*PATREON PREVIEW* Welcome Home with the Fab 5

Summary

Throwing Fits – PATREON PREVIEW Welcome Home with the Fab 5

Release date: September 22, 2025
Hosts: James Harris, Chuck, Rob Kelly, and others

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Episode Overview

In this episode, the Throwing Fits crew reunites for a special “welcome home” edition, marking their triumphant return to Patreon after a stint on Substack. With camaraderie and their signature irreverence, the hosts explain the reasons behind the move, announce major updates to their membership structure, reminisce on earlier “Patreon eras,” and set expectations for their loyal listeners moving forward. The episode is filled with inside jokes, personal stories, and plenty of banter, giving fans a sense of “coming home” with the Fab 5.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. The Return to Patreon: Why and How (01:41 – 06:06)

• The hosts excitedly announce that they are “home” and back to using Patreon as their official platform for premium content, referencing their “semester abroad” on Substack.
• Reasoning: Patreon is described as a more natural fit for their show and brand, with James Harris noting, “for a podcast, it just feels better. It’s a better fit.” (04:50)
• They confirm that the transition from Substack to Patreon was somewhat abrupt and thank their audience for their patience and support through the change.
  • “Thank you for your patience for dealing with us as we kind of took a break… The timing, the time away was a little bit outside of our control.” (James Harris, 06:06)

2. Patreon Membership: Pricing, Perks, and Structure (01:56 – 08:14)

• All the membership details are now transparently available on Patreon, with benefits extended to both new and transitioning supporters.
  • First month is free for new subscribers; ongoing pricing is a flat $5 per month, which applies to all content, including video.
  • “Everything is out a flat five bucks… That’s what it should be. And that’s what it will be forever.” (James, 06:39–07:56)
• The team pokes fun at previous “bad advice” regarding higher price points, emphasizing their desire to keep content affordable and accessible.
• Annual subscribers from Substack have their time honored, with additional perks for making the switch.

3. Updated Show Schedule and Content Preview (02:35 – 03:24)

• The Throwing Fits content calendar is clarified:
  • Mondays: Guest episodes
  • Wednesdays: Mini “Boys Only”
  • Fridays: Feature-length “Boys Only”
  • Sundays: “RP Rob Rec Center”
  • Extra content as available (Tuesdays/Thursdays)
• The hosts riff repeatedly about what day it is, underscoring the show’s loose and irreverent vibe.

4. Nostalgia & Early Patreon Memories (05:23 – 06:04)

• Rob Kelly and the team fondly recall their very first Patreon party (“Kim Folk”), tied to their early milestone of reaching $5K in Patreon support in pre-pandemic 2020.
  • “Damn. That was a different era.” (Chuck, 05:35)
• They express hope to hit that $5K milestone again with the return.

5. Banter & Cultural Commentary (08:25 – 09:30)

• The crew goes on a comedic riff about inflation and the price of Subway “footlongs” versus the value of their Patreon, touching on pop culture and the absurdity of modern prices.
  • “Full on. Yo, this is cheaper than a foot long.” (James Harris, 08:25)
  • “Subway Footlongs are now between 10 and 14. God damn it.” (James Harris, 08:40)
• Jokes about constructing footlong cookie sandwiches underline the group’s playful dynamic.

6. Fit Check and Group Chemistry (09:35 – 10:54)

• The classic Throwing Fits “fit check” segment returns, with Rob Kelly showing off his well-worn Vans sneakers and riffing about how beat-up shoes signal (incorrectly) that he skates.
  • “It gets tough at this point because now they look like I know how to skateboard… but yeah, it’s like every time I wear these now, there’s a 50% chance they’re just gonna give out.” (Rob Kelly, 10:30–10:48)
  • “You toss them or what do you do? Because they’re so beautiful.” (Chuck, 10:48)
• The camaraderie and humor are front and center, punctuated by inside jokes and playful jabs.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Patreon Pricing:
  • “Everything is out a flat five bucks… That’s what it should be. And that’s what it will be forever.” (James Harris, 06:39–07:56)
• Reflecting on the Move:
  • “We kind of spent a semester abroad at Substack… but we are back home, and we couldn’t be more excited.” (James Harris, 04:20–05:09)
• Nostalgia for Past Milestones:
  • “Remember? It was when we hit 5k on Patreon… That was the original goal.” (Rob Kelly, 05:51–05:57)
• On Value:
  • “Full on. Yo, this is cheaper than a foot long.” (James Harris, 08:25)
• Joking About Their Shoes:
  • “Those look like Charlie Kirk’s neck.” (James Harris, 10:03)
  • “It gets tough at this point because now they look like I know how to skateboard…” (Rob Kelly, 10:30)

