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Host (Chuck Franco)
We are joined by the last man off the wildcat bench, but the first to bear down, Chuck Franco. The fourth. The fourth most culturally relevant Bay area, the vacation vixen, James Harrison. Me. The kind of guy who's driving while looking at his screen, Lawrence Schlossman. Welcome to a special Core 4Q1 running of the Boys with today's full episode only available on throwingfits.com that's right. Before we get into things that were not written down because I picked up the keys last minute. Thank you for joining us, guys. Yeah, it is a beautiful Friday afternoon in spring, baby.
Co-host (James Harrison)
Spring is sprung. This is the new initiative Core 4. Every quarter or fab five or every three months. At least every three months.
Host (Chuck Franco)
Robbie is in the desert.
Co-host (James Harrison)
He's. He's doing Tiny Mike into Barry Keoghan's.
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That was a gigantic face.
Host (Chuck Franco)
That was a really good conversation.
Co-host (Chef)
Yeah.
Co-host (James Harrison)
Just two Irishman just yucking it up over a footy.
Host (Chuck Franco)
Real ball knowers.
Co-host (Chef)
Yeah.
Host (Chuck Franco)
We miss you, Robbie. I believe you actually landed already.
Co-host (James Harrison)
We'll FaceTime him. So he picks up on the flight and commits a federal crime.
Host (Chuck Franco)
Yes. We're Pot Friday. Thank you, Chuck. Thank you, Chef, for joining us. Instead of actually doing whatever you'd want to do on a Friday afternoon, watching basketball. What would you be doing, Chuck? Watching basketball.
Guest (Lawrence Schlossman)
Watching basketball. Yeah.
Host (Chuck Franco)
How did you. How did the Wildcats look today?
Guest (Lawrence Schlossman)
They look great, but I mean, we're not. We didn't come here to one win.
Host (Chuck Franco)
One game was this the.
Co-host (James Harrison)
Was this the Ice T Bowl where they played Long Island?
Guest (Lawrence Schlossman)
Yes.
Co-host (James Harrison)
Oh, it was.
Guest (Lawrence Schlossman)
Yeah.
Host (Chuck Franco)
Arizona reign supreme. When. How old were you the last time the Wildcats were in the Final Four? It's already.
Co-host (James Harrison)
We're already at the Final Four.
Co-host (Chef)
No, no, no.
Host (Chuck Franco)
But it's just trying to prove their incompetence in the tourney.
Guest (Lawrence Schlossman)
I was a.
Co-host (Chef)
They.
Co-host (James Harrison)
They suck. I thought they're good.
Guest (Lawrence Schlossman)
No, they are good, but they just. They're. The elusive Final Four has.
Host (Chuck Franco)
They're good. One doesn't count when it comes to cutting down the nets. They have since Chuck has. They haven't done that since he was single digits, dude.
Co-host (Chef)
Yeah.
Host (Chuck Franco)
That is a long time.
Co-host (James Harrison)
Got to get the frat leader six, man.
Host (Chuck Franco)
You know that's asu. Arizona State University. Sorry, you do not claim the number one. Chad.
Guest (Lawrence Schlossman)
One of the Kardashians came to think Courtney.
Co-host (James Harrison)
She's dating.
Host (Chuck Franco)
She's a wildcat.
Co-host (James Harrison)
Dating the point card or something?
Host (Chuck Franco)
No, I don't know. Wait, really? I think that's your most famous. Courtney Kardashian.
Co-host (Chef)
She's pushing the GLPs.
Co-host (James Harrison)
No, no, she's promoting Lemmy.
Co-host (Chef)
Oh, right. Yeah, It's. It's the same thing, right?
Co-host (James Harrison)
Like, yeah, let me get some GLP wants.
Host (Chuck Franco)
She's hot now. That's all that matters. Chef, what would you be doing, dude?
Co-host (Chef)
Chilling.
Host (Chuck Franco)
Probably making decks.
Co-host (Chef)
Making decks. I'm watching tennis. I don't know. Oh, yeah.
Host (Chuck Franco)
What. What tournament is happening right now?
Co-host (James Harrison)
I saw Miami.
Host (Chuck Franco)
I saw that there was a rain delay, unfortunately for all the influencers who got flown out.
Co-host (James Harrison)
Pain Energy.
Host (Chuck Franco)
Yeah.
Co-host (James Harrison)
Down at that tournament. Sabalenka and the Gucci furs.
Host (Chuck Franco)
Oh, is it similar? Is that like the equivalent of the waste management opening golf where everyone parties and goes psycho? The Miami Open for Tennessee Miami.
Co-host (Chef)
So, yeah, they call.
