Episodes
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MITM #286
So I’m feeling pretty lazy and can barely move - it’s a combination of weight issues and low motivation- any who can you write me a blurb for my podcast episode of Monsters in the Morning - the title is: the age of the dinosaurs pt 2…. Just when you thought it was safe to step outside, take a...
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MITM #285
Hold onto your trunks! Just when you thought the summer season was over - oh no there’s more! More fun in the sun, more good time bike rides, more quality time with Papa and Nanni, more beer, more buns, more foam, more fun. So buckle up friends cause there’s a block party in the midst and the DJ…
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MITM #284
We humans are complex creatures. We eat when we may be full. We buy things we may not be able to afford. And, yes we sometimes even hurt those we love the most. Why? Why do we constantly make the same mistakes day after day after day after day. When does it end? What can we do to be better…
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MITM #283
Check in and check out what’s happening in the wide and wondrous world of Monsters in the Morning by tuning into the Official Companion Podcast of everyone’s favorite sports aficionados. Giving you behind the scenes insight, fan call ins, and non stop churning of the rumor mill, this new and...
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MITM #282
What if I were to say this: Image this: Many, many years ago on this very planet we walk today, giant lizard-like animals roamed, roared, and raged. What if I also told you that they liked to eat plants, insects, and even each other. And, what if I had to break the news to you that these…
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MITM #281
on the mark with mike and charley is a weekly roundup audio broadcast featuring the hottest in the days news with a laser focus on all things politics culture and nite life come join the party.
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MITM #280
Really? OK I guess… here we go: It simply is not the holidays without a revisiting of the most celebrated holiday Christmas tradition seasons greetings celebration time family smile fun happy party-party album Cotton Man’s “A Sleigh Full of Cheer”. This year’s drop is chock full of classic songs,...
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MITM #279
The holidays are fun, the holidays are amusing, the holidays are cute, but they’re also confusing… Twinkling lights strung ‘round each and every bush; a meal of turkey, ham, and Mother’s potatoes mush… Candied canes of white and red; pine needles in my shoes, hair, and Uncle’s bed… But oh are…
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MITM #278
Sometimes history’s most pivotal moments are those most overlooked, downplayed and forgotten. Take a dip into the depths of one of history’s most misunderstood, misconstructed and misinterpreted misadventures as Mike and Charley transport you to a time when a stroke of genius for one will in turn...
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MITM #277
Lots of big things are happening and we couldn’t be more excited for whats to come! You thought last season was big? Well, hold onto your belts because this season is brewing up to be, get this: Even Bigger! We’re talking bigger guests, bigger meals, big raisins, big time bbq, big fun, big games...
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MITM #276
Uncle sun warms my weary skin as I bath my body in the sweet and silky beams of dust that shoot upon the naked canvas of what once was suffocated and shut out no more. Mercy falls and freedom fails, overflowing, bursting, bubbling, blasting off, burning deep within a familiar pit, these feels…
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MITM #275
Before the fame, before the millions, before the blunder, there was just one man and a dream… Greg Bibington was nothing more than a regular guy with a big idea: How can I make bibs fashionable? What Greg didn’t expect was that not only would his dream come true, but he’d also be the new face of...
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MITM #274
Moon seek stability, hunger for normalcy, while striving for innovation and excellence. It’s this constant craving for creativity and wandering for wonder which makes us pioneers of the present. While other company’s may hide behind their bottom line, Big Moon drives into the unknown murky waters...
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MITM #273
The Monsters in the Morning are absolutely honored and over joyed to present their brand new food segment On the Table Cloth with Broth featuring food critic Broth Jennings. Providing in depth and insider insight to some of the best known and not so known foodie hot spots in Chi-Town. Broth…
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MITM #272
It simply is not the holidays without a revisiting of the most celebrated holiday Christmas tradition seasons greetings celebration time family album Cotton Man’s “A Sleigh Full of Cheer”. This year’s album is chock full of classic songs, memories, and plenty of cheer. Won’t you come celebrate…
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MITM #271
From scientist to swamp people, the mysteries of the Oracles of Delphi have transfixed and transformed the minds of seekers and streakers for eons. With the help of recent discoveries and unearthed and uncovered insight the Monsters in the Morning are proud to present Decoding the Oracles of...
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MITM #270
We are in the thickness of October and chewing are way through this delicious prime rib roast of a month and absolutely savoring every morsel of its fatty, sweet, succulent, complex, flavorful, protein body. What a world we live in that us two gents from the big city are able to rap with you all...
