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by James, Rachel, Jake and Danny
🎧 Meet in the Middle is the podcast that blends humor, heartfelt conversations, and absolute chaos. Join hosts James, Rachel, Jake, and Danny as they tackle everything from pop culture and mental health to outrageous confessionals and hilarious trivia games.Why Listen? • Laugh out loud with weekly confessionals and banter. • Dive deep into topics like mental health and self-care. • Join us for trivia, rants, and unfiltered conversations.Perfect for anyone who loves relatable laughs and unique perspectives. New episodes Friday!Find us on Instagram and TikTok: @podcast.meetinthemiddle
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- Aug 7, 20261h 12m
EP 120 | Near-Death Experiences & Mind Control w/ Dean Jacob - Season Finale
What happens when you sit down with Waterford’s own "Irish Houdini"? Absolute mind-bending chaos. 🎙️ On the season finale of Meet in the Middle, Danny, Rachel, Jake, and James are joined by psychological illusionist Dean Jacob. We're diving into the dark psychology of mind manipulation, the manipulative tactics fake psychics use to trick audiences, and Dean's terrifying upcoming Halloween show on Spike Island. Plus, Dean performs a live reading on Rachel that uncovers a highly specific, unshared memory from New Orleans, and shares his harrowing, miraculous story of flatlining for an hour during open-heart surgery at age 21. Get ready for top-tier banter, unbelievable stories, and an unforgettable end to the season! 🎟️ Grab tickets to Dean's upcoming Spike Island show, "Convictions," here: www.spikeislandcork.ie 📲 Follow Dean on all socials: @DeanJacobMentalistFOLLOW AND HIT THE BELL NOTIFICATION TO NEVER MISS AN EPISODE!📧 Want to contact us?Instagram: @podcast.meetinthemiddleEmail: team@meetinthemiddlepod.comHave you subscribed to our weekly newsletter?📬 https://mitm.riverside.com🎵 Intro and Outro: Living Kills - The NoiseTimestamps:00:20 - Intro & Welcome to the Season Finale 06:59 - Psychology vs. Magic: Manipulating the Mind 16:13 - Live Mind Reading: Dean Reads Rachel's Subconscious 25:35 - The Unbreakable Cut: A Pub Card Trick You Can Learn 28:35 - Hot vs. Cold Reading: How Fake Psychics Trick You 39:21 - Mind Control and Hypnosis on Spike Island 53:17 - The Accident: Falling Down the Stairs & Massive Blood Clots 1:02:18 - Clinically Dead for an Hour: Surviving Open Heart Surgery 1:08:40 - Quick Fire Round & The Middler Soundtrack
- Jul 31, 202647 min
EP 119 | The "Steroid Olympics" & Lethal Water Trends - Pure Podcast Chaos
What happens when you mix a controversial "Steroid Olympics," a pet lizard with a taste for sensitive areas, and the unspoken rules of male friendships? Absolute chaos. On this uncut episode of Meet in the Middle, Jake, Danny, James and Rachel bring you bizarre confessions and questionable life choices. We’re diving into the shocking reality of the Enhanced Games in Vegas, warning you about the medical dangers of over-hydration and water intoxication, and opening Rachel's "Furry Purse" for a brutally honest conversation about STDs. Plus, the crew judges the ultimate workplace fail: a strategic mute-button fart on a Microsoft Teams call. Get ready for top-tier banter, hilarious stories, and the week's best music picks! Timestamps:00:19 - Intro Bloopers & British/Irish Banter 03:07 - Have You Heard? The "Steroid Olympics" (Enhanced Games) 10:35 - Confessional: Teams Farts, Split Trousers & Naked Gaming Lizard Attack 18:05 - Rachel’s Furry Purse: Have You Ever Had an STD? 22:47 - Boys Catch Yourselves On: The Secret Rules of Male Friendships 33:25 - What The Fact: Can You Die From Drinking Too Much Water? 46:44 - The Midler Soundtrack: Weekly Music Recommendations FOLLOW AND HIT THE BELL NOTIFICATION TO NEVER MISS AN EPISODE!📧 Want to contact us?Instagram: @podcast.meetinthemiddleEmail: team@meetinthemiddlepod.comHave you subscribed to our weekly newsletter?📬 https://mitm.riverside.com🎵 Intro and Outro: Living Kills - The Noise
- Jul 24, 202639 min
EP 118 | The Hotel Carpet Piercing Disaster! - Wild Confessions
