Midwest By Pod
By Mike Mallow
A West Virginian and a West Virginian in a strange new land. Will the miles erase the Mountain State memories?
56 - Not to Bring it Back to UFOs
UFOs. UFOs again. COVID. Politics.
Will will admire this documentary forever.
31:57
February 26, 2021
55 - That's A Good Doc
This episode is a nerdcast. The greatest Christmas present in the world (arrived three days late) • Pokemon • Spoilers for Soul and WW84 • Bad and Good Double Features.
35:36
December 30, 2020
54 - A Useless Car and No Turkey
New show, new time zone. Snow • Toaster Maintenance • Shopping Cart Maintenance • Blame it on Butterball • Mike Makes a Right
Our producer is Martha Williams.
24:47
November 20, 2020
53 - Now With More West
The Final Episode. The Death of Crabapple Jim • Leaving West Virginia • Streaming (Star Wars, of course) • Halloween • Spooky Electoral College.
32:24
November 8, 2020
51 - SOLVED mysteries
Robert Stack Eternal Voice • NEOWISE • Poo Bear, Eatin' the Poo Bear • Billy Jeans
30:34
July 19, 2020
50 - Mid-ish Life Crisis
Dad Jokes • Bats and Social Distancing • Best Picture Winner Sonic the Hedgehog • BLM and West Virginia • Lost History Lessons • Dad Jokes
39:54
June 24, 2020
The Peperoni Roll Tree
Hazel answers West Virginia trivia questions and tries to fly.
02:56
June 21, 2020
49 - Grizzly Bears with Shotguns
The Mask of Zero • There Can Be No Coke In Pendleton County • Murder Fans • Tiger King • Tom Sawyer’s Secret Island • Mask Control • Apocalypse Bingo
28:06
May 10, 2020
47 - Days of Facepalming
Grocery Store Strategem • Bidet logistics • Fallout 76 Fallout • Canceled Movies • Why Don’t Finger Fing? • Aunt Light Magenta • They Might Be Thespians • Despair This Pair • Let’s All Go To The Winchester And Wait For This Thing To Blow Over.
32:42
March 21, 2020
46 - March Marchness 2: The Rocks Indoors
Corona • Legacies • March Marchness Bracket Rundown • What is a Bog?
30:02
March 6, 2020
45 - Where Do Babies Come From?
The Titular Question • Conspiracy Theories • McMillions • Horses • Girls • Horse Girls • Appalachian New Year • Sanctuary! • The Problem with the Second Amendment
36:54
February 21, 2020
44 - Things To Do That Aren't This
Crabapple Jim on Evolution • Elementary PTSD • Mike and Jason Movie Review Hour (Won’t You Be My Neighbor, Parasite, Knives Out (again), Groundhog Day, Edge of Tomorrow, Doctor Sleep)
28:07
February 8, 2020
43 - Also Known As The Last Crusade
Taxes • Death • Taxes and Death • Death and Taxes • Taxes From Death • Doghouses • Raisins • Wizard of Oz for Some Reason • Household Tips with Crabapple Jim
32:52
January 24, 2020
42 - Lemon-Based Pickup Lines
Cat Attack! • Alternate Careers • QBasic • Feeling Old Again • Lemon & Chainsaw Table Read • Most West Virginia Things • Spousal Car Retrieval
33:48
January 17, 2020
41 - The Precipice of Potential Peril
The Inglorious Return of Crabapple Jim • Down with the Sickness • Lemon & Chainsaw • Part I of Up the Holler • Fandom's Exit Ramp • Introduction Etiquette
41:60
January 10, 2020
We're Bored. Here's an Episode.
Thanksgiving Colors • Disney + • Inevitable Star Wars Chatter • Reddish Knob Horror Story Season II • Samantha P's Haunted Hat
31:59
December 13, 2019
Finale, Finally / Apocalypse Anyways
The final regular episode of 2019. Episode Titles • Ghost Babies • Ghost Movies • Leaf or Squirrel?
