This Podcast Is... Uncalled For

What do Webelos Scouts, nuclear power plants, and bald eagles all have in common?  This 30+ year old tale that Mike will be sharing with us in today's episode of the podcast.

Mike sits down with Hanna Rogers, a local model who served in the US Army and is also looking at getting into acting. We recorded this at a coffee shop, so please excuse the background noise.

12 years after the recording, the Sunflower Brew four-parter on barbecue and BBQ judging is finally together in one episode of its descendent podcast! The official guests on this 2013 four-parter were Jeremy Schliesman and Charlie Vincent. Part 1 was chicken, prepared by Jeremy Smith. Part 2 was St. Louis style ribs, prepared by Mathew "Doc" Love. Part 3 was pulled pork, prepared by Nathan Victor....

This episode is in response to RFK Jr.'s disgusting words on autism and its effects on the people who struggle with it - including the podcast's host and producer.

We're back for Season 9!!! Mike starts us off with an update on his car troubles, and talks about a few other subjects.

It's Tournament Time again!!  Mike has his picks ready! Think you can beat Mike?  Enter our Yahoo tournament pool and submit your picks before the first tip-off on Thursday, March 20, 2025.  Winner will be invited to do an episode of the podcast! Click here to enter!

What would Taylor Swift's Fortnight Challenge look like in podcast form?  That's what today's episode is all about - 14 different topics recorded at different times to form one long episode (likely our longest ever!). Part 1 - Challenge Intro and Spotify Stats Part 2 - Addressing the LA Sports Idiots Part 3 - Driving Through Slippery Winter Conditions Part 4 - Dead Poets Society Article Part 5 - U...

This episode is part of our Snowed In 2025 miniseries. The long-awaited lawsuit filed by the North American Soccer League (NASL) against the US Soccer Federation and Major League Soccer is about to go to trial (at least at the time this was recorded).  Soccer Wars has reached the courtroom. (Update: This will be an early release episode for Season 9 because the lawsuit has reached a verdict.  We w...

Apologies to the rest of the world for our bad electoral decisions in 2024. In light of the disaster that was the 2024 election cycle, Friend of the Podcast Andrew Rainey returns to discuss with Mike what happened.

Merry Christmas everyone from This Podcast Is... Uncalled For! We're working hard and trying to get to 25k downloads!  

To end our eighth season, we found an article on Kansas City colloquialisms that you might enjoy: https://kctoday.6amcity.com/city-guide/live/kansas-city-unwritten-rules

On the week of September 8, our intrepid host got COVID - and he's going to tell you about it. If you haven't already done so, get your COVID shots.  We're not kidding.

Today's guest is Kyle Ament, a local Kansas City actor with film credits in local productions, mostly horror and mostly authority figures including cops and the Pope.

Mike takes another online quiz, this one to determine which member of Gaki no Tsukai he's most like. You can take the quiz at: https://us.idyllic.app/quiz/gudo6j0w25-which-gaki-no-tsukai-character-are-you

"A taco's a sandwich?!  A f@#$in' burrito's a sandwich?!" - Jason Kelce Someone took the question of whether or not hot dogs and Pop Tarts are sandwiches and made up something called the Cube Rule of Food.  Mike takes a look at this thing so you don't have to. cuberule.com

Today Mike and Heather engage in a discussion on pet names - words like "babe" and "darling" - and when (or if) it's okay to use those words. Word to the wise: unless you're in a committed relationship with Mike, don't use these words.

It makes sense that someone of Slavic ancestry would want to check out a festival devoted to Pan-Slavic culture.  Mike (half-Polish) talks about his experience at such a festival.

No alcohol.  No tobacco.  No tea.  No coffee.  Or is there more to the famous LDS dietary code?  We read Section 89 of the Doctrine and Covenants and answer that question.

Grant Adams (aka "GA") is the fifth Shawnee Mission West Viking to join us on the podcast.  Today we talk school, sports, and what it was like for our guest to grow up a Raiders fan.

We wrap up our 2024 KC Fringe experience with this review, including a review of one of the other Fringe shows doing an improv of us. FringeProv is the property of Bryan Colley at jupiterkansas.com

Elizabeth Young-Collins has a show in 2024 KC Fringe - "A History Tour Hijacked" - and was kind enough to ask us to be on the podcast to talk about her show, the life experiences behind it, and her thoughts on Kansas City as a first-time visitor. You can find Elizabeth's work at www.youngsings.com  

Happy birthday to our intrepid host and producer! Created using Suno.com The lyrics are the actual camp song lyrics, as remembered by Mike

In the "Fringe Adjacent" portion of our Fringe program, Mike sits down with the team behind the Fringe play Bi Spy - Chris Cole (actor/director), Jen Raines (actor/co-writer) and Bob Raines (actor/Jen's father) join us to talk about their production.

This is what a Fringe Festival tech rehearsal is like.  Mike and Heather use the opportunity to talk about the 2024 KC Fringe program - and car troubles.

Amy Bell makes her second appearance on the podcast to discuss the 2024 presidential race as well as some other political issues.  We try to answer the question: Who do you vote for when you like neither candidate and live in a state where your vote likely won't count anyway?