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[ This is a video podcast! Link to the video below =) ]   Hey everyone! It’s a video podcast from us! But, it’s also fun just to listen. In belated honor of Shark Week, we watched and reacted to an In Search Of Episode from 1978 — The Shark Worshippers!... Continue reading MACK #114: The Shark Worshippers at MACK | middle aged cool kids.

Hi everyone! As you may or may not remember, our last episode was all about Very Special Episodes. This is a phenomenon that took place mostly in the 70s, 80s and 90s  —  a normally enjoyable and family-friendly half hour sitcom would all of a sudden become a cringe-inducing PSA.... Continue reading MACK #113: Very Special Episodes – PART 2 The Ranker List at MACK | middle aged cool kids.

Hey there folks! Today’s show is all about Very Special Episodes. I’m not sure if this is just a US thing or if our friends in other countries also experienced these horrifying plots shoved into half hour comedy shows, but just in case  you aren’t familiar with the term: “Very special episode” is an advertising term originally used in American television promos to refer to an episode of a sitcom or drama series which deals with a difficult or controversial social issue.... Continue reading MACK #112: Very Special Episodes at MACK | middle aged cool kids.

Hey there good people! Today’s episode is about the Muse concert film, Simulation Theory. If you only follow our podcast and have never ventured into our YouTube channel, then you may not be aware of Dave’s many reaction videos.... Continue reading MACK #111: Muse — Simulation Theory at MACK | middle aged cool kids.

Hey everyone! Here we are! Spring in upstate New York is a wonderful time to do work on your house, your garden, your property etc. And that’s what we’ve been up to. Last year we put together two beautiful vegetable garden beds and then one day realized that we’d been invaded by these weird worms that just basically destroyed the whole thing.... Continue reading MACK #110: Our Top 5 1970’s TV Shows at MACK | middle aged cool kids.

Hey there everyone! We’re back with episode 109 which is all about the Skinwalker Ranch. Well, mostly about Skinwalker Ranch. We do drift away from our topic from time to time. If you love paranormal shows of all types, the chances are pretty good that you’ve at least heard of the Skinwalker Ranch.... Continue reading MACK #109: Skinwalker Ranch at MACK | middle aged cool kids.

Hiyooo everyone! Today’s episode is mostly about the new movie Godzilla vs. Kong. It is also, at times, about Hostess vs Drakes. But mostly it’s Godzilla vs. Kong. Right off the bat, you may remember that I have pointed out that if Dave doesn’t like a movie or a topic, he just changes the conversation.... Continue reading MACK #108: Godzilla vs Kong at MACK | middle aged cool kids.

Hi everyone! Today’s episode is all about Action Park and the recently released documentary Class Action Park. Action Park was a very popular summer destination for people from New Jersey and maybe some people outside of Jersey as well.... Continue reading MACK #107: Action Park at MACK | middle aged cool kids.

Hello there friends! It’s time for another Conspiracies, Unsolved Mysteries & Deep Dark Secrets episode! You may or may not know that these are my absolute favorite kind of episodes.... Continue reading MACK #106: Conspiracies, Unsolved Mysteries & Deep Dark Secrets #9 at MACK | middle aged cool kids.

[All links, photos and videos can be seen within the original post on MACKPodcast.com] Recently Netflix put out a 4 part “documentary series” about Elisa Lam and the events surrounding her disappearance as well as her tragic end at The Cecil Hotel in Los Angeles.... Continue reading MACK #105: Elisa Lam And The Cecil Hotel at MACK | middle aged cool kids.

Hiyo everyone! Today we have our second Weird And Wonderful News episode. [visit our website www.mackpodcast.com for clickable links to everything] It’s been a while [almost a year!]... Continue reading MACK #104: Weird And Wonderful News #2 at MACK | middle aged cool kids.

Hi again everyone! Today’s podcast is all about the documentary “The Phenomenon.” From wikipedia: The Phenomenon is a 2020 documentary film by ufologist James Fox.... Continue reading MACK #103: The Phenomenon at MACK | middle aged cool kids.

