the desire to be heard, how to use humility to manipulate, and identify the appropriate response for superficial and sincere compliments alike.…
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064 - Noble Rot: Goblet Half Full
In today's show the country is united (for 5 minutes) with a single cigarette and Chas and David peer into their Thanksgiving goblet to find broken candy restored, new life through coffee, solace in cinema, and perhaps most strange of all, enthusiasm in the airport terminal. Plus a battle Royale…
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063 - Noble Rot: Luke Cederman and John Philbin
In today's episode Luke Cederman and John Philbin join Chas and David to glean 8 years of lesson learned about where to put your spent shopping cart, how to avoid a road rage incident, the dangers of peeing while standing, why pumpkin spice is a lie, and the redundancy of the sugar cookie. Enjoy!...
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062 - Noble Rot: Doctor Hell No
In today's show Chas and David shirk invites to the Jenner Bond-themed 70th birthday and distill the essence of how to throw a memorable party, define the difference between dress-up and cosplay, calculate how many hungry children could have been fed with tchotchke funds, and reflect on the time...
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061 - Noble Rot: Rage Against The Machine
In today's show Chas and David rage against the machine while trying to find virtue in a $1 trillion comp package, question how their Spotify playlist is connected to war weapons manufacturing, bid fond farewell to the flesh and bone Amazon worker, and attempt to see a logical reason why their...
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060 - Noble Rot: Name Day
In today's show Chas and David ponder the benefits of a Lavender Marriage, decide to become lock-pickers for heroism, increase their net worth through computer hacking, wonder what happened to the waterbed, learn the secret meaning behind Piano Man, and honor the fantastical strength of Dirty Ol'...
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