

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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Mar 22, 2023 • 1h 13min
2023 Bit Madness Elite 8 (plus Nepo Babies and Ski Accidents)
Well, we're in the home stretch. We've whittled all the bits down to a Final Four after today's episode of absolute bithousery. We also discuss the recent #NepoBaby content that's hit the TL, Gwyneth Paltrow's ski accident lawsuit in Deer Valley, This Weekend in Fun, and more.
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(0:00) Fun & Easy Banter
(22:00) Nepo Babies Renting Choppers
(40:00) Gwyneth Paltrow Ski Lawsuit
(52:45) Bit Madness, Elite 8
(1:07:00) This Weekend in Fun
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Mar 20, 2023 • 1h 19min
2023 Bit Madness Sweet 16 (plus Monkeys, Zebras, and Mead!)
Bit Madness rolls on — but not until about an hour in today. Beforehand, we discuss everything from our Weekends in Fun to a wild monkey on the loose in Oklahoma to a zebra trying to rip someone's arm off. We also dip into some mead talk, Dillon explains mules/donkeys, and more.
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Today's Episode
(0:00) Fun & Easy Banter
(24:00) Recapping This Weekend in Fun
(41:00) Dazzles of Zebras & Angry Monkeys
(1:02:15) Bit Madness: Sweet 16
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Mar 15, 2023 • 1h 17min
2023 Bit Madness, Round 2 (plus Study Abroad & Washing Towels)
The most insufferable account of studying abroad you'll read today, how often you should be washing your towels, a look at a foot-long chip at Subway, and the second round of Bit Madness. And, of course, This Weekend in Fun.
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(0:00) Fun & Easy Banter
(12:12) Breaking News: NYU Student Did NOT Enjoy Florence
(24:45) How Often To Wash Your Towel
(37:00) 12 Inches of Crispness
(45:12) Bit Madness, Round 2
(1:08:00) This Weekend in Fun
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Mar 13, 2023 • 1h 38min
2023 Bit Madness, Round 1
Traditionally our most-listened to episode of the year: Bit Madness, Round 1. But we didn't just do Bit Madness today! B-Dubs getting sued over boneless wings! Dave calling someone out for using their Za Card multiple times! Recapping WashedFest! Ahhhhhhh! And to top things off this episode, we finished things out with Bit Madness. Enjoy.
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(0:00) Fun & Easy Banter
(12:00) Recapping This Weekend in Fun
(31:00) Buffalo Wild Wings Getting Sued
(43:40) This Week In Za
(51:22) Bit Madness, Round 1
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Mar 8, 2023 • 1h 8min
Podcast Bros & Cocaine Cats
Dillon attended a Grateful Dead-adjacent Bob Weir concert, the Cincinnati Zoo has a cocaine-fueled cat on their hands, Podcast Bros are getting unjustifiably rained on by The New York Times, the rise of quarter-zips in England, and This Weekend in Fun.
Bit Madness Bracket: www.tinyurl.com/bitmadness pw: zacard
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(0:00) Fun & Easy Banter
(11:11) Grateful Dillon
(18:00) Cocaine Big Cat on the Loose
(40:00) Would You Date A Podcast Bro?
(53:00) QZs Are HOT
(1:00:46) This Weekend in Fun
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Mar 6, 2023 • 1h 11min
Group Dinners: Full Send & Family-Style
Fresh off playing 18 holes at Austin Country Club for the PGA Tour's media day, we somehow pulled it together enough to discuss our weekends in fun, the Vanderpump drama, getting a private car to your commercial flight, "points people" at restaurants, and family-style etiquette at group dinners.
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(0:00) Fun & Easy Banter
(16:23) Recapping This Weekend in Fun
(31:42) Vanderpump Drama, Y’all
(46:36) Big Baller Shit
(57:00) The Points Person at Restaurants
(1:03:00) Family Style Etiquette
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Mar 1, 2023 • 1h 19min
Dangerous Nights Crews with Ross Bolen
New York Times Best Selling Author W.R. Bolen of Bolen Media joins us today for some fun and easy banter. Hells Angels, the Bidens' orders, and our perfect Dangerous Nights Crews. The boys were buzzing!
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(0:00) Fun & Easy Banter
(11:00) Becoming Undercover Informants for Hells Angels
(16:00) Trash or Not Trash: Ordering The Same Thing As Your Date
(30:00) The Dangerous Nights Crew Draft
(1:10:20) This Weekend in Fun
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Feb 27, 2023 • 1h 10min
Cold Plunges, Airport Transportation, and Mythical Spirits
Whole squad back at full strength after Dave spent the weekend in Vegas and Will spent the weekend in Laguna Beach. Are there mythical creatures roaming Mexico? What's up with this Murdaugh trial and how did it slip under our radar for so long? Is it rude to ask your friends to drive you to and from the airport? Answers to those questions and more.
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(0:00) Fun & Easy Banter
(12:00) Recapping This Weekend in Fun
(36:00) Mexican President’s Mythical Woodland Spirit
(44:00) Sup with the Murdaughs?
(53:35) How To Get Home From The Airport
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Feb 22, 2023 • 1h 11min
Super Pigs, UFOs, And Real Estate Professionals
Brett fills in for Will as the boys discuss National Margarita Day, Canadian super pigs destroying the northern U.S., a new UFO conspiracy, the discovery of an ancient Roman dildo, carnival crooks over-inflating basketballs, and This Weekend in Fun.
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(0:00) Fun & Easy Banter
(14:08) Canadian Super Pigs
(28:00) UFO Conspiracy
(46:25) Ancient Roman Dildo
(50:45) Carny Crooks
(58:20) This Weekend in Fun
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Feb 20, 2023 • 1h 6min
Street Racing, House Parties, and English Mid
The wildest weekend in Austin history? Between the intersection takeover and the high school house parties, it very well could've been. We also talk about which foods are acceptable to eat on planes, the 1920s-style Taco Bell Cantina in LA, and some weed that got seized in England.
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(0:00) Fun & Easy Banter
(9:54) Recapping This Weekend in Fun
(25:00) Austin Absolutely Whilin’
(41:25) Dude Eating Ribs on a Plane
(49:31) 1920s-Style Taco Bell Cantina
(1:01:00) English Mid-Weed
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