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Mike Hale and Jesse Farrar comb through the crowdfunding dumpster to tell you what projects are worth supporting with your hard-earned dollar. So far, it's been absolutely nothing, but whether it's a social media website for dogs, a toilet brush that reminds you to drink more water, or 5,000 offensive card games, maybe something will eventually be good! ]]>

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August 17, 20261 hr 53 min

Episode 472: My Epiphany Tub with Merritt K

(video coming later today)AuGuest continues, and not a moment too soon! (????) The wonderful Merrit K from the online computer joins us for a laid back, “Weekend Style” YKS that just doesn’t make a mess! That’s right, no need to go and get a small towel and place it next to you for this one, and don’t even bother with wiping your hand on your leg somewhat. There’s no point! Just stick this ep right up ya, and go to town. It’s all-new, and it’s a lot of fun as well. And, we finally find out what’s wrong with Women. Ah! I hope a man says it.Music for YKS is courtesy of Howell Dawdy, Craig Dickman, Mr. Baloney, and Mark Brendle. Additional research by Zeke Golvin. YKS is edited by Producer Dan. Social Media by Maddalena Alvarez.Keep up with Merrit K on Patreon, Bluesky, and 1900hotdog! Executive Producer Tim Faust (@crulge)Get every episode of YKS ad-free on YKS Premium! Well YKS Premium is what we call the bonus eps. YKS is still YKS there, but there’s just no ads. It’s kind of a categorization problem. I’m not sure how to refer to the destination itself rather than the show. But then again the journey is the destination sometimes as well. So have a blast.Follow us on Instagram: @YKSPod, TikTok: YourKickstarterSucks and subscribe to our YouTube channel for more video stuff! Wow, 2026 is gonna be lit!! Gift subscriptions to YKS Premium are now available at Patreon.com/yourkickstartersucks/giftSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

August 10, 20262 hr 0 min

Episode 471: I Don't Want To Teach MyBobo Anymore with Kendra Wells

Wanna watch this episode? Check it out here!MyBobo…very annoying. Not that nice of a guy. I don’t think…I don’t think he’ll be coming around very much anymore, do you? Things have been arranged. To our mutual satisfaction. Thanks to our very wonderful and interesting and quite capable friend “Board”! Isn’t he great, folks? Okay. Thank you. I think so. Buy Kendra’s new book, Real Hero Shit 2: Harder Than It Looks, check out their Patreon for even more Mature Art, and follow them on BlueSky.Music for YKS is courtesy of Howell Dawdy, Craig Dickman, Mr. Baloney, and Mark Brendle. Additional research by Zeke Golvin. YKS is edited by Producer Dan. Social Media by Maddalena Alvarez.Executive Producer Tim Faust (@crulge)EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal ➼ https://nordvpn.com/yks Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guaranteeGet up to $200 off Square hardware when you sign up at square.com/go/yks! #squarepodWant more YKS? Then LISTEN! Up! To! YKS Premium. Come on everybody! Follow us on Instagram: @YKSPod, TikTok: YourKickstarterSucks and subscribe to our YouTube channel for more video stuff! Wow, 2026 is gonna be lit!! Gift subscriptions to YKS Premium are now available at Patreon.com/yourkickstartersucks/giftSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

August 3, 20262 hr 14 min

Episode 470: Welcome To The Future Of The Baseball Hat with Chef Kevin Bartelt

Deep in the Realm of the Fruglins…our intrepid hosts form a new idea. Regular YKS, but with guests! And with that, AuGuest is born. I guess that happened last year, but we’re doing it again. And this time…it’s personal. (?)  Check out Chef Kevin’s Patreon for his new show, Let Us Cook! Including episodes with all your favorites.  Music for YKS is courtesy of Howell Dawdy, Craig Dickman, Mr. Baloney, and Mark Brendle. Additional research by Zeke Golvin. YKS is edited by Producer Dan. Social Media by Maddalena Alvarez.Executive Producer Tim Faust (@crulge)Get YKS Premium today and treat yourself to bonus episodes every week, ad-free regular episodes, ad more! I mean and more. Check this shit out on Youtube.   Follow us on Instagram: @YKSPod, TikTok: YourKickstarterSucks and subscribe to our YouTube channel for more video stuff! Wow, 2026 is gonna be lit!! Gift subscriptions to YKS Premium are now available at Patreon.com/yourkickstartersucks/giftSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

