Mischke

Mischke

Return to the windowless studio on the boulevard of broken dreams as the originator of irreverent, stream of consciousness late night radio returns to break the mold once again. Every weekend, Author/Broadcaster/Podcaster Tommy Mischke shares his unique perspective on the world. Inviting in the brightest minds and even brighter personalities, Mischke muses each week on the complexities of life and the simplicities of joy.

Episodes

August 1, 2025 57 mins

Make this show your poison pill. It's easy to swallow. Take in Dear Abby, and learn how she bought a life of prestige but lost a sister. Then plunge into the delightfully random world of listener-land.

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Mischke cartwheels into the world of the imagination in an interview with Adam Zeman, author of The Shape of Things Unseen. This is followed by a somersault into the trusty Listener Directory and a back flip over a fence into the Dolphin, Bear, Turkey and Panda cage.

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July 25, 2025 65 mins

Mischke escapes the States and finds an oasis in rural Scotland, on a farm. That's where Alistair Moffat is sitting with a cup of tea. He has written "The Secret History of Here." After Mischke's interview, it's obit time. They're dropping like flies out there. Finally, a dip into the listener phone directory and an interview involving a couple of real cool cats.

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July 23, 2025 56 mins

Mischke spends the hour with Tom Barnard, one of the most listened to voices in the history of Minnesota radio.

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July 18, 2025 54 mins

Mischke interviews James Barrat, author of "The Intelligence Explosion: When AI Beats Humans at Everything." Then Tommy radically shifts gears and does a deep dive into the world of ex wives, before wrapping up the show with a lesson on phone usage and the sad pathetic maudlin end of news anchor Walter Cronkite.

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July 16, 2025 49 mins

Mischke wades into the tattoo world and leaves his mark, then goes animalistic in his assessment of couples relationships. Finally he embraces the phone, so listeners might keep him company in his lonely studio. 

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July 11, 2025 61 mins

Mischke spends the hour with a fascinating doctor of neurology. Pria Anand has written a brilliant book called "The Mind Electric: A Neurologist on the Strangeness and Wonder of our Brains" The discussion is wide-ranging and wonderfully enlightening.

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July 9, 2025 51 mins

Mischke kicks up a storm over hurricane names and the failure to take the same approach with tornados. He also revives an old standby bit from his KSTP days, "Dear Abby." Finally, he uncovers a most unusual anti-depressant that's available to all of us and is without a single side effect, as long as one keeps the windows shut.

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July 4, 2025 60 mins

Mischke delves deep into the 1960s and 70's world of professional bowling, comparing it to that same world today. And he grieves. He takes listeners on a ride to his childhood and a sleazy bowling alley where he learned the finer points of being a man. Finally, he concludes the podcast with an interview with Dave Hage & Josephine Marcotty, the authors of Sea of Grass, an extraordinary new book on the wondrous American ...

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June 27, 2025 65 mins

Mischke celebrates summer, Jaws, the 4th of July, and the American Revolution. His guest is Kostya Kennedy, author of The Ride: Paul Revere and the Night That Saved America.

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June 20, 2025 63 mins

Mischke screws up, badly, but seeks solidarity with others who've done the same. He finds solace in the many stories that seem worse than his own. A conversation with John Miller follows. He's authored a critically acclaimed book on Earl Weaver, titled "The Last Manager."

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June 13, 2025 65 mins

Mischke contemplates imaginary friends, angry honkers, singers who share a mic, and people who refuse to close the drapes. Then he finds an FDA agent running a smoking fun sting operation before closing out the show with a violent hickey removal proposal.

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June 6, 2025 59 mins

Love for a dog sends a family on an extraordinary journey of the heart.

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May 30, 2025 64 mins

Oh baby baby it's a wild world. And Mischke knows this well. So does the man sitting behind the thermopane glass, with a love for beer and late night hobbies. So does the man waiting for decades to see a single album returned to his library. Fortunately, there are always old ladies to keep us happy.

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May 23, 2025 67 mins

Mischke realizes the end game of Artificial Intelligence and it's not what you think. Not even close. Then he goes back in time, to June of 1967, and delivers a shocking real life story. The show ends with a flying toddler, who happens to be a pretty decent poet. 

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May 16, 2025 64 mins

Mischke's circuitous route through this program takes him from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame to the far reaches of Outer Space, chasing obscure band names and high speed alien crafts. Hear his interview with Hubbard Radio's most listened to podcaster, Stephen Diener, host of the Unidentified Alien Podcast (UAP). 

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This week Mischke visits the last Catholic Parish on earth. Then he has a long conversation with Canadian author, Alex Hutchinson, about his new book, "The Explorer's Gene." The show ends with a quirky phone call to an easy going listener in Indiana.

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May 2, 2025 72 mins

Mischke determines, for the first time in his life, that we're all good drivers. Yes, that even includes you! Then he descends into the dark world of lustful appetites, with author Rachel Hope Cleves and her latest book Lustful Appetites: An Intimate History of Good Food and Wicked Sex. He makes a few calls to listeners, and honors Mother's Day, before leaving everyone with a profoundly disturbing image. So prepare yoursel...

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April 25, 2025 73 mins

Tommy Mischke is back for another fun episode and this time he goes all in on Nostradamus, and then takes a stab at predicting the next pope, followed by a deep dive into an impossibly bizarre supernatural realm. That's right, things are getting a little spooky. He wraps up with two phone calls just as disturbingly otherworldly. Clearly, the man is on a roll!

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April 18, 2025 69 mins

Mischke makes a rather bold move. He attempts to become "The Great One."

While he falls miserably short, he does have an interesting conversation with a national science writer named Nell Greenfieldboyce. Her new book is titled Transient and Strange. Plus he also accidentally interrupts a very private therapy session, kicking off station alarms.

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