BROOKS WHEELAN Went to Noah's Arc in the Wisconsin Dell's

Family Trips with the Meyers Brothers

Seth Meyers and Josh Meyers

Personal Journals, Comedy, Comedy Interviews, Tv & Film, Society & Culture, Film Interviews

4.8 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 9 June 2026

⏱️ 88 minutes

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This week on the pod, Seth and Josh welcome comedian Brooks Wheelan! Brooks talks about growing up in Iowa with few family vacations, spending summers on his grandparents’ farm in Missouri, and taking memorable trips to the Wisconsin Dells. He shares stories about not seeing the ocean until he was 21, discovering travel later in life, and finding himself on adventures everywhere from Corsica, where cigarettes became currency, to an 18-day rafting trip through the Grand Canyon. Plus, Brooks talks about his new comedy special "Alive in Alaska," and he's out on tour with Seth! Watch this episode on the Family Trips YouTube or Spotify, or listen wherever you get your podcasts! Support Our Sponsors: Article:Article is offering our listeners $50 off your first purchase of $100 or more. To claim, visit https://www.article.com/discount/trips and the discount will be automatically applied at checkout. BluelandMake the switch today! Get 15% off your first order by going to https://Blueland.com/trips. Aura FramesFor a limited time, listeners can get an exclusive 35 dollars off their best-selling Carver Mat at https://on.auraframes.com/TRIPS. Promo Code TRIPS. Promo Code TRIPS Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:23.1	Hey, Baji. Hey, Sufi. How are you? I'm good. That's good. I had a punk weekend.
0:30.5	Yeah, you sure did. It was punk-tastic as a guess. Yeah, I heard. I talked to them on their drive home.
0:37.8	Excellent. Yeah, you said it was a great them on their drive home. Excellent.
0:38.4	Yeah, you said it was a great time, and they said it was a great time, and yeah, that just sounded awesome.
0:45.1	It was very nice, you know, the kids just, they're a little bit older, and they don't need the full Punks attention.
0:52.4	And the Punks obviously enjoy a down hour here and there.
0:57.8	Don't we all?
0:59.0	Yeah.
1:00.0	Also, the punks are...
1:02.0	If the punks aren't moving, they are dead quiet.
1:06.4	Like, you would have no idea they're in your house.
1:08.3	Now, the minute they get up, it's fucking the elephants on parade.
1:14.3	But, you know, the amount of that I be, you know, the kids would be outside and I would think, did they go home?
1:22.0	And then you would just find them in another room, like doing their puzzles.
1:25.4	Yeah.
1:26.0	Yeah.
1:27.3	They're like a moment
1:30.6	in widows bay that you uh might not expect you like yeah yeah yeah room and there's just like
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