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Noble Rot
by Chas Smith
Discussions about everything except surfing.
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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 their entire lives have been dedicated to practicality and they've only ascended to mediocrity. Plus Heroes and Zeros! Enjoy!
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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 why it took so long for chef's to grill lettuce. Plus Heroes and Zeros! Enjoy!
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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 YouTube binge. Enjoy!
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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 neglected to offer world peace on Easter, and enjoy recent trends towards unity through the return of moon travel and Love On The Spectrum. Plus Heroes and Zeros! Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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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 how long until the wife is liable (and justified) to leave. Plus Heroes and Zeros! Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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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 soldiers sated and happy while killing the enemy. Plus Heroes and Zeros! Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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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 the overcorrection, and learn that women can be SA predators too. Plus Heroes and Zeros! Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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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 single best behaved country on the planet. Plus Heroes and Zeroes! Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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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 from this fixed contest, who wins (if anyone), and determine why access journalism leads down a narrowing road with diminishing returns. Plus Heroes and Zeroes! Enjoy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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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 impassioned purge, and they discuss precisely whom to hold accountable for the Epstein files cover-up. Plus Heroes and Zeros! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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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 robot world-scape. Plus Heroes and Zeros! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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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 Kubrick's death and the disfiguring of his masterpiece. Plus Heroes and Zeros! Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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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 that curing cancer comes with a devastating risk. Plus Heroes and Zeros! Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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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 virtuous tattletaling. Plus Heroes and Zeros! Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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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 suck at writing. Plus Heroes and Zeros! Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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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 world's richest man reveals a perversion that should outrage all of humanity. Plus Heroes and Zeros! Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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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 your passion. Plus Heroes and Zeros! Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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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 pact to never wear a toupee. Plus Heroes and Zeros! Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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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 culprit for all that's gone wrong in society. Plus Heroes and Zeros! Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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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 choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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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 expectations of the man. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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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. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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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 of Thanksgiving foods. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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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! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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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 mainstream US media questioned whether Ms Rachel was working for Hamas. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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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 checking account is funding private prison. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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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' Bastard. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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059 - Noble Rot: The Wet Noodle War
In today's show Chas and David survey the fallen shrapnel and find a reason to unify the country, rank celebrities that they never need to see again, and devise a wet noodle challenge to determine which country provides the most delicious, dynamic, and delectable bowl of sustenance on the planet. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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058 - Noble Rot: Peace In Our Time
In today's show Chas and David celebrate the peace treatise and Chas attempts to bury old grudges as spandex laden cyclists plague the streets of Cardiff, artless business owners find identity in uniformity, EV drivers reveal a shocking blindspot, and one celebrity's partner brings down an entire family's legacy. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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057 - Noble Rot: Locals Only
In today's show and under the spell of Nic Cage's "The Surfer", Chas and David survey the pros and cons of localism, how does a society best protect a local resource, is violence ever justifiable, can over crowding and over population ever be reversed, are we all living through a fever dream, and is it virtuous to never leave your childhood playground? Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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056 - Noble Rot: What's Grosser Than Gross?
In today's show Chas and David attempt to rank life's most miserable endeavors, wonder who Bad Bunny is, explain why golfing makes you a bad husband, discover why American's are so obnoxious, and dive way too deep into celebrity gossip through the gateway drug of chicken fries. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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055 - Noble Rot: The American Kook
In today's show Chas and David survey the increasingly kooky United States and attempt to apply proven surf etiquette to navigate the land of. They wonder when context ceased to matter, how self awareness lost cultural value, why reinforcing one's limited belief system replaced increasing one's knowledge, and learn from one prosaic comedian how to thrive outside of predetermined rule book. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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054 - Scratch A Cynic
In today's show Chas and David attempt to process witnessing a political assassination and the accompanying deluge of intense, vitriolic rhetoric and opinions that flooded their lives these past days, they seek a return to cynicism, an abandonment of labels, and wonder what level of atrocity would actually incite gun reform. Enjoy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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053 - Noble Rot: Disappointment, Folie à Deux
In today's show Chas and David receive a flood of disappointment feedback as the quiet scourge of middle aged men reveals itself, learn a hard truth from the Baseball Karen, bid good riddance to Howard Stern, bank on the healing powers of psychedelics, and seek to find self esteem in something other than their output. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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052 - Noble Rot: Waiting for Yagot
In today's show Chas and David dive headlong into a world of disappointment to better understand why they feel inadequate, study the plague of expectation, reflect on sad Christmases, learn how looking inward can fix those around around you, and reveal what we can all learn from Tanner with the Tism. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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051 - Noble Rot: The Happiest Place On Earth . . .
