Circling Back
Circling Back
A small-to-midsize podcast hosted by Dillon Cheverere, Dave Ruff, and Will deFries — three thirty-plus guys living in Austin, Texas while battling an existential crisis as they struggle to stay relevant in today's meme culture. New episodes every Monday and Wednesday. Subscribe on Patreon for two additional episodes every week at patreon.com/circlingbackpodcast.
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Oct 20, 2026 • 1h 2min
Landing the Plane & Love is Not Blind | Circling Back 10-20-26
Twitter's main character is this cocky guy from Connecticut, Dillon is mesmerized by this ruggedly handsome Criquet model, Dave loves Zach Johnson's gas station snack lineup, throw the book at this guy who stole a Vegas flamingo, and Dillon has a quick story.
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• (00:00) Fun & Easy Banter
• (15:50) Love is Blind guy
• (30:50) This Criquet model looks so sick
• (33:30) ZJ’s gas station snack lineup
• (45:20) Vegas Flamingo
• (52:55) Dillon has a quick story
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Oct 19, 2026 • 1h 11min
Absolute Chaos at Matt's El Rancho | Circling Back 10-19-26
A weekend recap, Dillon witnessed a bloody assault at Matt's El Rancho where a guy smashed a margarita glass over an older man's head, and some light ball talk.
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• (00:00) Fun & Easy Banter
• (12:40) Recapping This Weekend in Fun
• (33:15) Mattel’s Chaos
• (53:30) Ball
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Oct 15, 2026 • 1h 21min
Ball Talk with KJ Ellis | Circling Back 10-15-26
KJ Ellis joins the show to talk about something Dave saw at sunset last night, the college football slate, This Weekend in Fun, Randy's Comments of the Week, and Run it Back.
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• (00:00) Fun & Easy Banter
• (14:55) What’s this?
• (33:00) The Slate
• (1:02:10) This Weekend in Fun
• (1:15:00) Randy’s Comments of the Week
• (1:18:15) Run it Back
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Oct 14, 2026 • 1h 11min
Like Such As | Circling Back 10-14-26
Dave found an interesting product at Costco, he also did a thing, we watched the Kelly Clarkson security footage AND heard from the store's owner, and Katie Zacharia's first day as the White House Press Secretary wasn't great.
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• (00:00) Fun & Easy Banter
• (11:30) Costco Find
• (27:25) Uh, Dave did a thing
• (36:40) We watched the Kelly Clarkson security footage
• (53:50) Katie Zacharia's first day on the job
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Oct 13, 2026 • 1h 14min
A Mexican-Italian Pizza Chef & Zuck Struggling to Drink a Guinness | Circling Back 10-13-26
Dave tells us about his weekend, Rhodes shot an apple cannon, Zuck pretends to enjoy Guinness, we wonder if Kelly Clarkson is at fault in this Brooklyn store drama, a new Mexican-Italian chef dropped, and Dillon watched 'Below' on Netflix.
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• (00:00) Fun & Easy Banter
• (9:40) Dave’s impromptu TWIF
• (19:40) Zuck drinking a Guinness
• (35:25) Is Kelly Clarkson cool?
• (56:15) Here’s a Mexican Italian chef
• (1:06:10) Dillon watched ‘Below’ on Netty
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Oct 12, 2026 • 1h 8min
A Tough College Football Weekend & the 35 Best Tex-Mex Joints in Texas | Circling Back 10-12-26
A recap of the Weekend in Fun, New Brett and Dillon share their disappointment in their teams taking Ls this weekend, Randy is excited about video game mashups, and someone ranked the 35 best Tex-Mex joints in Texas (it stinks).
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• (00:00) Fun & Easy Banter
• (8:10) Recapping This Weekend in Fun
• (21:50) Ball
• (52:35) Video Game Mashups
• (1:01:30) 35 Best Tex-Mex Restaurants in Texas
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Oct 8, 2026 • 59min
Apple Nerds, The Slate, & Dads Using AI | Circling Back 10-8-26
Dillon got the Apple nerds very worked up on Twitter, some Silicon Valley boner wants AI to read to his baby so he can do other shit, we have some saucy matchups in college football this weekend, This Weekend in Fun, Randy's Comments of the Week, and Run it Back.
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• (00:00) Fun & Easy Banter
• (10:55) Dillon pissed people off again
• (26:10) Fuck this guy, right?
• (33:45) CFB Slate
• (44:10) This Weekend in Fun
• (54:45) Randy’s Comments of the Week
• (57:05) Run it Back
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Oct 7, 2026 • 53min
Resetting Routers, Taco Bell, & Jeff Seeman | Circling Back 10-7-26
A lady was apprehended for pleasuring herself on an AA flight to Miami, Denver residents participated in the Taco Bell 50k where they had to eat at nine TB locations along the way, a youth hockey team owner needs to slow his roll, and Jeff Seeman was suspended.
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• (00:00) Fun & Easy Banter
• (13:55) Lady resets her router on AA flight
• (26:35) Taco Bell 50k Denver
• (35:30) Jersey Youth Hockey Team
• (43:25) Jeff Seeman suspended
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Oct 6, 2026 • 1h 4min
Pneumonic Plague & Deep Fried Ranch Dressing | Circling Back 10-6-26
Dave responds to a Midwestern Backer, we wonder how serious this plague situation out of Russia is, we check in with Texas Roadhouse, and Dillon goes over some of the new menu items available at the State Fair of Texas.
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• (00:00) Fun & Easy Banter
• (17:45) Dave responds to a Backer
• (28:25) Sup with this plague?
• (43:50) Real Quick Roadhouse Check-in
• (52:40) State Fair of Texas Menu Items
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Oct 5, 2026 • 1h 14min
College Football, Agro Jesus, & a Pancake Social | Circling Back 10-5-26
We recap the Weekend in Fun, talk college football, Dave releases week 5's JFFB3, this dude on Fox News spent 18 days in heaven and describes alpha Jesus, and Dillon wants to host a Pancake Social at his house.
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• (00:00) Fun & Easy Banter
• (11:15) Recapping This Weekend in Fun
• (31:05) Ball/JFFB3
• (49:25) This dude met JC
• (1:07:55) Dillon floats an idea to Dave & Randy
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