Season 1 — The Golden Boys (2021–2022)
All 56 episodes — Trevor & Tom launch the show, find their bits, welcome the first guests and the Blue Card Intern, chase the Jubilee, and sail a full year to the anniversary special. More seasons coming soon.
The 1972 Carnival Mardi Gras
Trevor and Tom launch the show with dueling first-timer tips, then dive into Carnival's chaotic 1972 origin story: a ship on a sandbar and the first drink of the day.
Season 1 · Ep 2Things to do in Key West
Formal night, deck-chair hogs, and an emergency-toilet-paper packing tip — then a loving tour of Key West, from Hemingway's cats to Kermit's key lime pie.
Season 1 · Ep 3Food on the Mardi Gras
Flying solo, Trevor tours the new Mardi Gras's entire specialty-dining lineup — from Shaq's Big Chicken to Emeril's — with detours into cruise-training gluttony.
Season 1 · Ep 4Secret Decks and Other Underutilized Areas on a Cruise
The complete guide to Carnival's secret decks by ship class — plus empty arcades, the library bar, and a lasagna that made a grown man cry.
Season 1 · Ep 5Our Favorite Rooms and Eateries on the Fun Ships!
Cove balcony or regular? Guy's or the Cucina? The guys rank every room type and eatery they've tried — and accidentally set off your Alexa on the way.
Season 1 · Ep 6The Casino, PVP's and Crazyness in Security!
Tom flies solo: casino tournament strategy, why he swears by a PVP, spreading his father's ashes from the Magic, and the ammo that got him detained.
Season 1 · Ep 7A Chat with Former Carnival Musical Director Zach Lee
A decade-plus Carnival musical director on ship life: long contracts, secret rehearsals disguised as shows, crew-mess survival, and why Alaska will kill you.
Season 1 · Ep 8Dining Choices, What Three Things we would like to see on a Carnival Ship!
Early-dining loyalists pitch Carnival a wishlist — bowling, toilet seatbelts, the return of skeet shooting — and ignite the great hot-dog-is-it-a-sandwich war.
Season 1 · Ep 9Changing Ports and All about the Cheers Package
Trevor books the Jubilee's inaugural cruise, the guys decode the port-change fine print, and the Cheers package gets a full cost-benefit breakdown.
Season 1 · Ep 10A chat with Travel Agency "Have Luggage, Will Travel"
Travel-agent vloggers settle the PVP-vs-agent question, with detours into a 1,300-day cruiser, a 27-Shirley-Temple kid, and a guest ruling on the hot dog debate.
Season 1 · Ep 11Carnival's 50th Birthday & Different Types of Cruises
The Golden Boys toast Carnival's 50th birthday, run down the throwback festivities, and break down every kind of cruise you can book.
Season 1 · Ep 12A Chat with Hypnotist Brenda Kaye
Cruise-ship comedy hypnotist Brenda Kaye shares 13 years of on-stage disasters and the surprisingly serious side of hypnotherapy.
Season 1 · Ep 13A Chat with Charlie's Roatan Tours
The guys go full excursion-mode with Roatan operator Charlie Bowden — sloths, ziplines, rum cake, iguana stew, and independent booking tips.
Season 1 · Ep 14Carnival Boarding Update with Verifly, 50th Birthday Celebrated and Cruise News
A news-heavy catch-up: VeriFly goes fleetwide, bubble tours die, fuel surcharges loom, plus the origin of the warm-cheesecake legend.
Season 1 · Ep 15E Mustar is here to stay!
Flying solo while Tom cruises, Trevor debunks the viral 'e-muster is dead' rumor, eulogizes the scrapped Sensation, and reveals Carnival weddings are back.
Season 1 · Ep 16Should I wear a Speedo for Formal Night???
An April Fools mini-episode: Speedos at formal night, a personal tray of bacon, and Tom out-sexying Ryan Reynolds. Nine minutes of pure Golden Boys nonsense.
Season 1 · Ep 17Thomas Kennedy's Vista Review
Tom returns from a week on the Carnival Vista with a full day-by-day review: hog calls on Lido, a transcendent silent disco, Charlie's Roatan tour, and a dying Belize tender.
