The Mick & Pat Show

Mick and Pat
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Hey, Kin! Welcome to "The Mick & Pat Show," your home for candid discussions that explore the many layers of life's tapestry. We're Mick and Pat, two guys who are a lot like you—balancing work, family, and the complexities of modern existence.--Who Are We? We're two modest guys incredibly fortunate to have life partners who find our idiosyncrasies endearing. Mick enjoys the analytical side of things—like diving deep into data sets and puzzling out complex policies. Pat, on the other hand, revels in life's big questions and spiritual intricacies, often finding solace and wonder in philosophy and faith.-- What Do We Discuss? Our podcast serves up a rich menu of topics, from probing political debates and the latest in AI to crisp beer reviews and deep dives into pop culture. We're not shy about fatherhood, relationships, and the human experience either—expect the raw and the real. --Why Listen to Us? Think of us as the friends you didn't know you needed. We deliver the goods: no-nonsense conversations laced with insight, debate, and of course, laughs by the barrelful. --Where Can You Find Us? We're broadcasting to all major podcast platforms from a hidden valley in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado. --When Do We Air? New episodes drop like hotcakes every Tuesday morning, ensuring your week starts off with substance (and maybe a little nonsense). --Got a burning question or a beer you want reviewed? Don't hesitate to reach out. Pull up a chair, tap into our conversations, and let's make sense of this wild ride called life together.

  1. FEB 5

    My Robot Did The Dishes And Maybe Stole My Gun

    Send us a text A wool-wrapped humanoid that cleans your kitchen, answers the door, and remembers your routines sounds like a dream—until you realize much of the “intelligence” is a person in a VR headset training it from afar. We dive into Neo’s carefully staged reveal and the Wall Street Journal’s hands-on, separating slick marketing from what the robot can actually do, and why teleoperation is both the shortcut to usefulness and the biggest risk to your privacy. We break down the specs and the spin: a quiet, tendon-driven body that’s light and “safe,” fingers with human-level strength, cameras with wide depth of field, and a battery that still needs breaks. The promise is freedom from chores and a friendly companion in your physical space. The reality—for now—is “robotic slop”: imperfect but helpful actions that need human oversight, plus a data pipeline that captures the most intimate parts of home life to make models smarter. That’s not inherently evil, but it’s a social contract most buyers don’t read: remote operators, household video, app approvals, no-go zones, and the assumption that guardrails never fail. We go beyond convenience to the human layer. What happens when kids bond with a machine that outlives its chassis? When an elder’s independence depends on a subscription? When the robot becomes the family’s memory—who owns that archive? We trace the path from household helper to warehouse worker to defense platform, and why the training data from immaculate living rooms matters far outside the home. Along the way, we test the ethics: safety around knives and stoves, access to doors and drawers, and the uncomfortable reality that a mobile camera with hands is a different species of device than a smart speaker. If you’re AI-curious, privacy-conscious, or just wondering who this is really for at $20,000, this conversation offers a clear-eyed guide to the tradeoffs. Listen for practical guardrails you can set, the benchmarks that should be non-negotiable, and the questions to ask before you let a company’s robot live with your family. If this episode sparks something, share it with a friend, hit follow, and leave a review with your take on home robots—would you let Neo in? Attorneys For Freedom Law FirmAttorneys For Freedom Law Firm: Attorneys on Retainer ProgramPodpageWith Podpage, you can build a beautiful podcast website in 5 minutes (or less).The Mick and Pat HQCheck out our website.AudibleSignup for your free 30-day trial of Audible now & get your first book for free!Karl Casey a.k.a. White Bat AudioMusic by Karl Casey @WhiteBatAudioPrimary ArmsPrimary Arms is who we trust for our firearm related purchases!Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the show

