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Episode 15 is a wild one. For the first time ever, we're recording BarPod live from Paddle Bar while it's open — packed house, dog at the bar, people staring at us, the whole deal. And because Chad's down in Hilton Head with the family, we're flipping the format completely. McKenzie (Ryan's wife) jumps in as guest co-host for the first half, turning the tables and interviewing Ryan about Paddle Bar's origin story, the entrepreneurial roller coaster, why he can't stomach formal politics, and the candy clubhouse he ran out of his backyard as a kid. Then Chad calls in remotely from South Carolina for Bar Pod's first-ever long-distance episode.

Along the way: Park Tok goes feral on TikTok, Sysco buying Restaurant Depot for $29 billion (and why that's bad news for independents), Chipotle running out of basically everything, the art of slowly landing the plane after a vacation bender, repair-of-the-week, Tique's construction updates and rising costs, an unhinged shoutout to Shameless, why Chad's been called a "poopy pickle," and the case for being a Great Lakes person. Plus a National Beer Day cheers, a margarita, a bourbonade, and zero plan from start to finish.

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