Barstool's Out and About Podcast dropped a new episode this week, and it's the kind of episode that generates its own aftershocks. Austin Jenkins, never exactly known for biting his tongue, went scorched-earth on a handful of topics in one sitting, and the clips have been making the rounds ever since.
New @OutandAboutpod with @AustinJenkins07 out now! https://t.co/psbuYTcysc
The episode covers a lot of ground. At one point Austin gets into it with Keegs over whether 'Mook' is actually a go-getter or just good at making it look that way when it counts. Austin's answer was blunt: no, Mook is lazy, full stop. It's the kind of on-air disagreement that only works because these guys clearly know each other well enough to say it to each other's faces.
“Did Dave say get involved in the content, get on camera and be this like overlord of their budget and keep this bit going?” -Keegs “No. That was their idea. I think Mook probably lead the charge for the majority of stuff” -Austin “Sounds like Mook’s a go getter, kind of the opposite of what you’ve been saying about him in the dm’s behind the scenes” -Keegs “No I would not say Mook is a go getter. I would say Mook is lazy” -Austin
Then there's the Discord mod situation, which might be the most Barstool sub-plot of the whole episode. Austin claims Jerry, Sas, and Mook all separately lobbied him to give the Bush's Discord mod a full-time job, and his response was essentially: guys, you're gassing this dude up and now he thinks he's a made man. It's a small, weirdly specific workplace beef, but that's exactly the kind of stuff that makes this show watchable.
“All three of those people (Jerry, Sas, Mook) asked me to give that guy a full time job… And I told them that this guy is a freak and he is getting way to comfortable because you guys are gassing him up” -Austin talking about the Bush discord mod https://t.co/GokUK0NuhW
But the real headline moment came when Austin and Pat got into a philosophical back-and-forth about office reputation. Pat's argument, in essence: you don't want to be known as a dickhead around the office, that reputation follows you. Austin's response, verbatim: 'I don't care.' It's a short exchange, but it captures exactly why Pat, in a separate tweet, went as far as comparing Austin's mentality to Kmarko's — someone who thinks being difficult at work is an asset instead of a liability.
“Like you don’t want your reputation in any office to be a dickhead. That’s not good if your reputation is a dickhead” -Pat “I don’t care” -Austin https://t.co/hsTIGh19es
Pat followed that up with a public tweet doubling down on the Kmarko comparison, framing Austin's attitude as a young-guy phase he'll grow out of, closing it out with a genuinely sweet 'you are loved, brother.' It's the classic Barstool one-two: rip someone publicly, then remind everyone it's coming from a good place. Pat wasn't done there either — he went on to needle Austin over the show's intro, calling it 'the most offensive thing' Austin said the entire episode, sarcastically rating it an 8/10 for being merely average.
Easily the most offensive thing @austinjenkins07 said this entire show was that this intro was average. Easily an 8/10 https://t.co/8VjdlUR7y0
Add in the fact that the same episode gets into Austin's own career arc at Barstool — how his job started, how he landed his current title, what he actually does day-to-day — and you've got a full-service episode that's part confessional, part roast session. When the show's own team is calling the promo one of the 'meanest' they've ever put out, that's not an accident. It's the strategy. Out and About keeps working because the hosts are willing to actually go at each other on mic, and this week's episode is a case study in why that formula still draws a crowd.