The Dude Man Podcast

The Dudes open on Barack Obama hitting the midterm campaign trail in the final stretch before November 3. That turns into the larger conversation about the Bush family staying quiet on the sidelines after leaving office. No rallies, no running commentary. The contrast is the point: one former president is still the closer, the other family largely disappeared from the public stage. Later, the fell...

The Dudes open on the image of the laid-back Parisian lifestyle that turns into the longer argument about what rapid immigration has done to French culture. Recent unrest in the banlieues and student protests that spilled into looting put the question back on the table. Trump said Paris is going to be a Muslim city very soon and told Macron to close the borders. Seine-Saint-Denis keeps showing up...

Frank and Mike open on turning into old guys stuck listening to the same decades of music, which sparks a bigger conversation about the societal need for men to give up consuming porn and what that shift would actually look like. They deep dive into the legend of the trumpets from King Tut’s tomb—including the stories of their unique sound and the curses tied to the discovery—then break down the u...

Frank and Mike open on rumors Kim Jong Un died of a brain hemorrhage while in China, then dig into a new documentary alleging Lindsey Graham’s male escort escapades and the DOJ investigation into Ilhan Omar allegedly marrying her own brother as part of an immigration fraud scheme. The dudes break down the documentary’s specific claims about Graham’s alleged activities and walk through the DOJ’s fo...

Frank and Mike open on the rise of new retro slang and how it’s fueling toxic masculinity, with Nick Fuentes making offensive language popular again. The conversation digs into why old-school, unfiltered talk is coming back, who’s pushing it, and whether the “toxic masculinity” label is just a way to shut down normal male behavior. From there the fellas break down the Committee of 300 and the clai...

Frank and Mike open by roasting Democrats distancing themselves from socialism ahead of the midterms, which quickly turns into the rise of antisemitism and the odds of a Hitler-like candidate winning the 2028 primary. They then tear into Hassan Piker dressing up as Mao while explaining the mortgage on his $2.7 million mansion, then break down how communism crushed car production in East Germany du...

Frank and Mike open by roasting musicians who turn their stages into pro-Palestine rallies — then hit James Hetfield’s viral Las Vegas Sphere moment where he told the crowd Metallica will not use the platform for politics. The conversation expands into the broader backlash against performers pushing activism mid-set. Later the fellas break down the anti-Israel hecklers who interrupted Jerry Seinfe...

Frank and Mike open by roasting AOC marrying into political royalty to lock in a 2028 presidential run, which spirals into the Albanian protests that started after Jared Kushner bought an island in the Mediterranean. They then break down the hero dad with a concealed weapon who stopped the Bend Oregon school shooting and saved lives before police arrived. Next they dissect how TikTok is reshaping...

Frank and Mike open by roasting AOC marrying into political royalty to lock in a 2028 presidential run, which spirals into the Albanian protests that started after Jared Kushner bought an island in the Mediterranean. They then break down the hero dad with a concealed weapon who stopped the Bend Oregon school shooting and saved lives before police arrived. Next they dissect how TikTok is reshaping...

Frank and Mike open by roasting the negative press around Theo Von’s upcoming Netflix special, then dive into the No Kings protest — a grab-bag of every leftist cause you can name, attended almost entirely by boomers. The conversation expands into non-essential workers skipping non-essential holidays like Columbus Day and a light debate over which holiday is actually the worst. From there the fell...

The Dudes open on Jeff Bezos’s moon plan. In his October 7 Fox News interview with Bret Baier, Bezos said the U.S. has to beat China and put humans on the moon by 2028 — not a visit-and-leave, but “a real sustainable lunar base.” He’s put $28 billion into Blue Origin. New Glenn targets a December return to flight. That turns into the older argument: if we can barely keep a trailer standing in a Ch...

The Dudes open on the concert ticket racket — dynamic pricing and the gap between face value and what a seat costs — that turns into John Mellencamp walking off stage in Toledo. Crowd wanted songs. He wanted etiquette and a political detour. He threatened to cut ten songs and left. Same tour he’s been using “Pink Houses” to call the Gulf of America rename a “stupid fucking idea.” Later, the fellas...

The Dudes open on Trump’s MAGA Inc. finally unloading the war chest. The super PAC and its affiliates have already spent over $200 million this cycle, with another wave reserved in the final weeks. Focus is on Senate holds in Ohio, Alaska, Iowa, Michigan, and Texas, plus selective House races. No Going Back PAC is doing the heavy lifting. That turns into the theory that some of the same money, or...

