Mind Gap

Justin is back! He tells Doug all about his adventures in Michigan and how being a hermit for four days affected his creativity. Doug floats the time travel dilemma question from last week to Justin since he just NEEDED to get his take on it. The boys then dive into the world of Critical Role as campaign 3 launches on Oct. 21. The dorks discuss the success of the show and how it has inspired them...

This week, Doug is joined by Twitch streamer and friend Wulfslore to chat about the trailer for Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City , what scares them the most in horror movies, and the short horror film that was written by an AI bot . The dorks then dig into a question posted in the Mind Gap Discord: would you rather restart your life at the age of 10 with all the knowledge you have now or jum...

This week, Doug tells Justin all about the recent mini Mind Gap real life meet up before sharing some amazing conversations he recently had with his daughter. The dorks then dive into the recent controversy surrounding Facebook and Instagram allegedly knowing that their algorithms were causing mental issues to users, particularly young girls. The heroes give their thoughts on the current iteration...

This week, Justin returns to discuss the teaser trailer for Netflix's adaptation of Neil Gaiman's The Sandman . The dorks then revisit the lawsuit ruling regarding Epic and Apple and whether the situation is good, bad, or otherwise. Another question is posed for Practical Doug which dives into the concept of "soaking" and "jump humping." Don't know what that is? Well, strap yourself in and find ou...

This week, Noah joins the show once again to fill in for Justin as he is off on a super secret mission. The dorks dive into the time loop trope that has become increasingly popular over the past few years. Noah talks about how this has led to some games like Deathloop, Majora's Mask, 12 Minutes and so many others. Doug talks about some of the movies that have utilized this mechanic as well as the...

This week, Doug tells Justin all about his recent vacation before taking the conversation on a wild tangent about dogs. The dorks then dive into the recent The Matrix Resurrections trailer, giving their thoughts and opinion and follow up with the same important pontifications about the Hawkeye trailer. The heroes then share their recent fitness goals and how they've joined a new app to get their b...

This week, Doug begins by telling Justin some fun Dungeons and Dragons stories before diving into the meat of the episode: the pandemic is creating an opportunity for people to move to new places. Doug and Justin discuss where they would move if there were no boundaries. Doug considers whether he's having a mid-life crisis and what it would take for both of the dorks to uproot and move to somewher...

This week, Doug starts off recounting his experience rewatching The Matrix trilogy before making Justin's mouth water as he describes how he made Cubano sandwiches from scratch. The dorks then explore the story about a man who sued his parents for throwing away his $29,000 stash of porn which leads the boys to remember times when their parents threw away their stuff without asking. The heroes move...

This week, the boys welcome back Australian dream boat Jarryd Urbas for his third appearance on the show! After recounting Jarryd's 30th birthday celebration, the dorks discuss the recent news about OnlyFans banning sexually explicit content from the site. They dig a little deeper into the BBC investigation about the potential reason for the new policy and discuss the merits of sex work. In classi...

This week, the boys dive into the new trailer for Star Wars: Visions and discuss how they think the new show will benefit the Star Wars universe. Doug pontificates on why short stories and short films are so great before the dorks turn their attention to a recent trending topic on Twitter: what movies make you feel stressed. Doug and Justin fire off some of their thoughts which include 1917 , The...

After a week stuck in the puzzle basement Justin is finally back and, like always, it feels like it was so much longer than just a week. The chat starts out with a little talk about Saturday's video game stream on Twitch where Doug and the Discord crew played the Back for Blood Beta . Needless to say, Doug was not pleased with this game. After Doug swallows up his disappointment he and Justin star...

This episode starts out with someone missing. That's right for the first time ever a guest host atnoahreno is filling in for Justin who we can only assume is trapped in a puzzle basement. Doug and the new guy start off talking food like St. Louis Pizza (which barely qualifies as food) and the Deep Dish Deep State™.  When things really get rolling, the duo hops into Scarlet Johansson suing Disney o...

This week the boys are back in town and they've got an itch to converse.  This episode starts off with some hot talk about some chonky dogs with some bad attitudes that brought out the best/worst of Old Man Doug.  This leads to a conversation on some of Doug's parenting highlights.  As Doug is talking about things he'd like to instill in his daughter, talk of the 2021 Tokyo Olympics comes up and a...