Hey there everyone! For today’s episode we decided to highlight the year 1977! We chat about Billboard’s top ten singles of the year which garners a confession from Dave regarding one artist in particular.... Continue reading MACK #102: 1977 at MACK | middle aged cool kids.

Heyooo, we’re back with a movie review episode! This one is all about “Joker.” There are tons of spoilers in this episode. So, if you haven’t seen the movie and you don’t want to know a lot about it, put this one on the back burner.... Continue reading MACK #101: Joker at MACK | middle aged cool kids.

Wooo! It’s our one hundredth episode and we’re celebrating with the eighth installment of our Conspiracies, Unsolved Mysteries & Deep Dark Secrets series! Let’s get right to it, shall we?... Continue reading MACK #100: Conspiracies, Unsolved Mysteries & Deep Dark Secrets #8 at MACK | middle aged cool kids.

We all know that Dave has opinions! I didn’t realize, however, how many opinions he had on bassists. He has lots and lots of opinions. This week I picked a few “Greatest Bassists of All Times” lists to run by him.... Continue reading MACK #99: Scrutiny! Dave On Various “Greatest Bassists Of All Times” Lists at MACK | middle aged cool kids.

Hi everyone! Welcome to our NYC Radio episode! This one is a bit late and that is mostly tied into the special announcement we make toward the end of the show. This week we discuss what it was like for each of us listening to New York City’s smorgasbord of radio offerings growing up. ... Continue reading MACK #98: Raised on NYC Radio at MACK | middle aged cool kids.

Hiho! It’s us again! This week we decided to watch Bill and Ted Face the Music so you don’t have to! This movie is not good and on top of that it’s chock full of woke shit. I for one would rather be entertained with out someone pushing an agenda down my throat.... Continue reading MACK #97: Bill & Ted Face The Music at MACK | middle aged cool kids.

Hiyo! We’re back with another exciting episode! This week we discuss each of our Top Five Bill Murray Movies. I, of course, came prepared with a list while Dave had a list in his head that he may or may not have shifted the order around as the podcast progressed.... Continue reading MACK#96: Our Top Five Favorite Bill Murray Movies at MACK | middle aged cool kids.

Hey hey hey! Here we are with the last episode of our spooky October episodes for 2020! We saved the best for last. This week we have for you our seventh Conspiracies, Unsolved Mysteries & Deep Dark Secrets episode!... Continue reading MACK #95: Conspiracies, Unsolved Mysteries And Deep Dark Secrets #7 at MACK | middle aged cool kids.

[Update: The goblins were at work again this week, first with my microphone and then with the volumes of the entire show. I’ve re-uploaded the show and the levels should be way better.... Continue reading MACK #94: Lorraine & Ed Warren at MACK | middle aged cool kids.

Heyooo and booooooo! It’s our second spooky-themed podcast for this October! If you were around for the last time we did this, you may remember that once we started doing spooky stuff, we started having all sorts of technical glitches.... Continue reading MACK #93: Highest Grossing Horror Films WORLDWIDE at MACK | middle aged cool kids.

It’s October! So that means it is time for some spooky shit! Woooo! This week’s spooky shit is none other than Aleister Crowley. Aleister is spooky for a few reasons. Of course most people know him as some sort of dark magic sex maniac who started his own religion.... Continue reading MACK #92: Aleister Crowley at MACK | middle aged cool kids.

Hey there hi there ho there good people! Today’s episode is all about Billboard’s Top Ten Greatest Songs Of All Time. This list is taken from Billboard’s website. It is not our list!... Continue reading MACK #91: Billboard’s Top Ten Greatest Songs of All Time at MACK | middle aged cool kids.

Heyooo friends! It’s time for some Pumpkin Spice Dune! We tried two times before this recording session to do this episode. The first episode was to be a semi-serious review of the newest Bill & Ted movie.... Continue reading MACK #90: Pumpkin Spice Dune at MACK | middle aged cool kids.