Host (Chuck Franco)
I think that's like the U.S. i
Co-host (Chef)
feel like it's the U.S. open where people get the most up. But they call this the. The Sunshine Swing. Right? Like, that sounds fun.
Co-host (James Harrison)
That's pretty stupid.
Host (Chuck Franco)
That is bad branding. We should get Chef on that. Dude. That's what should be a deck for bang.
Co-host (James Harrison)
I went last year and then. I know we're going to talk weekend plans, but after the. After this ch. All you guys are invited. I'm going straight to Bernie's because we convinced Oliver to put Alcaraz Joel Fonseca on a big screen the first time they were ever playing, dude. And all the ran in Miami are going to be going loco. Or however you say loco in Portuguese.
Host (Chuck Franco)
Different. Probably different, but similar.
Co-host (James Harrison)
Lo.
Co-host (Chef)
Yeah.
Host (Chuck Franco)
Something like that. Okay. Again, thank you guys for joining us.
Co-host (James Harrison)
Portuguese is a Spanish. If you had a stroke, you know that, right? Charvecha. That's how you say surveys.
Host (Chuck Franco)
It's offensive to both Portuguese people and people that have suffered from a stroke.
Co-host (James Harrison)
You know how you say spaghetti in Portuguese?
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Host (Chuck Franco)
All right, that's cool. I mean, so you're saying I can speak. I can order spaghetti in Portuguese pretty easily.
Co-host (James Harrison)
Stroke ass. Spanish.
Host (Chuck Franco)
Yeah. Okay, guys, let's get into a fit check. I would love to start with chef.
Co-host (Chef)
Okay, I'm wearing. I'm wearing some. Some vintage Prada sneakers. I'm wearing Nike dry fit socks.
Host (Chuck Franco)
What are.
Co-host (James Harrison)
What era are these products from?
Co-host (Chef)
I think they're old Monte Carlos patent leather.
Host (Chuck Franco)
Are they comfortable?
Co-host (Chef)
Yeah, they're. They're pretty. They're pretty comfortable. I got them resold after. I got them, too.
Host (Chuck Franco)
Oh, yeah, what do we got a Vibram on there now?
Co-host (Chef)
No, it's.
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Host (Chuck Franco)
Wait, you. How did you get the Prada resold?
Co-host (Chef)
So, bro, I took it to Michael's shoe repair in Carol Gardens.
Co-host (James Harrison)
Wow. He traveled far.
Co-host (Chef)
It's pretty quick to get there for me. But. But yeah, he basically, he ripped. He ripped off the original sole, then redid the. The middle part.
Host (Chuck Franco)
I see the midsole.
Co-host (Chef)
Yeah, that's kind of dried up.
Co-host (James Harrison)
And it was like, wow, Monte Carlo's Alcaraz.
Host (Chuck Franco)
But, yeah, I got a very fly bro.
Co-host (Chef)
Nike. Thank you.
Co-host (James Harrison)
You've been wearing those a lot.
Co-host (Chef)
Well, I got them in, like, November. Where you got them from that year.
Co-host (James Harrison)
What's wrong with that?
Co-host (Chef)
That's fire. Yeah.
Co-host (James Harrison)
Slept on in the U.S. dude.
Co-host (Chef)
It's pretty. It's pretty solid.
Co-host (James Harrison)
And do they have a good men's offering?
Co-host (Chef)
They. It was pretty sick. I was literally. I was on a layover. It was kind of pretentious. I was. I was in the Dubai airport, scrolling, and I was like, yeah, I'm going to buy these.
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Co-host (James Harrison)
Was this on your epic trip through to India?
Co-host (Chef)
Yeah.
Co-host (James Harrison)
Sick.
Co-host (Chef)
It is. That's actually. I got that jacket when I was out there too, actually.
Co-host (James Harrison)
India.
Co-host (Chef)
I got that one in Kuala Lumpur.
Host (Chuck Franco)
What is it at?
Co-host (Chef)
Like a secondhand.
Host (Chuck Franco)
Let's get right into it.
Co-host (Chef)
Vintage store, that. It's United Colors of Benetton. Oh.
Co-host (James Harrison)
Is the vintage in KL or Malaysia at large? Very fudgeing fire because I feel like there's some grilled. I don't know if it's because of the factories are there, but sometimes I'll find like a guy on grill that has like crazy comedic or polos and they're located in Malaysia, So shipping's like 40 bucks or whatever and it takes three weeks, but it's like 20 bucks.
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Like a CDG Polo.
Co-host (Chef)
Yeah, like, it was. We found one store that was like pretty close to the hotel that we were at that had like insane shit. It was mostly women's stuff. So that's actually. It's a. It's a women's jacket, but like chef size regardless. Yeah, yeah, no, I mean, Jesse and I were buying like so much that we're just like sharing. But.
