Doughboys (podcast)


Doughboys is an audio podcast that follows Mike Mitchell and Nick Wiger as they review chain restaurants, including fast food restaurants, fast casual restaurants, and sit-down restaurants. The podcast started in May 2015, and began offering bonus episodes for Patreon supporters in March 2017 under the name Doughboys Double. Doughboys joined the HeadGum network in April 2018, after having previously been members of the Feral Audio network until its disbandment.
The podcast episodes feature a weekly guest, including notable people from the comedy world such as Scott Aukerman, Gillian Jacobs, Sarah Silverman, Ike Barinholtz, Kyle Mooney, Beck Bennett, Matt Besser, Haley Joel Osment, Lauren Lapkus, Bill Oakley, Paul Scheer, Jason Mantzoukas, John Hodgman, Paul F. Tompkins, and D'Arcy Carden. Mitchell and Wiger have also performed live shows across the United States and in Canada.
As of June 2020, the Doughboys Patreon is the 9th most popular podcast Patreon and the 27th most popular Patreon overall.

Segments

In addition to reviewing a chain restaurant each episode, the podcast includes recurring segments: "Spoonman Drops", in which Mitchell plays listener-submitted remixes of episode audio; "Roast Spoonman", in which Wiger reads listener-submitted insults of Mitchell; "Drank or Stank", in which the hosts and their guests taste a beverage to determine if it's worth drinking; "Snack or Wack", in which the hosts and their guests determine if a food is worth eating.

Episode list

2015

2016

2017

2018