In today's show Chas and David reveal their happy places and dive deep into the phenomenon of Disney adults, wax nostalgic about early 00's surf stars, gag on ostentatious displays of blueberries, salivate over the perfection of a plate lunch, and attempt to decide if Jussie Smollet hired his own lynchers. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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050 - Noble Rot: Let's Make A Deal
In today's show Chas outlines the Art Of The Deal and explains why Regis Philbin was a fashion icon, David plots to get 1% better every day to reverse aging, and the boys advise to never win an argument with your spouse, and determine that how you negotiate reveals how you value yourself and others. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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049 - Noble Rot: Hey Teachers, Leave Them Kids Alone!
In today's show Chas and David wonder how one misplaces $90 million, what could go wrong with buying an occult museum, question when they became conspiracy theorists, warn that computer sciences are the language of the devil, and revel at the opportunity to clap some Alien cheeks. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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048 - Noble Rot: Kelly Slater Has Better Jeans Than Sydney Sweeney
In today's show Chas and David dive into the race debate to determine whether Sydney Sweeney's genes are superior, out Liam Neeson's publicity stunt, pay long overdue homage to Jayne Mansfield, question the quality of our nation's security guards, and explain why you should rent a grandma. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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047 - Noble Rot: Funny and Die
In today's show Chas and David find humor in the absurdity and question why Late Night wasn't cancelled long ago, learn that AI perception is now reality, discover that drugs and alcohol will net 5 bonus years to one's life, question whether comedy can outmuscle politics, and find the void of journalism being filled by the most unlikely source. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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046 - Noble Rot: A Cold Play In Hell
In today's show Chas and David stare into the Jumbotron and map a path for ex-Astronomer CEO's next $10 million, explain why feeling validation will have lovers risk it all, take bets on how long until the Epstein files get leaked, tremble at the reality of a Palantir surveillance state, and learn why you should fear the might MRI. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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045 - Noble Rot: You Put A Spell On Me
In today's show Chas and David look for the deleted Epstein files, question if Jennifer Aniston is being brain washed, study Kendrick Lamar's music vid for Easter eggs, try to avoid being hypnotized, and finally crack the veneer of their cynical skepticism. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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044 - Noble Rot: Collect All Four
In today's episode Chas and David survey the landscape of collectables, uncover strange celebrity collections, fantasize about a budget-less binge, long for discarded relics of their youth, and plot a criminal conspiracy to take advantage of the collectibles market. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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043 - Noble Rot: The Best Of The 21st Century
In today's show Chas and David reflect on the NYT's Best Films of the 21st Century list and admit which films informed their personalities, lament who got snubbed, admit they force themselves to watch boring movies, bask in the joy of traveling through film sets, and they make a case which city is the greatest on the planet. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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042 - Noble Rot: It's Wedding Season
In today's show Chas and David prep for the Bezos Sanchez wedding by surveying their ego's biggest blindspots, reliving their own nuptials, shaming bad guests, questioning the value of the legal marital contract, dream up an ideal destination, and reflect on the best wedding films of all time. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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041 - Noble Rot: Fair Enough
In today's show Chas and David galavant around the great Americana playground that is the County Fair; the excessive calories, exorbitant expenses, depressive animals, carnie lifestyle, dubious roller coasters, and the joy that comes with Cheeto dust. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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040 - Noble Rot: Sh!t Sandwich
In today's show Chas and David survey the civil skirmish erupting in their home of Southern California and question whether humanity is ever a consideration in politics or capitalism, why modern society has so overvalued financial success, and uncover how one French Vietnamese sandwich may be the answer to restoring world peace. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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039 - Noble Rot: School's Out Forever!
In today's episode Chas and David celebrate the jail break of the school year and embrace the freedom of Summer by learning how to burn bridges, question the value of tutors, discover how to undercut your children's autonomy, and yearn for an expectation-free day in adulthood. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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038 - Noble Rot: Party In The USA
In today's show Chas and David celebrate Memorial Day with an analysis of the military lifestyle, marvel at the Thunderbirds, draw a corollary between wedding expense and divorce rate, and identify the greatest living American. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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037 - Noble Rot: The Coalition Of The Sensible
In today's show Chas and David attempt to dispatch the hysterics and find comfort saying the most controversial things; about gender, politics, climate change, and the 1%. Enjoy, our most salacious show yet! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Discussions about everything except surfing.
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Chas Smith
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