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MITM #269
When one thinks of the major earth shaking events in history of Chicago football some tend to stick out more than the rest. For instance when Papa Bear George H swapped the traditional dead and decaying turkey carcass for a more usable and less stinky pig skinned bag of wheat, thus changing the...
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MITM #268
From Paper Plates to Paper Bags, from kids named Cody to kids named Zack, from Pogs to Pigs, Russia to Reptiles, Robin Hood to Robin Williams the 90s sure were a rich decade. So much so it garners yet another revisiting of what really was big in the 90s…
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MITM #267
#267 - Beverly Green: Tacos, Creativity, Beans, Biology, Questions and Fragments of Possible Answers.
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MITM #266
Every once in a while it’s best to go back to bay sacks. You know what I mean… Those warm cozy sacks of hay that sit by the bay waiting to be visited by weary nomads and those astray… For thousands of years bay sacks have been a comforting sight, a welcoming softness consisting of a bright...
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MITM #265
I’m sure you no doubt have had your mead fill. Unfortunately theres simply too much information, content, context, history, texture, juicy details, creamy middles, savory crusts, nutty back ends, fruity fronts and mouthwatering mouth feels for this Mead Saga to end. So as they say in the Land of...
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MITM #264
Mead is a honey wine. It’s made from fermenting honey. Ain’t that something? Some enjoy this drink. So much so that they have free standing buildings dedicated to to celebrating its creation. They also drink it there and talk about how it tastes, its level of dryness, fruitiness, stink, and how…
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MITM #263
MY birthday is very important. It’s probably the most important day of the year, right next to Christmas and Memorial Day. Simply put, Its my most favorite day EVER! I love love love it. I really do. Everyone who knows me understands this and respects the severity of the universal acknowledgment…
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MITM #262
The 90s… Ten years of fun, family, french fries, and freedom… A decade of TV shows, tap dancing, tag and tang… 521 weeks of Wendys, wishing wells, Walters and wonder… 120 months of memories, muppets, mittens and mint… 3652 days of doorbells, dips, dip shits and dung… What a time to be alive…?
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MITM #261
With so much information out there its hard to compute what’s worth investigating and what to toss in the old trash heap. A good rule of thumb is to do a broad general search online where you will no doubt be inundated with a cornucopia of factoids and expertise first hand accounts that will for...
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MITM #260
Raising and nurturing a dog is said to be the most important job/life event one will ever embark upon in their short journey on this earth. From late night walks to the dog park to get one last sniff of a favorite bush, to early morning piles of feces on the threshold. There truly is no grater…
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MITM #259
Christmas time can bring about a jubilee of emotions. Where some enjoy the scents and sounds of cookies being baked in Nana’s kitchen, other may find the experience difficult and nauseating. While most love standing in long lines, tasting the many tints and textures offered by kraut carts, and...
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MITM #258
This whole sports watching and analyzing thing can get quite exhausting. Especially when your in-depth investigation and expert commentary are shouted into a vacuum, a cosmic void, a barren tundra, a sunken ship taken over by the sea and its many mysteries, an elderly man’s sterile garage where a...
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MITM #257
Legend has it that the one known only as “The Keeper” shall inherit the cans. And as it has been foretold The Keeper shall: “Salvage, store, and keep safe” thy bounties. Today, tomorrow, and until thou is called upon to “return they from hence they came”. Until authorized: “thy Keeper shall...
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MITM #256
Happy Halloween Everyone! Seriously we hope you are smiling throughout the day. Really smiling and beaming with joy. Glowing really! We know that can be hard. So to help you celebrate this most celebrated and enjoyed of the holiday celebrations of fun-fun we a MITM pulled all our available funds…
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MITM #255
Most doctors agree that your health is very important. Of course you can disagree, however, it’s hard to doubt the very notion when looking at the raw data and examining the fresh numbers that believe it or not you health IS a major factor when determining if your body is in good working order.…
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MITM #254
Mike and Charley are back bringing you all kinds of shit for you to listen to. Put your ear near the speaker and let the crap envelop your concha while leaving a fresh coat of audio feces all over your large bowl shaped helix. Yep it’s a shit show for the ages, with plenty of burning, blasting,...
