You Should Know Podcast

Episode 188: THE MORNING ROUTINE CHALLENGE! (Halloween Special)
Hosts: Peyton Hardin & Cameron Kennedy
Date: October 27, 2025

Overview

Peyton and Cam’s Halloween special is an unpredictable, laugh-out-loud episode packed with wild costumes, hilarious friendship roasts, and a memorable in-studio "morning routine challenge" inspired by Love is Blind. Their banter moves from embarrassing stories at Austin F1, haunted houses, marathon runners, insurance fraud, and the most repulsive drink they’ve ever made live on air. Throughout, the guys keep the Halloween spirit alive in true YSK style: unfiltered, relational, and hysterically honest.

Episode Highlights & Key Discussions

1. Halloween Kickoff and Costume Parade

[02:19 – 13:24]

• Peyton welcomes listeners and hypes this year’s Halloween episode, teasing extravagant costumes and urging viewers to participate by watching on YouTube and dressing up.
• Costume reveals include: Barney (melting), Mr. America, Buzz Lightyear, The Thing, and a human "leaf blower."
• Hilarious roast of each other’s costumes (inflated muscles, missing accessories, Buzz in “Capris”):
  • Cam: “You look good. You have a—I mean, you look very top-heavy.” [10:00]
  • Peyton: “Getting a little choked. It’s an inflatable chest plate…and it made me real strong.” [10:04]
• The recurring theme: it's truly an episode that’s better to watch than just to listen.
• Peyton tries to do a Halloween-y accent, and Cam reflects: “Between…there’s some great costumes here…I think you got the best costume. Or Barney. I don’t know.”

2. Weekend Recap & F1 Austin Tales

[14:08 – 23:04]

• The duo recalls attending Formula 1 in Austin, surrounded by affluence and big-name influencers, mocking their own out-of-place energy.
• Cam embarrasses himself by slicing his hand trying to open a water bottle for a stranger on the Sprinter van.
  • Peyton: “I am dripping blood from my hand…” [17:51]
  • Cam: “Now everyone in the Sprinter van is looking back at the medical emergency.” [18:36]
• Peyton’s embarrassing moment: breaks a fancy racecar photo-op prop while nervous in front of “millions of followers.”
• Both agree they’re “walking lawsuits” and not the “sexy influencer” types you usually see at these events.

3. Mascots, Costumed Characters & Haunted Houses

[23:30 – 42:37]

• Cam shares his belief that anyone in a mascot suit should always stay in character, recounting an awkward encounter with a nonchalant Goofy mascot on Fremont Street.
  • Cam: “I don’t like mascots being de-helmeted. I don’t want to see any of your real skin.” [24:05]
  • Peyton: “You gave him $20 to take a picture, and you weren’t satisfied with the performance. You’re a great man.” [25:10]
• Discussion on haunted houses, particularly “The 17th Door” in LA—a truly extreme experience involving haircuts, live insects, tasers, and simulated suffocation.
  • Cam: “They can cut your hair. So you go in there and there’s a guy with clippers dressed up as a piggly wiggly…” [37:10]
  • Peyton: "You put a live maggot on me…I’m not doing it." [38:49]
• Both hosts agree a regular haunted house is too much for them—let alone one involving insects and torture devices.

4. The “Blended Chicken” Morning Routine Challenge

[44:21 – 55:45]

• Inspired by a Love is Blind cast member’s grotesque morning ritual: blending cooked chicken breast, tap water, and Crystal Light for breakfast.
• Peyton and Cam attempt to recreate and drink it live. The sequence is pure slapstick, with escalating horror, smell tests, and dramatic gags.
  • Peyton: “It looks like a strawberry banana…Oh my god.” [49:48]
  • Cam (after sipping): “Oh, hakuna matata. What a wonderful day…” [52:10]
  • Peyton: “My chest got tighter… If I sniff I won’t be able to drink it.” [49:28]
  • Both: Alternately threatening to leave if the other doesn’t drink, dry-heaving, and howling about the experience.
• Cam: “No, it’s kind of cool though because it’s like you get entrée and an appetizer…you can taste both of them separately but equal at the same time.” [52:21]

5. Would-You-Rather & Physical Limits

[57:52 – 68:44]

• Peyton asks Cam if he’d ever try the Moab 240: a 240-mile foot marathon through the Utah mountains.
  • Peyton: "What do you have to do in your life to get to the point where you want to sign up voluntarily to run 240 miles?" [60:06]
• They joke about what would happen if they had to run it together (“I’d sacrifice you by mile eight; you’re dead”), roasting each other’s athletic limitations.
  • Cam: “If we're being honest, I would cover more ground in the Moab than you…You have too much hip, you have bad hips, and you have too much weight.” [66:06]
  • Peyton: “I have extra fat just stored up. I can go for days.” [66:28]
• They roast marathon runners for being too earnest about their shoes, and Cam shares: “I dated a girl that did marathons…Her feet looked like George Washington’s teeth—made of horse, isn’t it?” [68:12]
• Peyton tells a humiliating story about a massage therapist reacting to his feet, “talking to no one in a language I don’t know” as soon as she touches them. [70:26]

