Mike
Co-Host of The Grit City Podcast
Mike has hosted 26 Episodes.
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GCP: Hangover Sunday - Sporks, AI Sidekicks & the Future of Work
August 5th, 2026 | 52 mins 47 secs
ai companions, ai gadgets, ai jobs, aipi, artificial intelligence, automation, chatgpt, creative careers, future of work, geocaching, hangover sunday, mount rainier, spork debate, sunday podcast, tech discussion
A lazy Hangover Sunday turns into one of the most entertaining rabbit-hole episodes yet. The crew catches up on weekends spent at Mount Rainier, geocaching, mowing lawns, and recovering from accidental overindulgence before diving into a surprisingly passionate debate about the world's most underrated utensil: the spork. Things quickly escalate into a conversation about AI companions, custom digital personalities, automation, creative careers, and whether artificial intelligence is changing the future of work faster than anyone expected. Equal parts hilarious and thought-provoking, this is classic Grit City Podcast.
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GCP: Hangover Sunday - PorchFest, Rainiers, Glamping & Doppelgangers
July 22nd, 2026 | 1 hr 9 mins
baseball, beer, cannabis, cheney stadium, cle elum, comedy, doppelgangers, friends, glamping, hangover sunday, live music, local bands, local culture, migs kisw, pnw adventures, porchfest, porchfest tacoma, sos pro wrestling, suncadia resort, tacoma rainiers, washington travel, weekend recap
The Grit City crew is back for another Hangover Sunday, recapping an action-packed weekend across the Pacific Northwest. Scott shares his experience wandering Tacoma PorchFest, catching live music, comedy, SOS Pro Wrestling, and meeting KISW's Miggs. The guys also talk Tacoma Rainiers baseball, luxury glamping in Cle Elum, unexpected celebrity encounters, finding real-life doppelgangers, and why local events are what make the Northwest such a special place to call home. As always, it's equal parts heartfelt, hilarious, and completely off the rails.
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GCP: Hangover Sunday - Fireworks, Fallout & Forest Mysteries
July 8th, 2026 | 1 hr 5 mins
ai, artificial intelligence, bigfoot, bottle rockets, conspiracy, data centers, david paulides, electricity, firework accidents, fireworks, fourth of july, hangover sunday, independence day, micro modular reactors, missing 411, mortars, mount rainier, national parks, neighborhood fireworks, nuclear power, power grid, roman candles, salutes, smr, technology, washington mysteries, water usage, why files
The crew recovers from Independence Day with hilarious Fourth of July stories, neighborhood fireworks, and near-disaster tales before diving into AI data centers, micro nuclear reactors, and the strange mysteries surrounding Washington's forests. It's classic Hangover Sunday—equal parts comedy, technology, conspiracy, and complete chaos.
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GCP: Friday Night Hangout - LEGO Lawsuits, Penis Fingers & Jim Norton
June 24th, 2026 | 1 hr 14 mins
artesian brewfest, bricks and minifigs, camp bar tacoma, cider, comedy clubs, friday night hangout, friday night podcast, internet drama, jim norton, lego controversy, local festivals, nerd culture, northwest pinball expo, pinball, pop culture, summer con puyallup, tacoma comedy club, utah police, youtube investigations
The boys are back for another Friday Night Hangout! Jeff, Scott, Mike and C-Note talk Summer Con, the Artesian Brewfest, pinball adventures, seeing Jim Norton at the Tacoma Comedy Club, and then tumble headfirst into an absolutely insane rabbit hole involving stolen LEGO collections, YouTubers, shady business practices, Utah cops, and the strange power of the internet. As always, expect plenty of laughs, questionable detours, and a healthy dose of Grit City nonsense.
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GCP: Hangover Sunday - Snow Cones, Slot Machines & Silver Balls
June 10th, 2026 | 59 mins 33 secs
agentic ai, arcade games, bellagio, black knight pinball, cisco live, crawfish season, diner pinball, dirty harry pinball, frog bar, funhouse pinball, gauntlet, gauntlet arcade, grit city podcast, gumball 3000, hangover sunday, hangover sunday podcast, kiss pinball, las vegas, lindo michoacan, lindo michoacán, lobster risotto, louisiana, mikey's public house, northwest pinball and arcade expo, northwest pinball and arcade show, pinball, retro gaming, snow cones, the sphere, vegas sphere
The Grit City crew checks in from all corners of the country for another Hangover Sunday. Brogan reports from Louisiana as crawfish season ends and snow cone season begins, Mike recaps Vegas, Cisco Live and the mind-bending Sphere experience, and the Tacoma crew dives headfirst into the Northwest Pinball & Arcade Show. From Gauntlet nostalgia to Bellagio lobster risotto, this episode is packed with laughs, side quests, and the kind of conversations that only happen after a long weekend.
