Lonely at Night

Baldini
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Lonely at Night is a late-night audio journal from the highways and backroads of America. Hosted by Mikel Brock — “Baldini” — the show drifts through quiet thoughts, strange memories, loneliness, anger, nostalgia, and the mental places you end up after too many nights alone with your thoughts. Recorded from the cab of a truck somewhere between Bar Harbor and Anaheim, it’s honest, reflective, sometimes funny, and never polished. Just stories, confessions, moments, and memories from the road. When the world sleeps, we talk.

Episodes

  1. 6d ago

    The Phone Works Both Ways

    Episode 6: The Phone Works Both Ways People like to say the phone works both ways. Most of the time we hear that as criticism. This time it feels more like a confession. A quiet phone has a strange way of convincing us we've been forgotten. One unanswered day turns into a story about who remembers us, who thinks about us, and whether we matter to anyone else's day. But sometimes the silence isn't coming from everyone else. If you'd like to watch the video version of this episode, along with quiet drive videos from highways across America, visit the Lonely at Night YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/@lonelyatnightshow From Bar Harbor to Anaheim, and every stop in between... This is Lonely at Night.

  2. Jul 13

    My Page in Your Book

    Episode 5: My Page in Your Book Sometimes the smallest moments tell you the biggest truths. A guy loses his temper over a penny at the fuel pump, and it makes me wonder how often we're all carrying around so much weight that the tiniest inconvenience becomes the thing that finally tips the scale. Maybe we spend too much time judging the page we can see, and not enough time remembering it's part of a story we'll never get to read. If you’d like to watch the video version of the episode, along with quiet drive videos from the highways and byways of America, you can find Lonely at Night on YouTube: https://youtube.com/@lonelyatnightshow From Bar Harbor to Anaheim, and every stop in between. This is Lonely at Night.

  3. Jul 6

    Another Heartbeat Nearby

    Episode 4: Another Heartbeat Nearby Loneliness is not always about being alone. Sometimes it is the silence. The empty room. The passenger seat with nobody in it. The feeling that your thoughts are the only thing keeping you company. Then there is a dog sleeping beside you. A cat in the window. One more living thing sharing the space. It does not fix anything. It does not answer anything. It does not make the road easier. But somehow, everything feels different. This one is about pets, quiet nights, truck dogs, empty rooms, and the strange comfort of another heartbeat nearby. If you’d like to watch the video version of the episode, along with quiet drive videos from the highways and byways of America, you can find Lonely at Night on YouTube: https://youtube.com/@lonelyatnightshow From Bar Harbor to Anaheim, and every stop in between. This is Lonely at Night.

  4. Jun 29

    Waiting at Home

    Episode 3: Waiting at Home People talk a lot about the sacrifices made by truck drivers, but not enough about the people waiting back home. In this episode of Lonely at Night, I’m thinking about the cost of being gone. The missed dinners, the empty side of the bed, the routines that change, and the problems that still have to be handled when someone is ten states away. Being out here is hard, but sometimes the bigger sacrifice is being made by the people who didn’t choose this life, but still have to live with it. This one is about trucking, but not just trucking. It’s about work, distance, providing, loneliness, and the hard truth that good intentions do not cancel out consequences. If you’d like to watch the video version of the episode, along with quiet drive videos from the highways and byways of America, you can find Lonely at Night on YouTube: https://youtube.com/@lonelyatnightshow From Bar Harbor to Anaheim, and every stop in between. This is Lonely at Night.

  5. Jun 24

    That's Enough

    Some questions stay with us longer than they should. A strange text. A conversation that felt a little off. A friendship that changed without explanation. A moment that never came with an answer. In this episode of Lonely at Night, we talk about overthinking, uncertainty, closure, and the way our brains turn unanswered questions into unfinished business. Sometimes we keep replaying the same conversation, hoping one more pass will finally reveal what we missed. But maybe not knowing isn’t failure. Maybe “I don’t know” is the most honest answer we get. Checking in once again from somewhere on the highways and byways of America... This is Lonely at Night.

  6. Jun 23

    Heavier at Night

    Why does everything feel heavier at two in the morning? In the quiet hours, old conversations, forgotten memories, regrets, victories, and unanswered questions have a way of showing up uninvited. What happens when the noise of the day fades away and you're left alone with your thoughts. Maybe nighttime isn't loneliness, sadness, or depression. Maybe it's just being alone long enough to hear yourself. Checking in from somewhere on the highways and byways of America, this is Lonely at Night.

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Lonely at Night is a late-night audio journal from the highways and backroads of America. Hosted by Mikel Brock — “Baldini” — the show drifts through quiet thoughts, strange memories, loneliness, anger, nostalgia, and the mental places you end up after too many nights alone with your thoughts. Recorded from the cab of a truck somewhere between Bar Harbor and Anaheim, it’s honest, reflective, sometimes funny, and never polished. Just stories, confessions, moments, and memories from the road. When the world sleeps, we talk.

Information

  • Creator
    Baldini
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    6
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Baldini
  • Show Website
    Lonely at Night