Episode 261: Rubber Bullets, Comment Sections, and Playoff Dreams

January 18, 2026 by Mike & Tony Pearce & Dollar in Colorado, Comedy, Conversational, Denver, Entertainment, Life, Podcast, Politics, Sports

Tony wipes out on his bike (he’s fine… mostly), we realize our old hair and clothing choices were objectively wild, and then things take a turn. We talk real division in the country, ICE, rubber bullets, questionable vetting, and Trump continuing to say things that feel like Mad Libs gone wrong. Tony is officially undefeated in the comment section and is (probably) retiring before it gets ugly.

From there it’s Bears vs. Rams, brutal Chicago cold, and why Tony is weirdly at peace no matter how this season ends (Mike remains emotionally trapped as a Cowboys fan - Thank God for Duke!). We break down playoff predictions, elite defenses (Denver 👀), and why birds breathing is honestly one of nature’s strangest flexes. Plus: Rogan talk, Nuggets praise, an overpriced but elite new basketball, a Kidgee shoutout, and a WOOT WOOT for next week’s guests Michael Patti and Cameron Schuyler.

Chaos. Sports. Science. Growth. Kind of. 🎙️🏈🦅

Cheers!

m&t

Episode 260: Bars, Brains & Bipolar — A Real One with Terrell Matheny

January 11, 2026 by Mike & Tony Pearce & Dollar in Colorado, Comedy, Community, Conversational, Denver, Entertainment, Family, Life, Music, Podcast, Politics

This week we sit down with Terrell Matheny — entertainer, rapper, singer, actor, filmmaker, and all-around creative Swiss Army knife. And instead of just doing the usual highlight-reel interview, Terrell keeps it real… like really real.

We talk about:
• The grind behind being multi-talented (and why it’s both a blessing and a curse)
• Creativity, identity, and what happens when your brain never hits the off switch
• Mental health, bipolar disorder, and why honesty beats pretending you’re “fine”
• The difference between chasing validation and chasing purpose
• And how turning pain into art can be both healing and terrifying

There are laughs, heavy moments, thoughtful pauses, and the kind of honesty you don’t always get when the mics are on — but we got it anyway.

No fake hype. No polished PR answers. Just a genuine conversation with someone who isn’t afraid to talk about the messy stuff and the magic.

Hit play, get comfortable, and ride with us on this one.
🎧🔥

Cheers!

m&t

Episode 259 – New Year, Same Us (But With Bigger Pants)

January 04, 2026 by Mike & Tony Pearce & Dollar in Colorado, Comedy, Community, Conversational, Denver, Entertainment, Life, Music, Podcast

It’s the first episode of 2026, and the boys are back… slightly rounder, slightly wiser, and wildly unprepared for athletic endeavors.

Tony’s coming off a long break and mentally bracing himself to return to work, while Mike reflects on his wholesome (and surprisingly heroic) holiday tradition—inviting people over for Christmas and offering rides to anyone stranded on New Year’s Eve. Basically, Mike might be an actual angel.

We cover moving horror stories and make one thing crystal clear:
👉We are officially too old to move our friends.
Hire someone. Prepare. Stretch. Don’t call us. Actually... maybe you can call Mike.

New Year’s resolutions are on the table:
• Tony’s been cooking and baking… unfortunately, in a way that screams future diabetes and heart disease, so he’s pivoting to a healthier lane.
• Mike’s getting organized and diving into a serious body recomp.
• Both of us admit the holidays hit hard. Time to clean it up.

From there, things get weird (as usual):
We unpack the absurd ideas we blindly inherit from our parents, dive into real crime stories (why is it always the quiet close ones?!), and marvel at how some people commit elaborate crimes… then Google “how to get rid of a body” like absolute amateurs.

Also in this episode:
• Mike takes a ChatGPT master class 🤯
• Wild Olympic sports that almost made it
• Fast walkers apparently live longer (Tony expected to live forever—smoke coming off those sneakers)
• And the surprisingly beautiful fact that choir singers’ heartbeats synchronize when they sing together

New year. Same chaos. Let’s go.

