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Send us Fan Mail Deep Dive: RAGBRAI with Ride Director Matt Phippen Iowa's biggest summer tradition is 13 days out, and we sat down with the man steering it all. Matt Phippen has served as RAGBRAI Ride Director since January 2022, guiding what's known as the oldest, longest, and largest recreational bicycle touring event in the world across the state each July. This will be his fifth rid...

Send us Fan Mail Gen X dads are the generation that found themselves standing right in the middle of two very different worlds. They were raised by Boomer dads who could fix almost anything, who kept a coffee can full of random screws and bolts in the garage, read paper maps, and wrote down their own directions before a family vacation. These were the dads who believed a little trial and error, a...

Send us Fan Mail For most fans, Jan Jensen is known as one of the most accomplished figures in women's basketball history—a six-on-six scoring sensation from Kimballton, Iowa, an NCAA scoring champion at Drake, a professional player in Europe, and now the head coach of the Iowa Hawkeyes. But in our latest podcast episode, we go beyond the résumé and the record books to explore the person behi...

Send us Fan Mail This week Brad shares a compelling story about  a project he took on a bit outside his comfort zone: building a vintage bicycle from the frame up despite openly admitting he is “the farthest thing from mechanical.”  We talk about concession stand food programs, and we enjoy Irish Whiskey poured out of a golden ostrich head. #Shankyswhip #cutwater  You can communicate with us at de...

Send us Fan Mail Hey all you Deep Divers, we are trying a different format this week to see how it sounds.  We’re thinking about calling these Playlist Shows, where we take a topic, pair it with some music that’s important to us, and then discuss why the two are connected in our memory.   But here’s the cool part.  If you are a member of our Facebook Group “ Deep Dive Podcast “ you can contribute...

Send us Fan Mail A fan requested we pick Gen X related topics out of a bowl and discuss off the top of our heads to see just how smart we are........ the answer turned out to be what you would expect....... not very. The guys kick things off with sardines straight from a Lisbon tin fish restaurant before diving headfirst into the nostalgia that defined growing up Gen X in the Midwest. From a rave...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we sit down with acclaimed blues musician Kevin Burt, a performer whose powerful voice and authentic storytelling have earned him recognition across the United States and beyond. A true road warrior, Kevin performs hundreds of shows each year, captivating audiences with a soulful sound that has drawn comparisons to legendary artists such as Bill Withers and Aaron...

Send us Fan Mail  There are seasons that are etched themselves into the identity of college football programs and serve as a vantage point where historians can say before this team and after this team, and every fan would agree. For the Iowa Hawkeyes, the 1985 Hawkeyes were just that season. Ten wins, a Big Ten championship, five weeks ranked as number one in the nation, a Rose Bowl berth, and a w...

Send us Fan Mail Back before Google could settle an argument in three seconds, and before your phone knew more than your high school history teacher, a couple of Canadians in 1979 looked at a scrabble board, ran out of tiles, and said, You know what???? This world needs more useless knowledge. And just like that, Trivia Pursuit was born. A game that turned random facts into social currency, ruined...

Send us Fan Mail Our special guest this week is Nathaniel Green.  Nathaniel  is a colleague of Brad and John's based in London and was gracious enough to put together  a historic pub tours for the boys in both London and Scotland This week's show Nathaniel's stayed up late and discussed with us British Pub food, French farts, and the 300 year old history of some of the bars they vis...

Send us Fan Mail Imagine a company that generates $800 million a year in sales. It has around 700,000 salespersons and it moves about 2 million units. And that is in just three short months. And then the company, it shuts down for the next nine months. That's right. They don't sell a single unit for the rest of the year. And they still clear$800 million a year. And that's in less th...

Send us Fan Mail Americans have a long tradition of turning just about any excuse into a celebration, and a lot of those celebrations happen to involve raising a glass. From the green beer of St. Patrick’s Day to the champagne toasts of New Year's Eve, the beads and parties of Mardi Gras, the margaritas of Cinco de Mayo, backyard coolers on Independence Day, watch parties for Super Bowl Sunda...

Send us Fan Mail Intro Hey everybody — it’s just me today. The boys are out in the world doing interesting and presumably productive things. So this week we’re doing a bit of a clip show. I dug through the archives and pulled out four pretty strong clips that, as far as I know, you’ve never heard before. It’s always fun going back and listening to these when I’m putting an episode together, and I...

