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A podcast for hot takes, moralizing preferences, and feeling deeply on the mundane. Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/michael-simmelink/support

Michael Simmelink

  • Dec 12, 2020 LATEST EPISODE
  • every other week NEW EPISODES
  • 12m AVG DURATION
  • 52 EPISODES


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The Fifty-First One: Wedding Series #4 - The wedding dance manifesto

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2020 13:13


Not quite his mea culpa, but the sum of Simm's life work is to help you have a better wedding dance. Sabrina Tarchione joins to set some ground rules on what we should expect out of each other after the couple's first dance. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/michael-simmelink/support

The Fiftieth One: Wedding Series #3 - Kill the receiving line

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2020 10:39


Sabrina Tarchione makes her pod return to help brides, grooms, and guests everywhere move past the worst interaction in wedding nuptials: the receiving line. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/michael-simmelink/support

The Forty-Ninth One: Wedding Series #2 - Your uncle is a bad MC

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 5, 2020 13:40


Brooke Hughes makes her big league debut on the pod as Simm discusses his take that we really should have less DJs hired for weddings, and those resources should be reallocated to hiring MCs. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/michael-simmelink/support

The Forty-Eighth One: Wedding Series #1 - WTF with garters?

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2020 14:05


Rex jumps back on the pod to join Simm in the first episode of his wedding series. The next few episodes will feature takes specifically on things surrounding weddings. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/michael-simmelink/support

The Forty-Seventh one: They are called, "Saucy Nugs"

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2020 14:35


Simm jumps off the back of an American hero who went before his city council to help push an agenda for change: Boneless chicken wings don't exist. The Fox joins as an avid saucy nug lover. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/michael-simmelink/support

The fourty-sixth one: Stop alcohol shaming

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2020 13:08


Season two starts off hot with Dana coming in to defend all men who like "girly drinks." He also has his contractually obligated shot at the Iowa Hawkeyes for no good reason. What a tool. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/michael-simmelink/support

The Forty-Fifth One: Cancel the Kiss Cam

Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2020 13:45


First time guest Amber DeStigter wants to kill a time-honored tradition of going to sporting events. The final episode of season one! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/michael-simmelink/support

The Forty-Fourth One: Awkwardness doesn't exist

Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2020 13:42


Sabrina Tarchione is back on the pod to get evangelized on a trait that simply does not exist. Clear victory for Simm on this one. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/michael-simmelink/support

The Forty-Three One: A thesis on the caramel macchiato

Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2020 10:28


Sabrina Tarchione is back again to provide some education on the most misunderstood coffee drink in the business. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/michael-simmelink/support

The Forty-Second One: There is no worse game than Apples to Apples

Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2020 14:24


Cody Hughes locks arms with Simm as they take a stand against the worst appearance at any game night. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/michael-simmelink/support

The Forty-First One: No more kicking in football

Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2020 10:23


Cody Hughes wants to see Patrick Mahomes score more touchdowns. He convinces Simm of a way to eliminate kicking from the game of football. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/michael-simmelink/support

The Fortieth One: It's not a documentary, for Pete's sake

Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2020 12:47


As always, Simm thinks words have meaning. He is joined by Jason Rosema to discuss why it is that we label everything a documentary, and what that means for us as consumers. Shameless promos for "The Last Dance" included. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/michael-simmelink/support

The Thirty-Ninth One: Not all trainers are created equal

Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2020 9:42


Jason Rosema returns to the pod to deliver his take on athletic trainers vs. personal trainers, and Simm does the exact thing Jason is talking about in the freaking episode. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/michael-simmelink/support

The Thirty-Eighth One: Your weather is not special

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2020 10:43


First-time guest Jason Rosema joins Simm to discuss why it is that we feel the need to believe our region is the only place where weather changes. There's also an incidental hit-and-run on Luke Bryan and the thesis of a defense on talking about the weather in small talk. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/michael-simmelink/support

The Thirty-Seventh One: Don't homeschool your kids

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2020 14:23


Attention all homeschoolers, Rex Kaemingk has you in his scopes. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/michael-simmelink/support

The Thirty-Sixth One: Your mother's baking is okay

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2020 10:45


The Fox and Simm would like you to know that they really aren't that impressed with whatever baked goods your mother can make. They're fine, and that's okay. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/michael-simmelink/support

The Thirty-Fifth One: Rename Washington D.C.