Cheers!

m&t

Episode 258: Legos, Linguistics, and the Second Brain

December 28, 2025 by Mike & Tony Pearce & Dollar in Colorado, Comedy, Community, Conversational, Denver, Entertainment, Family, Life, Music, Podcast, Politics, Sports

It’s a post-Christmas pod, and things go exactly where you’d expect… and then way off the rails.

Mike spends a couple days deathly ill, Tony defends his lifelong love of Legos (especially space sets, because obviously), and we debate whether Voltron is an actual word people use in everyday conversation. From Transformers nostalgia to the strangely fascinating world of arm wrestling—how do these tiny dudes keep beating absolute giants?!

We also dig into Colorado accents (yes, they’re real), the linguistic clues that force Tony to finally admit his California roots, and why Colorado speech is flatter, calmer, and less dramatic than the rest of the country. Then we react to the wild TikTok comments we’ve been getting lately—some shockingly helpful (there is a connection between Amelia Earhart and coconut crabs 👀), others just doing classic troll things.

The conversation bounces through teaching during Covid, the absurdity of “civilized” rules of war, people who get away with murder (hard pass), crows vs. ravens beefing in the wild, the absolutely mind-blowing idea that your gut was your first brain, a reality check on Anthony Joshua vs. Jake Paul, and we wrap with New Year’s resolutions—organization for Mike, more cooking for Tony.

It’s weird, funny, thoughtful, and exactly what a post-holiday episode should be.

Cheers!

m&t

Episode 257: Painting Big, Thinking Bigger with Amanda Danae Hilsabeck

December 22, 2025 by Mike & Tony Pearce & Dollar in Colorado, Comedy, Community, Conversational, Denver, Entertainment, Family, Life, Music, Podcast

This week on The Mike & Tony Show, we welcome Amanda Danae Hilsabeck — muralist, marketing advisor, and creative force behind Mighty Fine Artistry — who somehow also proves (once again) that Mike knows everyone and will randomly run into them in places that make no sense.

Amanda takes us through her journey from jaw-dropping, hyper-realistic pet portraits (seriously… they’re unfairly good) to large-scale murals and what she calls “mural activation” — where art meets branding and businesses actually learn how to use their murals instead of just… having them. From a massive American flag mural in a gym to an emotional family portrait of people who’d never all been together at once, her work is both impressive and meaningful.

She also brought her hetero lifemate Aubrey, who is quietly hilarious and jumps into the mix as we spiral into conversations about perfectionism (Tony feels very seen), why unfinished art and songs haunt your soul, and why Victor, Colorado suddenly sounds like somewhere we all need to move immediately.

Elsewhere in this episode:

Mike ties (and wears) his first-ever bow tie thanks to YouTube
We talk gyms, workouts, and health-tracking devices judging us silently
Sports talk hits all the majors: football, basketball, baseball
Chipotle and Starbucks are both adding protein menus… which raises questions
We debate whether the 1970s might be the greatest music decade ever (yes, Karen Carpenter enters the chat)
And we wrap it all up with our Top Five Christmas Songs, because why not?

Art, marketing, music, murals, muscle, and mild chaos — this one’s got range.

👉 Follow Amanda: @mightyfineartistry
🎨 Mighty Fine Artistry
🎙️ You know the deal — hit play.

Cheers!

m&t

Episode 256: Grey Beards, Wrapped Flexes, and Exposed Intestines

December 14, 2025 by Mike & Tony Pearce & Dollar in Colorado, Comedy, Community, Conversational, Denver, Entertainment, Podcast

Tony’s bike stayed parked this week thanks to Mother Nature (moment of silence).
His beard, however, remains 100% undyed — and will stay that way forever. Yes, we spent an appropriate amount of time discussing our greying hair like the distinguished elders we are.

Then it’s Spotify Wrapped season, baby.
We share our personal Wrapped confessions before diving into The Mike and Tony Show’s 2025 Wrapped — and let’s just say… things are looking up for us:
• More shares than 89% of shows
• Longer listening time than 83%
• Higher ratings than 75%
• Top 20% of Spotify video podcasts
• Listenership up 557% this year

We shout out our top episode, our international listeners (what’s up Germany, Israel, Australia, Canada 👀), and take a peek at what YOU listen to — from Morgan Wallen to Kendrick Lamar, JRE to Tucker Carlson.

