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Just The EssentialsBrandon Gerber is MY best friend/Phone a friend power hour - 020Jun 16 2020Got yourself a nice little two parter! The first hour we get down to business with Comedian Brandon Gerber and he hits Dusty with the best roast so far. Then me, Jeff, Dusty and Tony all decided to call local Columbus comics and ask them a series of pointless questions and I hang up on EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM!2025-07-291h 30Just The EssentialsIt’s all about ME - 019Jun 12 2020Start it off right with THE BAD BRAINS intro! I talk about not sleeping, Columbus needing to open up, Nicholas Cage’s dead scarecrow hair and endless other topics!2025-07-2939 minJust The Essentials3SEATS (pt 1) and Dusty Wears Floppy Socks (pt 2) - 018Jun 09 2020Local long-hair Tucker Lappi returns and we talk about this and that. Jeff Lidala gets a new name. Tony has an aneurism mid story. But most importantly, we DON’T let Dusty have a meltdown about politics.2025-07-291h 59Just The EssentialsSolo episodes are the deep cuts of JUST THE ESSENTIALS - 017Jun 07 2020This is an episode for the TRUE listeners.I discuss everything. The eradication of covid19, protests, my disgust for group celebrations and Ty Moore and trendy Abercrombie & Fitch masks.... Its a short episode enjoy!2025-07-2925 minJust The EssentialsMinute 19:38 a lady gets maced in the face - 016Jun 03 2020We got 2 episodes here for ya. The first hour is MOSTLY Dusty lecturing us (a Colombian, a Mexican, a black guy and Henry Allen who isn’t black but is). Lecturing us on the importance and power of PROTEST✊🏽. Henry Allen is one of my personal favorite comic in the Columbus scene and I he is definitely someone to check out once comedy shows start happening again! Until then listen to him on JUST THE ESSENTIALS2025-07-291h 40Just The EssentialsDestine Richardson brought us cheesesteaks - 015May 26 2020We talked shit with some guy named DESTINE Richardson. He’s a comic and mailman and..... Wears sandals2025-07-2912h 37Just The EssentialsHalima Abshir hangs with JUST THE ESSENTIALS - 014May 19 2020Halima is a local Columbus comedian and coffee slinger. We discuss a lot over two hours including Jeff Lidala getting a Wendy’s tattoo, racism and threesomes....2025-07-291h 51Just The EssentialsAnother ego maniacal episode with ME, Lukas Mateus - 013May 13 2020Just me sorry.... I explain what happened with the TWO part episode with Halim Abshir and obviously discuss all the HOT GOSS you’re dying to hear! Music: I WANNA BE ADORED By: THE STONE ROSES2025-07-2934 minJust The EssentialsYou come to me for the news right? - 012May 07 2020I have all the updates you need to know to get you through this new week of things opening back up! Music: DANCE by ESG2025-07-2939 minJust The EssentialsPart 2 with Tucker Lappi - 011May 04 2020Lots of porn talk and yelling... Sorry2025-07-2959 minJust The EssentialsTucker came from Alaska - 010May 04 2020Nothing makes sense anymore in Corona nation, but meet Tucker Lappi PART ONE of PART TWO2025-07-2959 minJust The EssentialsThis episode is in Spanish - 009Apr 27 2020It’s not really.... We just have Tony B Cruz straight from Mexico! Me, Jeff Lidala and Dustered talk that taco talk with my Latino brethren.2025-07-2959 minJust The EssentialsBeing alone with me is not fun - 008Apr 24 2020I come to terms with looking poor and being attracted to people in masks2025-07-2930 minJust The EssentialsWe added another person - 007Apr 20 2020Evan Kackleys(EM Katmores) came on with Jeff Lidala and Dustered! It gets real, it gets chaotic and I hang up the phone on Kyle Doughty(local comedian)2025-07-2954 minJust The EssentialsStill in this alone - 006Apr 15 2020Back at it alone and by myself! Buckle up cuz my memory is trash