Host (Chuck Franco)
Yeah, I mean, that makes sense.
Co-host (Chef)
You're both built the same pretty much. But. But anyway, yeah, no, it was sick. And it's all cheap as fuck. Yeah. The conversion rate is like, so. Oh, thanks.
Host (Chuck Franco)
How is.
Co-host (James Harrison)
I've heard that KL Kuala Lumpur has the. Some of the best street food in the world, dude.
Co-host (Chef)
Yeah, low key. I liked it. I like the food there more than in Singapore, which is like also like, you know, like a crazy kind of like night market.
Host (Chuck Franco)
What's the best you ate off the street?
Co-host (Chef)
Off the street? I mean, the. The national dish, bro. Nasi n lamak. Yeah, it's. It goes. It goes crazy. Also. They do breakfast so well there. Like.
Co-host (James Harrison)
Like savory.
Co-host (Chef)
Yeah. I mean, like kaya toast, which was delicious. And then also roti chana, which there's some places around here that make it really well too.
Co-host (James Harrison)
But there's like a spot in Times Square.
Co-host (Chef)
Yeah. I haven't been to that one actually. Copa. Copa Tam or something like that. Yeah. But anyway, I'm wearing Nike Dry Fit socks. Laundry in our building's been broken for like three weeks.
Host (Chuck Franco)
What?
Co-host (Chef)
Yeah.
Host (Chuck Franco)
I'm taking so long.
Co-host (Chef)
So.
Co-host (James Harrison)
Have you not been doing laund.
Co-host (Chef)
I don't know, man.
Host (Chuck Franco)
In our. How dirty are your socks right now?
Co-host (Chef)
I re upped, bro.
Co-host (James Harrison)
Thank God.
Host (Chuck Franco)
Thank God.
Co-host (James Harrison)
Go to like a Laundromat, you know, every week.
Co-host (Chef)
Our. Our building manager is like, yeah, like, you know, it's going to be up this week. So I've just kind of just been waiting.
Host (Chuck Franco)
You've been trusting this man who's lying. And it's.
Co-host (Chef)
It's literally. It's been over. It's like three and a half weeks.
Co-host (James Harrison)
Perils of gentrification.
Co-host (Chef)
I know it's fucked up. But anyway, so I. I got fresh. Fresh socks and fresh briefs for the first time in like a year, which is nice.
Host (Chuck Franco)
What are the briefs?
Co-host (Chef)
Calvin Klein.
Host (Chuck Franco)
Nice jeans.
Co-host (Chef)
The jeans are mf Penny.
Host (Chuck Franco)
Hell yeah.
Co-host (Chef)
The tea is Angel Olsen merch from Forest Hills Stadium. She made like.
Host (Chuck Franco)
Let's see.
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Host (Chuck Franco)
Tennis academy.
Co-host (Chef)
It's like tennis wow. But yeah, I had to dig deep in the closet because I don't have any clean T shirts anymore.
Host (Chuck Franco)
You could have bought more teeth.
Co-host (Chef)
You can wear that. To wear that. I was trying to avoid that, though. I was like, I know. I have like stacks and stacks of T shirts that could get me through this, you know? So I'm just.
Co-host (James Harrison)
You can wear that to the Forest Hills grass courts because it is 80% white.
Co-host (Chef)
True. True. I rule. Yeah, it's. Dude, that would be a good place for the next. The next strokers. Low key.
Co-host (James Harrison)
I can't afford it.
Host (Chuck Franco)
Kidding me.
Co-host (James Harrison)
Yet.
Host (Chuck Franco)
Yet. Don't sell yourself short.
Co-host (James Harrison)
I mean, I could, but like, I'm not going to.
Host (Chuck Franco)
Here's a question. Forgive me.
Co-host (James Harrison)
Who's Angel Olsen, bro?
Host (Chuck Franco)
She's like Jean Olsen. Like, sister.
Co-host (Chef)
No, no, she's not that crazy of a question. No, no, she's a.
Host (Chuck Franco)
They're pumping him out, dude. She works for the Row.
Co-host (Chef)
She's a musician. She's like. It's folk mostly, but like, she plays around with a lot of different genres. But like, yeah, she's hella cool. She's one of my favorite musicians.
Host (Chuck Franco)
Oh, wow. Okay. Never heard of her.
Co-host (James Harrison)
Rushmore.
Co-host (Chef)
She is goated. She's on my Mount Rushmore.
Co-host (James Harrison)
My personal Mount Rushmore.
Co-host (Chef)
Performative, dude.
