It's a Beautiful Day In The Gulch: Recent Episodes

Miles and Alex

Livin La Vida Local

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We chat with Bloomington band "The Cowboys". This episode features gotcha journalism and what I legitimately think is the funniest story every told on the podcast.

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How much does the moon weight? Do you swallow your gum? Do photons possess mass? What is the difference between mass and weight? What is a knuckleball? Can we agree to disagree?

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Alex reads from his book on a boat

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Alex is becoming obsessed with library books.

edit - uploaded wrong file...working on it

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Jury Duty.

Library Books.

Pacers.

Jury Duty.

Library Books.

Pacers.

Jury Duty.

Library Books.

Pacers.

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We sit with Rich Ruth ahead of their show with Etran De Lair in beautiful Bloomington, Indiana

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We're undormant.

Topics discussed:

  • Talking to Gas Station attendents
  • Your Indiana Pacers
  • Animals' inherent telepathic powers
  • and more

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We review an unposted episode and experience a paranormal event.

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In which we discuss the Last Episode. Listen.

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Just catching up!

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Interview with Scott from Swan Wash. Check out their new record, Shadow Shadow at https://swanwash.bandcamp.com/album/shadow-shadow

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Rainbows, Bees, Tornado Suits

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We interview local singer/songwriter/algorithm magician Millaze.

Follow Millaze on IG: https://www.instagram.com/iammillaze/?hl=en

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we're taking the airwaves back!

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We write a poem

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We check out a new, compelling gas station. With our friend Jack!!

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Making Spaghetti Crazy Style

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We examine the real and the fake.

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We celebrate Leap year by going to Sleeper's Bar

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We talk all things tea -- our minds stimulated by the potent liquid.

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We explore Switchyard Park with Graham, Luis, Emily, Neal, and Julia from the Graham Hunt band (Madison, WI).

Alex and I are both big fans of Graham's music. Check out his new record "Try Not to Laugh" on Smoking Room.

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We're really "going places:

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Watching Movies with The Ch*de!

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We watch James Bond with Zack!

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Plus a cinderalla story.

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Alex is back from his month long tour and we slip right back into our usual hijinx.

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We check out a new library in town!

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hello! Which one of us is Blowfly and which one is Weird Al. The answer may be obvious!

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Miles encounters living legends and Alex encounters undead ghouls.

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We check out the 20th anniversary celebration for Russian Recording and run into a cast of characters!

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Just two, nice friends having a conversation. No ulterior motives.

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We didn't get to go on the hot air balloon. But we did have a really nice time with our friend Josiah from Canada. Watch the video here: https://youtu.be/cqZ5HdvFzf8

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We experience all the sights, sounds, and smells of the fourth of July.

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Having a normal conversation about Sisyphean tasks

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Stimulating facts, the coolest gas station of all time.

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We take a stroll down memory lane, check out Shakespeare in the Park, and Alex sees a creature.

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We hang out at the record store on - you guessed it - Record Store Day. We meet some interesting characters.

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We meet some guy and he lets Miles ride his e-bike. We experience beauty, wonder, frustration, and fear.

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We go to the local Rural King to examine buckets and live animals, among other things. Joining us are Sarah, Dylan, and Izzy from Bimbo Summit! Check them out at https://bimbosummitpodcast.com/ and join their awesome patreon at https://www.patreon.com/bimbosummit/

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We fly kites at Switchyard Park with comic Duncan K from Indy.

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We hang out by the river and discover the most interesting outhouse in the world. Check out patreon.com/gulchpod for full video, and exclusive episodes.

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We walk around the mountain bike park. Is that allowed? We talk Mouse Hunt, Zoomers, Mud, and more...

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Exploring a new park, roundabout median, and seeing surprising animals. 

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We expand our minds at the Lilly Library & The Eskenazi Museum of Art

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Can't get enough gulch? Check out weekly exclusive episodes on pateron.com/gulchpod. This week, we visit the Bloomington Pet expo and get roped in to arguing with a vegan activist. 

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We learn new skills from Youtube and talk about Alex's former Hollywood aspirations.

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We drove Steve Marino (Jacky Boy, Angel Du$t, Steve Marino) to the Indianpolis International Airport.

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We urban explore a torn down hospital. Legal? Barely.

