Welcome to The Bare Minimum Show — formerly the award-winning Man Stream Podcast.We talk sports, life, wild stories, trending topics, and whatever else comes up when the mics turn on and the filter turns off. No scripts. No fake takes. No overthinking it. Just real conversations, bad ideas, and borderline genius moments.If you like unfiltered conversations, hilarious stories, and “how did this get posted?” energy — you’re in the right place.New episodes every week.🎙️ Follow the show👍 Like, Subscribe & Turn on Notifications💬 Drop a comment and tell us what we should talk about next
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Signup to Generate a PitchWelcome to The Bare Minimum Show, formerly the award-winning Man Stream Podcast. We talk sports, life, wild stories, trending topics, and whatever else comes up when the mics turn on and the filter turns off. No scripts. No fake takes. No overthinking it. Just real conversations, bad ideas, and borderline genius moments.
Recent episodes include "Our Kids Will NEVER Understand What It Was Like Growing Up in the 90s & 2000s" (19 October 2026, 61 minutes), "HAWKEYES BEAT MICHIGAN… Now Let’s Talk About What’s Next" (28 September 2026, 50 minutes), and "Why Are Millennials the First Generation to Talk About Their Feelings?" (21 September 2026, 47 minutes).
The Bare Minimum Show publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 73 minutes across 67 episodes.
Booking probability for The Bare Minimum Show is 33%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. The Bare Minimum Show requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. The Bare Minimum Show's contact route on record: verified email.
The Bare Minimum Show is a comedy podcast with 67 episodes published.
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The Bare Minimum Show
Remember when you had to get off the internet so your mom could use the phone? When Friday nights meant a trip to Blockbuster, you had to rewind VHS tapes, and getting a new video game was the highlight of your entire...
THE HAWKEYES BEAT MICHIGAN! Mike and Michael break down Iowa’s win over Michigan, what stood out, and what it means going forward. But then we switch gears for a little Bare Minimum State of the Union. After bringing...
Why Are Millennials the First Generation to Talk About Their Feelings? We grew up hearing “suck it up,” “walk it off,” and “quit crying.” Therapy wasn’t something you casually talked about, especially with your friends...
Backstreet Boys or *NSYNC? Blockbuster or Hollywood Video? AIM or MSN Messenger? The 90s or the 2000s? Mike and Ryan are putting their millennial childhoods to the test with the Ultimate Millennial This or That . We’re...
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What if you could walk into a store in 2026 and instantly feel like it was 1999 again? On this episode of The Bare Minimum Show , Mike and Ryan build their PERFECT MILLENNIAL STORE — packed with everything we grew up...
The Monday Night Wars were DIFFERENT. This week on The Bare Minimum Show , we jump back into the glory days of WCW vs WWF — when Stone Cold, The Rock, Goldberg, nWo, Sting, DX, Hulk Hogan, and Shawn Michaels ruled...
The Monday Night Wars were DIFFERENT. This week on The Bare Minimum Show , we jump back into the glory days of WCW vs WWF — when Stone Cold, The Rock, Goldberg, nWo, Sting, DX, Hulk Hogan, and Shawn Michaels ruled...
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It’s Derby time 🐎🌹 and we’re diving headfirst into the chaos of the Kentucky Derby. We’re talking everything from wild Derby stories, insane bets, traditions that make zero sense, and of course… our picks for who’s...
This week’s episode is all over the map—in the best way possible. We kick things off talking about the current weather and dive headfirst into the weather conspiracy rabbit hole … coincidence or something more? 🌪️👀...
🚀 Artemis II & The Moon Landing Conspiracy… What’s the Truth? NASA is heading back to the Moon with Artemis II … but one question still hasn’t gone away: 👉 Did we actually land on the Moon in the first place? In this...
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No notes. No structure. Probably a mistake. It’s just Ryan and Mike this episode and we absolutely did not come prepared… so naturally we covered racing, fire stories, and a whole lot of random nonsense that somehow...
Episode #8
🍀 BARE MINIMUM ST. PADDY’S DAY SPECIAL 🍀 This week we’re going full Irish… or at least the bare minimum version of it . We’re talking about what St. Patrick’s Day looked like when we were kids vs. now— from leprechaun...
Remember when technology felt like the future… but now it just feels like a weird fever dream? 😂 This week on The Bare Minimum Show , Mike, Ryan, and Michael dive into The Forgotten Technology We Lived With — all the...
This week on The Bare Minimum Show , we’re joined by Austin from the Skol Hop Podcast for a real one. We dive into the grind of podcasting — what it actually takes to keep showing up every week, stay consistent, and...
Episode #5
This week on The Bare Minimum Show , Mike, Ryan, and Michael are back behind the mics breaking down the greatest movie trilogies of all time (yes… there are some hot takes). The guys also jump into the Winter Olympics...
In Episode 4 of The Bare Minimum Show , Michael, Mike, and Ryan dive headfirst into the mysterious world of the algorithm . From the early days of basic sorting and rankings to today’s eerily accurate “how did it know...
Episode #3
We grew up blowing on cartridges… and now we’re downloading updates bigger than the games we started with. How did we get here? In this episode, we take a trip through the evolution of video games — from the early days...
Episode #2
Welcome back to The Bare Minimum Show ! 🎙️ In this episode, we talk about the truth nobody warned us about… your 30s are HARD. From exhaustion and careers to parenting, relationships, and doing the absolute bare...
Episode #1
We showed up — and honestly, that’s enough.Welcome to The Bare Minimum Show, where Mike Ryan and Michael prove that effort is optional but showing up is mandatory. This episode is all about doing just enough...
As the temps drop and the leaves turn, the guys dive headfirst into everything we love about fall — from football weekends and bonfire nights to flannels, food, and that unbeatable Midwest vibe. We break down the best...
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