Chris and Erik sit down with Sam Tripoli and talk the Kobe conspiracy guy and whether Kobe was into the occult or just about to sue a pharmaceutical company, LeBron's Boulé tattoo, Sam getting asked if he's gay in an MTV pitch meeting, why LeBron and the Rolling Stones are still performing, Sam's core beliefs that people conspire, all culture is fake, and the world is run by literal sorcerers, the Statue of Liberty secretly being Lucifer, doing comedy tours during Covid and finding out the Portland riots were 30 people in a park, Trump's America 250 event that nobody knew about, staying happy while being cursed with knowledge, social media rewarding negativity and Tim Heidecker going after Tony Hinchcliffe, Tony making it as a door guy when he wasn't supposed to, system entertainers versus building it outside the industry, Sam bombing at Montreal in 2000 and spiraling into addiction, the crowd work debate and how it's really just freestyle rappers accessing a database, comment cards at comedy clubs, shadow bans and tombstone algorithms, Netflix podcasts losing their numbers, Elvis energy and comics who sell their souls, Nate Bargatze going clean, Chris and Nate shooting their Comedy Central half hours on the same night, telling a young comic he doesn't have "the show," the Comedy Store's savage midnight third show, roasting the lead singer of Cage the Elephant without knowing it, Sam's upcoming dates, and much more! VanMan: Visit VanMan.shop/Golden Get two extra episodes every month at https://Patreon.com/TheGoldenHourPodcast To submit to the show email: thegoldenhoursubs@gmail.com or Dropbox Link: https://www.dropbox.com/request/fqtbexhxyaky9X8f8MV1 In the subject line, specify whether your submission is King It or Sting It, Debate Club, Rip My Drip, Relationship Advice, or Flaunt My Aunt. In the body of the email, include the attachment, your name, where you’re from, and in the case of Flaunt My Aunt, the name of your relative. SUBSCRIBE to The Golden Hour Podcast: http://www.youtube.com/c/KingandtheSting Get your King and the Sting merch at https://thicccboy.com/collections/sale-home-page Follow #TheGoldenHour Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the.golden.... Twitter:https://twitter.com/the_golden_hr Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KingandtheSting And check out Brendan, Chris, & Erik on social media! Brendan Schaub: https://www.instagram.com/brendanschaub https://twitter.com/BrendanSchaub https://www.facebook.com/OfficialBren... Chris D'Elia: https://twitter.com/chrisdelia https://www.instagram.com/chrisdelia/ https://www.facebook.com/chrisdeliaof... Erik Griffin: https://twitter.com/ErikGriffin https://instagram.com/erikgriffin https://www.facebook.com/erikgriffinc...