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We endeavor to answer the one question on everyone's mind: who serves the freshest fry on Bloomington's westside? Only one way to find out...

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Khaki Acedmia, Cherries and Berries, Weird Sounds

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Holiday Clip Show!

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Sorry! Couldn't squeeze in a fresh episode! Here's a modern classic!

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We try to find the crow rookery

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Addison's back! This time, joined by brother Lew. The two of them = Busman's Holiday. We shotgun beverages and go to the local haunt. We also talk with Iris from rock band Bloomsday, who will be playing a show at said local haunt in the near future. Iris shows up around the 1:08 mark!

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We talk with our favorite band Jacky Boy around the campfire at Mark's house, and ride his Trikke.

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We watch Beetlejuice at Starlite Drive-in with Addison Rogers of Busman's Holiday.

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We watch Beetlejuice at Starlite Drive-in with Addison Rogers of Busman's Holiday.

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We talk & snack with Patrick C, who is a cyclist that we're sponsering - riding in the Hilly Hundred.

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We talk & snack with Patrick C, who is a cyclist that we're sponsering - riding in the Hilly Hundred.

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We embody certain archetypes on this one. 

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We embody certain archetypes on this one. 

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We chat with Alex Wolfe from Pedestrian..whilst walking!

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This episode is so trippy I fell down in the floor and passed out.

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Alex plays the bass!

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The OG ice cream round table featuring the Chode. 

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We go spelunking and see creatures...

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We try to figure out how to apply for an emerging artists grant.

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We visted Bird Fest and learned so much

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We go to the woods behind the mall and find inner peace amongst the singing brids and uh empty Faygo bottles.

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We go to the little 500 bike race and don't really talk much

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We walk around and act like gangsters on the near eastside of Bloomington

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Wussel Cwowe is my favowite actow.

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It's thanksgiving in March, we hop in Alex's truck and listen to music and go to the bride on the overpass of 45/46. 

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In which we atone for our lies.

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Liar of lies Dreamer of dreams,

Bro, what compels you

to say these things?

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We stand in the snow and then interview a superhero. Nighthawk shows up around the 19 minute mark.

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Alex and Miles go for a frigid dip in Lake Monroe

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Why is a box turtle not a tortoise? And we try astronaut ice cream.

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Miles and Alex check out Spencer's gifts and remember Lennon Beasley's 40th birthday show.

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We remember our first and last Krampus Fest. 

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We rock 46 east and go Elmo's World

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We recorded this back in April of this year. Lingering pandemic vibes but we still play outside. 

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We get really scared, see a severed finger, and eat apple dumplings. Joining us are Sarah from Bimbo Summit, Jordan, and Karl Calmandfunny

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Not all who wonder are lost.

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I've always wanted to go to something like this - big turkey legs, interesting costumes, historical anachronisms, live animals.

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On this exciting episode, we go to PetCo, Starbucks, and drive around blasting Chopin

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On this exciting episode, we go to PetCo, Starbucks, and drive around blasting Chopin

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Miles and Alex make the trek westward to record the most ambitious cross-over episode of all week. 

"Unspoken Requests" is a radio program hosted by Jared Cheek and Mike Adams. It is recorded in Bloomington, IN and aired in syndication on community radio WFHB every other Wednesday night in the enviable time slot of 11pm-1am:  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/unspoken-requests-with-jared-and-mike/id1421455502

"Bimbo Summit" by Izzy, Sarah and Dylan is a sensual guide to serious mysteries. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bimbo-summit/id1509834228

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(fixed!) Alex and Miles visit the city's hottest abandoned building/wedding destination.

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Miles and Alex hit the pickleball courts at RCA park with the Thursday Pickleball crew.

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I'm turning into an apple.

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When it comes to quarries I'm known to swim

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I'm on a boat!! - The Lonely Island

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Miles and Alex try their hand at minigolf and enjoy some shaved ice

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Are you a naturalist? Or are you simply in the nature fandom?

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We met local figure Humor the Clown at the Rose Hill Cemetery. Before finding Humor, we talked about the whole cicada situation. With Humor, who shows up at about the 18 minute mark, we talk about his clowning experiences and clown philosophy. 