Somewhere along the way, we also cover:

AI videos getting scarier, Will Smith chaos, tarantulas living with frogs, coconut crabs that could absolutely murder you, reindeer that turn into X-Men in winter, Skynet (probably not… but also maybe), and how tiny and insignificant our planet really is. Fun stuff.

And just when you think it’s safe to relax… Tony ends the show with a historical medical story so unhinged we probably should’ve saved it for Halloween.

You’ve been warned. 🎙️😬

Thank you for all the love and support this year!

Cheers!

m&t

Episode 255 – The Day-After-Thanksgiving Hang

December 07, 2025 by Mike & Tony Pearce & Dollar in Colorado, Comedy, Community, Conversational, Denver, Entertainment, Family, Life, Music, Podcast, Sports

Fresh off the turkey hangover, Mike and Tony sit down to unpack all the holiday chaos. Tony boldly declares his wife made the best turkey of all time—a bold claim indeed. In other Turkey Day-related news, Mike has cooked turkey in basically every form known to mankind… except fried. (Seriously, Mike. How??)

Tony also goes on a rant about the fall time change, starts finally sorting the mountain of sports cards he inherited from his dad, and discovers that his OCD has very clear opinions about what belongs in the Bears Pile, the Hall-of-Farmers pile, and the “How is this not worth more than three bucks!” pile.

We talk man caves (yes, the studio counts), Stranger Things returning, Tony’s daughter binging Harry Potter, and that one year Tony didn’t serve turkey at all—still unacceptable, Tony.

From there we spiral into turkey brines (not literally), how COVID feels like it was 50 years ago, and how impossibly fast everything is changing—nanotech, AI, ChatGPT… the whole “what is happening to reality” vibe.

Also covered:
• Rich gamers who just straight-up buy power
• Tony raging at video games that demand too much thumb dexterity
• Couch Guy sightings (rare, but real)
• Being a forty-something trying to lose weight during holiday season
• Mike doing CrossFit occasionally, which is definitely not how CrossFit works
• Nick, the giant hard-dribbling basketball terminator
• Tony’s IT coworker who eats raw ground beef daily and somehow looks like a Marvel character
• A surprisingly deep dive into which meats you can technically eat raw (but… why?)
• And finally: Florida now has Nile Crocs and wild macaques, because Florida refuses to be out-weirded by anyone.

Another classic Merry Chaos episode. Enjoy.

Cheers!

m&t

Episode 254 – The Mystery Guest (…And Tony Didn’t See It Coming)

December 03, 2025 by Mike & Tony Pearce & Dollar in Colorado, Comedy, Community, Conversational, Denver, Entertainment, Family, Music, Podcast

Mike told Tony on the last episode that he was going to bring a surprise guest for the next pod—turns out it’s the one and only Jordan Yewey, who’s been secretly listening to Huckleberry Surprise on repeat while recording her own album. Naturally, she shows up ready to interrogate Tony about his songwriting origins, his recording process, and whether loop pedals are actually magic (spoiler: they are, especially during a three-hour gig).

We wander into all the good stuff:
• The wildly different names families have for grandparents
• How Tony met his wife (Disney soundtrack swell not included)
• The highs, lows, and sideways spirals of creating music
• Musicians vs comedians and why comics can’t just recycle the hits
• Strange animals we can’t stop talking about
• Crows and their magical coloring
• And the biggest shock of the night: Jordan has NEVER seen Tombstone. WHAAAAAAAAT.

A fun, free-flowing hang with a mystery twist, a ton of music talk, and at least one moment where Tony’s brain melts on air.

