Stories From the Middle of Nowhere

Stories From the Middle of Nowhere

Author: Judy & Donny Language: English Episodes: 20
There’s a particular kind of story that only seems to grow in quiet, out‑of‑the‑way places, and Stories From the Middle of Nowhere is where those tales finally get told. Two siblings sit down to revisit the strange, hilarious, and sometimes dangerous moments that defined their shared upbringing in a small town. This isn't a polished recounting; it's a raw, often surprising excavation of memories they both lived through but maybe never fully discussed until now. You’ll hear about rural childhood adventures that walked the line between freedom and folly, family secrets that hummed beneath the surface of everyday life, and the near‑misses that still make them catch their breath. Each episode unpacks a single memory-the kind of story they weren’t supposed to tell-examining how it shaped them and what it says about the families and forgotten corners we all come from. The dynamic between the siblings brings these narratives to life, with one often filling in the blanks the other has left. Tuning into this podcast feels like overhearing a deeply personal, long‑overdue conversation, one that finds the universal in the hyper‑specific soil of their own past. It’s for anyone who believes that the most compelling dramas aren’t found in big cities, but in the quiet middle of nowhere.
Episodes
S2 E7 - Take This Job and Shove It [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 26:21
Donny and Judy’s work history reads less like a résumé and more like a cautionary tale HR departments whisper about during training. In this episode, they revisit the bizarre jobs they somehow landed, the coworkers who p…
S2 E6 - Hide the Meat — Mom’s on the Loose [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 23:54
Mom wasn’t just a prankster — she was a menace with a smile. At 91, she’s still out here scaring her kids, her sister‑in‑law, her neighbors, and any grandkid unlucky enough to walk past her hiding spot. She stole hamburg…
S2 E5 - Donny & Judy: Survivors of Parental Shenanigans [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 24:53
Dad and Mom didn’t just raise Donny and Judy — they ran a two‑person psychological obstacle course filled with catchphrases, chaos, and “celebrity moments” that traumatized every friend who dared step inside their house.…
S2 E2 - Chaos Packs a Bag Too [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 27:19
SEASON 2 • EPISODE 2 Chaos Packs a Bag Too Vacations and weekends were supposed to be simple… but Donny and Judy’s family never once achieved “simple.” In this episode, they revisit the getaways that were meant to be rel…
S2 E3 - We Celebrated Everything… Prematurely and Dramatically [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 24:03
SEASON 2 • EPISODE 3 — We Celebrated Everything… Prematurely and Dramatically Donny and Judy grew up in a family that didn’t just celebrate holidays — they reinvented them. Christmas, birthdays, Thanksgiving, Easter… non…
S2 E4 - Chaos Moved in Too [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 31:25
Donny and Judy enter the roommate era… and immediately discover that “shared living” meant “shared chaos.” Donny’s apartment turned into a full‑blown investigation site the moment his mail started disappearing, and one o…
S2 E1 - The Moment the Past Woke Up [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 27:36
SEASON 2 • EPISODE 1 The Moment the Past Woke Up Season 2 begins with a return to Minot that doesn’t go the way anyone expected. Old places feel different. Forgotten moments start lining up. And something from Season 1 q…
S1 E12 - Life Skills Not Included [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 31:16
In the final episode of the season, Judy and Donny look back at how they entered adulthood with absolutely no life skills. Paying bills? Nope. Grocery shopping? A disaster. Donny’s first solo shopping trip even turned in…
S1 E11 - Underage and Unsupervised [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 27:03
From a 13‑year‑old’s makeup‑caked attempt to buy TJ Swann, to Donny aging himself with motor oil, to Judy dodging a police raid by pretending to bus tables, this episode dives into the chaotic, unspoken rite of passage t…
S1 E10 - Evicted: The Prequel [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 29:22
At seventeen, both Judy and Donny were evicted from their homes for wildly different reasons — one for smoking, one for a hammer and a radiator — sending them into parallel journeys through mice‑infested trailers, chaoti…