In this week's episode, the boy's return from an unexpected one week break due to a multitude of issues (looking at you Comcast). The show starts off with a recap of all kinds of things ranging from Doug's burp flavors to the gift of mustard. After a discussion of the trials of last week, the boys dig into the topic of Anthony Bourdain's voice being digitally reconstructed and used to speak quotes...

This week, the boys are recapping their 4th of July holiday and feelings range from "Worst holiday ever and let's cancel it" to "I love this holiday more than any other holiday ever." Who feels what about this holiday may surprise you. This episode also features a very special new segment (and a theme song) called "Ask Practical Doug" where Doug's less rage-filled alter ego doles out advice. After...

On this week's episode the boys kick things off with Doug trying the hot new trend of watermelon and mustard. It's then revealed that Doug's mustard had expired 2 years ago which spurs a donation drive to buy him some new mustard. Once the donations dry up, the boys move on to the story of Marvel editing the WandaVision post credits scene which makes Doug angry with nerds. This eventually spins of...

This week the boys are back and they're talking about Doug's weight loss journey, surprise weddings, and generally just catching up. Once they're all caught up, they discuss the controversy surrounding DC saying Batman can't be shown going down on Catwoman. After a long talk on the decidedly poor decision making by DC the conversation shifts to the casting that was recently released for Neil Gaima...

This week the boys have a pair of very special guests, the creators of the aLiveShow stand-up comedy open mic app , Forrest Haigh and Ruben Cagnie. The guys start off fielding questions from the chat such as, "Who was your favorite superhero?" This leads to talk about a now recurring theme of He-Man and the Thundercats, among others. After the housekeeping is all done the guys get into the meat of...

On this episode the lads welcome back the venerable Austen Reno to celebrate the release of his new music video and his album Drivin' 25 (premiering June 11th)! Austen is very much a friend of the podcast and the episode gets started with him describing a bit of the genesis of his single " No Hesitation " and talking about his influences. The guys go on to talk about Kid Rock and his recent exploi...

This week is a very special week. 94.6 percent of podcasts never make it to episode 100 (stat check us, we dare you) and this small but mighty podcast has made it that far three whole times. The 300th episode of the Mind Gap Podcast is finally upon us and the guest couldn't be any more special than the better half of 2 East 8th, Mr. Drew Dull himself! Things kick off with the boys all rapping abou...

Recalling the last episode about bad food choices, Doug and Justin start this episode off with the news that Mountain Dew is coming out with a new flavor called Cake Smash. Just like you'd expect, it's Mtn Dew just artificially flavored to taste like cake...for some reason. This spins off into the guys' favorite soda choices, foreign portion sizes compared to US portion sizes when it comes to meal...

In this special recording of the Mind Gap Podcast, the guys are all by themselves (on a Saturday no less) and when you get these two alone that's when podcast magic happens. After establishing that Justin's sound is still broken (and the sound board along with it) the boys get into the meat of their discussion. It starts innocently enough as the guys berate Jarryd into telling them his birthday, a...

This week the boys welcome the comedic duo and frequent contributors, Chris and Matt, of the Chris and Matt Show (or of The Chris and Matt since the rebranding) - the brains behind Life After Thanos Snapped . The guys talk about the resurgent and somewhat sudden success of their video Life After Thanos Snapped , what it feels like to start to get noticed in public, the trailer for the new Venom se...

This week the boys welcome another podcast to their podcast and it's possible that never before have two podcasts ever meshed so well. The fellas from Hollywood Already Did It join Doug and Justin and two worlds that have ran almost parallel finally collide when these guys talk about how they break down movies, comics and TV. The four nerds talk about how watching your friends or older siblings pl...

The boys are back! Though the podcast release schedule didn't change, the live Twitch stream is back with Doug and Justin talking about Doug's recent vacation...and of course his farts. After they explore the finer points of both these thrilling topics the real conversation starts when Justin plays a famous sound bite from the classic video game Mortal Kombat . For all of the Mortal Kombat movie e...