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2020 12:55


Simm panders to new guest and Washington native Rex Kaemingk on what to do with the confusion with having a state and a nation's capital with the same name. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/michael-simmelink/support

The Thirty-Fourth One: Sarcasm doesn't make you funny

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2020 14:35


Lucas Sander is back to offer his help as a professional comedian as he and Simm put sarcasm in its rightful place... behind every other form of humor. If you want more Lucas, which you do, then check out his comedy show on YouTube, Zander and Sander, which streams on Monday and Friday nights at 7 pm CST. Follow the links below for their social media and content. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaq_Wq5e6yKni0FESDF8Ghw https://twitter.com/ZanderAndSander https://www.facebook.com/ZanderAndSander/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/michael-simmelink/support

The Thirty-Third one: Just make a decision

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2020 13:57


Lucas Sander joins the pod to help us make decisions, and points out the benefits of being someone who doesn't say "I don't care." If you want more Lucas, which you do, then check out his comedy show on YouTube, Zander and Sander, which streams on Monday and Friday nights at 7 pm CST. Follow the links below for their social media and content. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaq_Wq5e6yKni0FESDF8Ghw https://twitter.com/ZanderAndSander https://www.facebook.com/ZanderAndSander/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/michael-simmelink/support

The Thirty-Second One: Time to define dad jokes

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2020 9:52


Josh Fischer and Simm think it's time we set up some boundaries on dad jokes. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/michael-simmelink/support

The Thirty-First One: Food hot takes are bad hot takes

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2020 9:33


Josh Fischer thinks it's okay to undercut half of the TITH podcast library by saying food hot takes are bad hot takes. Simm can only go with him so far on this one... --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/michael-simmelink/support

The Thirtieth One: Economics is the most useless useful science

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2020 13:18


John Kaucher gets in a quick pod before returning home to Arizona, and both brags and trashes on his college degree in the process. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/michael-simmelink/support

The Twenty-Nineth One: Ain't no flavor with flavored water

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2020 12:21


Ashley Stanislav makes her pod debut to hash out why people chose to believe myths like La Croix having taste. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/michael-simmelink/support

The Twenty-Eighth One: You should be better at math

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2020 14:20


Kit Fynaardt returns to personally attack Simm, who has often said "he's not good at math." --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/michael-simmelink/support

The Twenty-Seventh One: Do it twice and it's who you are

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2020 11:52


Simm welcomes back Kit Fynaardt to discuss the way in which we define ourselves, and how many times it takes doing something for that to be true. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/michael-simmelink/support

The Big Two-Six One: Replace Valentine's Day

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2020 10:29


Make last Friday the last Valentine's Day you ever celebrate and replace it with something better. Simm invites first-timer Josh Fischer on to improve the game of love. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/michael-simmelink/support

The Twenty-Fifth One: Cancel the greeting card industry

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 8, 2020 14:20


Cody Hughes appreciates your notes, but he hates the cards you've given him. It's time we move past this silly spectacle. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/michael-simmelink/support

The Twenty-Fourth One: Out with ranch dressing

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2020 13:40


Sabrina Tarchione hasn't told someone she's a vegan in five minutes, and would like to take on all-comers from the Midwest about the value of ranch. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/michael-simmelink/support

The Twenty-Third One: We gotta do better with pick-up trucks

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2020 8:35


Sabrina Tarchione makes her podcast debut as Simm and her figure out a way to eliminate the irresponsible driving and parking of pick-ups. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/michael-simmelink/support

The Twenty-Second One: Amusement parks are a waste

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2020 15:21


Caylan DeLucia has trouble rubbing the Disney glitter from her eyes to understand Simm's take on the uselessness of amusement parks. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/michael-simmelink/support