Host (Chuck Franco)
Who else is on there?
Co-host (Chef)
Dude, crazy ass question. I don't know. The Strokes talking Heads and Angel Olsen. Yeah.
Host (Chuck Franco)
How old is this chick?
Co-host (Chef)
She's probably, I want to say either in her late 30s or early 40s. This. This T shirt. She played a show.
Co-host (James Harrison)
Old as hell boy.
Co-host (Chef)
She played a show with the Strokes at Forest Hills. It was like the craziest. Like kind of like dream lineup for me.
Host (Chuck Franco)
Who banged harder?
Co-host (Chef)
She. She's goaded. I feel like the Strokes.
Co-host (James Harrison)
I'm sleep. The Strokes are always hella hit or
Co-host (Chef)
miss every time I've seen them. Yeah, I know. Like it's like it's. As much as I love them, they're. They. Are they drunk? Yeah, always.
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Co-host (James Harrison)
And who's the fourth on your.
Co-host (Chef)
I don't know. I got to think about this man. But. But anyway. Yeah, the sweater is Lady White co. And then yeah the jacket was Benetton.
Host (Chuck Franco)
Chuck, Spectacles.
Co-host (Chef)
Oh, mascot.
Co-host (James Harrison)
Are you still wearing your dad's rings?
Host (Chuck Franco)
Your wrinkles?
Co-host (Chef)
I'm. Yeah, I. I ditched him. We offerings maybe.
Co-host (James Harrison)
Yeah.
Host (Chuck Franco)
Damn. Ringless like Chris Paul. Chuck, what did you wear today?
Guest (Lawrence Schlossman)
I wore the 316 Saucony.
Host (Chuck Franco)
Those are great.
Guest (Lawrence Schlossman)
The Shrek's.
Host (Chuck Franco)
I think that's the best. The better. Not that they're both great, but that's the best colorway.
Co-host (James Harrison)
I. I like the grays because it. They kind of after seeing them in person they kind of have like a purplish tinge to them.
Guest (Lawrence Schlossman)
Yeah, they're great. They're really comfortable. They're 160 and I feel like cheap.
Co-host (James Harrison)
There's a lot of.
Guest (Lawrence Schlossman)
There's a lot of shoes that are way more expensive for like this quality suede. Like I'm. I can feel like I can see them from here. They're so hairy.
Co-host (Chef)
Yeah.
Host (Chuck Franco)
Hairy purple or hairy tennis ball. There's a strain for everyone.
Co-host (Chef)
Rex testicles.
Host (Chuck Franco)
Yeah.
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Date: March 23, 2026
Hosts: Chuck Franco, James Harrison
Guests: Chef, Lawrence Schlossman
(Episode focuses on the “Core 4” team’s quarterly check-in, spring energy, basketball talk, international travel, fashion, and communal catch-ups.)
This special "Core 4" quarterly episode of Throwing Fits reunites the main crew for a freewheeling, funny, and meandering conversation about their current lives, sports obsessions, travel stories, style evolutions, and personal rituals. The vibe is relaxed Friday energy, with the guys riffing on everything from college basketball heartbreaks and luxury sneaker repairs to street food in Kuala Lumpur, vintage shopping hacks, and the mundane perils of broken laundromats. Each member offers a "fit check" and shares recent personal highlights, keeping the signature off-the-cuff and roast-friendly tone.
"We are joined by the last man off the wildcat bench, but the first to bear down, Chuck Franco. The fourth most culturally relevant Bay area, the vacation vixen, James Harrison. Me. The kind of guy who's driving while looking at his screen, Lawrence Schlossman." (Chuck Franco, 01:10)
"We're Pot Friday. Thank you...Instead of watching basketball. What would you be doing, Chuck?"
— Chuck Franco, [02:17]
“Portuguese is Spanish if you had a stroke, you know that, right?”
— James Harrison, [04:48]
“I got fresh socks and fresh briefs for the first time in like a year, which is nice.”
— Chef, [09:38]
"She's a musician...folk mostly, but she plays around with different genres...hella cool, one of my favorite musicians."
— Chef on Angel Olsen, [10:46]
"They're really comfortable...cheap...a lot of shoes that are way more expensive for like this quality suede...I can see them from here. They're so hairy."
— Lawrence Schlossman on his sneakers, [12:15]
This episode is peak Throwing Fits: loose, funny, and packed with tangents, but always circles back to the “core” of friendship, fashion, and enthusiast culture. Listeners are treated to travel tales, sneaker nerd-outs, and offbeat lifestyle confessions—punctuated by quotable moments and streetwise wit. Both loyal fans and newcomers will appreciate its insider, irreverent energy.