    1h 49m

  2. JAN 15

    From Minnesota To Caracas: Power, Policing, And Consequence

    Send us a text Sirens, shouting, and a trigger pulled in under a second. We start with the Minnesota shooting involving an ICE agent and a protest scene that escalated into tragedy, unpacking why “legally justified” might not always mean “necessary” and how stress, tunnel vision, and training gaps can turn a chaotic minute into a lifetime of fallout.  Then we widen the lens to Venezuela, where a cinematic extraction of Nicolás Maduro revealed the quieter logic of power: oil reserves, gold stores, and the geopolitics of BRICS. We cut through “40 civilians killed” headlines, explain why casualty categories get politicized, and look at the real question—who controls resources that could reshape currency, energy security, and the balance of influence in the Americas? Lessons from Iraq loom large: fast wins collapse when institutions are shattered. If stability comes, it will be earned through careful diplomacy, targeted support, and the restraint to avoid a long insurgency while keeping adversaries away from our doorstep. We end on the ground, with handmade gifts, better optics, and a Les Mis moment that sticks—a pair of candlesticks as a promise to keep choosing mercy even when it’s hard. That’s the tension we live in: policy and principle, safety and sovereignty, headlines and human beings. Attorneys For Freedom Law FirmAttorneys For Freedom Law Firm: Attorneys on Retainer ProgramPodpageWith Podpage, you can build a beautiful podcast website in 5 minutes (or less).The Mick and Pat HQCheck out our website.AudibleSignup for your free 30-day trial of Audible now & get your first book for free!Karl Casey a.k.a. White Bat AudioMusic by Karl Casey @WhiteBatAudioPrimary ArmsPrimary Arms is who we trust for our firearm related purchases!Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the show

    1h 10m

  3. JAN 8

    When Assimilation Fades, Polarization Rushes In

    Send us a text A library full of cameras, a beachfront standoff—small failures and big ones keep pointing to the same problem: trust breaks when institutions won’t act or won’t show their work. We start with a story about losing hours of recording and end up confronting how evidence can go missing when it matters most. The Brown University shooting is described as a targeted assassination in a camera-dense building with sparse footage released. Open-source sleuths jump in with gait analysis and pattern-matching, underscoring both the promise and risk of citizen forensics when official channels go quiet. From there, we pivot to Bondi. Police crouch behind vehicles for over thirty minutes while civilians wrestle away a gun. That scene forces a harder comparison: U.S.-style local policing versus Crown-nation rotations, where officers often serve communities they don’t live in. Add low incident exposure and a culture wary of self-defense, and you get hesitation where decisiveness is needed. The policy reflex is familiar—tighten gun laws—but the underlying issues of training, accountability, and readiness remain unresolved. We widen the lens to immigration and assimilation. Norway’s strict language-and-values model becomes a foil to looser systems that import voters, outsource services, and breed resentment when taxpayers see their costs rise as benefits spread elsewhere. Allegations of benefits fraud—millions, not billions—still corrode public trust because consequences seem rare and selective. Meanwhile, the American flag morphs from a shared emblem into a political shibboleth, and speech policing fuels a sense that voice is slipping away before rights do. Yet there’s a thread of optimism. Culture can blend without erasing; curiosity can beat cynicism; local action can bend outcomes. We talk practical steps: understand your city budget, show up at council, volunteer, and, yes, run for school board or mayor. Safety isn’t just laws; it’s norms, training, transparency, and neighbors who give a damn. If you’re tired of being told to pick a side, you’ll find space here to think harder, ask better questions, and choose action over doom. If the conversation resonates, follow the show, share this episode with a friend, and leave a review with one question you want answered next. Your voice shapes where we go from here. Support the show

    1h 18m

  4. JAN 1

    Storms, Roots, And Resilience: Jamaica After The Hurricane

    Send us a text A stripped hillside can change a life more than a broken wall. That’s the image that frames our conversation as Dean returns from Jamaica’s mountain communities and walks us through the quiet disaster most headlines missed: fruit trees leveled, tin roofs torn, and families suddenly cut off from the food they used to pick outside their doors. We talk about what disappears when the forest goes bare—bananas, mangos, coconuts—and how long it takes to coax a harvest back. Eight to twelve months is a long time when kids need lunch tomorrow. Attorneys For Freedom Law FirmAttorneys For Freedom Law Firm: Attorneys on Retainer ProgramPodpageWith Podpage, you can build a beautiful podcast website in 5 minutes (or less).The Mick and Pat HQCheck out our website.AudibleSignup for your free 30-day trial of Audible now & get your first book for free!Karl Casey a.k.a. White Bat AudioMusic by Karl Casey @WhiteBatAudioPrimary ArmsPrimary Arms is who we trust for our firearm related purchases!Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the show

