Mike D’s Movie Passion Origin, Having Kids, & Romantic Dates

Summary

Podcast Summary: The Bobby Bones Show – "Mike D’s Movie Passion Origin, Having Kids, & Romantic Dates"

Release Date: July 19, 2025

In this engaging episode of The Bobby Bones Show, host Bobby Bones sits down with Mike D, a passionate movie enthusiast and podcaster, to delve into Mike’s journey with cinema, his experiences dealing with online criticism, his thoughts on starting a family, and heartfelt anecdotes about his romantic relationship. Skipping the promotional segments, the conversation between Bobby and Mike offers listeners a deep and personal look into Mike’s life and passions.

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1. Mike D’s Movie Passion: Origins and Podcast Development

Mike D traces the roots of his love for movies back to 2007, during the era of DVD rentals through Netflix's mail service. This period was pivotal, allowing him and his brother to explore a vast array of films they previously hadn't seen. Reflecting on this transformative time, Mike shares:

"I think that's where I kind of developed my passion just for loving them." (04:01)

By 2015, Mike transitioned from a movie enthusiast to a movie critic, beginning to review films which soon became a significant part of his identity. His dedication culminated in launching his own movie podcast in 2019, a passion project that Bobby Bones encouraged by featuring Mike's initial reviews on the radio show.

"I started the podcast in 2019... that was my first ever real review." (04:46)

2. Favorite Movies and Movie-Centric Habits

When discussing his favorite films, Twister stands out as Mike’s all-time favorite, evoking nostalgic memories from his youth. Currently, he is revisiting the Transformers series, appreciating the blend of CGI advancements and the escapism these movies provide.

"They just take me back to a really specific time in my life." (07:20)

Bobby Bones echoes the sentiment, expressing his own fondness for the Transformers franchise and defending it against common criticisms:

"I don't think they deserve a lot of the hate that they get." (08:15)

Mike elaborates on the series' impact, highlighting his anticipation for the Bumblebee movie, which reignited his love for the character.

3. Dealing with Online Criticism and Fan Interactions

Transitioning to the challenges of maintaining a public persona, Mike discusses the difficulties of handling negative feedback, especially on platforms like YouTube. He reveals the emotional toll of receiving harsh critiques not just about his content but also personal attributes.

"You have a lot more nastiness coming out through comments in general." (11:30)

Bobby offers empathetic advice, sharing her own experiences of dealing with negative comments by choosing to ignore or respond minimally to toxic interactions.

"I just delete it. I'm like, ignore it, Morgan." (12:10)

Mike admits his coping mechanism involves addressing criticism head-on, sometimes with self-deprecating humor, to defuse tension.

"You're right, I am an idiot. Thank you." (12:35)

4. Considerations on Starting a Family: Desire, Timeline, and Identity

A significant portion of the conversation shifts to personal aspirations regarding starting a family. Mike and his wife openly discuss their desire to have children, weighing the joys and challenges it entails. They reflect on their original timeline, set three to four years prior, now feeling the approach of their intended timeline by about two years.

"Once you get to that mark it starts to feel a little bit more real." (18:11)

Mike shares introspective thoughts on how having children might alter personal timelines and identities, pondering the deep changes that childbirth can bring.

"I feel like that's your timeline ending... and suddenly the person you create is, like, spreading out and creating a whole new timeline." (20:24)

Bobby adds to this reflection by discussing how parenthood can shift one's identity and priorities, emphasizing the importance of communication with one's partner to navigate such profound life changes.

"It's all a matter of the conversation you have with your wife genuinely is where you're going to find that answer." (23:36)

5. Romantic Moments and Personal Stories with His Wife

Closing the episode on a warm note, Mike shares touching stories about his relationship with his wife. Their first date at Matt’s El Rancho in Austin holds sentimental value, leading them to recreate it on their one-year anniversary despite challenging weather.

