Spittin' Chiclets went live on June 1 and immediately did what Chiclets does best: it let the guest walk in, sit down, and absorb the room. The guest this time was Liam Blutman, who showed up with the long-hair-and-beard combo of a guy who looks like he's spent more time on a fishing boat than a podcast set. Ryan Whitney took one look and decided to lead with the obvious.
The new episode dropped fresh on June 1 with Blutman in the chair.
Whitney's line was the kind of cold open that only works because Blutman absolutely sells it visually. "You look exactly like a guy that knows where bodies are buried," Whitney told him, and there's really no defense for that when you've got the lumberjack starter pack going. Biz cracking up next to him only made it land harder.
Whitney delivers the bodies-buried line straight to Blutman's face on the panel.
Once the roast cleared, Blutman pivoted into actual content and pitched the bit he came to defend: Takes With Stakes. His sales pitch was basically a shot at the entire hot-take economy. "I'm a big believer that we get on the airwaves and we say a lot of things and we never back it up with substance," he said. "Takes with Stakes that's all this is. I'm a believer in what I say." In a media world allergic to accountability, putting your money where your mouth is registers as a flex.
Blutman lays out the Takes With Stakes premise on the Chiclets panel.
That's the whole arc of the episode in a nutshell — Whitney and Bissonnette having fun at the guest's expense for 30 seconds, then handing him the floor to explain why he's not just another podcast loudmouth. Chiclets has always been at its best when the guest can take the shot and fire one back, and Blutman cleared that bar before the first segment wrapped.