and it shows in this as I get into all the real issues with this one. Cheesecake Factory, stimulus checks AND a new segment called PHONE A FRIEND where I call someone randomly I’m friends with and bother them until I get bored.2025-07-2950 minJust The EssentialsJeff Lidala and Dustered came back PART 2 - 005Apr 13 2020Me, Jeff and Dustered linked back up to to discuss the essentials2025-07-2957 minJust The EssentialsShit talk in LA with Jeff Lidala & Dusty Estepp Part 1 - 004Apr 05 2020Strap in for an hour of shit talk. This lockdown has been rough and everyone’s life is falling apart... Part 2 of this episode will be out next week.2025-07-2900 minJust The EssentialsIt’s my birthday and I’ll bitch if I want to - 003Apr 02 2020Let’s talk about what people post on FB, getting older and sending gay messages to manly dudes...2025-07-2922 minJust The EssentialsLocked down with Jeff Lidala - 002Mar 28 2020Meet Jeff Lidala in the midst of this whole end of the world thing...2025-07-2926 minJust The EssentialsCaptain's Log - EP 001Mar 25 2020I discuss corona rona mania, working out outside and other hot topics....... Music: Quarantined by Career Suicide2025-07-2928 minJust The EssentialsJohnny Collins!Good boy Johnny comes by fresh of his big comedy win! Great Stuff!12025-07-281h 09Just The EssentialsEli DiSabatoEli comes by to hang with the JTE crew! Dusty has a great time - UNTIL HE DOESNT! Special guest!!2025-07-141h 40Just The EssentialsTravis IrvineComedian, filmmaker and amateur politician Travis Irvine comes by to explain how New York food tastes like shit in LA. Holy cow what an episode, you'll freak out.2025-07-071h 08Just The EssentialsBarack LesnarBarack comes by to fill in the JTE boys on some of the ins and outs of the CBUS comedy scene! Jeff skips this one! Crazy!2025-06-301h 08Just The EssentialsSam FisherSam explains gun safety to the JTE boys - it was a BLAST! Holy hell2025-06-161h 14Just The EssentialsAugist UlreyAugist come by to tell the boys how to me a comedian! Wild stuff you wont find anywhere else!!2025-06-091h 15Just The EssentialsMatt ConnerMatt CONNER!!! One of our most EXCITING GUESTS! Man we cant keep this guy down. Such a great one. Woah.2025-05-301h 09Just The EssentialsJohn DolderJohn pops by to fill in the JTE boys on how life is in the big ol city of Chicago! Pope it up!2025-05-231h 26Just The EssentialsLeRon CrowderLeRon swings by to teach the JTE crew how to properly use the N word in everyday conversation. Jeff learns the most! Dusty agrees in argument form! Also James is there!2025-05-191h 13Just The EssentialsAlex MaluchnikThe lost episode of the MALUCH! Here we go ladies!2025-05-091h 16Just The EssentialsTia SantamariaTia comes by the JTE studio and teaches Jeff about love bombing. Woah it is great2025-05-021h 10Just The EssentialsLarry Danflows - Hiatus Special!! SEASON 3 BABY!We're BACK BABY! JTE returns with a new season because I forgot what epsiode number we were on so WELCOME TO SEASON 3! We start this season with a special guest! LARRY DANFLOWS! He is one hilarious comic who has special abilities! Want to see what AI thinks the episode description should be? How about it?!Season 3 kicks off with Columbus comedian Larry Danflows—stand-up, show producer, and all-around legend in the making. Larry’s fully blind, which somehow makes him way better at spotting nonsense than most people with 20/20. We talk about producing shows, surv...2025-04-251h 26Just The EssentialsThtboi Jonesy!! Rapper Special!!Jonesy comes by! We did a multicam too! Crazy!2025-03-311h 29Just The EssentialsWill Abeles!!! No Jeff Special!!Will comes in town! We talk for a long time about his name!2025-03-241h 46Just The EssentialsHannah Romes!!! Hashtag Special!!!Hannah! Hashtag Comedy! Jeff!2025-03-171h 05Just The EssentialsDan Sebree!!Dan! Woah!2025-03-101h 02Just The EssentialsJosh Albert!!!This is Josh2025-03-061h 21Just The EssentialsBo Stenger - Drink Special!!Bo comes by to lay down the laws of comedy! Yeah!2025-02-241h 01Just The EssentialsAdam Little - Little Special!!Adam Little pops over as an actual guest! Wild!2025-02-171h 07
