In which I get after the reason for the season: Unlimited Breadsticks!&nbsp; <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/class-with-sara-benincasa-chad-the-bird-tickets-1116588178299">GET TO CLASS!&nbsp;</a> <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/class-with-chad-the-bird-and-sara-benincasa-tickets-1969989266928?aff=oddtdtcreator">GET TO CLASS IN SAN FRANCISCO!&nbsp;</a> <a href="https://www.chadthebird.com/the-merch">BUY SOME STUFF&nbsp;</a> Recorded LIVE Nov 20th 2025 from <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/class-with-sara-benincasa-chad-the-bird-tickets-1116588178299">CLASS! </a>at <a href="https://www.thelincolnlodge.com/">The Lincoln Lodge </a>in Chicago courtesy of WKQX (Q101.1 FM) and <a href="https://malort.com/">Jeppson&rsquo;s Mal&ouml;rt:</a> The Official Drink of the Apocalypse&nbsp; <a href="https://linktr.ee/ChadtheBird">Come find me </a>in all your favorite places including my Discord&nbsp; Featuring &ldquo;Promises&rdquo; by the Barrerracudas, a snippy of &ldquo;The Wasteland&rdquo; courtesy of Ross Bugden Twitter: Instagram For commissions/scores:&nbsp;<a href="mailto:bugdenross@gmail.com">bugdenross@gmail.com&nbsp;</a>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

<description>&lt;p&gt;In which I get after the reason for the season: Unlimited Breadsticks!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/class-with-sara-benincasa-chad-the-bird-tickets-1116588178299"&gt;GET TO CLASS!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/class-with-chad-the-bird-and-sara-benincasa-tickets-1969989266928?aff=oddtdtcreator"&gt;GET TO CLASS IN SAN FRANCISCO!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.chadthebird.com/the-merch"&gt;BUY SOME STUFF&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Recorded LIVE Nov 20th 2025 from &lt;a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/class-with-sara-benincasa-chad-the-bird-tickets-1116588178299"&gt;CLASS! &lt;/a&gt;at &lt;a href="https://www.thelincolnlodge.com/"&gt;The Lincoln Lodge &lt;/a&gt;in Chicago courtesy of WKQX (Q101.1 FM) and &lt;a href="https://malort.com/"&gt;Jeppson&amp;rsquo;s Mal&amp;ouml;rt:&lt;/a&gt; The Official Drink of the Apocalypse&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://linktr.ee/ChadtheBird"&gt;Come find me &lt;/a&gt;in all your favorite places including my Discord&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Featuring &amp;ldquo;Promises&amp;rdquo; by the Barrerracudas, a snippy of &amp;ldquo;The Wasteland&amp;rdquo; courtesy of Ross Bugden Twitter: Instagram For commissions/scores:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:bugdenross@gmail.com"&gt;bugdenross@gmail.com&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;See &lt;a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener"&gt;omnystudio.com/listener&lt;/a&gt; for privacy information.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

An Olive Garden Greeting

In which I emerge from the bunker to a holiday wonderland and try to understand Pete Hegseth and his problem with names.&nbsp; <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/class-with-sara-benincasa-chad-the-bird-tickets-1116588178299">GET TO CLASS!&nbsp;</a> <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/class-with-chad-the-bird-and-sara-benincasa-tickets-1969989266928?aff=oddtdtcreator">GET TO CLASS IN SAN FRANCISCO!&nbsp;</a> <a href="https://www.chadthebird.com/the-merch">BUY SOME STUFF&nbsp;</a> Recorded LIVE at&nbsp;<a href="https://thepapermachete.org/">Paper Machete</a> at the <a href="https://greenmilljazz.com/">Green Mill Cocktail Lounge</a> 11/22/25 in Chicago courtesy of WKQX (Q101.1 FM) and <a href="https://malort.com/">Jeppson&rsquo;s Mal&ouml;rt:</a> The Official Drink of the Apocalypse&nbsp; <a href="https://linktr.ee/ChadtheBird">Come find me </a>in all your favorite places including my Discord&nbsp; Featuring &ldquo;Promises&rdquo; by the Barrerracudas, a snippy of &ldquo;The Wasteland&rdquo; courtesy of Ross Bugden Twitter: Instagram For commissions/scores:&nbsp;<a href="mailto:bugdenross@gmail.com">bugdenross@gmail.com&nbsp;</a>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

