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All Things Comedy

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.

The Pen Pals Podcast

I’m finally back home in LA but for one night! Gonna tell you about my car getting broken into and how I’m a bit under the weather before I read your emails, and cover the Holi-Days like Yodel for Your Neighbors Day! Then I give you my Sick Day Top 10 and as always, I close out the show with Ronda and The Tribune! And for Premium Subscribers, I’ve got last week’s News From Germania that I didn’t get to read!
 
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!

Sick Day Top 10!

Plus, I’m in Punta Cana and spending the night talking to you! Tonight we talk about my trip, watching the Bears Game in a hotel lobby, read your emails, and cover the Holi-Days like National Take the Stairs Day! And as always, I close out the show with Ronda and 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!

15 Words Derived From Mythological Creatures!

It’s A Midnight Mailbag Episode! I’m starting out 2026 by reading your messages to the show! I also extol the good word of Facebook Marketplace, talk about my outlook for the new year, and cover the Holi-Days like, National Man Watcher's Day! And as always, I close out the show with Ronda and The Tribune! 
 
Premium Subscribers, don’t forget to stick around after the closing theme for another addition to the Midnight Air Playlist.
 
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!

It’s A Midnight Mailbag Episode!

We close out our lists of the 5 favorite things we watched from Movies and TV in 2025! But before we do that, I tell you some Rochelle news, and cover the Holi-Days like, National Buffet Day! Then we close it out with Ronda and The Tribune! As a bonus for Premium Subscribers, we have one extra honorable mention and talk about the Netflix drama, Adolescence.
 
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!

Part 2 of Favorite 5 from 2025 w/ Lissa Rubin!

It’s the end of the yesar as we know it and Lissa Rubin is joining me to rundown our 5 favorite things we watched from Movies and TV in 2025. And before that, I talk about why I’m recording this show in Atlanta, the Chicago Bears game, and we cover the Holi-Days like, National Eggnog Day! Then we close it out with 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!

Favorite 5 from 2025 w/ Lissa Rubin!

In honor of this legend, I’m telling you 10 Facts About Dick Van Dyke that you may not know. Plus I talk about the loss of Rob Reiner, read your messages, and cover the Holi-Days like, National Emo Day!
 
And for Premium Subscribers, I dig into the Winter Solstice and why we should celebrate it! 
 
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!

Dick Van Dyke is 100!

Plus I talk about going to see Stand By Me Live! And the viewing party I joined for the Bears vs. Packers game and so much more! All that in addition to The Tribune from Rhonda and the Holi-Days like Magnum P.I. Day!
 
Premium Subscribers can stick around after the theme for my 11-20 Rankings of Winter Movies and a great Christmas song to close things out!
 
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!

My Top 10 Winter Movies!

I also fill you in on my Thanksgiving in Rochelle, my love of Death By Lightning, and I’ve got some BIG thoughts on some recent customer service experiences. Plus we cover The Tribune from Rhonda and hit the week’s Holi-Days like Bathtub Party Day!

Premium Subscribers can stick around after the theme for my song of the week and also don’t forget to check the Patreon page if you wanna see how perfect scalloped corn is made.

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!

A Strange European Christmas Ritual!

And I tell you about my weekend in Indiana, Kinanesgiving, before reading your emails, and we cover The Tribune with Rhonda! Plus I have a huge soda water issue at the airport and we hit the Holi-Days like Spitesgiving!

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!

Top 10 Movies with Bagpipes!

Plus so much to tell you about my weekend in St. Louis, my review of The Running Man, your emails, The Tribune with Rhonda, and the Holi-Days like National Blow Bagpipes Day!
As a bonus for Premium Subscribers, I’ve got the story about an unlikely place in St. Louis where I heard this week’s post-show song!
 

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!

15 Words Derived From Mythological Creatures!

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