Mind Gap
For years Doug Cochrane and Justin Strandlund have been good friends and frequent improv partners. They share a love of debating any topic, although their discussions usually come back around to two things: movies and space. Their most infamous debate involved a 2 hour discussion (while at work) about the actual possibility of time travel and it's potential ramifications on mankind; this included a full diagram drawn on a wall-sized whiteboard. Time well spent. MindGap is what happens when they sit in front of a microphone and press record.
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Episode 515 - What's the worst fictional disease you could catch?
11/14/2025
Episode 515 - What's the worst fictional disease you could catch?
It’s time for another Mind Gap Podcast! This week, Doug and Justin kick things off with two stories. Doug shares a recent interaction at the grocery store where Justice Doug took the wheel and drove directly into confrontation. Justin then jumps in with an anecdote about his recent car trade-in which just about breaks Practical Doug. All the Dougs are featured in this week’s episode! The dorks then pivot to their main topic of the worst fictional disease you could catch in real life. They go through everything from the T-Virus in Resident Evil to cordyceps from The Last of Us to Greyscale from Game of Thrones. Things are wrapped up with a new game called Patch Notes: Real Life Edition, where Doug reads out patch notes for real life and Justin has to decide if they’re good or if they should be scrapped as garbage. Check out our channel where we livestream our new podcast episodes every Tuesday at 8pmCT and our video game stream every Saturday at 8pmCT. Be sure to like and subscribe for this content as well as episode highlights, Doug Watches Awkward Videos, Justin Plays Video games, and more! We have now! on all of our social medias and other platforms!
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Episode 514 - Which villain lairs would pass an OSHA inspection?
11/07/2025
Episode 514 - Which villain lairs would pass an OSHA inspection?
It’s time for another Mind Gap Podcast! This week, Doug and Justin decide which everyday inconvenience they would turn into a supervillain origin story. Is it trying to find the end of a roll of tape? Traffic jams? Spotty Wi-Fi?! BARBER SHOP RULES?! You’ll just have to listen to find out. However, once the dorks finally feel satisfied in their answers, they move onto the main topic of the night: Which villain lairs would pass an OSHA inspection? Seriously, this is important stuff. Among the lairs they review are Bowser’s Castle, the Death Star, and Mr. Freeze’s headquarters. Perilous indeed. Things are wrapped up with another round of “How Many Actors To Guess The Movie?” where Doug lists off actors from a movie and Justin has to try and guess the movie in as few actors as possible. Check out our channel where we livestream our new podcast episodes every Tuesday at 8pmCT and our video game stream every Saturday at 8pmCT. Be sure to like and subscribe for this content as well as episode highlights, Doug Watches Awkward Videos, Justin Plays Video games, and more! We have now! on all of our social medias and other platforms!
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Episode 513 - Would your job skills SURVIVE in the past?
10/31/2025
Episode 513 - Would your job skills SURVIVE in the past?
It’s time for another Mind Gap Podcast! This week, Doug and Justin decide if they had to replace their alarm clock with the voice of one fictional character, who would it be? Needless to say, spot-on accents and impressions abound. Once that’s settled, the dorks move into a conversation about how easy it’s becoming to identify AI writing and then share their continually evolving thoughts on the use of AI in creative mediums. The guys finally find their way to the main topic: how would current job skills survive in the past? They discuss the most and least transferable skillsets across the ages including mastering leaning methodologies, engineering and craftsmanship, culinary arts, and a litany of others. Things are wrapped up with another round of “How Many Actors To Guess The Movie?” where Justin lists off actors from a movie and Doug has to try and guess the movie in as few actors as possible. Check out our channel where we livestream our new podcast episodes every Tuesday at 8pmCT and our video game stream every Saturday at 8pmCT. Be sure to like and subscribe for this content as well as episode highlights, Doug Watches Awkward Videos, Justin Plays Video games, and more! We have now! on all of our social medias and other platforms!
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Episode 512 - Which fictional jobs would pay BIG IRL?
10/24/2025
Episode 512 - Which fictional jobs would pay BIG IRL?
