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The Golden Boys size up Carnival's incoming fleet — the Vista-class Luminosa with its old-school funnel, plus Costa's Venezia and Firenze rebranding as "Carnival Fun Italian Style." Between Trevor's heroic battle with Italian ship names and a very unlicensed chat about Carnival stock, they cover the latest brawl-at-sea headlines and pitch the cruise the world truly needs: a fighters-only Battle Royale. Also, someone still owes everyone gelato.
What they covered
Topics on deck
Carnival Luminosa
Costa Venezia & Firenze
Fun Italian Style
Brawls at sea
Carnival Battle Royale
Carnival stock
Guy Fieri in Durant
YouTube channel rankings
Don’t miss
Moments worth the wait
- Justice for Josh / #GelatoGate — a heartfelt sympathy segment for Josh Barmore's broken foot and the gelato that never came.
“The man was injured... and he did not get us gelato.”
- The Carnival Battle Royale pitch — a fighters-only cruise, last man standing, both feet must touch the water over the top deck. The smart money's on Josh.
“Gelato in one hand, tossing them overboard with the other.”
- Oklahoma geography lesson — if the state were a body, the panhandle is the nose and one unfortunate town is somewhere less flattering.
“Durant would probably be the butthole.”
- Italian ship-name massacre — Trevor bravely butchers the new fleet's names while secretly consulting a pronunciation site.
“Venetia... Firenze... forensic fire.”
- Sober-ish stock talk — Carnival hovering around $9 a share against $40B in debt, delivered with a rare flash of financial caution.
“Buying stocks with emotion is how a lot of people lose money.”
Golden nuggets
Running bits & lore born here
- The cult is born — "If you've made it through episodes 1–30, you're less of a listener and more of a cult member" — instantly flagged as a future t-shirt, and the seed of the Church of Podcastaways to come.
- #GelatoGate / Justice for Josh — the broken-foot gelato tragedy that will haunt at least four episodes and get its definitive retelling on the live show.
- Carnival Battle Royale — the fighters-only cruise concept debuts, complete with rules and Josh installed as odds-on favorite.
- Sign-off — "Anything that happens on the ship stays on YouTube."