The Good Midlife

This week Jim and Richard recap Kentucky Derby 152 and all the madness surrounding it. Plus how the hippo almost beacme a staple meat in the US, we offend the Mormons, a movie that Richard has never seen, TV, movies, and much more. Enjoy!

This week JIm and Richard discuss all things Kentucky Derby including some picks. Plus, is gambling on real world events bad, Jim's band, tv, movies and much more. Happy Derby! Enjoy!  

This week Jim and Richard discuss Richard's bike trip, Jim's rare thumbs down to a restaurant, England's new cigarette law, Jim's new midlife problems, tv, movies, and much more. Enjoy!

This week Jim and Richard discuss how Love Story made us want to smoke (and smoking in general). Plus Easter, Passover, gefilte fish, NCAA basketball championships, TV, movies and much more. Enjoy!

This week Jim and Richard discuss the Artemis II launch, March Madness, weird news stories, books, tv, and much more. Enjoy!    

This week Jim and Richard discuss the first two rounds of March Madness and share a sports bar experience. Plus a strange news story, defunct, department stores, the manosphere, and much more. Enjoy!

This week we are joined by Tommy Hyams to break down the NCAA tournament bracket. We picak all the games and share our Final Four picks as well as thoughts on the tournament process as a whole. Plus college bar talk, Richard's weird lunch order and much more. Enjoy!

Welcome to our annual Oscars podcast! This year Jim and guests discuss this big six categories and do a little gambling as they discuss who should and will win these awards and much more. Enjoy!

This week Richard and Jim reminisce about the greatest amusement park in the South, Opryland USA! Plus we discuss M&M's, this or that with states, Lou Holtz, and we learn that Richard is artistic! All this plus tv, movies, and much more. Enjoy

This week Richard provides his first urban sprawl man made lake report of 2026. Plus Jim and Richard discuss vibrating beds, a winter olympic wrapup, weird news of the week, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nominees, TV, movies, and much more. Enjoy!

Jim and Richard are back after a 3 week hiatus. This week in addiction to Jim's tales from the Caribbean they discuss the Super Bowl, Winter Olympics, a weird hospital situation, the passing of an icon (or two), movies, books, tv, and much more. Enjoy!

Somehow Richard had never heard of Wordle until this episode! Jim discusswith regards his streak and compulsion with regards to the game. The boys also discuss NFL playoffs, dogs in bars and restaurants, poorly named foods, and much more. Enjoy!

For the first show of 2026 Jim and Richard discuss the best things they watched last year. Plus college football playoff picks, what teams have the most "poser" fans in each sport, the best Vietnamese food in Louisville, Jim shows why he's a professional,  books, movies and much more. Happy New Year! Enjoy!  

This week Jim and Richard discuss the phenomenon of Times Square on New Year's Eve with special guest Sophie Noland. Plus college football playoffs, Christmas presents, mini horses in Louisville, goat lessons, movies, TV and much more. Happly New Year, Enjoy!

This week Jim and Richard discuss advent calendars, college football playoff predictions, who had the worst 2025, and beef tallow. Plus, Jim shares a sports tradition you may not be familiar with. Oh, and Richard can;t remember things. Enjoy!  

Get ready for some holiday cheer. This week Jim and Richard discuss Christmas parties, Baja Blast pie, Christmas movies and songs, Cheetah pants, tv, movies and much more. Enjoy!

This week Jim and Richard answer that question plus a fun game to play at your holiday table. In thew sports world we have picks for all the college football conference championship games and a discussion on how to fix college football. Plus movies, tv, lamp shades, and much more. Enjoy!

This week Jim and Richard discuss Temptations, Jim's debut in a country band, "What is an Alberta Clipper", football picks, tv, movies, and much more. Enjoy!

This week Jim and Richard discuss the government shutdown, Disney vs YouTube, a weird pie and Bea Arthur. Plus football, movies, TV and much more. Enjoy!

Richard is away this week so Jim invites Tommy Hyams to sit in the co-pilot's chair to discuss college football, country music, Andy Beshear, and much more. Enjoy!

This week Jim and Richard discuss more football season travels with Purdue and West Lafayette as the destination. Plus waiting in line, screaming kids, monkeys on the loose, football picks and much more. Enjoy!

After a week off Jim and Richard are back to talk about their travels. Plus sales tax woes, weird restaurants, throwing tortillas, football picks, tv, movies and much more. Enjoy!

Thie week Jim and Richard discuss thier travels from the past two weeks. Plus, weird crime stories, football picks, hotel cable packages, tv, movies, and much more. Enjoy!

This week Jim gets quizzed on his knowledge of metal bands and he and Richard discuss the Louder Than Life festival.  Plus Maker's Mark x Chihuly, Zinzinnati Oktoberfest, 90's drama's football picks and much more. Enjoy!  

This week JIm and Richard discuss the career of Robert Redford, stress dreams, Amazon deliver problems, Jim's betting picks, TV, Mmovies and much more. Enjoy!