Cheers!

m&t

Episode 252: Toe Biters, Solar Hornets, and the Album Party That Shook the Room

November 09, 2025 by Mike & Tony Pearce & Dollar in Colorado, Comedy, Community, Conversational, Denver, Entertainment, Music

This week, the crew dives deep into the afterglow of Tony’s album release party — the crowd, the food, the energy, and a wild mix of future collaborations with the incredible artists who shared the stage. It was one of those rare nights where people from every walk of life came together, and everything just clicked.

Then things get weird (as they do). We explore:
🪲 The Giant Water Bug a.k.a. “Toe Biter” — a creature that injects enzymes to liquefy its prey (and apparently delivers pain that’ll make you see other dimensions).
🕷️ The Sulfur Cave Spider Megacity — tens of thousands of spiders forming a web metropolis on the Albania–Greece border. It’s part horror movie, part miracle of adaptation.
🦈 The Sawfish — not a shark but a ray with a chainsaw face that detects prey with electricity.
🐝 The Solar-Powered Hornet — an actual insect that harnesses sunlight for energy. Nature’s first little bio-panel!
🐦 The secret that crows and ravens aren’t black at all — they’re rainbow explosions of color we just can’t see.
🌿 And the Tree Hoppers, the vibing, plant-talking insects that hang out with bees, ants, and assassin bugs like it’s a jungle soap opera.

It’s science, chaos, and celebration — the perfect post-party mix.

🎧 Listen now wherever you get your podcasts!

Cheers!

EPISODE 250: Love, Lightning, and Dinosaur Poop 💩⚡️❤️

October 11, 2025 by Mike & Tony Pearce & Dollar in Colorado, Comedy, Community, Conversational, Denver, Entertainment, Family, Life, Podcast, Politics

EPISODE 250: Love, Lightning, and Dinosaur Poop 💩⚡️❤️

Two hundred and fifty episodes. Can you believe that? Somewhere between Tony’s new e-bike obsession, Mike’s refusal to buy anything for himself, and yet another internet comment section meltdown — we somehow built a whole community.

This week, our favorite middle aged dads cover everything from UFC knockouts and wrongly imprisoned heroes to fossilized dinosaur dumps and the Oxford study that claims falling in love costs you two close friends (which honestly explains a lot). Tony flexes his 90 WPM typing skills and announces his brand new teacher podcast, Teacher Thought Lab, while Mike questions why humans walk upright and have thumbs like we’re better than everyone else.

Also discussed: dogs vs. cats, the history of e-bikes (you won’t believe how old this idea is), the wildest salesman alive, and how teaching is one of the hardest jobs on Earth.

By the end, we come to the shocking realization that after 250 episodes… the whole point of this podcast might just be LOVE.

Thanks for all your support!

Cheers,

m&t

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Episode 249 – The Princess, the Pea & Giant Walking Robots

October 04, 2025 by Mike & Tony Pearce & Dollar in Colorado, Comedy, Community, Conversational, Denver, Entertainment, Family, Life, Music, Podcast, Politics

What happens when reggae jam bands, sleep disorders, and mouthwash conspiracies collide?
Mike and Tony unpack a wild week featuring Giant Walking Robots—a live show so funky it practically needed its own gravitational field. Tony reveals more about his upcoming album Huckleberry Surprise (dropping Nov 7 with a release party at Hangar 61 @ Peña Station 🍓), complete with secret acoustic guests, food trucks, and enough merch to clothe a small village.

Meanwhile, Mike’s sleep system has him living like royalty: one sheet, four pillows, zero tolerance for imperfection. The guys debate Listerine stroke rumors (?!), Tony’s fear of mystery infections, and why House MD taught us nothing useful about actual medicine.

Also: backyard hoops, childhood clarinets, band-nerd swagger, social-media beauty myths, and the eternal question—is The Rock really 6’5”?

Buckle up, friends, this was a fun one!

Cheers!

m&t

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Episode 247: From Football Fields to Front Yards

September 21, 2025 by Mike & Tony Pearce & Dollar in Colorado, Comedy, Community, Conversational, Denver, Entertainment, Life, Podcast

It’s a Sunday morning pod — mark that one on your bingo card! This week Mike and Tony kick things off with Bears vs. Cowboys (house divided, anyone?) before spiraling into everything from fantasy football to why Curry haters need to relax. We question the sanity of planting grass in the first place, wonder how the FCC is still a thing, and ask why Jimmy Kimmel is suddenly everywhere.