"She was three minutes late, which I still give her crap to for this till this day." (25:18)

Mike recounts the humorous yet bittersweet memory of losing the receipt from their first date, symbolizing the imperfect yet memorable moments that define their relationship.

"I could never find it because at that time I would have to keep a lot of receipts for work." (25:37)

Bobby encourages Mike, expressing excitement for his new chapters ahead and appreciating the authenticity of his stories.

"New chapters are beginning, but also just on your own time." (20:21)

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Conclusion

This episode of The Bobby Bones Show offers a multifaceted glimpse into Mike D’s life, blending his passion for movies with personal reflections on relationships and future aspirations. Through candid conversations and heartfelt anecdotes, listeners gain an intimate understanding of Mike’s journey, challenges, and the values that drive him both personally and professionally.

Transcript

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[Mike D]

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[Mike D]

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[Unknown Host]

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[Mike D]

He goes oh God.

[Unknown Host]

Harnett Jailhouse Lawyer and became a beacon of hope for the women locked up alongside her.

[Mike D]

You're supposed to have your faith in.

[Ebony]

God, but I had nothing but faith in her.

[Bobby Bones]

I think I was put here to.

[Mike D]

Save souls by getting people out of prison.

[Unknown Host]

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[Bobby Bones]

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[Danielle Robe]

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[Mike D]

Best bits of the week with Morgan.

[Unknown Host]

It's listener Q and A time, where.

[Mike D]

Morgan and a show member answer almost all your questions.

[Bobby Bones]

Happy weekend, friends. It is time for listener Q and A. Mike D is joining me. What's up?

[Mike D]

I love questions.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, all the. They're always about movies, and I have to, like, cipher through to find other ones that aren't just about movies.

[Mike D]

That's why I love the questions.

[Bobby Bones]

You like them to be all about movies, but there's so much more to you than just movies.

[Mike D]

This is what I know the most about, feel the most comfortable with.

[Bobby Bones]

That's fair. But it's good to get out of your comfort zone. And you do have many other talents and skills. So shout out from Sierra from St. Louis. She loves us and the show and loves that you have a microphone now.

[Mike D]

Oh, yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

Do you love that you also have a microphone now?

[Mike D]

Yeah. Cause I used to have to jump over and hop on lunchboxes, and it was always really awkward. And then I'd be like. I'd sound like I'd be out of breath because I had to go over there. My headphones would get stuck. So it's a lot easier just to.

[Bobby Bones]

Press a button now and be like, here I am. Hello. All right, getting into some questions. Bree in Georgia, she wants to know, have you always been so passionate about movies? If so, how did it start?

[Mike D]

I don't think I've always been this passionate. My where I really developed a love for movies was probably in 2007, and that was whenever you could still get Netflix through the mail. And my brother and I got the cheapest possible plan you could get, and we would rent one, mail it back, and then immediately get another one. So there was, like a summer where I just spent all this time just watching so many movies, like all these classics that I'd heard about but had never seen. Now suddenly they were all available to me. So I think that's where I kind of developed my passion just for loving them. And it wasn't until probably 2015 where I started to, like, review movies, and that became like, oh, like, this is the one I want to do all the time.

[Bobby Bones]

When did you start the podcast?

[Mike D]

I started the podcast in 2019. So I've been doing it a while now, and I still remember the first ever movie review I did. It was on Snapchat. I reviewed Batman versus Superman. And then that was before I even moved here to be on the show. And Bobby was like, hey, send me that audio and we'll play it on the on the radio show. And that was like my first ever real review. And it just started for me, like sitting in my car reviewing things on Snapchat.

[Bobby Bones]

Isn't that funny how it like starts somewhere but also cool to see how far it's grown? You have a whole podcast about that's been going for six years.

[Mike D]

Yeah, that's literally all I would do. I would go to the theater, walk to my car and then just record like a 15 second review. And that's how it all built.