July 27, 20262 hr 3 min

Episode 469: Pureed Pumpkin Is Quite Mild And Flavorless On Its Own

I almost forgot to post this one. But that probably doesn’t reflect on the quality of the episode, right? I just forgot what day it was. But that probably doesn’t reflect on me as a person or the type of life I live, right? It’s just normal stuff. Could happen to anyone. It probably has happened to Scott Aukerman like 9 million times. Yep he probably forgot to post Comedy Bang Bang 9 million times. That explains why he’s in magazines and I’m sitting in my computer chair nudely.Music for YKS is courtesy of Howell Dawdy, Craig Dickman, Mr. Baloney, and Mark Brendle. Additional research by Zeke Golvin. YKS is edited by Producer Dan. Social Media by Maddalena Alvarez.Executive Producer Tim Faust (@crulge)Check out Coveron and get your Exclusive Coveron discount: https://coveron.com/ykss or use the code ykss at checkout.YKS Premium – Get SOME!!! It’s the best part of the show (?)Follow us on Instagram: @YKSPod, TikTok: YourKickstarterSucks and subscribe to our YouTube channel for more video stuff! Wow, 2026 is gonna be lit!! Gift subscriptions to YKS Premium are now available at Patreon.com/yourkickstartersucks/giftSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

July 20, 20261 hr 38 min

Episode 468: The Crowdfunding Junkies

They should make more Star Wars movies. And by “they”, I guess I mean “whoever the fuck feels like it”. Hey it can’t be any worse than Rise of Skywalker, can it? Well, I thought that movie was decent. So it probably can be worse than that. Scary Movie was worse than it. So it stands to reason that other things could be as well. I’m guessing that being one of those guys who shows up to the ER saying he slipped and fell on a barbie doll in the shower and it went all the way up his ass and he can’t get it out is worse than Episode 9, also, from what I have read in various journals and documents. Speaking of which, I have to go work on some documents right now! Ah, I’d love to talk more about this or anything else but I simply don’t have the time. Documents await! Music for YKS is courtesy of Howell Dawdy, Craig Dickman, Mr. Baloney, and Mark Brendle. Additional research by Zeke Golvin. YKS is edited by Producer Dan. Social Media by Maddalena Alvarez.Executive Producer Tim Faust (@crulge)Want more YKS all up in ya? Sign up for YKS Premium today and get ALL The way into YKS Premium – our Exclusive VIP Experience. It’s more episodes and it’s ad-free, and it will help your hair and nails grow much stronger and faster. Follow us on Instagram: @YKSPod, TikTok: YourKickstarterSucks and subscribe to our YouTube channel for more video stuff!Wow, 2026 is gonna be lit!! Gift subscriptions to YKS Premium are now available at Patreon.com/yourkickstartersucks/giftSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

July 13, 20262 hr 4 min

Episode 467: The Diaper Community

Look, I’m tired as hell for this one. Let’s just agree that we talked about pee and poop the normal amount, we weren’t too mean, it was just boring enough to go to sleep to but not so dull that you wanna unsubscribe from the show, and we obviously don’t have depression. Plus, something funny happened, and Dan/A Listener/person experiencing mania made a surprisingly salient point. And nobody important died. Yep it’s just another episode of YKS.Music for YKS is courtesy of Howell Dawdy, Craig Dickman, Mr. Baloney, and Mark Brendle. Additional research by Zeke Golvin. YKS is edited by Producer Dan. Social Media by Maddalena Alvarez.Executive Producer Tim Faust (@crulge)Subscribt to YKS Premium to hear even more YKS every single damn Friday! I mean subscribe.Follow us on Instagram: @YKSPod, TikTok: YourKickstarterSucks and subscribe to our YouTube channel for more video stuff! Exclusive Coveron discount: https://coveron.com/ykss or use the code: ykss at checkout.Wow, 2026 is gonna be lit!! Gift subscriptions to YKS Premium are now available at Patreon.com/yourkickstartersucks/giftSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

