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The Blackout Diaries
by Starburns Audio
Hilarious and true drinking stories, recorded at the live Blackout Diaries show in Chicago. Hosted by Sean Bair-Flannery and CJ Sullivan, two standup comedians and friends who have been featured on Comedy Central, Sirius Radio, NPR and more. They have over 30 years of standup experience between them and about 800 missed flights.
Episodes
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#127 The World Gets Drunk & Falls For Soccer
Blackout Diaries is back with a special World Cup episode. We talk about how US towns are being drunk-dry of beer from international fans and how Trump got a red card reversed, causing a lot of first-time US soccer fans to realize how corrupt FIFA is. This leads to a general corruption theme…
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#126 Sam Gets Drunk & Strips
Sammy Hardwood shares some stories about what it's like to be a male stripper before our live audience in Chicago. Sammy then joins CJ and Sean in the studio to tell a few more stories and detail all the questions you get when you work as a male stripper. CJ and Sean share their own stories about...
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#125 Billionaires Get Drunk & Buy Things
CJ and Sean talk about the recently-departed Ted Turner, an old-school billionaire who seemed like he'd be fun to have a beer with. We laugh about how he ran the Braves as almost a barnstorming gag team in the early 1980s and his confidence that the American public did not have sophisticated…
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#124 Nick Gets Drunk & Mingles With Robots
Nick Vatterott, one of our favorite comedians, joins us for the whole hour and we mostly talk about robots. CJ, Sean and Nick joke about recent news where robots broke two bus shelters in Chicago, a robot police officer was attacked in California, and some cities are banning food-delivery robots…
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#123 Jayson Gets Drunk & Blows Out His Back
Comedian Jayson Cross tells the story about the time he went out clubbing with a pinched sciatic nerve in his back, one of the myriad struggles of drinking in old age. Jayson joins CJ and Sean in the studio and tells an additional, crazy story about the time he stopped a hate crime while walking...
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#122 The Irish Get Drunk & Wear Green
A special St Patrick's Day episode! Recorded on the weekend where Chicago dyes the river Green, CJ and Sean discuss some of their favorite St Patrick's Day traditions, including The almost-hilariously-dangerous Cheltenham Horse-Racing Festival which is held in Ireland on St. Patrick's Day. That…
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#121 Nick Gets High & Controls Someone's Brain
Comedian Nick Cartwright tells our live audience about the time he and a buddy did acid only for his friend to think Nick was controlling his brain to make him covet Nick, eventually leading to a half destroyed house and visit from the police. It's a great Blackout Diaries story in that its equal...
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#120 The Weather Gets Drunk & Starts Exploing Trees
Sean is frozen inside his house so CJ and Sean do an episode about the cold weather. We talk about the first-ever warning for exploding trees and how its so cold bars often take pity upon weary drunks, thirsty enough to brave the elements. CJ talks about how stadium security in Chicago, in this...
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#119 Charles Gets Drunk & Passes The Bar
Comedian, and lawyer, Charles Star comes to Chicago and tells the story about totaling his car, after leaving a winery, during his honeymoon- even though he was stone sober. Charles joins CJ and Sean to talk about what its like to be a lawyer, when every drunk you meet has a thousand questions…
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#118 Workers Get Drunk & Lose a Job
An episode devoted to the ups-and-downs, risks-and-rewards of Holiday Parties. CJ and Sean discuss some historically-famous holiday parties, like the First Ward Ball in Chicago, a corrupt, drunken political party thrown every Christmas time; the classic tradition of Saturnalias, which are winter...
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#117 Coaches Get Drunk & Ruin a Town
An episode on one of our favorite kinds of, highly-successful, functioning ne'er-do-wells: drunk coaches. Sean remembers Kevin Mackey, a visionary basketball coach who had been sober for 40 years before dying, but was an old fashion hell-raiser in Cleveland prior to getting sober. We also talk...