[Bobby Bones]

Are you still on Snapchat? Do you still post reviews there?

[Mike D]

No, I get on it every once in a while because that's like where some of my family only post to. So I'll go and see what they're up to.

[Bobby Bones]

Do you purchase any snacks at the movies? If so, what? She loves hearing Kelsey on your podcast. This is from Kathy in Tennessee.

[Mike D]

I personally did not purchase any snacks there because it's hard to find anything vegan. I don't even get a drink there. So sometimes only because it's dietary restrictions for me, I'll take in a snack. But my wife is all popcorn and big drink.

[Bobby Bones]

Could you make movie popcorn vegan without the butter?

[Mike D]

You could, but there it's kind of all has butter and I don't know that it's all like real butter. It's probably like some butter products so it'd probably not even be real dairy. But I've never really liked popcorn, which is weird being such a big fan of movies always because it always gets stuck in your teeth and I feel like I could eat a giant bag of popcorn and never get full. I'm just like chasing this like this hunger with it because it just nothing changes. You just keep eating and you keep getting hungry.

[Bobby Bones]

It is true. It's very unfilling and you just kind of keep going for it. It's very addicting. Like you just keep reaching your hand and it's like a bag of chips. Yeah, you just keep going for it.

[Mike D]

My go to though is because when I had braces I couldn't even eat popcorn with braces. They recommended me popcorners, which is essentially like popcorn but chip form and that I like just because it has a better crunch and doesn't get stuck in your teeth.

[Bobby Bones]

So do you bring popcorners to the movie?

[Mike D]

Yes, I do. I get my ziploc bag and I'll put popcorners in there and then eat them during the movie.

[Bobby Bones]

Is that the only snack you'll bring.

[Mike D]

In or is that I'll also take. Depending on what time the movie is. I'll take a cold brew with me. So I have my can of cold brew and my bag of popcorners.

[Bobby Bones]

All right, Sneaky Mike, what is your favorite go to movie to watch? If you have anything just to not like new movies or anything, just go to movie that you'll throw on the tv. This is from Max in Massachusetts.

[Mike D]

Of all time, it is probably Twister, but right now I'm rewatching all of the Transformers movies.

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, fun.

[Mike D]

And they're just so. I forgot how good they were. And speaking back to 2007, that's when the first one came out. And they just feel like a really good time in my life. Like rewatching all those movies, I'm reminded of how 2000s they felt and how cutting edge they were of just combining CGI that hadn't been used before where they look real. It's like very like you can like see the metal on them, all the big explosions. I see some things that don't age quite as well, but those movies just take me back to a really specific time in my life. And I just find those movies comforting. Even though they're all kind of the same. Like the formula for each of them is kind of the same. I just love them.

[Bobby Bones]

You know, whenever a Transformers movie is on tv, I will automatically put it on. It's like an easy. I love having it on. I love those movies. And I don't think they deserve a lot of the hate that they get.

[Mike D]

That's what I remember even watching the second one and people hating that one. Even if you look at the reviews for that one, they're so low. The second one is really good too. They're all. The third one, you lose Megan Fox. It's a little like you kind of feel the downhillness, but even in that, I still enjoy them.

[Bobby Bones]

But to me, Transformers wasn't about Megan fox or Shia LaBeouf. It was about the friggin Transformers. Yeah, I was focused on. I loved Bumblebee and every time I saw Bumblebee, I got excited. That was who I was drawn to. So when everybody would get hate for, like the actors, I'm like, who are you paying attention to? It's about the Transformers and shout out My guy Joshua.

[Mike D]

Yeah, I forgot how big of a part he was in those movies. More so in the third one yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

He definitely, like, grew over it, but that was where his fame for him, for actually me, was Save a Day with Tad Hamilton, which is an old school rom com that I loved. Such a good movie. But I feel like that's where his fame kind of really took off. I think at the same time, he was also married to Fergie, so it might have all been at the same time. But, yeah, those are great movies. And the last one, the newest one about all the animals, the beasts or something, was fantastic.

