James Noland

The Good Midlife

Society EN ↓ 100 episodes

This podcast originating in Louisville, Kentucky with hosts Jim Noland and Richard Kincheloe celebrates the joys of life as one’s 30’s are squarely in the rearview. Sports, culture, entertainment, fine dining (and not so fine dining), health, and relationships are all on the table for discussion in a way that only old friends can deliver.

Author

James Noland

Category

Society

Latest episode

Jul 3, 2026

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Episodes

On the Road Again (And Tax Talk) 23.10.2025

After a week off Jim and Richard are back to talk about their travels. Plus sales tax woes, weird restaurants, throwing tortillas, football picks, tv, movies and much more. Enjoy!

Nashville, Boone, Hoptown, etc. 10.10.2025

Thie week Jim and Richard discuss thier travels from the past two weeks. Plus, weird crime stories, football picks, hotel cable packages, tv, movies, and much more. Enjoy!

Does Jim know anything about heavy metal rock bands? 25.09.2025

This week Jim gets quizzed on his knowledge of metal bands and he and Richard discuss the Louder Than Life festival.  Plus Maker's Mark x Chihuly, Zinzinnati Oktoberfest, 90's drama's football picks and much more. Enjoy!  

Why'd it have to be snakes? 19.09.2025

This week JIm and Richard discuss the career of Robert Redford, stress dreams, Amazon deliver problems, Jim's betting picks, TV, Mmovies and much more. Enjoy!

Respect the State Song! 11.09.2025

This week Jim and Richard catch upon football, traffic school, spitting, ticket prices and quesrtionable sports bars. Plus tv, books, and much more. Enjoy!

I go to Burning Man every year! 04.09.2025

This week Jim and Richard discuss college football, bad stadium atmosphere, Burning Man, and tv, movies, and much more. Plus Jim's college football betting picks. Enjoy!

College/NFL football preview 28.08.2025

This week Jim and Richard welcome back Tommy Hyams to discuss all things football ahead of the upcoming season. Lots of season win totals and predictions. Plus Jim's weekly college football betting picks are back. Enjoy!  

Is Richard getting a cow? 21.08.2025

This week we find out that Richard may be in the market for a miniature cow (if that exists). Plus he and Jim discuss male NFL cheerleaders, radioactive shrimp, the evolution of the college experience, the Kentucky State Fair, movies, tv, and much more. Enjoy!

Best Movies by SNL alums 14.08.2025

This week JIm and Richard have special guest Andrew Kincheloe to work though a bracket of movies starring past SNL players. Plus a review of a recent Black Crowes show, bourbon talk, and much more. Enjoy! 

Dude! 01.08.2025

Jim and Richard are back to talk about ocean movies, great bad movies, prostitutes, the origin of the word "dude", tv, movies, and much more. Enjoy!

Worst Yard Decorations 25.07.2025

Jim and Richard are bringing it this week as they determine the worst items used in yard decoration. Plus getting "Coldplayed", tardiness as culture, the Epstein files, best characters on "The Bear', tv , movies and much more. Enjoy!

Hot Wings '25 14.07.2025

***This episode is also available in our YouTube channel (The Good Midlife). There you can watch all of the hot wing madness as it happens!*** All hot wings related debts get paid off on this episode as Jim, Richard, and this year's last place finisher in the March Madness challenge get served the hottest wings on the menu from Buffalo Wild Wings. Plus what celebrity would you want to get a photo...

Richard is a dick! 10.07.2025

This week Jim and Richard recap the Indepenednce Day weekend and their love of fireworks. Plus Jim had a birthday, Richard wants to play the triangle, Mary Lou Retton has problems, TV, movies, books and much more. Enjoy!

Happy Independence Day 03.07.2025

This week Jim and Richard celebrate independence by discussing Fourth of July traditions as well as televangelists, a Supreme Court update, an update from the research assistant, tv, movies and much more. Enjoy!

Like Sesame Street on Shrooms 27.06.2025

Jim and Richard are back after a weeks hiatus. This week's discussion includes air travel, AARP, line jumping at restaurants, weird hospitals, movies, tv, books and much more. Enjoy!

Exploding Whales, The Supreme Court, and True Crime 11.06.2025

This week Jim and Richard discuss minor league baseball, Jim's love of the Supreme Court, Mexican gun stores,  Kentucky football, tv, movies, side-parts, and much more. Enjoy!

Richard Learns Slang! 31.05.2025

This week Richard tests his knowledge of common slang terms used by a younger generation (It goes as you might imagine). Plus retirement jobs, a discussion about concerts from a really dumb list, tv, movies, and much more. Enjoy!

Travel, Baseball, and Hot Dogs. (Lets kick off the summer!) 23.05.2025

This week Jim discusses his adventures in Colorado, plus hot dogs, Pete Rose, gas station hoses, computer toilets, the best outdoor action/adventure movies, and much more. Enjoy!

Lazy, Lazy, Lazy! 09.05.2025

This week Jim and Richard discuss the 151st Kentucky Derby, the 2025 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees, weird pizza in Pennsylvania, weird food questions, Jon Hamm, tv shows, and much more. Enjoy!  

Frat Parties and Derby Talk 01.05.2025

This week Jim went to a frat party. We'll talk about that as well as Derby picks, interview advice, a food question, tv, books, and much more. Plus we have the rare Good Midlife restaurant consensus this week. Enjoy!

Ham Kinda Sucks! 23.04.2025

This week Jim and Richard do a deep dive on meats. Why is Ham the anchor of so many Easter dinners? Also, Can Jim finally be electe Pope, Richard finally got his bike, ranking Top Golf vs other amateur forms of sports,  Jim hates poop, plus tv, movies, and much more. Enjoy!

WILBUR! 17.04.2025

This week Jim and Richard discuss Keeneland (America's most beautiful track), a stray dog encounter, Katy Perry in "space", basketball, tv, movies, boooks, and much more. Enjoy!

Floods, Basketball, Dire Wolves, and More! 09.04.2025

This week Richard and Jim discuss the flooding in Kentucky, the Final Four, cloning dire wolves, tv, music, the Apple Store and much more. Enjoy!

You Don't Want to Run Afoul of the Law in Texas 04.04.2025

This week Jim and Richard discuss varied topics from Furries to the Final Four. Plus polygraphs, an odd Texas law, and update on buying a nudist resort, Jared Fogle, Ruby Franke, and much more. Enjoy!

You Can't Win It the First Weekend 27.03.2025

This week Jim and Richard have updates on the Good MIdlife Tournament Challenge as well as other observations from the first weekend of March Madness. Plus the Chicago Stationery Festival, what we like on TV right now, and much more. Enjoy!  

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