The Mike O'Meara Show

002 Smart Mosquito

In Episode 002, Robb and Josh discover that mosquitoes may be getting smart enough to work around insect repellent, launching an urgent investigation into DEET, bug intelligence, the animal kingdom’s unofficial IQ rankings, and whether a mosquito could someday outsmart a chicken. The science is unsettling. Their conclusions are considerably less reliable. Then Brian Boone, fact curator for Uncle John’s All-Knowing Bathroom Reader, joins the show to explain how bizarre facts make it onto the page, what it takes to verify the unbelievable, and why bathroom reading became an institution. Plus, the microphones were rolling during Robb and Josh’s Outer Banks adventure. Hear them roam the Wright Brothers museum, evaluate aviation history in real time, and stumble toward an idea they’re saving for the Founders. Smart bugs, strange facts, vacation audio, and two hosts asking the questions science was afraid to answer. Our Sponsors: * Check out Progressive: https://www.progressive.com * Check out Quince and use my code quince.com/TMOS for a great deal: https://www.quince.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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#3707: Slightly Intriguin’

Mike wonders whether phones are still worth getting excited about, and a two-grand foldable earns the devastating verdict: “slightly intriguin’.” Dirk marks Mike and Carla’s anniversary with a heartfelt poem, which mainly reminds Mike that he should probably start planning something. A 98-inch television leads to some very serious negotiations involving furniture, Frosted Flakes, and Mike’s completely reasonable desire to hide his ice cream from his own family. Robb takes us to Hungary for competitive grave digging, where tidy corners and backbreaking speed can earn you several hundred dollars and all the goulash you can handle. Plus, Josh crunches the numbers on football Down Under, the boys inspect Oklahoma’s finest dinner special, and a Piggly Wiggly hot bar gives us the closing feast we never knew we needed. Our Sponsors: * Check out Progressive: https://www.progressive.com * Check out Quince and use my code quince.com/TMOS for a great deal: https://www.quince.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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#3706: Baddies

Robb and Josh return from their Outer Banks boys’ weekend with tales of THC beverages, Coyote vs. Acme, two closed restaurants, and enough X-Men coin-pusher time to qualify as a residency. Mike investigates whether the wives were truly invited, whether Robb and Josh can survive breakfast together, and whether an arcade watch gets more valuable when it costs $104 to win. Michael makes Dad proud in the football broadcast booth—then his school hangs 60 points on the visitors before halftime and the other team declines to return. A TikTok sage explains that deodorant and cologne are why men can’t “pull baddies,” leading the guys to recommend the irresistible musk of Costco onions instead. Add ugly-pants choreography, vintage hot-dog manufacturing, dueling organists, and an NFL player who finally says what he thinks, and the show smells like a winner. Our Sponsors: * Check out Progressive: https://www.progressive.com * Check out Quince and use my code quince.com/TMOS for a great deal: https://www.quince.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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ROBBRADIO Labor Day Weekend

Enjoy the long weekend with Your Daddio on the Raddio and fantastic stacks of wax that actually mean a lot. Turn it up. Our Sponsors: * Check out Progressive: https://www.progressive.com * Check out Quince and use my code quince.com/TMOS for a great deal: https://www.quince.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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001 Pizza Time!

New show. Same friends. Strong opinions about pizza. Robb and Josh kick off Still Talkin’ with a celebration of the Founders who made it possible—and a $74 pizza lunch Josh can’t let go. From questionable “best pizza” bragging rights to favorite local slices, the conversation becomes a full-blown debate about what makes a pizza worth the price. Plus: Robb’s lifelong obsession with radio jingles, Josh’s questionable AI-generated theme songs, detention memories, unusual Oreo flavors, and the growing headache of streaming subscriptions. It’s the first official episode, and the rabbit holes are already open for business. Our Sponsors: * Check out Progressive: https://www.progressive.com * Check out Quince and use my code quince.com/TMOS for a great deal: https://www.quince.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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#3705: Ariana Venti