    1h 3m

  5. 12/18/2025

    Whiteout Memories

    Send us a text The night goes quiet when the snow starts to fall—until the trees begin to crack. We open with the 2003 Colorado blizzard that sealed doors and turned roofs into playgrounds, then jump to the eerie 2021 freeze where waterlogged branches snapped like glass and crushed cars in the street. There’s levity too. A quick, honest take on Predator: Badlands—surprisingly fun, PG-13 cleverness, some iffy CGI—and a running birthday gag. If this hit your nostalgia, made you rethink winter driving, or gave you a new prank idea, tap follow, share it with a friend who loves storm stories, and leave a quick review telling us your wildest snow day memory. Attorneys For Freedom Law FirmAttorneys For Freedom Law Firm: Attorneys on Retainer ProgramPodpageWith Podpage, you can build a beautiful podcast website in 5 minutes (or less).The Mick and Pat HQCheck out our website.AudibleSignup for your free 30-day trial of Audible now & get your first book for free!Karl Casey a.k.a. White Bat AudioMusic by Karl Casey @WhiteBatAudioPrimary ArmsPrimary Arms is who we trust for our firearm related purchases!Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the show

    1h 21m

  6. 10/30/2025

    Halloween 2025: The Weight Of A Soul

    Send us a text A spider-filled garage sets the tone, but the chill arrives when we revisit a body-cam moment from the Chris Watts case that feels impossibly exact. As a neighbor tries to pull up security footage, the app crashes into a National Geographic ad: a fetus in the womb, an eruption, a skull in oil. We walk through that nine-second cascade with clear eyes—no hype, no ghoulish delight—asking how coincidence, conscience, and pattern-seeking collide when a killer is cornered in his own head. From there, we move room to room with the K9 team, weighing alleged giggles and whispered EVPs against echo, stress, and the way investigators’ faces change when they hear something they can’t place. We don’t chase every shadow; we slow down, replay, and consider the most ordinary explanations first. Still, we make space for how genuinely weird some moments are, and how grief-soaked places can prime both errors and insight. Along the way, we talk true crime ethics, why some creators get it right, and what responsible analysis looks like when real families and real loss are involved. The conversation widens into faith and the supernatural without leaving reason behind. Why would the obvious reveal—an angel on camera, a demon in 4K—undercut free will? Why is evil usually subtle, dressed in plain clothes, and friendly at the bar? We swap stories about sensing “the weight” in certain places, discuss the thin veil idea, and return to a practical center: discernment. Hold wonder and logic together. Respect evidence. Refuse to feed on tragedy for thrills. And recognize that the scariest truths aren’t always the ones caught on tape. If this episode sparked thought, share it with a friend, subscribe for more grounded deep dives, and leave a quick review to tell us where you land—fate, fluke, or something we don’t have words for yet. Attorneys For Freedom Law FirmAttorneys For Freedom Law Firm: Attorneys on Retainer ProgramPodpageWith Podpage, you can build a beautiful podcast website in 5 minutes (or less).The Mick and Pat HQCheck out our website.AudibleSignup for your free 30-day trial of Audible now & get your first book for free!Karl Casey a.k.a. White Bat AudioMusic by Karl Casey @WhiteBatAudioPrimary ArmsPrimary Arms is who we trust for our firearm related purchases!Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the show

