We Had a Good Life

An irreverent and speculative look at the week’s news, emerging technologies, and the simulated world around us. Talk a little s#*t, it's good for you.

EPISODE 264: GOING DONG-OUT AND ALL THE WAY IN 07/05/2019

EPISODE 264: GOING DONG-OUT AND ALL THE WAY IN Here is the long-awaited last episode of 2018! Sorry for the delay, but it's probably well worth it! This week we're eating bad jelly beans, using math poorly while playing Russian roulette, reminiscing on hot but traumatic after school specials, curing our heart conditions with crack cocaine, sexually harassing lawyers, pitching a surefire hit film starring Viggo Mortensen and Christian Bale and guaranteeing both are going dong out in at least one fight scene, saying goodbye to K-Mart, gentrifying the old neighborhood with trailer park mansions, driving Californians out of Montana, visiting an academic conference on robot sex, stifling free speech on college campuses, turning a blind eye to realistic robot balls, Palabra del dia, and solving crimes around Bozeman. /episode/index/show/wehadagoodlife/id/10413836

EPISODE 263: LUMBERJACKS ALL THE WAY DOWN 04/11/2019

EPISODE 263: LUMBERJACKS ALL THE WAY DOWN Catch 22 on Christmas trees, why aren't we thinking about our lumberjacks? New philosophical ideas, cause and effect, phone down eyes up, anti-texting and driving ad campaign starring Lil' Jon, deciphering random text messages, serial hustlers ripping off IHOPs, fake football refs, bad sportsmanship, good Looking out, great parenting. /episode/index/show/wehadagoodlife/id/9351200

EPISODE 262: THE CRUX 03/20/2019

EPISODE 262: THE CRUX Don't Flinch: Going ass-to-ass with an icy road in the winter, Email Chopped and Screwed Audiobooks Noise in the audio Today Was A Good Day Good Life Coaches on some cult shit It's hip to hate LOST The Mustachination of Fabe Lincoln The Goldberg's NYPD BLUE Saved by the Bell Zack Morris and the Time Wizard in the fifth dimension Rules of superpowers Sabrina Palabra del Dia /episode/index/show/wehadagoodlife/id/9071510

EPISODE 261: POTATO POTACO 02/06/2019

EPISODE 261: POTATO POTACO Originally recorded in June 2018, and released here on the internet for the first time, it's Episode 261! After a seven month hiatus, Matt and Dub are back! /episode/index/show/wehadagoodlife/id/8547173

EPISODE 260: IN THE FLOW 06/27/2018

EPISODE 260: IN THE FLOW Join us this week as we wrap up the end of the season with a free-flowing, non-structured rambling good time of an episode. We pull back the curtain and discuss mixing practices, whether we should commit to one original theme song, a new love for spicy foods, snack packs for adults, taking a bump of those sweet carbs, the flow, what makes one good or bad at their job, getting rid of a gallon of bad gasoline, making demands of your future self, how royal titles work, and more! /episode/index/show/wehadagoodlife/id/6749394

EPISODE 259: EARS WIDE CLOSED 06/13/2018

EPISODE 259: EARS WIDE CLOSED This week we're eating terrible last meals, cleaning our ears, livin' the bachelor life, volunteering and helping in Honduras, dealing vitamins in bulk, trying to name the new jingle segment, trying not to cry, and outlining a whole new movie. They don't make episodes of We Had a Good Life longer than Episode 259, so push some beds together and prepare yourself. /episode/index/show/wehadagoodlife/id/6699686

EPISODE 258: THE FAJITA KING COMETH HOME 05/15/2018

EPISODE 258: THE FAJITA KING COMETH HOME This week we're trying out commercial breaks, complaining about the older generation's music, dancing with the devil, planning another off-shoot cooking podcast, getting banned on Capitol Hill, repossessing cars and homes in the UK, analyzing how guns change a situation, writing jingles, stealing so much goddamn fajita meat, and giving up all of our private information. /episode/index/show/wehadagoodlife/id/6596631