Season 1 · Ep 18A Chat with Our Best Friends "Have Luggage Will Travel"
Josh & Amanda of Have Luggage Will Travel return to relive the Vista sailing — monkey attack included — talk travel-agent life, and hatch a small-creator group cruise.
Season 1 · Ep 19How to Maximize your Carnival Vacation
A practical top-ten for squeezing everything out of a Carnival cruise — cry-worthy lasagna, theme nights, ropes courses — plus the launch of both hosts' YouTube channels.
Season 1 · Ep 20Should 18 year olds be allowed on the serenity deck?
The guys debate opening the serenity deck to 18-year-olds, defend John Heald from a rumor-peddling YouTuber, and firm up the small-creator group cruise. Speedo threats intact.
Season 1 · Ep 21Things to do when Cruising To Cozumel
Trevor and a voice-cracking Tom run down everything Cozumel — duty-free, beach clubs, ruins and haggling wins — while dodging a mermaid tease.
Season 1 · Ep 22Our Experences in New Orleans
A gloriously unfiltered New Orleans episode — Bourbon Street chaos, a proposal, beignets at 5 a.m. — plus the debut pitch for the Family Reunion Cruise.
Season 1 · Ep 23The Perks in The VIFP Club
A genuinely useful tier-by-tier guide to Carnival's VIFP program, wrapped in rare-burger outrage, laundry-perk scenarios, and a banana campaign.
Season 1 · Ep 24A Chat with our friend Cheryl Cooper aka SIGCruiser
Cheryl 'SIG Cruiser' Cooper joins to explain solo, introvert and gluten-free cruising with real depth — plus the origin of the melting-cake taste test.
Season 1 · Ep 25The Backpack Adventure - Pier Runners YouTube Preview
Flying solo while Tom recovers, Trevor announces his most unhinged experiment yet — a five-day cruise packed entirely into one backpack.
Season 1 · Ep 26Back from the Carnival Breeze
A half-tipsy hotel-room debrief of the Breeze leg: Progreso's pyramid-church, Cozumel line chaos, and big news on Carnival's food-allergy tablets.
Season 1 · Ep 27THE MERMAID EPISODE
The payoff. Tom finally tells the full story of dipping an unsuspecting mermaid performer in pursuit of a sixth Wall of Fame photo. Instant series canon.
Season 1 · Ep 28Carnival Dream Review by the Platinum Man
Trevor returns from eight days on the Dream as a newly-minted Platinum Man — a guest-services showdown, an Alchemy Bar conquest, and a great free Nassau tour.
Season 1 · Ep 29Wild Kids on Carnival Ships
The hosts wade into Facebook's war on cruise-ship kids with surprising reasonableness — plus sportsbook news, the Ecstasy's farewell, and honey-bun war.
Season 1 · Ep 30A Chat with our friends "Parkers On The Go"
The Parkers finally make it on — honey buns in hand — for travel-advisor real talk, Scarlet Lady impressions, and gleeful coverage of a Carnival Magic brawl.
Season 1 · Ep 31New Ships coming to Carnival
Trevor & Tom break down Carnival's incoming ships — Luminosa, Venezia, Firenze — plus brawl-at-sea news, a fighters-only cruise pitch, and unlicensed stock talk.
Season 1 · Ep 32The Blue Card Intern - Reese Schrimsher
Tattoo artist and cruise virgin Reese Schrimsher joins as the show's Blue Card Intern — fielding hazing, fight-night fashion advice, and his first taste of cult membership.
Season 1 · Ep 33Bonus - May 2022 Carnival Breeze Full Review
A solo bonus recorded live on the Breeze: Trevor reviews the whole sailing — banana cream pie epiphany, a mistimed all-black White Party outfit, and three left behind in Progreso.
Season 1 · Ep 34The Carnival Ship that Never Was!
The guys resurrect Project Pinnacle — the 200,000-ton Carnival mega-ship with a walkable whale tail that never got built — plus Jubilee's keel-laying and a staged on-air quitting.
Season 1 · Ep 35The Cheers Package, Aruba and more!
A practical Cheers-package cost breakdown wrapped in chaos — Aruba beach and rattlesnake plans, otter business cards, and the official Church of Podcastaways cult tier system.
