What starts as a somber, emotional farewell to the historic Idaho Falls water tower immediately derails into what can only be described as a municipal demolition fantasy draft. Peaches, Viktor Wilt, and special guest Becca (Viktor’s wife, voice of reason, occasional chaos gremlin) mourn the tower with Sarah McLachlan playing softly… before deciding the logical next step is to tear down MORE local landmarks, drain the river, crush the tower into a cube, or let the public beat it with sledgehammers.

From there, the episode absolutely refuses to behave.

Becca casually drops that she’s a bartender and immediately helps invent “Tip Narcs” — a public-shaming service for non-tippers involving stickers, yelling, and possibly filming people for sport. Viktor fully endorses this. Peaches volunteers to be the enforcement arm. Society is not ready.

Things somehow get worse (better?) when the crew dives into “social rules people refuse to follow”, including:

• Not tipping (instant shame)
• Refusing to say “bless you”
• Not doing the polite crosswalk jog
• Not waving when cars let you go (Viktor flips people off instead)
• And walking painfully slow on purpose just to make drivers mad

This spirals into nightmare fuel bathroom dreams, public wiping bans, saloon-door restrooms, and the realization that Peaches’ subconscious is absolutely haunted.

Then — because why not — the show detonates into a full-blown debate on what actually counts as a sport. Golf? Bowling? Darts? Chess? Marching band? Slot machines? Radio? Existing?
According to this episode: everything is a sport, especially if beer is involved or a PlayStation controller is nearby.

Becca adds marital chaos, bartender wisdom, and just enough sanity to make the insanity hit harder — while Viktor proudly declares himself a PlayStation 5 athlete and Peaches confirms he quit marching band, bought a guitar, and became “a real man.”

It’s fast, stupid, weirdly philosophical, aggressively Idaho, and absolutely review-worthy.

Peaches and Viktor Wilt turn the Noon Hour into a full-blown existential crisis over how dirty is too dirty when it comes to pants, and somehow manage to spend an impressive amount of time debating jean sniff tests, damp dryer jeans in freezing weather, hoodie longevity, and whether wearing underwear for more than one day makes you a criminal or just economical. What starts as a harmless laundry confession spirals into relationship housekeeping disputes, roommate horror stories involving half-finished beers, and Peaches admitting his apartment enters DEFCON 1 cleaning mode anytime travel is involved.

From there, things escalate into unsolicited relationship advice pulled straight from Reddit — including whether married people going clubbing is normal behavior or a red flag factory — while Viktor explains why drunk strangers seem magnetically drawn to smack Peaches on the back at concerts like he’s public property. The duo also dive headfirst into one of the creepiest internet threads imaginable: mysterious footprints, unexplained panty liners, and the very real possibility that cameras exist solely to expose cheating dads.

The episode wraps with a perfectly petty meltdown over Facebook polls, snow posts, comment sections that refuse to behave, internet strangers insulting Peaches’ car, and the ultimate philosophical debate: would you rather listen to this show… or eat pizza instead? Spoiler: the answer may hurt your feelings — but it’ll make you laugh the entire way there.

Peaches flies solo for this Noon Hour of Madness & Mayhem and somehow turns a slow prep day into a full-blown therapy session that starts with National Pass Gas Day and ends with him accidentally becoming your motivational speaker. What begins as a dumb radio holiday spirals into gut health myths, sponsored Facebook miracle pills, and Peaches declaring war on mushroom coffee ads that promise to erase your stomach in 24 hours. From there, the show hard-pivots into a collective internet meltdown over 2016 being ten years ago, with Peaches breaking down why everyone suddenly wants Pokémon Go, the Mannequin Challenge, and their emotional innocence back — while proudly admitting he’s somehow avoided every single spoiler from Stranger Things.

Just when you think it’s going full nostalgia hour, Peaches swerves again into existential life advice, reassuring listeners that no year is “cursed,” dropping a Rocky quote, and accidentally motivating anyone panicking about getting older. The back half of the episode turns deliciously unhinged as he debates the best post-concert food, dragging Taco Bell, late-night Applebee’s guilt, and the fantasy of Waffle House chaos into the conversation — while fully acknowledging that asking this question locally might just result in people naming every fast-food restaurant ever invented.

