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Chris vs. The People is a weekly podcast where comedian, Chris Klemens, turns to the audience via live calls to talk about anything and everything. It's like your brutally honest and funny best friend became a call-in operator. When he isn't taking live calls, the tables turn because he and his in-studio guests are exchanging their own Chris vs. The People-esque stories. From first date horror stories to childhood regrets, there's always something to relate to and something to be absolutely stunned by. (Video episodes are available on YouTube)

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Chris vs. The People

Chris Klemens

Improv

68 episodes

67: My Married Boss is Sleeping with My Coworker

It’s time to clock in because this week on Chris vs. The People, we are entering the workforce and hearing from callers sharing trials and tribulations from their places of work. The first caller tells the story of when she sharted in her boss’ office, leaving Chris to catch some major strays. Then we hear from a caller who tried to hook up with their coworker, only to be left standing outside ...

66: My Teacher Called Me from Prison

We’re going back to school this week on Chris vs. The People because callers are sharing stories (or trauma) from their days in academia. First we hear from a caller whose dad turned her drive to school into a scene from a Mission Impossible movie. Afterwards, a caller comes clean about plagiarizing a song from a major movie, and another reveals that she got a call from prison…from her old midd...

65: I Hit My Grandma With a Croc

This week on Chris vs. The People, court is in session for an "Am I the A*shole" themed episode, and Chris is hearing four truly chaotic cases. Callers confess to hitting their grandma with a Croc, reconsidering a friendship while trapped in a wedding party, ending a best friendship right before a birthday, and secretly hooking up with both halves of a couple…but separately and unbeknownst to t...

64: My Grandpa Was Also My Uncle

Chris is back with another episode full of family lore, and these callers prove that every family tree is only a few seconds away from getting cut down. One caller reveals what happened to money collected after a devastating loss, another attempts to explain a family tree so complicated it basically requires long division, and a third recounts a reunion out of Dukes of Hazard that nearly became...

63: Chris vs. Jay Jurden

This week on Chris vs. The People, Chris sits down with comedian Jay Jurden for an episode that starts with career talk, the Mississippi-to-New York hustle, viral clips, and the real economics of stand-up, and then it spirals fast into chaos. Between a food poisoning story that gets genuinely apocalyptic, a "wait, is that my cousin?" confession, and tales from nude beaches and hookup etiquette ...

1hr 12m • Jul 28

62: My Dad Slept with a Stranger for Disney Tickets

Between a machete under the coffee table, a surprise child, and a questionable way of obtaining Disney tickets, the family lore in this week’s episode goes from zero to legendary real fast. Chris sits down and talks with callers about their debt-fueled argument erupting into a full on living room brawl ending at the ER, a birthday party bombshell of grandma’s decades long affair with her husban...

1hr 7m • Jul 21

61: Chris vs. Karan Brar

This week on Chris vs. The People, former Disney Channel star Karan Brar sits down with Chris to unpack child stardom, from iguana co‑stars and steel toed boots to the audition twist that changed his life. They get candid about immigrant family hustle, people‑pleasing on set, and what happens when your work ethic becomes your whole identity. Get ready for hilarious detours and some real talk ab...

1hr 10m • Jul 14

60: My Boyfriend's Parents Recorded Me Naked

Wild nights out get real. Chris takes calls from listeners whose “just one drink” turned into hallway misadventures, chaotic rides home, and next-morning mysteries…complete with receipts. From tequila fueled detours to a security camera surprise, these stories toe the line between hilarious and horrifying. Lock in for candid confessions, sharp commentary, and an after show tale that was too spi...

59: Chris vs. Zachariah Porter

Chris is joined by comedian Zachariah Porter and the stories are fully unhinged. From a fake Disney Channel casting call at age 11 to taking guitar lessons inside an active chicken coop, they trace the full gay awakening timeline (we’re talking NSYNC magazines, Nick Jonas medical dog tags, and a Shania Twain wall calendar). The two then take a hard left into vaping yourself into an ER scare, a ...