EPISODE 257: LET'S CATCHIN' UP W/ MAX & DOUG 05/02/2018

EPISODE 257: LET'S CATCHIN' UP W/ MAX & DOUG In this FDIC insured episode we're trying to get a couple of stacks, catching up with old friends, avoiding so many assholes on the internet, reviving Palabra del Dia, shaving your head for St. Baldricks, building our brand, making fat kids fight for charity, pitching good marketing ideas for Pepsi, stealing technology, engaging local politicians, discussing the futile nature of legacy, kidnapping the elderly, and carefully researching why more old people aren't doing hard drugs. /episode/index/show/wehadagoodlife/id/6548547

EPISODE 256: LOVE THE DEDICATION 04/04/2018

EPISODE 256: LOVE THE DEDICATION This week we're purposely collecting a bunch of money by mistake, finding our limit for how much an ass-beating is worth, getting addicted to the power, and taking a trip to SLC where we're dealing with terrible weather, staying in a suite with a complimentary rapper, getting a loan smelling like booze, buying a car from the Mailman, escaping rooms, and properly allocating our tax returns! /episode/index/show/wehadagoodlife/id/6445764

EPISODE 255: GOOD AND EVIL IN THE LAND OF THE DEAD 04/01/2018

EPISODE 255: GOOD AND EVIL IN THE LAND OF THE DEAD Final thoughts on the Smooth Cool Walkings outline before we start the first draft, how to take advantage of your city's Winter Meltaway Program, frats continue to be the worst and so is everyone on Earth, human tribe mentality, broken windows, in-fighting, and societal gridlock. /episode/index/show/wehadagoodlife/id/6430550

EPISODE 254: ALL OF LIFE IS A GAME 03/08/2018

EPISODE 254: ALL OF LIFE IS A GAME SMOOTH COOL CONTEXT WARNING : DO NOT LISTEN TO THIS EPISODE UNLESS YOU'VE LISTENED TO EPISODE 253! It's butter time, people! We're talking about the weird herd-mentality that happens in traffic when flashing lights are visible, being passive-aggressive in the most aggressive ways, a solution for casting our movie in a perfect world with Fake App, and then another full two-hour conversation further fleshing out the details of our new film, Smooth Cool Walkings! /episode/index/show/wehadagoodlife/id/6343555

EPISODE 253: SMOOTH COOL WALKINGS 02/15/2018

EPISODE 253: SMOOTH COOL WALKINGS This week we're getting weird for weird's sake and showing appreciation for the art of the hustle behind the art, thinking about considering getting a massage, discussing handjob etiquette, creating awkward situations with the masseuse, exhibiting unprecedented professionalism, gaining job security through information obscurity, and brainstorming a dramatic and artistic sequel to 1993's Cool Runnings. /episode/index/show/wehadagoodlife/id/6262969

EPISODE 252: KINGMAKER MEETS THE LIZARD GOD 02/07/2018

EPISODE 252: KINGMAKER MEETS THE LIZARD GOD This week we're discussing Kingmakers and Lizard Gods, the challenge of being a bad president nowadays, suffering a deep tissue shoulder injury, being judged by doctors, the capabilities of any given pilot, setting trends by parking illegally, getting revenge on tow truck drivers, the best way to suffer the least amount of aggression from police after a low-speed chase, gaining cool new abilities after waking up from a coma, using the elderly for sweet product placement hustles, the limits of our mortality, and corporations cloning humans! /episode/index/show/wehadagoodlife/id/6236436

EPISODE 251: PRIMAL JUSTICE BORN OF TRAGEDY 01/11/2018

EPISODE 251: PRIMAL JUSTICE BORN OF TRAGEDY In Episode 251 we're taking your foot off, over-analyzing the mythology of Jason Voorhees, taking a different approach to writing the next Friday the 13th film, revisiting many classic horror movies, eating dinner in a movie theater, comparing the old and new "IT", letting Stephen King's mystical magical elements stay on the written page, coin-flip betting, and getting real about out squat game. /episode/index/show/wehadagoodlife/id/6139818

