Manic Joy
Hosted by Reese and Dave · Dave and Reese Charest | Midlife Marriage Humor Hosts
5.0from 37 ratings
- 161
- Episodes
- 5
- Transcribed
- 37
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2020
- First episode
- 179
- YouTube views
About Manic Joy
Life gets weirder in midlife. Kids grow up. Bodies change. Marriage evolves. And the world keeps giving us strange things to talk about. Every week, funny hosts Dave and Reese explore everyday moments, surprising trends, and life's little absurdities through honest, hilarious conversations about life, love, and what happens when you actually talk about it. You'll laugh, recognize a little of your own relationship in theirs, and probably find yourself continuing the conversation long after the episode ends. Because the best relationships are built one conversation at a time.
- Publisher
- Dave and Reese Charest | Midlife Marriage Humor Hosts
- Category
- society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- Yes
- First episode
- 20 Jan 2020
- Latest episode
- 6 Jul 2026
Latest episodes
5 of 161 episodes have a transcript.
6 Jul 2026TRANSCRIPT
Ep. 160: What The Bear Gets Right About Marriage | Communication, Trust & Growing Together
29 Jun 2026TRANSCRIPT
Ep. 159: Impossible Hypotheticals Every Couple Will Argue About | Funny Couples Podcast
11 Jun 2026TRANSCRIPT
Ep. 158: Sleep Divorce? We'd Rather Fight the Pillow | Midlife Marriage, Sleep & Relationships
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Ep. 160: What The Bear Gets Right About Marriage | Communication, Trust & Growing Together
Published 6 Jul 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] And I think to your point where it's like, okay, like we need some time to decompress and, but I think we always end up finding our way to it through the talking about it or knowing where we are. Like, okay, now you almost need to be in like a, like a, in a completely like, I guess, non-confrontational mode, right. To be able to like, Oh, let's talk about this. Because your, your emotions are down here. So you're at a good place to start the conversations. When your emotions are up here, you're at a terrible place to have the conversation because it's, you will be talking with all emotions that are, wild like out of control it's like you don't go in the ocean when they tell you there's an undertow or there's big waves like you don't go in there you wait till it settles and then you go in that's your emotions when you are feeling waves of emotion and it could be being too happy being too sad being too angry, whatever it might be. […]
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- YouTube views
- 179
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 5.0 / 5
- 29 ratings
- Spotify
- 5.0 / 5
- 8 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 69 / 100
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- Quality
- 84
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 64
- Engagement
- 71
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Who hosts Manic Joy?
Reese and Dave host the show. Published by Dave and Reese Charest | Midlife Marriage Humor Hosts.
How often do new episodes come out?
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Does Manic Joy take guests?
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