SoberNotSoberPod

Grant & Mekaylay

Two friends, one of which is sober and the other well is not. Come with us along our journey to tell stories tell jokes and deep dive random topics!

  1. Guilty of Being a Good Friend, Charged with Loyalty

    APR 8

    Guilty of Being a Good Friend, Charged with Loyalty

    This week on Sober Not Sober — Grant and Mekaylay are back and nothing is off limits. The duo dives deep into what it really means to have genuine people in your corner when life gets hard, sparked by a conversation about a legendary athlete going through one of the most public rough patches of his career — addiction, back surgeries, DUIs, and the question of whether the people around him are actually showing up. Grant breaks down a wild HBO documentary that goes inside the rise and fall of one of the greatest athletes of all time — Navy SEAL training that destroyed his knee (he still won the tournament), multiple back surgeries with rods, and a comeback that may be the greatest in sports history. They debate whether he's using pills out of addiction or genuine pain, whether his inner circle has failed him, and why Grant and Mekaylay are convinced they'd be the kind of real friends he actually needs right now. Also on the episode: Mekaylay's 85-year-old client who can't identify her neighbor's ethnicity, a grief deep dive into why old people say what they say, AI fruit people taking over TikTok, DoorDashing food that is literally 10 minutes away and absolutely zero shame about it, the tip jar guilt epidemic, Manscaped reviews nobody asked for, and Grant does a blind wine tasting while somehow connecting everything back to loyalty, friendship, and showing up. Real ones ride. Zero filter. As always. Like, subscribe, and shoot us an email — we actually read them.

    1h 17m
  2. Why The Peaky Blinders Are So Sad

    MAR 18

    Why The Peaky Blinders Are So Sad

    We are back for another chaotic episode of SoberNotSober — the podcast where one of them is sober and one of them very much is not. This week: a pug named Gizmo eats 30-50 ibuprofen pills (thanks to a cat heist), a grandpa interrupts a business meeting to show off his $2 bill collection, and the guys go deep on World War I, shell shock, PTSD, and how Peaky Blinders actually got it right. Plus: rehab, recovery, the disease of addiction, and what it means to be "hanging by a thread." Also: French Canadian band discourse, Punch the Monkey (you need to know him), Tiger Woods vs. the entire concept of athleticism, Taco Bell's glow-up, the McDonald's Big Arch, and a very sincere debate about whether Michael Jackson belongs in the top 10 athletes of all time. Grant also reveals he has a phone bedtime. Mekaylay is disgusted. Topics covered: Gizmo the pug's near-death ibuprofen saga World War I, trench warfare & the history of PTSD Peaky Blinders Season 6 spoilers + Thomas Shelby deep dive Rehab, recovery & meeting people at their best Elon Musk, world hunger & Mars priorities Angine De Poitrine (the French Canadian TikTok band) Punch the Monkey — abandoned baby macaque with an Ikea plushie Tiger Woods top 10 athlete debate Taco Bell Cantina Chicken & the Big Arch Vincent Van Gogh, insane asylums & psychiatric history Grant's phone bedtime & screen addiction 📧 sobernotsober69@gmail.com 📱 @sobernotsoberpod on all platforms ⭐ Leave a 5-star review if you're feeling generous It's a man's world, but it wouldn't be nothing without a woman or a girl.

    1h 23m
  3. Is Addiction A Disease Or Disorder, Lets Ask Guns & Roses. | SoberNotSober

    MAR 11

    Is Addiction A Disease Or Disorder, Lets Ask Guns & Roses. | SoberNotSober

    Mekaylay and Grant are back with another wild ride through life's randomness. This week: Mekaylay recounts his Northern Arizona cabin weekend that turned into an impromptu raptor show experience featuring eagles with 600 PSI grip strength, the smartest crow you've ever seen, and an Aplamado Hawk that can fly through vineyard rows upside down. But first, they stumble into what might be a hoarder hoarder house disguised as an antique shop, complete with a creepy basement. The conversation spirals (as always) into uncomfortable wine walk encounters about addiction and religion, why God isn't a requirement for sobriety, and Mekaylay's 4-year journey staying clean. They debate Tesla Full Self-Driving, raw milk discourse, Phoenix traffic despite having the best road grid in America, and why retail workers are literally holding society together. Plus: McDonald's Diet Coke confessions, detailed #1 and #2 frequency analytics, childhood music evolution from Queen cassettes to Sleep Token, why slash from Guns N' Roses got banned from a fourth-grade book report, comparing Phil Collins to Anderson Paak's drumming, and the career paths they'll never pursue (marine biology, crime investigation, nursing). It's 73 minutes of pure chaos covering birds that can explode deer skulls, the genetics lottery of being Black and Asian, building SNS Studios into a media empire, and why they're offering increasingly desperate incentives for you to subscribe. New listeners: We are almost at 100 subscribers and getting desperate. Comment "iPod Nano" for... honestly, they're offering a lot at this point.

    1h 13m

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Two friends, one of which is sober and the other well is not. Come with us along our journey to tell stories tell jokes and deep dive random topics!