Podcast Summary

This Is Important — Episode 279: "The Kids Are Dogging"

Release Date: January 13, 2026
Hosts: Adam Devine, Anders Holm ("Ders"), Blake Anderson, Kyle Newacheck

Episode Overview

In this episode, the guys kick off 2026 with a classic blend of chaotic banter, gleefully dumb humor, and a surprising exploration of new cultural trends—including the phenomenon of "dogging." They reminisce about New Year celebrations, discuss party etiquette, generational customs, and ponder the existential weight and hilarity of being “the loud table.” There’s candid talk about parenting, vacationing, and what it means to still be friends (and podcasting) after all these years.

Key Topics & Discussions

1. New Year’s Recap & Party Vibes

Time: 03:07 – 13:27

• The crew swaps New Year’s stories, with everyone doing something a little different:
  • Kyle goes out to an elevated Filipino restaurant/party (Sampa) and a DJ night.
  • Adam expresses how he barely gets drunk anymore:

    "I barely even get drunk anymore, dudes. It sucks." – Adam (03:07)

  • Blake and Adam reminisce about the legendary steakhouse bachelor party (shirts off to signal you’d ordered), loving “rowdy boy dinners” and debating the role of “the loud table.”
  • Discussion on whether being the loud table is fun, performative, or just plain annoying.
• Memorable Quote:

  "Short, hot and funny. Oh, the Adam Devine biography." – Adam (03:39)

2. Defining the "Loud Table" & Group Dinner Dynamics

Time: 06:10 – 11:13

• Blake breaks down the difference between a group having fun and a group performing fun.
• Adam recounts the Steak Chalet dinner at Lake of the Ozarks, where you signal to the wait staff you’ve ordered by taking your shirt off.
• “Bossellini” becomes the inside joke term for ordering the whole dessert menu or making boss moves.
• They marvel at the joy of getting a dessert table at a restaurant, whether a high-end spot or LAX Chili’s.

3. Clubbing, Party Nights & College Nostalgia

Time: 12:07 – 16:12

• Discussing the best nights to party: Thursday is “the classic party night”, but the slope toward Tuesday is slippery.
• Adam and Blake flash back to party nights at the Hollywood Improv, when busloads of college kids (UCLA, USC) descended for wild Wednesday nights.
• Ders shares how party nights can span from Thursday to even Tuesday as you get deeper into the college party life.

4. Tuesdays Are… For Leaders?

Time: 15:05 – 17:33

• The group rags on how Tuesdays are the worst:

  "I think that every restaurant should have a back room. It shouldn't just be nice restaurants." – Kyle (11:05)

  • Adam and Blake argue that going out on a Tuesday is a true test of your party leadership.
  • Adam tells the story of running into old bar acquaintances now “walking a dog, wearing sweatpants covered in piss,” and realizing you’ve hugged this person many times—but now, yikes.
  • Blake jokes Adam’s seeing his own reflection while walking, thinking it’s a barfly.

5. Trends & Generational Behavior – "Dogging"

Time: 20:40 – 24:20

• Adam introduces the audience to the British/LA “dogging” phenomenon—groups of goth kids or attractive partygoers consensually hooking up in public parks at night.
• The guys debate the veracity of Vice’s reporting (are these really all hot goths?) and the dangers (scorpions, caterpillars, infections).
• Blake:

  "This is how you get a caterpillar in your vagina. You get an infection." (22:46)

• Discussion about goth kids appropriating gay cruising spots in city parks.
• Debate about whether the term “dogging” is needed, or if we could just say “public group sex.”

6. British Teeth, Movie Casts, and "Wonka"

Time: 25:01 – 32:22

• A tangent on the state of British teeth, comparing eras and pop culture.
• They reflect on how much uglier old movie casts were—Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (“uglier than the next...”)—and debate the relative merits of new and old Wonka adaptations.
• Adam:

  “I just think Timmy Chalamet's a little cutie with the booty.” (32:07)

7. Travel & Vacation Tales

Time: 32:25 – 41:37

• Ders describes going into full “dad mode” with a kid-centered New Year's before heading to drink for four days in Mexico.
• Adam and Ders bond over the Esperanza Resort ("way larger than I thought"), camels on the beach, wild ATVs, and the little things that make vacation—like swim-up bars.
• Blake tells his family trip story, being left home while others vacationed and how it made him who he is.
• Talk about the politics and sacrifices around family trips with kids of different ages.

8. Spring Breaks, Partying in Mexico & Wild College Tales

Time: 36:36 – 41:00

• Recounting legendary spring breaks, from college days to a Florida trip in their Workaholics-pre fame years.
• Adam’s harrowing story: being handcuffed by police in Rosarito, Mexico, only to be released when they realized he was broke.
• Discussion of extreme party culture, their lack of "true" college spring breaks, and young adulthood misadventures.