Season 1 · Ep 36Carnival Testing Changes
Carnival drops testing for many short cruises — cue Jamaica shakedown tales, a plan to sting the port trinket cartel, and homicidal humpback whale news.
Season 1 · Ep 37Live with our Friends "Have Luggage Will Travel"
The boys guest on Have Luggage Will Travel's live and hijack it — origin story, gelato-gate canon, burrito litigation, and full family-reunion scheming.
Season 1 · Ep 38Quite the Rigamaroo
Mandates drop and Carnival sells out for years — delivered through insurance drama, poll-rigging campaigns, and Trevor's doomed crusade for 'rigamaroo.'
Season 1 · Ep 3930 Day Cruise on the Carnival Luminosa
Carnival's longest sailing ever — a 30-day Seattle-to-Australia epic — sparks cruise-bum fantasies, a mispronounced Cucina menu tour, and etiquette drills.
Season 1 · Ep 40Carnival's Youth Programs told by the Experts
Gold-card lifers Trent and Addy 'Granny' Hayes give the insider review of Carnival's kids' programs, plus a Shirley Temple challenge and a merch meltdown.
Season 1 · Ep 41Carnival Echo Offers and lots of Cruise News!
The crew breaks in their new soundboard studio, contests the funniest-host poll, covers Carnival's Echo casino tier and 1 AM kids' curfew, and launches SpeakPipe.
Season 1 · Ep 42You got the Q's and we got the A's episode!
The SpeakPipe line opens: callers phone in under multiple identities, 'Betty' propositions Tom, and Reese debuts his History of Cruise Ships segment.
Season 1 · Ep 43Piratecasting - International Talk Like a Pirate Day Bonus Episode
A 14-minute Talk Like a Pirate Day fever dream: the hosts stay in full pirate character, invent parrot-based podcast distribution, and demand a refund.
Season 1 · Ep 44What to do in Galveston.
Reesegate erupts with a full conspiracy manifesto before the crew delivers a practical Galveston port guide: hotels, shuttles, piers, and tourist traps to skip.
Season 1 · Ep 45Trevor abandoned us. Soooo.... Josh is taking his place!
With Trevor at sea outrunning Hurricane Ian, Josh Barmore sits in for Vista grievances, group-cruise pub crawl planning, brisket philosophy, and a Mardi Gras preview.
Season 1 · Ep 46Hurricane Ian, The Best Guys Burger and so much more!
Trevor returns from the last ship out of the Gulf before Hurricane Ian with a Valor and Chichén Itzá report, the group crowns the best Guys Burger, and BLT-gate.
Season 1 · Ep 47Reese is back! Carnival Mask Rules, Poll results, and so much more!
Reese returns from the dead sounding suspiciously polite, Tom unveils the Ravioli, crew masks come off fleet-wide, and the crew starts tracking the Ecstasy.
Season 1 · Ep 48Carnival Ends Pre-purchase Bottles of Liquor and lots more!
COVID testing ends for most sailings and Carnival kills stateroom liquor pre-purchase — cue a money-grab debate — before the big one: New Orleans vs. Galveston.
Season 1 · Ep 49Food Price Hikes and NO MORE 24 HOUR ICE CREAM!
Priority boarding returns, dining prices climb, and Carnival kills 24-hour ice cream — triggering Tom's finest on-air grief spiral — plus Reese's first history segment.
Season 1 · Ep 50Carnival's Flamin Hot Pizza!
A pizza-oven fire on the brand-new Celebration, a couple sued off a ship for very loud romance, and the debut of Family Reunion Group Cruise 2.
Season 1 · Ep 51Thanksgiving and Faster to the Fun's return!
A cozy two-man Thanksgiving-week show: Faster to the Fun returns, the boys read Carnival's holiday menu typos aloud, and absent Reese phones in an ironic history lesson.
Season 1 · Ep 52The #CCP Thanksgiving Special
Tom skips his favorite holiday, so Trevor and a possibly-duct-taped Reese host a Thanksgiving clip show: mermaid confessions, the Long Island Iced Tea clamshell incident, and lobster economics.
Season 1 · Ep 53Getting Married on a Cruise, Man Overboard and Much more
A miracle man-overboard rescue meets Trevor's warts-and-all guide to getting married on a Carnival ship — open bar, a vetoed first dance, and a best man who nearly got jailed.