Hold onto your hats, because this week gets shockingly intimate! ✈️ On Meet in the Middle, Rachel, Jake, Danny, and James break down the viral "Airport Divorce" trend where couples travel completely separately to save their relationship. In Confessionals, we hear about a fake tan disaster before a corporate interview and a intimacy piercing that got literally anchored to a hotel carpet. Plus, Rachel questions why blokes treat garden sheds like sacred sanctuaries in Boys Catch Yourself On, and Danny uncovers the hilarious 50/50 anatomical war between sitters and standers in What The FAQ!Timestamps:00:00 - Intro & Banter01:13 - Have You Heard: The Airport Divorce Travel Trend07:32 - Confessionals: Radioactive Oompa Loompas & Carpet Piercing Emergencies14:26 - My Furry Purse: Public Embarrassment & Drunken Falls18:44 - Boys Catch Yourself On: Why Men Are Obsessed With Garden Sheds27:06 - What The FAQ: The Great Sit vs. Stand Wiping Debate37:51 - The Middlers Soundtrack: Weekly Music Picks39:18 - Outro & Wrap UpFOLLOW AND HIT THE BELL NOTIFICATION TO NEVER MISS AN EPISODE!📧 Want to contact us?Mail:mailto:team@meetinthemiddlepod.comInstagram: @podcast.meetinthemiddleHave you subscribed to our weekly newsletter?📬 https://mitm.riverside.com🎵 Intro and Outro: Living Kills - The Noise
- Jul 17, 202650 min
EP 117 | Why This Host Sees Colours & Tastes Words - Mind-Blowing Humour
Get ready for total, unfiltered chaos! This week on Meet in the Middle, Danny, James, Jake, and Rachel dive into the bizarre viral story of Mexico's real-life Batman humiliating local motorbike thieves. In Confessionals, things get spectacularly messy with a genius boyfriend-deterrent search history and the most horrifying Halloween "Oompa Loompa" bathroom emergency ever told on air. Plus, Rachel investigates why men treat power washers like a holy ritual in Boys Catch Yourself On, and we unpack the science of synesthesia in What The FAQ—including James' actual neurological superpower of seeing colored numbers! Timestamps:00:00 - Intro & Banter 01:12 - Have You Heard: The Batman of Lagos de Moreno08:44 - Confessionals: Search History Revenge & The Oompa Loompa Incident 19:04 - My Furry Purse: Dating, Ghosting, and Awkward Coffee Dates 26:55 - Boys Catch Yourself On: The Obsession with Power Washers 37:51 - What The FAQ: Synesthesia & Tasting Words 48:24 - The Middlers Soundtrack: Weekly Music Picks 50:12 - Outro & Wrap Up FOLLOW AND HIT THE BELL NOTIFICATION TO NEVER MISS AN EPISODE!📧 Want to contact us?Mail: team@meetinthemiddlepod.comInstagram: @podcast.meetinthemiddleHave you subscribed to our weekly newsletter?📬 https://mitm.riverside.com🎵 Intro and Outro: Living Kills - The Noise
- Jul 10, 202640 min
Ep. 116 | The Viral Techno Rave Priest - Pop Culture Podcast
Is it a holy miracle or a medical emergency? This week on Meet in the Middle, Danny, James, Jake, and Rachel unpack a viral 50-year-old Portuguese priest dropping hardcore techno beats at massive raves, before diving into a horrific listener confession about industrial craft glue being mistaken for hair removal cream down below. The gang also exposes the hilarious truth behind why men form a protective "council" around family barbecues, while Danny shares the actual literal physics to prevent embarrassing urinal splashback. FOLLOW AND HIT THE BELL NOTIFICATION TO NEVER MISS AN EPISODE!📧 Want to contact us?Mail: team@meetinthemiddlepod.comInstagram: @podcast.meetinthemiddleHave you subscribed to our weekly newsletter?📬 https://mitm.riverside.com🎵 Intro and Outro: Living Kills - The NoiseTimestamps:00:00 - Intro & Banter01:16 - Have You Heard: The Viral Techno Rave Priest07:52 - Confessionals: Misjudged Airport Outfit Compliments11:34 - Confessionals: The Industrial Craft Glue Disaster14:57 - Rachel’s Furry Purse: Things We Categorically Hate18:27 - Boys Catch Yourself On: The Male Barbecue Council27:35 - What The Fact: How To Stop Urinal Splashback38:08 - The Middlers Soundtrack: Weekly Music Picks39:46 - Outro & Wrap Up
- Jul 3, 202633 min
Ep. 115 An AirPod Stuck WHERE & Shaving Nightmares!
