Two Middle Aged Guys Trying to Work it All Out

Two friends in their middle ages discuss topics (mostly dealing with pop culture) through the lens of their lives and relationship. Now in the middle parts of their lives, memory is failing and the past is more apocryphal than accurate. Come along with Two Middle Aged Guys Trying to Work it All Out.

Remember When 05/19/2025

Remember When Come along with Two Middle Aged Guys as they remember adventures and events from their past. OK, it's mostly injuries that they remember. Find out how Dave and Chris hurt themselves and each other while they were growing up. Also, there's a lot of pizza talk. /episode/index/show/3ba938d5-6a29-4e7f-9ce8-d5a098808675/id/36580090

TMAG Mini: Thunderbolts* 05/07/2025

TMAG Mini: Thunderbolts* Join Dave, One Middle Aged Guy, as he talked about asterisks. And the new Marvel film, Thunderbolts. But mostly asterisks. /episode/index/show/3ba938d5-6a29-4e7f-9ce8-d5a098808675/id/36460360

Playlists 05/05/2025

Playlists Most middle aged people listen to the same music that they did in high school. No longer! Join Dave and Chris as they give each other playlists of music that might be a little obscure to help foster music discovery! /episode/index/show/3ba938d5-6a29-4e7f-9ce8-d5a098808675/id/36437230

The Nintendo Switch 04/22/2025

The Nintendo Switch A lot of people are talking about the Nintendo Switch 2. To stay on-brand and contemporary as we are oft wont to do, we're going to talk about the original Nintendo Switch! OK, we talk a little bit about the Switch 2 ... too? Join Dave and Chris as they talk about their memories with this little hybrid console, the ups and downs of Mario, Zelda, and Chris pining over never getting a clamshell Switch. /episode/index/show/3ba938d5-6a29-4e7f-9ce8-d5a098808675/id/36264040

TMAG Mini: A Minecraft Movie 04/10/2025

TMAG Mini: A Minecraft Movie Join Two Middle Aged Guys Trying to Work it All Out as they climb through the nether portal. /episode/index/show/3ba938d5-6a29-4e7f-9ce8-d5a098808675/id/36082350

Entertainment in the Streaming Age 04/07/2025

Entertainment in the Streaming Age Are we entertained? Are we entertained more now that we have constant access to everything? Do filmmakers and show runners have more opportunities to tell their stories? These are the questions that Two Middle Aged Guys Trying to Work it All Out try to work out today. /episode/index/show/3ba938d5-6a29-4e7f-9ce8-d5a098808675/id/36038400

Goodbye, Val Kilmer 04/03/2025

Goodbye, Val Kilmer It's a sad day. /episode/index/show/3ba938d5-6a29-4e7f-9ce8-d5a098808675/id/35990090

No Country for Middle Aged Men 03/24/2025

No Country for Middle Aged Men In this episode, Dave and Chris succumb to the vanity of talking about the Coen Brothers' film No Country for Old Men. Find out the most they've ever lost in a coin toss on Two Middle Aged Guys Trying to Work it All Out. /episode/index/show/3ba938d5-6a29-4e7f-9ce8-d5a098808675/id/35823285

Middle Aged Health 03/10/2025

Middle Aged Health You might know how Two Middle Aged Guys thinks. But how do they FEEL? Turns out, not so great. Dave and Chris open up about health and dealing with trying to be healthy as a middle aged guy. /episode/index/show/3ba938d5-6a29-4e7f-9ce8-d5a098808675/id/35606495

The Atari 2600 02/10/2025

The Atari 2600 Is that a square on the screen or a powerful knight fighting dragons? On the Atari 2600, it's hard to tell. Join Two Middle Aged Guys Trying to Work it All Out as they discuss their memories and the historical significance of the Atari 2600. /episode/index/show/3ba938d5-6a29-4e7f-9ce8-d5a098808675/id/35220320

Indiana Jones 01/27/2025

Indiana Jones Two Middle Aged Guys are finally kicking off Season 3 with a discussion of the Indiana Jones films! Join use as we choose wisely. The Raiders script transcript spoken of in this episode is available to read here: /episode/index/show/3ba938d5-6a29-4e7f-9ce8-d5a098808675/id/35026980