The episode wraps with a chaotic-but-wholesome promo spiral involving pregnancy cravings, free nursery setups, expensive newborn photos, and Peaches realizing in real time how wildly expensive photographers and babies are. It’s a tight, weird, honest solo episode that somehow covers gas, nostalgia, concerts, life advice, and food — and still leaves you wanting another break.

Peaches and Viktor Wilt kick off this episode by accidentally pitching what might be the most unhinged KBEAR imaging idea of all time: crowd-roast liners designed to verbally body-slam everyone from the deodorant-optional guy in the back of the pit to the lifted-truck owner who parks like a menace. What starts as a creative brainstorm quickly spirals into a debate over how offended is too offended, whether AI should be trusted with comedy, and why some listeners absolutely need to hear themselves roasted on the radio.

From there, the show swerves hard into a rant-heavy therapy session about things that make people irrationally angry, including awkward eye contact, cryptic Facebook posts, zipper merging etiquette, high-beam tailgaters on Idaho highways, and the universal rage triggered by Walmart aisles clogged with slow-moving carts. Peaches shares his strong opinions on grocery delivery, fast-food restaurants that pretend the lobby doesn’t exist, and the modern hellscape of touchscreen ordering kiosks that refuse to let a human take your order.

The second half of the episode dives headfirst into local Facebook group chaos, sparked by a Life in Pocatello post accusing fast-food workers of declining customer service. This opens the floodgates to brutally honest takes on post-holiday burnout, Black Monday firings, working jobs you hate just to survive, and why telling people to “just get a different job” is wildly out of touch. Peaches unloads his In-N-Out trauma, Viktor defends exhausted workers, and both agree that January Mondays deserve a universal grace period.

The episode closes with a full-blown economic reality check: housing prices, apartment hunting delusion, boomers yelling “pay your dues,” side hustles that range from Facebook Marketplace flips to plasma donation jokes, and the shared understanding that sometimes surviving adulthood means doing whatever it takes — without pretending it’s fun. It’s loud, relatable, sarcastic, and painfully accurate… which is exactly why it works.

Peaches and Viktor kick off this episode by solemnly (and somewhat confusedly) mourning the demolition of the iconic Idaho Falls water tower — a structure neither of them has a photo with, yet somehow inspires handcuff-yourself-to-it levels of Facebook outrage. From there, the conversation spirals into peak small-town chaos: hypothetical arrests, neon sign envy, and whether Idaho Falls should simply bulldoze downtown and replace it with a Trader Joe’s that has intentionally terrible parking.

Things take a hard left into fast-food philosophy when McDonald’s gets hit with yet another McRib lawsuit, prompting a deep, uncomfortable realization that the McRib is less “rib” and more “barbecue loaf.” Viktor recounts surviving a freezer full of stolen McRibs, while both hosts debate whether pickles belong on any sandwich (spoiler: this nearly becomes a civil war). Culver’s secrecy, In-N-Out ordering etiquette, and the absolute uselessness of water chestnuts all get dragged into the crossfire.

The episode closes by diagnosing the modern millennial midlife crisis — which apparently involves espresso machines, houseplants that actively injure you, towel warmers that don’t fit anywhere, dangerously large TVs, and the realization that most millennials simply cannot afford to spiral properly. It’s low-energy, hyper-relatable, and exactly the kind of episode that sneaks up on you and makes you laugh harder than you expect.

What starts as a harmless “let’s bring our significant others into the studio” episode immediately derails into one of the most unhinged Noon Hour conversations yet. Peaches and Viktor Wilt compare wildly incompatible music tastes, recount the least impressive New Year’s celebrations imaginable (including winning exactly one dollar on scratchers), and then somehow pivot into whether Daft Punk should be banned from midnight playlists.

From there, things spiral fast.

You’ll hear debates about seat warmers being psychological warfare, why East Idaho drivers are built different, and how Viktor believes hot tubs are basically bacterial soup unless you shower first like a nervous doctor. The episode peaks when the group bravely tackles the internet’s most disturbing recurring question: Are there grown men who don’t wipe?

Yes. Apparently. And the women in the room confirm it’s a dealbreaker.

Add in Peaches admitting to a tragic high-school basketball “butt rash” incident, a disastrous Tesla “romance mode” date complete with Kenny G and a digital fireplace, Idaho singles Facebook groups being absolutely feral, and the most unhinged first message Peaches ever sent Aubrie—and you get an episode that is equal parts comedy, secondhand embarrassment, and relationship survival guide.