Send us Fan Mail Today’s guest has been a cornerstone of the midwest music scene since 1992, when he formed his first band, High and Lonesome.  Since then, he’s fronted several successful projects, toured as a member of Todd Snider’s Nervous Wrecks, and produced records for artists like The Pines and Brother Trucker. Today Dave will talk about life on the road, meeting some of his literary friends...

Send us Fan Mail If you’re talking about legendary dive bars, you have to start with Dave's Fox Head Tavern — a place where all the regular dive bar beers are on tap, stories coming from future Pulitzer writers get taller by the minute, and everyone feels like a regular the second they walk through the door.  Tucked away on the north side of Iowa City, Dave's Fox Head isn’t fancy, it isn...

Send us Fan Mail #Iowa #Hawkeye #Hap #Peterson #Hayden #Fry #1985 #Rose #Bowl #RoseBowl #JayNorvell #Norvell You can communicate with us at deepdivepod2025@gmail.com or be part of the Deep Dive Community in our Facebook Group Deep Dive Podcast https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1JGiMUC7bq/

Send us Fan Mail #Iowa #Hawkeye #Hap #Peterson #Hayden #Fry #1985 #Rose #Bowl #RoseBowl You can communicate with us at deepdivepod2025@gmail.com or be part of the Deep Dive Community in our Facebook Group Deep Dive Podcast https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1JGiMUC7bq/

Send us Fan Mail It’s Saturday night, 1984. We’re twelve years old, fueled by popcorn, Mountain Dew, and the belief that the mall is the center of the universe. A sleepover was the golden opportunity—old enough to roam free but too young to get into the "good" movies. Tonight, we’re rewinding the tape to those Saturdays when freedom still had a curfew and you could drink 12 Mt Dews and s...

Send us Fan Mail - 00:00 Show Open and Introduction of GenX Car Expert Craig Cermak - 03:55 Unpacking the History of the Batmobile - 14:27 The Dukes of Hazzard's General Lee - 22:45 Brad's Two Dream Cars, The Griswold's Family Truckster & and Spicoli's Weed Van - 31:27 Smokey and the Bandit's Trans Am & Pontiac's Golden Era - 40:13 The Cars that Made the Blues...

Send us Fan Mail We take a look back on the past 17 shows and see if our definition of a "dive bar" has changed. 00:00 Authenticity & Community: The Evolving Definition of a Dive Bar 11:21 From Tang Bombs to Listener Dive Bar Recommendations 24:46 The Pickled Egg Challenge and Possible Future Topics 36:15 Blind Taste Testing of Dive Bar Beers #iowacity #iowacity  #genx  #divebar You...

Send us Fan Mail 00:00 - Show Intro & Crew Catchup   10:00 - Brad and the Chicago Nutcracker 13:04 - John discusses tossing brussel sprouts at a London play 21:36 - Unwrapping Listener Gifts 28:57 - Snow Day Broadcasting System 43:34 - Shovel Hustle, Sledding, and Knee Hockey. What to do... What to do... 56:13 - Eggos, Milk Toast, & Bullseye Eggs. Follow Us For Additional Recipes  01:01 - ...

Send us Fan Mail -Death By Pickled Meats  -Death By Quicksand - A Trip To Chicago For A Hamburger -Tavern vs Pub vs Bar   - The Dude With The Beard on the Detasseling Bus  - Duane Banks Gave Me Chewing Tobacco  - Gizzard Wizard - The Magi Brought Gifts of Sterzings - Who Needs An ID When You Have A Boy Scout Uniform and Top 5.. #DiveBar #DiveBarFood #Iowa #Corn Detasseling #Pickled #Meats You can...

Send us Fan Mail A Deep Dive into our top 5 Christmas Movies, including a behind the scenes look at what goes into Brad's family tradition of reenacting a scene from National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation every year.  #ChristmasMovies #GenX #ChristmasVacation #Christmas #National #Lampoon You can communicate with us at deepdivepod2025@gmail.com or be part of the Deep Dive Community in our...

Send us Fan Mail You can communicate with us at deepdivepod2025@gmail.com or be part of the Deep Dive Community in our Facebook Group Deep Dive Podcast https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1JGiMUC7bq/

Send us Fan Mail You can communicate with us at deepdivepod2025@gmail.com or be part of the Deep Dive Community in our Facebook Group Deep Dive Podcast https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1JGiMUC7bq/