This week Jim and Richard catch upon football, traffic school, spitting, ticket prices and quesrtionable sports bars. Plus tv, books, and much more. Enjoy!

This week Jim and Richard discuss college football, bad stadium atmosphere, Burning Man, and tv, movies, and much more. Plus Jim's college football betting picks. Enjoy!

This week Jim and Richard welcome back Tommy Hyams to discuss all things football ahead of the upcoming season. Lots of season win totals and predictions. Plus Jim's weekly college football betting picks are back. Enjoy!  

This week we find out that Richard may be in the market for a miniature cow (if that exists). Plus he and Jim discuss male NFL cheerleaders, radioactive shrimp, the evolution of the college experience, the Kentucky State Fair, movies, tv, and much more. Enjoy!

This week JIm and Richard have special guest Andrew Kincheloe to work though a bracket of movies starring past SNL players. Plus a review of a recent Black Crowes show, bourbon talk, and much more. Enjoy! 

Jim and Richard are back to talk about ocean movies, great bad movies, prostitutes, the origin of the word "dude", tv, movies, and much more. Enjoy!

Jim and Richard are bringing it this week as they determine the worst items used in yard decoration. Plus getting "Coldplayed", tardiness as culture, the Epstein files, best characters on "The Bear', tv , movies and much more. Enjoy!

***This episode is also available in our YouTube channel (The Good Midlife). There you can watch all of the hot wing madness as it happens!*** All hot wings related debts get paid off on this episode as Jim, Richard, and this year's last place finisher in the March Madness challenge get served the hottest wings on the menu from Buffalo Wild Wings. Plus what celebrity would you want to get a photo with, who is the best Superman, and what movie or TV show would you not watch under any condition. All this plus much more. Enjoy!

This week Jim and Richard recap the Indepenednce Day weekend and their love of fireworks. Plus Jim had a birthday, Richard wants to play the triangle, Mary Lou Retton has problems, TV, movies, books and much more. Enjoy!

This week Jim and Richard celebrate independence by discussing Fourth of July traditions as well as televangelists, a Supreme Court update, an update from the research assistant, tv, movies and much more. Enjoy!

Jim and Richard are back after a weeks hiatus. This week's discussion includes air travel, AARP, line jumping at restaurants, weird hospitals, movies, tv, books and much more. Enjoy!

This week Jim and Richard discuss minor league baseball, Jim's love of the Supreme Court, Mexican gun stores,  Kentucky football, tv, movies, side-parts, and much more. Enjoy!

This week Richard tests his knowledge of common slang terms used by a younger generation (It goes as you might imagine). Plus retirement jobs, a discussion about concerts from a really dumb list, tv, movies, and much more. Enjoy!

This week Jim discusses his adventures in Colorado, plus hot dogs, Pete Rose, gas station hoses, computer toilets, the best outdoor action/adventure movies, and much more. Enjoy!

This week Jim and Richard discuss the 151st Kentucky Derby, the 2025 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees, weird pizza in Pennsylvania, weird food questions, Jon Hamm, tv shows, and much more. Enjoy!  

This week Jim went to a frat party. We'll talk about that as well as Derby picks, interview advice, a food question, tv, books, and much more. Plus we have the rare Good Midlife restaurant consensus this week. Enjoy!

This week Jim and Richard do a deep dive on meats. Why is Ham the anchor of so many Easter dinners? Also, Can Jim finally be electe Pope, Richard finally got his bike, ranking Top Golf vs other amateur forms of sports,  Jim hates poop, plus tv, movies, and much more. Enjoy!

This week Jim and Richard discuss Keeneland (America's most beautiful track), a stray dog encounter, Katy Perry in "space", basketball, tv, movies, boooks, and much more. Enjoy!

This week Richard and Jim discuss the flooding in Kentucky, the Final Four, cloning dire wolves, tv, music, the Apple Store and much more. Enjoy!

This week Jim and Richard discuss varied topics from Furries to the Final Four. Plus polygraphs, an odd Texas law, and update on buying a nudist resort, Jared Fogle, Ruby Franke, and much more. Enjoy!

This week Jim and Richard have updates on the Good MIdlife Tournament Challenge as well as other observations from the first weekend of March Madness. Plus the Chicago Stationery Festival, what we like on TV right now, and much more. Enjoy!  

This week Jim and Richard wecome last year's last place finishers (Cole and Sam) and regular contributer Tommy Hyams to breakdown this year's NCAA tournament bracket and make some picks. Enjoy!

This week Jim and Richard hit the 100 episode milestone and discuss Lent, tipping, meeting one of the kid's new boyfriend, the SEC tournament, OJ Simpson, and much more. Enjoy!

This week Jim and Richard discuss meeting the parents of girlfriends past. Plus who won our Oscars contest, Gene Hackman, "Splitting the G",  the Doug doug challenge, and much, much more. Enjoy!

Richard is back! This week he and Jim discuss Dallas, Cleveland, buying a nudist resort, and the upcoming Madness of March. Plus more about the Oscars, bad Dr. Phil impressions, what's good on TV and much more. Enjoy!