Mike and Robb put the Looney Tunes on trial, Dennis weighs in from the chat (eventually), and Robb delivers a rave review of Coyote vs. Acme. Mike’s algorithm has decided he’s elderly, so naturally we conduct a deeply dignified investigation into dry mouth, foot scrubbing, and the undercarriage. Ariana Grande acquires an imaginary big sister named Ariana Venti, while Josh’s improv skills receive an unscheduled performance review. The Cat in the Hat becomes a local-news emergency, and the guys wonder whether the coverage is scarier than the meme. Plus, yesterday’s bird-feeding showdown leaves a mysterious funk in Mike’s car—and the floor mats may need more help than his wounded pride. Our Sponsors: * Check out Progressive: https://www.progressive.com * Check out Quince and use my code quince.com/TMOS for a great deal: https://www.quince.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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#3704: Move On, Fat Boy

Mike’s peaceful Burger King lunch becomes a four-act Florida epic when he feeds French fries to an ibis and a self-appointed bird marshal orders him to stop. Words fly, cars lurch, “fat boy” enters the chat, and Mike discovers his best comeback to a personal insult is apparently “nice car.” Robb and Josh prepare for an Outer Banks weekend together, test Tesla’s ASS mode, and reassure everyone that Still Talkin’ chemistry can survive a shared vacation. The crew revisits David Letterman and Zsa Zsa Gabor eating their way through Los Angeles, then samples Lewis Black’s war on Junior Mints. Add Botoxed beauty camels, Ted Lasso deodorant, a romantically adventurous vacuum cleaner, and a Sarasota alligator, and today’s show is strictly for the birds. Our Sponsors: * Check out Progressive: https://www.progressive.com * Check out Quince and use my code quince.com/TMOS for a great deal: https://www.quince.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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#3703: Camel Tracks

Mike opens the week by admiring how hard Robb and Josh are working on Still Talkin’—while reminding everyone that he is retiring, not dead—and begins plotting a short-form interview show of his own. A few algorithm videos send him on a luxury ice-cream mission, where Tillamook disappoints, Jeni’s disappears, and “old man flavors” receive the serious cultural analysis they deserve. A neighborhood debit-card rescue turns Mike into a good Samaritan, right up until the chat room appoints a new Captain Asshole. Then the boys enter the booming world of online camel sales, where 3,300 listings, million-dollar beauty camels, camel milk, and one- versus two-hump economics make Facebook Marketplace look understocked. Add Lionel Messi’s not-quite-retirement, Celebrity Jeopardy! confusion, and Jon Lovitz still landing the punchline, and this episode leaves plenty of tracks. Our Sponsors: * Check out Progressive: https://www.progressive.com * Check out Quince and use my code quince.com/TMOS for a great deal: https://www.quince.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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ROBBRADIO: Remembering Dolly

Dolly Rebecca Parton January 19, 1946 August 25, 2026 May She Rest in Peace. Our Sponsors: * Check out Progressive: https://www.progressive.com * Check out Quince and use my code quince.com/TMOS for a great deal: https://www.quince.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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#3702: Founders Day

It's a special JAR episode, and Robb opens Founder’s Day with dilated pupils, candy-coated cataracts, and a medical plan whose best feature is “insurance might actually pay for it.” Josh and Robb officially welcome the founding members of Still Talkin'—no final G, no time for it—complete with vault access, future swag, and a Hall of Fame probably not carved into the Kennedy Center. Their Labor Day couples trip to the Outer Banks becomes a preview of friendship, podcasting, and the dangerous possibility of jointly owning a hot tub with siblings. Robb then discovers the only surviving film of his grandfather, duckpin champion William “Big Daddy” Stalkup, who looked magnificent and apparently hated every non-regulation frame of it. Finally, a golf brand's horror-themed driver ad lands in the rough so badly that even the apology needs an apology. Our Sponsors: * Check out Progressive: https://www.progressive.com * Check out Quince and use my code quince.com/TMOS for a great deal: https://www.quince.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