Get ready for another laugh-out-loud ride with Danny, James, and Jake! We are back in the studio for Episode 115, and things are getting dangerously spicy and incredibly embarrassing. Rachel is away this week, making it a proper boys' night in the studio—complete with a few drinks and plenty of unfiltered chaos.First up in "Have You Heard?", Jake reveals a mind-bending new digital trend out of South Korea called "dopamine sites". We take a look at an app called "Food Never Comes," a totally fake delivery interface designed to curb midnight doom spending. It allows users to go through the entire process of ordering a massive £45 takeaway to get a psychological checkout rush without spending a single penny. The boys debate whether the ultimate satisfaction comes from clicking the buy button or the crushing reality of an empty doorstep.In "Confessionals," James holds down the fort with two of the most physically shocking and layout-altering stories we've ever had on the pod.A listener working out commando on a gym Stairmaster frantically tries to catch a falling wireless AirPod, only for it to fall down her tight compression leggings and get completely vacuum-suctioned into her love canal. To make matters worse, Danny's laugh from a previous episode starts loudly echoing out of her own pelvis.A husband trimming his 8-month pregnant wife's "Amazon jungle" bits gets peed on when she suddenly sneezes, shortly before her water completely bursts directly onto his face and chest, forcing a frantic race to the hospital that leaves her with a permanently lopsided bush.Even though Rachel is missing from the studio, she sends in a surprise voice note to handpick a burning question from "Rachel's Furry Purse": have you ever tasted your own sweat? James details the grim reality of swallowing opponent's sweat from his boxing days, Danny shares his memories of dripping under intense theater stage lights, and Jake confesses to a horrifying photo booth incident where he accidentally licked a drenched friend's cheek at a wedding.Danny dives into the biological gutter for "What the FAQ?" to settle a massive historical mystery: where do colors come from? He breaks down the mind-bending 1969 study proving that every global civilization unlocked color words in the exact same chronological order, explains why the ancient Greeks literally thought the sky was a "wine-dark" red because the word for blue didn't exist yet, and uncovers how the color orange didn't get its name until the fruit arrived from Asia in the 1500s.Finally, we update our Spotify playlist, "The Middlers Soundtrack," with some fresh tracks. This week we add "Sweat" by Melanie C, the sultry single "I'm Your Girl, Right?" by Swedish pop star Tove Lo, and the ultimate summer indie classic "Get the Time Back" by MustBeJohn.FOLLOW AND HIT THE BELL NOTIFICATION TO NEVER MISS AN EPISODE!📧 Want to contact us?Mail: team@meetinthemiddlepod.comInstagram: @podcast.meetinthemiddle🎵 Intro and Outro: Living Kills - The Noise
- Jun 26, 202644 min
Ep. 114 The Exploding Bath Bomb Disaster and The 2026 World Cup Chaos
Get ready for another laugh-out-loud ride with Danny, James, Jake, and Rachel! We are back in the studio for Episode 114, and things are getting dangerously spicy and incredibly embarrassing.First up in "Have You Heard?", Jake breaks down how Scottish football fans have taken over New England during the 2026 World Cup. Instead of causing typical chaos, the Tartan Army has collectively raised and donated nearly £23,000 to local community centers in Rhode Island. From playing bagpipes at 5:30 AM to a hilarious naming misunderstanding outside a Boston store called "Jobby Liquors," the locals are completely fascinated by the friendly invasion.In "Confessionals," James brings the heat with two utterly mortifying stories. • A listener tries to set a romantic mood with a cheap magenta bath bomb from a discount shop, only for an undissolved chunk to spark an aggressive, bubbling chemical reaction inside her anatomy that left her frantically digging it out in sheer panic. • Another listener confesses to a bizarre childhood habit of standing completely still by their bedroom window for days at a time, hoping the neighbors would think their parents commissioned a life-size statue of them to honor a local legend.We reach into "Rachel's Furry Box" to dig out a fantastic question: if you could be reborn in any decade or era, which one would you choose? Jake picks the early 1960s to experience the golden age of 70s music, James splits his vote between 50s America and 80s New York, Rachel highlights the 80s and the Baroque period, while Danny shocks everyone by choosing the 16th-century Tudor period for the historic architecture.In "Boys Catch Yourselves On," Rachel investigates the mysterious phenomenon of why men love aggressively explaining complicated DIY tasks that they have absolutely no intention of actually executing. The group reflects on everything from Danny's struggles assembling IKEA furniture to Jake's year-long delay on tiling his bathroom, proving that some would rather spend a fortune on unnecessary tools and forensic narration than simply call a qualified professional.Danny dives into the biological gutter for "What the FAQ?" to ask: why is the planet so deeply and clinically obsessed with football? He breaks down the three massive evolutionary reasons behind the global obsession, explaining the "low bar theory" of financial accessibility, the addictive "neural climax" caused by the scarcity of goals, and our primal human need for socially acceptable tribal warfare.Finally, we update our Spotify playlist, "The Middlers Soundtrack," with some fresh tracks. This week we add the 2026 remake of "Dreamer" by Janice Robinson, "All Eyes on You" by St. Lucia, "Cotton" by Long Beach rapper Vince Staples, and "Stupid Love" by Olivia Rodrigo.FOLLOW AND HIT THE BELL NOTIFICATION TO NEVER MISS AN EPISODE!📧 Want to contact us?Mail: mailto:team@meetinthemiddlepod.comInstagram: @podcast.meetinthemiddle🎵 Intro and Outro: Living Kills - The Noise
