Overview
Harland opens on Cracker Barrel meatloaf / blackened-catfish energy (“summer meatloaf spectacular”) before seating New York comic Sam Tallent (size-morph gags, thieve music). Mid-show: Prize Picks football read, then a long table pass through Sam’s novel Brute — Paris hitman last job, aftershave name collision, chapter-one cold read. John Deere / Cracker Barrel roast returns; late act digs into Sam’s anarchist-commune youth (Emma Goldman name-checks, chaos-camp framing) before a Square hardware read and plugs for samtallent.com / Chubby Behemoth.
Timestamp directory
- 0:11 Cold open — Cracker Barrel meatloaf / blackened catfish.
- 0:27 “Summer meatloaf spectacular” — kids-are-okay bit.
- 3:41 Sam Tallent entrance — thieve music; “Holy god. Is it really you?”
- 4:19 Size gag — 40-foot Sam / 2-inch Sam.
- 14:01 Ad: Prize Picks — football back; code HARLAND as read.
- 24:34 Brute intro — Paris hitman last job.
- 26:46 Chapter one cold read — “a novel by Sam Talent.”
- 32:33 Where to get Brute — table push.
- 35:51 “Please go out and get Brute.”
- 48:17 John Deere → Cracker Barrel roast — run-over-old-people bit.
- 1:03:21 Ad: Square — up to $200 off hardware; square.com/go/harland.
- 1:13:56 Cracker Barrel reprise — removed-from-enough / next Elon Musk foil.
- 1:20:03 Anarchy camp / anarchist commune youth.
- 1:21:39 Emma Goldman / Bunin sincere-young-men about anarchy.
- 1:42:55 Plugs — samtallent.com; Instagram; Chubby Behemoth podcast.
- 1:43:10 Close — “Sam Talent was here.”
Stories
Cracker Barrel cold open
0:11 Harland walks into Cracker Barrel for meatloaf / blackened catfish and gets the summer-meatloaf-spectacular upsell while hunting whether his kids are okay. The Old Country Store becomes the episode’s recurring staging ground.
Sam Tallent arrives
3:41 Thieve music, holy-god entrance, New York comic framing, and the 40-foot / 2-inch size morph before the table settles into novel talk.
Brute — Paris hitman
24:34 Sam’s novel about a hitman in Paris on one last job. Harland cold-reads chapter one, collides with Brute aftershave lore, and keeps pushing the book through the mid-hour.
Anarchy camp
1:20:03 Late digression into Sam’s anarchist-commune youth — chaos camp, Emma Goldman / Bunin name-checks, sincere young men against systems of coercion — while Harland keeps steering back to Cracker Barrel absurdity.
John Deere to Cracker Barrel
48:17 Tractor-drive roast: get on your John Deere, roll to Cracker Barrel, and the table asks whether that’s where we want to find the next Elon Musk.
People
Harland Williams
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Host. Cracker Barrel cold open, Prize Picks / Square reads, Brute cold read. 0:11
Sam Tallent
Guest — Brute author; anarchist-commune stories; Chubby Behemoth. 3:41
Emma Goldman
Name-checked in the anarchy-youth lane. 1:21:39
Places
Cracker Barrel — Meatloaf cold open + late reprise. 0:11
Paris — Brute hitman setting. 24:34
New York — Sam’s comic hometown frame. 4:45
Products
Brute (Sam Tallent) — Novel pushed on air; official site. 26:46
Ads
- Prize Picks (14:01) — Prize Picks · code HARLAND; football promos as read.
- Square (1:03:21) — square.com/go/harland · up to $200 off hardware as read.
Passing, unlinked:
Cracker Barrel hostess / meatloaf spectacular staff, John Deere tractor bit characters, commune-era friends, Elon Musk foil, Cleveland tour mention, Chubby Behemoth listeners.
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