Breaking Headsets Podcast

Breaking Headsets Podcast
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Travis and Noah grew up in the same small town, went across the world, and somehow ended up right back where they started — just with better stories. After 35 years of friendship, wild concerts, busted headsets, bad sports bets, and late-night debates, they’ve got a take on everything... even if no one’s asking. It’s just two best friends talking to themselves — and loving every second of it.

  1. Oct 6

    #49.5: The Goodest Girl Club

    This week, Breaking Headsets goes mobile: one host has a brand-new shoulder, the other is driving to Las Vegas, and somehow that’s still not the strangest part of the episode. They start with the episode that never made it out: a late-night recording ruined by terrible audio, painkillers, DoorDash, and apparently enough questionable honesty to become future Patreon material — assuming they ever actually create a Patreon. From there, they get into road-trip phone calls, Sammy Hagar, the Foo Fighters at Allegiant Stadium, a titanium shoulder that may be interfering with the microphones, and a major first for the show: an actual sponsor. The boys officially welcome L&L Hawaiian Barbecue in Benicia, complete with an original jingle, spam musubi, mac salad, unnecessary singing, and the declaration that may now follow the podcast forever: L&L is fire. They also check in on Robert the Savior, who somehow bought a new house directly across the street from his old house — just in time for his wife to break her ankle in a boating accident during move-in week. Then it’s time to settle unfinished business with the America’s Goodest Girl bracket. After Dolly Parton won the original American Treasure bracket, an all-female edition was demanded. A female panel was assembled. Everything was organized. Then almost everybody bailed. So the boys step in and somehow work their way through Oprah, Serena Williams, Taylor Swift, Julia Roberts, Michelle Obama, Mariah Carey, Martha Stewart, Britney Spears, Sandra Bullock, Megan Rapinoe, Hillary Clinton — and, for reasons nobody can properly explain, the Pope. There are disappearing connections, questionable voting, accusations of sexism, Julia Roberts somehow becoming Julia Stiles, and enough chaos to make the first bracket look professionally produced. Eventually, it comes down to Julia Roberts vs. Sandra Bullock for the completely meaningless but fiercely contested title of America’s Goodest Girl. And because the episode still isn’t chaotic enough, it ends with an investigation into whether Stu on the Streets secretly blocked Travis from the group chat — which somehow turns into drones over San Francisco and dating advice. Broken shoulders, road trips, Hawaiian barbecue, boating injuries, brackets, bad internet, accusations, and one very real sponsor. Just another completely normal episode of the Breaking Headsets Podcast.

  2. Aug 13

    #49: Rumor Road

    This week, the boys are finally back — and it doesn’t take long before the entire episode gets rerouted straight onto Renshaw’s Rumor Road. After more than a month away, they catch up over roadside tacos, an absurd amount of salsa, and an orange drink with enough sugar to qualify as a dessert. From there, they revisit the beautiful disaster that was the last American Treasure bracket — missing audio, questionable voting, Dolly Parton somehow emerging victorious, and all — while setting the stage for the next round: an all-female American Treasure bracket with a new panel. Then comes the real controversy. Fantasy football season is approaching, an opening appears in a longtime league, and somehow everyone except the guy who has been asking to join for years gets the call. The explanation? Apparently, “word on the street” is that he retired from fantasy football. Nobody knows which street — but Renshaw’s Rumor Road is officially born. The episode also gets unexpectedly personal as they talk about the one-year anniversary of losing a father, a long-overdue family gathering to spread his ashes in the Sierras, and the kind of completely inappropriate humor that somehow makes the hardest moments a little easier. There’s unexpected Hebrew, questionable ash-distribution techniques, chunks of bone, and the realization that sometimes the most imperfect memorial can still bring exactly the closure you needed. And because this show can never stay serious for too long, they also recap a courtside Valkyries game that nearly turned into a confrontation, meeting the Goo Goo Dolls backstage, the mysterious Dropbox containing years of strangers’ meet-and-greet photos, and one of the most important debates ever presented on the podcast: if you could only eat potatoes in one form for the rest of your life, what are you choosing? Plus, there are plans for trivia and karaoke, another bracket on the horizon, a future potato ranking, and a tease of something the show has been chasing for a long time — a new sponsor. It’s friendship, grief, fantasy football betrayal, tacos, concerts, basketball, potatoes, terrible rumors, and the usual amount of completely unnecessary arguments. Welcome back to the Breaking Headsets Podcast — and welcome to Renshaw’s Rumor Road.

