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SWIM sits in, and Ep 639 turns into a McCusker family album

Friday's bonus episode, promised in the notes of Tuesday's beef conversation with Mason 'Bric' LaDue, gathered over 200,000 views in its first day.

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Ep 639 - The E.C.B.S. (feat. SWIM)

Matt and Shane's Secret Podcast put out two episodes, and the second one arrived exactly as advertised. Tuesday's "Ep 638 - Beef Raised Right (feat. Mason 'Bric' LaDue)" closed its description with a wink about another episode coming on Friday. Friday brought "Ep 639 - The E.C.B.S. (feat. SWIM)."

The title keeps its guest behind a nickname, but the comment section has no doubt it is family. Viewers call him Tom and read him as another McCusker brother. Much of the chatter is about the resemblance: each brother seems to explain the next, and someone sitting beside Matt looks to them like Matt from another decade. Billy, a brother regulars clearly remember, comes up again and again. Some want a reunion episode with every brother and cousin, and a few joke that Shane must be busy elsewhere.

That Friday episode is the one moving fastest now, several times quicker than the beef episode. Twelve days on, Jeremiah Watkins's visit in "Ep 637 - Throat Wrecker" is still close behind the beef episode in daily views. It has also gathered the most views of the three.

The channel as a whole ran slower than its usual pace, and its subscriber count held where it was. Among podcast channels of similar size, Club 520 Podcast, The Other Channel and andrew gold | heretics. all ran above their usual pace, while Toni and Ryan had a calmer stretch. For the Secret Podcast, the brothers carried the week.

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Every McCusker explains the next one
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