Small Town Shit

Buckets, Roofies & Running for Mayor- Live at Gatorfest Pt. 2

🐊 Live at Gatorfest Pt. 2 is here… and somehow even more chaotic than Part 1. Mel is back LIVE from Gatorfest in Claremore, Oklahoma. This time joined by Clay (aka Clayton), longtime Claremore resident, certified storyteller, and one of Jacob’s best friends. What starts as a normal festival interview quickly spirals into Buckets bar stories, near arrests, conspiracy theories, Honey Boo Boo debates, AI panic, and discussions about running for mayor. Honestly? This episode goes completely off the rails in the most small-town way possible. Topics include: * The legendary chaos of Buckets in Claremore * Mel’s alleged roofie experience 👀 * Why Clay got banned from an entire strip mall * Small town police, lake parties & teenage rebellion * Gatorfest culture and Claremore lore * AI data center drama in town * Honey Boo Boo discourse nobody asked for * Why Mel should run for mayor * The most unhinged live interview we’ve done so far ⚠️ Warning: This episode contains strong language, wild stories, and absolutely zero supervision. Next week: Jessie returns and we’re back to regular Small Town Shit programming. Follow & send us your best small town stories: Instagram: @smalltownshitpod

Live From Gatorfest: The Oklahoma Alligator That Started a Festival- Part 1

This week’s episode is a special one because Mel took the podcast LIVE to a real Oklahoma festival that started after someone found a literal alligator in Claremore Lake. What started as a random small town story somehow turned into a full-blown annual festival with live music, food trucks, geckos for sale, karaoke legends, conspiracy theories about the alligator, and one very famous dog contestant named Jace. In this episode: * The creators of Gatorfest explain how the festival started * The story behind the Claremore lake alligator * Why they believe the town shouldn’t have killed the gator * Small town festival chaos * Local music & karaoke culture * Buckets bar lore * Tim becoming an honorary third host of the podcast * One wildly inappropriate joke that somehow made the final cut PLUS: next week’s Part 2 interview may be the most chaotic interview we’ve ever recorded. If your town has ridiculous local lore, send it to us.

This Mayor Exposed Himself... Literally

This week on Small Town Shit, we start talking about super powers, Dateline (or lack thereof 😳) , and somehow spiral into one of the most insane small town stories we've heard yet... We're talking: * A small-town mayor in Oklahoma in the middle of a cheating scandal * A Facebook News Page being used to leak "corruption" * The mayor... exposing himself by accident (literally and figuratively) * Allegations of city money being used for an affair * His own Facebook Page being turned against him * And the entire town watching it unfold online That's just the beginning... We also get into: * Why we want to be invisible (for very questionable reasons) * Jessie not knowing what Dateline NBC is (???) * Tattoos, strip clubs in small towns, and night out plans * Conspiracy theories (Flat Earth? Aliens??) Basically... it's unhinged in the best way. 👉🏼 Send us your small town story: https://forms.gle/RfikiBnPj2H6Z7ww7

Small Town Birthdays, Swinger Waterparks & Trauma Bonds

This week we attempt to talk about birthday parties in small towns… but obviously spiral into: * swinger waterparks (??) * near-death childhood stories * why moms are secretly competing through their kids’ parties * and the realization that kids literally just want snacks and chaos If you’ve ever been to a Walmart cake birthday, a skating rink party, or watched moms go full Pinterest Olympics… this one’s for you. 💀 What We Get Into * The evolution of birthday parties (simple → full production events) * “Pinterest moms” vs “Party City moms” * Why kids don’t actually care about the aesthetic * Small town gossip hits HARD * The Safari Joe’s swinger room rumor 👀 * Almost being fed to an alligator as a baby * Siblings trying to accidentally (or intentionally?) take you out * COVID birthdays + drive-by parties * Why we still think birthdays should matter as adults Got a wild small town story? Submit it anonymously here 👇🏼 https://forms.gle/A6nymV4PrbEUTMeD9 [https://forms.gle/A6nymV4PrbEUTMeD9]

Complaint Pages Are a Full-Time Personality

This week, we’re switching things up… because y’all are NOT sending us enough stories 👀 So instead of our usual small town chaos, we dove headfirst into the wildest place on the internet: local complaint pages. If you’re from a small town, you already know, these Facebook groups are where people go to: * Complain about things that will never change * Argue in the comments like it’s their full-time job * Accidentally expose their entire personality And wow… did they deliver. In this episode, we get into: * The absolute chaos of small town complaint pages * A terrified cow loose at a random intersection (??? 🐄) * A mom going viral for raging about school drop-off times * Someone casually selling chicken salad out of a trailer * A man basically posting his Tinder bio… on a complaint page * Neighborhood drama that escalates to painting a garage bright pink out of spite * The pothole discourse that turned into a full-blown community crisis * Cemetery complaints that somehow got… worse in the comments * And the universal truth:👉🏼 Some towns don’t need solutions… they need hobbies We also take a trip down memory lane with: * Small town childhoods where everyone knows your business * Getting caught doing literally anything because someone’s mom saw you * And the kind of local characters you never forget (like the guy who rode his lawnmower everywhere) “This town needs a f***ing hobby.” We’re serious… SEND US YOUR STORIES. The goal of this podcast is to tell your small town chaos, and we need more of it. (Anonymous submissions welcome, we know how small towns work 😅) https://forms.gle/FzWD1ioN1o1BsM6z7 * Full episodes on YouTube * Clips on TikTok, Instagram & Facebook If you’ve ever: * Been personally victimized by a local Facebook group * Waited behind a tractor (or 86 trains) * Or watched your town spiral over absolutely nothing… This episode is for you.