Just The EssentialsNate Frase - Throuple Special!! (recorded 11.03.24)From the archives! Recorded November 3rd, 20242025-02-111h 16Just The EssentialsSteven Hobson - Anime Special!!!Another great sode for ya! Deal with it!2025-02-031h 13Just The EssentialsEric Boso - Photographer Special!!Eric comes by and we talk about most things that exist! We do some improv! Jeff isn't here so we call him! Excitement! 2025-01-271h 38Just The EssentialsJulian Rodgers - Student Special 2!!Julian comes by to teach the gang about leadership and responsibility. Just kidding! We corrupt him, it is fun.2025-01-201h 00Just The EssentialsFrank Demint - Boomer Special!Frank teaches us about what life was like back in the war. Other stuff.2025-01-1347 minJust The EssentialsDef Goldblum - Bald Man SpecialDef comes to the studio WITHOUT his guitar and still is earlier than Dusty. Def is not his real name and we don't figure it out this episode.2024-12-261h 08Just The EssentialsHaikal Rozaidi - Student SpecialHaikal comes by to tell everyone how to go on dates in the modern era. Also jokes maybe.2024-12-231h 23
Just The EssentialsTony WallaceTony teaches the JTE crew about the facts of life and his mystic style of attraction. 2024-12-071h 14
Just The EssentialsTyson Colson - Thanksgiving SpecialTyson joins us again and it made Dusty mad so he didn't want to come on this episode. We talk about comedy stuff, it is soooooo good you will love it.2024-11-301h 27Just The EssentialsTJ Gadd - Post Election SpecialTJ stopped in and talked about voting for the old orange fluffer puff himself. He doesn't hate all women but most of them dont feel the same. Dusty's final episode! Wish him well!2024-11-291h 04Just The EssentialsChris ToyloyToyloy lets the JTE crew know how the road is great2024-11-121h 16Just The EssentialsWalker Evans - Election SpecialWe sit with Walker Evans of Columbus Underground and talk election stuff. Now with Video!2024-11-051h 55
Just The EssentialsTyson ColsonThe JTE boys sit down with Tyson2024-11-011h 26
Just The EssentialsDevin SwankAn actual musician sits with the JTE crew2024-10-251h 16
Just The EssentialsJules WagnerJules talks about everything with the JTE crew2024-10-181h 20
Just The EssentialsAllison McBaneAllison sets the JTE boys straight with some knowledge2024-10-111h 09
Just The EssentialsHenry AllenHenry sits down with the boys on JTE2024-10-041h 19
Just The EssentialsJessi SissonJessi sits down with the guys of JTE2024-09-2757 min
Just The EssentialsJust The EssentialsWe return for Season 2 of Just The Essentials2024-09-2051 min
Beat it Nerd!#9: Big Pig drinks too much with Jeff LidalaThis is one we’ve all been waiting for the intervention series. The first of what will be an anthology into the alcoholism of Costco’s toughest deliman. Jeff drove himself home after a night of drinking and drove his car into a ditch. Enjoy this as much I did. 2023-05-2454 minBeat it Nerd!A confederate soldier reads a breakup letter.Jeff Lidala, Costco’s resident deli master, hung out with Tucker, James and I. Naturally, we reminded him that he looks like a Samoan woman. James Godwin, recently divorced man brought a breakup letter that his ex left on his doorstep. A confederate soldier stopped by to read the longest breakup letter known to man.2023-03-042h 17
Just The EssentialsChris Toyloy and Jeff Lidala HATE LAOhio comedians Chris Toyloy and Jeff Lidala come allllll the way out to LA just to record a podcast with JTE! Jeff gives us his racist but classic intro, Toyloy isn’t impressed cuz he’s a “real” podcaster in Ohio… And we discuss our roast battle at the world famous comedy store2022-05-2400 min
