In Moderation

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  Consistency Beats Perfect 30.07.2026 55мин

  A DeLorean window that opens like a prison food slot somehow turns into one of the most honest conversations we’ve had about sustainable weight loss, running, and what actually keeps you going when motivation disappears. We’re joined by Tracy, one of Mike’s students, who shares how she’s down around 70 pounds, recently got certified as a running coach, and is training for a half marathon after dealing with serious heart issues. The headline isn’t “a perfect plan.” It’s the decision to keep sh...
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  Poop Lettuce And Shopping For A DeLorean 23.07.2026 59мин

  People are getting sick, the internet is panicking, and somehow we end up arguing about whether “poop lettuce” can put out a fire. We start with the Cyclospora outbreak chatter and the uncomfortable truth about food safety: outbreaks are real, tracing contamination is slow, and a single headline like “false positive” doesn’t magically erase risk. If you care about public health, FDA oversight, supply chains, and why fast-moving stories get distorted online, you’ll feel the tension immediately...
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  How To Eat More Beans Without Hating It 16.07.2026 50мин

  Beans are cheap, filling, and weirdly controversial, and that’s exactly why we wanted bean.supporter on the show. She’s a bean recipe developer who’s built a whole online identity around getting more people to eat legumes, not by selling perfection, but by telling the truth about what works. We talk about how beans helped her through real-life health issues, why a 30-day only-beans challenge sparked her creativity, and what she learned from watching the internet react to fiber like it’s a hor...
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  Alone In My Childhood Bedroom 09.07.2026 10мин

  You ever hit that point where you don’t want productivity, progress, or another plan you just want sleep? We’re in that place tonight, and we say the quiet parts out loud: the exhaustion after an emotional week, the loneliness that shows up when family leaves, and the weird way your brain starts rummaging through childhood memories like it’s searching for proof you used to feel safe. We walk through what it’s like to end up back where you started, right down to remembering a loft bed, ...
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  Laughing At Food Fear 02.07.2026 58мин

  Fear sells faster than facts, and nutrition misinformation knows it. We start this one in near-whisper mode and immediately slide into the kind of internet chaos that makes health grifters thrive: vague “toxic ingredient” warnings, anxiety-driven shopping, and the constant hunt for something to blame. We talk about why that fear-based marketing works so well, how it shows up in fitness influencer culture, and the difference between someone showing you a genuinely useful product versus someone...
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  I Refuse To Be A Fitness Influencer 25.06.2026 38мин

  The fitness internet is getting louder, meaner, and weirder, and it’s exhausting. Today Mike flies solo and says the quiet part out loud: platforms don’t reward the most helpful coach, they reward the most shareable fear. If your feed is full of seed oil panic, sunscreen paranoia, “miracle” peptides, and comment-section cruelty, you’re not imagining the shift. We talk through what that does to real people trying to lose weight or get in shape, especially beginners who already feel exposed. M...
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  You Will Not Outsmart Your Diet With More Gym Time 18.06.2026 1ч 4мин

  You can train hard, sweat daily, and still feel stuck, and the frustrating part is you might be doing everything “right” except the one lever that moves the fastest: nutrition. We sit down with Jackson Jen, tech builder and entrepreneur (yes, including Cameo), to unpack the turning point that took him from “lifting with no results” to visible abs in months, without changing the workout plan. The conversation stays grounded in the stuff that actually works: calorie tracking, protein targets, c...
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  We Somehow Turn A Vasectomy Into Duct Tape DeLoreans 11.06.2026 46мин

  A vasectomy is supposed to be simple. So why does it sometimes turn into ice packs, nausea, and that unmistakable “my body is rejecting this” feeling? We get candid about what the snip can feel like in real life, including the vasovagal reaction some people get with blood, needles, and certain sensations. It’s funny, but it’s also practical: what to expect, what’s normal, and why it can still be 100% worth it even if you hated the experience. From there we chase the thread into nitrous...
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  Autism And Dating Without The Script 04.06.2026 42мин

  “Meh” can be the most honest answer you give all week, and we start there, with a messy check in that turns into a surprisingly practical talk about mental health. We unpack why you cannot eliminate grief, stress, or depression, and why the real win is shortening the turnaround time, building habits that help you come back faster, and remembering to text the people you love before things get heavy. From that foundation, we shift into neurodivergence and autism spectrum reality without the ti...
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  Coffee Nerds Unite 28.05.2026 58мин

  Ring lights make us irrationally angry, and somehow that turns into a full-blown deep dive on coffee science, coffee myths, and why the internet can’t stop being weird about both. We’re joined by Han (Son Of Han Coffee), and what starts as a sponsor shout-out quickly becomes the kind of practical coffee talk we wish more people had: how roast level changes flavor, why “I hate coffee” often means “I’ve only had burnt dark roast,” and what actually makes a bag of beans worth the price. We get ...
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  Stop Trying To Be Liked And Start Being Yourself 21.05.2026 58мин

