"I often wish I were deaf and wore a hearing aid. With a simple flick of a switch, I could shut out the greedy murmur of little men."

Mike’s day has too many moving parts: Carla calls mid-show, I-75 goes completely feral, and an innocent sleepover somehow becomes a dawn patrol to Walmart. Soul founder and former boxer Mike Lee joins the gang to explain what a looming federal hemp ban could mean for consumers—and Mike naturally steers responsible regulation toward bar. The boys unveil a TMOS auction and America meets Jimothy, Seattle’s brave little raccoon who looks like Gollum lost a bar fight. A debate over dubbed Netflix movies becomes live “Dubbin’,” with Mike and Robb hijacking each other’s voices while Josh tries to disappear into his chair. Then come streaming confusion, glizzy diplomacy, and an AI Kool-Aid Man that turns childhood refreshment into pure nightmare fuel… oh yeah!

Mike is hosting another summer sleepover, monitoring the Red Sox like NORAD, and discovering that Meta glasses may be the only thing standing between a teenager and a neighborhood Karen. The gang wonders whether manners, compromise, chores, and kids without social media can ever make a comeback (please hold while civilization reboots). Then the TMOS news department breaks a huge Tom Hardy story from April 2025... which is both old and possibly imaginary. Robb introduces us to the mysterious Heisler beer-verse, Josh keeps the sports facts straight, and Mike recalls a childhood camping adventure that left a very specific deposit near the stairs. Plus: cranky comedy, Scott Shannon wisdom, and Dean Martin plugging Charlie’s Angels—because on today’s show, even the nostalgia is old news.