The Dudes open on the Chicago buzz around the Bears–Packers rivalry that turned into a 31-7 Lambeau loss on Sunday.  Later, the fellas run the Ditka-era tape: Aliquippa to Pitt, the mustache, the temper, the clashes with McMahon and Buddy Ryan, Walter Payton, the Super Bowl Shuffle. From there they break down how legacy media handled the third anniversary of the October 7 Hamas attack. Some outlet...

The Dudes open on Bob Dylan before he was Bob Dylan. Robert Allen Zimmerman, born May 24, 1941, in Duluth. Father Abe, mother Beatty. Grandparents out of Odessa on one side, Lithuania on the other. Bar mitzvah at Agudas Achim in Hibbing, summers at Herzl Camp. A Christian stretch, then back toward Chabad. That turns into Theo Von’s on-ramp: Theodor Capitani von Kurnatowski III, 19, on MTV’s Road R...

The Dudes open on new music from Chuck Timely — which is Role Model, Tucker Pillsbury, in a time-traveling alter ego.  Later, the fellas dissect the Fort Dix report on Sean “Diddy” Combs. Inmate 37452-054, 50-month sentence, low-security New Jersey. Four men from his unit told NBC he pays thousands a month into other commissary accounts for cooks, laundry, a made bed, a cleaned shower, and Chinese...

The Dudes open on a Survey Center on American Life brief that Frank Luntz blasted out: 66 percent of Democratic women ages 18 to 29 say the problems women face are due “a great deal” to the behavior of men. Same question, Republican women that age: 18 percent. The gap shrinks with age and never closes. Daniel Cox at AEI calls the book Generation Uncoupled. That turns into Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez...

The Dudes open on Frank’s birthday week, which was supposed to end at Harland Williams. The comic was at Boulder Theater on October 2. Gametime had the seats confirmed. Then the app reneged — tickets that were bought, shown as locked, and gone before the lights went down. That turns into the larger question of who actually owns a ticket once a reseller says you’re in: Gametime, the venue, or the s...

The Dudes open on the neocon case for Ukraine’s dirt. Lithium, titanium, graphite, rare earths — Kyiv has claimed roughly 5 percent of the world’s critical raw materials, a chunk of it already under Russian control. Trump sold the U.S.–Ukraine minerals framework as payback for wartime aid and a reconstruction fund; the fellas ask who actually ends up holding the offtake. That turns into Greenland....

The Dudes open on streamflation: too many apps, too many thumbnails, nothing you actually finish. Households stacking 10-plus services, $70 a month, 39% of Americans canceled something in the last six months. Gen Z rewatches old shows to dodge the scroll. That turns into the darker question — when the feed is this loud, who plants the next story. The guys walk the rumor that a false flag is being...

The Dudes open on the real genesis of Phil Collins’ “In the Air Tonight.” That turns into a larger conversation about how Mike Tyson put the song back in the bloodstream: The Hangover, 2009, air-drumming the fill in a Vegas suite. Rolling Stone called it the moment the fill went immortal.  Later, the fellas deep-dive a stack of half-forgotten Hollywood titles and land on Michael Douglas in Joel Sc...

The Dudes open on Macklemore announcing a Free Palestine Tour after getting cut from Ed Sheeran’s Loop Tour. MetLife, “Free Palestine,” “Hind’s Hall,” NFL stadiums blinking, openers walking, Sheeran blaming promoters. Ten days later: Dublin 3Arena Oct. 26, Paris Accor Arena the 29th, London’s OVO Arena Wembley the 30th, U.S. dates coming, tickets Sept. 30. Proceeds to Gaza Soup Kitchen, Anera, PCR...

Mike and Frank open the show on why losing weight in Chicago feels impossible — deep-dish, late nights, and a city that treats “just walk more” like a personality. That turns into a bigger rant on groceries sealed in plastic, microplastics, and whether the packaging is doing as much damage as the food. Later, licensed Chicago plumber Mike walks through the chaos Indian restaurants inflict on pipes...

The Dudes open the show on the sudden lack of chemtrails over Tel Aviv — empty skies that don’t match the usual spray pattern — and that kicks off a larger conversation about Tom Cruise’s American Made, the Barry Seal story Hollywood sold as a wild caper. The real thread is the CIA pipeline: guns south to the Contras, cocaine north from the Medellín cartel, Mena, Arkansas as the hub, and Iran-Cont...

The Dudes kick things off with Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump’s growing stack of AI drone bets — Powerus, Unusual Machines, XTEND — and how those companies keep lining up next to Pentagon contracts. That turns into a larger conversation about Ukraine’s record drone swarm on Moscow: hundreds of aircraft, the Kapotnya oil refinery on fire, two dead in the Moscow region, and why long-range cheap dro...