How To with Jeb

How To with Jeb is a rogue instructional broadcast segment on Barely Informed News, hosted by Jeb Nogget alongside his deceased father, whose spirit is trapped within a wooden board.

Format & Overview

Broadcasting without warning from an unkempt woodworking shop, How To with Jeb masquerades as an earnest, educational instructional show designed to teach viewers practical life skills. In reality, the broadcast serves as an uncomfortable psychological battleground between Jeb and his co-hosting father—a literal piece of wood possessed by the elder Nogget’s restless, critical soul.

Despite broadcasting from a workshop, Jeb admits he possesses no raw logs, working entirely with pre-cut wood while cryptically citing an unspecified “mechanism” that grants him innate woodworking mastery. Rather than standard crafting, the segment frequently derails into external tutorial videos spanning self-defense, martial escapes, and suggestive nightclub dancing.

The Cohost & Family Lore

The defining dynamic of How To with Jeb is the fraught, supernatural tension between Jeb and his co-host:

• The Wooden Board (Jeb’s Dad): Jeb’s father is deceased, but his consciousness actively animates and speaks from a wooden board kept in the shop (“My dad knows the wood because he’s dead and he’s in it”). The board is vocal, cantankerous, and deeply dismissive of Jeb, calling him “a mean boy, not a man.”
• The Patricide Implication: Dark subtext permeates their interactions. Dialogue heavily implies that Jeb killed his father and bound his soul into the lumber, though the act has never been officially confirmed on air. The father frequently rebukes Jeb for being “sinister,” while Jeb deflects by reminding him that as wood, he needs to “get over it.”
• The Father’s Work Ethic: The board dad defends his parenting by asserting he never mistreated Jeb aside from “not being around,” boasting that he only worked about four hours in his entire life because the family “mostly coasted off the inheritance I got from my father.”
• Sibling Rivalry with Jet Nogget: The father openly despises Jeb while celebrating Jeb’s brother, Jet Nogget. According to both Jeb and the board, Jet was the family’s golden boy—a child prodigy who made millions developing “smart apps” by age 12 and relentlessly bragged about his fortune. Jeb harbors deep resentment toward Jet’s celebrated status.

Curriculum & Topics

1. Wood Splitting & Handling: Initial tutorials on axe safety, chopping blocks, and preserving blades. Jeb quickly brushes past practical demonstration, noting all his timber is pre-cut.
2. Practical Self-Defense: Reviewing college-level martial arts tutorials taught by instructor Daryl Morris, covering escapes from chokes, clothing grabs, headlocks, and bear hugs. Jeb pays particular attention to groin defense (“protect groin, be like a turtle”), noting the skills may be necessary if he ever has to physically fight his wooden father.
3. Club “Dirty Dancing” Etiquette: Instructional breakdowns on nightclub dancing, leading Jeb to attempt suggestive pelvic choreography directly on camera.

Known Occurrences

Episode	Timestamp	Notes
2026-08-14	01:22:57	Debut broadcast. Jeb introduces his dead father trapped in a board. They bicker over childhood neglect, coasting on generational wealth, and Jet’s smart app millions before reviewing wood splitting, college self-defense, and dirty dancing tutorials.

See also: Jeb Nogget, Broadcast Segments, On-Air Talent & Staff.