Season 1 · Ep 54Galveston Getaways: The Best (and not best) Hotels on the Island
The definitive (and traumatized) Galveston hotel guide, from the $39 Rosenberg Motel to the Galvez, plus crab-pot and Roomba questions and the full kraken-submarine proposal story.
Season 1 · Ep 55One Year Anniversary Special with the Golden Boys: Cruise News, Facebook Live Event, and Grandma's Birthday Celebration
One year of Podcastaways: a rigged 'funniest host' poll, a $25 bribe confession, Vista dry-dock news, Tom versus Mexican-Italian fusion, and live-show planning on the fly.
Season 1 · Ep 56Q&A with the Cult: All Your Cruising Questions Answered!
The one-year anniversary Facebook Live, warts and all: seven loyal cult members, flying deck furniture, six-toed cats, and a Shaq-and-Heald dream-guest wishlist with zero editing.
Season 2 — Reese Joins the Crew (2022–2023)
All 46 episodes — Reese Schrimsher settles in as the third voice, the crew sails the Family Reunion Group Cruise on the Carnival Celebration, chases the Jubilee, and argues whether a hot dog is a taco. From the New Year kickoff to the Thankmas finale.
Season 2 Kickoff: Cruising in the New Year
The Golden Crew rings in Season 2 the day after Christmas — chasing dream destinations, swapping cursed cruise stories, and one TSA run-in you won't forget.
Season 2 · Ep 2The Podcastaways are Headed to Aruba
Aruba on the horizon: catamaran sunsets, shipwreck dives, metal detecting, aloe factories, an ostrich farm nobody should ride, and a raft-based boarding scheme.
Season 2 · Ep 3Lets talk about CCL increasing gratuities and Wi-Fi fees
Carnival bumps gratuities and Wi-Fi fees, and the crew defends the crew's raise, compares every line, and fields a homeschool request — plus a fake Reese call.
Season 2 · Ep 4Cruise Debate: Bolt Rollercoaster vs Water Slides vs Ropes Course
The whole crew reunites to settle the great onboard-thrill debate, then wanders into duck-hunt culture and Tom's legendary blackjack-tournament run.
Season 2 · Ep 5Rolling the Dice on a Carnival Ship: Gambling on a Cruise
The crew bets big — why Nassau ranked near the bottom, a genuinely useful craps crash course, and the eternal is-a-hot-dog-a-sandwich war reignites.
Season 2 · Ep 6Carnival Cruise News 2/1/23 - Sailing into the Future: Carnival Cruise Line's New Itineraries for 2024
The first-ever Crews News bulletin: Trevor solo on Carnival's please-behave advisory, a record $3.5M St. Jude haul, and jaw-dropping 2024 itineraries.
Season 2 · Ep 7We can still Party!
A tender dedication gives way to a joyful defense of dancing past 30, sparked by a 22-year-old's plea to ban 'old people' from the ship nightclub.
Season 2 · Ep 8Cruising with the Mannings: Family Reunion Edition
The Traveling Mannings join for a rowdy pre-group-cruise hangout: top-five cocktails, the breakfast-burrito war, and a drunk 'Spider-Man' banned for life.
Season 2 · Ep 9Thomas and Reese Hold Down the Fort: A Deep Dive into Online Trolling, This Week's Cruise News.
With Trevor out sick, Tom and Reese clap back at trolls, tour the repainted Carnival Elation, and detour hard into scuba gear and Oklahoma catfish noodling.
Season 2 · Ep 10Cruising Smarter, Not Harder: Tips and Tricks for Your Next Carnival Cruise
The full trio reunites for a port-day playbook — taxi-fare recon, love-locks, camo bans, and never book a flight before 1pm — plus Shaq officiating vow renewals.
Season 2 · Ep 11Smooth Sailing: Mastering Your Carnival Sign and Sail Account
Reese is back and milking his sick day, Guy Fieri tequila hits the fleet, and the guys break down every Carnival Sign and Sail account type.
Season 2 · Ep 12Exploring Aruba with Tour Guide Sammy Giel: From Local Cuisine to Hidden Gems
Aruba local Sammy Giel hands the Golden Crew the real playbook: hidden caves, mom-and-pop kitchens, why Eagle Beach beats Palm, and booking tours right.