[Mike D]

And that's kind of like what you're saying that gets a little bit away from the human element and focuses more on just the Transformers. So I kind of think that's where they're going. But I can't wait till I get to the actual Bumblebee movie, because that one. That one kind of, like, reaction just made me love him again. Because that one, aside from, like, the original one, is probably the best one.

[Bobby Bones]

It's really good. And Hailee Steinfeld is a great actor. I love her stuff, and it was fun to watch her with Bumblebee, too. Are we thinking of the same one?

[Mike D]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay. Just.

[Mike D]

Have you seen Sinners?

[Bobby Bones]

Nobody I saw. It's on HBO Max now, so I need to go watch it.

[Mike D]

She. That's a different character for her boy.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay. I mean, I love Michael B. Jordan, so that's why it's on my list. How is your podcast going? Speaking of any exciting guests coming up?

[Mike D]

It's going really good. I feel like with all the big summer movies, it's my favorite time to do it right now. But also, what I find it's the worst when it comes to people reviewing my reviews, because I'm at a point right now where I could go on and hate a movie, and I get the amount of hate that people who love that movie, but I've never reviewed a movie that I love that now I get hate for, which is a new thing where it's like, I really can't win because either I love a movie that everybody hates and people call me an idiot, or I love a movie and people that people didn't like, and it's like, you're also stupid. It's just really hard.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. Honestly, though, the Internet is a pretty dicey place right now. What I'm noticing, just picking up on, I feel like we're a little bit more intense than we've ever been with leaving comments and saying things like out of pocket or just nasty things for the reaction. Or I feel like it's. And maybe I could be wrong on that. But what I'm seeing, at least in the trend, is you just have a lot more nastiness coming out through comments in general. And so I don't know if it's because of you loving or disliking a movie as much as people are just getting a little bit more spicier in their responses and commenting more, maybe especially on YouTube.

[Mike D]

YouTube is probably the worst for me just because that's a place where people not only rip apart what I say, but also, like, my physical attributes. And I'm like, oh, those are hard for me to take.

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, yeah, it's. Well, you're talking about movies and all of a sudden they're throwing something. You're like, bro, what?

[Mike D]

But I'll get, like, straight on, like, full paragraphs that like these completely detailed things. And I'm like, man, this is intense.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, sometimes I'll. I'll type out a whole response. I'm like, never mind. And I just delete it. I'm like, ignore it, Morgan. And then I like, walk away. And sometimes I'll come back with something hilarious. It'll be like a one liner or I'll just have left it and I won't go back to it.

[Mike D]

But yeah, I'm pretty good at throwing the grenade where it's like, here's my response. I'm gonna comment it and never look back at it again. I'm like, I'm gonna deal with that and then. And step away.

[Bobby Bones]

My boyfriend has started saying, you just need to respond. Sounds like you need some sleeping at that. He's like, it's like a dis. But like, you know, you're. You're not being mean. You're just like, you woke up on the wrong side.

[Mike D]

I find the easiest way just to agree with them. Like, you're right, I am an idiot. Thank you.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, but that gives them too much power. Right?

[Mike D]

But then they're like, wait a minute.

[Bobby Bones]

I'm like, on the other side. Like, no, stand up for yourself. Okay, we're going to take a quick break. We'll be right back.

[Unknown Host]

Kelly Harnett spent over a decade in prison for a murder she says she didn't commit.

[Mike D]

I'm 100% innocent.

[Unknown Host]

While behind bars, she learned the law from scratch.

[Mike D]

He goes, oh, God. Harnett, jailhouse lawyer.

[Unknown Host]

And as she fought for herself, she also became a lifeline for the women locked up alongside her.

[Mike D]

You're supposed to have your faith in God.

[Ebony]

But I had nothing but faith in her.

[Unknown Host]

So many of these women had lived the same, same stories.