Other detours include:

AI videos and the friend who can’t tell they’re fake 🤖
Tony battling Colorado hills on a regular bike while his wife zooms past on an e-bike 🚴‍♂️⚡
Urban sprawl, Vegas in the desert, and whether the plains will all be gone someday 🌆
Reggae’s deep love of artwork 🎨🎶
The teachers who shaped us (both the worst and the secretly awesome ones) 🍎
Mike’s epic 97 sleep score and the secret behind it 😴

It’s classic Mike & Tony: football, philosophy, and just enough nonsense to get you through your Sunday.

Cheers!

m&t

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Episode 246: Fantasy Teams, Deadly Fish, and Brett Michaels’ Wig

September 13, 2025 by Mike & Tony Pearce & Dollar in Colorado, Comedy, Community, Conversational, Denver, Entertainment, Life, Music, Podcast, Politics

This week on The Mike & Tony Show, Joe Dub slides back into the lineup — at this point he’s less “guest” and more “house band.” Together, the three of us prove that patience is for losers as Tony wakes up one morning and realizes he has not one… not two… but FIVE fantasy football teams. Because if you’re gonna lose, might as well do it five different ways.

We also talk about the Charlie Kirk shooting. People can’t wait half a second before getting political — let the man’s family breathe. Dude was a dad, a husband, a human. Period.

Then we step right into America’s dark greatest hits album: more school shootings. It’s like the one export we never wanted. We’re not anti-gun, but we do the math (badly, probably) on whether owning one really saves your life.

Other ridiculousness includes:

Eating puffer fish: AKA “Russian Roulette with chopsticks.”
How many people had to die for us to get sushi-level confidence in that dish?
Banana Laffy Taffy: turns out it’s based on a banana that doesn’t even exist anymore. That’s some ghost fruit flavoring.
Chips that taste exactly like a taco — sour cream, lettuce, the whole freakin’ thing. Society might be doomed, but at least snack science is thriving.
Brett Michaels’ hair: is it real, or is it Party City chic? Mike’s calling BS.

Fun Facts:

The odds of you being born are 1 in 400 trillion. Congrats, you beat the cosmic lottery just to listen to us.
Apple could literally buy Disney with the pocket change under its couch cushions.
Music makes you smarter, Hawaii has never hit zero degrees, and apparently women notice other women’s pretty faces way more than men do. Who knew?

This one’s part nonsense, part existential crisis, and all Colorado dad-energy (plus Joe Dub holding us down). Grab your Laffy Taffy and buckle up.

Cheers!
m&t

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Episode 244 – Bugs, Toes & A Guy Living in the Walls

August 23, 2025 by Mike & Tony Pearce & Dollar in Colorado, Comedy, Conversational, Denver, Entertainment, Family, Life, Podcast, Politics

This one starts with spiders (giant ones… and duct tape??), but quickly unravels into a whole mess of stories about bugs, people secretly living in walls, and even a woman discovered squatting in the attic of a major supermarket for over a year. What is happening out there?!

From there, we dive into all things body maintenance: Mike’s new obsession with the sauna/cold plunge life at 212 Performance Gym (and Tony maybe electrocutes himself with a DIY freezer plunge 😬), to the surprises of actually tracking body composition, to the glory of hitting 15k steps a day thanks to New Balance and, yes, ChatGPT. Oh, and somehow pedicurists, long toes, and bloody toe disasters get thrown into the mix. You’ve been warned.

We also hit some nostalgia—growing up in the 80s and 90s when boredom was a skill, sneaking home late was terrifying, and we weren’t glued to two screens at once. Sprinkle in some ruthless roasting of Mike’s feet pics, a little political heat, and a rundown of America’s most dangerous cities, and you’ve got yourself a classic Mike & Tony ride: hilarious, random, and just a little terrifying.