EPISODE 250: A POSITIVE ATTITUDE 01/02/2018

EPISODE 250: A POSITIVE ATTITUDE We're bringing 2017 to a close by battling snow in Helena, surgically creating pockets for smuggling, finding cops on the take, refining plans for heisting ATM's, sharing our favorite hot cocoa recipes, becoming artisan wood-workers, accepting universal basic income, accidentally calling the cops, and refusing to stand in line. /episode/index/show/wehadagoodlife/id/6109134

EPISODE 249: DO NOT RESUSCITATE 12/13/2017

EPISODE 249: DO NOT RESUSCITATE This week we're figuring out how windows work, looking for blueberry bagels, settling in to the new office space, comparing and contrasting Burger King's cheese to Wendy's' cheese, feeding the cat SpaghettiO's, equipping our desks with low rider hydraulics, getting ripped off on ergonomic tech, fighting carpal tunnel, getting a lifetime bus pass on our deathbeds, discussing the rise of bitcoin, predicting a bubble, buying new Dickies, and going back to court with a brand new old segment! /episode/index/show/wehadagoodlife/id/6043894

EPISODE 248: BETWEEN A STONE AND A HARD PLACE 11/24/2017

EPISODE 248: BETWEEN A STONE AND A HARD PLACE Stone's sitting in this week and we're talking about Cat/Griz football, the art of tailgating, retractions, a more in-depth Palabra del Dia, hiring strippers to harass our neighbors, hiring a hitman on the cheap in jail, getting tricked by people talking, satire and fake news, visiting a sex doll brothel with odd requests, setting Wal-Mart ablaze, Wal-Mart VS. Costco, Confessions of an Okay Life: Inside the Mind of a Stone, and more! Talk to your friends this week, people! /episode/index/show/wehadagoodlife/id/5977335

EPISODE 247: THE ROAD KNOWS 11/14/2017

EPISODE 247: THE ROAD KNOWS This week we're taking local businesses to court for copping our style, revisiting best practices for winter driving, getting pretentious about drinking wine, facing a democratic recount over naming conference rooms, investing in new noodle bar fork tech, loving big silverware, spotting click-bait headlines, buying cheap chicken and selling it at a premium, reviewing Mindhunter on Netflix, robbing a lot of banks in different costumes, buying new winter tires, misreading the good intentions of neighbors as passive-aggression, purchasing propane, and keeping an open mind while finding fun activities to pass the time during the winter months. /episode/index/show/wehadagoodlife/id/5945139

EPISODE 246: IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME 10/22/2017

EPISODE 246: IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME This week we're just catching up after three weeks off, and we're discussing why voicemail is now unnecessary, unlimited data packages that aren't actually unlimited, the S8 vs the Pixel, hindsight tech, lampshade monitors, Bixby hiccups, email, Bladerunner 2049, Dark City, how the pugs locked Dubs keys in his car, Matt introduces his idea for a revolutionary new tail light, Hungry Hustlers: paying it forward, real life fables on social media, revisiting the public library, sneaking Chinese food into the movie theater, Wong's eggrolls, Palabra del Dia, financing a new bed, back pain, hot bed tech, and rescheduling recording. It doesn't sound hilarious, but somehow it still is, so download it now and listen to it, and then tell your friends! /episode/index/show/wehadagoodlife/id/5865174

EPISODE 245: IN THE TRENCHES 09/24/2017

EPISODE 245: IN THE TRENCHES Hop in the trenches with us this week as we define the characteristics of a modern country song, finally get some justice for Stageline, raise awareness instead of actually doing something, call out wack-ass capitols, fly to ATX and get hassled by the TSA, fight the awkwardness of airplane seating and random traveling animals, take a less than super shuttle to a baller JW Marriot, pivot to a conversation about Texas SONS before grabbing a drink in one of the most gentrified house-bars downtown, and then meet tech hero, Kelsey Hightower. After that we'll try to solve the mystery of a serial shitter in Colorado, attempt to bring a high-speed police chase to an end peacefully, and then devise a plan to long-con a bank robbery! /episode/index/show/wehadagoodlife/id/5769970

