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Hosted by Jesse Farrar & Mike Hale

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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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September 14, 20262 hr 4 min

Episode 476: Ice Cream Has Always Been More Than Dessert

Ice Cream is so yummy and nummy…even Snoop agrees! But enough about that guy, said no one ever, because it’s time once again for an ice cube invention! Hey don’t worry Snoop, we’re not talking about the man behind It Was a Good Day…you’re the only hip hopper for us! No, we’re talking about the things we put in our drinks to keep them nice and cool. Hey, just like you, Snoop! Plus, an invention that plays your guitar for you and a thing that helps you wash your car. That oughta come in handy on the road! Especially now that you’ve “given up smoke”! 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) Go ad-free!!!!! With YKS Premium ! Follow us on Instagram: @YKSPod , TikTok: YourKickstarterSucks and subscribe to our YouTube channel for more video stuff! EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal ➼ https://nordvpn.com/yks Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee Get up to $200 off Square hardware when you sign up at square.com/go/ yks! #squarepod Wow, 2026 is gonna be lit!! Gift subscriptions to YKS Premium are now available at Patreon.com/yourkickstartersucks/gift See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

September 7, 20261 hr 58 min

Episode 475: The Second Judy in Our Lives is Not a Scam

I don’t feel too good so I’m gonna get right to the chase. Cut to it, I mean. We did 6 Kickstarters this week and I think we spent most of the time talking about the grocery store. Word to the wise…DON’T have a huge milkshake after competing in a pickle eating contest! Good way to get covid. 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? YKS Premium is the only way to get it! Sign the HELLLLLL up! 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/gift See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

August 31, 20262 hr 10 min

Episode 474: The Early Bird Gets the Data with Matty Real

Ah, guests…wait a minute…that gives me an idea for a month of episodes! Yeah like 2 years ago maybe! That’s right because of course we’ve already done it. And what a job we did do! If it wasn’t one guest, it was another, right on down the line. Before you knew it, we had an episode – actually, a string of them – and there they sat on the computer until one day they were mysteriously uploaded in sequence! Ah, but that’s the magic of electronics, isn’t it? Of course, my dear boy. And today we’re joined by a dear boy, our friend in content, Matty Real! Check out Matty’s new show, The Quizard’s Pit , wherever you get podcasts! And follow him on Twitch . 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) Go Ad-Free!!!!!!! With YKS Premium ! But be forewarned, you’re gonna have to find something to do with all those fuckin bonus episodes we keep cranking out. Annoying. Sorry! 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/gift See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

August 24, 20262 hr 0 min

Episode 473: Soda Pop Hall of Fame with Nick Wiger

You ever hang out with a kid who’s really excited to show you his toys and it’s like, to you, the toys are just kind of boring crap, but you play along because obviously it means a lot to him and he doesn’t really understand that you have much better stuff to do? At a certain point, you’ve been pretending for so long that you catch yourself getting actually into it a little bit, but then the kid ends up taking a big smelly dump in his pants and you can tell it’s time to go. Later, in the car, you’re really thankful you don’t have to clean up that shit. It smelled really bad. And the kid didn’t even seem to notice. He must do this a lot. Anyway, on today’s episode of AuGuest, we showed our friend Nick Wiger some Kickstarters. Do yourself a flavor and listen to Nick on Doughboys and Get Played . Now that’s what I call, Munchie Madness! 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 this one out on YouTube . YKS Premium is where it all goes down – ad-free episodes of YKS, bonus episodes and more. It’s “The Listeners’ ChoiceTM” 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/gift See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

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/gift See 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 guarantee Get up to $200 off Square hardware when you sign up at square.com/go/yks ! #squarepod Want 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/gift See 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/gift See 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/gift See 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/gift See 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/gift See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .