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Your Relationship Questions: Unhinged | The HLS Podcast S2E23
Jun 19, 2026
1h 34m 15s
Weird Phobias, Meteor Explosions, Flying Fears & Random Facts | The HLS Podcast S2E22
Jun 12, 2026
59m 45s
Motivation and Willpower vs Reality: Weight Loss, ADHD & Mental Health | HLS Podcast S2E21
Jun 5, 2026
1h 19m 42s
Celebrity Worship, Cancel Culture & Moral Double Standards
May 28, 2026
1h 11m 31s
The Colbert Questionnaire: Life, Death, Favorite Foods & Deep Questions
May 14, 2026
1h 27m 36s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 6/19/26 | ![]() Your Relationship Questions: Unhinged | The HLS Podcast S2E23 | Anonymous Relationship Questions: Cheating, Dating Advice, Workplace Harassment & Secret Affairs The HLS Podcast tackles anonymous relationship questions submitted by listeners and Discord communities.This episode covers:• A boyfriend trying to dress his girlfriend like his ex• A workplace harassment situation that gets way more complicated than expected• A woman realizing she waited too long to find a relationship• A secret affair with a boyfriend's father• Whether a hidden bisexual past should be disclosed before marriage• Communication, trust, cheating, red flags, and relationship boundariesJoined by special guest ThicMom, the crew brings very different perspectives to some truly wild situations.Who was right? Who was wrong? What would YOU do?Drop your thoughts in the comments.#RelationshipAdvice #DatingAdvice #Cheating #Relationships #Podcast #HLSPodcast #MarriageAdvice #RedFlags #Dating | 1h 34m 15s | ||||||
| 6/12/26 | ![]() Weird Phobias, Meteor Explosions, Flying Fears & Random Facts | The HLS Podcast S2E22 | The crew kicks things off discussing sleep apnea and CPAP machines before quickly derailing into a horrifying conversation about flight attendants allegedly washing underwear in hotel coffee makers. From there, Rebel introduces a new "Facts" segment featuring bizarre phobias, strange scientific discoveries, and random trivia that somehow spirals into discussions about anal tanning, cults, cyanide, antifreeze murders, Walmart's digital pricing plans, meteor explosions, fear of flying, and whether crows hold lifelong grudges. The result is one of the most random episodes in HLS history. Which means it's probably one of the funniest. | 59m 45s | ||||||
| 6/5/26 | ![]() Motivation and Willpower vs Reality: Weight Loss, ADHD & Mental Health | HLS Podcast S2E21 | The crew tackles one of the internet's favorite questions: "Why don't people just eat less?" What begins as a discussion about weight-loss medication turns into a deeper exploration of discipline, motivation, depression, accountability, and the invisible barriers people face when trying to improve their lives. Scrota shares a vulnerable story about losing his sense of identity after moving from California to Texas and how that affected his mental health. Rebel argues for "weaponized laziness" and using inertia to your advantage. Electrik shows up late and immediately defaults to "just do it." Together they wrestle with a complicated truth: Sometimes people know exactly what they need to do. Doing it is the hard part. | 1h 19m 42s | ||||||
| 5/28/26 | ![]() Celebrity Worship, Cancel Culture & Moral Double Standards | In this episode of The HLS Podcast, the crew dives into one of the biggest modern culture debates: Can you separate art from the artist? We break down celebrity worship, cancel culture, morality, and why people continue supporting famous public figures after serious allegations or criminal behavior. Topics include: R. Kelly and separating music from morality Michael Jackson allegations and public perception Chris Brown, Rihanna, and redemption Bill Cosby and cultural legacy Kanye West and fan loyalty Jonathan Majors controversy Ryan Reynolds & Blake Lively backlash Toxicity vs talent Cancel culture and moral consistency The “cult of personality” COVID misinformation and accountability Steam/Valve controversy and corporate hypocrisy The crew debates whether talent should excuse bad behavior, how much evidence people need before turning on public figures, and why fans struggle to let go of celebrities they admire. This episode gets funny, uncomfortable, philosophical, and brutally honest. 🎧 Tap in and ask yourself: Where do YOU draw the line? | 1h 11m 31s | ||||||
| 5/14/26 | ![]() The Colbert Questionnaire: Life, Death, Favorite Foods & Deep Questions | In this episode of The HLS Podcast, the crew takes on the legendary Colbert Questionnaire… and things immediately spiral into chaos. We somehow go from: the best sandwich ever made old rappers still dropping music why skunks are biological war crimes favorite smells terrifying animals Japanese culture action movies celebrity encounters what happens after death and why moose are apparently demons …all in one episode 😭 The conversation gets surprisingly deep as the crew talks about: morality legacy the afterlife whether life is some kind of cosmic simulation and how people will remember you after you’re gone Meanwhile: Scrota passionately defends the Reuben sandwich Electrik tells an incredible story about meeting Michael Rooker with his son Rebel explains his theory of the afterlife like it’s cosmic Google everybody gets hungry halfway through the episode and somehow the number 47 becomes destiny One of the funniest and weirdly most personal HLS episodes yet. | 1h 27m 36s | ||||||
| 5/7/26 | ![]() Do Opposites Attract? Relationships, Dating, Marriage & Compatibility Explained | In this episode of The HLS Podcast, we dive into one of the oldest relationship questions ever: Do opposites actually attract? We talk about: dating people who are completely different from you relationship compatibility marriage and communication shared interests vs opposite personalities political and religious differences in relationships why some couples constantly fight but stay together knowing yourself before dating whether “the dating market” is actually cooked right now balancing personalities in long-term relationships comfort vs compatibility why some people stay in miserable relationships The crew also gets into: anime couples gym compatibility introverts vs extroverts dating red flags toxic relationship dynamics “sunken cost” relationships modern dating culture pregnancy scares 😭 and why older people always tell you to stay with your current partner This episode mixes comedy, real relationship talk, and brutally honest conversations about dating, marriage, and self-awareness. If you’ve ever wondered whether you should date someone like yourself… or your complete opposite… this? | 57m 00s | ||||||
| 4/30/26 | ![]() Inflation: Gas Prices, Housing Crisis, and AI Overlords | In this episode of The HLS Podcast, we break down inflation, rising gas prices, interest rates, and the increasing cost of living—and what’s actually causing everything to get more expensive. We dive into real-world examples of inflation, including: Why gas prices keep rising How interest rates affect mortgages and housing costs The reality behind inflation vs price gouging What happened during COVID that accelerated inflation How supply chains, labor shortages, and corporate decisions impact prices The truth about AI replacing jobs (or not) Why housing feels unaffordable right now How inflation connects to everyday spending, food prices, and debt We also talk about: The difference between inflation and hyperinflation Why prices rarely go back down How people are adjusting financially Whether the system is working… or broken If you’ve ever asked: “Why is everything so expensive right now?” This episode breaks it down in a real, unfiltered way. 🎧 Listen, laugh, and learn what’s actually going on with the economy. | 57m 32s | ||||||
| 4/24/26 | ![]() The Best Part of Life | The HLS Podcast S2E16 | When is the best part of life? Childhood? Your 20s? Your 30s? Or right now? In this episode of The HLS Podcast, the crew breaks down the different stages of life and debates when life actually feels the best. From childhood innocence and teenage chaos to freedom in your 20s and stability in adulthood, we unpack what really makes a time period “the best.” We get into: Why childhood might be the hardest stage of life The freedom (and recklessness) of your 20s How adulthood brings stability, purpose, and identity The balance between happiness, responsibility, and freedom Whether the best part of your life is ahead of you… or already passed The conversation gets personal, funny, and real as we reflect on our own lives, mistakes, growth, and what actually matters. 🎧 Tap in and ask yourself: Are you in the best part of your life right now? | 1h 12m 52s | ||||||
| 4/18/26 | ![]() Men v. Women: Who Struggles More in Modern Relationships✨ | modern relationshipsgender roles+4 | — | HLS | — | datingrelationships+3 | — | 1h 24m 49s | |
| 4/8/26 | ![]() The HLS vs The MCU feat. Dr. Funknugget | The HLS Podcast S214✨ | MCUX-Men+3 | Dr Funk Nugget | HLSMCU+5 | — | Marvelmutants+3 | — | 1h 32m 43s | |
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| 4/2/26 | ![]() Two Sleuths and a Crime | The HLS Podcast S2E13✨ | heistscrime+3 | — | OverwatchHLS+2 | — | guessing gamearmored truck robberies+3 | — | 1h 07m 52s | |
| 3/26/26 | ![]() Umar Johnson: HLS Goes Hotep feat. Jaysome Walker | The HLS Podcast S2E12✨ | barbershop pseudo-intellectualismUmar Johnson+9 | Jaysome Walker | HLSThe HLS Podcast+2 | — | thought leadersconfidence+2 | — | 1h 29m 25s | |
| 3/19/26 | ![]() The Kings Decree a.k.a. Punch World | The HLS Episode S2E11✨ | classic moviesphilosophy+3 | — | HLSThe Kings Decree+1 | — | The GooniesHitchcock+2 | — | 1h 14m 45s | |
| 3/17/26 | ![]() Ghosts feat. Stevie | The HLS Podcast S2E10✨ | ghostsparanormal stories+4 | Stevie | HLSThe HLS Podcast | — | spree killerpeach farmers+3 | — | 1h 14m 08s | |
| 2/24/26 | ![]() Platonic City: Friendship or Foreplay?✨ | platonic relationshipsfriendship+3 | — | Platonic City | Platonic City | chaotic debateboundaries+2 | — | 1h 19m 54s | |
| 12/4/25 | ![]() The Credible Messenger - feat. Mike Galloway | The HLS Podcast Ep 208✨ | redemptiontransformation+3 | Michael Galloway | RebelEx-Cons Fitness+4 | Houston | gangprison+3 | — | 1h 13m 56s | |
| 11/20/25 | ![]() Should We Even Have to Work? | The HLS Podcast Ep 207✨ | workcapitalism+3 | — | HLSRebel+1 | — | philosophysarcasm+1 | — | 58m 25s | |
| 11/13/25 | ![]() Everyone Hates Scrota | The HLS Podcast Episode 206✨ | confidencehonesty+3 | — | HLSThe Habitual Line Steppers Podcast | — | comedyintrospection+3 | — | 1h 05m 32s | |
| 11/6/25 | ![]() ...Maybe Your Cousin’s Just a H😮e | The HLS Podcast S2E05 | This week on the HLS Podcast, we’re joined by special guest Nikita (@nikki_chan) — Dominican cosplay queen, fashion killer, and Overwatch menace — for a firestorm of topics that spiral from wholesome to heated real quick. We talk cosplay, cultural loyalty, and why Halibel might be the freak blueprint 🧪. But things really take off when we hit a cultural landmine: Is it ever okay to date your homie's ex? Electric and Nikita say never. Scrota and Rebel? They say context. It’s Latin America vs the Dirty South. Telenovela rules vs Southern hospitality. 👺 Plus: • Freak vs. Hoe – A surprisingly nuanced roast session • Men, loyalty, and lies wrapped in prayer cloth • Cosplay as reclamation, not performance • Love languages, Overwatch, and a "you buggin" counter that stays ringing One rule this week: if you’re gonna be a freak, at least be an honest one. | 1h 30m 43s | ||||||
| 10/30/25 | ![]() The Taboo of Religion and Politics (ft. Jaysome Walker aka Onyeisi) | The HLS Podcast S2E04 | This week on The Habitual Line Steppers Podcast, the crew wades into forbidden territory: religion and politics, with special guest Jaysome Walker (Onyeisi), our second guest of the season. What starts as gym banter turns into a deep, hilarious, and thought-provoking debate about why we’re told not to talk about the two most influential things in our lives. Scrota questions why political talk feels off-limits when it shapes our everyday world, Rebel draws parallels between church, culture, and the cookout, Electrik breaks down why he avoids conflict altogether, and Jaysome drops a story about workplace politics that hits way too close to home. From history to hypocrisy, the crew strips away the “taboo” and gets real about what silence is costing us. 🎧 Tune in and step over the line with us because while the revolution might not be televised, but it damn sure can be podcasted. | 1h 06m 27s | ||||||
| 10/23/25 | ![]() Social Media is Your New Dealer | The HLS Podcast S2E03 | Is scrolling the new smoking? Rebel thinks so. Scrota disagrees— Electrik still finds himself wrist-deep in dopamine loops before bed. In this episode, the HLS crew unpacks their own screen addictions, algorithm-induced rabbit holes, and the psychology behind the endless feed. Scrota breaks down how tech platforms are designed to manipulate our attention, Electrik confesses to developing physical injuries from doomscrolling, and Rebel... well, Rebel proudly schedules scroll breaks like they’re cigarette intermissions. We also manage to detour through Tom Cruise movies, Thandie Newton aging discourse, relationship fidelity stats, and why Angela Bassett is clearly a time-traveling goddess. This one’s messy, smart, chaotic, and unfiltered—just like your explore page. 🧠 Daydreaming vs. Thinking 📲 Screen time confessions 🎮 Overwatch vs. the Algorithm 🚗 Is driving hard or are we just bad? Like, follow, and tell us your worst scroll moment. 📲 Full episode wherever you get your podcasts. | 48m 50s | ||||||
| 10/16/25 | ![]() The Bayou City 'Murders' | The HLS Podcast S2E02 | Houston’s bayous are supposed to move water, not bodies. Yet over the past year, sixteen have been found, with six in just two weeks. The crew dives into the mystery to figure out what’s really going on in the city’s murky underbelly. Scrota’s convinced the numbers don’t lie. Something’s off, and it smells like either a serial killer, organized crime, or the cops sleeping on the job. Expect dark humor, heated debate, true-crime tangents, and way too much talk about Houston’s “glorified ditches.” The trio ends with a challenge to the listeners: what do you think is happening in the bayous? 🎧 Tune in for a mix of stats, sarcasm, and suspicion — only on The Habitual Line Steppers Podcast. | 1h 07m 30s | ||||||
| 10/9/25 | ![]() Success Porn | The HLS Podcast S2E01 | We back in this mug. Season 2 of The HLS Podcast kicks off with Scrota, Electrik, and Rebel fighting through viruses, mic mishaps, and existential dread to bring y’all that unfiltered heat. This week, the fellas go in on: 🤮 Why “success porn” online is a scam, and what real value sounds like 🤔 Who can you trust anymore? (Spoiler: not that McDonald’s stranger in the Bronx) 📉 Why 5-star reviews might be lies and 1-stars might be gospel 🧠 AI voice scams, crypto rugs, and how Sam Altman almost got jumped by Pikachu 📷 How Scrota’s passport photo turned him into a shadow creature Plus: government shutdown nonsense, liberal delusions, Ezra Klein vs. Ta-Nehisi Coates, and a wild grammar tangent about “amuse-bouches” and insubordinate clauses. | 1h 09m 20s | ||||||
| 10/2/25 | ![]() Infidelity & The Zodiac | The HLS Podcast Ep 21 | What do Coldplay concerts, cheating CEOs, and ancient Babylonian star maps have in common? Absolutely everything. This week, Scrota, Electrik, and Rebel get into it — breaking down a viral workplace affair caught in 4K, and asking: is it cheating if you got front row tickets? 👀 From the wild world of high-profile divorces and "strategic breakups" to the messy gray area between legal contracts and soul ties, the crew debates what really ends a relationship. Sex? Money? Bad zodiac compatibility? All of the above? Meanwhile, Electrik confesses to filtering dating prospects by their sun sign (yes, seriously), Rebel goes off on “water dogs,” and Scrota breaks down how ancient folks figured out the year using shadows and sticks. It’s a hilarious mess of infidelity scandals, bad astrology takes, and conspiracy-level cosmology that you didn’t know you needed. | 1h 26m 10s | ||||||
| 7/31/25 | ![]() Who's Invited to the Cookout? | The HLS Podcast Ep 20 | In this laugh-heavy, side-eye-filled episode of The HLS Podcast, the crew dives fork-first into one of Black culture’s most iconic metaphors: the cookout. But this time, we’re not debating real celebs—we're handing out imaginary plates to cartoon characters, Muppets, and talking animals. From Panthro to Garfield, Moana to Kermit, we explore who really belongs at the cookout… and who brought raisins in the potato salad. We also break down ChatGPT’s takes on our personalities in animal form (spoiler: one of us is a crowned eagle), talk Sesame Street’s radical roots, and ask why the hell people are still inviting folks who don’t season their food. It’s messy, it’s cultural, and it’s hilarious. | 58m 57s | ||||||
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