United States
United Kingdom
Canada
Australia
New Zealand
IrelandNotre Dame stories accompany Matt and Shane's Canadian podcast climb
The comedy show reaches its best Canadian chart position of the past month as "Pimpology" pairs Matt's bedtime audiobook with Shane's football weekend.
Matt and Shane's Secret Podcast
Story of Why this story? The podcast "Matt and Shane's Secret Podcast" rose to #37 on Apple's podcast chart in Canada, from #114 yesterday.
Ep 645 - Pimpology
Next story: Luis J. Gomez brings Steve Jobs devotion to Matt and Shane
Things we can learn from the video
Press to jump
- 0:48Matt introduces Pimpology, the audiobook supplying the episode's title and opening discussion.
- 7:41Shane recounts a Notre Dame trip where friends kept receiving mundane domestic texts.
- 12:15Shane describes watching from a suite with Joe Montana and Tim Brown, with Phil cheering enthusiastically.
- 25:05Matt's pickup-basketball stories include bruised ribs and pulled muscles.
- 30:52The guest recalls public-bus journeys in Austin and West Philadelphia, including an encounter with a bottled-water seller.
Matt and Shane's Secret Podcast has climbed from 114th to 37th on Apple's podcast chart in Canada, its highest position of the past month. The move comes alongside an episode built around familiar company rather than a celebrity interview.
Comedians Matt McCusker and Shane Gillis make and host the show, turning personal stories and unlikely conversational detours into long, loose exchanges. In "Ep 645 - Pimpology," Matt starts with his unusual nighttime listening: Pimpin' Ken's Pimpology: The 48 Laws of the Game. Its extravagant lifestyle maxims give the group something to pick apart before Shane takes them to Notre Dame.
His football-weekend account has two very different attractions: watching from a suite with Joe Montana and Tim Brown, and keeping up with his father, Phil. Shane describes friends receiving thoroughly ordinary domestic texts during their boys' trip, while Phil repeatedly heads for the casino. Later, Matt's pickup-basketball ambitions run into the less forgiving reality of bruised ribs and pulled muscles.
The recent episode run has alternated these family-style gatherings with guests, including Colum Tyrrell and Luis J. Gomez. SWIM features by name in several recent titles, and the latest comment section keeps returning to the extra seat: viewers joke about a three-host version of the show and whether the arrangement has become permanent. Others miss the older clip-filled introductions, a small reminder that even this deliberately informal podcast has rituals people remember.
Published on Trari
Where next?
What do you think?
Want to know when somebody answers you?
Is this your channel?For the channel's owners and team: a ready picture and text for your audience
Share the story with your audience. Everything is ready:
For an Instagram story or a WhatsApp status
For a community post or your channel's description
- Subscribers
- 878,000 ▲ 1,000 this week
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 1,321,742
- Channel views, pace per day
- 611,202 (on a normal day: 169,737)
- The podcast
- Matt and Shane's Secret Podcast
- Place on the chart today
- 37
- Place on the chart yesterday
- 114
- Best place in the last 30 days
- 37
- Video published
- November 12, 2026
- Video views so far
- 462,964 (2 days online)
- Video views, pace per day
- 235,341 (on a normal day: 418,573)
The numbers
The Canadian climb puts the podcast at its highest chart position of the past month.
💡 Test your knowledge
Whose audiobook does Matt introduce at the start of "Pimpology"?
Matt says he listens to Pimpin' Ken's Pimpology: The 48 Laws of the Game at night.