<description>&lt;p&gt;In which I emerge from the bunker to a holiday wonderland and try to understand Pete Hegseth and his problem with names.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/class-with-sara-benincasa-chad-the-bird-tickets-1116588178299"&gt;GET TO CLASS!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/class-with-chad-the-bird-and-sara-benincasa-tickets-1969989266928?aff=oddtdtcreator"&gt;GET TO CLASS IN SAN FRANCISCO!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.chadthebird.com/the-merch"&gt;BUY SOME STUFF&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Recorded LIVE at&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://thepapermachete.org/"&gt;Paper Machete&lt;/a&gt; at the &lt;a href="https://greenmilljazz.com/"&gt;Green Mill Cocktail Lounge&lt;/a&gt; 11/22/25 in Chicago courtesy of WKQX (Q101.1 FM) and &lt;a href="https://malort.com/"&gt;Jeppson&amp;rsquo;s Mal&amp;ouml;rt:&lt;/a&gt; The Official Drink of the Apocalypse&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://linktr.ee/ChadtheBird"&gt;Come find me &lt;/a&gt;in all your favorite places including my Discord&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Featuring &amp;ldquo;Promises&amp;rdquo; by the Barrerracudas, a snippy of &amp;ldquo;The Wasteland&amp;rdquo; courtesy of Ross Bugden Twitter: Instagram For commissions/scores:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:bugdenross@gmail.com"&gt;bugdenross@gmail.com&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;See &lt;a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener"&gt;omnystudio.com/listener&lt;/a&gt; for privacy information.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

What's in a Namesbreth? 

In which I lie low in the bunker as the Thanksgiving is upon us and we discuss the end of Farmers' Almanac (no not THAT one).&nbsp; <a href="https://parkprovisions.store/">GET YOUR JOLLIES HERE!</a> <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/class-with-sara-benincasa-chad-the-bird-tickets-1116588178299">GET TO CLASS!&nbsp;</a> <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/class-with-chad-the-bird-and-sara-benincasa-tickets-1969989266928?aff=oddtdtcreator">GET TO CLASS IN SAN FRANCISCO!&nbsp;</a> <a href="https://www.chadthebird.com/the-merch">BUY SOME STUFF&nbsp;</a> Recorded LIVE at&nbsp;<a href="https://thepapermachete.org/">Paper Machete</a> at the <a href="https://greenmilljazz.com/">Green Mill Cocktail Lounge</a> 11/15/25 in Chicago courtesy of WKQX (Q101.1 FM) and <a href="https://malort.com/">Jeppson&rsquo;s Mal&ouml;rt:</a> The Official Drink of the Apocalypse&nbsp; <a href="https://linktr.ee/ChadtheBird">Come find me </a>in all your favorite places including my Discord&nbsp; Featuring &ldquo;Promises&rdquo; by the Barrerracudas, a snippy of &ldquo;The Wasteland&rdquo; courtesy of Ross Bugden Twitter: Instagram For commissions/scores:&nbsp;<a href="mailto:bugdenross@gmail.com">bugdenross@gmail.com&nbsp;</a>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

<description>&lt;p&gt;In which I lie low in the bunker as the Thanksgiving is upon us and we discuss the end of Farmers' Almanac (no not THAT one).&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://parkprovisions.store/"&gt;GET YOUR JOLLIES HERE!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/class-with-sara-benincasa-chad-the-bird-tickets-1116588178299"&gt;GET TO CLASS!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/class-with-chad-the-bird-and-sara-benincasa-tickets-1969989266928?aff=oddtdtcreator"&gt;GET TO CLASS IN SAN FRANCISCO!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.chadthebird.com/the-merch"&gt;BUY SOME STUFF&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Recorded LIVE at&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://thepapermachete.org/"&gt;Paper Machete&lt;/a&gt; at the &lt;a href="https://greenmilljazz.com/"&gt;Green Mill Cocktail Lounge&lt;/a&gt; 11/15/25 in Chicago courtesy of WKQX (Q101.1 FM) and &lt;a href="https://malort.com/"&gt;Jeppson&amp;rsquo;s Mal&amp;ouml;rt:&lt;/a&gt; The Official Drink of the Apocalypse&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://linktr.ee/ChadtheBird"&gt;Come find me &lt;/a&gt;in all your favorite places including my Discord&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Featuring &amp;ldquo;Promises&amp;rdquo; by the Barrerracudas, a snippy of &amp;ldquo;The Wasteland&amp;rdquo; courtesy of Ross Bugden Twitter: Instagram For commissions/scores:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:bugdenross@gmail.com"&gt;bugdenross@gmail.com&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;See &lt;a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener"&gt;omnystudio.com/listener&lt;/a&gt; for privacy information.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Thanksgiving Almaniac 

In which we dive deep into the Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.&nbsp; <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/class-with-sara-benincasa-chad-the-bird-tickets-1116588178299">GET TO CLASS!&nbsp;</a> <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/class-with-chad-the-bird-and-sara-benincasa-tickets-1969989266928?aff=oddtdtcreator">GET TO CLASS IN SAN FRANCISCO!&nbsp;</a> <a href="https://www.chadthebird.com/the-merch">BUY SOME STUFF&nbsp;</a> Featuring the legendary<a href="http://www.billlarkin.com/"> Bill Larkin</a> on vocals and keys. Recorded LIVE at <a href="https://thepapermachete.org/">Paper Machete</a> at the <a href="https://greenmilljazz.com/">Green Mill Cocktail Lounge</a> 11/8/25 in Chicago courtesy of WKQX (Q101.1 FM) and <a href="https://malort.com/">Jeppson&rsquo;s Mal&ouml;rt:</a> The Official Drink of the Apocalypse&nbsp; <a href="https://linktr.ee/ChadtheBird">Come find me </a>in all your favorite places including my Discord&nbsp; Featuring &ldquo;Promises&rdquo; by the Barrerracudas, a snippy of &ldquo;The Wasteland&rdquo; courtesy of Ross Bugden Twitter: Instagram For commissions/scores:&nbsp;<a href="mailto:bugdenross@gmail.com">bugdenross@gmail.com&nbsp;</a>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

