Episodes

May 7, 2024

384: Freedom Food and Funny Cars with Matt Hagan and Chloe Hudson

Matt is a four-time NHRA Funny Car world champion and first-generation cattle and CBD farmer. Chloe is a mikeroweWORKS work ethic scholarship recipient, an AWS Certified Weld Inspector, and a social media influencer. She als…
May 2, 2024

BONUS COFFEE 383: Nude Sunbathing with America’s Grandmother

The three-time NYT bestselling author, a.k.a. Mike’s mom, talks the chosen frozen on Easter Sunday, speaking in tongues, the Key Bridge tragedy, Fort McHenry and Ranger Vince, our expanding universe, great illusionists, and …
April 30, 2024

382: Individualism Rightly Understood with Scott Mann

The former U.S. Army Green Beret, NYT bestselling author, leadership consultant, and perennial storyteller talks about the division and tribal behavior that permeates our country now, the death of honor, shame, and consequen…
April 23, 2024

381: NEW STORY—The Face of an Angel

A NEW mystery for the curious mind with a short attention span, followed by Mike and Chuck taking a deeper dive into the story’s DOUBLE reveal. That’s right, you get two reveals for the prize of none! Many thanks to our terr…
April 16, 2024

Episode 380: American Flannel with Steven Kurutz

What does it take to make a traditional flannel shirt in America? According to this New York Times reporter it’s a combination of engineering and artistry. And Steven should know; he wrote the book on it, American Flannel.  …
April 9, 2024

379: Psst… Wanna Buy a Stadium Buddy? with Jordan Harbinger

The former Wall Street lawyer and current OG podcaster drops by to discuss the latest in Podcastladia, how patternicity and our desire for certainty can lead us to create wild theories, the death of skepticism, honesty in ad…
April 2, 2024

378: Surviving Disney with Jeff Harmon & Neal Harmon

The serial entrepreneurs and founders of Angel Studios talk about growing up poor in a family of eleven, how they went from selling potatoes door to door to being the ad agency of record for Poo-Pourri, Squatty Potty, and Or…
March 26, 2024

377: Sitting in a Pool of Tilden with Peter Tilden

The writer, producer, and veteran radio broadcaster drops by to regale us with stories from the entertainment trenches, explains why he created the podcast Really? no, REALLY? with his BFF Jason Alexander and how that’s affe…
March 19, 2024

376: An Unholy Incubator with Will Swaim

The President of the California Policy Center, host of National Review’s Radio Free California podcast, and watchdog journalist warns about the new federal regulation that effectively makes CA-AB5 national and ends independe…
March 12, 2024

375: NEW STORY—Nasty Little Instruments

Another brief mystery for the curious mind with a short attention span, followed by a deeper dive into the story’s reveal with Mike and Chuck. WARNING: Careful where you listen with headphones, as it may result in alternatin…
March 5, 2024

Episode 374: No Man No Problem with Bill Whittle

The podcaster, YouTuber, and amateur historian ruminates on the state of Hollywood, talks about his upcoming Daily Wire project, An Empire of Terror, which exposes the dark underbelly of the Soviet Union’s police state, and …
Feb. 29, 2024

BONUS COFFEE 373: The Wedgie Kick

America’s grandmother recalls the harrowing details of her husband’s heart attacks at Christmas, gives an update on his convalescence, and tells a shocking tale about the newsletter you do NOT want to be mentioned in. From s…
Feb. 27, 2024

372: Jimmy Failla Loves Fat Elvis

The former New York cabby, current stand-up comic, and perennial philosopher talks hilariously about why he’s keeping politics out of his new show Fox News Saturday Night, why he wrote his bestselling book, , and why he look…
Feb. 20, 2024

371: Chuck Gets a Haircut with Denis Chetzan and Mary Sullivan

Mike follows through with his threat to get Chuck a professional haircut by enlisting The Irish Hammer’s “hairstylist to the stars” to bring his salon to our studio for a cut and record. What could possibly go wrong? Not ent…
Feb. 13, 2024

370: The Smartest Dropout I Know is Rikki Schlott

The New York Post columnist and author discusses the disruptive and damaging nature of social media, our shortening attention spans, the lack of free speech on college campuses, why the First Amendment is the most important …
Feb. 6, 2024

369: Gabby Reece is Not in Compliance

369: Gabby Reece is Not in Compliance
Jan. 30, 2024

368: The Luckiest Man on the Face of the Earth with Neal McDonough

The consummate villainous actor's actor joins us to discuss his childhood growing up in a motel, how being blacklisted in Hollywood tested his faith, and why he chose to play the Benefactor, a.k.a. the devil, in Angel Studio…
Jan. 23, 2024

367: Scarcity Brain with Michael Easter

367: Scarcity Brain with Michael Easter The journalist and NYT bestselling author shares his research into why our brains are hardwired for overconsumption, how this scarcity mindset can lead us to take unnecessary risks, an…
Jan. 16, 2024

366: NEW STORY—They Put Him in a Cage

A NEW mystery for the curious mind with a short attention span called They Put Him in a Cage is followed by an installment of The Way I Talked About The Way I Heard It, during which Mike and Chuck discuss first jobs, auditio…
Dec. 19, 2023

365: A Coffee Klatch Christmas with Peggy Rowe

Mike’s mom discusses Christmases past and present, her decided lack of cooking skills, complaining vs. observing, vertigo-inducing carpet, the perils of drinking dehumidifier water, pratfalls, a Christmas mugging, and Mike s…
Dec. 12, 2023

364: Son of a Revolutionary with John Dodd

The appellate lawyer and President General of the Sons of the American Revolution drops by to discuss our nation's founding and celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Boston Tea Party by inducting Mike, Chuck, and Mike’s dad…
Dec. 7, 2023

363: BONUS STORY: Something to Chew On

These prison dentists gave the criminal a set of new teeth—so the world would never forget. Big thanks to our American-made sponsor American-Giant.com/mike Use promo code MIKE to get 20% off your order
Dec. 5, 2023

362: Don't Forget the Footnotes with Douglas Brunt

The New York Times bestselling author and podcaster discusses great writing, the power of storytelling, his newest book, The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel , and how he solved a 110-year-old whodunnit. Big thanks to our gr…
Nov. 28, 2023

361: A Place and a Purpose in a World Gone Mad with Salena Zito

The Washington Examiner columnist and reporter discusses why Lincoln’s Gettysburg address holds up 160 years later, why she’s building a room to hold miniature trains, the “dust up” in the Middle East, our current age of dis…