[Mike D]

I said, were you a victim of domestic violence?

[Unknown Host]

And she was like, yeah, but maybe Kelly could change the ending.

[Mike D]

I said, how many people have gotten other incarcerated individuals out of here? I'm going to be the first one to do that.

[Unknown Host]

This is the story of Kelly Harnett, a woman who spent 12 years fighting not just for her own freedom, but her girlfriend's too.

[Mike D]

I think I have a mission from God to save souls by getting people out of prison.

[Unknown Host]

The Girlfriends Jailhouse Lawyer listen on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

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[Mike D]

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[Unknown Host]

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[Bobby Bones]

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[Bobby Bones]

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[Mike D]

It's really, really, really bad.

[Unknown Host]

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[Mike D]

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[Ebony]

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[Ebony]

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[Mike D]

Through something like that is a traumatic experience, but it's also not the end of your life.

[Dr. Lea Tritate]

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[Bobby Bones]

Kaylee from Nevada wants to know, do Mike D and his wife want to have kids one day?

[Mike D]

Yes, we do. And I think it's seeing probably videos on TikTok of cute moments that make us want to. And then it's seeing the opposite side of that is seeing people have really hard situations with kids being crazy that make us not want to.

[Bobby Bones]

It's like go up, nevermind, down. We're back down.

[Mike D]

Yeah, I'd say we're probably have been talking about it more openly than we have before just because we kind of feel like we're closer to our timeline that we set probably like three or four years ago, we'd be like here in like five or six years. So now we're on like the maybe two years out mark. So I think once you get to that mark it starts to feel a little bit more real.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. And as you get closer, is there a part of you that's like maybe I don't.

[Mike D]

I think everybody has that.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah.

[Mike D]

Just because I think we have both valued our independence for a long time and we enjoy sleeping in on the weekends. We enjoy being able to book a trip and go pretty easily. And I think within another year we've had, we're probably get to that point where we've had our fill with that. Because I can kind of start to feel that a little bit, because I think with us, it's like sometimes you have everything go right and you don't want to mess up, like, your routine and you're like, fun and us just being together. But I think it's also like, me turning 34 recently and being like, on the, like, 40, being so close to me now, it's like, I guess this is the time to start thinking about that. And also, I'm well into the age of people having kids not on accident, which was always the thing, like, growing up, like, back to when I was, like, in seventh or eighth grade. Like, the county I lived in had, like, the highest teen pregnancy rate. So it was a weird transition to go from, like, people telling you they're going to have a kid to feeling like, oh, man, that's rough, to being like, now excited for them. And that's kind of been our world for the last, you know, three to four years. My wife's best friend has a kid who's almost a year old. So I think that's all kind of, like, factoring into our decision. But I think it's the fact that we haven't let outside pressures influence our decision, like, not our parents telling us, not somebody else. We've had our own timeline that we've stuck to that I know when we do finally decide to. That it will feel right.

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, that was a good answer. I'm really excited for you guys. New chapters are beginning, but also just on your own time.

[Mike D]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

Which is a safe and secure feeling.

[Mike D]

The only weird thought I've had recently, which is a weird, dark thought, just because that's where my brain goes, is I start to think about, like, once you have kids, I feel like that's your timeline ending, which is a weird thing because I just think about, like, like, my parents, like, whenever they had me, like, my life started and their entire, like, kind of world changed. And I feel like there's this weird thing I can't explain where it kind of feels like you're closing out a chapter of you as a human, and suddenly the person you create is, like, spreading out and creating a whole new timeline. I just think about, like, my relationship with my parents, how they're still a part of my life. But it's weird. It's a weird thought.