  3. Jul 19

    #48: American Treasures

    This week on Breaking Headsets, the guys catch up after a couple of weeks off, starting with Travis' unforgettable shirtless recording mishap before launching into a full-on roast of Renshaw for skipping the episode, trashing Noah's singing, and the never-forgotten decision not to invite Travis to his wedding. They recap Julia's first birthday party, debate the horrors of "bathtub hot dogs," and put an abandoned military MRE through a brutally honest taste test that delivers everything from neon-orange Tang to one of the worst cheese spreads ever created. To close out the show, the crew is joined by friends for the American Treasure Bracket, a tournament-style debate featuring icons like Tom Hanks, Dolly Parton, Sylvester Stallone, Willie Nelson, Morgan Freeman, Jack Black, and more, all competing for the title of America's greatest living treasure. As expected, the voting quickly goes off the rails, producing plenty of questionable takes, heated debates, and nonstop laughs.

  4. Jun 28

    #47: Concussion Karaoke

    **Noah is back after taking a baseball to the back of the head, and naturally, the guys turn a legitimate concussion into one of the funniest Breaking Headsets stories yet. From the eyewitness reports of “my head, my head,” to Noah waking up in the dirt, getting fast-tracked through the ER, and Travis laughing way too hard over FaceTime while Noah sits in a hospital gown waiting on CT scan results — the whole thing becomes an instant classic.** **Once the concussion dust settles, Travis and Noah get into El Molino’s betrayal of the century: casually mentioning a Big Boi/Outkast set at the last possible second, after Noah had already spent weeks defending Outkast as a real band. That leads to karaoke threats, Retro Junkie plans, Brandy vs. Suspicious Minds, a possible one-man show, and a full breakdown of Retrofest at Concord Pavilion.** **The guys also recap Father’s Day, debate the biggest villain in the Breaking Headsets universe, revisit Renshaw’s horrifying plate of food, shout out Stu on the Streets, and somehow end up appreciating America through the eyes of World Cup fans discovering Popeyes, giant parking lots, self-serve soda machines, free chips and salsa, air conditioning, and football stadiums.** **It’s concussions, hospital gowns, Outkast betrayal, karaoke delusion, dad-life chaos, international soccer fans, and peak American nonsense — exactly the kind of spiral only Breaking Headsets can turn into an episode.**

  5. Jun 28

    #46: Ben Stiller’s Covid Bash

    The boys celebrate Noah’s birthday, but due to his most recent bout with Covid they are not together in studio. They discuss Ben Stiller’a top 10 movie’s, and Travis gives an amazing bday gift.

  6. May 23

    #45: 1 Year Celebration

    The boys celebrate their one year anniversary

  7. May 5

    # 44: Naughty Tagalog

    We finally get Chris Coyne back on, and immediately throw him into the fire with a “Hit the Post” segment he definitely wasn’t prepared for. This time it’s all soft rock, and somehow it turns into one of the funniest segments we’ve done. Chris takes his shot at songs from David Byrne, Toto, Goo Goo Dolls, Extreme, and Temple of the Dog, mixing in random trivia, confidence, and just enough chaos to keep it interesting. He may not have known the exact timing, but he showed up ready to play. Outside of the music, it’s business as usual — which means zero structure and a lot of randomness. Travis is dealing with a torn meniscus and multiple surgeries coming up, Noah recaps a rare night out that turned into a full send, and the guys revisit some recent moments from the show. Somehow this episode also includes: A recap of the rap draft and how it actually turned outThe ongoing investigation into the missing cologne bottleWrestling stories and the ridiculous virtual fan eraA wild update involving an old friend now making kangaroo leather bullwhipsThe usual mix of inside jokes, childhood stories, and nonsenseIt all wraps up with a live-style outro that somehow works perfectly. Just another episode that starts in one place and ends somewhere completely different.

  8. Apr 12

    #43: 90’s Rap Draft

    Tapped My Cell & My Phone in The Basement

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Travis and Noah grew up in the same small town, went across the world, and somehow ended up right back where they started — just with better stories. After 35 years of friendship, wild concerts, busted headsets, bad sports bets, and late-night debates, they’ve got a take on everything... even if no one’s asking. It’s just two best friends talking to themselves — and loving every second of it.

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  • Creator
    Breaking Headsets Podcast
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    50
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Breaking Headsets Podcast
  • Show Website
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