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The Midnight Air

The Midnight Air

By: All Things Comedy
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The Midnight Air is your weekly “overnight radio” podcast from Daniel Van Kirk. Topics range from friendly conversation, pop culture news, film and tv discussions, stories of lore and mysteries, plus the articles from the pages of a small newspaper in rural Wisconsin. This is the easy-listening podcast for people trying to fall asleep or for people that are trying to stay awake. This feed is also the home of the back catalogue for The Pen Pals Podcast. With new episodes of Pen Pals dropping occasionally.

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Episodes
  • I Went To A Stranger’s Basement!

    I Went To A Stranger’s Basement!
    Jun 26 2026

    That episode title is extremely accurate. Tonight I’m telling the story of my jam-packed Saturday and how I ended up in a stranger’s basement and why I have come to love collecting sports cards. Spoiler alert, it's the people. Plus I talk about the great shows I had in Wisconsin and we hit the holidays like Bourdain Day! All that before closing it out with Ronda and The Tribune! And for Premium Subscribers we talk about the season 1 finale of The Sopranos and you get another installment of one of my favorite 1990s-Windows-Down-Summer-Bangers!

    Thank you to Aaron Brungardt for engineering, mixing, and production expertise, Geoffrey Tice for artwork, Bobby TBD for theme music, and All Things Comedy for their support, production, and distribution.

    Email the show at themidnightmailbag@gmail.com!
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    51 mins
  • The Rochelle Vigilante Car Chase

    The Rochelle Vigilante Car Chase
    Jun 18 2026

    After a slight technical difficulty, I’m back! And I’ve got a story about Rochelle, IL! But first, I tell about manual labor at the cabin and the highlights from my family reunion. Then it’s the Midnight Mailbag the Holi-days like National Swim A Lap Day before closing it out with The Tribune! And for Premium Subscribers we talk about The Sopranos and you get the first installment of some of my favorite windows-down-summer-bangers!

    Thank you to Aaron Brungardt for engineering, mixing, and production expertise, Geoffrey Tice for artwork, Bobby TBD for theme music, and All Things Comedy for their support, production, and distribution.

    Email the show at themidnightmailbag@gmail.com!
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    41 mins
  • My Top 10 Donuts Revisited!

    My Top 10 Donuts Revisited!
    Jun 4 2026

    Bad news is that I have a head cold, good news is that I’m in Chicago and mustache summer is in full swing. Tonight, I read some of your responses to my Top Donut List! Plus we hit the usual topics with the Holi-days like National Applesauce Cake Day and I end the episode with some banger Wisconsin names from Rhonda in The Tribune!

    Thank you to Aaron Brungardt for engineering, mixing, and production expertise, Geoffrey Tice for artwork, Bobby TBD for theme music, and All Things Comedy for their support, production, and distribution!

    Email the show at themidnightmailbag@gmail.com!
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    28 mins
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