The Talking Friendship with Mike D Podcast

Send us Fan Mail In Season 7 Episode 4 of Talking Friendship with Mike D, Mike welcomes Todd Pretty, Grant Nickels, and Fletcher Walters for a deep, funny, and occasionally heartfelt conversation about the TV show Shoresy. The guys talk about why this vulgar, hockey-soaked Canadian comedy works so well, from favorite characters and best chirps to Sudbury, the music, the romance, the hockey culture...

Send us Fan Mail In this shorter companion episode, Mike welcomes Jay and Chris Bibby, aka the Bibby Brothers, to talk about Sudbury, Ontario, the proud, rugged, blue-collar Northern Ontario city that helps give Shoresy so much of its soul. Before the main Shoresy episode drops, the guys spend some time on Sudbury’s people, geography, hockey culture, family connections, and general vibe. Follow th...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Mike takes listeners through his recent holiday to Portugal, covering Lisbon, Porto, the Douro Valley, and just enough airport chaos to keep things interesting. Along the way he talks great hotels, walking tours, cod in its many forms, wine, port, football culture, cocktail bars, trains, fado music, and why Portugal quickly became one of his all-time favorite trip...

Send us Fan Mail In the Season 7 premiere, Mike welcomes good friends Tom Fishman and Mike “Kuz” Kuzan to the pod for a deeply scholarly, deeply unserious, and deeply Jersey conversation about music from New Jersey artists and the powerful, mysterious, occasionally misunderstood pull of the Garden State. Tom brings the perspective of someone who grew up in Queens and lived in Hoboken, Kuz joins fr...