Season 2 · Ep 13Let's Go on an Adventure with Hyro in Aruba
Aruba YouTuber Hyro brings the island's soul to the mic before the crew derails into a Sexy Cruiser scandal, an on-air resurrection, and a 21-pound win.
Season 2 · Ep 14The Packing List 2.0
Trevor and Tom riff on retirement-home loofah codes and liberated deck chairs, then deliver a genuinely handy cruise Packing List 2.0.
Season 2 · Ep 15Pack-and-Go Cruise vs Booking in Advance.
The Golden Crew weighs booking way ahead against the last-minute pack-and-go gamble, with a $10 miracle fare and a genuinely warm sign-off.
Season 2 · Ep 16LIVE Announcment
A quick heads-up from Trevor: the Golden Crew is going live Monday nights on Facebook and YouTube — and the regular podcast feed rolls on.
Season 2 · Ep 17Family Reunion Group Cruise 2.0 and MORE!
The crew announces a second family reunion cruise aboard the Jubilee, christens the Children of the Iceberg after-show, and debates John Heald's coffee makers.
Season 2 · Ep 18Curious about Curaçao, News and more!
A possibly-cursed music box, a deep Curaçao port dive with infinity beaches and a swinging bridge, a Titanic history lesson, and a Guy's Burger poll upset.
Season 2 · Ep 19True Crime on Cruise Ships
ChatGPT imagines cruising in 50 years before the crew digs into the real true-crime numbers at sea — and teases Trevor's new spin-off, Dark Waters.
Season 2 · Ep 20Tips and Tricks - The Online Check-in Process
How to snag the earliest Carnival check-in time, the Jubilee's mermaid-and-boardwalk themed zones, and superfan Bobby accidentally breaking the livestream.
Season 2 · Ep 21Talking Cruising with Our Good Friends "Have Luggage Will Travel"
A pre-cruise pep rally with the Have Luggage Will Travel crew — Speedo polls, deep-fried fish-butthole ads, and a $10 serenade for Reese.
Season 2 · Ep 22Cruising Alaska and Family Reunion Group Cruise: A Chat with Eddy Huddleston from Huddle Adventures
Eddy Huddleston brings Spirit-class superlatives, an Alaska preview, a locked-bathroom disaster, and a heartfelt tomorrow's-not-promised turn.
Season 2 · Ep 23Carnival Celebration Review: Unraveling the FRGC Cruise Experience with the Golden Boys
Trevor and Tom relive a cursed road trip and crown the Celebration a near-favorite between lasagna tears and a 15-second roller-coaster boost.
Season 2 · Ep 24Post-Celebration Insights: Tips, Tricks, and Today's Top Cruise News
Trevor turns 40, Carnival turns up security with drug dogs and curfews, and a lost dinner seat becomes the scandal of the season — Justice for Josh.
Season 2 · Ep 25Reese Returns! A Carnival Celebration Q&A and Cruise News Update
Reese delivers the verdict every first-timer earns — cruising rules, Sammy's donuts rule harder, and don't you dare drive to Florida.
Season 2 · Ep 26In the NAVY with Trent Hayes & Reese's Celebration Recap
The crew salutes Trent Hayes as he ships off to the Navy, between blocked-port chaos, Carnival's Q2 numbers, and a moped biker gang called the Fedoras.
Season 2 · Ep 27All Aboard for Carnival Jubilee, Cruise News & More!
Failed fire panels, a whiny influencer christened Derek, and a 102-year-old birthday cruiser, before a full tour of every Carnival Jubilee zone.
Season 2 · Ep 28A Taste of Carnival: New Dining and Disabled Cruising Insights
A genuinely useful accessibility primer on ADA staterooms and tender rules, wrapped in a Carnival menu overhaul, a Baby Buddha beard trim, and live-show news.
Season 2 · Ep 29Morning Brews and Podcastaways - Carnival Jubilee, Stateroom Shenanigans and more!
A caffeinated crossover where the Jubilee gets its whale tail, a cabin projector meets Heald's veto, and a Grand Cayman guide detours into stingrays and Hell.
Season 2 · Ep 30Tom is lonely!