Hiyooo! Ever wonder what the most covered songs ever are? Well, recently I watched a deep dive type of video from Adam Neely that made some interesting claims about the song The Girl From Ipanema.... Continue reading MACK #89: Most Covered Songs EVER at MACK | middle aged cool kids.

Are you a believer in time travel? Personally, I believe a whole bunch of crazy ass things, so sure, why not throw time travel into the mix? As you can imagine, however, Dave isn’t so down with it.... Continue reading MACK #88: Time Travel at MACK | middle aged cool kids.

Hey ho it’s time to talk about Youtubers! In this episode we go over each of our Top Five list of favorite youtubers. Well, I have a definitive top 5 list and Dave has six entries in his list.... Continue reading MACK #87: Our Top 5 Favorite Youtubers! at MACK | middle aged cool kids.

Woooo! It’s our sixth installment of our Conspiracies, Unsolved Mysteries & Deep Dark Secrets series! [Please visit our website — www.middleagedcoolkids.com — for access to the videos and links posted in these show notes!]... Continue reading MACK #86: Conspiracies, Unsolved Mysteries & Deep Dark Secrets #6 at MACK | middle aged cool kids.

As of this episode’s posting, Ghislaine Maxwell has not yet been suicided by the Clintons and remains in FBI custody. But that could all change at any moment. As you may or may not know Ghislaine Maxwell was Jeffrey Epstein (did not kill himself)’s right hand woman, co-dependent deviant behavior enabler, underage girl procurer, assistant, one time gal pal, etc etc etc.... Continue reading MACK #85: Ghislaine Maxwell at MACK | middle aged cool kids.

This week our Dave is recording music so I thought it would be a great time to discuss Blonde Reckoning! Blonde Reckoning is a fifteen minute or so short script I wrote some years back for a popular youtuber.... Continue reading MACK #84: Story Time! Blonde Reckoning! at MACK | middle aged cool kids.

Hello Twitter World! This week I was putting together a Conspiracies, Unsolved Mysteries and Deep Dark Secrets show but! The conspiracy portion took me down a rabbit hole. So instead we decided just to focus on that this week.... Continue reading MACK #83: Who Killed Nicole? at MACK | middle aged cool kids.

Hello friends! We’re back with a brand new episode, Dave On . . . The Best of the Best! A while back, Episode 58 in fact, we did a show all about the worst songs from the best bands. So this week I figured we’d spin that one around and get Dave to weigh in on the best songs from a list of the best bands.... Continue reading MACK #82: Dave On . . . The Best of The Best at MACK | middle aged cool kids.

Hello friends! Today I present to you our episode [almost] all about “Color Out Of Space.” You may or may not remember that in Episode 79 we discussed Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr.... Continue reading MACK #81: Color Out Of Space at MACK | middle aged cool kids.

Ah 1985, I remember it well! So well, in fact, I was a little taken aback when Dave picked that particular year for the subject of this podcast. As far as I could recollect there was nothing happening in 1985 that would have been of any interest at all for him.... Continue reading MACK #80: 1985 at MACK | middle aged cool kids.

Heyooooo! It’s time for episode 79 of the podcast! And this one is all about the documentary Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley’s Island of Dr. Moreau. For me, it all started with this tweet: Truth be told I didn’t read the NY Times article at all.... Continue reading MACK #79: Lost Soul at MACK | middle aged cool kids.

Hiyo! It’s time for another Dave On episode, this week Dave talks to me about The Blues! We chat about the origin of blues, what makes a song a blues song, and Dave basically shits on anyone who isn’t bluesy.... Continue reading MACK #78: Dave On . . . The Blues at MACK | middle aged cool kids.

Greetings people of earth! Today we bring you an episode all about UFOs! If you weren’t aware, the Pentagon recently released three videos accompanied by the following statement: The Department of Defense has authorized the release of three unclassified Navy videos, one taken in November 2004 and the other two in January 2015, which have been circulating in the public domain after unauthorized releases in 2007 and 2017. ... Continue reading MACK #77: UFOs at MACK | middle aged cool kids.