[Bobby Bones]

No, I could see that because I think a lot of people, unfortunately, their identity becomes their children. And I think some people love that. I think some people hate that. Depends on who you are and how you feel. But I do think more often than not, when you have kids, it becomes a center, focus, and everything about yourself and things before kind of gets pushed to the side unless you determine a different path. So I think there's a way that you still can have your timeline. It's just a matter of how you choose to parent, how you choose to involve your kids in things and what that looks like. But I do think there's a reality for a lot of people where it does create this new timeline, and that's just what you're on until you kind of choose otherwise.

[Mike D]

So I could see it, I guess I get into the thing of, like, once you have kids, and I get into that, like, that life or death situation. If you could only save one in a situation like, are you gonna save your wife or are you gonna save your kid?

[Bobby Bones]

Okay, well, that's dark.

[Mike D]

Which becomes more, like, important.

[Bobby Bones]

Here we went really dark.

[Mike D]

Which one do you go with? Because it's like the one, like your partner is the person who's been there with you through everything. Does suddenly that relationship become more important or as soon as you have kids, it's all kid? That's the part I. I can't.

[Bobby Bones]

I think how you figure out the answer to this is talking to your wife and saying, like, how do you feel? Because I think as long as you guys are in alignment with what that looks like, that's where it matters, right? Like, how. How does this stack up? And maybe that conversation happens before you have kids and it happens after, say, like, have our feelings and thoughts changed? I think that's an important conversation to have. Not that you ever want to be in a position of that, but I do think it's important to be in alignment. So if you ever are in a situation, you're both prepared.

[Mike D]

And I know that's a dark scenario, but I think the root of the answer there is kind of what I'm talking about as far as, like, timelines and the way just life changes. I think it all kind of roots to that. Like, which one do you pick between the two?

[Bobby Bones]

And I would love to give you an answer, but I can't. One, because I haven't had that experience yet, and two, because I think that's so much individualized into your experience and with your partner. I think it's all a matter of the conversation you have with your wife genuinely is where you're going to find that answer, which is a weird conversation to have. But if you actually want an answer, that's where it's going to be.

[Mike D]

And I guess you don't really know until you have the kid. And then I feel like a switch kind of goes off and then you figure it out.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, things. That's why I say have the conversation before and then have it after. See how you guys change. It'd be a cool intro. Intro, perspective, situation. Were you still in Texas when you matched with your wife Kelsey on the dating apps? Julie in Kansas?

[Mike D]

I was here, but I was traveling to Texas a lot at the time. That was probably in a period of my life where I probably spent more time on the road than I did in Nashville. So that's why I was using a dating app in a state that I didn't live in because I was like, I'm here so much. I come back not only for work a lot, but also because my family was still there. So we matched first and she did not swipe on me. And then I came back again and then we that time she did swipe on me.

[Bobby Bones]

Invisible string theory is weird. Invisible string theory. If you don't know what I'm talking about, look it up. What have been some of your favorite dates or moments with your wife? This is Sadie from Ohio. She's our last question for dates.

[Mike D]

Our first date ever was at Matt's El Rancho in Austin. And then we recreated that on our one year anniversary and it was total monsoon in Austin. But we were so dead set on going there to recreate that first debt that we made it happen anyway. We're like, we probably should have not gone bailed on the idea. But I think there's always been a connection to that restaurant just because that's where we first met. She was three minutes late, which I still give her crap to for this till this day. She was like secretly sick going into that date. She took a bunch of just cough medicine to get through it.

[Bobby Bones]

Hey, that invisible string theory is holding us strong right now.

[Mike D]

But it all kind of roots back to that restaurant. So whenever we're in Austin, we try to go back.

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, that's a cool memory. Not just an attachment.

[Mike D]

And I swore that I kept the receipt to that first date and I could never find it again because I wanted at some point to give it back to her. Like as an anniversary gift.

[Unknown Host]

Yeah.

[Mike D]

And I could never find it because at that time I would have to keep a lot of receipts for work. So I'd always throw them in my backpack and I had the zipper and then I could never find the receipt again. I was like, could I call the restaurant and tell them the exact time and day I was there and have them print me a receipt?