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On this episode we mow the lawn

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We walk on some kind of scifi cat walk and see a rare bird and encounter a cryptid

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Miles and Alex go hunting for morel mushrooms

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Skipping stones and screaming

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Miles and Alex's conversation about various topics is underscored by the rushing waters of Leonard Springs, and then by the delightful chorus of frogs in the swamp. We also see a muskrat.

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We visit Rose Hill Cemetery and stand around watching the sunset and talk about Grizzly Man and becoming elderly

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Snow.

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In this episode, Alex gets possessed by a ghost at the cemetery. 

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A tin foil experiment, looking back fondly on the time Alex ate 27 bananas, and music chit chat. If I'm ever on the job search I need to delete this episode.

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Sober January updates, encounters with post-modernism, some TV chatter

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Ventriloquism and shrimp cocktail

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We talk Huell Howser, inventions, and Lego Star Wars

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Christmas is coming up and we're kicking off the season right with the famous elf on the shelf that we all remember form when we were kids. We also follow up on various topics, like statues and cotton candy.

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pushing the boundaries of podcasting as per usual!

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This was a really bad year for the apple harvest in Indiana. On account of a late frost in May.

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You guys are gonna kill me. First we switch to a bi-weekly schedule, and now I forgot to turn my mic on so its basically an Alex monologue. That's ok, he talks about Hubie Halloween a lot and I haven't seen that movie yet. You can probably just imagine what I had to say and it will have the same effect.

Shout out to Teo! Check out his radio program at tukio.se/radio-shows/612

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Alex becomes severely injured by a larva in this one, after we finished recording

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We finally talk about all the latest news in the world of console gaming

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In this episode we get into the meat of being annoying, mosquitoes, and whether ghosts are really scary. Yes we've probably mentioned all of this crap before but this is the animal crossing of podcast, everything is seasonal.

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We become scared on the b-line trail. so so so very scared.

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going in deep into the lore of Hi & Lois

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We go to the sculpture trails and become severely frightened by the dark energy

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Alex starts playing the shire song on the xylophone at about the 32 minute mark

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We get feisty and go back to basics. NO DRAMA!!! 

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We push the nudist colony discourse further, watch some tv, talk a little shop, get kind of buff.

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Miles and Alex go to the swamp and look for the Rosette Spoonbill. We also talk about nudist camps and the aquatic ape theory.

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if you had to switch bodies with any animal, which animal would you choose. before you decide, keep in mind that you have to be responsible for your human body with an animal brain.

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I can't remember what number we're on and I refuse to address the problem. 15 minutes of local news and then we start talking about balls and movies.

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We're Back Baby

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Sam Semiluxury from instagram joins the boys for a delightful chat about moss, trying to seem cool in front of little kids, and much more. Alex doesn't get hit with an arrow and updates us on his photorealistic drawing of a cardinal.

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Emily S. joins us for amateur mycology hour, amateur animal anatomy hour, and professional sh*t-shooting hour.

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This 52nd episode marks another year in the gulch, and to celebrate Miles and Alex sleep standing up and engage in some critical parrot guy discourse.

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Josiah Hughes of Blink-155 joins the gulch men to have a peaceful chat about the hot air balloon incident, Animal Crossing, and the differences between up there and down here.

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Using our powerful imaginations to conjure a scene

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just talking...lots of bird sounds...

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Just kidding

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Miles and Alex respond to listener mail.

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I like the Bird Sounds

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Have you ever broken a promise with a friend? Did you come to regret it?

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Cold Showers, Hot Baths, Sardine Water, Bird Stories

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We're both in 'tine so we talk a little bit about all of uh...thisbut mostly see how many of our new year's resolutions we've completed and also talk a little bit about tv shows as we are want to do

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This episode was recorded on march 10th, 2020, so please keep that in mind. We learn everything there is to know about headphones.

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We take it back to the schoolyard and go over all of the sayings from back in the day

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This is not the two guys who talk about tv shows podcast. This is the two guys talk about recycling, seeing a bald eagle, going viral, being a hypocrite, and what it really means to be in nature podcast.

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Miles and Alex are guided by Mary and Emma through the Wylie House Museum in Bloomington, Indiana. We learn about life and death and so much more. 

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The Shia Labeuf Spectacular - Miles and Alex offer some apologies, chat Honey Boy and more Goop Lab, and even do a little mediumship for each other. Also, we got some new recording gear - thoughts?

