Gut Check Podcast
Making Your Podcast Feel Small and Weak Since 2014
Ted Kluck and Zachary Bartels · Gut Check Press
Show overview
Gut Check Podcast has been publishing since 2014, and across the 12 years since has built a catalogue of 292 episodes. That works out to roughly 260 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a fortnightly cadence.
Episodes typically run thirty-five to sixty minutes — most land between 43 min and 1h 1m — though episode length varies meaningfully from one episode to the next. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-US-language Religion & Spirituality show.
The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 2 weeks ago, with 17 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2023, with 39 episodes published. Published by Gut Check Press.
From the publisher
Every week, Ted and Zach discuss publishing, cigars, and whatever else comes to mind.
Latest Episodes
View all 292 episodes#279 | White Girl Playlist
#278 | Community D
#277 | Bunch of Updates
#276 | Working the Emotional Ankles
#275 | At This Dangerous Time...
#274 | Gary and Jerry
#273 | Back to Our Roots
#272 | Washed Up Together
#271 | They Call Us Double-down
#270 | First, Go on the News...
An end-times contest, Erin hates AI so much, Ted and Kristin are classy now.
#269 | A Huge Waste of Nachos
Gut Check is at a crossroads; let's talk some Dangerous Minds (which it turns out was based on a somewhat true story)
#268 | Zach on Trial
Gut Check Medical Hour, Zach didn't actually make up the term Johnny, Non-consensual bit participants, Snit Happens again.
#267 | Snit Happens
A bit of a slow start, Debriefing Israel a dozen years later, let's just visit, dethroning sacred cows, the mid-90s White Savior boom, performatively not caring about money, grumble-bubbles above our heads.
#266 | The Pull of the Ditch
Day-Off Guilt, Casual anti-calvinism, Wiis and CBs, Accent mirroring, boxing workouts are the best
#265 | Rambles with Ted and Zach
Upcoming Gut Check Corporate Retreat, New Years Eve Party expectations, murder-based putzing around, We hope Ted and Carl Trueman are hunted for sport, F1 is Money Ball, Ted is somehow bored by both Wake Up Dead Man and Mister Selfridge, A missed Leary opportunity
#264 | Off the Error
Zach's an old slugger and also is Clark Griswold; this episode was obviously recorded two months ago; Special requests at restaurants; Smugness-driven goals; Energy drink review: JOLT FREAKING COLA; Reclaiming feminine mystery
#263 | Over-Communicated
New Podcast Studio, crossing and recrossing our social-battery legs while our knees are touching (so-to-speak), hate-eating McDonalds, busyness fetish and Type-A Girl Culture, arena rock as slouchy folk songs.
#262 | Flush of Shame
Ted walks away in silent. Angry. Shame. What if The Bear re-made Judgement [SIC] Night? Plugging Leary into the right roles... Gut Check Publishers swag; Who could have replaced Ted on the Rant? | To order your officially-licensed Gut Check Publishers team hat, PayPal $15 to [email protected]
#261 | Mem-wah?
This week: Cameron Crowe was sadder than expected; additional celebrity Jews; Is it harder to inspire us now? We're overdue for a gritty Charades movie; rando RoboCop talk.
#260 | You Have to Bring the Ice Cream
This week: Old guys and nose-whistle; ChatGPT is the worst Gen-Z friend imaginable; A Die Hard Theme Park; Can Dick make a comeback?