Midwest is Best

Experience our desperate hope for spring as we transition from wintertime cabin fever to government mandated isolation. Alyssa reviews top tier Midwest groundhogs (a.k.a. woodchucks a.k.a. whistle pigs a.k.a. ???). Megan reveals the varied and lurid associations of maple syrup. Hannah tries and fails to keep everyone on task discussing spring holidays and instead lays the groundwork for a cult. Share your own names for groundhogs and exciting new religious figures with us on social media! We are @midwestisbestshow on all platforms.

In this episode, we cover winter activities to get you out of the house and into the limited sunlight that winter provides. Megan talks rocks and clarifies Grumpy Old Men set details, Hannah shares another weird field trip and contemplates her own mortality, and Alyssa coins a new insult while discussing ice fishing. And like winter in the Midwest, this one feels kind of dark. Thank you to Cullah, a Midwestern artist, for releasing music under Creative Commons, thereby providing us with theme music!

As a special end of the year treat, we've compiled a short collection of outtakes and unedited tidbits from our 2018 holiday episode.

In this episode, we give a Midwestern take on the holiday season. Alyssa tells the tale of her favorite shipwreck, Hannah shares an ancient recipe, and Megan asks if Santa Claus has a cousin.

In this episode, Megan shares the truth about Johnny Appleseed, Hannah condones eating cranberries, NOT children, and Alyssa thinks that maybe Satan isn't such a bad guy.

In this episode, Megan starts us off on the wrong foot, I take us back to the Ice Age, Alyssa broadens her vocabulary, and special guest Liz actually knows about hiking.

In this episode, Megan proclaims her love for both s'mores and Kesha, Hannah forgets about Michigan, Alyssa CAN'T forget about cookie buckets, and we all desperately want to go to Beef-A-Rama.

This time, Megan literally chugs Wisconsin pride, Alyssa throws down historical facts AND a burger challenge, and Hannah offers some controversial casserole commentary. From the Marvel multiverse to the work of Neil Gaiman, you'll find the Midwest featured in some pretty interesting places. Even so, it's hard to define. Join us as we try and almost succeed at figuring out what and where the Midwest even is.

A special introductory episode of Midwest is Best. In this episode, we each share a story about the Midwest, ranging between landscape graffiti, defunct superheroes, and Russian space debris.