Emergency Episode: David Lynch 01/23/2025

Emergency Episode: David Lynch There’s no joke in today’s episode description, folks. Just Two Middle Aged Guys talking about David Lynch after his passing. /episode/index/show/3ba938d5-6a29-4e7f-9ce8-d5a098808675/id/34970985

TMAG Mini: What Makes a Great Superman? 01/13/2025

TMAG Mini: What Makes a Great Superman? Flying solo (Eh? Get it? FLYING!!) today, Dave dissects what it takes for a regular human to rise to being a great on-screen Superman. /episode/index/show/3ba938d5-6a29-4e7f-9ce8-d5a098808675/id/34834395

TMAG Mini: Sonic 3 01/06/2025

TMAG Mini: Sonic 3 Happy New Year, listeners! Sorry to kick off the new year with a TMAG Mini (formerly known as a TMAG Short), but Chris got a fever for Christmas and his voice hasn't made it back to recording levels. Nevertheless, listen as Dave takes you on a journey of discovery about the newly released movie Sonic the Hedgehog 3. /episode/index/show/3ba938d5-6a29-4e7f-9ce8-d5a098808675/id/34724835

2024 in Review 12/23/2024

2024 in Review Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from Two Middle Aged Guys! Another year has come and gone. Chris and Dave take a look back to see what was great and not so great about 2024. Auld Lang Syne by Alexander Nakarada (CreatorChords) | Merry Friggin’ Christmas is streaming on Tubi /episode/index/show/3ba938d5-6a29-4e7f-9ce8-d5a098808675/id/34579575

Rapid Fire 12/09/2024

Rapid Fire What's this? Topics that are too short for a full episode, but still incredibly important for the survival of the world? No problem. Two Middle Aged Guys Trying to Work it All Out are here with a Rapid Fire episode! /episode/index/show/3ba938d5-6a29-4e7f-9ce8-d5a098808675/id/34348865

Alien: The Franchise 11/25/2024

Alien: The Franchise On podcasts, no one can hear you scream. Uh ... that might not be correct. Anyway, check out this episode of Two Middle Aged Guys Trying to Work it All Out as they talk about every movie in the beloved Alien franchise. /episode/index/show/3ba938d5-6a29-4e7f-9ce8-d5a098808675/id/34136376

David Bowie (part two) 11/11/2024

David Bowie (part two) The wait is over. Listen to Two Middle Aged Guys Trying to Work it All Out discuss the back half of David Bowie's incredible catalogue. We cover Let's Dance to Blackstar. We also gush a little bit. /episode/index/show/3ba938d5-6a29-4e7f-9ce8-d5a098808675/id/33879402

TMAG Election Special 11/02/2024

TMAG Election Special Join us for our timeliest episode ever. The TMAG Election Special. The zeitgeist is palpable. /episode/index/show/3ba938d5-6a29-4e7f-9ce8-d5a098808675/id/33682712

Halloween with The Retro Gamers 10/28/2024

Halloween with The Retro Gamers Join Dave, Chris, Anthony, and Larry as they celebrate Spooky Month with a discussion of obscure horror movies. Will the movies be scarier or the fact that they've spent their lives watching movies no one else has heard about? Check out The Retro Gamers at https://www.facebook.com/retrogamerspodcast /episode/index/show/3ba938d5-6a29-4e7f-9ce8-d5a098808675/id/33615682

Collecting 10/14/2024

Collecting Chris and Dave have collected many things. Many things. I guess that makes them perfect to try to work out what collecting means in the world today and for them in the middle age where they find themselves. /episode/index/show/3ba938d5-6a29-4e7f-9ce8-d5a098808675/id/33447682