Sponsored by the Franklin Moose Lodge.
35:38
November 1, 2019
Via Frittata
The kitten is fine now. Halloween Costumes • A real West Virginia Ghost Story • Climbing Seneca Rocks • Falling Down Via Feratta • Fall Traditions.
Here's a link to the WV Ghost Story referenced.
39:51
October 18, 2019
The Walls Are Being Handsy
The October Hauntacular continues! UFO Stories • Haunted House Stories • Fist Fights • Playright Bots • Western Virginia Comedians
34:13
October 11, 2019
They Put Tomatoes on Everything
This episode sponsored by the letter pee. A Trip to Pittsburgh To See Better Podcasts • Batman Hates Italy • Night Humors • Bedwetting • Dadwetting
34:47
October 4, 2019
No Poking the Ghosts
A Recap of the TMFs • Close Encounters of the First-ish Kind • Ghost Stories • Accidental Ghost Stories • Impromptu Tractor Parades • October is upon us...
43:40
September 27, 2019
Treasure Mountain Festival: The Musical!
The Two TMFs • A (really bad) TMF Medley • The days of Adult Swim & Piracy • Favorite Ninja Turtles • Favorite Clowns • A Surprise Wedding Postscript
37:51
September 20, 2019
A Squirrel Moment
Some good porch sitting with Jason, Mike, an additional Mike and Traci. Also, assorted kids.
90s clothes • chipped teeth • job applications • Marcus gets fed... in stereo!
26:19
September 13, 2019
IMPASTA!
Beard Propagation Theory • 4-Slice Toasters • Pasta Crimes • Weaf.
All set to the backdrop of kids playing in a sandbox. A surprise/revenge podcast.
25:53
August 30, 2019
A True Bride Podcast
Part one of the SURPRISE WEDDING SAGA. This episode looks at what it takes to setup a surprise wedding. Next week's part 2 will cover the execution.
25:55
August 16, 2019
The Girl From Channel One / Cloud Burst
Video Games on TV • A Tour of the Renovated Smith Residence • Channel One • High School Memories • CLOUD BURST!
21:28
August 9, 2019
Pixel Blind
...Or A Very Boring Game of Life • Blackwater • Restaurant POS • The Dead Don't Die • Cable Installations
33:11
July 26, 2019
Talk To You Later
Captions • Smoking Cavemen • Time Machine Priorities • Remembering Jay
38:45
July 19, 2019
Don't Mess With People's Hotdogs
Part 1 of 3,280. The quest for the perfect hotdog continues! Many Special Guests • Entirely Outdoor Episode • We consider the crickets a part of our live studio audience.
24:16
July 8, 2019
Banana Hospice Island
The Parkersburg Area and any related land masses • The Great West Virginia Hot Dog Debate • Poultry Queen
33:58
June 28, 2019
The West Virginia Smidge
A Special Co-Host • Voicemails • Kittens in Cars • West Virginia Day Trivia • Jason Shows Up in the Final Minutes
33:44
June 21, 2019
Religion & Quantum Mechanics (At the Same Time)
Solving the Science vs Religion Debate with Math • 4-H Camp Legends • Caffeine Free Blood • Fresh-Squeezed Jason • Doctor's Office Attire • Fake Moon Landing
31:15
June 14, 2019
Metaphorical Groundhog Father
Turtles • Sleep • Street Corners • Baking Shows • Sleep • Bottle-Feeding Cats? • Pointy Mountains • (Rescue) Squad Goals • Most West Virginia Thing Gets Weird
37:24
June 7, 2019
Jayssonjasonssonmarcus Lee Smith
A very graphic birth episode. Listen, but don't touch anything blue.
39:06
June 1, 2019
20th Episode Spectacunale!
Last episode until June. Stuff happens. We talked about it. Kids fight. We went home.