EPISODE 244: DRUNKMENTO 09/17/2017

EPISODE 244: DRUNKMENTO This is Drunkmento - grab a cold brew coffee because this week we've left ourselves a series of clues to figure out mysteries like: is that fountain for drinking or bathing, where is the bacon located in grocery stores, how to control and prevent rage from ruining family time, how to start embracing on-coming deafness and blindness, who is paying for religious billboards, why do people keep using terrible fonts, why's Google strong-arming small business owners, or are they, can we split a lap dance, why aren't there high-end pawn shops for celebrities, who stole the oxys from the trial evidence, how do you successfully smuggle drugs and alcohol into a music festival, did we discover a loophole to DUI's, and are cat vibes a thing? Retrace our steps and get some answers on Episode 244! /episode/index/show/wehadagoodlife/id/5746821

EPISODE 243: CRIME SMARTER 08/27/2017

EPISODE 243: CRIME SMARTER Why do people like La Croix?, email and shout outs, clarifying vice presidential succession, an update on Stageline Pizza, when real estate meets pizza, misjudging the lineup at the show on Friday, Mugen Hoso, Palabra del Dia (Bonus), finally cleaning out the fridge, Heavy Machinery Hustlers: Bank of America ATM robbery with a forklift, how do I crime smarter?, people are always leaving keys laying around, pros and cons of the FBI taking this case off our hands, law enforcement power struggles, awesome tattoo ideas, trying to pay for lunch, Hero Arsonist of the Week: Firefighters dine on pigs they saved in fire, TFBOTG: mobile mechanic is fixing brakes, Power Moves: stuck between a cop and a hard place, some clumsy burglar leaves DNA behind at the scene, forgetting to flush, planting fake DNA to muddy the waters, and living with an active alarm clock stuck in the walls. /episode/index/show/wehadagoodlife/id/5680655

EPISODE 242: NONVIOLENT CIVIL RESISTANCE 08/21/2017

EPISODE 242: NONVIOLENT CIVIL RESISTANCE This week we're joined by our friend Aaron to discuss the strategy (or lack thereof) of Donald Trump and his administration, voter suppression and fraud, conservative complacency, changing minds with arguments, Nazis in the streets with torches, acknowledging absurd world-views, staffing the FCC to overturn net neutrality, Russia's involvement in the election, righteous violence, punching Nazis and running over protesters, trolling the left, training for non-violence, noob tactics of the alt-right, civil resistance via Chenoweth and Stephan, Leo Tolstoy and Kenneth Burke, the privilege of non-violence, accountability to better placed critics, better uses for white masculinity, the shrinking timeline of awareness, creative non-violence, war with North Korea, understanding the other with empathy, substituting a villain for a fool, how Nazis compare to BLM / Antifa / Black Panthers and others, problematic media, human cooperation, tearing down white supremacist iconography in public places, the hardly-subtle KKK, Stetson Kennedy, Linear and Emergent Logic, and more! /episode/index/show/wehadagoodlife/id/5660951

EPISODE 241: FRIENDSHIP FINDS A WAY 08/15/2017

EPISODE 241: FRIENDSHIP FINDS A WAY Happy Birthday, WHGL! We're kicking off our sixth birthday with whole new outlook on life and we're talking about picking out whore-bots on facebook, slowing down for mountain bikers, better pizza intel than last week, awkwardly engaging strangers, abiding by the social contract of acting like everything's okay, Chef Anne Burrell's pop-up Cheetos restaurant in NYC, an UPDATE on an old Unsolved Mystery, re-examining our target demographic, other found notes on Rodney St., stealing from a car you just rear-ended, never being too careful around EMT's, and how everyone's apparently selling fake drugs now. Download Episode 241 and tell your friends! /episode/index/show/wehadagoodlife/id/5643590

