Episodes

Group Mission Trips: Elizabeth City, NC Edition
July 12, 2025

Group Mission Trips: Elizabeth City, NC Edition

This week, Mike takes the pod on the road as he serves with Group Mission Trips in Elizabeth City, NC. During this episode, Mike describes his connection with GMT along with interviewing volunteers Stephanie, Jeremy, and Hele...

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Czechmate: Mike & Beth go to the Czech Republic
July 5, 2025

Czechmate: Mike & Beth go to the Czech Republic

In this special travel edition of the, “Hey, Are You Still There?” podcast, Mike & Beth are back from their recent trip to the Czech Republic. In this episode they’ll discuss their time visiting three towns on their way to Po...

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Vienna Waits For You: Mike & Beth Go To Austria
July 2, 2025

Vienna Waits For You: Mike & Beth Go To Austria

In this special travel edition of the, “Hey, Are You Still There?” podcast, Mike & Beth are back from their recent trip to Austria. In this episode they’ll discuss their time in Vienna and the surrounding area. Lots of travel...

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Where in the World are Mike & Beth (& Josh)?
June 28, 2025

Where in the World are Mike & Beth (& Josh)?

Please forgive the poor sound quality and the very abbreviated episode. Mike, Beth, and Joshua have been away all week for a family vacation. To make it up, we will be dropping 2-3 episodes next week on their travels and adve...

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For The Love Of Money: Credit Cards & The Good Ol’ Days
June 21, 2025

For The Love Of Money: Credit Cards & The Good Ol’ Days

This week Mike and Beth discuss her technological difficulties, Mike’s credit card frustrations, Beth’s love of credit card points, buying a new couch, sharing the same back account, trusting spouses with phone/email password...

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Let It Be: Permission & The 5 Hobby Rule
June 14, 2025

Let It Be: Permission & The 5 Hobby Rule

This week Mike and Beth celebrate their 40th episode with a hot discussion of getting a spouses permission and approval, the origins of hobbies, what hobbies have Mike & Beth taken up, and they take a deep dive into the idea ...

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Cat Scratch Fever: Zoos & George South
June 7, 2025

Cat Scratch Fever: Zoos & George South

This week, Mike and Beth are joined in studio for the first time with their youngest son, Joshua. It’s clearly a two-one-one as they discuss Josh’s taste in music, how Beth killed a cat, a recent trip to visit Jacob in South ...

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Girl You Know It’s True: Making Pictures & Cutting Off Lights
May 31, 2025

Girl You Know It’s True: Making Pictures & Cutting Off Lights

This week Mike & Beth discuss her new found fame, poll results, old sayings that don’t make sense now, Mike’s newest conspiracy about Jimi Hendrix, should Milli Vinilli get their Grammys back, what they would do for careers i...

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No Photo For You: Mean Girls & Wasted Wisdom
May 23, 2025

No Photo For You: Mean Girls & Wasted Wisdom

Beth returns this week as her and Mike discuss his recent trip to Charlotte and the PGA Championship, an almost confrontation with a lady, escape rooms, Beth’s trip Disney and Universal, her fascination with the Beluga spy wh...

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Don’t Call Me Daughter: Pearl Jam & Car Accidents
May 17, 2025

Don’t Call Me Daughter: Pearl Jam & Car Accidents

Mike goes solo this week as Beth is moving their daughter into the Disney College Program. This week he discusses recents trips to see Pearl Jam in concert, reclaiming his bonus room, his daughter’s car crash and move into th...

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Glory Days: Mother’s Day & Times Gone By
May 10, 2025

Glory Days: Mother’s Day & Times Gone By

This week, Mike & Beth discuss her recent magazine feature, poll results from spouse friendships, Mother’s Day, and things we experienced at teens that our kids will never have to. Send us a text

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You Got A Friend In Me: Award Season & Career Peers
May 3, 2025

You Got A Friend In Me: Award Season & Career Peers

This week Mike and Beth discuss her big award, the challenges with career peers, why Mike hates other pastors, the fact that spouses can’t be best friends, the end of the world poll results with comments, and wrap up with Mik...