It’s time for another Mind Gap Podcast! This week, Doug and Justin figure out what ordinary thing in modern day life would absolutely terrify a medieval peasant. Regardless of the correct answer being “everything,” our dorks still curate a selection of fine options to horrify someone brought forward from the past. Our hosts then move on to their main topic of which fictional jobs would pay big in real life, covering all sorts of careers from Witcher to Ghostbuster to Starfleet engineer to Jedi Knight. Things are wrapped up with another round of Patch Notes: Real Life Edition, where Doug reads out patch notes for real life and Justin has to decide if they’re good or if they should be scrapped as garbage. Check out our channel where we livestream our new podcast episodes every Tuesday at 8pmCT and our video game stream every Saturday at 8pmCT. Be sure to like and subscribe for this content as well as episode highlights, Doug Watches Awkward Videos, Justin Plays Video games, and more! We have now! on all of our social medias and other platforms!
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Episode 511 - That Spartacus show has an awful lot of NUDITY
10/17/2025
Episode 511 - That Spartacus show has an awful lot of NUDITY
It’s time for another Mind Gap Podcast! This week, Doug and Justin try to decide if the “Santa talk” needs to come before the “birds and the bees talk” with your kids. It’s a tricky needle to thread but the guys eventually land on what they think is the most practical answer. The conversation then veers directly into a classic mind gap as the dorks free associate between topics spanning from Spartacus having an egregious amount of nudity to too much time between seasons of TV shows to people creating their own content via Sora 2. Things are wrapped up with another round of Patch Notes: Real Life Edition, where Doug reads out patch notes for real life and Justin has to decide if they’re good or if they should be scrapped as garbage. Check out our channel where we livestream our new podcast episodes every Tuesday at 8pmCT and our video game stream every Saturday at 8pmCT. Be sure to like and subscribe for this content as well as episode highlights, Doug Watches Awkward Videos, Justin Plays Video games, and more! We have now! on all of our social medias and other platforms!
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Episode 510 - Which Board Games Ruin Friendships the FASTEST?
10/03/2025
Episode 510 - Which Board Games Ruin Friendships the FASTEST?
It’s time for another Mind Gap Podcast! This week, Doug and Justin figure out how long they’d survive in a horror movie. Of course, it’s not just a simple answer as they have to first figure out what type of horror movie they’re in. Bottom line, neither are going to live long. Once they solve that mystery, the dorks dive into their main topic, which board games ruin friendships the fastest? They go through the obvious culprits such as Monopoly and Risk but also discuss some outliers like Uno or Catan. Things are wrapped up with a new game called Patch Notes: Real Life Edition, where Doug reads out patch notes for real life and Justin has to decide if they’re good or if they should be scrapped as garbage. Check out our channel where we livestream our new podcast episodes every Tuesday at 8pmCT and our video game stream every Saturday at 8pmCT. Be sure to like and subscribe for this content as well as episode highlights, Doug Watches Awkward Videos, Justin Plays Video games, and more! We have now! on all of our social medias and other platforms!
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Episode 509 - What Fictional Food Would You Try IRL?
09/26/2025
Episode 509 - What Fictional Food Would You Try IRL?
It’s time for another Mind Gap Podcast! This week, Doug and Justin try to figure out what kind of quests they’d constantly fail at if their life was a Dungeons & Dragons campaign. Once they feel like they’ve truly answered this question, Doug shares a little life update following events that happened around the recording of Ep500. The dorks then move on to their main topic, which fictional foods would be tempting or terrifying to try in real life? They discuss everything from Butterbeer to Lembas bread to whatever comes out of the Star Trek replicator. Things are wrapped up with another round of How Many Actors To Guess The Movie. Justin lists off actors from a movie and Doug has to try and guess the movie in as few actors as possible. Check out our channel where we livestream our new podcast episodes every Tuesday at 8pmCT and our video game stream every Saturday at 8pmCT. Be sure to like and subscribe for this content as well as episode highlights, Doug Watches Awkward Videos, Justin Plays Video games, and more! We have now! on all of our social medias and other platforms!
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Episode 508 - What if ANIMALS Ruled the World?
09/19/2025
Episode 508 - What if ANIMALS Ruled the World?