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MITM #253
‘Twas once a time when we had the time to sit. We’d sit on a wooden chair and gaze longingly out our kitchen window. We’d sit on an old bucket and sing in 3 part harmony with our fellow neighbors. Yes, we would sit and stare and stare sit, and sit in shit and shit and sit. It truly was a…
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MITM #252
Feces. For decades scientists have been trying to duplicate the subtle textures, scents, and overall durability of one of the worlds’ most plentiful organic substances. However, such a feat has illuded some of this century’s most brilliant minds, as failure after failure had rendered the process...
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MITM #251
Today on the Building Fence podcast “Where We Bridge the Gap”. Ben speaks with Rodney Curtin, Cambridge neuroscience expert and leading scholar on sustainable energy. Rodney is also a leading thinker and notable entity on all things AI, computer interfaces and Mediterranean cuisine. Today’s...
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MITM #249
Tackling the hard questions of the day while providing in debt quasi answers within a meandering complex labyrinth of words and guttural toots. Monsters in the Morning: After Dark is an open source, free wisdom, public service given to the world as a gift by Manic Mike and Touchdown Charley. Any...
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MITM #248
To live in Pompeii was to live a life of happiness, joy, fruit, seawater, rocks, sand, sex, milk, mush… but also fear. For those in Pompeii knew there was an evil lurking in the sky, towering above them, waiting to spew its hot and juicy inner core all over the place. Twas only a matter of time...
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MITM #247
One day it just hit me. I got up on a cool September morning, gazed upon the dewy grass, and knew right there and then that I belonged on a stage. Have I ever performed? No. Did I have any talent? No. Had I ever expressed in any way some sort of sign or signal, either verbal or nonverbal, to my...
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MITM #246
Just like the old saying goes: “March comes in like a lion, and out… like a… lion?” How true it is. How true it really is... But luckily as the cold wind turns to a quiet breeze, as the frost on our doorknob transforms from a chilly handshake to a dewing hello, we rejoice in the transformation of...
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MITM #245
Traditions come and traditions go. But those that last the test of time are special, precious, sacred…important. We hold these traditions close, we hug them and love them and look forward to their perennial arrival with much anticipation and glee. So it’s only natural to celebrate these…
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MITM #244
Its a dog eat dog world out there. Everywhere you go someones trying to strap a short lease on you and strangle your emotions. Leading your ass along as they watch you urinate in the nude. Real nasty like that. Yelling every time you happen to bark at a car or the door bell. Lambasting you for...
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MITM #243
‘Tis a busy time to be a sports fan, and an even busier time to be a sports fanatic! So many sports to choose from, yet so little time to watch each and every match one wishes they could… What to do…? Well for starters you may need to reevaluate how you spend you time. If you spend most of your...
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MITM #242
When the winter air begins to nip, Heres a quick style tip. Toss out your puffy coat and your long johns too, And embrace the world with a fashion so old that it’s new. So what is this new and exciting mode that we speak? It’s nothing more that a simple sweater tweak. Tighten the neck and add...
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MITM #241
If you like salt and love yourself some soda then you’ll have a grad time tuning into our resident salty-soda heads: The Salt ‘N Soda Boyz featuring: John Salt and Dan Soda. Sit back, recline, and relax as these world class soda-sippers fill your bucket to the brim if all the bubbly salty liquid...
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MITM #240
Traditions can be hard. They can bring about anxiety, worry, and a host of other suppressed feelings one has worked diligently to bottle deep within the bowels of their psyche. However, in some rare occasions time honored traditions can in fact provide just the right amount of respite and cheer…
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MITM #239
It’s the holiday season and with the holidays come everyones favorite annual holiday tradition: the annual holiday party. So jump into the holidays with the holiday maestros themselves Mike and Charley, and listen in as they guide you through the best holiday inspired ways to rein in the holiday...
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MITM #238
Relive the journey as the Monsters in the Morning proudly present: Moon Dump 2022: The Entire Saga in One Nice and Neat Package.
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MITM #237
Strange how every year around this time we no doubt will wake up one nondescript morning, roll up our socks and gaze in disbelief at the sudden metamorphosis in our environment. This once comfortable and cozy atmosphere now filled with chilling uneasiness and biting unfamiliarity. We wander…
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MITM #236
Its The Monsters In The Morning Election Night Extravaganza Spectacular Fun-Fun Big Time Up To The Minute Hyper Local Hyper Focal Hyper Notable Dirty Little Stink-Pit Election Headquarters HQ Dr. Q Crazy Time Wow Show.
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