The Distractible podcast with Mark Fischbach, Wade Barnes, and Bob Muyskens is a space to have thoughtful discussions about funny, out there, or otherwise interesting stories from everyday life. Also an opportunity for three friends to remind each other they are not as smart as they think.
Today the guys discuss all things hair (and the lack there of)! They warn of the dangers of hair removal, explore the strange hair trends of ancient Greek statues, and discuss sci-fi scenarios where the elite harvest hair and organs from the less fortunate.
Mark hosts while Wade and Bob one-up each other's concepts for eliminating body odor, debate the true number of human senses, and remember nostalgic aromas.
Bob hosts as Wade and Mark make their predictions on what the next major form of transportation will be, taking many wrong turns in the process...
Mark recounts the legend of an insane creature from the Rocky Mountains. Bob explains how his formative kayaking trip almost ended like a horror movie, and Wade...well, Wade just does what Wade does...
Bob prompts a discussion about technology that blurs the lines of reality in this hilarious episode full of gadget scams, 00’s game nostalgia, and if the mute button could exist for real life.
Mark hosts as Bob and Wade trade scary stories. For Bob, it's a strange woman who catches children who stay out too late. For Wade, a true story about how the night after watching “Texas Chainsaw Massacre” may have been scarier than the movie itself!
Bob RAGES while telling a story about trying to get a new fridge installed.
On this episode of the pod, the guys get nostalgic for conventions and all the good and bad that come with them. From notable failed attempts, to bizarre themes (like "pizza" and "baby"), to post-COVID predictions, conventions hold a special place in Mark, Bob, and Wade's hearts.
Wade hosts as Bob and Mark share some classic “hold my beer” moments from their college days…
In front of a "live" Discord audience, the guys discuss synchronicities, déjà vu, mind-reading, and hive minds.
This week Mark, Wade and Bob answer the age-old hypothetical question: what is the "perfect crime?"
The guys trade stories about how dumb kids can be: from inventing stupid games, to playing with banned toys, to somehow making it through all of it without a scratch.
Bob hosts, hoping Mark and Wade will discuss how they want their funerals to be. Instead, Mark offers “Santa’s Big Goodbye” and Wade describes what a Jackass funeral would be like!
This week the guys talk about the future: expectations vs. reality. What did people in the past predict the future would be like? Were they accurate? Will we be accurate if we attempt to do the same…?
The guys give absolutely the worst advice on how to make a best friend...
The guys discuss their bathroom close calls. Expired meat and hospital visits included. Underwear left behind...
Tough sports coaches, rude fast-food customers, and criminals getting their comeuppance, the guys discuss all of their moments of revenge and defiance at those who dared to cross them.
The guys recount their night terrors, the first they remember and the ones that recur. Plus, they explore how memory relates to dreams.
Following the first ever tie episode, Mark and Bob attempt sharing host responsibilities, while Wade regales with tales of great and not so great eats.
The guys discuss their life paths, including career goals, turning points, and what job they would have during the Zombie Apocalypse...
Coffee stunting your growth, gum staying in your stomach forever, fairy tales spawning from the truth, the guys discuss the lies their parents told them and how they're still influenced by it as adults.
Wade hosts as Bob shares his insane movie theatre dating scare and Mark recounts how the only date idea he had in high school was just driving around.
The guys discuss crazy roller coasters and amusement park rides, plus describe what their hypothetical "Euthanasia Coaster" would consist of...
The spelling of certain words, sex ed miscommunications, examples of the Mandela Effect: the guys humbly admit when they were wrong...
Sharks, stage freight, and snapping your leg like Joe Theismann: today the guys discuss their fears and come to the conclusion that the opposite of a fear is a fetish.
Campfire guitar guy, the gamer guy with a bad mic, Crypto Bros, Florida Man… you know, that guy. Which “guy” are our guys?
Mark shares the story of a pilot who crashed his plane seven times, inspiring Bob and Wade to find similar tales of perseverance despite ridiculous failure.
Bob challenges Mark and Wade to prove that humanity is ultimately good. It doesn’t go too well…
The guys dive into how disturbing and strange some holiday traditions really are.
Mark’s bizarre sleeping schedule, Bob drinking an entire handle of vodka, Wade… jogging? Today the guys discuss self-improvement and whether New Year’s is overrated.
The guys discuss their cooking mishaps and oddly satisfying food creations.
Mark’s late-night descent into the “distressingmemes” subreddit spawns discussion of scary stories, including Bob and Wade’s favorite Cryptids.
From nose picking to cigarette smoking, as 2022 begins the guys discuss their worst habits. This one’s a real nail-biter!
Inspired by the Stanford marshmallow experiment, Mark challenges Bob and Wade to think up wild solutions for keeping kids from eating candy.
A search for the funniest joke leads the guys down a path of sticking classic joke set-ups into AI word generators, with hysterical results!
Today the guys trade stories about losing embarrassing amounts of cash from Craigslist scams, mobile games, yard sale finds, and more!
Happy Valentine’s Day! Today the guys show their devotion by answering The New York Times “36 Questions that Lead to Love.”
By the way, Wade’s dogs are doing fine. Thanks for asking.