  We start with a dumb question that turns into a real one: what happens when you stop trying to be impressive and just become yourself, fully and loudly? Between the bean jokes, the made-up “wordologist” vocabulary, and a quick detour through conspiracies, our guest Gyrodactyl (Garrett) lays out a simple personal development framework that actually sticks: if something about you bothers you, either change it or learn to love it. That sounds harsh until you realize it is also freeing, because i...
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  The Long Game 14.05.2026 53мин

  A 155-pound weight loss doesn’t happen because you “finally got disciplined.” It happens when you build a system you can live with on your worst Tuesday, not your best Monday. We sit down with our friend Nolan Taylor (briefly rebranded as Nolan DeLorean) to talk through the unglamorous, repeatable steps that took him from nearly 400 pounds to the low 200s and into a new phase of chasing performance and body fat percentage goals. Nolan breaks down the real timeline: years of posting workouts ...
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  Neil DeGrasse Tyson, Please Come On The Podcast 07.05.2026 37мин

  A ring light complaint turns into a surprisingly honest question: are people listening to podcasts for the ideas, or watching for the performance? We kick things off by messing with each other about audio vs YouTube, then swap real podcast recommendations, from Conan-style comedy interviews to darker history shows that dig into what you never learned in school. It’s light, it’s unserious, and it’s exactly how a hangout conversation should feel right before it isn’t. The mood shifts har...
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  The Drug League 30.04.2026 37мин

  One random bump on your body can turn into a full mental spiral, and we start right there: the weird mix of health anxiety, gallows humor, and the reality that American healthcare costs can feel like a coin flip. When the “best plan” is comparing lumps and hoping you don’t need a GoFundMe for medical bills, it says a lot about the system and about what we’ve normalized. We also poke at how politics has gotten so surreal that you can say almost anything and it sounds plausible, which sets the ...
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  What If Masculinity Looked Like Care 23.04.2026 51мин

  The internet can watch two people eat the same thing and hand out two completely different verdicts. One gets “icon” and “girl dinner.” The other gets called disgusting, lazy, and doomed. We start there, with the weird psychology of viral eating content, the shame spiral it can trigger, and why a donut and matcha can somehow become a public trial when the person holding it is overweight. Then we bring on Joey T Fitness (Joe Douglas), a creator who stitches misinformation for a living and sti...
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  Mike Gives You A Plan?! 16.04.2026 38мин

  I hit record while sick, sleep-deprived, and filling in solo, and it turned into the most honest lesson I’ve learned about sustainable weight loss and mental health: slowing down is not the same as stopping. A ruptured eardrum forced me to lower my usual walking pad pace, and that tiny choice became proof of growth. Years ago I would have called that “giving up” and punished myself harder. Today it’s just smart training, realistic habit building, and self-respect. We also sit with grie...
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  Rob Is Left On His Own, Again 09.04.2026 17мин

  Recording alone wasn’t the plan, but it turned into a blunt, honest talk about the one thing that explains almost every skill I’ve picked up: repetition. If you’ve ever watched someone play guitar, code smoothly, build things with their hands, or look “naturally good” outdoors and thought you were missing some secret, I lay out what it actually looks like from the inside. It’s awkward reps, slow progress, and the willingness to fail repeatedly without letting that failure turn into a story ab...
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  A Beginner Guide To Home Workouts And DeLoreans 02.04.2026 40мин

  Your fitness plan doesn’t need a gym membership, a $300 pair of shoes, or a spreadsheet that makes you hate your life. We start with chaos and then get real about the problem most people actually face: not knowing where to begin, feeling intimidated, and assuming it has to be intense to “count.” We walk through a simple home workout routine that works for beginners, including how to start with just two days a week, how to use YouTube workouts wisely, and how to make bodyweight exercises feel ...
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  Stop Overthinking Food 26.03.2026 56мин

  You’re not failing at healthy eating, you’re drowning in overcomplicated advice. We sit down with Danny Dino Milk, a creator who lost 120 pounds and kept it off with a refreshingly realistic approach to food. No “perfect” meal plans, no purity rules, no pretending life is a constant Sunday meal prep. We talk about the meals that actually show up in her day to day, like yogurt bowls, high-fiber breads and wraps, frozen berries that don’t rot overnight, and the kind of “good enough” dinners yo...
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  A Pediatric Sleep Doctor On Baby Sleep Tech And Adult Sleep Truths 19.03.2026 53мин

  A baby that won’t sleep can break a whole household. An adult who “sleeps” but still feels wrecked can lose years to brain fog. We get into both, starting with a Duke physician who lives at the intersection of sleep science and real-life chaos: Sue J. Consagra, MD, child neurologist and pediatric sleep specialist, also known online as That Sleep Doc. We talk through the Lullaby smart crib mattress, a baby sleep technology designed to detect crying and movement, then respond with vibration an...