Jerk Off Guys PodcastJOG Ep. 6 - Alpaca TreesOur guest this week average Columbus comedian and incredible alcoholic, Jeff Lidala. We talk about family, comedy, pornography, and ugly people.2022-01-311h 28
Just The EssentialsThe LAST episode of JTE as YOU know itThis is the MOTHER of all episodes! The last episode I record with Jeff Lidala, Dusty Estepp and James Godwin. ALSO, the roasters who are on the roast of ME(Lukas Mateus) are ALLLLLL featured on this episode! You got Tucker Lappi, Brandon Gerber, Shaena, Halima Abshir, Ty Moore and of course Henry Allen! It was a lot of fun and wild, so buckle up for this one.2021-09-042h 27Just The EssentialsThe Prince of Polaris ReturnsTyler Sessamen is royalty around Columbus’s suburb, Polaris.... He kicked it with us for a couple hours at Jeff Lidala’s place and peed with the door open TWICE whilst recording2021-04-262h 28Just The EssentialsKatie Humphreys in the studio!Lots of exciting things for this episode. Katie Humphreys is back and James Godwin is back with a new studio for JUST THE ESSENTIALS! We get into a lot. We discuss why Dusty doesn’t do the laundry, why he hates America and why Jeff Lidala will be single forever2021-04-082h 05
Ass OutOmegle 64: HBCU KickerThis week we return to the shrunken head. We got our friends Mo Hill, Chris Toyloy, Halima Abshir, Jeff Lidala, Ty Brunetti and the legend Money G. 2021-03-251h 42Ass OutOmegle 62: I'm only Muslim December 24-26thWE have a lot of comedians on the pod. We get crazy talking to EM Katmore, Jeff Lidala, Katie Humphreys Jordyn Reinhard, Lukas Mateus, Money G and Halima Abshir2021-03-111h 45Just The EssentialsJaye Spade drops some barsJaye Spade is a Columbus rapper and friend of Jeff Lidala’s, so that makes him a friend of JUST THE ESSENTIALS!2021-02-021h 56Just The EssentialsHalima Abshir and US!Local comic and bread enthusiast Halima Abshir stops by to witness the dismantling of JUST THE ESSENTIALS as I scream at Dusty! Overall we have a great time talkin shit so enjoy! TICKETS FOR THE MARK NORMAND show featuring Lukas Mateus and Jeff Lidala are limited and goin quick! Use promo code PA2021 when purchasing tickets. anightofcomedy4pa.simpletix.com2021-01-221h 59Just The Essentials3SEATS (pt 1) and Dusty Wears Floppy Socks (pt 2)Local long-hair Tucker Lappi returns and we talk about this and that. Jeff Lidala gets a new name. Tony has an aneurism mid story. But most importantly, we DON’T let Dusty have a meltdown about politics.2020-06-101h 59Just The EssentialsHalima Abshir hangs with JUST THE ESSENTIALSHalima is a local Columbus comedian and coffee slinger. We discuss a lot over two hours including Jeff Lidala getting a Wendy’s tattoo, racism and threesomes....2020-05-191h 51Just The EssentialsThis episode is in SpanishIt’s not really.... We just have Tony B Cruz straight from Mexico! Me, Jeff Lidala and Dustered talk that taco talk with my Latino brethren.2020-04-2859 minJust The EssentialsWe added another personEvan Kackleys(EM Katmores) came on with Jeff Lidala and Dustered! It gets real, it gets chaotic and I hang up the phone on Kyle Doughty(local comedian)2020-04-2154 minJust The EssentialsJeff Lidala and Dustered came back PART 2Me, Jeff and Dustered linked back up to to discuss the essentials2020-04-1457 minJust The EssentialsShit talk in LA with Jeff Lidala & Dusty Estepp Part 1.Strap in for an hour of shit talk. This lockdown has been rough and everyone’s life is falling apart... Part 2 of this episode will be out next week.2020-04-0600 minJust The EssentialsLocked down with Jeff LidalaMeet Jeff Lidala in the midst of this whole end of the world thing...2020-03-2926 min