[Bobby Bones]

Potentially. I mean, they are systems and everything technically is logged. I just don't know how far it goes back.

[Mike D]

But either that or I could just fake a receipt.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah.

[Mike D]

Like a gift.

[Bobby Bones]

Because it's always one of those situations where you put something special somewhere.

[Mike D]

Really?

[Bobby Bones]

You're like, I will never forget this place and I put it here on purpose. And then you forget the place.

[Mike D]

Yeah, I do that.

[Bobby Bones]

And so it is probably somewhere and you probably put it somewhere and you just can't remember the special place.

[Mike D]

Yeah. And I think that backpack I had is long gone, so could be gone forever.

[Sarah Spain]

No.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay, Mike, well, thanks for joining me and answering all the listener questions.

[Mike D]

Thank you for having me.

[Bobby Bones]

And tell the people where they can find you. Hear you in the podcast. All that good stuff.

[Mike D]

Movie Mike's Movie Podcast. New episodes every single Monday, wherever you get your podcast. And I'm ikedistro on everything.

[Bobby Bones]

There he is. And make sure you go listen to part one this weekend because I think you'll really love it. We just have a fun conversation. We're gonna talk to Mike all about his no more braces and vacation and all that good stuff. So go check it out. Bye, everybody.

[Mike D]

Later. That's the best bits of the week with Morgan. Thanks for listening. Be sure to check out the other two parts this weekend. Go follow the show on all social platforms obbyboneshow and follow ebgirlmorgan to submit your listener questions for next week's episode.

[Bobby Bones]

I knew I wanted to obey and submit, but I didn't fully grasp for.

[Mike D]

The rest of my life what that.

[Unknown Host]

Meant for my heart. Podcasts and Rococo Punch. This is the Turning River Road. In the woods of Minnesota, a cult leader married himself to 10 girls and forced them into a secret life of abuse. But in 2014, the youngest escaped. Listen to the Turning river road on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

The Girlfriends is back with a new season, and this time, I'm telling you the story of Kelly Harnett. Kelly spent over a decade in prison for a murder she says she didn't commit. As she fought for her freedom, she taught herself the law.

[Mike D]

He goes, oh, God. Harnett jailhouse lawyer.

[Unknown Host]

And became a beacon of hope for the women locked up alongside her.

[Mike D]

You're supposed to have your faith in.

[Ebony]

God, but I had nothing but faith in her.

[Bobby Bones]

I think I was put here to.

[Mike D]

Save souls by getting people out of prison.

[Unknown Host]

The girlfriends Jailhouse Lawyer listen on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Danielle Robe]

Just like great shoes, great books take you places through unforgettable love stories and into conversations with characters you'll never forget.

[Bobby Bones]

I think any good romance, it gives me this feeling of like butterflies.

[Danielle Robe]

I'm Danielle Robe and this is bookmarked by Reese's Book Club, the new podcast from hello Sunshine and iHeart podcast where we dive into the stories that shape us on the page and off. Each week I'm joined by authors, celebs, book talk stars and more for conversations that will make you laugh, cry and add way too many books to your TBR pile. Listen to Bookmarked by Reese's Book Club on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Sarah Spain]

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[Ebony]

So what happened at Chappaquiddick?

[Bobby Bones]

Well, it really depends on who you talk to.

[Mike D]

There are many versions of what happened.

[Unknown Host]

In 1969 when a young Ted Kennedy drove a car into a pond and.

[Bobby Bones]

Left a woman behind to drown.

[Mike D]

Chappaquiddick is a story of a tragic.

[Unknown Host]

Death and how the Kennedy machine took control.

[Mike D]

Every week we go behind the headlines and beyond the drama of America's royal family.

[Bobby Bones]

Listen to United States of Kennedy on the iHeartRadio app, Apple podcast or wherever you get your podcast. This is an iHeart podcast.