The Dude Man Podcast

The Dudes kick things off with Frank’s trip home to Chicago and the eternal flyer argument: is Midway Airport actually easier than O’Hare? That Chicago airport rant rolls straight into a blow-by-blow on encountering racist TSA workers at Midway. Later, the fellas dissect AI CEOs suddenly calling for safety measures to dodge a potential AI apocalypse — the same industry building the thing now askin...

Mike and Frank open on Peter Jackson’s runtime problem: how the Fellowship, Two Towers, and Return of the King trilogy turned movie night into a three-hour commitment and why that still matters when a political meeting treats procedure like scripture. From there they walk through the Chicago DSA / Socialism 2026 gathering — Hasan Piker on the bill, hotel-worker protests outside the Hyatt, mask man...

The Dudes open the show on the one-year anniversary of Charlie Kirk’s assassination at Utah Valley University — the “Freedom Built to Last” memorial, campus shutdown, protests and lookalike stunts — and that conversation opens a wider lane into the Oklahoma City bombing, official stories and what anniversaries do to a country’s memory. Later, the fellas dissect the fights around the 25th anniversa...

The Dudes open the show on the lack of diversity on Denver’s highways — what Frank actually sees on I-25 and I-70 — and that conversation rolls straight into Mike’s hard-earned lesson for young men: how to buy a used truck without getting smoked on price, rust, miles or a lemon with a fresh wax job.  Later, the fellas dissect Kamala Harris’s political rise and the DEI-hiring argument that still fo...

Mike and Frank open the show on the campaign to pull women out of political power — a conversation that slams into the O.J. Simpson murder trial, Nicole Brown Simpson and the media’s favorite charge of White Male Supremacy. Later, the fellas dissect what President Trump’s immigration crackdown is actually doing to Home Depot parking lots and day-labor corners, then break down the long tail of Joe...

The Dudes open the show on Steven Crowder’s fading heat after his infamous divorce — how the old “Change My Mind” machine lost altitude, what the audience actually punished, and why that conversation immediately spills into the Alex Jones vs. Tim Pool feud lighting up X. Secret meetings, Israel accusations, backstabber clips, a bare-knuckle challenge: is this a real rift on the right-wing podcast...

Elon Musk says switching to sustainable energy will not be enough. On X he argued that space satellites to control Earth’s temperature and massive geoengineering will be required — or it will be game over. The Dudes open the show on that post, sentient satellites at Earth-Sun Lagrange points, solar radiation management and whether “tiny adjustments” to incoming sunlight is climate science or a sci...

The Dudes open the show on the rise of socialism in Denver — a new poll putting more Mile High voters in the socialist column than the Republican one, and the aftershock of Democratic Socialist Melat Kiros knocking off longtime Rep. Diana DeGette. That conversation spills straight into Chicago, where Mayor Brandon Johnson is using city contracting power to steer taxpayer work toward Black-owned an...

The Dudes open the show on the lost art of the rock power ballad — the big hair, the big chorus, the lighter in the air — and how 80s hair metal still owns a lane Ye (Kanye West) is filling with allegedly packed stadium dates across the country. Later, the fellas dissect Jelly Roll’s late-night guest-hosting run on Jimmy Kimmel Live, the Trump jokes, the on-air tears, and the fan backlash that fol...

Mike and Frank open the episode on the globalist depopulation agenda — the push to shrink the human population while AI robotics and humanoid robots are built to replace the workforce. Later the fellas dissect an allegedly leaked NASA rocket image that ice-wall and Flat Earth researchers say shows the legendary Antarctic ice wall ringing the known continents. Then they break down the deadly Nepal–...

The Dudes open the show on the continuing saga of missing Mitch McConnell — 75 days out of public view after his June collapse, a rehab stint, and an August 6 “recovering at home” statement with no video, no return date, and his office still saying they have “nothing to add.” That rabbit hole spills into Darline Graham, Lindsey Graham’s sister, winning the South Carolina GOP Senate primary after L...

Mike and Frank open this episode on Seattle City Council’s gig-economy rules and what Uber’s own data says they did to ride prices, trip volume, and driver pay. That turns into Frank’s running obsession with drinking less water. Later the fellas dissect Mike’s Army days drinking out of the Water Buffalo, then break down what one man would do in a moment of desperation over a bag of Skittles. They...

