The Mike O'Meara Show

A broken thumb, a canceled guest, and a whole lot of trouble! Michael joins the boys to explain how he held on for the out at home plate—even while getting injured. Josh’s planned Wonka interview goes sideways after a contestant hears the podcast, and Mike and Robb turn the fallout into a full-blown roast. The Giants and Commanders provide an overtime disaster, while the news inspires today’s “Bla...

Mike and Oscar raise the stakes in a bet over arriving late to the show, with Robb helping sort out the rules and consequences. A classic archive mix of friendly rivalry, movie talk, and appreciation for hockey announcer Doc Emrick. Our Sponsors: * Check out Quince and use my code TMOS for a great deal: https://www.quince.com * Check out TruDiagnostic and use my code TMOS for a great deal: https:/...

Josh has hired an assistant. His name is Earl. Robb has one question: who the hell is Earl? In episode 006, Josh introduces his AI assistant, a tireless organizer with the attitude of Orioles legend Earl Weaver. Earl sorts founder messages, untangles a stack of toll notices, checks in with Josh’s wife, and offers thrift-store advice with a grumpy baseball-manager streak. Robb wonders when a comput...

Today... Mike gets to "fanboy" over Marshall Green, who joins us from his show "Giants Now" on Chatsports. In his own lane, Robb fanboys over the "Librarian of Congress" as he recaps his big Washington DC gala. Josh tells us that middle-schoolers are not smart about their Smarties and Mike bemoans his recent time on the links. Plus, we never solve the gravy mystery. Sad. Ou...

Robb celebrates fitting into size 36 jeans, while Mike celebrates “creamage”—his favorite food group and the reason an empty ice-cream box can become evidence against him. Reduced-sugar Frosted Flakes get a harsh review, cereal milk must earn its flavor, and vegetables remain acceptable only with the proper creamy accompaniment. Then Robb prepares to meet a princess at the Library of Congress, pro...

Sunrise. Chair. Banana. Three little words turn Mike’s routine wellness check into a memory test he insists nobody explained properly, with a clock drawing, a helpful picture on the wall, and enough ammunition to keep Robb and Josh entertained all day. Then another baseball scheduling fiasco sends Mike toward Sarasota for the wrong game—and gets him blocked from the very thread containing the expl...

A trip through the TMOS archives featuring Mike and Robb’s interview with Wayne Newton, Oscar’s visit with the Bush family in Kennebunkport, and a look back at the show’s eighth anniversary. Classic stories, familiar voices, and plenty of laughs. Our Sponsors: * Check out Quince and use my code TMOS for a great deal: https://www.quince.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privac...

In Episode 005, Robb walks Josh through a garbage-day disaster and the surprisingly clever trick he uses to track down his missing key. Josh has a competing strategy, naturally, and the guys debate whether brains beat simply diving into the trash. Along the way, there’s a hard-fought used-car negotiation, a stash of root beer barrels, and considerably more mayonnaise than anyone wanted. The conver...

The show opens with an honest conversation about suicide prevention as therapist Cynthia Catchings joins Mike, Robb, and Josh to discuss recognizing distress, supporting loved ones, and keeping communication open with kids. Mike shares a difficult chapter from his own life before the boys shift gears to his supposedly calmer approach to the Red Sox—and a baseball-practice scheduling fiasco that pr...

At Mike’s new country club, a “soft lunch” apparently means everything goes in the blender. The boys turn a discussion of social-media “soft launches” into a menu for older golfers, while Mike confesses to driving jitters, school-pickup naps, and an orange-creamsicle detour that Robb was once denied. A Land Remembered rekindles Mike’s love of reading, and Robb explains why his upcoming cataract su...

Three people. Three waffles. Absolutely no side dishes. Mike’s baseball weekend ends at Waffle House, but not before another umpire showdown and a team dinner at WingHouse that turns out to be considerably less family-friendly than expected. The boys investigate baseball’s reality-TV moms, overpriced dreams of athletic glory, and the fine art of letting kids be kids. Robb’s Halloween spirit faces...