The Twenty-First One: Exterminate red velvet cake

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2020 12:28


Micah Rens, son-uv-a-baker, has some thoughts on red velvet cake. Spoiler alert: It's the same thing as... --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/michael-simmelink/support

The Twentieth One: Regulate work wear

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2020 15:03


Simm is sick of work wear becoming fashion, and has Micah Rens join him to discuss what can be done about this damaging clothing trend. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/michael-simmelink/support

The Nineteenth One: Shoot the ball higher

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2020 16:17


Simm and Dana have their pod go a little off the rails, with a hefty dose of STATS! and mini-takes on how bad free throw shooters can look to improve their game. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/michael-simmelink/support

The Eighteenth One: Rickie Fowler is too well-known

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 14, 2020 13:50


Dana comes off the top rope on the man he believes is the most overhyped and overexposed golfer of our generation. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/michael-simmelink/support

The Seventeenth One: Normalize the courtesy flush

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 11, 2020 12:01


Simm and Hadyn Lee think it's time we added a step to the pooping process. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/michael-simmelink/support

The Sixteenth One: Enough with white elephants

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 7, 2020 8:33


Simm does not want to participate in the worst Christmas tradition of all. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/michael-simmelink/support

The Fifteenth One: No more formal dances

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 3, 2020 10:28


Sydney Hughes opens her vault of takes to go after formal dances, and why such thing should not exist. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/michael-simmelink/support

The Fourteenth One: Don't call me Buddy

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 27, 2019 8:55


Simm is sick of the pissing contest and peacocking of his peers. It's time to end this once and for all: stop calling each other "Buddy." --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/michael-simmelink/support

The Thirteenth One: White people need to eat spicy food

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 24, 2019 12:38


Daniel Tolsma brings the heat in his inaugural pod with a claim against those of us who don't do spicy food. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/michael-simmelink/support

The Twelfth One: Netflix has made TV worse

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2019 14:07


James Warren thinks your favorite streaming service has ruined TV as he and Simm come to agree on a sad state of society. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/michael-simmelink/support

The Eleventh One: We don't want your video game opinions

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 17, 2019 15:37


Kit Fynaardt goes after the big boys in video game "journalism" --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/michael-simmelink/support

The Tenth One: You don't decide if you're dating

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2019 15:15


Simm and Kit Fynaardt have some ideas on how to better define dating relationships. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/michael-simmelink/support

The Ninth One: Stop with the live action

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2019 10:03


Lizzy Johnston is back on to ask why Disney feels the need to remake all of their best stories in "live action." --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/michael-simmelink/support

The Eighth One: Know your directions

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2019 11:14


Lizzy Johnston feels personally attacked and Simm cannot fathom her worldview when it comes to cardinal directions --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/michael-simmelink/support

The Seventh One: One acceptable Thanksgiving location

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2019 8:42


Dana crashes in for an emergency pod to address an error of our society in regards to where we do Thanksgiving. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/michael-simmelink/support

The Sixth One: You are not a real fan

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 29, 2019 14:44


Cody Hughes grabs the talking stick as he and Simm take on the fickle nature of sports fandom. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/michael-simmelink/support

The Fifth One: No re-rack, no dating

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 29, 2019 11:15


Simm thinks you should take a person's gym etiquette into consideration when you are deciding to date. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/michael-simmelink/support

The Fourth One: Down with crunchy

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 29, 2019 10:52


Hadyn Lee jumps on the pod to criticize the existence of an inferior form of peanut butter. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/michael-simmelink/support

The Third One: You aren't "bad" at names

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 29, 2019 10:43


Simm goes off on people who have decided to rely on the crutch of a commonly used phrase --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/michael-simmelink/support

The Second One: Four food groups

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 29, 2019 10:25


Dana "The Fox" Van Ostrand comes on to convince Simm there are only four food groups, with one major exception. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/michael-simmelink/support

The First One: Ketchup sucks

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 29, 2019 10:05


Master of the House Michael Simmelink brings on Dana Van Ostrand to present his idea that ketchup is really not all that great... --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/michael-simmelink/support

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