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Saturday Night Grit: Roundabouts, Banjo Spiders & Bad Decisions
May 27th, 2026 | 1 hr 21 mins
banjo spider, bass fishing, camp bar, chaotic podcast, comedy podcast, dashcam footage, drugged spiders, false black widow, fishing stories, ganjo spider, gen x humor, lane splitting, listener voicemails, live podcast chat, memorial day weekend, minnesota weather, old man traffic talk, orb weaver spiders, pinball and arcade show, rhythm games, round, spider stories, tamale vs female, tattoos, thurston county roundabouts, traffic, traffic circles, vr, vr pinball, weird conversations, yakima roundabouts, zipper merge
This week on Saturday Night Grit, the crew welcomes C-Note to the podcast and immediately dives into absolute chaos: giant “banjo spiders,” Tacoma fishing memories, false black widows, people sleeping in pantyhose to stop spiders from crawling in their mouths, and one of the most heated debates yet — are roundabouts genius or civilization’s greatest mistake? Add in dashcam disasters, listener voicemails, Minnesota weather updates, and classic Grit City energy, and you’ve got another beautifully unhinged episode.
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GCP: Saturday Night Grit - Road Rage, Alien Encounters, and Bachelorette Party Antics
May 13th, 2026 | 1 hr 17 mins
alien theories, antarctica, arizona, bachelorette party, conspiracy theories, counseling, don't look up, eastern washington, exoplanets, family reunions, jupiter ascending, military technology, minnesota, mother's day., road rage, roswell, scottsdale, space travel, subglacial lakes, tacoma, uaps, ufos, uncle monty, weed legalization, yakima, zoo hypothesis
This Saturday Night Grit episode of the Grit City Podcast takes you on a wild ride from bachelorette party shenanigans in Scottsdale, Arizona to deep dives into UFO files and road rage confessions. Join Jeff, Scott, and Mike as they discuss everything from family drama and the beauty of Eastern Washington to startling theories about alien life and the vastness of space. Tune in for laughs, thought-provoking discussions, and maybe a few "weiner hat" references!
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GCP: Saturday Night Grit - 420 Breakfast Club & Expired Tabs
April 29th, 2026 | 1 hr 14 mins
420 breakfast, cannabis culture, catio, dispensary review, duck on leash, dutch baby pancake, expired registration tabs, local podcast, pacific northwest comedy podcast, pancake house, seattle weather, stoner stories, tacoma comedy, washington tabs
This week on Saturday Night Grit, the crew celebrates 420 the only way that makes sense: dispensary runs, pancake house breakfast, cat harness debates, ducks on leashes, and a deep dive into Washington’s expired tab chaos.
It’s peak GCP nonsense — movies, random observations, questionable life advice, and the kind of conversation that only happens when breakfast hits after a successful smoke session. -
GCP: Saturday Night Grit: Binarual Beats, Lego Jams, and Gen Z Rizz
April 15th, 2026 | 1 hr 14 mins
astral projection, binaural beats, dubstep, gen z slang, iranian propaganda music, kit kat heist, lucid dreaming, mewing, mexican radio, rally fighter, renault raccoon, richard russell, rizz, sigma, sky king, tax tips, thermostat wars, toilet paper warehouse arson, vocho pickup, vw bug custom, white noise, wook music
Jeff, Scott, and Mike settle in for a wild Saturday Night Grit session. The guys dive into everything from the "accurately catchy" world of Iranian Lego propaganda music to the nuances of Mike’s "Life, Death, and the Thermostat" rules. They explore the mysteries of lucid dreaming, the $50,000 "Vocho" VW Bug pickups, and the bizarre 12-ton Kit Kat heist in Europe. Finally, the guys use AI to decode Gen Z slang, explaining once and for all what it means to be a "Sigma" with "Rizz."
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GCP: SNG - The Bobo Mermaid Guy, Drinking Chunks, and the Return of Sublime
April 2nd, 2026 | 46 mins 31 secs
ai music, altered carbon, augmented reality, cool hand luke, h-mart, jakob nowell, jason momoa, meta, oculus, paul newman, reality tv, richard hatch, sublime, survivor, tech evolution, virtual reality
In this episode of Saturday Night Grit, the boys dive into a chaotic mix of nostalgia and new-age tech, the conversation never stays in one place for long.