If you enjoy chaotic conversations, brutal honesty, and moments where everyone in the room realizes they should probably never have said that out loud—this episode delivers.

Peaches and Viktor Wilt kick this episode off doing what they do best: immediately overthinking something no sane person should overthink — what song KBEAR should play at exactly midnight to kick off 2026. This somehow spirals into discussions about Teletubbies music being in the station library, surprise-attacking listeners at midnight, and whether or not chaos is actually the most responsible programming decision.

From there, Peaches admits he may have accidentally triggered half the building by requesting a simple “Happy New Year” graphic… which snowballs into a full-blown internal radio saga involving a rejected flying potato, conflicting definitions of what “rocking” means, and the realization that radio people might be the most dramatic people alive over the smallest things imaginable. Viktor, of course, sides with the flying potato — because it rules.

The show then pivots hard into modern internet insanity, as Peaches breaks down a viral anti-AI crusader who’s compiling a public “Loser Bands That Used AI” list — featuring acts like Ice Nine Kills, Electric Callboy, Bad Omens, Linkin Park, and basically anyone with millions of listeners and common sense. What follows is a brutally honest, occasionally unhinged discussion about AI, Gen Z outrage cycles, Spotify economics, parasocial behavior, and why yelling at bands on Twitter with 300 followers might not be the activism people think it is.

Somewhere in the middle of all that, Viktor casually explains how streaming payouts actually work (and why your favorite band isn’t getting your money), Peaches reads unhinged replies straight from Twitter, and both of them agree that AI isn’t going anywhere — no matter how loud people scream into the void.

The back half of the episode turns into a radio-nerd fever dream: romanticizing how exhausting radio actually is, coding country songs while half-asleep, the misery of work travel, touring musicians being forced to create nonstop content, and why spending hours making something online usually results in three likes if you’re lucky.

Finally, the guys absolutely torch syndicated radio by deep-diving into On With Mario Lopez, discovering he’s somehow on half the stations in America, delivers four-hour shows that become 18-minute podcasts, and still manages a painfully average rating. The contrast between real, messy, unscripted radio and polished, soulless syndication becomes painfully obvious — and hilarious.

By the end, Peaches and Viktor are exhausted, opinionated, slightly bitter, and fully self-aware… which somehow makes this one of the most honest, funny, and oddly relatable episodes of Noon Hour of Madness and Mayhem yet.

On this episode of The Noon Hour of Madness & Mayhem, Peaches and Viktor Wilt kick things off by discovering—once again—that the KBEAR studio is barely holding itself together, immediately spiraling into accusations of water damage, broken boards, and listeners calling in for Traffic School that very much did not exist that day. From there, the guys unpack the mystery of why people refuse to read Facebook posts, how Best Of segments accidentally gaslit the audience, and why “Traffic School powered by The Advocates” is technically every Friday… except when it absolutely isn’t.

The conversation swerves hard into winter driving anxiety, near-death road trips through Malad Pass, avalanches casually shutting down mountain routes, and the shared trauma of Idaho weather making even basic travel plans feel like a gamble with fate. Peaches relives the horror of Christmas Eve Walmart runs, full-contact shopping maneuvers, and unintentionally terrorizing strangers in Rexburg, while Viktor confirms that Christmas Eve Walmart is a place no one should ever willingly enter.

From there, things get philosophical—Idaho teens publicly hating the state online sparks a brutally honest discussion about how expensive it actually is to “just leave,” the fantasy of cramming five friends into a Southern California apartment, and why stable radio jobs are the only thing anchoring anyone to a place with six months of winter. The guys roast corporate radio, joke about getting fired at iHeart in the Dua Lipa room, pitch Viktor’s imaginary Arizona rock show, and debate whether Arizona heat or Idaho winter is the faster path to death.

As if that wasn’t enough, the episode detours into parking lot warfare—specifically the deeply unserious but oddly aggressive debate over backing into parking spots. Lifted trucks, ego, snowbanks, backup cameras, and fragile masculinity all get dragged into the conversation, culminating in the realization that no one actually saves time either way, but everyone feels VERY strongly about it.

The final stretch skewers clickbait journalism, mislabeled articles spoiling entire TV shows, nobody reading past headlines, and why Stephen King adaptations somehow contain Fallout spoilers. By the end, Peaches and Viktor are united in their frustration with winter, the internet, and people in general—proving once again that this show thrives in the space between petty grievances and oddly relatable existential dread.