July 6, 20261 hr 48 min

Episode 466: They Call Him Tater Salad

All I want to talk about is the shit wizards…but I know that I can’t! Obviously they would use a big turd as a wand – but, again, I can’t talk about that right now. I need to, instead, focus on the important things, such as a podcast about Apple products. So that would probably be about the iPad or whatever, and who came up with the buttons on it and so forth. That’s one episode of it. Another one might be the iPhone, I guess. The shit wizard would be wrapped in toilet paper, which is really not relevant to things like boots that can heat up themselves or an AI guitar. And there is frankly no time at all to discuss whether or not they would be named things like Gandalf the White Dog Poop. We just simply have too much to doo doo! Oh…it seems I’ve come under his spell!Music for YKS is courtesy of Howell Dawdy, Craig Dickman, Mr. Baloney, and Mark Brendle. Additional research by Zeke Golvin. YKS is edited by Producer Dan. Social Media by Maddalena Alvarez.Executive Producer Tim Faust (@crulge)Listen up!! To the same show you’re listening to now, but different! Over on YKS Premium, you’re gonna get a bonus episode every week, ad-free episodes and more! Last week we tried to find the best show in the world (did we succeed??) and this week we’re doing a brand new segment that Mike liked so much he asked to do again! It’s called Kick JF in the Head! Just kidding. It’s reading goofy as hell celebrity endorsements. And it’s funny. Check it out.Follow us on Instagram: @YKSPod, TikTok: YourKickstarterSucks and subscribe to our YouTube channel for more video stuff! Wow, 2026 is gonna be lit!! Gift subscriptions to YKS Premium are now available at Patreon.com/yourkickstartersucks/giftSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

June 29, 20262 hr 1 min

Episode 465: Welcome to Congleton Town

I hate my headphones. There’s no pictures on them!! Or it can’t take pictures, or something! The point is, I really hate my headphones. And I think the only way to solve this problem is to not buy headphones from one of the, like, 3 or maybe 5 headphones companies in the entire world, but just some guy. That will improve my life! And speaking of improving my life, does anyone have a solution for not having the right number of letters available on their license plate? They DO?!? Oh WOW! That’s great news!!! News we sorely needed in these times. Music for YKS is courtesy of Howell Dawdy, Craig Dickman, Mr. Baloney, and Mark Brendle. Additional research by Zeke Golvin. YKS is edited by Producer Dan. Social Media by Maddalena Alvarez.Executive Producer Tim Faust (@crulge)YKS Premium - Listen to it instead of doing drugs! Or as a complement to them!Follow us on Instagram: @YKSPod, TikTok: YourKickstarterSucks and subscribe to our YouTube channel for more video stuff! Wow, 2026 is gonna be lit!! Gift subscriptions to YKS Premium are now available at Patreon.com/yourkickstartersucks/giftSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

June 22, 20261 hr 55 min

Episode 464: Take the Gut Quiz

Saw a down-and-out in Seattle last night. His sign said not “I need food” or “I need a job” but “Take the gut quiz!”. What could this mean? Music for YKS is courtesy of Howell Dawdy, Craig Dickman, Mr. Baloney, and Mark Brendle. Additional research by Zeke Golvin. YKS is edited by Producer Dan. Social Media by Maddalena Alvarez.Executive Producer Tim Faust (@crulge)Catch our review of the runaway smash hit “The Breadwinner”, only on YKS Premium!Follow us on Instagram: @YKSPod, TikTok: YourKickstarterSucks and subscribe to our YouTube channel for more video stuff! Wow, 2026 is gonna be lit!! Gift subscriptions to YKS Premium are now available at Patreon.com/yourkickstartersucks/giftSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

June 15, 20261 hr 49 min

Episode 463: Cooking Is Not Just A Food

What is this episode even about? Well, what do YOU want it to be about? With just a few taps. You can personalize your YKS episode to be about your favorite topic, customized for the day of the week, or even make a super duper special one for your birthday! That’s right, an episode of YKS all about your special day. Mike opens up the episode (how unusual!) by singing “Happy Birthday”, using the traditional melody, when all of a sudden Producer Dan jumps in with his super cool traphop remix. And when Howell makes a special appearance, you know this karaoke birthday party is just getting started! Then it’s time for presents, cake, and group photos to make sure this memory lasts a lifetime. Then JF walks in to clean up and everyone takes turns spitting on him and kicking. It gets pretty violent. That’s a lot of blood.Music for YKS is courtesy of Howell Dawdy, Craig Dickman, Mr. Baloney, and Mark Brendle. Additional research by Zeke Golvin. YKS is edited by Producer Dan. Social Media by Maddalena Alvarez.Executive Producer Tim Faust (@crulge)Playstation 2 up in the ride…but who cares! Even Ludacris would have to admit that the value you get from a YKS Premium subscription far surpasses the value of a paltry 6.2 GFLOPS PS2. But I guess if you can get one for $7 or $10, go ahead and try it for a month. And when you beat Crash Bandicoot, come on back to YKS Premium and enjoy bonus episodes of YKS every single Friday!Follow us on Instagram: @YKSPod, TikTok: YourKickstarterSucks and subscribe to our YouTube channel for more video stuff! Wow, 2026 is gonna be lit!! Gift subscriptions to YKS Premium are now available at Patreon.com/yourkickstartersucks/giftSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.