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.

An Olive Garden Greeting

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.