Midlife. Midwest. Middle of everything. Chris & Chris are a couple guys trying to figure sh*t out and find some balance. Our guests are people who've done great things, made fascinating choices in life, and kicked *ss when things got tough - and let's face it, things always get tough. One of us is divorced, a father (and dating). The other is single, never been married (and dating). We’ve done some stuff. We have regrets and strong opinions. We like talking to people smarter than we are. Joi ...
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Ep. 19 - A Mustache, a Mullet, the Biggest Balls and Bagboy: Sports Media Thrives
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Big Ten Network’s Chris Malcolm joins us to talk digital media, sports, the fading newspaper business, the identity of Bagboy and the respective power of facial hair and a bad haircut.Also this week: A new Bumble Brief, fresh DickPicks (and a DP Hall of Famer)Chris Malcolm is the director of digital content for the Big Ten Network, the premier tele…
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Ep. 18 - Is the 6 O’clock News Dying a Slow Death? Not Without a Fight
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Brian Sterling, lead TV anchor in Grand Rapids, Michigan defends the value of local TV news, the media’s coverage of Trump, and **bonus** does the Humpty Dance. Now that we're back from a mid-summer break, we've got DickPicks and are putting The Tinder Update out of its misery, replaced by a promising young upstart. This week's guest is a good frie…
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Ep. 17 - Radio, Podcasting & Sonic Masturbation: A Visit with Our Favorite Professor
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Gary Reid, a radio and broadcasting legend in Michigan, built the country’s most successful college radio station. He sat down with us to talk the future of radio, the trouble with millennials and seismic shifts in the way we consume music.Also this week: Chris knocks the universe off kilter by going on TWO dates and gets a can’t-miss lesson in dat…
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Ep. 16 - Family Road Trip Across the USA....for a Year!?
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Matt and Cheri Kelly yanked their 15-year old son Malcolm out of school and hit the road for the trip of a lifetime. They left their home in Durango, Colorado earlier this month bound for their first stop in northern California, and they won’t be home for over a year. You think your family road trips seemed long? Poor Malcolm. Don’t make us pull th…
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Ep. 15 - We Ain’t Fraid of No Ghosts (or the Paranormal)
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Jim Harold is the king of tales of the bizarre and unexplained. He is America’s foremost paranormal podcast host. With not one, but two popular podcasts, The Paranormal Podcast and Jim Harold’s Campfire, Jim’s stories have been heard and read all around the world, with over 20 million downloads. In October 2015, both of Jim’s podcasts reached the T…
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Ep. 14 - Ceara Lynch Has the World (and Thousands of Men) by the Balls
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She’s a “fem-dom humiliatrix” and at 27, Ceara has built a career of fulfilling men’s fantasies by degrading, punishing and humiliating them. But here’s the crazy part – not only does she do it while clothed, she sells those soiled, nasty ass clothes and underwear to those same men, along with any other bodily waste or fluid they want. You too can …
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Ep. 13 - Putting The “V” in BDSM – She's His Slave and Wouldn’t Have It Any Other Way
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The response to “M” (Ep. 8) and her relationship was overwhelming, so we turn to V to give us her perspective from the eyes of woman who happily grants to her husband all power and authority over her and her body.Also this week: Weekend plans with a zombie, those Brits hosting American latenight talk shows (WTF), and DickPicks!But V is the highligh…
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Ep. 12 - He Stages Concerts in his Living Room and That’s Not Even His Craziest Idea…
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He's a dreamer and a schemer who just thinks harder than most people. Working in IT and turning 40 combined to bring on a midlife crisis that inspired his creative spirit and changed his life and the lives of his wife and four children. After five years and over 80 performances, The Pig and Weasel is going strong and so is its creator - making idea…
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Ep. 11 - From College Football Star to the NFL to…Dentistry? There's More to Life than Football
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Former MSU great Blair White talks about earning his way on to Michigan State’s football team, becoming a star and then playing with Peyton Manning and the Indianapolis Colts before giving it all up to go back to school to become an orthodontist. Also: The Tinder Box, building fences, and DickPicks (Jay-Z cheated on Beyonce? WTF!)BLAIR WHITENot hig…
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Episode 10 - Amanda’s Almost Famous: You Heard It Here First!
