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PODCAST

Mind Gap

2 East 8th Productions

For years Doug Cochrane and Justin Strandlund have been good friends and frequent improv partners. They share a love of debating any topic, although their discussions usually come back around to two things: movies and space. Their most infamous debate involved a 2 hour discussion (while at work) about the actual possibility of time travel and it"s potential ramifications on mankind; this included a full diagram drawn on a wall-sized whiteboard. Time well spent. MindGap is what happens when they

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All Episodes

01:03:06

Episode 515 - What's the worst fictional disease you...

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2025/11/14

It's time for another Mind Gap Podcast! This week, Doug and Justin kick things off with two stories. Doug shares a recent interaction at the grocery store where Justice Doug took the wheel and drove directly into confrontation. Justin then jumps in with an anecdote about his recent car trade-in which just about breaks Practical Doug. All the Dougs are featured in this week's episode! The dorks then pivot to their main topic of the worst fictional disease you could catch in real life. They go through

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01:06:02

Episode 514 - Which villain lairs would pass an OSHA...

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2025/11/07

It's time for another Mind Gap Podcast! This week, Doug and Justin decide which everyday inconvenience they would turn into a supervillain origin story. Is it trying to find the end of a roll of tape? Traffic jams? Spotty Wi-Fi?! BARBER SHOP RULES?! You'll just have to listen to find out. However, once the dorks finally feel satisfied in their answers, they move onto the main topic of the night: Which villain lairs would pass an OSHA inspection? Seriously, this is important stuff. Among the lairs

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01:04:07

Episode 513 - Would your job skills SURVIVE in the past?

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2025/10/31

It's time for another Mind Gap Podcast! This week, Doug and Justin decide if they had to replace their alarm clock with the voice of one fictional character, who would it be? Needless to say, spot-on accents and impressions abound. Once that's settled, the dorks move into a conversation about how easy it's becoming to identify AI writing and then share their continually evolving thoughts on the use of AI in creative mediums. The guys finally find their way to the main topic: how would current job

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01:04:27

Episode 512 - Which fictional jobs would pay BIG IRL?

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2025/10/24

It’s time for another Mind Gap Podcast! This week, Doug and Justin figure out what ordinary thing in modern day life would absolutely terrify a medieval peasant. Regardless of the correct answer being “everything,” our dorks still curate a selection of fine options to horrify someone brought forward from the past. Our hosts then move on to their main topic of which fictional jobs would pay big in real life, covering all sorts of careers from Witcher to Ghostbuster to Starfleet engineer to Jedi

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01:06:54

Episode 511 - That Spartacus show has an awful lot of...

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2025/10/17

It’s time for another Mind Gap Podcast! This week, Doug and Justin try to decide if the “Santa talk” needs to come before the “birds and the bees talk” with your kids. It’s a tricky needle to thread but the guys eventually land on what they think is the most practical answer. The conversation then veers directly into a classic mind gap as the dorks free associate between topics spanning from Spartacus having an egregious amount of nudity to too much time between seasons of TV shows to people

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01:06:13

Episode 510 - Which Board Games Ruin Friendships the...

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2025/10/03

It’s time for another Mind Gap Podcast! This week, Doug and Justin figure out how long they’d survive in a horror movie. Of course, it’s not just a simple answer as they have to first figure out what type of horror movie they’re in. Bottom line, neither are going to live long. Once they solve that mystery, the dorks dive into their main topic, which board games ruin friendships the fastest? They go through the obvious culprits such as Monopoly and Risk but also discuss some outliers like Uno or

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01:02:17

Episode 509 - What Fictional Food Would You Try IRL?

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2025/09/26

It’s time for another Mind Gap Podcast! This week, Doug and Justin try to figure out what kind of quests they’d constantly fail at if their life was a Dungeons & Dragons campaign. Once they feel like they’ve truly answered this question, Doug shares a little life update following events that happened around the recording of Ep500. The dorks then move on to their main topic, which fictional foods would be tempting or terrifying to try in real life? They discuss everything from Butterbeer to Lembas

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01:01:52

Episode 508 - What if ANIMALS Ruled the World?

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2025/09/19

It’s time for another Mind Gap Podcast! This week, Doug and Justin decide if they could know one fact about anyone they just met, what would it be and why would it be helpful. The dorks then move into the main topic, what if animals ruled the world. With the way things are headed, would we be better off with animals ruling? That’s what our hosts are aiming to figure out. They go through which one species would sit at the top or would things run smoother with a council of animals? They also discuss

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01:02:39

Episode 507 - We Created the CRAZIEST Magic Systems

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2025/09/12

It’s time for another Mind Gap Podcast! This week, Doug and Justin answer the question, if aliens landed tomorrow and asked you to show them around Earth, what would you show them first? Doug would immediately take them to his hometown in Missouri, but not for the reason you might think. Justin, on the other hand, is buying them all a round of Malört. The dorks then dive into their main topic of creating the craziest magic systems they can think of. A few of the systems that are pitched include

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01:14:03

Episode 506 - Would you survive this scenario?

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2025/08/29

It’s time for another Mind Gap Podcast! This week, Justin is joined by Mind Gap All-Star, Seth Trammell as Doug takes some well deserved downtime. Justin and Seth kick things off by reflecting on the last time Seth co-hosted the podcast, exactly 100 episodes ago. At the time, Doug and Seth talked about the fact that AI was getting dumber. This time, Seth gives his updated take on AI and how he believes it’s all a bubble that is about ready to burst. After a slew of hot takes, the dorks settle into

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01:02:15

Episode 505 - What If Normal Objects Had an AI Brain?