Send us Fan Mail Mike kicks off the finale to Season 6, where he discusses one of his favorite end-of-the-year holiday songs.  A herculean task to get things down to just 20, Mike and the podcast staff are confident the 20 tracks Mike goes over will set your end-of-the-year holiday mood just right.  Follow the podcast on Bluesky at @friendsofmiked  Email the podcast with any questions or requests...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 5 of Season 6 Mike welcomes noted college football fans and expert prognosticators Tim Horvath and Chad Massey for the guys’ annual college football preview of the 2025 season. Follow the podcast on BLUESKY: @friendsofmiked Email the podcast at talkingfriendship@gmail.com Key moments from the pod:  0:30: Mike welcomes listeners to S6E5 1:40: Mike updates the listeners o...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 4 of Season 6 Mike welcomes his observational-in-a-comedic-way dear friends Todd  Pretty, Tim Rechtien, John Baker and Chris Allan to talk about two things: Life + Seinfeld and how much it’s meant to them over the years (this is Part 2 of an epic two part pod). Follow the podcast on BLUESKY: @friendsofmiked Email the podcast at talkingfriendship@gmail.com Key moments fr...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 3 of Season 6 Mike welcomes his observational-in-a-comedic-way dear friends Todd  Pretty, Tim Rechtien, John Baker and Chris Allan to talk about two things: Life + Seinfeld and how much it’s meant to them over the years (this is Part 1 of an epic two part pod). Follow the podcast on BLUESKY: @friendsofmiked Email the podcast at talkingfriendship@gmail.com Key moments fr...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 2 of Season 6 Mike welcomes his mate from Sheffield (England), Mark Charlton, for a scholarly discussion of the music of BritPop, redefining the genre in the process. Follow the podcast on BLUESKY: @friendsofmiked Email the podcast at talkingfriendship@gmail.com Key moments from the pod:  0:30: Mike welcomes listeners to S6E2 featuring Mark Charlton and a deep dive on a...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 1 of Season 6 Mike welcomes two good buddies onto the podcast to kick off the season for a free flowing conversation about the friendship ties that bind and a yearly tradition that has become legendary from coast to coast.   Follow the podcast on BLUESKY: @friendsofmiked Email the podcast at talkingfriendship@gmail.com Key moments from the pod:  0:30: Mike welcomes list...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 17 of Season 5 Mike and the usual college football preview crew (Tim Horvath and Chad Massey) pick back up for their fourth annual college football preview podcast episode, this time focused on the 2024 season with a slight focus on the Michigan Wolverines (reigning national champions of the whole nation). Follow the podcast on Twitter/X: @friendsofmiked Email the podca...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 16 of Season 5 Mike and his best in the nation Michigan fan buddies Irfan Bhabhrawala and Kevin Werner put a bow on a legendary season of college football, friendship and life by discussing the 2024 National Championship game between the Michigan Wolverines and the Washington Huskies.   Follow the podcast on Twitter/X: @friendsofmiked Email the podcast at talkingfriends...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 15 of Season 5 Mike and his cool California buddies PJ and Arvind talk the 2024 Rose Bowl, the site of Michigan’s now iconic playoff win over the Alabama Crimson Tide in Overtime, in one of most memorable Michigan football wins in the history of not only the Michigan program but all of college football.   Follow the podcast on Twitter/X: @friendsofmiked Email the podcas...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 14 of Season 5 Mike and his longtime Michigan football buddy Ryan Lewin talk the 2023 Big 10 Championship game, including what the experience is like attending this college football fiesta in person in Indianapolis and how the Wolverines clinched their third straight undisputed Big 10 Championship against the hapless Iowa Hawkeyes.   Follow the podcast on Twitter/X: @fr...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 13 of Season 5 Mike brings back two foremost experts on Michigan Football in former guests (and current dear friends) Brock Steere and Tim Horvath to talk THE GAME (Michigan football v Ohio State from 2023) and discuss what the rivalry means, where it’s been and how Michigan came out on top in the greatest rivalry in sports. Follow the podcast on Twitter/X: @friendsofmi...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 12 of Season 5 Mike welcomes back one of the foremost authorities on Michigan football, insurance and friendship in all of Washtenaw County nay the State of Michigan nay the World in longtime guest and friend Chad Massey to talk through a class Michigan football “trap game” from the 2023 season in their final road tilt of the season at the University of Maryland Terrapi...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 11 of Season 5 Mike introduces the listeners to a first time guest to the podcast, “Positive” Greg Shuraleff, to talk through Michigan football’s first true test of the 2023 season: the Penn State Nittany Lions.  The guys talk Beaver Stadium architecture, awkward Air Bnb’s, (Bill) Pickles and a weekend in State College, PA they’ll never forget.  Follow the podcast on Tw...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 10 of Season 5 Mike welcomes Eric Wobser, the pride of both Michigan law and city of Sandusky, OH to talk all things regional and local development focused as well as the Michigan v Purdue football game from the 2023 Season. Follow the podcast on Twitter/X: @friendsofmiked Email the podcast at talkingfriendship@gmail.com Key moments from the pod:  0:30: Mike welcomes li...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 9 of Season 5 Mike welcomes Mike “Fulk” Fulkerson, MTE (master tailgate extraordinaire) to talk about how he became one of the top tailgaters in all of Michigan Wolverine nation and then break down the Michigan v Michigan State football game from the 2023 Season in all of its rivalry glory. Follow the pdcast on Twitter/X: @friendsofmiked Email the podcast at talkingfrie...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 8 of Season 5 Mike welcomes two of his closest and most spirited friends in Andrea and Jason “Jay": Bibby aka the Bibbys to the podcast to talk about how their friendship started over a Canadian TV show about real life issues and only grew due to a shared love of Michigan football.  The “KLA Crew”, as they’re known, then break down the Michigan v Indiana Hoosiers f...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 7 of Season 5 Mike welcomes a true friend of his from childhood, Robert “Bob” Stinchcombe to the pod to talk not only about the introduction of camcorder technology to homework assignments in the 1990’s but also the 2023 Michigan football game against the University of Minnesota Golden Gophers. Follow the podcast on Twitter/X: @friendsofmiked Email the podcast at talkin...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 6 of Season 5 Mike welcomes long time listener favorite John Baker back to the pod to go DEEP on the 2023 Michigan football game against Nebraska as well as a tribute to, in my Mike’s opinion, the greatest movie ever made about downhill skiing: Better Off Dead. Follow the podcast on Twitter/X: @friendsofmiked Email the podcast at talkingfriendship@gmail.com Key moments...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 5 of Season 5 Mike welcomes Fletcher Walters to the pod to go DEEP on the 2023 Michigan football game against the Rutgers Scarlet Knights as well as provides a musical homage to the great state of New Jersey and also putting out a “call to friendship” about the sport of pickleball.   Follow the podcast on Twitter/X: @friendsofmiked Email the podcast at talkingfriendship...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 4 of Season 5 Mike welcomes back a listener favorite from all the way back in Season 1 (episode 3) in Megan Mazurek and her husband Kyle for a neighborly discussion of the 2023 Michigan v Bowling Green Falcons game.  Not only do Mike, Kyle and Megan break down the game itself but also talk about how it fits in the “big picture” of Michigan’s legendary 2023 season.  What...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 3 of Season 5 Mike welcomes back a listener favorite from Season 4 (S4E1 guest Rachael Lawrence-Lupton) and THREE other members of the Lawrence-Lupton family: David, Daniel and even Elle (all three are also good friends of Mike’s!) for a spirited discussion of the 2023 Michigan football vs UNLV game. Follow the podcast on Twitter: @friendsofmiked Email the podcast at ta...