It’s time for another Mind Gap Podcast! This week, Doug and Justin decide if they could know one fact about anyone they just met, what would it be and why would it be helpful. The dorks then move into the main topic, what if animals ruled the world. With the way things are headed, would we be better off with animals ruling? That’s what our hosts are aiming to figure out. They go through which one species would sit at the top or would things run smoother with a council of animals? They also discuss potential animal policies and which animals would be best suited for which jobs in our workforce. Things are wrapped up with another round of the movie clip guessing game, where Justin plays clips from different movies and Doug does his best to guess which films they’re from. Check out our channel where we livestream our new podcast episodes every Tuesday at 8pmCT and our video game stream every Saturday at 8pmCT. Be sure to like and subscribe for this content as well as episode highlights, Doug Watches Awkward Videos, Justin Plays Video games, and more! We have now! on all of our social medias and other platforms!
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Episode 507 - We Created the CRAZIEST Magic Systems
09/12/2025
Episode 507 - We Created the CRAZIEST Magic Systems
It’s time for another Mind Gap Podcast! This week, Doug and Justin answer the question, if aliens landed tomorrow and asked you to show them around Earth, what would you show them first? Doug would immediately take them to his hometown in Missouri, but not for the reason you might think. Justin, on the other hand, is buying them all a round of Malört. The dorks then dive into their main topic of creating the craziest magic systems they can think of. A few of the systems that are pitched include Bureaucracy Bending, Mixology, Nostalgia Nudging, and Carpentarcana. Things are wrapped up with another round of the movie clip guessing game, where Doug plays clips from different movies and Justin does his best to guess which films they’re from. Check out our channel where we livestream our new podcast episodes every Tuesday at 8pmCT and our video game stream every Saturday at 8pmCT. Be sure to like and subscribe for this content as well as episode highlights, Doug Watches Awkward Videos, Justin Plays Video games, and more! We have now! on all of our social medias and other platforms!
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Episode 506 - Would you survive this scenario?
08/29/2025
Episode 506 - Would you survive this scenario?
It’s time for another Mind Gap Podcast! This week, Justin is joined by Mind Gap All-Star, Seth Trammell as Doug takes some well deserved downtime. Justin and Seth kick things off by reflecting on the last time Seth co-hosted the podcast, exactly 100 episodes ago. At the time, Doug and Seth talked about the fact that AI was getting dumber. This time, Seth gives his updated take on AI and how he believes it’s all a bubble that is about ready to burst. After a slew of hot takes, the dorks settle into their main topic: would they survive real and fictional survival scenarios? The conversation weaves them through everything from a bear attack to a zombie apocalypse to negotiating with Thanos to not include them in the snap. Things are wrapped up with another round of AI vs LinkedIn Influencer, where Justin presents Seth with a handful of posts and Seth has to decide if they were created by AI or an insufferable LinkedIn “influencer.” Check out our channel where we livestream our new podcast episodes every Tuesday at 8pmCT and our video game stream every Saturday at 8pmCT. Be sure to like and subscribe for this content as well as episode highlights, Doug Watches Awkward Videos, Justin Plays Video games, and more! We have now! on all of our social medias and other platforms!
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Episode 505 - What If Normal Objects Had an AI Brain?
08/22/2025
Episode 505 - What If Normal Objects Had an AI Brain?
It’s time for another Mind Gap Podcast! This week, Doug and Justin ponder the question, if their lives had a 'skip intro' button, what mundane, repetitive part would they skip every single time? Doug mentions skipping small talk and this leads the guys into discussing fun, new ways Doug should handle door-to-door sales people moving forward. Our dorks then move into the main topic; inspired by the game Patch Notes Real Life Edition, they decided to do an entire episode focused on the horrors that would come from giving normal objects AI Brains. They discuss everything from couches to refrigerators and then the Mind Gap community gets a chance to throw their ideas in the ring. Things are wrapped up with a new game Justin found on the Kaiser Boys Games Instagram account called, How Many Actors To Guess The Movie. Justin lists off actors from a movie and Doug has to try and guess the movie in as few actors as possible. Check out our channel where we livestream our new podcast episodes every Tuesday at 8pmCT and our video game stream every Saturday at 8pmCT. Be sure to like and subscribe for this content as well as episode highlights, Doug Watches Awkward Videos, Justin Plays Video games, and more! We have now! on all of our social medias and other platforms!