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GCP: Saturday Night Grit - Strategic Deterrence, The Hanford Glow, and The Great Pie Debate
March 18th, 2026 | 1 hr 18 mins
bone tomahawk, hanford washington, interstellar objects, johnny fairplay, ligo observatory, marijuana hybrids, nuclear holocaust, pi day 2026, pnw pinball convention, radiation badges, soap operas, strategic deterrence, submarine stories, survivor season 50, tacoma hills, werther's originals
This episode of Saturday Night Grit recorded on March 14, 2026, finds Jeff, Scott, and Mike in a contemplative yet chaotic mood. From debating the mathematical constant of Pi to the terrifying reality of strategic nuclear deterrence, the crew covers the full spectrum of high-brow science and low-brow banter.
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GCP: Hangover Sunday - Grandpa’s Memorial Nuts and The Rise of the K-Truck
March 5th, 2026 | 1 hr 15 mins
ai water usage, analog photography, evtol, flying cars, govdeals, hobby cross, hobby horsing, k-truck, kei-trucks, mcdonald’s logistics, memorial 3d printing, motocross, olympia pinball, snap digital camera, subaru brat, sunday hangover, truck nuts, tsa returns, tsa surplus, warehouse stories
This edition of Sunday Hangover on the Grit City Podcast is a wild ride through futuristic tech, bizarre internet subcultures, and "gritty" warehouse memories. Jeff, Scott, and Mike discuss the evolution of flying vehicles, the niche world of Kei-Trucks, and a business idea involving 3D-printed memorial "truck nuts" that you have to hear to believe.
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Saturday Night Grit: Valentines, OnlyFans, AI Bosses, and Digital Prostitution
February 18th, 2026 | 1 hr 3 mins
ai revolution, bets, betting, blackfly, debate, dining, evtol, evtol vehicles, fans only, fire drills, fire safety, geography, gta 6 ai, home, legalized prostitution, microsoft ai ceo, minnesota, only fans, puppets, side piece kitchen, space needle, super bowl, super bowl streaker, team america, white collar jobs
It’s a Valentine’s Day edition of the Grit City Podcast, but the mood is far from sweet. Jeff, Scott, and Mike dive into the terrifying speed of the AI revolution, debating Microsoft’s claim that white-collar jobs are 18 months away from obsolescence. The crew also discusses the thin line between cam sites and legalized prostitution, the high-stakes world of Super Bowl prop bets (including a $50,000 field striker win), and the "Southern Canada" geography of Minnesota. Most importantly, the guys issue a call to action for the Tacoma community to support Side Piece Kitchen through a GoFundMe as owner Hailey recovers from a severe kitchen fire.
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GCP: Hangover Sunday: Rambo Knives & Tarot Cards
February 5th, 2026 | 1 hr 2 mins
bellevue commute, card reading, cryptocurrency, hangover sunday, local fighting, minnesota weather, nigerian scams, norse mythology, rambo knife, salish lodge, scrapyard, seattle traffic, silver standard, skateboarding, skynet, social catfish, street beefs, tarot, twin peaks, wind river wyoming, workplace culture
This episode of the Grit City Podcast is a classic Hangover Sunday session. The crew catches up on the week’s chaos, ranging from sub-zero Minnesota weather to the evolution of backyard fighting. They debut their new listener hotline, featuring a trip down memory lane with C-Note, and Jeff performs a high-stakes Norse card reading using a deck straight from Iceland.
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January 22nd, 2026 | 1 hr 1 min
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GCP: Saturday Night Grit - Star Trek Secrets, the MTV Era, and the Mystery of Comet Atlas
January 9th, 2026 | 56 mins 4 secs
comet a/i, comet atlas, desilu studios, elko, ely, floating ice bar, gene roddenberry, headbangers ball, ice fishing, idiocracy movie, interstellar objects., lucille ball, minnesota life, mtv, mtv history, mtv's remote control, music videos, nevada geography, star trek history
Kick off 2026 with Jeff, Scott, and Mike on this episode of Saturday Night Grit. The crew dives into the "non-gravitational acceleration" of Comet A/I (Atlas), the golden age and eventual decline of MTV, and the wild history of Star Trek—from Gene Roddenberry’s complicated legacy to how Lucille Ball personally saved the franchise. Plus, a look at floating ice bars in the Midwest, the dangers of driving on frozen lakes, and a debate on why Americans don't travel enough.