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#116 Cameron Gets Drunk & Fools No One
Comedian Cameron Gillette shares a story recorded at our live show, where he had to leave a music festival, drunk and high out of his mine, shotgun in an ambulance after his girlfriend passed out in the heat. Cameron meets his girlfriend's mom for the first time at the hospital but isn't sure if…
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#115 FBI Gets Drunk & Lies About Poker
An episode on one of our favorite kind of national news stories: cop embellishments. The FBI arrested NBA coaches plus "Italian Mobsters" this week, making some ridiculous claims on how these groups schemed to cheat poker players. We talk about this story along with some of our favorite examples…
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#114 Nate Gets Drunk & Reunites With Buddies
Nate Craig, one of our favorite comedians and a long time friend, joins us in the studio to promote his latest album, "MARRIED TO IT". Nate's album is out starting today online! We play a clip from the album and Nate talks about how the recording went and what it was like to celebrate afterwards...
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#113 Catholics Get Drunk & Start A Religion
Semi-autobiographical podcast on drinking and the Catholic Church, inspired by the new Chicago-raised pope! CJ and Sean tell stories about growing up in the Catholic Church and how common drinking was at all religious ceremonies. Comedian Joe Kilgallon, one of our regulars at the live show, joins...
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#112 Carolyn Gets Drunk & Bonds With Her Sister
Comedian Carolyn Dickey shares a few hilarious stories at our live show, each showing how much her sister defends her when they party together. Carolyn's sister always has her back. Carolyn joins CJ and Sean in the studio and discuss what its like to drink, eat and live with sisters and brothers....
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#111 We Get Drunk & Boat
Summer block buster / Fourth of July Episode where we talk about how people spend the holiday week. Sean recaps seeing the newest Tom Cruise movie, where an old couple was more entertaining than the movie itself. CJ and Sean discuss fireworks, the fourth of July and the hilariously unsafe rules...
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#110 Manny Gets Drunk & Attends A Play
Comedian Manny Petty makes his debut at our live show and tells the hilarious story of when he accidentally took his parents to a nude gay play, a week after coming out to them. Manny then joins CJ and Sean in the studio and we talk about the play and how people used to attend more blind features...
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#109 Jason Gets Drunk & Golfs
The Blackout Diaries talks golf! Comedian Jason Burke joins us in the studio to share the story about his bachelor party, which was at The Waste Management Open in Phoenix, a golf tournament that is closer to a whiskey fest than an athletic event. Jason talks about some of the dos and donts to...
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#108 America Gets Drunk & Starts The Summer
Special Blackout Diaries Memorial Day Weekend Episode. CJ and Sean talk about how the start of summer always sneaks up on a people and they realize their alcohol tolerance is not what it was at during the close of last summer, which is one of the reasons why Memorial Day Weekend is the busiest…
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#107 Sohrab Gets Drunk & Befriends A Horse
An episode on our favorite sport- horse racing! Comedian Sohrab Forouzesh tells a story from our live show about accidentally giving a horse drugs, along with accidentally receiving some himself. CJ and Sean talk about horse racing before that, sharing some of their own stories about bets gone…
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#106 Victoria Gets Drunk & Nearly Taken
Comedian Victoria Flynn shares some stories at our live show about all the times she probably should have been kidnapped while drinking. Victoria joins CJ and Sean in the studio and shares what it was like to attend college in Montreal along with some other kidnapping-inducing drinking stories.…
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#105 Joe Gets Drunk & Tries To Find A Hotel
Comedian Joe Fernandez tells some stories, at our live show, from when he and his ex shared the same apartment after a breakup so he had to improvise whenever he had a one night stand, often leading to stupid lies or bad hotels (or both). Joe joins CJ and Sean in the studio and we talk about…
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#104 Mike Gets Drunk & Fakes An Injury
The Blackout Diaries Podcast is back after a break spent on filming the TV Pilot. Unfortunately we received some tragic news that a dear friend of the show, Mike Polino, passed away from a rare auto-immune disorder. Mike owned The High Hat Club, which is where the Blackout Diaries performed for…
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#103- America Gets Drunk & Spring Breaks
CJ Sullivan and Sean Bair-Flannery talk spring break! We share some personal stories: Sean details how traveling with your kids on spring break can somehow land you in more troubling embarrassment than drunks and CJ shares a story about driving straight through the night to meet friends with no...