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We’re charmed by (and flirt with) actress/comedian/singer/model/social media maven/waitress and expert networker AMANDA GAVIN. We also talk Trump, Tinder, and roll out a new segment: DickPicks!You don’t want to miss this one because Amanda’s on the cusp – that’s right, the g*ddamn cusp of fame and untold riches and we caught her while she'll still …
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Episode 9 - Hey Joe!: A Final Chat with MSU Beat Reporter Joe Rexrode Before He Leaves Town
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He's covered MSU basketball and football for the better part of 16 years, a dream job for an MSU alum, but now he's leaving for Tennessee. We find out why. Also: Chris's B&B weekend, a Tinder Update (a date!), and a farewell to Prince.JOE REXRODEBeing a sportswriter today means wrestling with social media, feeding the interweb machine, managing fan…
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Episode 8 - Putting the "M" in BDSM
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“M” loves to be spanked, worships her daddy (literally), AND their shared girlfriend. She is a 20-year old college student who enjoys a nice pinot, long walks on the beach, being tied to the bed, and punishing slaps to the face. Seriously. The world of BDSM is fascinating, titillating, and perplexing to some people, but M will explain it all for yo…
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Episode 7 - One Way Ticket From Egypt: Sam's Love/Hate Relationship with LA
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He immigrated to the US from Egypt when he was 17. Decades later, with a successful career, a beautiful (younger and white) wife and two gorgeous teenage daughters, he’s just as American as you and apple pie. Yes, the US offers unlimited opportunity for those coming here looking for a better life, but Americans can be cruel, naïve, and let’s face i…
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Episode 6 - Your High School Girlfriend? Yeah, She's Frickin Killing It Now
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Jenny's made a career of helping as many people as possible. As the former head of regional chapters of the YWCA, Head Start, Susan G Komen for the Cure, and the Lakeland Health Foundation, JENNY MINER is a dedicated advocate for women, LGBT, victims of domestic violence, racism, child abuse, and disadvantaged minorities in southwest Michigan. Yeah…
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Episode 5 - Former Art Director for Playboy: After the Dream Job
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A peek into Hef's world. Remember when Playboy published pics of naked women? 51-year old Chicagoan Scott Anderson is a former art director of PLAYBOY magazine. We talk the slow decline of an American icon, debate pubic hair fashion trends, and Scott reveals his favorite all-time centerfold (and it's not Pam or Jenny).Also this week: A little March…
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Episode 4 - The Cheapskate, Midlife Crisis and Zombies (oh my)
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Rick Broida, writer of CNET's popular CHEAPSKATE blog, brings daily deals and gadget reviews (Soundscoopz?) to dedicated techno-geeks and bargain hunters. Rick talks tech, the awesomeness (and suckiness) of working at home, and searching for new things to get excited about (other than porn), like TRAPPED IN A ROOM WITH A ZOMBIE. Also this week: Nan…
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Episode 3 - Vietnam, a Couple Marriages, a Child He's Never Met: "Roy's" Been Through Some Shit
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"Roy" witnessed a miracle when he was wounded in Vietnam, got his girlfriend pregnant and gave up the child for adoption -- before the age of 19. After two failed marriages, at age 66 and retired, he's finally found happiness and recently started a search for his birth son. Roy's life adventure continues, and he shares it with us on MiddleGround.Al…
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Episode 2 - Sorority Girl "Rachel" on College, Sex, Parties, and Older Men (We like Rachel)
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The college hook-up culture and dating older men. "Rachel"(not her real name) shares her story of living in Chicago with her wealthy father in early childhood, being trotted out for show at his wild parties, and then being sent to finish high school living with her mother in a small Michigan town. (Culture shock, anyone?) She talks about the sexual…
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Episode 1 - Breaking Ground with LA Voiceover Artist Darryl Kurylo
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In a "historic" debut, Chris & Chris introduce MiddleGround: The Podcast (and one of them admits he's only doing it to meet women. How's that working out so far?) Their first ever guest is Darryl Kurylo, an LA-based voiceover artist who gave up a potentially brilliant career as a dentist (!) to give Hollywood a shot at age 19. Thirty years later, h…
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