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Episode 504 - The Dark Side of Order: Exploring Lawful Evil Characters
08/15/2025
Episode 504 - The Dark Side of Order: Exploring Lawful Evil Characters
It’s time for another Mind Gap Podcast! This week, Doug and Justin explore the concept of personality types through the lens of food, discussing what type of food they would be and why. The dorks then shift to their main topic, using the D&D alignment chart, they explore the moral complexities of characters like Darth Vader, Dolores Umbridge, Magneto, the Operative from Serenity, Javert from Les Misérables, Agent Smith from The Matrix, and many more to determine which fictional villains are truly Lawful Evil. Things are wrapped up with another round of the movie clip guessing game, where Doug plays clips from different movies and Justin does his best to guess which films they’re from. Check out our channel where we livestream our new podcast episodes every Tuesday at 8pmCT and our video game stream every Saturday at 8pmCT. Be sure to like and subscribe for this content as well as episode highlights, Doug Watches Awkward Videos, Justin Plays Video games, and more! We have now! on all of our social medias and other platforms!
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Episode 503 - Ranking the Most Traumatizing Kids’ Movie Scenes
08/08/2025
Episode 503 - Ranking the Most Traumatizing Kids’ Movie Scenes
It’s time for another Mind Gap Podcast! This week, Doug and Justin explore the weirdest food combinations they secretly love and some of their less savory eating habits. The dorks then delve into their main topic of discussing the most traumatizing scenes from kids’ movies. Some of the films discussed are The Neverending Story, The Lion King, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Watership Down, E.T., and My Girl. By the end, our guys finally start to figure out why they’re carrying around so much emotional baggage! Things are wrapped up with another round of Patch Notes: Real Life Edition, where Doug reads out patch notes for real life and Justin has to decide if they’re good or if they should be scrapped as garbage. Check out our channel where we livestream our new podcast episodes every Tuesday at 8pmCT and our video game stream every Saturday at 8pmCT. Be sure to like and subscribe for this content as well as episode highlights, Doug Watches Awkward Videos, Justin Plays Video games, and more! We have now! on all of our social medias and other platforms!
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Episode 502 - Why Exit Interviews Would Be TERRIFYING For Fictional Characters
08/01/2025
Episode 502 - Why Exit Interviews Would Be TERRIFYING For Fictional Characters
It’s time for another Mind Gap Podcast! This week, Doug is joined by his wonderful wife, Jill, as they consider which fictional universe they’d live in for a year with no consequences. Next, the nerds dive into the whimsical world of fictional exit interviews. From Frodo Baggins' perilous journey to Jason Bourne's identity crisis, they explore what it would be like if these iconic characters sat down for a candid chat about their 'work' experiences. Things are wrapped up with a new game designed just for Jill: Quote or Not - WNBA edition. Jill has to figure out whether or not a quote is real and if it is who in the WNBA said it. Check out our channel where we livestream our new podcast episodes every Tuesday at 8pmCT and our video game stream every Saturday at 8pmCT. Be sure to like and subscribe for this content as well as episode highlights, Doug Watches Awkward Videos, Justin Plays Video games, and more! We have now! on all of our social medias and other platforms!
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Episode 501 - HR Gone Wild: Workplace Relationships in Fictional Universes
07/25/2025
Episode 501 - HR Gone Wild: Workplace Relationships in Fictional Universes
It’s time for another Mind Gap Podcast! This week, Doug and Justin reminisce about the most ridiculous things they believed as kids, the most universal belief being the existence of basement monsters. They then pivot to their main topic, workplace relationships in fictional universes, which was inspired by recent events at a Coldplay concert. The dorks sift through some of the most well known but problematic workplace romances in media, offer ideas for mandatory HR training in different fictional universes, and craft a custom official workplace romance policy for the MCU. Things are wrapped up with another round of Patch Notes: Real Life Edition, where Doug reads out patch notes for real life and Justin has to decide if they’re good or if they should be scrapped as garbage. Check out our channel where we livestream our new podcast episodes every Tuesday at 8pmCT and our video game stream every Saturday at 8pmCT. Be sure to like and subscribe for this content as well as episode highlights, Doug Watches Awkward Videos, Justin Plays Video games, and more! We have now! on all of our social medias and other platforms!