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• Patreon Move & Pricing Details: 01:41 – 08:14
• Content Schedule Explanation: 02:35 – 03:24
• Nostalgia & Storytelling: 05:23 – 06:04
• Inflation & Value Banter: 08:25 – 09:30
• Fit Check Segment: 09:35 – 10:54

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Tone and Vibe

The episode is a laid-back, self-aware, and humor-driven “housekeeping” session filled with meta-commentary on the podcasting hustle, gentle self-roasting, and frequent tangents that add warmth. It’s clear the crew feels both nostalgic and reinvigorated by their “return home,” making listeners feel like part of the gang.

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Summary for New or Returning Listeners

This episode is your essential throwback and catch-up if you’re a loyal Throwing Fits fan or interested in joining the crew on Patreon. The hosts provide transparent updates, reflect on their journey, and set expectations for the next era of content—all with the unfiltered wit and camaraderie the show’s audience loves.

Transcript

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[Chuck]

Every style, every home throw gang, we.

[James Harris]

Are joined by God's perfect angel, Carlos Franco. Michelin star maestro, Sha Mervana. Not in the epine files, but he's posting id. Rob Kelly, Midnight shift shaman Lawrence Schwman and myself, the red shirt baron, James Harris. Welcome to the wiki Running of the.

[Chuck]

Boys with today's full episode only available on www.patreon.com. throwing fits, I believe is the URL.

[James Harris]

Yeah, throwing fits.com also should work at.

[Chuck]

This point only for like half the people they said with the redirect. So just go to the Patreon website, please.

[James Harris]

But before we get into potting the fellas, we got some major housekeeping. Major updates. Oh, Rob, you don't have a mic?

[Chuck]

No, he has to share.

[Rob Kelly]

We've done this before.

[Chuck]

We only own four mics. As a professional.

[Rob Kelly]

We've done this before. It's not our first radio.

[James Harris]

Okay, cool. All right, big update. We're on Patreon. Yep.

[Chuck]

Yeah, Right now we're back.

[James Harris]

The boys are home.

[Chuck]

We're well, we came home.

[James Harris]

We came home.

[Chuck]

We're coming home. Pushing P. Yeah. Should we get into all the per info? Just get out of the way so we can look.

[James Harris]

All the info you need is listed out in great detail on our Patreon on a post just below this one. So head there for any questions and if you need any support, if you're an existing substack or Patreon subscriber or you're brand new here. The first month of our time on Patreon is free. Or your first month is free. Your first month is comp.

[Chuck]

You're welcome.

[James Harris]

Every substack subscriber will get one month of access. If you're an annual subscriber on substack and you're coming over here, you get your remaining time for free plus an additional free month. If you sign up on Patreon as an annual subscriber, you get a free month tacked on to the end of your year.

[Chuck]

Deals. Deals and automobiles.

[James Harris]

And we got to do schedule too.

[Chuck]

Yeah. All right, so this is so this week does not adhere to this. So disregard. Okay, but it's going to be.

[James Harris]

If you're hearing this on a Monday.

[Chuck]

You will be here. Beautiful Tuesday.

[James Harris]

Jeff, what day is it?

[Chuck]

Saturday. All right, so here's the deal. Moving forward. Next week, guest steps. Monday, Wednesday, mini boys only.

[James Harris]

Yep.

[Chuck]

Friday, feature length boys only. And then RP Rob rec center in some form or another is going to hit on Sunday night. Yep. And extra content when it does happen is going to run on Tuesdays and or Thursdays. That's a sketch starting next week.

[James Harris]

Starting next week. This week. Today's Monday. No, today's Saturday. But really Friday. But you're hearing this on a Monday.

[Chuck]

And it's a beautiful Tuesday.

[James Harris]

Beautiful Tuesday Edge. You know what's a beautiful Tuesday? 9 11.

[Chuck]

Stop it.

[James Harris]

Beautiful Tuesday morning.

[Chuck]

Who's our first guest weather in the Patreon era?

[James Harris]

Just like 911 Tuesday morning, Ed Sheeran will be hitting the twin towers of your inbox.

[Chuck]

The real Red Baron. Yeah. What a fucking lad. You guys, honestly, we're separating the art from the artist. Okay, we'll go into the great detail on Wednesday on that.

