Mid Life Podcast
Dudes with Brews on a Porch
It's been a week of illness, ER visits, and thinking about mortality as middle age is no longer upon the dudes....it's here! This week's brew is the 2025 Dogfish Head 120 Min IPA!
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2025 was..
Dudes with Brews on a Porch
The boys are back! They look back at 2025 to see what was or wasn't accomplished, travel closer to domestication, and question big Oreo! It's all about coffee today, Rob drinks some fancy N'spresso and Drew drinks generic sludge with a protein boost!
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The Porch Pint Detectives: Who Slayed Santa?
Dudes with Brews on a Porch
Santa is dead and the Porch Pint Detectives are on the case! In the Dudes with Brews on a Porch – 2025 Christmas Special, we turn the holidays into a noir-style whodunnit. Three crime scenes. Three suspects. Three beers: Polka King Porter Dogfish Head 120 Minute IPA Bourbon County Heaven Hill Stout Pour a drink, play along, and see if you can solve the case before we do.
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Christmas Prep
Dudes with Brews on a Porch
Drew attempts a Christmas attitude adjustment—with Rob guiding him away from full Grinch mode—and the dudes break down their best holiday survival strategies. This week’s brew? Goose Island Bourbon County Brand Chocolate Praline (2025) All things Dudes with Brews:
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P is for Punk: C is for Cokie the Clown
Dudes with Brews on a Porch
In this episode of P is for Punk, Drew dives into NOFX’s 2009 EP Cokie the Clown, a strange, hilarious, and honest snapshot of Fat Mike’s mind at the end of the 2000s. Released alongside Coaster, this EP blends dark humor, emotional gut-punches, and classic NOFX skate-punk energy while introducing fans to the now-legendary alter ego, Cokie the Clown. Drew breaks down each track: “Cokie the Clown,” “Straight Outta Massachusetts,” “Fermented and Flailing,” “Codependence Day,” and the devastating acoustic version of “My Orphan Year” through exploring the themes of...
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Two Fat Squirrels
Dudes with Brews on a Porch
The boys are back! Life updates, killers on the loose, and a story of fat squirrel. This week's brews are Legacy Ale by Leinenkugel and Space Cake by Clown Shoes. Merch:
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P is for Punk: B is for Blood, Hair, and Eyeballs
Dudes with Brews on a Porch
On this episode of P Is for Punk, we dive headfirst into the return of one of Chicago’s darkest and most influential punk bands: Alkaline Trio. After a six-year gap, the Trio dropped Blood, Hair, and Eyeballs, an album that’s equal parts urgent, melodic, and unapologetically bleak in the best way. We break down the band’s history, the era that led to this record, and why this album marks both the end of one chapter and the rebirth of another. Spin Blood, Hair, and Eyeballs wherever you get music. I'll figure out the format eventually..
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Micro Brew: Beernuts Productions: Trick or Treat
Dudes with Brews on a Porch
gough from Beernuts Productions joins Drew to talk about his brand-new film Trick or Treat! The two dive into the history of Halloween in Australia, the creative approach behind the film, and a whole new meaning to the phrase “dick pic.” Watch Trick or Treat and all of gough’s films at
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Strange Brew: Haunted Items and the After Life
Dudes with Brews on a Porch
Todd joins the show for a deep dive into the world of haunted objects — are they truly cursed, or do spirits attach themselves to them? We explore the responsibility that comes with owning such items, what the afterlife might really be, and how we might connect with loved ones who’ve passed on. This week’s brew: Bonifest from Tridentine Brewing. Todd is a voice you may recognize from Real Ghost Stories Online and Hidden Killers Live (available on all podcast platforms). He’s also part of a new progressive radio initiative based out of Georgia.
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Strange Brew: Rapid Fire
Dudes with Brews on a Porch
It’s a rapid-fire round of weird on Strange Brew. Drinks: 1792 Cognac and crack open a few Spotted Cows. From the haunted stacks of Hull Public Library to the mournful Gray Lady of Liberty Hall, the guys swap ghost stories that blur history and haunting. Then the conversation shoots into orbit with talk of 3I/ATLAS: the interstellar object some Harvard minds think could be an alien probe. And just when you think the night’s winding down, Wisconsin’s own Beast of Bray Road lopes out of the dark to remind everyone that the Midwest has its monsters too.
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They dive into the chaos and excitement behind their upcoming summer tour with Heart Attack Man and the release of their explosive new album, The Lash — dropping July 25th. Luke pulls back the curtain on the stories, sounds, and snarls behind their latest singles, "Gallop of the Hounds" and "Spider Dream."
Stream the new tracks now wherever you get your music.