9. Parenting: Wild Kids & Generational Mischief

Time: 39:08 – 40:09

• Blake admits which of his kids will be his "wild man,” and how the mischievous energy moves from sibling to sibling:

  "Oh yeah, I peg him. And that's why he's gonna be the wild one." – Blake (39:15)

10. Adam’s Vegas Adventure: Celebrity Clubbing & Loud Tables

Time: 40:27 – 49:02

• Adam details his wild Vegas New Year's:
  • Football at the Las Vegas Bowl, partying in the Nebraska coach's box, exclusive suites inside MGM’s Mansion, dinner at Bellagio overlooking the fountains.
  • Meeting Jelly Roll and Bruno Mars.
  • Debate about what qualifies as "the loud table" in Vegas—when everyone is trying to outdo each other with outrageousness and ostentation.
  • “There was a... influencer loud table where they're just filming each other the whole time. They're wearing like all Versace everything. It was insane.” – Adam (46:44)

11. Airports: The Art of Piddling vs. Beelining

Time: 54:28 – 61:21

• Adam divides humanity into two groups:
  • Piddlers (wander, shop, look at art installations)
  • Beeline Guys (move directly to the gate)
• They roast LAX’s garbage-based art installation, the anxiety of cutting it close, and airport personalities (Adam’s dream is to walk on as the doors are closing):

  "I like when the woman tells me 'we just got you in'... Guess what? I never check a bag." – Adam (56:49)

12. Big Cars, Family Vehicles, & Gym Loudness

Time: 61:22 – 66:48

• Blake tries the new Lincoln Navigator on vacation—“like a tabletop in front of you”—and waxes on big car energy and the dream of garage gyms.
• Adam admits he’s “the loud guy at the gym.”
• Short reflection on partners, kids, and suiting your car to your family's needs (with the shared appreciation: “This is daddy’s car.”)

13. Longevity of Friendship & Podcasting

Time: 66:38 – 69:21

• The hosts reflect on how long they’ve been friends and comics (“for so long”), appreciating who stuck it out after so many years.
• Blake on New Year's mass texts:

  "Don't text me when you're going through your roll a day decks. Sorry, not a fan." (67:34)

14. "Double Downs" and The Best/Worst Days of the Week

Time: 69:21 – End

• The group institutes “double downs” (doubling down on an opinion, not taking it back).
• They spar about whether Tuesday is the “worst day,” referencing the club banger “Going Up on a Tuesday”:

  “When that song, it’s going up on a Tuesday…” – Adam (69:38)

• Riff on hip hop (I Love Makonnen, Swae Lee), celebrity gym run-ins, and more “dad facts” about baby poop (meconium).

Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On "Dogging":

  "So apparently it was a thing...all the sexy goth pains in the UK, they go out into fields and parking lots...they’d each other and have gang bangs." – Adam (21:00)
  "This is how you get a caterpillar in your vagina. You get an infection." – Blake (22:46)

• On Being Bossellini:

  “If you want one of each [on] the dessert menu, you are such a fucking bossellini, dude.” – Kyle (08:50) “I feel like in 2026, it’s gonna be big.” – Blake (09:28)

• On Spring Break:

  “Every waiter is like, do you want water or just tequila? And you’re like, I do want water. And then they’re like, what about the little one? Tequila for you, young man.” – Blake (38:43)

• On Airport Personalities:

  “I’m a beeline guy in an airport.” – Adam (60:47)
  “If I’m early, I go to Hudson News. I’m dropping at least $100 on just bullshit magazines.” – Blake (55:21)

• On Friendship:

  “We've been friends and we've been doing comedy, if that's what you call this, for so long...I'm proud of us.” – Adam (66:48)

• On the Podcast Legacy:

  “A lot of people could have bailed on us, you know. One of us could have be...like a Kyle who just upright decides not to do the podcast and doesn't talk to us about it...” – Adam (68:02)

Timestamps for Major Segments

• 03:07 – New Year’s recaps & club v. restaurant debate
• 06:10 – What makes a “loud table”
• 13:27 – College party nostalgia
• 15:05 – Tuesdays: depressing or for legends?
• 20:40 – What is “dogging” & the Vice article
• 25:01 – British teeth & movies
• 32:25 – Mexico: Dad vacations, riding camels, family travel
• 36:36 – Spring Break tales
• 39:08 – Kid personalities & wild ones
• 40:27 – Adam’s Vegas story: celebrities, suites, and loud tables
• 54:28 – Airport strategies: piddling vs. beelining
• 61:22 – Cars, gyms, being loud at the gym
• 66:38 – Friendship longevity and New Year traditions
• 69:21 – Double downs, Tuesdays, and "Going Up on a Tuesday"
• 71:45 – Ellen, celebrities, and friend anecdotes

Tone & Style

Consistently goofy, irreverent, nostalgic, and full of inside jokes. The hosts riff on each other relentlessly, veering wildly from topic to topic, but return often to the themes of aging, friendship, and the minor absurdities of everyday life.

This episode brings the chaos you expect from "This Is Important": a bit rowdy, a bit reflective, and always deeply unserious about the most important things in the world.