The Dudes open with Enes Kanter Freedom and Royce White getting shut out of the 2027 WNBA Draft after declaring themselves women — and the neon-green dildo making another unwelcome return to WNBA arenas. Later, the fellas break down the FBI foiling an alleged ISIS-inspired bomb plot targeting New York and the bureau seizing Eric Swalwell’s phone and laptops after newly released files on his entang...

The Dudes open the show on the lost art of watching old network TV — which slides into whether Ben Gates is really coming back for another treasure hunt. Later, the fellas dissect Chicago’s daytime-biting mosquito surge and the conspiracy alarms around the World Mosquito Program factory in Colombia, then break down the unusual dynamics between Michelle Obama and her brother on their podcast. The g...

The Dudes open with Mississippi’s education system rising to one of the best in the nation — and the sharp decline in reading and math scores hitting hard in liberal cities like Chicago. Later, the fellas break down Mark Cuban slamming Democratic policies for making Los Angeles unaffordable for his own daughter… while simultaneously endorsing Democratic congressional hopeful James Talarico in Texa...

The Dudes open the show discussing overtime and the grind of blue-collar work, which leads into a larger conversation about Frank’s boys night out in Denver over the weekend. Later, the fellas dissect leftist media’s obsession with Trump aide Natalie Harp and break down Legacy Media’s push to elevate Sen. Jon Ossoff as a rising Democratic Party leader and 2028 contender. The guys close out talking...

The Dudes kick off the episode diving into old-fashioned antisemitism before unpacking Jen Psaki’s recent admission on MS NOW that the DNC picks establishment candidates in every primary. Later, the guys break down the celebration over Massachusetts signing abortion up until birth into law, then dig into Stacey Abrams and Kamala Harris agreeing that the American South has lived under soft authorit...

On this episode, Tony joins Frank and Mike to unpack the Luigi Mangione fangirl phenomenon and how it ties into America’s most notorious serial killers. The Dudes then dig into newly released Anthony Fauci COVID-era text messages that appear to acknowledge mRNA vaccine links to miscarriages, and break down the FDA’s approval of a new mRNA-based flu vaccine. Later, Mike shares a surprisingly useful...

The Dudes open with Soundgarden’s 90s classic “Black Hole Sun” which sparks a conversation about the James Webb Space Telescope and how it’s looking back in time across the universe. From there the fellas dig into the claim that human activity is driving planetary climate change, then break down the Candace Owens vs. Andrew Wilson debate over competing theories behind the Charlie Kirk assassinatio...

The Dudes open with Lily Wachowski of The Matrix struggling to find any studio willing to fund her all-transgender film project. That leads straight into a larger conversation about AOC declaring the era of Woke One officially over and the new era of Woke Two just beginning. Later, the fellas dissect the China Revolution history book Made In America and how it eerily mirrors what’s happening in th...

The Dudes open the show discussing Mike’s newest wall art: a framed “Sad Tony Fauci” taking out the trash that somehow launches a deep dive into the viral reports of squalid conditions, broken plumbing, mold, rationed food, and low morale aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln after 250+ days at sea. From there the guys shift gears into Mike’s plumber-eye view of the hidden plumbing chaos that actually ru...

The Dudes open the show discussing biological men competing in women’s sports, which leads into Clay Travis of Outkick offering the champion Las Vegas Aces $10 million to play a high school boys basketball team. Later, the fellas dissect the bipartisan surge in Flock Safety camera vandalism sweeping the nation and break down how GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy are linked to rising rates of bli...

The Dudes open the show reacting to Aaron Rodgers celebrating Tony Fauci’s recent congressional hearing, where the former top COVID advisor pleaded the Fifth over 100 times. That moment kicks off a bigger conversation about the small minority of people who actually stood up to the vaccine mandates when it cost them something. Later, the fellas dissect a 2021 clip of Bill Gates claiming people had...

The Dudes open the show talking Creed Bratton — the real-life guitarist from the classic rock band The Grass Roots who also played the unforgettable Creed on the hit NBC series The Office. Later, the fellas dissect the strange death of the quotable movie and break down the viral footage of a defeated Tony Fauci taking out his trash after being held in contempt by the United States Senate. They clo...

In this episode, the Dudes open with a discussion on the potential for a stock market crash and how it connects to the modern workforce’s growing push for a three-day weekend and the rising need for self-driving automobiles and autonomous vehicles. Later, Frank and Mike break down the opportunity in Denver for a cannabis theater and dissect Mike Rowe joining Bill Maher on Real Time to urge young m...