[James Harris]

But we did Google, who listens to Ed Sheeran after we potted 12 year old girl? No, it said everybody.

[Chuck]

According to Google, he is a global pop superstar.

[James Harris]

Yeah.

[Chuck]

But here's the favorite Ed Sheeran song, shape of you man. There it is.

[James Harris]

Name five Ed songs.

[Chuck]

Oh yeah. Oh, yeah. Also, we can no longer legally do outro music ever again. So we'll just be singing them on the pod.

[James Harris]

Exactly.

[Chuck]

Yeah.

[James Harris]

Okay, so why are we home back at Patreon? I've been saying that we kind of spent a semester abroad at Sub Sack. Yeah. You know, we saw things, we came back. We now pronounce it. We saw things, we now experimented. We now called we now that annoying girl. It's like, oh, I would love a croissant mozzarella. Croissant. But we're home, back to where it all started. Patreon. You know, for a podcast, it just feels better. It's a better fit.

[Chuck]

It's the right fit. When you do what we do, what do we do? I don't know. That's up to you.

[James Harris]

But, Chuck, what do we do?

[Chuck]

Yeah, create. We're content creators. They asked us what we do and who we do it for, but where we're doing it is Patreon. This is. Listen, without Patreon, we wouldn't have launched this rocket ship into the stratosphere. And yes, we spent some time away, but we are back home, and we couldn't be more excited. Patreon, really?

[James Harris]

If.

[Chuck]

Listen, if you want a podcast, behind the paywall, is there a better spot than Patreon?

[James Harris]

Absolutely.

[Chuck]

I don't think so.

[Rob Kelly]

Do you remember when we first launched Patreon, the first time? Was that when we did the party at. When we did. We did the. The first party at First Patreon at Kim Folk. Yeah, yeah.

[Chuck]

Oh, we did. Damn. That was a. That was a different era.

[James Harris]

That was like 2020.

[Rob Kelly]

Yeah.

[James Harris]

Which pre.

[Rob Kelly]

COVID pandemic.

[Chuck]

We just. We paid for ourselves.

[Rob Kelly]

Yeah, yeah. I came up. I remember I stayed at Airbnb.

[Chuck]

Wait, were you working.

[James Harris]

Were you working on the pod?

[Rob Kelly]

Yeah, it was like. Yeah.

[Chuck]

Oh, he was here for. For Ezra.

[Rob Kelly]

But this was after. It was like. Remember? It was when we hit 5k on Patreon.

[James Harris]

Damn.

[Chuck]

That was a goal.

[Rob Kelly]

$5,000. Because that was the original goal.

[James Harris]

Oh, okay. Okay.

[Rob Kelly]

Like February or something.

[Chuck]

Wow. Did we pay for.

[James Harris]

Well, I hope we make it to 5k again.

[Rob Kelly]

Yeah. Back to 5k.

[James Harris]

Yo. If we make it to 5k today. Yeah. So if you are making the transition back. If you were with us on Patreon, went to substack, and now we're back on Patreon. Thank you. Thank you for your patience. We know it's a lot. Also, thank you for your patience for dealing with us as we kind of took a break there. The timing, the time away was a little bit outside of our control as we settled in back at patreon. I think 1. One huge change, which you should know this. I guess this is free, though, so maybe you don't know this is that everything. Everything is out a flat five bucks.

[Chuck]

Yeah, we're. That's. That's what it's worth.

[James Harris]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Unidentified Male Guest]

You know when Tick Tock affiliates are like, someone made a mistake here.

[James Harris]

Oh, yeah, yeah. Someone. Someone at the Nose Strip place getting fired.

[Chuck]

We're all looking for the guy that made this $9. We're all looking for him.

[James Harris]

Yeah. That is something that we were. Okay, we were pretty talk about it. That is something we're pretty adamant about when we were, you know, making the. Making the switch back and having these conversations, and we wanted to set it at five bucks instead of, you know, maybe taking some, like, outside advice on pricing, which may or may not have happened earlier. So we're back at five, and that's everything. Video.

[Unidentified Male Guest]

Even with the TER.

[James Harris]

Even with the.

[Chuck]

Even with the TER.

[James Harris]

This is. This is made in the USA.

[Chuck]

This is a domestic product, dude. 100,000%. Yeah.

[James Harris]

I like this beer. Imported from Okinawa, Japan. Delicious. Orion. It just says beer. Oh, yeah. These are some expensive beers we got right here. International flavor.