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#102 Hannah Gets Drunk & Dates A Manager
Comedian Hannah Belmont tells three, short, hilarious stories at our live show, ending with how she went on a date with her older manager at a Mexican restaurant while in college. Hannah joins CJ and Sean in the studio and they discuss her story in more details, everything from the COVID vaccine…
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#101 Philly Gets Drunk & Climbs Some Poles
An episode on The Super Bowl! CJ and Sean talk about their favorite moments watching America's funniest city, Philadelphia, win a Super Bowl and then party. People cooking pigs on trains, riding a top trains, maybe taking horses inside trains? We also talk about the city of Philadelphia's…
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#100 Jamie Gets Drunk & Learns To Strip
Comedian Jamie Shriner tells the story of her first road comedy gig where she drinks too much at the show, then goes to a strip where she is brought on stage. Jamie joins CJ and Sean in the studio to share some more details on the story (that was recorded at our live show) along with some of her...
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#99 Chris Gets Drunk & Earns A New Nickname
Comedian Chris Trani tells the story of when he was too drunk to enter Wrigley Field so, after security rejected him, he found a local Chicago softball game. Chris joins CJ and Sean in the studio to talk about the unique ways men plan a re-union weekend, versus women. We also discuss nicknames…
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#98 America Gets Drunk & Promises To Take January Off
A Dry January Episode from The Blackout Diaries. Sean is doing Dry Jan with his wife and talks about how that began and CJ updates everyone on how he escaped the burning hills of Hollywood. The outgoing Surgeon General has announced that America should put cancer warnings on all bottles of…
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#97 Kait Gets Drunk & Visits Ireland with Her Dad
Comedian Kait Carmody tells a story at our live show about her recent trip to Ireland with her father, who was born there. Kait, who is also our newest coproducer at The Blackout Diaries, then joins CJ and Sean in the studio and we discuss everything from Ireland to how vacations are different…
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#96 Comics Get Drunk & Talk About Kenny De Forest
An amazing standup comic and friend to many, Kenny De Forest, passed away a year ago this week. On this episode, we celebrate Kenny with a clip from his last appearance on our live show along with stories about Kenny from other comics. Comedian Aaron Weaver shares a great story about what it was...
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#95 Kevin Gets Drunk & Talks Presidents
Comedian Kevin D Williams, a Chicago legend, stops by the studio as our first, post-election guest and shares his thoughts on the election. We play some live clips of Kevin and then talk Presidents. Kevin shares why he thinks Trump should have been banned from running for office, based on his...
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America Gets Drunk & Fries Turkey
Special Thanksgiving Episode! CJ and Sean share stories about the holiday we consider to be America's drunkest. We talk about how Netflix often screws up these kind of events with streaming problems, which forces us to confront the horror of interacting with our families. Why families get so…
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#93 Chelsea Gets Drunk & Backpacks Over Europe
Comedian Chelsea Hood shares the story of the time she backpacked across Europe with her boyfriend's sober, god-loving best friend- recorded at our live show. Chelsea then joins CJ and Sean in the studio and we talk about the special itineraries drunks have when they travel across a different...
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#92 Baseball Gets Drunk & Plays The World Series
A special episode celebrating the start of the World Series. CJ and Sean talk about the Dodgers vs Yankees matchup and how its causing Carmageddon in LA. We also talk about some of the funniest moments in World Series history, which include legendary drunk and slugger Babe Ruth ending game 7 on a...
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#91 Tori Gets Drunk & Tours a Fire Station
Comedian Tori Kilkenny tells two hilarious stories at our live show- one about the last time she blacked out and the other about an impromptu decision to tour her local fire fighting station. Tori then joins CJ and Sean in the studio and we talk about the joys of revisiting things you loved as a...
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#90 The Internet Gets Drunk & Falls For Scams
CJ and Sean talk about technology and drinking. Sean has recently been contacted by a bunch of people who have fallen victim to cyber scams and shares those stories, along with good advice on how to know if you are speaking to a scammer. We also talk about the Israeli operation that sold…
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#89 The South Gets Drunk & Watches College Football
The Blackout Diaries celebrates the start of college football! CJ and Sean talk about how college football tailgating parties are the some of the funnest, most-wild, yet somehow must-inclusive parties on earth. We share some stats on how allowing alcohol sales inside college stadiums has not lead...
