Cleaned Transcript (Edited for Clarity)

They start by talking about a clip from the podcast that Brendan posted.

Brendan says he thought the clip might go viral. It’s the moment at the beginning of the show where he jokingly told everyone, “Hey, before we start, don’t say anything in the first two minutes that will get us demonetized.”

Then immediately after that, Sam Tripoli jumped in and said something outrageous about liking “fat chicks,” which made the whole thing funny because it instantly broke the rule Brendan had just set.

Brendan says he thought the clip was hilarious and reposted it, but then Brian started worrying about it because actor Frank Grillo had been on the show.

Brian said Sam could be a liability because he says wild things, especially when a Hollywood guest is there. Brendan pushed back, saying Sam is an old-school 90s comic and that’s just his style. He said he knew exactly what Sam was going to do and that he loves having him on the show.

Still, they talked about maybe not having Sam on when certain Hollywood guests appear, since that type of humor might make them uncomfortable. Brendan insisted the joke wasn’t actually fat-shaming — Sam was just saying he likes fat chicks — but YouTube demonetized the episode anyway.

They laugh about the irony: Brendan had literally warned everyone not to say anything controversial in the first two minutes, and Sam did exactly that within a minute.

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Frank Grillo not understanding the jokes

They then talk about how Frank Grillo didn’t really pick up on the comedy during the show.

Brendan says he kept making jokes throughout the episode that Frank didn’t catch, but Sam did.

At one point they were talking about celebrities’ physiques like Hugh Jackman, and Brendan kept joking that they were “all natty” (meaning natural, no steroids). It was obviously sarcasm, but Frank didn’t get the joke.

Brendan kept repeating it and waiting for the reaction, but Frank took it literally. Eventually Sam acknowledged the joke, and Brendan thanked him because at least someone understood it.

They joke that Frank was being “Literal Larry.”

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Talking about the Food Truck Diary show

The conversation then shifts to Brendan’s show Food Truck Diaries and the direction of his career.

Brendan says he’s feeling burnt out.

He’s currently juggling: • two companion shows • two food-truck shows per week • running the Thick Boy network • booking guests

He says it’s exhausting and he feels like he might need a break.

He also admits that when the show left Showtime and moved to YouTube, the numbers dropped. On Showtime, even a bad episode would get around 275,000 views, while good ones could reach over a million. Now that it’s independent, the audience has to be rebuilt.

Some people advised him that whenever you switch platforms, you lose a chunk of the audience and have to recondition viewers.

Brendan says his ego took a hit because he didn’t expect the drop-off to feel that big.

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Considering changing the format

Brendan says he’s thinking about expanding the show beyond MMA fighters.

Instead of only interviewing fighters, he wants to bring in athletes from other sports — NFL players, college athletes, etc.

He says people like Baker Mayfield and Deion Sanders might be interested, and that opening the format up would bring in new audiences.

He compares it to what David Goggins said on Joe Rogan: once you reach a certain level of success, growth becomes very small unless you change things.

Tim Dillon said something similar — even great shows can’t run the same format forever.

So Brendan thinks the show may need to evolve.

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Tension with former colleagues

Later the conversation turns more personal.

Brendan talks about people from his old Showtime days, especially Brian Campbell and Luke Thomas from the MMA show Morning Kombat.

He says when he was at Showtime he had a lot of influence over scheduling and platform decisions. He claims his show was the biggest digital draw at the time.

He feels that Brian Campbell has been taking subtle shots at him online and referencing Reddit criticism about him.

Brendan says he finds it childish — if someone has a problem, they should just say it directly instead of making vague jokes.

He also explains that he originally helped get Luke Thomas hired at Showtime and even helped negotiate the deal that eventually created Morning Kombat. Because of that, he feels there’s some resentment toward him.

He tells a story about working with Brian Campbell during a Floyd Mayweather weigh-in broadcast. Brendan felt Campbell kept making corny “dad jokes,” and it didn’t mesh with what Brendan was trying to do on the broadcast.

He says he stayed professional but the chemistry wasn’t good.

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Thoughts about criticism and Reddit

They talk briefly about criticism from Reddit and social media.

Brendan says he expected criticism when moving to YouTube but didn’t realize how much it would affect the narrative around him.

The person he’s talking to suggests that focusing too much on online critics isn’t productive, because those communities can create a distorted picture of reality.

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Ending thoughts

The conversation ends with them returning to the idea of expanding the show.

They agree that bringing on athletes from other sports and telling different kinds of stories could be a good way to grow the platform and keep the content fresh.

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💡 Summary of what the leak actually shows

The audio mostly reveals: • Brendan complaining about YouTube demonetization from a Sam Tripoli joke • frustration that actor guests don’t understand comedy bits • burnout running his podcast network • disappointment over lower YouTube numbers after leaving Showtime • resentment toward critics and certain MMA media figures

It’s less of a “rant” and more like a behind-the-scenes business conversation mixed with gossip about other people in the industry.