[Chuck]

They're free, dude. Shout out. Orion.

[James Harris]

What are the towers on Jamaica?

[Chuck]

Yeah, what are. Does Jamaica have tariffs?

[James Harris]

I imagine so.

[Chuck]

Is red stripe just, like, a license thing that it's.

[James Harris]

Yeah, I'm sure it's fruit here. No, I'm sure it's like. Yeah.

[Chuck]

Playa la playa. Oh, Waits. All right, here's the deal with the money. I don't want to ever pass the buck. No pun intended. I think we might have got some bad advice that wasn't 1,000% vetted, and we're. This. This is. I'm not saying we're making it right, because a lot of y' all were very generous for this operation, for all of us here, but this is. It's five bucks. Yeah. That's what it should be. And that's what it will be forever.

[James Harris]

Yeah. Okay. Enough. Boring.

[Chuck]

Is that everything?

[James Harris]

I think that's everything.

[Chuck]

All the housekeeping.

[James Harris]

It's pretty simple. We're on Patreon now.

[Chuck]

Yeah.

[James Harris]

Yeah.

[Chuck]

Wait.

[James Harris]

Full on. Yo, this is cheaper than a foot long.

[Chuck]

Oh, yeah. Inflation, bro. Yeah. They're not $5 anymore. They don't even. Is that even the promo?

[Unidentified Male Guest]

I don't think that was, like, happy Gilmore one.

[Chuck]

Price. Yeah, that was 97. Dude. They. Jared Fogel was a convicted fucking pedophile.

[James Harris]

Holy shit, bro. Subway Footlongs are now between 10 and 14. God damn it.

[Unidentified Male Guest]

How much is the long cookie?

[Chuck]

Pause, Chuck. Dude, you're telling me if I want a chicken teriyaki. Got a. I got a pony up. 14 bones.

[James Harris]

The footlong cookie is $5.

[Unidentified Male Guest]

That's America for you. The sandwich with all the nutrients and protein is nutrients.

[James Harris]

The very. The very healthy Subway sub.

[Chuck]

Chuck just wants to eat fresh, but he's forced to eat cookies. Three for three meals a day.

[James Harris]

The 12 inches of sandwich. Fine.

[Unidentified Male Guest]

Give me two long cookies.

[James Harris]

Yo. You could make a cookie sandwich, yo.

[Chuck]

Just, like, with some ice cream in the middle. Just the longest chip witch of all.

[James Harris]

Oh, yo, do we just invent something anyway for the price of a cookie? Footlong.

[Chuck]

You get all this. You get all this. Good. Hell, yeah. All right. Yeah.

[James Harris]

We're back at everything. Yeah, that's everything. We're home. Let's get to a fit check.

[Chuck]

Welcome home to us. All right, fit check. I don't know if we want to belabor this or breeze through it. We. I believe we normally start with the boys, the fellas. Robbie, why don't you kick us off?

[Rob Kelly]

Thank you.

[Chuck]

Did you see his shoes? He's wearing the smoking guns. Dude, these are fucking cooked.

[Rob Kelly]

Yeah, I wore.

[James Harris]

Oh, my God.

[Rob Kelly]

I wore these recently, actually.

[James Harris]

Those look like Charlie Kirk's neck.

[Chuck]

Oh, Lord.

[James Harris]

I wore them on paywall, right On.

[Rob Kelly]

A set where, like, a guy from, like, Vans Corporate was like, there's. And he was, like, taking pictures of them.

[Chuck]

Really?

[Rob Kelly]

Yeah. He was like, this is so sick. He's like. He's like, how long have you had these for? I was like, I don't know, like a year or something. Like, that's normally.

[James Harris]

That's it.

[Chuck]

Your bro stop walking so hard.

[Rob Kelly]

It's New York. What do you mean?

[Chuck]

You got to walk?

[James Harris]

He is walking here. Yeah.

[Rob Kelly]

But no, this is. It gets tough at this point because now they look like, I know how to skateboard. So people be like, oh, you skate? I'm like, no, it's a fine line to. To walk there. But yeah, it's like, at the point where, like, every time I wear these now, like, they need to be retired, I feel like there's a 50% chance, like, they're just going to, like, give out.

[Chuck]

You toss them or what do you do? Because they're so beautiful.

[Rob Kelly]

So I will probably definitely keep these and, like, throw them under my bed or something.

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