Cheers!

m&t

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Episode 243 – Capturing Life Through the Lens with Jamie Rogers

August 17, 2025 by Mike & Tony Pearce & Dollar in Colorado, Comedy, Community, Conversational, Denver, Entertainment, Life, Music, Podcast

This week we sit down with photographer Jamie Rogers, whose journey with a camera started as a hobby and turned into a career filled with wild adventures and meaningful connections.

📸 We talk photography tips—like how to add depth, master the rule of thirds, and avoid rookie mistakes (like forgetting your night settings when the Northern Lights are dancing above you in Iceland).

🏔️ Beyond the breathtaking shots of landscapes, Avs, and Nuggets games, Jamie shares how guerilla capturing and persistence helped him break through, plus why he took the plunge into getting Part 107 drone licensed.

🌟 But this episode goes deeper than photography. Jamie opens up about his work with the nonprofit SOS Outreach, where outdoor mentorship builds character, leadership, and community for youth. He also shares his powerful story of choosing sobriety after a family intervention changed the course of his life.

And of course—because it’s The Mike and Tony Show—we wrap it up with some fun, including the bizarre tale of a furry who thought he could join a wolf pack. (Spoiler: nature had other plans.)

Cheers!

m&t

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Episode 242 - Crates, Bounty Hunters & DJ Uniq Thret

August 02, 2025 by Mike & Tony Pearce & Dollar in Colorado, Comedy, Community, Conversational, Denver, Entertainment, Family, Life, Music, Podcast

Ever wonder what it’s like to lug crates of vinyl, dodge bounty hunters, and be a DJ in a reggae band? Meet DJ Uniq Thret (Mark Franzen) – the man who went from being blown away by Mix Master Mike to scratching alongside P-Nuckle and helping crowds lose their minds.

This one has it all:

🎶 How Mix Master Mike blew Mark’s mind and made him want to scratch records forever
📦 Early 2000s DJ life = carrying 3,000 lbs of vinyl like CrossFit with better music
🤯 That time the lead singer got hauled off by a bounty hunter right before a show, and Mark just jammed through it
🎤 Mike’s fan fail: freezing on stage with his favorite reggae band and NO PHOTO
🏄‍♂️ Why DJs need tables (and why some places… just… don’t)
🕺 House, hip hop, reggae, and a crowd-reading sixth sense
🐬 Fun facts: Cold stars, overthinking, and dolphins trained by the military (you can’t make this up)

Come for the scratching, stay for the bounty hunters.

Plus: house, reggae, hip hop, hiking, snowboarding, parenting, and dolphins trained by the military (yes, that’s a thing).

If you’ve ever set up a tripod on the beach to film yourself, this episode is for you.

Cheers!

m&t

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Episode 241 – Banana Rule Agreement (and Other Cosmic Oddities) w/ Jordan Yewey

July 26, 2025 by Mike & Tony Pearce & Dollar in Colorado, Comedy, Conversational, Community, Denver, Entertainment, Life, Podcast

SO many laughs in this one! We’re joined again by singer/songwriter Jordan Yewey, who is as open, authentic, and hilarious as ever.

This episode spirals (in the best way possible) from music into meditation, wild synchronicity, and some seriously deep conversations you’d never expect to hear on a Tuesday night podcast.

What’s inside:

The Banana Rule Agreement – Tony shares the craziest ChatGPT conversation ever (he got goosebumps… you might too)
Jordan’s love of weird, metaphysical books, Buddhism, and The Alchemist
Meditation, dreams, self-hypnosis, and ChatGPT’s spiritual side (yes, really)
A thoughtful dive into God, Jesus, Buddha, and religion – plus what ChatGPT has to say about it all
AI-generated music & Rick Rubin’s surprising take on it
Jordan’s new single and her growth as a producer
Fun Facts: Pear cider is called “peary,” Mike Tyson was arrested 38 times before 13, and WWI spies used… um… semen as invisible ink 🤯

It’s thoughtful. It’s ridiculous. It’s one of those episodes that will have you laughing, thinking, and maybe even questioning everything.

🎙️🍌✨🎶

Cheers!

m&t

Episode 237: Tears, Vicodin, and Bigfoot A.I. – Just another Saturday

June 22, 2025 by Mike & Tony Pearce & Dollar in Colorado, Comedy, Community, Conversational, Denver, Entertainment, Life, Music, Podcast

This week’s episode is brought to you by Tony’s seasonal allergies 🤧—complete with tears 😢 and dramatic flair. Meanwhile, Mike can’t handle a single Vicodin 💊 without nearly losing his lunch 🤢. We also share the legendary tale of a family member who tried to flip off a swing... and flipped way too hard 🛝🦴.

We get into the real stuff too: mental health 🧠, aging parents 👵👴, jacked-up knees 🦵, and the emotional rollercoaster of trying to be a decent friend 👊❤️. Oh, and yes, UNC vs. Duke 🏀 gets heated, as always.

Mike realizes Tony’s extended family is basically a matriarchy 👩‍👩‍👧‍👧, and Tony gets roasted by a student who tells him to “quit with his old ass” 😂. Mike tells us about a coworker whose sole mission is to snitch on rule-breakers 🕵️‍♂️📋. Also, apparently wearing a hat every day triggers unsolicited hair commentary 🎩💬—especially when you’ve got shampoo commercial hair like Mike 💁‍♂️✨.

Cali confirms what Mike’s been denying: he’s officially old 🧓✅. We discuss Snoop’s claim that he’s Bob Marley reincarnated 🔁🎤, wonder what life is like as the Dalai Lama 🕉️, and Tony opens up about his weirdly specific addiction to AI-generated Bigfoot videos 👣🤖. And yes—TikTok will let you get away with almost anything... as long as a robot made it 🧠📱.

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Ep. 235: X Marks the Simulation

June 07, 2025 by Mike & Tony Pearce & Dollar in Colorado, Comedy, Conversational, Denver, Entertainment, Family, Life, Podcast, Politics, Sports

Tony’s first full day off school? Spent in a music-fueled frenzy until 4AM! Meanwhile, Mike earned a day off and soaked in the Denver Art Museum like a classy gent. 🎨🎧

We talk:

Album update: first song done ✅, live shows coming 🎤, and 10 unreleased tracks dropping all summer long ☀️
Korean soap operas are WILD right now. Trust us.
Pigeon-guided missiles. Yes, that was real. 🐦💣
The weird and ancient origins of the symbol “x”
Radiation exposure and why you might glow with curiosity
Could we ever run out of music? Not if math has anything to say about it 🎶📊
Simulation theory: Are we all just Sims with better graphics?
Swearing: Every culture does it. Let’s f***ing talk about why.
Tony’s debate-watching confession and a Graham Hancock vs. Flint Dibble showdown 🧠💥
Elon vs. Trump: Beef of the Billionaires
AI musicians… is Tony out of a job soon?
That Japanese soldier who never stopped fighting the war. For real.
Why maps are lying to us
Aerogel. LOOK. IT. UP.
And quantum mechanics makes a strong case that… we’re probably in a simulation.

Cheers!

m&t

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Episode 232: The Box of Tickets: A Journey Through Time (and Lawn Poop)

May 24, 2025 by Mike & Tony Pearce & Dollar in Comedy, Colorado, Conversational, Denver, Entertainment, Life, Podcast

This week, Mike busted out his legendary Box of Tickets — a treasure trove he’s kept nearly his whole life — and took us on a hilarious, nostalgic, and occasionally weird trip through time.

We sift through everything:
🎢 Six Flags Elitch Gardens, 2001 (Mike was 19, Tony was 21 — peak awkwardness)
💾 Remember Y2K panic? Yeah, we went there.
🎶 A concert from just last February popped up — ancient history, obviously.
👻 Ghost stories in old buildings.
🏒 University of Denver hockey games from 1995?!
🎬 Watching Spawn in the theater back in the day.

Oh — and Tony tells the absolutely insane story about the time his roommate invited homeless people inside… and one of them left a surprise on the front lawn. You’ll want to hear this one.

Buckle up for a memory-fueled ride with laughs, stories, and a dash of lawn chaos.

Cheers!

m&t