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#88 Christian Gets Drunk & Helps Customers
Chicago bartender and musician Christian McGann explains the differences between the Front Of The House and The Blackout Of The House, to our live audience at The Blackout Diaries. Christian tells some stories about bartending in Chicago and concludes with a hilarious song about what it's like to...
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#87 Joey Gets Drunk & Has To Cleanup
Legendary Chicago comedian Joey Villagomez tells a couple of stories at the live show, about the time he got high at work during a polar vortex and then about the time in highschool when his buddy drank too much and had to be hosed down. Joey then joins CJ and Sean in the studio and shares some...
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#86 America Gets Drunk & Watches The Olympics
Special episode where CJ and Sean talk about their favorite, world sporting event- The Olympics. We laugh about how an Australian professor might have danced so poorly her sport has been thrown out of any future Olympic consideration; how some swimmers are pounding Cokes to eat away at the…
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#85 Joe Gets Drunk & Goes To A Bachelorette Party
Comedian Joe Kilgallon tells a story at our live show about the time he was the only man invited to a bachelorette party. Joe talks about being de facto security for the women, along with the funny differences between bachelor and bachelorette parties. Joe joins CJ and Sean in the studio and they...
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#83 Ed Gets Drunk & Ghosted
Comedian Ed Towns tells the story of how a woman ghosted him, while they were both inside her apartment. Ed, who is also a producer of the The Blackout Diaries live show, joins CJ and Sean in the studio to discuss the story in more detail and share his thoughts on everything from ghosting, and...
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#82 Adam Gets Drunk & Robbed
Comedian, and Blackout Diaries regular, Adam Burke tells the story of when he and a group of friends were robbed at gunpoint while drinking at a neighborhood bar. Adam shares all the details at the live show, which are equally funny and scary, then joins CJ and Sean in the studio to answer some...
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#81 Cleveland Gets Drunk & Starts A Baseball Riot
It's All Star Week, so we dedicated a full episode to baseball drinking stories! Comedian, and former Blackout Diaries producer Derek Smith gives a hilarious recap of Cleveland's disastrous Ten Cent Beer Night, recorded at our live show in Chicago. CJ and Sean talk about how many people screw up...
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#80 Michael Gets Drunk & Learns About Karma
Comedian Michael Meyers tells the embarrassing story of the last and final time he drove drunk. Michael joins CJ and Sean in the studio to talk about how this incident, along with a wise tow truck driver, changed him. Michael also discusses his hilarious, debut comedy album, "Michael Meyers...
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#79 America Gets Drunk & Lights Fireworks!
Special emergency podcast for July 4th, where CJ and Sean talk about America's unending love of drunkenly setting off fireworks. They tell stories of friends that nearly killed themselves lighting off fireworks while drunk and how a few of the videos of their buddies went viral. We also discuss…
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#78 Kait Gets Drunk & Finds A Man Buying Cigarettes
Comedian Kait Carmody tells a story about picking up a guy at a gas station while getting cigarettes at 4 AM. A guy who then has a hard time understanding that early morning gas station hookups might not be destined to last more than one night. Kait joins CJ and Sean in the studio and they talk...
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#77 Matty Gets Drunk & Stunk By Jelly Fish
Comedian Matty Ryan tells the (hilarious) story of how he got stung by a jelly fish while taking a dip in the ocean in what was intended to be a quick frolic into the water while stuck in traffic. Matty then consults with an increasingly large number of people and experts to get advice on the…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Hilarious and true drinking stories, recorded at the live Blackout Diaries show in Chicago. Hosted by Sean Bair-Flannery and CJ Sullivan, two standup comedians and friends who have been featured on Comedy Central, Sirius Radio, NPR and more. They have over 30 years of standup experience between them and about 800 missed flights.
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Hilarious and true drinking stories, recorded at the live Blackout Diaries show in Chicago. Hosted by Sean Bair-Flannery and CJ Sullivan, two standup comedians and friends who have been featured on Comedy Central, Sirius Radio, NPR and more. They have over 30 years of standup experience between...
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