<description>&lt;p&gt;In which we dive deep into the Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/class-with-sara-benincasa-chad-the-bird-tickets-1116588178299"&gt;GET TO CLASS!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/class-with-chad-the-bird-and-sara-benincasa-tickets-1969989266928?aff=oddtdtcreator"&gt;GET TO CLASS IN SAN FRANCISCO!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.chadthebird.com/the-merch"&gt;BUY SOME STUFF&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Featuring the legendary&lt;a href="http://www.billlarkin.com/"&gt; Bill Larkin&lt;/a&gt; on vocals and keys. Recorded LIVE at &lt;a href="https://thepapermachete.org/"&gt;Paper Machete&lt;/a&gt; at the &lt;a href="https://greenmilljazz.com/"&gt;Green Mill Cocktail Lounge&lt;/a&gt; 11/8/25 in Chicago courtesy of WKQX (Q101.1 FM) and &lt;a href="https://malort.com/"&gt;Jeppson&amp;rsquo;s Mal&amp;ouml;rt:&lt;/a&gt; The Official Drink of the Apocalypse&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://linktr.ee/ChadtheBird"&gt;Come find me &lt;/a&gt;in all your favorite places including my Discord&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Featuring &amp;ldquo;Promises&amp;rdquo; by the Barrerracudas, a snippy of &amp;ldquo;The Wasteland&amp;rdquo; courtesy of Ross Bugden Twitter: Instagram For commissions/scores:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:bugdenross@gmail.com"&gt;bugdenross@gmail.com&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;See &lt;a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener"&gt;omnystudio.com/listener&lt;/a&gt; for privacy information.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Big Mighty Fitz

In which I spend a lil time makin cents outta the latest plan to phase-out the penny as November kicks in the door.&nbsp; <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/class-with-sara-benincasa-chad-the-bird-tickets-1116588178299">GET TO CLASS!&nbsp;</a> <a href="https://www.chadthebird.com/the-merch">BUY SOME STUFF&nbsp;</a> Recorded LIVE at <a href="https://thepapermachete.org/">Paper Machete</a> at the <a href="https://greenmilljazz.com/">Green Mill Cocktail Lounge</a> 11/1/25 in Chicago courtesy of WKQX (Q101.1 FM) and <a href="https://malort.com/">Jeppson&rsquo;s Mal&ouml;rt:</a> The Official Drink of the Apocalypse&nbsp; <a href="https://linktr.ee/ChadtheBird">Come find me </a>in all your favorite places including my Discord&nbsp; Featuring &ldquo;Promises&rdquo; by the Barrerracudas, a snippy of &ldquo;The Wasteland&rdquo; courtesy of Ross Bugden Twitter: Instagram For commissions/scores:&nbsp;<a href="mailto:bugdenross@gmail.com">bugdenross@gmail.com&nbsp;</a>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

<description>&lt;p&gt;In which I spend a lil time makin cents outta the latest plan to phase-out the penny as November kicks in the door.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/class-with-sara-benincasa-chad-the-bird-tickets-1116588178299"&gt;GET TO CLASS!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.chadthebird.com/the-merch"&gt;BUY SOME STUFF&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Recorded LIVE at &lt;a href="https://thepapermachete.org/"&gt;Paper Machete&lt;/a&gt; at the &lt;a href="https://greenmilljazz.com/"&gt;Green Mill Cocktail Lounge&lt;/a&gt; 11/1/25 in Chicago courtesy of WKQX (Q101.1 FM) and &lt;a href="https://malort.com/"&gt;Jeppson&amp;rsquo;s Mal&amp;ouml;rt:&lt;/a&gt; The Official Drink of the Apocalypse&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://linktr.ee/ChadtheBird"&gt;Come find me &lt;/a&gt;in all your favorite places including my Discord&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Featuring &amp;ldquo;Promises&amp;rdquo; by the Barrerracudas, a snippy of &amp;ldquo;The Wasteland&amp;rdquo; courtesy of Ross Bugden Twitter: Instagram For commissions/scores:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:bugdenross@gmail.com"&gt;bugdenross@gmail.com&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;See &lt;a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener"&gt;omnystudio.com/listener&lt;/a&gt; for privacy information.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Pennies for Your Thoughts and Prayers 

Chad the Bird continues to build a following around Chicagoland with his audio and video bits that have amassed 358K TikTok followers, 17k YouTube subscribers, and 69k Instagram followers. The Birdcast is locally charged comedy centered around iconic Chicago institutions as well as in the moment pop culture tie-ins.

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