Mike Explores

Mike Explores

There are so many topics out there that we know nothing about, GGR Editor-In-Chief Mike Lunsford hope to learn as much as he can about them in this interview-based podcast.

Episodes

July 1, 2025 78 mins
Mike is joined by special guest Lindsay Jaworski to discuss their mutual love of Paul Reubens and the documentary "Pee-wee As Himself."
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Mike is joined by fellow GGR podcaster MC Brooks for a podcast team up: "Overflow on the Mic." The duo discuss the series finale of "You" and discuss points of the entire series.
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April 2, 2025 41 mins
Mike finally takes the leap into the complex world of TTRPGs (Table Top Role Playing Games). He is joined by friend of GGR, Megan Savannah Lehr who guides Mike through the basics.
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August 6, 2023 78 mins
Mike sits down and has a conversation with William B.J. Robinson, one of the co-hosts of the "Fed Con" podcast here on GGR. Get to know all about BJ's hosting roles on PBS, his international stage show, his love of music and more!
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December 11, 2022 50 mins
Mike is joined by guest Joshua Schwadron, CEO of Mighty. He leads “a team of social workers, lawyers, data scientists, engineers, and more on a mission to build a better way to help people after an accident.” Their goal? To help people overcome the tactics and complexity of personal injury law. Make sure you check them out at mighty.com
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October 9, 2022 51 mins
Mike catches up with human rights lawyer and advocate Qasim Rashid to discuss his work in politics, his growing social media fame, the current legal climate of the U.S. and more.
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September 25, 2021 104 mins
There’s a lot of misinformation and disinformation surrounding Covid-19, the vaccines and essentially anything involving the current pandemic affecting the globe. Mike and Jess bring in an expert, Dr. Stephanie Petzing, to dispel these rumors, conspiracy theories and other falsehoods with the only thing that can fight them: facts.
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March 7, 2021 83 mins
Mike and Jess interview Lisa and Jacqueline of Eat Pray Britney, a podcast that discusses the details of Britney Spears’ strange legal situation.
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February 14, 2021 77 mins
Mike has an interview with Derek Grant, a former member of the Church of Scientology. They discuss his experiences growing up in the church, what he learned after leaving and how things are changing in the 21st century for the church.
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February 5, 2021 80 mins
The last episode of Mike on the Mic/First episode of Mike Explores features a team of podcasting sisters, Amanda and Lindsay Jaworski who host a show called “Hey Lady.” Listen to Mike discuss inclusivity, feminism, pizza, sandwiches, and so much more!
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Mike interviews Virginia congressional candidate Qasim Rashid. They discuss the issues our country and Virginia is dealing with but also some of Qasim's favorite coffee spots, board games, MCU movies and his love of Star Trek and Star Wars.
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September 1, 2020 39 mins
Mike has a conversation with fellow podcaster Lee Delaney of "Curiosity Cake" about how he got started, what it's like being interested in everything, and how he got into podcasting. Make sure you check out Curiosity Cake at www.curiositycake.co.uk plus you can find Curiosity Cake on Twitter as well!
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June 15, 2020 63 mins
Mike and special guest co-host Ulysses E. Campbell get a sit-down interview with the Virginia House of Delegates Representative Joshua Cole of the 28th District. They discuss the current political climate, Delegate Cole’s main focuses in office, racism, the Confederate flag and statues littered across our country and some geeky and nerdy things as well.
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June 13, 2020 39 mins
Mike interviews independent filmmaker August Aguilar about his films, comics, and other media projects.
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May 6, 2020 55 mins
Mike and Rambo discuss one of their favorite television shows of all time: Justified. Plus, Rambo treats us to his awesome Werner Herzog impersonation.
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April 6, 2020 69 mins
Mike and "The Opaque Senator" Russ Brown discuss their takeaway from season 1 of Star Trek: Picard.
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Mike and MC interview the creators of “The Fic List,” Erin and Alan and discuss their fan fiction podcast.
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April 5, 2020 15 mins
Mike and MC come together to pay tribute to some of the amazing musicians we’ve lost recently: Kenny Rogers, Ellis Marsalis, Adam Schlesinger and Bill Withers. They play some of their music and speak about the impact they had. Rest In Peace all of you amazingly talented artists. You all will be missed.
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Mike and MC team up for another episode of "Overflow on the Mic" to discuss You Season 2 and other shows they are currently watching.
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January 10, 2020 74 mins
YEE-HAW! Welcome to the dagburn first podcast of 2020! Mike and special guest James Rambo talk about Westerns! They break down why the genre is so important, how it has influenced Japanese films and how they in turn have influenced westerns. The duo also discuss their favorite movies of the genre. Give it a listen...unless yer yella!
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