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2025/08/22

It’s time for another Mind Gap Podcast! This week, Doug and Justin ponder the question, if their lives had a 'skip intro' button, what mundane, repetitive part would they skip every single time? Doug mentions skipping small talk and this leads the guys into discussing fun, new ways Doug should handle door-to-door sales people moving forward. Our dorks then move into the main topic; inspired by the game Patch Notes Real Life Edition, they decided to do an entire episode focused on the horrors that

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01:05:03

Episode 504 - The Dark Side of Order: Exploring...

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2025/08/15

It’s time for another Mind Gap Podcast! This week, Doug and Justin explore the concept of personality types through the lens of food, discussing what type of food they would be and why. The dorks then shift to their main topic, using the D&D alignment chart, they explore the moral complexities of characters like Darth Vader, Dolores Umbridge, Magneto, the Operative from Serenity, Javert from Les Misérables, Agent Smith from The Matrix, and many more to determine which fictional villains are truly

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01:07:07

Episode 503 - Ranking the Most Traumatizing Kids’...

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2025/08/08

It’s time for another Mind Gap Podcast! This week, Doug and Justin explore the weirdest food combinations they secretly love and some of their less savory eating habits. The dorks then delve into their main topic of discussing the most traumatizing scenes from kids’ movies. Some of the films discussed are The Neverending Story, The Lion King, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Watership Down, E.T., and My Girl. By the end, our guys finally start to figure out why they’re carrying around so much

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01:00:52

Episode 502 - Why Exit Interviews Would Be TERRIFYING...

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2025/08/01

It’s time for another Mind Gap Podcast! This week, Doug is joined by his wonderful wife, Jill, as they consider which fictional universe they’d live in for a year with no consequences. Next, the nerds dive into the whimsical world of fictional exit interviews. From Frodo Baggins' perilous journey to Jason Bourne's identity crisis, they explore what it would be like if these iconic characters sat down for a candid chat about their 'work' experiences. Things are wrapped up with a new game designed

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01:05:36

Episode 501 - HR Gone Wild: Workplace Relationships...

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2025/07/25

It’s time for another Mind Gap Podcast! This week, Doug and Justin reminisce about the most ridiculous things they believed as kids, the most universal belief being the existence of basement monsters. They then pivot to their main topic, workplace relationships in fictional universes, which was inspired by recent events at a Coldplay concert. The dorks sift through some of the most well known but problematic workplace romances in media, offer ideas for mandatory HR training in different fictional

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Episode 500 - We Survived the Hot Wing Challenge

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2025/07/18

It’s time for a very special Mind Gap Podcast; IT’S OUR 500TH EPISODE! This week, Doug and Justin cede control of the show to Mind Gap All-Star, Noah Reno, as the dorks hop into the guest seat. With everyone together, in person at Skelletones in Grand Rapids, Noah takes the guys on a ride that can only be described as a Hot One. Through the course of 10 increasingly spicy chicken nuggets, Noah asks questions and reminisces with our heroes about the last decade of nerdy debates, hot takes, and fart

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01:01:59

Episode 499 - Fictional Sports We’d Be Champions At...

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2025/07/11

It’s time for another Mind Gap Podcast! This week, Doug and Justin debate if they’d rather have a time machine or a teleportation device. With as much as they drag time travel on the show, it should be pretty easy to guess which way they lean. The dorks tease the 500th episode and Doug shares some unfortunate news - don’t worry, everyone is alright. Our heroes then dive into the main topic of fictional sports they’d be champions at…or die trying. The guys go over sports such as Quidditch, podracing,

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01:02:22

Episode 498 - Who Are YOU in the Multiverse?

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2025/07/04

It’s time for another Mind Gap Podcast! This week, Doug and Justin figure out what their kryptonite would be if they were superheroes. Spoiler, spiders and onions are absolutely brought up. The dorks then turn their attention to their main topic: what do their multiverse selves look like? Our hosts dive into how small changes in life choices most definitely resulted in other versions of themselves living very different lives. The guys then review Discord submissions from the Mind Gap community about

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01:06:08

Episode 497 - To reboot or not, that is the question

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2025/06/27

It’s time for another Mind Gap Podcast! This week, Justin is joined by Mind Gap All-Star, Chris Vellucci! The guys kick things off by deciding what they’d change if they could redesign the human body. After hearing their ideas, we can all be thankful they weren’t in charge of the original design. The dorks move onto their main topic of reboots. They discuss why some work, why some don’t, and then share their opinions on which films should get the reboot treatment and which should be left alone -

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01:06:07

Episode 496 - The Best Fictional Jobs (And Why They’d...

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2025/06/20

It’s time for another Mind Gap Podcast! This week, Doug and Justin figure out what useless, but highly entertaining, survival skill they’d bring to the zombie apocalypse. Once they’ve fully proven themselves useless, the dorks turn their attention to the main topic: the best fictional jobs…and why they’d suck in real life. They explore jobs such as being a Jedi, a Ghostbuster, a Hogwarts professor, a game show host in the Hunger Games universe, and a few others before ending the discussion with a

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