- Jun 19, 202635 min
Ep. 113 The Hidden Male G-Spot & The Missing Fridge Cucumbers
Welcome back to Meet in the Middle with Danny, James, Jake, and Rachel! This week, the crew brings you another round of chaotic Irish and British banter, unfiltered laughs, and wild stories that will make you question everything. In "Have You Heard?", Jake breaks down a viral dating disaster from China where a 29-year-old man named Mr. Lu went on a blind date, only for the woman to turn up with 23 of her relatives. After the family shamelessly took over four tables and ordered premium king crab, sea cucumber, top-shelf alcohol, and cigarettes, they landed him with a massive £2,500 bill. Find out how he pulled off the ultimate escape, why the family group chat leaked, and the hilarious courtroom verdict that followed. Things take a dramatic turn in "Confessionals" as James reads two completely unhinged listener submissions. First, a house-sitter looking after a French bulldog accidentally triggers her intimidating regional sales director's smart display speaker, only to uncover a secret voice memo exposing his plot to jump ship to a competitor and corporate-sabotage her entire department. Then, a stressed mother seeks advice after noticing that phallic-shaped vegetables like cucumbers and carrots keep mysteriously disappearing from her fridge and ending up in the kitchen bin thanks to her teenage son. In "Rachel's Furry Box", Rachel pulls out a deeply personal question for the group: Have you ever used a sex toy on yourself? While Rachel, Danny, and James hold nothing back with their honest, affirmative answers, Jake tries to remain private. This leads the gang to expose Jake's past adult toy gift purchase and reference an embarrassing screenshot of Rachel that James threatens to share. Next, Rachel takes over for "Boys Catch Yourselves On" to investigate why men are absolutely hopeless at packing holiday suitcases. The boys attempt to defend their last-minute strategies, packing methods like putting socks inside shoes, and skipping boxers under swimming shorts. Plus, the group reveals the weirdest items they've ever traveled with, including Jake's emergency shower laundry paste and James's bizarre packing list containing a plastic snake, a wig, a mask, and a monocle. In "What the FAQ?", Danny rolls up his sleeves to answer an ultimate bedroom mystery: Do men actually have a G-spot? Breaking down the anatomical facts, Danny explains the science behind the prostate gland, its location a few inches up the "tradesman's entrance," and the cultural standoff surrounding it across the UK and Ireland. He wraps up with some essential biological advice regarding proper preparation, fingernail trimming, and lube. Finally, the hosts refresh their official Spotify playlist, "The Middlers Soundtrack," with their top tunes of the week. Rachel adds the sultry vibes of "I Wanna Be Yours" by Arctic Monkeys, Jake throws it back to 2014 with "Seasons (Waiting on You)" by Future Islands, Danny brings the energy with the electro-pop funk track "Joyride" by Kesha, and James closes it out with the psychedelic 80s classic "This Is the Day" by The The. FOLLOW AND HIT THE BELL NOTIFICATION TO NEVER MISS AN EPISODE!📧 Want to contact us?Mail: team@meetinthemiddlepod.comInstagram: @podcast.meetinthemiddle🎵 Intro and Outro: Living Kills - The NoiseTimestamps:00:19 - Welcome back to Meet in the Middle / Episode Intro 01:22 - Have You Heard? The 23-Relative Blind Date Disaster 08:16 - Confessionals: The Smart Speaker Secret & Missing Fridge Veg 14:57 - Rachel's Furry Box: Sex Toy Confessions 17:31 - Boys Catch Yourselves On: Why Men Can't Pack Suitcases 26:41 - What the FAQ? The Biological Truth About the Male G-Spot 33:25 - The Middlers Soundtrack: Weekly Music Picks #MeetInTheMiddle #Podcast #IrishHumour #BritishHumour #ComedyPodcast #BlindDateFail <
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🎧 Meet in the Middle is the podcast that blends humor, heartfelt conversations, and absolute chaos. Join hosts James, Rachel, Jake, and Danny as they tackle everything from pop culture and mental health to outrageous confessionals and hilarious trivia games.Why Listen? • Laugh out loud with weekly confessionals and banter. • Dive deep into topics like mental health and self-care. • Join us for trivia, rants, and unfiltered conversations.Perfect for anyone who loves relatable laughs and unique perspectives. New episodes Friday!Find us on Instagram and TikTok: @podcast.meetinthemiddle
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