#3701: Bavarian Finger Wrestling

Mike's morning begins with an open charging flap and ends with him presenting a year-old Orioles miracle to Josh like it just happened—nothing says “current events” like highlights aging in real time. As Michael juggles golf, baseball, broadcasting, and school, Dad is learning the sacred teenage-parenting art of dropping the kid off and backing slowly away. Robb introduces Bavaria's mighty finger-wrestling circuit, where lederhosen, leather loops, and dislocated knuckles turn “pull my finger” into a genuine athletic threat. The News brings body horror, baseball chaos, and an unsettlingly practical discussion of emergency road bottles. Plus, the guys discover a buffet reviewer chasing food poisoning one steam tray at a time, proving that two-and-a-half stars can still buy five-star content. Our Sponsors: * Check out Progressive: https://www.progressive.com * Check out Quince and use my code quince.com/TMOS for a great deal: https://www.quince.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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#3700: Dolly

TMOS pauses to remember Dolly Parton, a genuine national treasure whose songs, films, generosity, and gloriously managed mystique made nearly everyone feel better about fame. Mike recalls interviewing her, the boys revisit “I Will Always Love You,” “9 to 5,” and “Islands in the Stream,” and Robb somehow turns the tribute into a heavyweight title fight between Elvis and Whitney Houston. Aging enters the chat with a floor-to-standing challenge, two artificial hips, and the solemn promise that cruise passengers may one day witness Mike attempt to rise without furniture. Meanwhile, Josh’s latest Uber passenger requests an off-the-books Circle K-to-hotel extension, pays cash, and launches an investigation with absolutely no reliable conclusions. We close with discontinued underwear, silverfish, and the Del Rio Triplets—because even on a day devoted to Dolly, this show will always find the scenic route. Our Sponsors: * Check out Progressive: https://www.progressive.com * Check out Quince and use my code quince.com/TMOS for a great deal: https://www.quince.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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#3699: Weak Wrists

Mike’s algorithm slithers into South Africa, where a fearless snake wrangler grabs a black mamba by the business end and guarantees nobody on the show will sleep for three days. Proud-dad mode kicks in as Michael makes his varsity football play-by-play debut, complete with a lesson from Sam Huff’s trusty two-minute egg timer. Robb then joins Josh in the gig economy, accidentally gives away an Uber ride for free, battles invisible “Start UberX” buttons, and learns that some passengers treat cologne like crop dusting. The boys explore aura farming, tugboat-sized baseball players, gum grafts, and the financial logic of buying a four-billion-dollar Padres team when you’re feeling liquid. Finally, the Steak and Egg mystery returns with flipped video, suspicious bandages, food-service nausea, and a wrist brace apparently designed for the weakest wrists in Oklahoma. Our Sponsors: * Check out Progressive: https://www.progressive.com * Check out Quince and use my code quince.com/TMOS for a great deal: https://www.quince.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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TMOS Classic: August 21, 2026

That age is best which is the first, When youth and blood are warmer; But being spent, the worse, and worst Times still succeed the former. Then be not coy, but use your time, And while ye may, go marry; For having lost but once your prime, You may forever tarry. Our Sponsors: * Check out Progressive: https://www.progressive.com * Check out Quince and use my code quince.com/TMOS for a great deal: https://www.quince.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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#3698: Cutty Knife

Robb and Josh take the wheel, and Robb’s missing Cutco steak knife becomes a full-blown domestic crime scene—complete with trash-bag forensics, eBay negotiations, and a dream in which the blade finally comes home. The Jarheads also discover that cursive is now basically an encrypted language, which is unfortunate when a young teacher receives a handwritten note. From there, they inspect celebrity signatures, judge a new Jimmy Stewart biopic, and prove that no tangent is too old-timey for this program. Then they get candid about Mike’s retirement, the future of the show, and what’s next for the Josh-and-Robb era. Finally, AI bands invade Spotify, creativity goes on trial, and everybody leaves wondering whether the real threat is artificial music or an empty slot in Robb’s knife block. Our Sponsors: * Check out Progressive: https://www.progressive.com * Check out Quince and use my code quince.com/TMOS for a great deal: https://www.quince.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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#3697: Hand-Breaded