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Alex was sick so Miles brought him a sandwich

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Is netflix's goop lab more akin to jackass or the joe rogan experience? whats the difference between paleo and keto? we don't find out the answer to the first question but do to the second.

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Miles and Alex visit the Monroe County History Center, guided by our gracious host Megan M. We see the galleries and the storage facilities and hold swords and try on bonnets and learn a lot. 

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Ice sculptures, the licorice Gradient, and all of the movies nowadays

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The gulch guys sit in the pitch black and open their hearts about animal intelligence and how Alex got tricked by a Jimmy Johns employee

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We chat about this new year, polar bear plunge, the time alex ate 27 bananas as a joke and more

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Miles and Alex take a little field trip and sashay around the Eskenazi Museum of Art at Indiana University, providing commentary on certain paintings.

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Alex accidentally changes his shirt, Miles showers with his socks on, and we provide more of our trademark, incisive political insight.

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Janelle finally makes her official debut on the podcast, and joins us to chat Krampus, Karaoke, and of course those crows.

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yes, there's some sound issues with the wind. each and everyday we learn from our mistakes. we're only 30 years old, give us a break.

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Everyone's been talking about that darn BABY YODA and we just can't help ourselves. Dj Ausdawg drops by to share his expertise. Alex demands they cook his McBurgers medium rare

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it's beginning to look A LOT like christmas

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Grant drops by the Gulch studios to chat about everything from Outback Steakhouse to metal detecting (both ferrous and non). Yes, there's a little bit of pee pee poo poo caca talk at the beginning, but you know what - sometimes you gotta sift through the DIRT to get to all that GOLD

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o hallowe'en...candy and costumes galore. scary theremin music. and the latest breaking story that is taking the science community by storm!

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mucho gusto, me lana del ray. me gusto punk rock. me gusto reggae. 

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Featuring Kahler

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Our 21st episode, we're LEGAL baby! Today we are joined by Ellie Hasken of Encounters podcast, an EXPERT in Moth Man. We go deeeep into mothman lore, and touch on UFOs and the ins and outs of cryptozoology scene politics and much more.

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and i have relatives who are old age

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This evening we're joined by Jack who brings some spicy subjects to the table. Check out Jack's music at daguerreotypebloom.bandcamp.com

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we're BACK in studio planet earth. our usual musings are punctuated by the calming hum of the last of this year's brood of cicadas. o, what a joy it is to be in the presence of the setting sun ! alex eats dog food

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very special CROSSOVER episode with fellow Bloomington podcast Unspoken Requests with Mike Adams and Jared Cheek. For the first bit, its classic gulch; we eventually hop in the 'ru and arrive at Mike's house at about the 54 minute mark. Be sure to check out Unspoken Requests on itunes and archive.org to listen to the rest of our appearance, and to hear the conclusion of Mike's Chipotle story. 

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With our guest Madeline we have perhaps our most educational episode yet. Drink Cobra Verde.

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on this episode we answer a reader question with our trademark, razor-sharp focus and wit. we also review a beer. the episode really heats up about halfway through, when we argue about how hard it is to fly a kite. oh and we're playing chess the whole time.

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there are so many sphincters in your body

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On this very special edition of It's A Beautiful Day in The Gulch, Miles and Alex revisit fan-favorite topics like coywolves, and clowns in addition to revealing never-before-heard topics like a youtube video about goblins and a huge cicada that crawls on Alex's leg.

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each and every day we are learning

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david blaine, sinkhole on kirkwood, and more with special guest a deer

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bigfoot, the japanese beetle, spam banh mi.

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staying topical as always; the fair, toy story 4, soothing rain sounds

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fresca, millenial skull spurs, a mysterious boom in monroe county leaves neighbors puzzled

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fireflies, more circus discourse, and perverts in general

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we consider quitting our jobs to join the circus. also what does a banker do? lol

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clowns, moths, and turning people into shrek

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Alex was right about a couple things and Miles is left eating crow. Also discussed: punishers, starlings, cyborgs, and childhood memories

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we are joined in the gulch with special guest Bea Fremderman and have a chat

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our first podcast. we have a lil chat about nature, alex's love affair with hacky sack, and miles's lizard problem all "en plen air". ooh la la!