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Episode 500 - We Survived the Hot Wing Challenge
07/18/2025
Episode 500 - We Survived the Hot Wing Challenge
It’s time for a very special Mind Gap Podcast; IT’S OUR 500TH EPISODE! This week, Doug and Justin cede control of the show to Mind Gap All-Star, Noah Reno, as the dorks hop into the guest seat. With everyone together, in person at Skelletones in Grand Rapids, Noah takes the guys on a ride that can only be described as a Hot One. Through the course of 10 increasingly spicy chicken nuggets, Noah asks questions and reminisces with our heroes about the last decade of nerdy debates, hot takes, and fart jokes. What seemed like a good idea leading up to recording proved to be a nightmare on our plumbing. Thank you to everyone in the Mind Gap community for your support, and cheers to 10 more! A huge thanks to in Grand Rapids for giving us a place to be silly for a few hours. Check out our channel where we livestream our new podcast episodes every Tuesday at 8pmCT and our video game stream every Saturday at 8pmCT. Be sure to like and subscribe for this content as well as episode highlights, Doug Watches Awkward Videos, Justin Plays Video games, and more! We have now! on all of our social medias and other platforms!
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Episode 499 - Fictional Sports We’d Be Champions At (or Die Trying)
07/11/2025
Episode 499 - Fictional Sports We’d Be Champions At (or Die Trying)
It’s time for another Mind Gap Podcast! This week, Doug and Justin debate if they’d rather have a time machine or a teleportation device. With as much as they drag time travel on the show, it should be pretty easy to guess which way they lean. The dorks tease the 500th episode and Doug shares some unfortunate news - don’t worry, everyone is alright. Our heroes then dive into the main topic of fictional sports they’d be champions at…or die trying. The guys go over sports such as Quidditch, podracing, various games from the Tron universe, robot fighting, pro-bending, BASEketball, and many more. Things are wrapped up with another round of Patch Notes: Real Life Edition, where Doug reads out patch notes for real life and Justin has to decide if they’re good or if they should be scrapped as garbage. Check out our channel where we livestream our new podcast episodes every Tuesday at 8pmCT and our video game stream every Saturday at 8pmCT. Be sure to like and subscribe for this content as well as episode highlights, Doug Watches Awkward Videos, Justin Plays Video games, and more! We have now! on all of our social medias and other platforms!
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Episode 498 - Who Are YOU in the Multiverse?
07/04/2025
Episode 498 - Who Are YOU in the Multiverse?
It’s time for another Mind Gap Podcast! This week, Doug and Justin figure out what their kryptonite would be if they were superheroes. Spoiler, spiders and onions are absolutely brought up. The dorks then turn their attention to their main topic: what do their multiverse selves look like? Our hosts dive into how small changes in life choices most definitely resulted in other versions of themselves living very different lives. The guys then review Discord submissions from the Mind Gap community about their own multiverse-selves before diving into a speed round of multiverse-inspired “what if” prompts. Things are wrapped up with another round of Patch Notes: Real Life Edition, where Doug reads out patch notes for real life and Justin has to decide if they’re good or if they should be scrapped as garbage. Check out our channel where we livestream our new podcast episodes every Tuesday at 8pmCT and our video game stream every Saturday at 8pmCT. Be sure to like and subscribe for this content as well as episode highlights, Doug Watches Awkward Videos, Justin Plays Video games, and more! We have now! on all of our social medias and other platforms!
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Episode 497 - To reboot or not, that is the question
06/27/2025
Episode 497 - To reboot or not, that is the question
It’s time for another Mind Gap Podcast! This week, Justin is joined by Mind Gap All-Star, Chris Vellucci! The guys kick things off by deciding what they’d change if they could redesign the human body. After hearing their ideas, we can all be thankful they weren’t in charge of the original design. The dorks move onto their main topic of reboots. They discuss why some work, why some don’t, and then share their opinions on which films should get the reboot treatment and which should be left alone - including The Goonies, Jaws, Barbie, Office Space, How to Train Your Dragon, The Iron Giant, and many more. Things are wrapped up with the guys playing a game called “Guess That Movie From The Terrible Synopsis,” where Justin reads a terrible one sentence synopsis of a movie and Chris has to guess which film he’s describing. Check out our channel where we livestream our new podcast episodes every Tuesday at 8pmCT and our video game stream every Saturday at 8pmCT. Be sure to like and subscribe for this content as well as episode highlights, Doug Watches Awkward Videos, Justin Plays Video games, and more! We have now! on all of our social medias and other platforms!
