Mind Gap

Happy birthday, Mind Gap Podcast! This episode marks the start of YEAR FOUR for us! This week, we are joined the one and only Mr. Tex of the Black Pants Legion. Tex is a YouTuber and game aficionado …

This week, Doug and Justin chat about the the upcoming movie Blinded by Light which leads to some nostalgia on what it was like coming of age and dating for the first time. They tell stories of what …

This week, Doug and Justin chat about the potential tech boom in Chicago and how it could affect the city, the cost of progress, and then Doug and Justin invent a new gross corporate word to start us…

Rob “Robo” Ballmaier returns once again to pick a few bones with Doug about grilling and food and then the dorks discuss the Area 51 raid that the general public is planning. Things are rounded out w…

This week, Doug and Justin spend some time telling some fun stories from their youth before turning to Reddit’s writing prompts section to get inspiration to create a beginning, middle, and end of a …

 On this week’s episode, Justin and Doug explore the idea of the 4th of July, the concepts of tradition, and why we do what we do for holidays. The dorks then talk about the deeper meaning behind tho…

After such a long wait, the wonderful Beth Strandlund joins this week’s podcast to chat with Doug and Justin about their greatest strength and weakness and also about how storytelling in movies, TV s…

The wonderfully talented and thoughtful Taylor Mallory joins the podcast this week to chat with Doug and Justin about how music affects us, how it works as a mode of time travel, and how our parents’…

This week, Justin and Doug are joined by the fantastic Jenn Jones. That’s Jenn with two “n”’s by the way and you better remember it, chump! The dorks chat with her about spectacularly annoying people…

This week, Justin and Doug chat about whether or not grandparents should be able to harvest their dead son’s sperm to make a grandchild, why America’s Funniest Home Videos was terrible, and what woul…

This week, Justin and Doug are joined by a Mind Gap all-star - the absolutely wonderful and inspiring human known as Chelsea Dàvid! She stopped by to talk about acting, why Shakespeare is intimidatin…

The incredible comedian and actor Matty Robinson joins Doug and Justin this week to talk about wrapping presents, whether or not you’re allowed to swear in front of your parents as an adult, and then…

This week, Justin and Doug are joined by the great and wonderful Chris Vellucci. The dorks then talk about Justin’s decision to leave Facebook, how social media companies capture users data and sells…

The wonderful actor Robin Minkens joins Doug and Justin to talk about Alan Moore’s From Hell, how social media is affecting humans, and podcast fan Jarryd tells a story about how Dean Cain blocked hi…

The mighty actor and comedian Seth Gersbach joins Doug and Justin to talk about why malls seem pointless nowadays, the music that was important in their formative years, and flat-earthers. Twitch fol…

The amazing and incomparable Becca Russo joins Doug and Justin this week to chat about their tells when lying, how temporary employees are treated as sub-humans, and some of Becca’s dating disasters.…

The amazing writer and actor Erika Hakmiller joins Doug and Justin to learn about Thanos and his master plan, discuss weird films, and vent about what makes them walk out of a movie.  Then, the nerds…

Doug and Justin are joined by the mighty Pat Dwyer this week and the nerds talk about whether or not Keebler elves are actually elves, how Paul Revere’s story was misleading, Jon Bon Jovi, the amazin…

The wonderful and amazing Jamie Yates stops by on this week’s podcast to talk shop about Facebook and it’s unnatural nature, being a theater and band nerd, and Celine Dion, before providing a relativ…

This week, Justin and Doug are joined by the mighty commercial litigator, director, writer, and actor, Adam Smestad. The three nerds talk about creating the web series, Chicago HR, moving from person…