Skull Session with Mike and Rich

About Skull Session with Mike and Rich

Welcome to Skull-Session, where longtime friends Mike and Rich bring you a unique blend of humor, insight, and incredible stories. Having met while working together at Ground Zero, their bond is unbreakable, and their experiences are vast. Join them as they explore a wide range of topics, from health and fitness to military experiences, life lessons, relationships, and more. Each episode features extraordinary guests—ordinary people who have achieved remarkable things. Mike and Rich dive deep into their stories, offering valuable advice and plenty of laughs along the way. Tune in for engaging conversations that inspire, entertain, and provide a fresh perspective on life’s many adventures. Whether you’re looking for motivation, a good laugh, or just some great company, Skull- Session has something for everyone.

Publisher

Mike Hussey and Rich Tierney

Category

leisure

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

23 Oct 2024

Latest episode

16 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

43 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   16 Oct 2026

   Knees, Water Parks and Thrusters 20261016

   The future is already here—and it might change your job, your commute, and your knees. Mike and Rich connect the dots between driverless cabs, automated warehouses, Amazon’s growing reach, and the challenge of staying active as you get older.On this episode of Skull Session, the conversation ranges from Tesla’s futuristic Roadster to the ways automation is changing transportation and work. Mike and Rich also get into knee pain, quad strength, stretching, physical therapy, and why a quick fix isn’t always the best answer.Expect blunt opinions, laughs, and hard-earned perspective on technology, health, and how fast the world is changing—without the polished PR language or the fluff.

2. 

   2 Oct 2026

   Beer Heists, Botched Executions and Everyday Chaos 20261002

   Episode 21: Beer Heists, Botched Executions & Everyday ChaosBeer heists, botched executions, e-bikes, and the kind of news cycle that makes you wonder how society still functions. Mike and Rich turn episode 21 into a fast, unruly rant about everything from Disney meltdowns to football culture—and they don’t hold back.The guys catch up on their trips to Hawaii and Disney before diving into the week’s strange headlines and everyday absurdities: a stolen Pabst Blue Ribbon truck, the return of the six-foot hero, dangerous e-bikes, and a death row inmate who survived an execution attempt.Along the way, Mike and Rich take on Super Bowl Sunday, sports and politics, public safety, airport security, and the questionable behavior they’ve witnessed at concerts, restaurants, and on the streets. It’s a wide-ranging, no-filter conversation packed with dark humor, personal stories, and plenty of “you can’t make this stuff up” moments.If you like blunt takes, off-the-cuff stories, and two friends turning the week’s chaos into comedy, this episode is for you.

3. 

   11 Sept 2026

   Remembering 911 20260911

   Twenty-five years later, the 9/11 story still isn’t the one most people think it is. Mike Hussey and Rich, both 9/11 veterans and first responders, revisit Ground Zero from the inside—the chaos, the work, the people, and the details history keeps flattening into a simple headline.What really happened after the towers fell? Not just the sirens and smoke, but the construction crews, electricians, operating engineers, cops, generators, trailers, barges, and the brutal day-to-day reality of keeping the site moving. Mike and Rich break down the jobs they were sent to do, how the cleanup actually worked, and why so much of the official memory misses the massive construction effort that made everything else possible.You’ll hear: How both men ended up working downtown after the attacks What the site looked and smelled like in the first days and months Why the slurry wall, PATH tubes, and buried infrastructure became critical The strange mix of free-for-all chaos, urgency, and improvisation Stories about the morgue, police trailers, the Marriott, and the World Financial Center How celebrity visitors, fake responders, and opportunists showed up at Ground Zero Mike and Rich also talk about the long tail of 9/11—the memorials, the “never forget” ritual, the medical testing, and the lingering anger over how little outsiders understand about what the workers on the pile actually lived through.It’s part remembrance, part correction, and part raw reunion between two men who were there when the city broke.Essential listening if you want the untold Ground Zero perspective—not the polished version, but the one told by the people who showed up, stayed, worked, and carried it with them for decades.

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

31

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

1 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

15 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 32 / 100

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Quality

39

Social presence

0

YouTube

63

Engagement

0