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Some people visit a haunted attraction to be scared. Robb visits one and learns industry terminology—specifically, the “boohole,” the hidden alcove where a scare actor waits to ruin your evening. In Episode 004, Robb takes Josh inside a Halloween Haunt preview packed with fog machines, monsters, candy apples, suspiciously enthusiastic influencers, and enough booholes to make anyone reconsider thro...

Cary’s birthday is here, and Robb celebrates with T-bones, a professionally engineered bread pudding, a freshly detailed car, and one tire-pressure light that has apparently been living its own private life. Mike gets serious about a disturbing immigration video before the boys return to the safer waters of presidential documentaries, fun First Ladies, and the unexpectedly useful phrase “Pat Nixon...

The show begins with a heartfelt message for beloved TMOS family member Jolene White as she takes on the fight of her life. Mike then delivers the full report on Michael’s fish-hook emergency, featuring an urgent care that apparently does not “do fish hooks,” an ER metal detector, and three separate people asking whether Mike was really the father. The hook finally comes out after some lidocaine,...

Mike begins the show without running water after forgetting the bill, inspiring Robb and Josh to check their own utilities before the entire neighborhood goes dry. Then Michael steps on a fishing lure past the barb, and Mike abandons the studio for urgent care while the boys keep the broadcast afloat with Captain Hook songs and extremely unqualified medical advice. Robb and Josh use the emergency...

"...And it's whispered that soon if we all call the tune, then the piper will lead us to reason; and a new day will dawn for those who stand long & the forests will echo with laughter." Our Sponsors: * Check out Progressive: https://www.progressive.com * Check out Quince and use my code TMOS for a great deal: https://www.quince.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brand...

Robb has spent years believing it was spelled “Traitor Joe’s.” Now the truth—and the groceries—can finally come out. In Episode 003, a parking-lot handoff of collectible Elvis Matchbox cars leads Robb and Josh into the strange world of specialty groceries, suspicious shoppers, vegan marshmallows, chicken pot pies, frozen-food nostalgia, and the realization that the store may not have been betrayin...

Artificial intelligence may soon generate entire podcasts, but no machine could recreate the chaos of Mike ordering doggy diapers and receiving disposable male wraps instead. He straps one onto Winslow, confidently declares the problem solved, and is immediately confronted with a mysterious puddle that technology cannot explain. A discussion of golf-course comfort stations then takes one spectacul...

The show welcomes a highly questionable new sponsor from Ashtabula, Ohio—and Robb somehow knows the town thanks to a deep-cut song from a Drew Carey Show album. Mike declares war on dashboard rubber ducks, discovers what is actually inside Yoo-hoo, and realizes everyone he once considered young is now fully middle-aged. The great doggy-diaper experiment is officially underway, although Mike’s own...

#3708: Whatadick Mike arrives late after a scheduling mix-up, briefly considers blaming a power outage, and proves once again that honesty is the most inconvenient policy. His anniversary weekend delivers a terrific dinner, a baseball championship for Michael’s team, and enough sports victories to make him immediately suspicious of the universe. Winslow celebrates by peeing directly into a running...

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In Episode 002, Robb and Josh discover that mosquitoes may be getting smart enough to work around insect repellent, launching an urgent investigation into DEET, bug intelligence, the animal kingdom’s unofficial IQ rankings, and whether a mosquito could someday outsmart a chicken. The science is unsettling. Their conclusions are considerably less reliable. Then Brian Boone, fact curator for Uncle J...

Mike wonders whether phones are still worth getting excited about, and a two-grand foldable earns the devastating verdict: “slightly intriguin’.” Dirk marks Mike and Carla’s anniversary with a heartfelt poem, which mainly reminds Mike that he should probably start planning something. A 98-inch television leads to some very serious negotiations involving furniture, Frosted Flakes, and Mike’s comple...

Robb and Josh return from their Outer Banks boys’ weekend with tales of THC beverages, Coyote vs. Acme, two closed restaurants, and enough X-Men coin-pusher time to qualify as a residency. Mike investigates whether the wives were truly invited, whether Robb and Josh can survive breakfast together, and whether an arcade watch gets more valuable when it costs $104 to win. Michael makes Dad proud in...