Love them or hate them, we live in a world of advertisements. Today the guys discuss nostalgic commercials, the psychology behind ads, and how they approach recording their own.
Prepare for a lot of hot takes...
The guys reminisce about hilarious, chaotic, and pet-related memories. Prepare for poop pick-up!
Quitting jobs, sneaking porn, having a run-in with the police, today the guys chat about times they upset their parents.
Bob hosts while Wade reveals his secrets for Cincinnati Bengals' success and Mark theorizes how compulsions might come from “the simulation.”
Wade wonders where he and the guys got their confidence, while Mark and Bob share their tips and tricks for public speaking and dealing with self-doubt.
Inspired by the previous Distractible episode “Hill I Will Die On,” the guys scour the subreddit (r/distractible) and discuss listeners’ most upvoted hills to die on. Visit the Distractible Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/distractible/
Completing "In Space with Markiplier,” bad auto-tune TikToks, nostalgic games by The Minnesota Educational Computing Consortium, today the guys dive into what gives them a serotonin boost.
Today the guys discuss fears of things yet to come... Plus, Mark tries to keep Wade on topic
The 10th Planet, tic-tac ships, and tardigrades, today the guys launch into the great unknown to discuss potential evidence for life elsewhere in our universe...
Junk food, the Scary Movie franchise, The Fall of Slenderman, sometimes things are so bad that they come back around to being good.
In this new episode format, Judge Wade lets listeners in on his special point system, but leaves Mark and Bob in the dark as they scramble to collect as many points as possible.
Those times where rage and annoyance get transformed in the most interesting and productive of ways. Show 'em who's boss!
Labyrinthian healthcare services, customer service "assistance," and unobserved restaurant reservations: today the guys rant about getting screwed!!!
Mark and Wade play Daddy, teaching little Bob life lessons in only the ways they can.
The guys play a game of "Morals OR No Morals?" and end up focusing on the latter...
Wade creates a new point system pitting Bob's laughter against Mark's laughter.
Bob and Wade trade stories about summer injuries, while Mark shares a story about... um, Penis Man?
Mark leaves things up to chance in this new game-mode.
Bob shares the story of Sir Hugh Beaver, while Mark and Wade fight to find the most shocking and disturbing World Records.
The Aladdin Exception, Ghost Kitchens, Snowden & The NSA: today the guys dive deep (but hopefully not too deep) into some of their favorite conspiracy theories.
The boys play Hot or Not: Bucket List Edition, plus share some of their personal Bucket List items.
Mark whips up a new timed gamemode where Bob and Wade race to Google topics. The slower they take to find their topic, the more points they get deducted and added to the winner's pot...
The legendary Raising Cane's, the classic McDonalds, the scarce Fazoli's: see where the boys rank these and many other fast food spots!
Bob prompts Mark and Wade to share their favorite gameshows, then surprises them with his very own show: "Are You Morons?"
Instead of dual hosting, Mark and Wade compete in a secret game of their own, leaving Bob in the dark.
Door-to-door salesmen, house parties going too far, love at first sight: today the guys talk about the accuracy of their gut feelings.
First kisses, funny dances, going on stage: today the guys talk certain songs that transport them to specific life moments.
Why humans sleep, the creation of the universe, alien life: today the guys attempt to solve these great mysteries...
In the spirit of the Distractible LIVE episodes on the Distractible YouTube channel, Mark takes Bob and Wade through a variety of headlines and news articles... riffing ensues.
Bob's hot take on Pokémon... Markiplier's true feelings on Five Nights at Freddy's... Find out where the guys these games and many more!
The guys share awkward spa stories, then rank the best/worst places to be naked.
Today the guys troll specific media fandoms by giving them hot take bait.
What is better, big or small? Today the guys decide once and for all by giving their personal opinions prompted by Bob's list of items.
Recorded live and with the guys in the same room for the first time in 5 years, today Wade throws it back to tour with a favorite improv game... CHANGE!
Today the guys compile another contentious tier list, this time Halloween themed!
Mark invites Bob and Wade to alternate playing the devil's advocate for a variety of agreed upon, and not so agreed upon social norms and behaviors.
Bob forces Mark and Wade to pick their poison, having to decide between several pairs of awful scenarios.
Today the guys celebrate Thanksgiving with genuine outpourings of gratitude, which host Mark of course converts to numerical point values.
Today Bob's story of Google Glass inspires Mark and Wade to find great stories of failure in history.
Wade's emotional rollercoaster of a story takes center stage as he explains the strange coincidences surrounding a close call with his beloved cat. Listener discretion advised (i.e., death, euthenasia, losing pets, etc.). Oh, and also Bob gives a fridge update.
Bob takes Mark and Wade through a list of strange, unorthodox, and disgusting anti-aging methods to decide if the treatments are worthwhile.
Wade's Secret Words, but this time there's only a single word: Christmas.
Bob and Wade derail Mark's aspirational search for the perfect day upon which to base your life in the new year and beyond.
You know the guys are getting older, but have they tried to convince you their bad habits are actually good yet?
Bob gives us an update on his new baby, James, then pivots the conversation to memory. What were some of the guys' first memories? How does memory actually work?