6. Heist Talk: The Louvre Robbery & Insurance Fraud

[72:44 – 78:32]

• They recap the real-life broad-daylight robbery of the Louvre and muse about what you’d ever do with priceless stolen artifacts.
  • Peyton: “What do you plan on doing with the most prized possession jewels in the world?” [75:06]
  • Cam: “You can’t get money on it…the only thing…is melt it down…maybe get 2 million.” [75:16]
• Peyton proposes the robbery was an “inside job” for insurance fraud.
  • They riff: Would they do the same if someone offered to "crumble" their company for $100 million? Cam, straight-faced: “Oh, crumbled. It’s crumbl cookies. This company is crumbl cookies. It all falls down.” [77:40]

7. Halloween Would-You-Rather & Joke-Off

[81:02 – 88:32]

• Peyton’s corny joke, delivered with exaggerated delight:
  • Peyton: “What’s a vampire’s favorite fruit? ...A nectarine! The nectarine—you get it?” [81:34]
• Cam is baffled by Peyton's joy, jokes a company drug policy is needed.
• Peyton’s Halloween would-you-rather:
  • “Would you rather, every year on Halloween, whatever anybody dresses up as, they become it (just for Halloween)...or would you rather every creature anyone can dress up as actually exists, but there’s only one of each for real, and they’re there 24/7?” [84:17]
  • They debate, with Cam ultimately loving the “become your costume for a night” idea: “One year I’m a dragon. I get to fly. The next, I’m John Cena. I get to walk around and hand out attitude adjustments.” [86:49]

Notable Quotes

• Peyton (on haunted house pricing): “You’re bringing out my wildest fears…If you say anything above $45, they’re out of their mind.” [41:12]
• Cam (on influencer events): “I don’t know how to take pictures…I’m not cool, I’m not sexy.” [21:12]
• Peyton, during the chicken challenge: “My chest got tighter…If I sniff, I won’t be able to drink it.” [49:28]
• Cam, mid-drink: “No, no, no…Half of me hates you, but half of me understands.” [54:38]
• Peyton, on the Moab: “What do you have to do in your life to get to the point where you want to sign up voluntarily to run 240 miles?” [60:06]
• Cam, discussing insurance fraud: “Oh, crumbled. It’s crumbl cookies. This company is crumbl cookies. It all falls down.” [77:40]

Memorable Moments

• [44:21–55:45]: The live blending and drinking of chicken, water, and Crystal Light. This encapsulates the boys’ commitment to the bit—complete with gagging, threats to leave, “hakuna matata,” and an aftermath of unfiltered disgust.
• [70:26]: Peyton’s story of being shamed for his feet by a masseuse, spoken to in another language.
• [81:02–82:36]: Peyton’s “nectarine” joke, and his over-the-top laughter, leaving Cam convinced a drug policy might be in order.

Timestamps for Key Segments

• [02:19] – Costumes reveal & Halloween banter
• [14:08] – F1 Austin influencer event stories
• [23:30] – Mascot/character bit and haunted house confessionals
• [36:33] – “The 17th Door” haunted house details
• [44:21] – The “blended chicken” morning routine challenge
• [57:52] – Endurance events/marathon runner roasts
• [72:44] – Louvre museum robbery and insurance fraud musings
• [81:02] – Halloween jokes and philosophical would-you-rather

Episode Tone & Style

Irreverent, chaotic, and bursting with friendship energy. Both hosts relentlessly roast each other and themselves, swinging between gag-inducing food challenges, embarrassing confessions, and Halloween hypotheticals. The humor is physical, gross-out, and relentless, but always feels rooted in long-time camaraderie.

For New Listeners

This is an iconic YSK Halloween episode:

• It’s funnier watched than just listened to, especially with over-the-top costumes and visual gags.
• The highlight is the disgusting food challenge—watching them struggle through “blended chicken” is pure slapstick.
• Cam and Peyton’s stories about influencer events, haunted houses, and failed athletic ambitions are both relatable and wildly exaggerated.

Peyton: “Happy Halloween, you little purple penis.” [09:33]
Cam, after the chicken challenge: “Who's Jordan? Jordan’s going to hell.” [53:46]

Secret Code

"You got t o t o t. Trick or treat. Happy Halloween." [90:03]

Final Thoughts:
A deliriously wild episode—part costume party, part self-roast, with a core of genuine best-friendship and mayhem. Cam and Peyton’s “don’t try this at home” chicken shake challenge is a new low (or high?) for the pod, and the Halloween would-you-rather is a perfect closer for fans who embrace the absurd.

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