1hr 8m • Jun 30

58: The Facebook Feud That Ruined My Family

Chris dives into a “sexy stories” special where callers dish jaw-dropping confessions you truly can’t predict. First up: a photo lab employee uncovers her boss’s wildly inappropriate Amazon habits at work….plus a shocking browser history reveal. Then, a family’s years-long feud explodes when the callers ex-uncle drops a no-holds-barred “evidence” album that turns everyone’s loyalties upside dow...

57: Chris vs. Dillon Francis

Chris welcomes Dillon Francis for a chaotic, hilarious episode that somehow covers DJ life, sobriety, music-making, dating on the road, and one truly unhinged Grammys story. The two get into career highs, social media lows, making heartfelt songs and absolute nonsense bangers, plus the weird reality of life in entertainment. It's funny, surprisingly honest, and full of the kind of side stories ...

56: My Uncle Married My Dad’s Stalker

Chris is fully in his messy bag this week, diving into the absolute wildest family lore that callers have ever shared. From an uncle who marries his own brother’s stalker, to a jaw-dropping dad/grandma situation, to an aunt who turns a life insurance payout into a fresh BBL and OnlyFans career, the chaos does not let up. Things somehow get even more unhinged when a funeral turns into a full-on ...

55: Chris vs. Kelly Cutrone

This week on Chris vs. The People, PR/media maven and reality TV icon Kelly Cutrone sits down with Chris for a conversation that goes absolutely everywhere. From the ruthless business logic behind joining The Hills to ghost encounters in the Hudson Valley, cannabis focus groups, and a fiery defense of Tyra Banks, Kelly holds nothing back, including a direct shot at America’s Next Top Model host...

1hr 27m • Jun 02

54: I Got Scammed Out of $3,000 on a Cruise

Sun’s out, chaos out. Chris kicks off a summer themed episode with a caller whose spring break spirals into a cruise disaster, a fake-dog scam, and an infamous purple mermaid bikini. Next, a family trip to Thailand turns into multiple near-death moments involving parasailing gone wrong and a brutal sunburn saga. Finally, the last caller recounts a wild night out that escalates from rooftop preg...

53: We Brought Hermit Crabs to the Strip Club

In this week’s episode of Chris vs. The People, Chris dives into “crazy night out” territory with three wild tales you have to hear to believe. First, a freshman year flirtation goes up in literal flames when a bar candle meets long hair. Then, a friends turned foursome saga unfolds: mountains, gay erotica, and a trip that turns euphoric… and complicated. Finally, we meet the legend who smuggle...

52: I Accidentally Hit My Mom With a Car

This Mother's Day episode of Chris vs. The People is anything but your typical sentimental tribute, so buckle up. Callers share stories ranging from a Christmas discovery that blew up an entire family group chat, to a mom who kept a life-changing secret for 14 years, to a swinging lifestyle reveal that came with an unexpected paper drop on the couch. Things take a chaotic turn when one caller c...

1hr 4m • May 12

51: My First Date Ended in the ER

This week on Chris vs. The People, the first dates get truly unhinged (and that might be an understatement). One caller had a medical emergency mid-hookup that turned out to be an extremely rare type of stroke, and somehow that's not even the wildest part of her story. Then a smoke shop overnight worker shares how a socially awkward regular asked her out at 2 a.m….and followed it up by inviting...

1hr 5m • May 05

50: Chris vs. Joe Santagato

For the 50th episode, Chris finally brings on a first guest…and it's none other than Joe Santagato of The Basement Yard. The two dive deep into childhood chaos, terrible first jobs, and the kind of stories you'd only share with someone you actually trust. From accidentally inventing a board game to a limo night gone completely sideways, this episode is packed with moments that are equal parts h...

1hr 21m • Apr 28

49: I Stole My Classmate's Pee to Pass a Drug Test

This week's episode is a special 4/20 edition of Chris vs. the People, and the callers absolutely delivered. The first caller takes us back to 2012 when a casual smoke sesh with her sister turned into a front row seat to the dark side of synthetic weed. Then our next caller shares the wildly eventful story of a Feeld app meetup that took an unexpected detour in the middle of a threesome, and so...

48: I Slept With Both of My Bosses

This week on Chris vs. the People, the workplace has never looked wilder…and we mean that in every sense of the word. From a summer camp counselor who took her long weekend a little too seriously at the Jersey Shore, to a fast food employee who discovered her manager had a lot more going on than just running a register, these stories will have you equal parts gasping and cackling. Then we close...