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Episode 496 - The Best Fictional Jobs (And Why They’d Suck in Real Life)
06/20/2025
Episode 496 - The Best Fictional Jobs (And Why They’d Suck in Real Life)
It’s time for another Mind Gap Podcast! This week, Doug and Justin figure out what useless, but highly entertaining, survival skill they’d bring to the zombie apocalypse. Once they’ve fully proven themselves useless, the dorks turn their attention to the main topic: the best fictional jobs…and why they’d suck in real life. They explore jobs such as being a Jedi, a Ghostbuster, a Hogwarts professor, a game show host in the Hunger Games universe, and a few others before ending the discussion with a lightning round. Things are wrapped up with a new game called Patch Notes: Real Life Edition, where Doug reads out patch notes for real life and Justin has to decide if they’re good or if they should be scrapped as garbage. Check out our channel where we livestream our new podcast episodes every Tuesday at 8pmCT and our video game stream every Saturday at 8pmCT. Be sure to like and subscribe for this content as well as episode highlights, Doug Watches Awkward Videos, Justin Plays Video games, and more! We have now! on all of our social medias and other platforms!
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Episode 495 - Childhood Board Games Reimagined as Horror Films
06/13/2025
Episode 495 - Childhood Board Games Reimagined as Horror Films
It’s time for another Mind Gap Podcast! This week, Noah Reno is back again to chat with Doug about what underrated piece of media they wish more people talked about. Next, the dorks have fun discussing how to reimagine childhood board games as horror films. Candyland is pitched as eating the sugary characters to survive. Chutes and Ladders becomes a cosmic horror. Jenga is a tale of the world being destroyed by children. There are so many more pitches PLUS suggestions from the community on how they would turn these classic games into something scary. Next, the guys discuss what board game would make the best horror franchise. Spoiler: Monopoly is one of the easiest ones to do. Things are wrapped up with a new game called Patch Notes: Real Life Edition, where Doug reads out patch notes for real life and Noah has to decide if they’re good or if they should be scrapped as garbage. Check out our channel where we livestream our new podcast episodes every Tuesday at 8pmCT and our video game stream every Saturday at 8pmCT. Be sure to like and subscribe for this content as well as episode highlights, Doug Watches Awkward Videos, Justin Plays Video games, and more! We have now! on all of our social medias and other platforms!
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Episode 494 - If You Were the Villain, How Would You Win?
06/06/2025
Episode 494 - If You Were the Villain, How Would You Win?
It’s time for another Mind Gap Podcast! This week, Doug and Justin talk about, potentially for the second time, what they’d do if they were invisible for 24 hours. Did they land on the same antics as the first time they discussed this? Obviously they have no idea, but if you remember please let them know! The guys then move on to their main topic: If you were the villain in different universes, how would you win? Our nerds give their takes on what villains such as Emperor Palpatine, Sauron, Syndrome, and Lord Voldemort could have done better. Then, with the roll of a die, they choose a fictional universe at random and lay out their grand plan for how to dominate it. The journey is brought to a close with our dorks sharing a few villainous submissions received on Discord from the incredible Mind Gap community. Things are wrapped up with another round of the movie clip guessing game, where Doug plays clips from different movies and Justin does his best to guess which films they’re from. Check out our channel where we livestream our new podcast episodes every Tuesday at 8pmCT and our video game stream every Saturday at 8pmCT. Be sure to like and subscribe for this content as well as episode highlights, Doug Watches Awkward Videos, Justin Plays Video games, and more! We have now! on all of our social medias and other platforms!
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Episode 493 - The Ultimate Crossover: Which Universes Should Collide?
