Unspoken Requests with Jared and Mike

The mouse broke this morning, so there’s no computer. This entire episode is recorded on 40+ year-old used cassette tapes that Mike bought on ebay. Also, Mike is stuck at work, so Jared is flying solo and it’s a WiLd RiDe! The whole thing is held together with duct tape and chewing gum, but Jared … Continue reading Episode 26 – with no guest →

Jared and Mike are back to their old tricks with very special guests (and Bloomington expats) Bethy Squires and Colin Jenkins in the stu. Bethy is a writer in Los Angeles who currently works for Vulture and Adam Ruins Everything. Colin is studying radio production and also makes records as Canid. It sure feels good … Continue reading Episode 25 with guests Bethy Squires (Hollywood writer) an...

Now, THIS is an action-packed show! Jared and Mike spend almost the entire 2 hours talking to two extremely interesting and charismatic folks; Robert Newsome, from pitch perfect pro wrestling fanzine, “The Atomic Elbow“, calls in for hour one, while Bloomington expat and horrifying gruesome crime expert, Sarah Kolodziej from www. CrimeSpotlight.com, calls in for hour … Continue r...

Jared is back, baby! There was a lot of catching up to do after Jared’s trip abroad, so he and Mike spend this episode talking about Iceland, culture shock, geothermal death pools, Mars Attacks®, Jared’s inconveniencing vacation habits, and even more! https://archive.org/download/UR232/UR%2023%20Podcast%20Version.mp3  

Jared is out of the country, so Mike recruits his wife, Jessica, to co-host the show this week. It goes well! They mostly reminisce, talk about Jared, and then invent a cutting-edge new Smart Device® for vaping, listening to podcasts, and extracting human breast milk all at once!   https://archive.org/download/UR22PodcastVersion_201809/UR%2022%20Podcast%20Version.mp3

Jared and Mike are joined this week via cellular telephone by the great Owen Ashworth of Advance Base and Orindal Records. In addition to discussing the first time each of them consciously desired GrapeNuts®, they also go in hard on Owen’s fantastic brand new record, Animal Companionship. https://archive.org/download/UR21PodcastVersion/UR%2021%20Podcast%20Version.mp3

It’s 1am on a school night… do you know where your children are? If you’re the parents of Kristin Londergan (Radiant Health Ayurveda) and/or David Woodruff (Davidjwoodruff.com), then you know they’re right here, having the time of their lives! We talk herbs, we do a tarot, we try to make David talk about his art. … Continue reading Episode 20 – with guests Krist...

Our old pal, Addison Rogers, is back. But this time, we are not in the studio. We’re barreling down the highway in Mike’s van on our way to Columbus, IN for Addison to take a look at a car he found for sale on the internet which he has no intention of purchasing. Thankfully, our … Continue reading Episode 19 – with guests Addison Rogers and Naomi O’Donnell &#8594...

Tonight, Jared and Mike welcome the artists Katie Baczeski and Chad Serhal into the studio. Art is discussed. Turns out, Mike and Chad are CHEAP, Katie is not for sale, and Jared fell asleep. Horses, music, lawyers…they really cover it all, pretty much. https://archive.org/download/UR18PodcastVersion/UR%2018%20Podcast%20Version.mp3

Janelle Beasley and Miles Grimmer join Jared and Mike in the studio to discuss global warming’s effect on reptilian megafauna, Miles’ burgeoning meme career, and Janelle’s experience at a wildlife rehab center. https://archive.org/download/UR162/Ur16PodcastVersion.mp3

The ever wonderful Addison Rogers stops by the studio for a real wild ride. He brings a cooler of likely skunked beer, and two giant bags of M*Donald’s french fries which we fail to get to until it’s much too late and they have become disgusting. Otherwise we wax on a variety of illuminating topics! … Continue reading Episode 15 – with guest Addison Rogers (Fabuloso) &...

No guest at all today, I guess we’ll just eat worms! https://archive.org/download/UR142/Ur14Podcast.mp3

Comedy expert and club owner, Jared Thompson, of the Comedy Attic joins Jared and Mike in the studio for a rip-roaring, hilarious, laff riot of a conversation. They discuss his tattoos, cartoon reels, movie expertise, Mike’s haunted house, and much more. https://archive.org/download/UR132/UR%2013%20Podcast.mp3

Living Legend, Ben Lumsdaine joins Jared and Mike in the studio to talk about diapers, local Jazz® residency “Call & Response”, electronical cigarettes, TV show themes, and even more! https://archive.org/download/UR122/Ur12Podcast.mp3

It’s Easter Sunday and Mike’s son is a picky eater and he doesn’t even know “All Star” by Smash Mouth. He bails on the show pretty quickly, but not before he gets to pick David Orr’s brain about paleo-art, which leads us into a riveting conversation about his life and work. https://archive.org/download/UNsReq112/Ur11Podcast.mp3

Jared and Mike are joined today by their accountant friend, Nathan Vollmar, who also happens to be a drummer and a music biz insider. They mostly just chomp pretzels through the entire episode and rudely talk with their mouths full. https://archive.org/download/UNsReq102/Ur10Podcast.mp3

Jared and Mike welcome old pals Anna Teeter and Aaron Denton into the studio to tell stories about calling the cops on drunk drivers on Super Bowl Sunday, closing K-Marts, their respective creative careers, and life as a freelancer. https://archive.org/download/UNsReq92/Ur9Podcast.mp3

Against all odds, Jared and Mike have managed to convinced comic artist and New York Times Best Selling Author, Box Brown, to join them – not only for dinner – but for a two hour conversation in the studio. It goes great! They talk about Box’s new Andy Kaufman book, his previous work, and loads … Continue reading Episode 8 – with guest Box Brown (NYT Best-Selling&#160...

Jared and Mike are joined in the studio by Josh Brewer of Cicada Cinema®, local curators of pop-up style feature film screenings and delightful cinematic events. They also talk about Josh’s recent cross-country bicycling trip and being trapped in close proximity to uninteresting people, among other things! https://archive.org/download/UnspReq72/Ur7Podcast.mp3

Once again, Jared and Mike failed to attract a guest for whatever reason (last minute scheduling, bad personalities, personal grudges, what have you), so it’s just the two of them yammering on endlessly in some kind of very entertaining corn fed Hoosier dough boy feedback loop. https://archive.org/download/UREp06Pt2/Ur6Podcast.mp3

Today’s guest is Jared’s brother-in-law, Zack Melton. He’s a musician and songwriter, and most recently an academic working in Iceland to uncover terrifying lines between Norse Mythology and Far Right Extremism. https://archive.org/download/UREp05Pt2/Ur5Podcast.mp3

Jared and Mike are joined today by Steve Marino of Jacky Boy. We talk about Jacky Boy’s new record, Jim Carrey’s “The Mask”, Longmont Potion Castle, Voices of Death, and more! https://archive.org/download/UREp04Pt1/Ur4Podcast.mp3

There is no guest in the studio for this episode. It’s just Jared and Mike yakking on and on about things that only they could possibly care about. https://archive.org/download/02UnspokenRequestsEp003Part220171016/Ur3Podcast.mp3

Jared and Mike have a sit down with Lewis Rogers of Busman’s Holiday in the present to talk about the past and future https://archive.org/download/02UnspokenRequestsEp002Part220170829/Ur2Podcast.mp3

Jason Henn drops by the studio to talk about what’s going on with his band, Honey Radar, and just when we start to bad-mouth his record label, Third Uncle Records, the owner, Billy Stines, walks through the door and we have to change the subject real quick. https://archive.org/download/01UnspokenRequestsEp001Part120170815/Ur1Podcast.mp3