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Anniversary Love: Easter & Judging Others
April 26, 2025

Anniversary Love: Easter & Judging Others

This week, Mike & Beth discuss their hectic Easter weekend activities, Mike’s shallow social bucket, adult egg hunts, restaurant disagreements, pickleball, the tv show “Yellowjackets”, and wrap up with feeling judge by other ...

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Thank You For Being A Friend: Reunions & Friendship
April 19, 2025

Thank You For Being A Friend: Reunions & Friendship

This week, Beth’s back and shares about her reunion weekend, she and Mike discuss high school vs college friends, how friendships have seasons, and why it seems to be hard to make friends as an adult. Send us a text

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The Lonely Idiot:
April 12, 2025

The Lonely Idiot:

This week, Mike goes solo as Beth attends events at Salem College. Mike updates the listeners on his improv at The Idiot Box and his current CPAP progress. Mike then rants on corporate churches, describes the start of Project...

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Mansplaning vs shelaborating: Pickleball & Bucket List
April 5, 2025

Mansplaning vs shelaborating: Pickleball & Bucket List

This week, Beth shares about her first pickleball experience, Mike gives an update on Improv classes, they discuss bucket list, and wrap up with marriage commandments and trivia. Send us a text

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Whose Line Is It Anyway?: Big Twelve & Improv
March 29, 2025

Whose Line Is It Anyway?: Big Twelve & Improv

This week, Mike & Beth discuss which Harry Potter house they’d be in, The Righteous Gemstones, Beth updates her big 12, Mike finally reveals his big 12 which includes a tattoo and naked 5k. They wrap up with Mike sharing abou...

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Enneagram (Part 4): Our healthy and unhealthy sides.
March 27, 2025

Enneagram (Part 4): Our healthy and unhealthy sides.

On this week’s special Enneagram pop-up podcast, Mike and Beth discuss the healthy and unhealthy sides to our Enneagram numbers along with where we go number wise when we’re resourceful and which number we go to when we’re le...

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Bear Hunting: Children’s Books & Lawnmower Parents
March 22, 2025

Bear Hunting: Children’s Books & Lawnmower Parents

This week, Mike & Beth discuss the insane amount of books Beth has read, what their Mount Rushmore of children’s books are, they dissect the book, “We’re going on a bear hunt”, and finally wrap up with a rant on lawnmower par...

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Enneagram (Part Three): Wings and Triads
March 20, 2025

Enneagram (Part Three): Wings and Triads

On this week’s special Enneagram pop-up podcast, Mike and Beth discuss wings and their importance to your core number and helping determine what number you are. They also revisit the Enneagram triads while looking at the rami...

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Movin’ Out: Kiawah & Grief
March 14, 2025

Movin’ Out: Kiawah & Grief

On this weeks episode, Mike and Beth discussed their recent trip to Kiawah Island, when is the right time for an adult kid to let go of their bedroom, how it feels when a coworker leaves, a visit to Hyman’s restaurant in Char...

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Enneagram (Part Two): 7’s and Triads
March 11, 2025

Enneagram (Part Two): 7’s and Triads

On this episode, Mike welcomes Beth back as they examine her life as an enneagram 7 and how the various gut, heart, and head triads play into our numbers and lives. Send us a text

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Enneagram Intro: Ian Cron & Perfection
March 8, 2025

Enneagram Intro: Ian Cron & Perfection

In today’s episode, Mike goes solo as he introduces the Enneagram and shares how discovering his number along with an interaction with Ian Cron changed his life. Road Back To You https://amzn.to/43uHerU Enneagram Test (Free) ...

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Chattanooga Choo Choo: Dusty Slay & Buc-ee’s
March 4, 2025

Chattanooga Choo Choo: Dusty Slay & Buc-ee’s

In today’s special pop-up podcast, Mike and Beth give a full review of attending the Dusty Slay comedy special taping, along with details and thoughts on their trip to Chattanooga. They wrap up the show with Beth‘s first expe...

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