10 Bizarre Origin Stories of Brand Names! Plus National Burrito Day and other random celebrations, listener emails, new tour dates, and more! All before we close it out with The Tribune! Thank you to Aaron Brungardt for engineering, mixing, and production expertise, Geoffrey Tice for artwork, Bobby TBD for theme music, and All Things Comedy for their support, production, and distribution. Email the show at themidnightmailbag@gmail.com!

<description>&lt;p&gt;10 Bizarre Origin Stories of Brand Names! Plus National Burrito Day and other random celebrations, listener emails, new tour dates, and more! All before we close it out with The Tribune!&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Thank you to Aaron Brungardt for engineering, mixing, and production expertise, Geoffrey Tice for artwork, Bobby TBD for theme music, and All Things Comedy for their support, production, and distribution.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Email the show at themidnightmailbag@gmail.com!&lt;/p&gt;</description>

10 Bizarre Origin Stories of Brand Names

Back in LA and talking TV! White Lotus, Adolescence, and The Karen Reid Documentary, let&rsquo;s get into it! Plus highlights from my shows on the east coast and seeing some listeners! And as always, I read The Tribune! Bonus after the show for Midnight Air supporters, I talk about the movies Mickey 17 and Black Bag! Thank you to Aaron Brungardt for engineering, mixing, and production expertise, Geoffrey Tice for artwork, Bobby TBD for theme music, and All Things Comedy for their support, production, and distribution. Email the show at themidnightmailbag@gmail.com!

<description>&lt;p&gt;Back in LA and talking TV! White Lotus, Adolescence, and The Karen Reid Documentary, let&amp;rsquo;s get into it! Plus highlights from my shows on the east coast and seeing some listeners! And as always, I read The Tribune! Bonus after the show for Midnight Air supporters, I talk about the movies Mickey 17 and Black Bag!&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Thank you to Aaron Brungardt for engineering, mixing, and production expertise, Geoffrey Tice for artwork, Bobby TBD for theme music, and All Things Comedy for their support, production, and distribution.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Email the show at themidnightmailbag@gmail.com!&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Back In L.A., Talking TV, Travel Highlights, & The Tribune

We&rsquo;re a day late and I&rsquo;m in New York City! Travel delays made me push this a day but we&rsquo;re back for a nighttime hang! I&rsquo;ve got emails from listeners, we&rsquo;re celebrating St. Patrick&rsquo;s Day and Sloppy Joes, plus I tell you the story of The Thailand mystery about the disappearance of Jim Thompson in 1967. And as always, I read The Tribune! Bonus after the show for Midnight Air supporters, I talk about the movies The Brutalist and Flow! Thank you to Aaron Brungardt for engineering, mixing, and production expertise, Geoffrey Tice for artwork, Bobby TBD for theme music, and All Things Comedy for their support, production, and distribution. Email the show at themidnightmailbag@gmail.com!

<description>&lt;p&gt;We&amp;rsquo;re a day late and I&amp;rsquo;m in New York City! Travel delays made me push this a day but we&amp;rsquo;re back for a nighttime hang! I&amp;rsquo;ve got emails from listeners, we&amp;rsquo;re celebrating St. Patrick&amp;rsquo;s Day and Sloppy Joes, plus I tell you the story of The Thailand mystery about the disappearance of Jim Thompson in 1967. And as always, I read The Tribune! Bonus after the show for Midnight Air supporters, I talk about the movies The Brutalist and Flow!&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Thank you to Aaron Brungardt for engineering, mixing, and production expertise, Geoffrey Tice for artwork, Bobby TBD for theme music, and All Things Comedy for their support, production, and distribution.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Email the show at themidnightmailbag@gmail.com!&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Emails, St. Patrick’s Day, Sloppy Joes, And A Thai Mystery

Tonight! I barely did a Triathlon and I&rsquo;m glad we all lost an hour of sleep. Plus it&rsquo;s Pi Day later this week and I&rsquo;m running down the list of the Top 10 Iconic Movie and TV Restaurants That Are Real! And as always, I read The Tribune! Thank you to Aaron Brungardt for engineering, mixing, and production expertise, Geoffrey Tice for artwork, Bobby TBD for theme music, and All Things Comedy for their support, production, and distribution. Email the show at themidnightmailbag@gmail.com!

<description>&lt;p&gt;Tonight! I barely did a Triathlon and I&amp;rsquo;m glad we all lost an hour of sleep. Plus it&amp;rsquo;s Pi Day later this week and I&amp;rsquo;m running down the list of the Top 10 Iconic Movie and TV Restaurants That Are Real! And as always, I read The Tribune!&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Thank you to Aaron Brungardt for engineering, mixing, and production expertise, Geoffrey Tice for artwork, Bobby TBD for theme music, and All Things Comedy for their support, production, and distribution.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Email the show at themidnightmailbag@gmail.com!&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Triathlon, Pi Day, and the Top 10 Iconic Movie & TV Restaurants

Tonight I&rsquo;m talking TV! White Lotus, Paradise, Severance, Beast Games and more! I also detail my spring cleaning and a quick trip to Vegas.! And as always, I read The Tribune! Thank you to Aaron Brungardt for engineering, mixing, and production expertise, Geoffrey Tice for artwork, Bobby TBD for theme music, and All Things Comedy for their support, production, and distribution. Email the show at themidnightmailbag@gmail.com!

<description>&lt;p&gt;Tonight I&amp;rsquo;m talking TV! White Lotus, Paradise, Severance, Beast Games and more! I also detail my spring cleaning and a quick trip to Vegas.! And as always, I read The Tribune!&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Thank you to Aaron Brungardt for engineering, mixing, and production expertise, Geoffrey Tice for artwork, Bobby TBD for theme music, and All Things Comedy for their support, production, and distribution.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Email the show at themidnightmailbag@gmail.com!&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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The Midnight Air is your weekly &ldquo;overnight radio&rdquo; podcast from Daniel Van Kirk. Topics range from friendly conversation, pop culture news, film and tv discussions, stories of lore and mysteries, plus the articles from the pages of a small newspaper in rural Wisconsin. This is the easy-listening podcast for people trying to fall asleep or for people that are trying to stay awake. This feed is also the home of the back catalogue for The Pen Pals Podcast. With new episodes of Pen Pals dropping occasionally.

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