47: My Mom Pooped in a Cup (and Made Me Watch)

This week on Chris vs. the People, the callers did NOT come to play. From a mother who made a very questionable decision during a blizzard to a family brawl that ended up in front of a judge, these dysfunctional family stories deliver exactly the chaos Chris lives for. A first communion party takes a humbling turn, and one caller shares a childhood outing that had all the makings of a Lifetime ...

46: He Cheated on Me with 28 Women

Dating horror stories are on the menu this week, and Chris's callers did NOT disappoint. From a threesome gone catastrophically wrong in Idaho to a college situationship that spiraled into a four-way makeout session, an STD, and a well-deserved slap, the stories keep getting wilder. One caller confesses to a revenge plot so unhinged she carried the guilt for years (and yes, she and her best fri...

1hr 21m • Mar 31

45: My Brother Snorted Our Grandma's Ashes

This week on Chris vs. the People, we're diving into spooky, paranormal, and death-adjacent stories…and they did not disappoint. One caller shares what happened at her grandmother's birthday celebration that nobody in her family will ever forget, and another reveals a summer hookup story with a coworker that takes a genuinely dark and disturbing turn. Then a wedding photographer recounts the ni...

44: The Amish Shut Down My High School Party

It may be March but we are going back to school in today’s episode of Chris vs. the People. This week's school stories might be the wildest batch yet. We've got barn parties, the Amish shutting down a high school rager, a Jon & Kate Plus 8 cameo in a viral TikTok, and a girl who accidentally got her ceramics teacher fired by catfishing him. Someone also broke their lady bits trying to impress a...

1hr 7m • Mar 17

43: I Hooked Up in My Teacher's Car During Class

This week on Chris vs. the People, we're throwing it back to school days that prove everyone was absolutely unwell. First, a caller shares how she was held at harpoon point by a classmate whose bedroom walls were covered in red handprints. Then, we hear from someone who hooked up with a guy in their science teacher's car….while the guy was allegedly also hooking up with said teacher. Finally, w...

42: My Brother Set the Cross on Fire During Church...

This week on Chris vs. the People, we’re diving into church and religious stories that prove Sunday service is never as quiet as it looks. First, a caller shares how her 10‑year‑old brother, acting as an altar server, nearly set the church on fire thanks to a giant paper‑mâché Easter decoration. Then, another caller walks us through her Pentecostal upbringing, her childhood crushes on two churc...

41: I Caught My Ex Cheating...on Reddit

This week on Chris vs. the People, we’re diving headfirst into the world of cheating because apparently, no one knows how to act right. First, a caller is currently tangled up in an office situationship with a married coworker who’s got a wife, kids, and a very questionable cage situation. Then, we meet someone whose cousin slept with their uncle’s girlfriend…and got a little surprise for his t...

40: My Bumble Date Tried Kidnapping Me

It’s the Valentine’s episode of Chris vs. the People, which obviously means love, disaster, and several reasons to stay single. One caller gets stuck on a “double date” from hell that turns into a three‑month saga with a guy who shows wild videos and yells at paintings. Another barely escapes a Bumble date who tries to take her to a remote “family cabin” straight out of Dateline. Then, someone ...

1hr 4m • Feb 10

39: My Date Did Drugs with Prince

This week on Chris vs. the People, Chris kicks things off with a dose of cold medicine and chaos as callers bring some truly wild stories. First up, a listener exposes her dad’s jaw-dropping affair with his much younger employee…and the family drama that followed. Then, we head to remote Alaska for a threesome gone wrong involving coworkers, a tech bro, and a van-lifer with emotional baggage. F...

1hr 4m • Feb 03

38: I Catfished My Middle School Bully

This week on Chris vs. the People, Chris opens the phone lines for secrets and tea… and immediately regrets asking. One caller shares how her ex–best friend accused her of being an unfit mother and threatened CPS only for that same friend’s toddler to later wander outside alone in the snow. Another listener admits to catfishing her middle school bullies just to figure out why they hated her (ho...

