This week, Grant and Mekaylay are back on the couch (a very expensive, very large, 14-foot couch, for the record) with Harley & Domino in the booth per usual. We kick things off with Grant's ongoing war against people who cannot say his name correctly. One syllable. Four letters. G-R-A-N-T. Not Brandt. Not Brandt. Not Tyler. After a trip to Hawaiian Bros ended in a full-on identity crisis at the pickup counter, Grant has developed a very specific — and very controversial — theory about who in America is most likely to get his name right. Spoiler: it tracks. Then we dive into the origin story nobody asked for: how Grant got his name. Hint — it has nothing to do with Ulysses S. Grant, and everything to do with Chamber of Commerce paperwork. His dad could've lied. He didn't. Respect the honesty, question the parenting. From there, the crew gets into baby names — specifically Mekaylay and Harley's taste in baby names, which can only be described as "aggressively stripper-coded." Cherry Hill. Bambi Hill. These are real suggestions that were made out loud by adults. Grant holds it together. Barely. The conversation naturally drifts into whether or not any of them even want kids, Harley's iconic quote about what a baby is going to do for her in the first five years, and a surprisingly wholesome detour about cats, boxes, and what it actually feels like to take care of something outside yourself. It gets deep. Then it gets weird again. We run through everyone's Five Things Worth Spending the Money On — and Five Things That Are Not Worth It But We're Doing It Anyway. Grant's list includes range golf ball buckets, a Crunchyroll subscription, and a $120 bottle of Leonetti Merlot. Mekaylay brings an electric vehicle, Costco Parmesan, and caffeine in any form. Harley adds crystals, a Kindle, and a Roomba for the five-cat household. Grant's "not worth it" list includes water delivery, Titleist golf balls he absolutely does not need, and going out socially — which he does anyway if you twist his arm. Then there's a full World Cup breakdown — Spain winning, Argentina's embarrassing final performance, zero shots on target in regulation, the post-match controversy, and Grant's very sincere plea for Nico Williams to join Arsenal. Mekaylay correctly identifies an anime battle from a passing window at 9 PM. Grant is watching That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime and is not ashamed. The back half of the episode goes fully off the rails with Line Reads and Act Outs, including: Multiple emotional deliveries of "Oh, you misheard. I don't have an order for Brandt." "Sell him for pennies. We'll make more." — in every conceivable tone, including Bruce Buffer and a tiny girl villain. "Teacher, can I be next for popcorn reading?" — hot & bothered, British, exquisite, and armed. Luke Skywalker breaking some very unfortunate news to Darth Vader about Leia. Two crane operators on 9/11 who are way too close to the towers but still have dirt to move. A lot lizard at a truck stop with absolutely no moral compass. Mekaylay confronting the ticket ripper who sent him the wrong direction at the theater. 📧 Send us your scary stories, your line reads, your act out ideas, and literally anything else: sobernotsober69@gmail.com or sobernotsoberstudios@gmail.com 📱 Find us on TikTok: Sober Not Sober Studios 🎙️ Like, comment, subscribe, and if you made it this far — Grant says you owe him a big wet one. His words.