    1h 24m

  7. 10/09/2025

    Rusted Blades and Red Rocks

    Send us a text The gear you carry should earn its place, and sometimes that truth shows up the hard way. We open with a CRKT Provoke that went from ocean-rusted and over-torqued to brand-new after a painfully honest warranty claim—no lecture, just a fix. From there, we dig into how value really works in everyday carry: why affordable tools you won’t lose might beat luxury blades you will, and why customer support can matter more than steel type. Our attention turns to firearms and the fine print of reliability. We unpack a Shadow Systems barrel saga where microscopic tolerance errors turned a carry gun into a jam machine, how we documented the failure, and what finally solved it. Then we wade into the SIG P320 controversy with clear eyes—how striker-fired designs differ, why tolerance stacking can create edge-case dangers, and what sets apart safe platforms from ones that demand too much faith. Resetting outdoors changed the tone. Zion and Bryce Canyon delivered the most seamless national park experience we’ve had: e‑bikes up the canyon road, quiet pullouts with grandstand views, and Bryce’s surreal hoodoos that bend perspective and legs. Finally, an archery elk hunt that came down to inches and wind. We patterned bulls, set perfect ambushes, drew at 20–35 yards, and watched two chances vanish when the breeze turned. Along the way: shot ethics, arrow versus bullet realities, and a humble camp stew after a long hike. No hero shots—just honest lessons about why wind is king, why process beats ego, and how close calls sharpen the next season. If you’re into practical gear, national park strategy, the messy truth about water in the West, or the adrenaline and humility of hunting, this one’s for you. Listen, share with a friend who loves sharp tools or big sandstone, and leave a review to tell us what gear you trust most—and why. Attorneys For Freedom Law FirmAttorneys For Freedom Law Firm: Attorneys on Retainer ProgramPodpageWith Podpage, you can build a beautiful podcast website in 5 minutes (or less).The Mick and Pat HQCheck out our website.AudibleSignup for your free 30-day trial of Audible now & get your first book for free!Karl Casey a.k.a. White Bat AudioMusic by Karl Casey @WhiteBatAudioPrimary ArmsPrimary Arms is who we trust for our firearm related purchases!Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the show

    1h 33m

  8. 09/25/2025

    Navigating Faith, Vengeance, and Media Manipulation

    Send us a text The assassination of Charlie Kirk has forced many to confront uncomfortable questions about violence, justice, and faith in America today. This raw, unfiltered conversation explores the profound emotional impact such events have on us as individuals and as a society. When political violence strikes, the natural human impulse toward vengeance collides with deeper spiritual teachings about forgiveness and love. We navigate this tension through personal stories of processing grief, anger, and fear in the aftermath of witnessing someone's death. One host shares how this may have been "the worst day of my life so far," revealing the isolation felt even when surrounded by loved ones who couldn't fully understand the depth of his disturbance. The discussion examines the biblical framework for understanding justice and punishment, particularly for Christians who must reconcile Christ's teachings about loving enemies with the reality of evil in the world. Can capital punishment be just while still rejecting the celebration of anyone's death? How do we maintain our humanity when confronted with inhumanity? We also analyze the media landscape surrounding such events, from Jimmy Kimmel's show going on hiatus after controversial comments to sophisticated propaganda designed to manipulate emotions and sow division. Learning to filter information has never been more crucial as false narratives spread faster than truth. Throughout these difficult topics, we find glimmers of hope. One host shares how the tragedy led him to appreciate his wife more deeply, spending extra time each night holding her with gratitude that "Charlie doesn't get to do that." This reminder to cherish what matters most offers a path forward through troubled times. Join us for this thought-provoking conversation about finding our way through darkness without becoming what we despise. Support the show

    1h 22m
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Hey, Kin! Welcome to "The Mick & Pat Show," your home for candid discussions that explore the many layers of life's tapestry. We're Mick and Pat, two guys who are a lot like you—balancing work, family, and the complexities of modern existence.--Who Are We? We're two modest guys incredibly fortunate to have life partners who find our idiosyncrasies endearing. Mick enjoys the analytical side of things—like diving deep into data sets and puzzling out complex policies. Pat, on the other hand, revels in life's big questions and spiritual intricacies, often finding solace and wonder in philosophy and faith.-- What Do We Discuss? Our podcast serves up a rich menu of topics, from probing political debates and the latest in AI to crisp beer reviews and deep dives into pop culture. We're not shy about fatherhood, relationships, and the human experience either—expect the raw and the real. --Why Listen to Us? Think of us as the friends you didn't know you needed. We deliver the goods: no-nonsense conversations laced with insight, debate, and of course, laughs by the barrelful. --Where Can You Find Us? We're broadcasting to all major podcast platforms from a hidden valley in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado. --When Do We Air? New episodes drop like hotcakes every Tuesday morning, ensuring your week starts off with substance (and maybe a little nonsense). --Got a burning question or a beer you want reviewed? Don't hesitate to reach out. Pull up a chair, tap into our conversations, and let's make sense of this wild ride called life together.

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  • Creator
    Mick and Pat
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2026
  • Episodes
    149
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2026 Mick and Pat Show, LLC
  • Show Website
    The Mick & Pat Show