David Bowie (part one) 09/30/2024

David Bowie (part one) Sometimes it’s appropriate to step away from the jokes and present a topic with the utmost seriousness. Today, TMAG tackles our biggest topic yet. This topic is so big that we only got through half of it, but the solemn promise we make to you, dear listeners, is that we will complete this monumental task. Today we discuss the artistic work of the Thin White Duke himself, Mr. David Bowie. This episode covers his self-titled debut album through Scary Monsters. Oh, and the episode still has plenty of jokes, so that stuff I said earlier, forget it. /episode/index/show/3ba938d5-6a29-4e7f-9ce8-d5a098808675/id/33231982

TMAG Short #5: Yesterday 09/16/2024

TMAG Short #5: Yesterday Since Chris is the only person who remembers the Beatles, it's only fitting that this would be a Dave-less TMAG Shorts episode. /episode/index/show/3ba938d5-6a29-4e7f-9ce8-d5a098808675/id/33039787

TMAG Short #4: Alien: Romulus 09/02/2024

TMAG Short #4: Alien: Romulus Join Chris for a TMAG Short about a few thoughts he had about Alien: Romulus. Does the newest entry in this long-standing franchise get blown out an airlock? /episode/index/show/3ba938d5-6a29-4e7f-9ce8-d5a098808675/id/32764137

Catching Up (Again) 08/19/2024

Catching Up (Again) It's our second catch up episode! What can we say? Sometimes the world moves faster than the podcast and we need to cover some things we missed. Strap in for discussion on vacations, giant bugs, romhacking.net, summer movies, what we've been streaming, and more! /episode/index/show/3ba938d5-6a29-4e7f-9ce8-d5a098808675/id/32613782

The Nintendo Wii 08/05/2024

The Nintendo Wii We talk about the Wii! Two Middle Aged Guys Trying to Work it All Out acknowledges the mediocrity of that opening joke and formally apologizes. The rest of the episode features biting humor, intelligent commentary, and cherished memories of Nintendo's little console that introduced gaming to huge new demographics. /episode/index/show/3ba938d5-6a29-4e7f-9ce8-d5a098808675/id/32440687

TMAG Short #3: Deadpool & Wolverine 07/29/2024

TMAG Short #3: Deadpool & Wolverine In this short episode of Two Middle Aged Guys Trying to Work it All Out, Dave saw Deadpool & Wolverine and breaks the 4th wall to say some things about it. /episode/index/show/3ba938d5-6a29-4e7f-9ce8-d5a098808675/id/32334612

Rewriting Star Wars: The Acolyte 07/22/2024

Rewriting Star Wars: The Acolyte Could we do it better? In this episode of Two Middle Aged Guys Trying to Work it All Out we take a different turn in our commentary about Star Wars: The Acolyte. Instead of just criticizing and complaining, we turned on our thinking brains and have come up with two pitches for how we would have handled the story of the Acolyte. You, dear listener, get to decide which Acolyte you prefer. Disney's, Dave's, or Chris's. Humbly submitted for your approval, Two Middle Aged Guys Trying to Work it All Out. Also, check out Charlie Hopkinson's hilarious YouTube channel for his amazing take on The Acolyte and many other things. /episode/index/show/3ba938d5-6a29-4e7f-9ce8-d5a098808675/id/32241487

Role Reversal 07/08/2024

Role Reversal Actors playing against type?!? Say it isn't so! In this episode of Two Middle Aged Guys Trying to Work it all Out, Dave and Chris discuss actors known for dramatic works who have done amazing turns in comedy roles. And that discussion wouldn't be complete without also discussing actors known for comedy that have done amazing turns in dramatic roles. No typecasting in this episode! /episode/index/show/3ba938d5-6a29-4e7f-9ce8-d5a098808675/id/32046447

The Lord of the Rings for Non-Fantasy People 06/24/2024

The Lord of the Rings for Non-Fantasy People Dave doesn't like fantasy, but he loves The Lord of the Rings. Why? Join Two Middle Aged Guys Trying to Work it All Out as they spend way too much time examining why The Lord of the Rings can appeal to everyone and not just fans who read thousands of pages of high fantasy in a single sitting. Also, some Pop Tart talk. /episode/index/show/3ba938d5-6a29-4e7f-9ce8-d5a098808675/id/31838317

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