Dave and Dan Balzer

Becoming Identical

After being twins for 56 years, we decided to make a podcast. Dan lives in West Chicago, Dave lives in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Auteur

Dave and Dan Balzer

Catégorie

Society

Site du podcast

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Dernier épisode

29 juin 2026

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Épisodes

Ep52 Talking with our audience live 29.06.2026

Dave and Dan head down to the basement to talk with their audience that had gathered in Winnipeg for wedding.

Ep51 Everyone can become a better swimmer 06.04.2026

We're both in swim lessons, but are we identical? Then snacks followed by substance.

Ep50 Socks 14.02.2026

An OG question - how similar are we? Socks...

Ep49 Our smelliest show yet 24.01.2026

Dave and Dan talk scents.

Ep48_60th birthday reveal 21.12.2025

Dan and Dave hear from avid listeners (thank you!) and Dave surprises Dan with a big 60th birthday reveal.

Ep47 From the brink, Part 2 28.11.2025

Dan and Dave continue to look for strategies to save the podcast from extinction. This time they turn to two therapists - a Naomi Friesen, a music therapist and Kristiana Mininger, a speech pathologist.

Ep46 - From the brink of extinction as a podcast 07.11.2025

Dave and Dan bring on a conservation biologist to see what it might take to save the podcast from extinction. If laughter is a survival strategy, we might make it. (Thanks to special guest, Evan Woelk Balzer, who offers a poignant reflection on the loss of song birds at the end. Check out his podcast series, Where the Bluestem Grows - it's for real!).

Ep45 An AI conversation gets testy 09.10.2025

One of us feels the podcast might be going extinct. And a conversation about AI gets a bit heated. Lots of laughs too.

Ep44 Of triathlons, road trips and mistaken identity 18.08.2025

Yes, this is the episode where you find out how the triathlon turned out. Also, some remarkable moments of mistaken identity which hasn't happened in decades.

Ep43 Will they wait at the finish line?? 30.05.2025

Will we be identical and wait at the finish line?? Dan reveals his approach to the triathlon.

Ep42 Growing up with twin siblings 02.05.2025

Inda Piroli is our special guest. She grew up with twin siblings. Hearing her unpack profound identity questions and observations left us mesmerized.

Ep41 Optimist or pessimist 18.04.2025

Dan literally reads Dave's mind...and we analyze our penchant towards optimism or pessimism.

Ep40 Quality control and treadmills 05.04.2025

Dan and Dave respond to a caller's concern about quality issues on the show and grapple with cross-border treadmill synchronization.

Ep39 Listener mail bag and live audio from the pool 21.03.2025

Listeners weigh in and live audio captured on our way to the pool makes for intense deliberations.

Ep38 Will nature or nurture dictate the triathlon results? 07.03.2025

Dan brings new research to the table that reframes the role of DNA in our attempts to become identical.

Ep37 AI analyzes our podcast 21.02.2025

We give our latest episode to AI to discover it's strengths, insights and likelihood to go viral.

Ep36 Turning 59 - how old are we really?! 17.02.2025

On January 24 we turned 59. Counting your age just got complicated. Also...triathlon talk heats up.

Ep35 From Buenos Aires, Argentina 13.01.2025

One of us is seriously putting "international" into Good Times International. We talk New Year's goals and sneezing protocols.

Ep34 Let it snow - Christmas special 20.12.2024

Dan and Dave discover how they manage snow. Are they identical? Let's just say there's a lot of shovelling on this show.

Special episode - Dan, Dave and Evan go to a special place - if you know you know 08.11.2024

Live, riveting action captured at a special place. Featured guest was Evan, who came along for the "ride"!

Ep33 Freak incidents and damaged fingers 25.10.2024

Big dreams announced for shared athletic event. How did we both end up with damaged fingers in the last two weeks?

Ep30 A Dad of identical twins who's also a geneticist 11.10.2024

Dr. Dustin Van Hofwegen is the parent of identical twins and teaches biology. So much to talk about!

Ep31 Sink or swim 11.10.2024

Dan takes a swim lesson to become identical!

Ep32 Celebrating national twin day 11.10.2024

We thought it was national twin day, but was it?

Ep29 Twins talking with twins 21.06.2024

Kathryn and Morgan join us as twins, to talk about being twins!!

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