Unfortunately, I’m Listening is a comedy podcast where brothers Steve and Mike each bring a surprise topic and neither knows what the other has prepared. From strange history and internet rabbit holes to science, culture, and the deeply absurd, every reaction, misunderstanding, and unexpected detour happens live. Come for the stories; stay for two brothers trying to make sense of subjects they were absolutely not prepared to discuss.
Steve takes Mike into the West Virginia coal wars through the story of "Smilin'" Sid Hatfield: gold teeth, two pistols, striking miners, and a confrontation with company power that leads toward the Battle of Blair Mountain. The brothers discuss company towns, private guards, and labor conflict—with a detour over whether anyone can still say "hired goons." Then Mike's promised fish-tank talk takes a suspicious turn. An ominous voice hijacks the show and puts Steve through a 15-question quiz ...
21 Oct 2026
Hyperpop Exposure Therapy & the Immortal Monkey Problem
Can ten listens to 100 gecs turn irritation into appreciation? Steve puts Mike through a Money Machine experiment, complete with Mike's recorded reactions after listens one, five, and ten. The brothers dig into hyperpop, abrasive pop hooks, digitally altered voices, and the deeply annoying possibility that Steve's plan worked. Then Mike follows a trail from Hanuman and the Ramayana through Sun Wukong and Journey to the West to Dragon Ball and One Piece. Steve has questions about immortality ...
13 Oct 2026
Petty D&D Revenge & the Daigo Parry
Mike tells Steve how he got into Dungeons & Dragons, accidentally recruited a roommate, and developed a grudge against Strahd so strong it needed a whole campaign to settle. Holy water, creative rules interpretations, and an extremely impartial Dungeon Master all make an appearance. Then Steve introduces Evo Moment #37: Daigo, Justin Wong, and a Street Fighter comeback that takes a lot more explaining than Mike expected. We get into arcade culture, parries, prediction, and why the crowd l...
5 Oct 2026
Time Cube & Halloween: Reject Oneism and Embrace the Cube
Steve introduces Mike to Gene Ray's Time Cube, a theory with four simultaneous days, a very confident website, and an increasingly bewildered audience of one. Mike tries to get a straight answer while Steve makes the case for cubic time. Mike follows with a winding discussion of Halloween's history, from ancient festivals and wandering spirits to jack-o'-lanterns, trick-or-treating, and horror movies. Along the way: a devil who keeps getting outsmarted, a badly timed AC break, and the brothe...
28 Sept 2026
The World's Hungriest Man & Why Cereal Is Nachos
Mike introduces Steve to Tarrare, the notoriously hungry Frenchman whose story gets stranger with every meal. They work through accounts of his enormous appetite, disastrous spy career, and a doctor who was not about to lose his watch. Steve has questions about basic physics; Mike has his own theory about what might explain the medical mystery. Then Steve takes the hot-dog-is-a-sandwich debate into the Cube Rule of food. Hot dogs become tacos, Pop-Tarts cause a classification crisis, and cer...
20 Sept 2026
Genjutsu Job Interviews & Space Princess Problems
What if Naruto's genjutsu worked in real life—and someone sued you for it? Steve and Mike take illusion powers into the real world, debating imaginary injuries, time-dilated punishment, and whether an experience still counts if it only happens in your mind. Then they find more practical uses: extra study time, instant vacations, the perfect comeback, and a job interview with far too much time to overthink. Mike follows with his review of *Lesbian Space Princess*, walking Steve through its su...
13 Sept 2026
The World’s Worst Yoga Teacher & the Wizard Who Broke Magic
Steve introduces the world’s worst yoga teacher, Shoko Asahara, while Mike tells the story of Karsus’s Folly and the wizard who broke magic. Along the way: Gundam retirement plans, questionable skill trees, and the logistics of floating cities.
6 Sept 2026
Pokémon That Shouldn’t Exist & Hunter × Hunter Homework
Michael puts Pokémon on trial, from a trash bag with teeth to the key ring that inspired his entire rant. Then Steve attempts to explain Hunter × Hunter’s Nen system while Michael questions why enjoying an anime requires homework. Major Hunter × Hunter anime and manga spoilers.
30 Aug 2026
Episode 1: Jenova's Witnesses & The Flawed Human Body
Steve and Mike launch Unfortunately, I’m Listening with two topics neither has revealed to the other. Steve explores the bizarre real-world story surrounding Final Fantasy VII and “Jenova’s Witnesses,” before Mike turns the conversation toward evolutionary compromises, human anatomy, and how they might redesign the human body. Every reaction, detour, and misunderstanding happens live. Content warning: Strong language, discussions of coercion and abuse, and explicit anatomical and sexual refer...
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