EPISODE 240: EIGHT THE HARD WAY 08/10/2017

EPISODE 240: EIGHT THE HARD WAY This week we're chasing whiskey with coffee, going to Las Vegas, losing money, messing up names, figuring out street performers on Fremont St., visiting the Mob Museum, getting propositioned by who'res, playing digital craps, putting prisoners on display for money, pondering whether prostitutes are more people or sex toys, wiping feces on dealership vehicles, transporting drugs by way of dong, heisting condoms and vibrators, elaborately threatening our customers for not tipping, divulging locations for hard-to-find foods like Arctic Circle and the McRib, buying expensive cat carriers, and more! /episode/index/show/wehadagoodlife/id/5627857

EPISODE 239: A TITLE THAT POPS 07/23/2017

EPISODE 239: A TITLE THAT POPS Our friend Alex "Biggs" Small joins us for Episode 239 and we're discussing how to fly the Confederate flag behind your manly truck, recognizing the -isms in old beloved media, Palabra del Dia, speaking Spanish over the radio, killing your boyfriend to avoid reptilians, online cults, plural raptures, how author Chuck Tingle is like the Stephen King of alternative gay erotica, solving arguments with gasoline and alcohol, a Thai breast slapping technique to increase your bust size, the crazy life of Roy Gardner, reporting your cocaine stolen, and much more! /episode/index/show/wehadagoodlife/id/5566624

EPISODE 238: ALL DEBTS, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE 07/19/2017

EPISODE 238: ALL DEBTS, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE We're back in the Hutch this week and everything is going wrong. In Episode 238 we're doing our very best to: control the weather, track down missing cows, watch people talk to each other about cars, acknowledge other people in the community, get a radio station to play our song, rob a bank with a fake beard, bribe businesses into going cashless, figure out how wack Mexican food must be in Europe, shoot ourselves in the dick on accident, contemplate having a hand off while driving, look at crime in our community, get an education on the dos and don'ts of using the word "Gypsy", snort chocolate because that's a thing now, leave our pistol in a park somewhere, and cope with a little bad news about Wilberforce. /episode/index/show/wehadagoodlife/id/5553646

EPISODE 237: THE WEIGHT OF GHOSTS 07/16/2017

EPISODE 237: THE WEIGHT OF GHOSTS This week we're falling down YouTube rabbit holes, podcasting on a full stomach, recognizing the visionary behind the Hawaiian pizza, eavesdropping on shady characters, rethinking TouchTunes' jukebox credit policy, re-examining why so many people still have all their fingers, reading way too far into Waylon Jennings' entire career, renting a VR room to escape the heat, talking to ghosts, firebombing people in traffic, calling out wack criminal monikers, purchasing shoes in 60 seconds or less, and finally experiencing an earthquake! /episode/index/show/wehadagoodlife/id/5543520

EPISODE 236: AS GOOD AS 300 EPISODES 07/13/2017

EPISODE 236: AS GOOD AS 300 EPISODES Well, it's about time! Episode 236 is a milestone for WHGL. We're discussing sleeper money in Lincoln, the Oak Ridge Boys break down in Bozeman, Palabra del Dia, Canadian snipers fighting ISIS, the effect of gravity on bullets, losing an arm in a lover's quarrel, using your car as a weapon, dropping dollops of coke in front of a cop, taking a family hostage and running errands, renewing your threats, and police reports! /episode/index/show/wehadagoodlife/id/5532951

EPISODE 235: ACROSS THE UNIVERSE DIVIDE 06/18/2017

EPISODE 235: ACROSS THE UNIVERSE DIVIDE In Episode 235, we're rediscovering DVD's, finding a breaking point with yard work, stealing old ATM's, killing the dreams of a young pizza delivery man, examining "Highwayman" by the Highwaymen, releasing bed bugs on city hall, tricking drug dogs, partying at Shoe Carnival, eating at the strip club buffet and much more! /episode/index/show/wehadagoodlife/id/5457990

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