31:02
April 29, 2019
The Frontier Has Been Tarnished
Kids • Floods • Fires • Fish (Made Of Wood) • People You Know In Far Off Places • Mr. Oinky Died BTW.
34:11
April 12, 2019
The Money Pit Stares Back
A Very Pendleton County episode. PBS • Satellite Dishes • Vintage Billy Ray • Sugar Grove Station • Enrollment Numbers • A Prophecy from the campaign days fulfilled.
37:37
April 5, 2019
Emergency Codpast
On a very special episode • Bombshell! • Cryptic Audio Files • • Mothman Lives! • Pig Latin? • A Mountain Dew Drinking Contest • April Aprilness
01:49
April 1, 2019
Preserved Food Hole
March Marchness Round 3 • Cereal • Cellars • Closed Businesses • That Corporate Ladder • 80s Pitch Meetings • Gremlins 2 Rules!
33:10
March 29, 2019
Et Tu, Saint Paddy?
The Plague • Round 1 of March Marchness • Springtime for Hitler Assassination Attempts? • Secret Service Run-Ins • 4-H Camp Stories
33:13
March 22, 2019
March Marchness
A follow-up to the Treasure Mountain Festival kerfuffle including an Interview • High School Football Anecdote • Get your Brackets ready because March Marchness begins!
36:01
March 15, 2019
A Big Pile of Ashes
Lent • ATMs! • Treasure Mountain Festival Update • A Top List Numbered to 10 • A Lively Cake Discussion • Happy Birthday Traci
38:54
March 8, 2019
Woop Woop Survivors
Jason Stays Up Late To Watch A Movie He Later Regrets (again) • The Most West Virginia Thing • Oscars • Late Night Hosts • Grocery Store Run
33:01
March 1, 2019
Asking an Awful Lot of Our Monsters
Zombie Biology • Additional Monsters • Trash Cans • Mud Holes • Rural Broadband • Dracula: Dead and Loving It.
31:18
February 17, 2019
Entertainment for Your Bias
On a very special episode. Religion • Atheism • The Plaque
29:54
February 8, 2019
Practically a Charter School
Caticorns • Bounce Houses • Summer Saver • Citizen Cane for some reason • Jason Drinks Mountain Dew
30:32
February 1, 2019
'Em Bridges Are A Burnin'
Oinky the Bank Mascot • The story behind the Treasure Mountain Festival social media debacle • Logos & Branding • Elder Millennials
30:39
January 25, 2019
Downstairs Problems
Identity theft is no joke • Crawlspace Cats • Junk Lasting More Than Four Hours
26:19
January 19, 2019
January Hangover Zone
Seahorses • Legos Everywhere • Kid Art • Heartspark • Birdbox • January Sucks
32:00
January 12, 2019
Anti Claus: A Very Belated Christmas
On this weeks-late episode, we talk about Christmas, and why Santa may be the devil, and other, more pleasant, holiday memories.
35:08
January 5, 2019
One Finger Wave
The Final Football Game • Grocery Store Lines in a Small Town • Waving Etiquette • Holiday Plates • The Wheels Have Come Off
35:46
December 6, 2018
Ernest Saves the Spacetime Continuum
Santa Death Theory • Acting Career Death Theory • The 3 Best Christmas Movies! • Leaf or Squirrel? • Whatever the First 30 Seconds Was.
All in 28 minutes!
28:02
November 28, 2018
The Enduring Legacy of Crabapple Jim
Thanksgiving • Future Community Play Hecklers • Drunk Raccoons • Crabby Jim is Angry at the World • Abridged Early American History
All in under 24 minutes!
23:55
November 22, 2018
This Episode is Haunted
Mike and Jason discuss their adventures at the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum and why it took five weeks to record this episode.
01:01:16
November 14, 2018
Preview: It's about Salamanders
This one is short, but it's hard to have a dialog when you're the only person that shows up. The test pod.
01:17
October 14, 2018