Episodes

  • Episode 189: F*ck Jelly Roll

    Episode 189: F*ck Jelly Roll
    May 16 2025
    An Airbnb inside a beer vat. F*ck Jelly Roll. ALSO: Walton Goggins, avatar. Giving America a wedgie. PLUS: Murder drones, Monty Python and a song of the week from The Damned!!!

    The Damned - "Neat Neat Neat": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXKDtkCzSCw

    Cold Brew Patreon: Patreon.com/ChrisCrofton

    Channel Nonfiction: ChannelNonfiction.com
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    1 hr and 40 mins
  • Episode 188: Undo Your Whole Childhood by Breathing Funny for Ten Minutes a Day!

    Episode 188: Undo Your Whole Childhood by Breathing Funny for Ten Minutes a Day!
    May 6 2025
    WE NEED A COLD BREW SPONSOR! A sailboat named "188." Bringing your A-game to the blog roll! ALSO: The truth is defintely not what people are interested in. PLUS: The dangerous hypocrisy of evangelical Christians, and a song of the week from John Cale!!!!

    John Cale - "NIGHT CRAWLING": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50X3_OpXZWg

    Cold Brew Patreon: Patreon.com/ChrisCrofton

    Channel Nonfiction: ChannelNonfiction.com
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    1 hr and 22 mins
  • Episode 187: Let Them Eat Milton Friedman

    Episode 187: Let Them Eat Milton Friedman
    Apr 28 2025
    "The Shock Doctrine" arrives in America. Now Americans have some idea of how Chileans felt in the 1970s. ALSO: Chris is still mad at Ezra Klein. PLUS: Zoloft VS one's sex drive. A song of the week from Sophia Corinne.

    Sophia Corinne - "Nursing the Wound": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pWjFwW1kcQ

    Cold Brew Patreon: Patreon.com/ChrisCrofton

    Channel Nonfiction: ChannelNonfiction.com
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    1 hr and 40 mins
  • Episode 186: Self-help in the Time of Cholera

    Episode 186: Self-help in the Time of Cholera
    Apr 24 2025
    Greg vs naval radar. ALSO: Chris's ketamine update! Every economist is a corrupt clown. PLUS: The new Advice King, and a song of the week from Bruce Springsteen!! P.S. The comedy show already happened (Monday 4/21).

    Bruce Springsteen - "Blind Spot": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55xRLL3oSIE

    Cold Brew Patreon: Patreon.com/ChrisCrofton

    Channel Nonfiction: ChannelNonfiction.com
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    1 hr and 25 mins
  • Cold Brew Conversations VI: Author/Filmmaker Alex R. Johnson

    Cold Brew Conversations VI: Author/Filmmaker Alex R. Johnson
    Apr 21 2025
    A conversation with one of my closest friends - writer, director, and now AUTHOR of the new book "Brooklyn Motto," Alex Johnson. Here are some links where you can purchase the book, watch his acclaimed feature film "Two Step" - as well as a beautiful short film ("Thanksgiving") Alex directed starring...ME. Plus, videos Alex directed for songs of mine - one going all the way back to the year 2000. Enjoy!

    "Brooklyn Motto": https://www.brooklynmotto.com/

    "Two Step": https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/two-step

    "Thanksgiving": https://vimeo.com/19414970?fbclid=IwY2xjawJyqr5leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHh-whlzNSokoVM_WR8GF2dzYvwKNCL9QNaB3IKg0UiUK2w3bc86Dq5_FPBS2_aem_TPHRXGXFio2CQQhMGeRgrQ

    Chris Crofton - "UFO Hunters": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryK4mqugQuU

    Chris Crofton - "Love Letter": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRd_vUrHkzc

    Chris Crofton - "Gold Paint" (2000): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHcRdn0JtcY
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    1 hr and 18 mins
  • Episode 185: Ketamine Meet-and-Greet

    Episode 185: Ketamine Meet-and-Greet
    Apr 14 2025
    Is the music industry truly "elevating" anyone if they're not paying them? ALSO: Ketamine update: everyone in the building has seen Chris freak out! PLUS: Blue Origin's celebrity passengers probably forget to look out the window, and a song of the week by Chris Crofton, Albert Hickman and Taylor Jones.

    Steve Martin - the stock martket bit (from "Comedy is Not Pretty," not "The Steve Martin Brothers): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxajcsfO2iU&list=PL2MtElzTEi6mbuer96lm1sSzHKEWuqRxt&index=5

    Cold Brew Patreon: Patreon.com/ChrisCrofton

    Channel Nonfiction: ChannelNonfiction.com
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    1 hr and 31 mins
  • Episode 184: Abundance?! How About We Start With...THE BARE MINIMUM

    Episode 184: Abundance?! How About We Start With...THE BARE MINIMUM
    Apr 13 2025
    Chris and Greg discuss the wrestling weight class of #CBGML. ALSO: An honest appraisal of a world (less than) half-empty. PLUS: A song of the week from Junior Kimbrough!!


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    1 hr and 15 mins
  • Episode 183: Out-of-hand Amounts of Animosity Toward Political Consultants

    Episode 183: Out-of-hand Amounts of Animosity Toward Political Consultants
    Mar 31 2025
    "The show now weighs as much as a small man - 183 lbs" -Greg ALSO: "I would not want to have sex with Marco Rubio" -Chris PLUS: "Balancing the budget" is code for violence againt the most vulnerable. A beautiful, upbeat song of the week from Frightened Rabbit!!!

    Frightened Rabbit - "I Feel Better": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooDZKpzb0T4

    Cold Brew Patreon: Patreon.com/ChrisCrofton

    Channel Nonfiction: ChannelNonfiction.com

    "Golf Swing" Advice King: https://www.nashvillescene.com/arts_culture/adviceking/advice-king-golf-swing/article_34579ae0-9164-4171-aabb-77d194e43dd2.html
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    1 hr and 24 mins