With both co-hosts sidelined, Buddha carries the show solo — an 88-degree A/C meltdown, billion-dollar dream cruises, and scattering ashes at sea.
Season 2 · Ep 31Themed Cruises We Would Love!
Tom drags himself off the sick-couch to dream up themed cruises the Golden Crew would book — chocolate, murder-mystery, pirate — plus phantom pigs and a rogue AI chicken.
Season 2 · Ep 32Caught by Drug Dogs and Charging for Pizza?
THC gummies vs. port dogs, a riverboat brawl that turns into a chair-swinging rumble, and the terrifying rumor that cruise pizza might cost money — full crew, fast and blue.
Season 2 · Ep 33Cheers to Glitches and Cruise Terminal Drama: A Solo Adventure with Trevor Shelby
Trevor flies solo at 5 a.m. to untangle the Great Cheers Glitch, referee Galveston’s one-vote terminal drama, and rank every souvenir worth smuggling home.
Season 2 · Ep 34Carnivals Hurricane Response, New Technology and more!
Tom body-slams the cold open, the guys navigate Hurricane Idalia’s port closures, break the news of Reese going part-time, and go full journalist on Celebration Key.
Season 2 · Ep 35Facebook Group Drama and Missing Person onbard a Carnival Ship
A factual, respectful report on a passenger missing from the Carnival Conquest, then the sillier drama of Facebook rumors, with John Heald as the show’s myth-buster.
Season 2 · Ep 36How to Maximize your Carnival Vacation 2.0
The Golden Crew reload their Carnival tip cannon — dollar-store art-auction gifts, seasickness patches, excursion horror stories, and why you should download this podcast.
Season 2 · Ep 37Carnival Cruising on a Strict Budget!
Trevor goes full penny-pinching for a November Galveston run — steakhouse steaks off the MDR menu, novelty sodas hoarded port by port, and a Mexican-Chinese food dare.
Season 2 · Ep 38Carnivals Travel Insurance and Our LIVE Halloween Party!
The guys hype their first-ever live Halloween pirate party, debunk the life-vest crowd, and make travel insurance genuinely entertaining — plus intern Gary earns national-treasure status.
Season 2 · Ep 39Adventures on Roatan Island
The crew tours Roatan without a guide to sugarcoat it — a heart-stopping zip line, a sloth named Grandma, pickpocketing monkeys, and one unforgettable tropical bird.
Season 2 · Ep 40Navigating the Waters of Cruise Planning: From Budgeting to Booking
A soup-to-nuts cruise-planning masterclass — why cruises now cost 40% more than 2019, passport rules, cab-driver shakedowns, ADA rooms, and how to finance it all.
Season 2 · Ep 41Golden Adventures in Key West with Madison the AI Golden Gal
Trevor opens Tom-less before the Golden Boys reunite for a sun-soaked Key West love letter — Kermits pie, the Little White House, and new AI co-host Madison.
Season 2 · Ep 42The Goldenboy's Journey to Jamaica
One shy of 100, the Golden Boys cash in the jelly-beans prank, cover a real Carnival Magic brawl, and give Montego Bay the no-sugarcoating treatment.
Season 2 · Ep 43The “Get Strange Halloween” LIVE event
The Golden Crew goes LIVE for episode 100 with Gary in the chair, Trevor as Guy Fieri, a haunted Queen Mary narration from Madison, and a one-eyed cat.
Season 2 · Ep 44Sailing into Family Fun: The Barmores Share Excitement for the 2024 & 2025 Group Cruises!
Episode 100 party: the Barmores drop by to unveil three Family Reunion Group Cruises, from Galveston's Jubilee to a bucket-list run to Alaska.
Season 2 · Ep 45Adventures and Misadventures: Carnival Vista's last Galveston Trip
Thomas cruises the Vista on a shoestring: a Cozumel tequila-whistle, a nerve-jangling solo stroll in Belize, the hallway-diaper debate, and a new fake holiday.
Season 2 · Ep 46Sailing into Thankmas: A Lighthearted Thanksgiving Special
The Season 2 finale: a gleefully unhinged Thanksgiving special with pardoned-turkey outrage, a made-up cruise-line bidding war, and the launch of Thankmas.