Inspired by a r/Distractible subreddit post, the guys discuss things that give them the ever illusive, yet always unnerving "ick."
Bob recounts the unexpected and emotionally taxing circumstances surrounding his new son's birth. Listener discretion advised (pregnancy complications, surgery, hospitals, postpartum panic/anxiety, etc...).
A major tone switch from last week, today Wade makes Mark and Bob parse through strange and hilarious scenarios such as having the worst super power, living in a clown-ruled Earth, and many more!
Who is the better friend? Today, Bob and Wade's friendship with Mark is put to the test care of some Mark-based trivia!
One of us speaks in riddles...the other speaks in rhymes...and the other one hosts a conversation surrounding uncomfortable early job stories.
On a more serious note, the guys discuss the metaphorical mask, which social situations we put on masks, and whether those masked versions of us are truly us...
The guys star in an improvised musical about... video game news... or anything on the Internet.
Another classic Wade episode with an excellent topic (making the ideal video game!) which goes horribly wrong (no one can decide on anything!).
A special mid-week episode, today the guys celebrate their first VIDEO PODCAST (video available only on Spotify!), by digging through the r/AmItheAsshole reddit page! P.S. New Episodes will continue Mondays AND Fridays moving forward! Prepare to be doubly distracted...
Good evening gentle... viewers?!? We have a very special announcement to make: Distractible is now a Spotify Video Exclusive podcast!!
Heads or tales, good or bad, riddles or rhymes?!? Find out on today's episode... Also, Wade has Covid. P.S. Don't forget to look out for another new Distractible episode Friday! Episodes will release Mondays AND Fridays from now on!
Mark and Wade are getting married?!? Well, not exactly, but Bob still wants them to get to know each other using a fun wedding shower game.
Joking jokers joking about jokers and joker-ing each other's jokers... but, trust us, it's fair.
If you can believe it, today the constantly distracted boys ~attempt~ to guide each other in some calming and vaguely focused meditations.
Today, supremely confident host, Wade, challenges contestants Mark and Bob to get vulnerable and talk about the insecurities around their achievements.
Mark and Wade compete, pitching various monuments, achievements, and artifacts, hoping to make them onto Bob's list for the seven new wonders of ~their~ world.
Wade celebrates his birthday (sort of) by continuing the burls' video game tier list.
The dudes are back to continue where they left their all-telling game of Would You Rather.
Bob, Mark, and Wade reminisce, cringe, and sing about some of their first experiences.
Much like his fashion sense, Wade's topic today is... just a random collection of things he threw together.
Mark gives this borrowed Rooster Teeth game format his own unhinged spin, pitting an unknowing Wade against a mischievous Bob.
Today, Mark and Wade die. Yes, you read that right. And Bob, the celestial arbiter, decides what becomes of them: the good place or the bad place?
Two hosts! One of them speaks in riddles, the other speaks in rhymes...
The boys talk Ohio like only true Ohioans can! Plus, another member of Distractible finds out they have ADHD.
Wade gets a ~rise~ out of Mark and Bob by making them argue about bread.
Mark throws it back to the guys' old livestreaming format, Wade calls in from vacay, and Bob flips his lid... or should I say... doesn't?
A wheel, a random topic generator, and a timer: sounds like a Mark episode, doesn't it? Nope, somehow it's a Wade episode.
You can shapeshift into anyone, EXCEPT yourself... You become the most beautiful person on earth, BUT you are only as smart as a 3rd grader... You get to be apart of your favorite movie, BUT you have to be the antagonist... Find out if the guys would press those buttons and say yes to these fun, funny, and occasionally dark scenarios.
The topic is hypocrisy and they barely talk about their hypocrisies??? Hypocrites!
Surprise! It's a Distractible bonus episode! This one's a classic Distractible bit from "the vault."
Today, the guys discuss the ramifications of recent updates in AI. Did ChatGPT write this, or is this something a human would say?
A lighter turn from last episode, today the dudes dive into what they hope the future holds for civilization 100 years from now.
The boys obsess over their current favorite gadgets, gizmos, and doodads.
Xbox vs Playstation, LeBron vs Jordan, Skyline vs Gold Star... A lot of times, strong opinions can be silly, no matter how competitive or passionate people get about them.
Today the topic is effectively chosen by YOU, the listeners and viewers! Will your personal question be answered? Listen to find out!
College, customer service calls, pyramid schemes: today the guys discuss the things they weren't ready for when heading into adulthood.
Mark urges the guys to dig deep and find moments in their past full of unbridled rage...
Wade listing off some of Earth's most bizarre animals leads Bob and Mark to get weird in their own ways.
Internet issues, Mark being chaotic, Wade being teased, and Bob talking about TikTok trends. Yeah... sounds like a weird, completely unique episode.
But of course! The third member of the Distractible trifecta must also guide a chat about ~the weird~. This time, it's weird real estate.
What YouTubers are ~our YouTubers~ subscribed to? Hear their niche and fascinating channel recommendations on today's show!
Today on Distractible, the guys find out how Mark's Birthday connects to their most profound moments of love.