Mike arrives fresh from the dentist with a numb mouth, repaired bonding, and a full meal he bought before confirming he could actually chew it. The boys play a strangely competitive game of “Name That Doctor,” revisit Dudley Moore’s finest Novocaine work, and debate whether one perfectly deployed F-bomb can still save a movie. Youth baseball returns with a suspiciously mature new catcher, while refrigerator temperatures, exploding soda cans, and a deeply sensible request for a retirement account receive the TMOS scientific treatment. Robb prepares his passport for the Final Voyage, AI offers to replace your doctor, and South Florida proudly remembers its pioneering topless diner. Plus: Josh catches a buyer attempting the old torn-T-shirt switcheroo, and a roadside restaurant unveils a “hand-breaded pork chop” special that appears to include significantly more hand than anyone ordered. Our Sponsors: * Check out Progressive: https://www.progressive.com * Check out Quince and use my code quince.com/TMOS for a great deal: https://www.quince.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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#3596: Mike O'Drama

Mike makes the biggest announcement in TMOS history: after 46 years behind a microphone, he’ll retire from the daily show following one final episode aboard the January cruise. Naturally, Robb and Josh respond with Titanic music, “Final Voyage” branding, and several jokes that force Mike to clarify that he is retiring—not dying. The boys look back at the podcast’s unlikely 17-year run, thank the listeners who kept it alive, and tease the next chapter while carefully avoiding words like “farewell” around Mr. O’Drama. Then Mike reviews an unbearably self-important movie, Robb explains how he sliced his finger with a razor blade, and everyone agrees that asking “How was your Summer?” should never invite an actual answer. Plus: gas-station kratom, a birthday Charleston, screaming Huskies, and the shocking discovery that every restaurant is apparently just Chili’s wearing a different hat. Our Sponsors: * Check out Progressive: https://www.progressive.com * Check out Quince and use my code quince.com/TMOS for a great deal: https://www.quince.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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#3595: Barn in the USA

Mike starts the week with swimmer’s ear, a questionable bottle of drugstore drops, and a seventh grader who has finally retired his summer-long “shitty witty” attitude. A doctor explains what is really floating around in public pools, so naturally the boys celebrate their upcoming cruise by discussing every bodily fluid known to science. Mike walks off the golf course with two holes left, discovers that Chili’s baby back ribs remain undefeated, and gives both decisions the thoughtful analysis they deserve. Robb recommends a celebrity sex-pass movie, while Josh reveals that McDonald’s may know your lunch order—and your future—better than your own family does. Plus: runaway goats, a suspicious man who agrees he looks suspicious, and the Montgomery County Agricultural Fair committing the slogan crime of the summer: “Barn in the USA.” Our Sponsors: * Check out Progressive: https://www.progressive.com * Check out Quince and use my code quince.com/TMOS for a great deal: https://www.quince.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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TMOS SPECIAL: Elvis Death Day 2026

Elvis Aron Presley January 8, 1935 - August 16, 1977 Please enjoy the return of ROBBRADIO as Robb pays tribute to Ebbish on the 49th anniversary of his passing. "He will always be The King, no matter what." Our Sponsors: * Check out Progressive: https://www.progressive.com * Check out Quince and use my code quince.com/TMOS for a great deal: https://www.quince.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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#3694: Fax Machine Division

Robb and Josh seize control of Thursday, and the free Producers Club preview immediately becomes a federal case at the post office. Robb battles a jammed package chute, revisits the curly gray misery of old fax paper, and reveals a prank that arrived about twenty years too late. Then his inner 12-year-old reports for duty as the boys geek out over Coyote vs. Acme, Looney Tunes, and the movies that never quite let them grow up. Elvis Death Week brings a teenage tribute champion, plans for Robb Radio, and enough jumpsuits to keep Graceland fully operational. Plus: baseball nightmares, puzzle cereal, an AI-generated Seinfeld, emergency pee bags, and Willie Nelson serving breakfast with a punchline. Our Sponsors: * Check out Progressive: https://www.progressive.com * Check out Quince and use my code quince.com/TMOS for a great deal: https://www.quince.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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