37: I Dug Up My Grandfather’s Grave

This week on Chris vs. the People, things get weird in every possible direction. A caller admits to sexting her married boss for months while also hooking up with a coworker at the same job, another shares the surprisingly normal-in-her-culture story of digging up her grandfather’s bones as part of a traditional second burial, and one listener realizes her college boyfriend, who loved “being a ...

36: My Date Was Wearing a Diaper

This week on Chris vs. the People, things escalate fast. A caller cuts off her longtime best friend after she kicks her fiancé’s gunshot wound and then demands her cat back out of spite. Another shares how her brother’s wife secretly cheated on him for nearly a decade with her best friend, only to leave him, remarry, and still use his last name. And finally, one listener explains how being too ...

35: My Ex Slept With His Sister

This week on Chris vs. the People, the new year starts off completely unhinged. A caller explains how her 18th birthday party ended in a literal shootout after a hotel party moved to a boxing gym, another shares how her 15th birthday was ruined by the January 6th insurrection (complete with her uncle showing up on live TV mid–Happy Birthday), and one listener drops a jaw-on-the-floor confession...

34: My First Date Turned Into a Crime Scene

This week on Chris vs. the People, Chris hears some of the most unhinged relationship stories yet. A caller shares a first date gone terrifyingly wrong when her date offers to show her crime scene photos of his murdered sister. Another explains why she cut off her online best friend after a shocking confession involving her brother and a racist spiral, and one listener reveals how a cousin’s su...

45m • Dec 23, 2025

33: I Went Off on a MAGA Man

This week on Chris vs. the People, Chris opens the phone lines and asks listeners one question: what’s the worst thing you’ve ever called someone? The answers range from hilariously creative to deeply unhinged. Callers share everything from a brutal roadrage insult that ended with instant karma, to a devastatingly specific roast comparing someone to the original live-action Sonic the Hedgehog. ...

1hr 2m • Dec 16, 2025

32: My Ex Catfished Me Using My Phone Plan

This week on Chris vs. the People, Chris dives into a web of lies, chaos, and catfishing so elaborate it could be its own Netflix documentary. Every story this week centers on deception…and somehow, each one manages to outdo the last. First, a caller shares how her ex not only cheated, got married, and had a baby immediately after their breakup, but then catfished her for months for reasons of ...

52m • Dec 09, 2025

31: The FBI Came to My House in 4th Grade

This week, Chris hears from a listener whose mysterious uncle lived a double life full of sugar babies and family chaos, another who had the FBI show up at her house at age twelve thanks to a wildly misbehaving Roblox boyfriend, and a final caller who woke up to flashing lights and officers surrounding her home in what felt like a movie scene. Law enforcement, family drama, childhood panic…it’s...

50m • Dec 02, 2025

30: Listeners Reveal Their Insane Secrets

For Episode 30, Chris decides to ditch the usual format and crack open the Chris vs. the People phone lines for something he’s always wanted to do: let strangers confess their deepest, juiciest secrets…completely unfiltered. First up, a listener admits she was secretly married AND divorced for over two years, all without her family having a clue. Then a wedding-industry worker reveals her petti...

48m • Nov 25, 2025

29: I Was Involved With Ted Bundy

Fresh off a flight and running on fumes, Chris still refuses to miss a week, and thank god, because this episode is juicier than a fresh BBL. First, a caller takes us to Portugal for what was supposed to be a dreamy couples’ kayaking trip… until €1 shots, a rocky ocean, and a seasick boyfriend turn the excursion into a full-blown puke parade. Then, we head to the Maryland/West Virginia border f...

42m • Nov 18, 2025

28: My Mom Accidentally Roofied Me

In this chaotic rollercoaster of an episode, Chris dives headfirst into stories that are equal parts horrifying, hilarious, and completely unhinged. We kick things off with a caller whose peeping tom encounter turns into a full-blown true-crime story, complete with cigarette smoke, useless boyfriends, and trauma realizations mid-conversation. Then, things somehow get wilder when another listene...

53m • Nov 11, 2025

27: College Threesome Gone Wrong

This week’s episode of Chris vs. the People is one for the books. From a first date that went horribly (and hilariously) wrong to a college night that spiraled into pure chaos, this week’s calls are some of the wildest yet. Chris talks to listeners about bad timing, worse decisions, and those moments that start out innocent and end with the phrase “how did we get here?” One caller relives a dat...