05/30/2025
Episode 493 - The Ultimate Crossover: Which Universes Should Collide?
It’s time for another Mind Gap Podcast! This week, Doug and Justin share some of their weirdest dreams. Fair warning…it gets weird and they likely should seek professional help. Justin then tells Doug about the pure madness that are melatonin-induced dreams and Doug shudders to think about where his already bonkers dreams would go if he took the sleep aid. The dorks move into their main topic of the episode - ultimate universe crossovers. They ponder what it would look like if Avatar: The Last Airbender crossed with My Hero Academia, if Breaking Bad crossed into The Boys, or if the Marvel Cinematic Universe found its way into the Lord of the Rings reality. Things are wrapped up with another round of the movie clip guessing game, where Doug plays clips from different movies and Justin does his best to guess which films they’re from. Check out our channel where we livestream our new podcast episodes every Tuesday at 8pmCT and our video game stream every Saturday at 8pmCT. Be sure to like and subscribe for this content as well as episode highlights, Doug Watches Awkward Videos, Justin Plays Video games, and more! We have now! on all of our social medias and other platforms!
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Episode 492 - Ranking the Best Magic Systems in Fantasy
05/23/2025
Episode 492 - Ranking the Best Magic Systems in Fantasy
It’s time for another Mind Gap Podcast! This week, Doug and special guest Noah Reno chat about who their favorite heroes and villains are and which one would win in a fight. The dorks then shift into the main topic of discussing which fantasy world has the best system of magic. The guys talk about Allomancy from Mistborn, bending from Avatar: The Last Airbender, alchemy from Harry Potter, and more. Next, they take a look at some overrated magical systems that were pretty inconsistent (looking at you, Harry Potter), hear what the fans think of their favorite magical systems, and Noah makes a pitch for his very own unique magical system! Things are wrapped up with a special game of Fact or Bullshit featuring Dragon Ball Z and Sonic the Hedgehog. Check out our channel where we livestream our new podcast episodes every Tuesday at 8pmCT and our video game stream every Saturday at 8pmCT. Be sure to like and subscribe for this content as well as episode highlights, Doug Watches Awkward Videos, Justin Plays Video games, and more! We have now! on all of our social medias and other platforms!
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Episode 491 - Side Characters Who Stole the Show
05/16/2025
Episode 491 - Side Characters Who Stole the Show
It’s time for another Mind Gap Podcast! This week, Doug and Justin figure out which fictional gadget they’d want if they could have one. Justin foolishly picked the Iron Man suit and Doug promptly talked him out of it, likely saving his life in the process. It was a heroic move on Doug’s part. The dorks then shift into the main topic of which side characters in film and TV stole the show. The guys talk about Tormund Giantsbane from Game of Thrones, Luis from Ant-Man, Han Solo, Samwise Gamgee, Garth Algar from Wayne’s World, and a bunch more. Things are wrapped up with another round of the movie clip guessing game, where Doug plays clips from different movies and Justin does his best to guess which films they’re from. Check out our channel where we livestream our new podcast episodes every Tuesday at 8pmCT and our video game stream every Saturday at 8pmCT. Be sure to like and subscribe for this content as well as episode highlights, Doug Watches Awkward Videos, Justin Plays Video games, and more! We have now! on all of our social medias and other platforms!
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Episode 490 - Great on Screen, Terrible in Person: Heroes We'd Hate to Hang With
05/09/2025
Episode 490 - Great on Screen, Terrible in Person: Heroes We'd Hate to Hang With
It’s time for another Mind Gap Podcast! This week, Doug and Justin decide which would make a better pet, a dragon or a unicorn. There’s only one right answer and if you disagree, you’re invited to change their minds. After settling that question, the dorks move into the main topic: which fictional heroes would be miserable to hang out with in real life? They go through a range of heroes from Captain America to Sherlock Holmes, Rick Sanchez to Yoda. If they missed any you think should be on the list, make sure to join the and sound off! Things are wrapped up with another round of the movie clip guessing game, where Justin plays clips from different movies and Doug does his best to guess which films they’re from. Check out our channel where we livestream our new podcast episodes every Tuesday at 8pmCT and our video game stream every Saturday at 8pmCT. Be sure to like and subscribe for this content as well as episode highlights, Doug Watches Awkward Videos, Justin Plays Video games, and more! We have now! on all of our social medias and other platforms!