Richard Jewell. If you are over a certain age there’s no way you don’t remember the bombing of the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. That night’s celebratory festivities ended with a concert performed by Jack Mack and the Heart Attack.... Continue reading MACK #76: Richard Jewell at MACK | middle aged cool kids.

Hellooo my disco loving and/or hating friends! This week I asked Dave if he could come up with ten disco songs that didn’t suck. When he said “Yes!” too quickly I should have realized that something was wrong.... Continue reading MACK #75: Dave On Disco Songs That Don’t Suck at MACK | middle aged cool kids.

Since this is a watch along, you folks on itunes, stitcher, google play, etc may want to come to the website (www.middleagedcoolkids.com) to enjoy the full experience of this episode! [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H91BxkBXttE] Directions: Hit Play on our podcast’s audio player; and then Hit Play on the video player when I give the signal (around 2:55 into the show) Feel free to mute the audio on the video player since we have it mixed in with our chit chat. ... Continue reading MACK #74: Watch Along! Night Of The Living Dead at MACK | middle aged cool kids.

Hi folks, I hope this post finds you well, hunkered down and safe from coronavirus. I put together a little playlist, just about an hour long, of songs that are fun, or uplifting. If you and your family need a break from bad news and just want to think about something else for a while, then this playlist is for you.... Continue reading MACK: Sunshine & Daydreams Playlist at MACK | middle aged cool kids.

Woooo! It’s time for another episode of Conspiracies, Unsolved Mysteries & Deep Dark Secrets. I love these episodes! I get to dive into some weird and crazy shit and Dave gets to make fun of all of it.... Continue reading MACK #73: Conspiracies, Unsolved Mysteries & Deep Dark Secrets #5 at MACK | middle aged cool kids.

Heavy Metal! m/ Growing up in Jersey during the eighties, yours truly was very much into heavy metal. You just couldn’t not be into it where I was. KISS was my first introduction into the genre when I was very little, I think the makeup is what attracted a 10 year old me.... Continue reading MACK #72: Heavy Metal at MACK | middle aged cool kids.

Hiyooo good people! Today’s episode is all about the year 1966. We thought it would be fun to dedicate some episodes to specific years. So, in this show we go over 1966’s music, movies, news and more.... Continue reading MACK #71: 1966 at MACK | middle aged cool kids.

It’s time for another exciting episode! Now, Dave and I have both watched a lot of television in our day. So, we thought it was about time we ranked our favorite TV theme songs for you!... Continue reading MACK #70: Our Top 10 Favorite TV Theme Songs at MACK | middle aged cool kids.

Welcome to our Weird And Wonderful News episode! [Make sure to read this post on our website for access to all the links and stuff!] Because there seems to be a whole bunch of news out there that’s not so great, we figured we’d change it up this week.... Continue reading MACK #69: Weird And Wonderful News at MACK | middle aged cool kids.

In this episode — and in honor of Black History Month — Dave and I dive into each of our Top Five Favorite Black Music Artists lists. Dave has a real tough time with limiting his selection to just five.... Continue reading MACK #68: Our Top 5 Favorite Black Music Artists at MACK | middle aged cool kids.

It’s the long awaited Coronavirus episode of our podcast! Hi there everyone! In this show Dave and I go through some of the Coronavirus facts and figures that are out there and deemed “official” along with some that are not.... Continue reading MACK #67: Coronavirus at MACK | middle aged cool kids.

[The embedded links in this post are clickable on our website, www.middleagedcoolkids.com!] Hello again friends! This week is all about Steely Dan! In my should-be-quite-a-bit-humbler opinion there are 3 types of people.... Continue reading MACK #66: Steely Dan at MACK | middle aged cool kids.

[Links can be found by visiting this post on www.middleagedcoolkids.com] Hi there friends! We had a bit of a setback when we originally started to record this show. We sat down on Saturday and shit just wouldn’t go right.... Continue reading MACK #65: David Bowie & The Occult, Danny Masterson News & Presidential Tweets at MACK | middle aged cool kids.