1hr 1m • Nov 04, 2025

26: My Family Committed Insurance Fraud

This week’s episode is all over the place in the best way. We’ve got secret families, haunted hallways, and enough plot twists to make Maury take notes. A caller’s “family feud” takes a wild turn when two unexpected guests show up at dinner… and turn out to be her uncle’s secret brothers from his dad’s other family in Samoa…where he had nineteen kids and one on the way. Another caller’s aunt mo...

1hr 18m • Oct 28, 2025

25: My Aunt Married Her Stepfather

It’s almost Halloween, and somehow every caller this week decided to bring a different kind of horror story. First, a listener accidentally manifests her coworker into a car crash (Florida never disappoints). Then another caller reveals her aunt is her own stepmom, in a family drama so twisted it makes “Keeping Up with the Kardashians” look like a documentary. But it doesn’t stop there. We also...

57m • Oct 21, 2025

24: My Hookup Turned Into a Taylor Swift TED Talk

This week on Chris vs. the People, Chris may or may not have come straight from happy hour…and it shows. Things start with a caller whose post-hookup pillow talk turned into a full Taylor Swift history lecture before taking a shocking, very NSFW twist. From there, we meet someone whose mom completely ruined Disney World in a pair of white jeans (and a Buzz Lightyear ride), another caller who’s ...

1hr 6m • Oct 14, 2025

23: My Date Accidentally Shot a Gun in My House

In this week’s episode of Chris vs. the People, we’re swinging between heartfelt and hilarious. Chris kicks things off talking about how everyone’s gotten worse at driving and why the Amish would absolutely lose their minds over a Cybertruck. Then, a caller opens up about the sting of being called fat by a friend, and Chris dives into an honest, funny, and validating conversation about body ima...

1hr 8m • Oct 07, 2025

22: My Homophobic Ex Became a Gay Porn Star

This week on Chris vs. the People, we’re diving into stories that prove reality is stranger than fiction. First, a caller shares how her husband’s “we’re just friends” excuse unraveled into cheating, puzzles, and one of the messiest divorces you’ll ever hear. Then, another caller reveals the wild twist of discovering that her once-homophobic ex is now a gay p0rn star…and yes, the irony is delic...

57m • Sep 30, 2025

21: I Accidentally Became a Getaway Driver

On this episode of Chris vs. the People, the chaos comes in waves. First, we hear from someone who accidentally became a getaway driver for a breaking and entering. Then, a caller shares how a long-time friendship fell apart over a bathroom dispute. Next up is an Am I the Asshole? scenario after a boyfriend discovers things in his partner’s notes app. And finally, one caller swears their friend...

1hr 1m • Sep 23, 2025

20: I Dated a Mormon Priest with a Weird Kink

This episode of Chris vs. the People is pure chaos from start to finish. First, a caller suspects her dad might be cheating on her stepdad after catching him liking some eyebrow-raising Instagram reels. Then, we hear the unhinged saga of someone who dated a self-proclaimed Mormon priest who could code (and somehow got weirder from there). Next, a jaw-dropping scheme where someone impersonates t...

52m • Sep 09, 2025

19: My First Date Ended With 7 State Troopers

This week on Chris vs. the People, chaos and comedy collide. First up, a caller takes us inside the disaster of a Facebook Dating match that spiraled into a front yard standoff, a drunk mom, and seven state trooper cars. Then, we hear from a sibling fed up with their brother’s freeloading girlfriend, sparking an “am I the asshole?” debate. Next, we learn why two Florida teenagers ended up being...

53m • Sep 02, 2025

18: My Boss Wore a Vibrator to Work

This week on Chris vs. the People, things spiral from messy to downright unhinged. We start with a caller whose dad casually asked her to sell her car. Naturally, we rope in her sister for the big reveal as to why, and chaos ensues. From there, we lighten up with a hilariously cringe kindergarten story about mistaking a new classmate’s name for her favorite snack. Things spiral further when a g...

1hr 11m • Aug 26, 2025

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