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Episode 489 - Fantasy World Survival Test: Could You Actually Make It?
05/02/2025
Episode 489 - Fantasy World Survival Test: Could You Actually Make It?
It’s time for another Mind Gap Podcast! This week, Doug and Justin tackle an opening question that is the embodiment of Justin’s nightmares. You’re offered your dream house, but it comes with a tarantula the size of a small dog…do you take it? After shaking off that thought experiment, the guys shift to their main topic: if you were dropped into various fantasy worlds, what would be your chances of survival? The dorks about what they’d bring to survive in places like Middle Earth, Westeros, Forgotten Realms, The Wizarding World, and the Land of Oz. Things are wrapped up with another round of the movie clip guessing game, where Doug plays clips from different movies and Justin does his best to guess which films they’re from. Check out our channel where we livestream our new podcast episodes every Tuesday at 8pmCT and our video game stream every Saturday at 8pmCT. Be sure to like and subscribe for this content as well as episode highlights, Doug Watches Awkward Videos, Justin Plays Video games, and more! We have now! on all of our social medias and other platforms!
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Episode 488 - Time Travel: Where Would You Go?
04/25/2025
Episode 488 - Time Travel: Where Would You Go?
It’s time for another Mind Gap Podcast! This week, Doug and Justin decide whether they’d prefer the ability to read minds or control traffic signals. They dive into the potential drawbacks of mind reading and discuss if they’d succumb to the darker temptations that come with the power. They also ponder if controlling traffic signals would be worthwhile or just kind of a letdown. The conversation then transitions into the realm of time travel, where dorks establish rules and considerations for traveling to different eras, share their dream time travel destinations, and consider the things that could possibly go wrong in the process. Things are wrapped up with another round of the movie clip guessing game, where Doug plays clips from different movies and Justin does his best to guess which films they’re from. Check out our channel where we livestream our new podcast episodes every Tuesday at 8pmCT and our video game stream every Saturday at 8pmCT. Be sure to like and subscribe for this content as well as episode highlights, Doug Watches Awkward Videos, Justin Plays Video games, and more! We have now! on all of our social medias and other platforms!
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Episode 487 - Who will win the Adulting Olympics?
04/18/2025
Episode 487 - Who will win the Adulting Olympics?
It’s time for another Mind Gap Podcast! This week, Doug and Justin decide which instrument they’d choose to master if they could do so instantly. This leads them to discuss the idea that there may be something they’re naturally good at but just haven’t tried yet. Hmm…interesting thought! The dorks then launch into the MAIN EVENT…The Adulting Olympics. Through the course of five rounds, our elite competitors duke it out to see who is the most at adulting. Who will win? There’s only one way to find out! Things are wrapped up with another round of the movie clip guessing game, where Doug plays clips from different movies and Justin does his best to guess which films they’re from. Check out our channel where we livestream our new podcast episodes every Tuesday at 8pmCT and our video game stream every Saturday at 8pmCT. Be sure to like and subscribe for this content as well as episode highlights, Doug Watches Awkward Videos, Justin Plays Video games, and more! We have now! on all of our social medias and other platforms!
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Episode 486 - The Joker has tinnitus and other fan theories
04/11/2025
Episode 486 - The Joker has tinnitus and other fan theories
It’s time for another Mind Gap Podcast! This week, Doug and Justin decide how many grapes they’d eat if they had 1,000 in front of them and each one was worth $100,000…but one was poisoned. Justin then goes on a cathartic mini-rant about how bad the drivers are in Michigan. The dorks then delve into crazy fan movie theories related to the MCU, Harry Potter, and other beloved franchises. Things are wrapped up with another round of the movie clip guessing game, where Justin plays clips from different movies and Doug does his best to guess which films they’re from. Check out our channel where we livestream our new podcast episodes every Tuesday at 8pmCT and our video game stream every Saturday at 8pmCT. Be sure to like and subscribe for this content as well as episode highlights, Doug Watches Awkward Videos, Justin Plays Video games, and more! We have now! on all of our social medias and other platforms!
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