Business, Beer & BS with Mike & Blaine
Dive into "Business, Beer, and BS" with seasoned entrepreneurs Mike Milan and Blaine Bertsch! Each episode is a lively mix of business insights and casual conversation fueled by cold beers and real talk.
Mike and Blaine share their rollercoaster journeys of running businesses and tackling real-world challenges with humour and honesty. Expect practical tips, unforgettable stories, and plenty of laughs along the way. It’s the perfect blend of expert advice and laid-back fun.
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233 episodes
The Rise of Therapy Speak: How Emotional Fluency Changed HR, Marketing, and Workplace Culture
At some point, every conversation started sounding like a counseling session. This week on the Mike & Blaine Podcast, we talk about the rise of “therapy speak” and why words like boundaries, trauma, triggers, healing, emotional safety, and ...
Business Strategy in the Kidult Market: From Lego to Pokémon on Mike & Blaine
Adulthood isn’t what it used to be. This week on the Mike & Blaine Podcast, we’re diving deep into the massive economic shift known as “Kidulting.” Why are grown adults spending billions of dollars on Lego sets, Pokémon cards, retro gaming,...
“Wait… What Do You Actually Do?” How to Cut the Fluff & Build Business Trust
At some point, job titles stopped making sense. This week on the Mike & Blaine Podcast, we ask a simple question that’s surprisingly hard to answer: what do you actually do? From “growth strategist” to “customer success architect” to “fract...
Expertise vs. Influence: How to Find Real Business Strategy in a Sea of Content
At some point, everyone became an expert. This week on the Mike & Blaine Podcast, we dive deep into the “Death of Expertise” and why modern consumers increasingly trust a random comment, a viral TikTok video, or a Reddit thread over actual ...
Stop Faking It: How the "I'm Done Pretending" Movement Changes Business Strategy
Lately, it feels like the collective mask is slipping, and people are finally just… saying it. This week on the Mike & Blaine Podcast, we dive deep into the viral “I’m done pretending” trend—a cultural shift where professionals are dropping...
The Public Meltdown Economy: Why Every Bad Moment Is Now Content
In this episode of the Mike & Blaine Podcast, we pull back the curtain on "The Public Meltdown Economy." We live in a world where every argument, breakdown, and awkward interaction is just one smartphone away from becoming viral entertainme...
Why Everyone Thinks They’re the Main Character (and Why Your Business Can't)
At some point, everyone decided they were the star of a movie no one else signed up to watch. This week on the Mike & Blaine Podcast, we’re diving deep into “Main Character Syndrome” (MCS) and why social media has everyone acting like the w...
Everything Got Better… and Worse: Why Complexity is Killing Your Business
At some point, everything got harder to use. This week on the Mike & Blaine Podcast, we dive into the growing frustration with modern "innovation" and how businesses are accidentally sabotaging their own growth through over-engineering. Fro...
Authenticity vs. Corporate Strategy: The CEO Product Challenge
The internet recently discovered something hilarious and oddly satisfying: watching CEOs try their own products can be extremely uncomfortable. After the CEO of McDonald’s posted a video awkwardly tasting the new Big Arch burger, the internet i...
The Loneliness Economy: Why Companies Are Charging for Connection on Mike & Blaine
The "Loneliness Economy" is one of the fastest-growing markets in the world right now, and this week on the Mike & Blaine Podcast, we look at the surprising number of companies building massive revenue streams around the simple fact that pe...
Should Brands Go Synthetic? The Rise of AI Influencers & the Future of Trust
AI influencers are no longer science fiction—they’re already in your feed, landing brand deals, and reshaping digital marketing strategy in real time. This week on the Mike & Blaine Podcast, we unpack the rapid rise of virtual creators, CGI...
The Quiet Rise of Offline Value (Why People Are Opting Out of Optimization Culture)
Everyone was told to optimize everything. Optimize your mornings. Optimize your funnel. Optimize your content. Optimize your life. And somehow, in the middle of all that “winning,” everyone got more anxious, more burned out, and more overwhelme...
Outrage Sells: How Algorithms Reward Drama and What That Means for Your Brand
This week on the Mike & Blaine Podcast, we dig into one of the strangest realities of modern internet culture: the smaller and more ridiculous the conflict, the more attention it seems to attract. From comment-section battles and “subtle sh...
“5-Star Lies, Fake Reviews, and the Collapse of Online Trust” on Mike & Blaine
Online reviews used to be a shortcut to confidence. Now they feel more like a coin toss. One minute a product has thousands of glowing 5-star ratings, the next minute you’re convinced half of them were written by bots, paid influencers, or AI t...
“AI Fatigue Is Real: When More Tools Create Worse Business Decisions” on Mike & Blaine
AI is everywhere. Subscriptions are everywhere. And somehow, everyone feels more tired than helped. In this episode of the Mike & Blaine Podcast, we dig into the very real rise of AI fatigue and subscription fatigue—and why tools that promi...
“MrBeast Didn’t Go Viral, He Engineered It.” on Mike & Blaine
Reinvestment, Flywheels, & Why “Viral” Is a Myth on Mike and BlaineEveryone sees the stunts. The giveaways. The eye-popping subscriber counts. What most people don’t see is the system underneath it all — and that’s exactly...
“Nostalgia. Now in 4K” How Rebooting the Past Affects Brands on Mike & Blaine
Everything old is new again — just sharper, louder, and somehow filtered. From memes and music to mid-2010s fashion, UI throwbacks, and recycled internet trends, the culture has hit rewind in full 4K. This week on Mike & Blaine, we dig into...
What If That Wasn’t a Meteor? Reality, Meaning, & Making Decisions in Chaos
With the UDRIS meteor shower lighting up the night and Atlas supposedly still holding the sky together, Mike & Blaine ask the big, dumb questions that actually matter. How much of what we’re seeing is real, and how much is just our brains t...
From Barrels to Boom: Why Whisky Is Having a Moment Again
Why is whisky suddenly everywhere again?In this episode, we explore the surprising resurgence of both Scotch and bourbon — and why new distilleries are opening, bottles are becoming collectibles, and whisky culture feels more relevant th...
The Big Fat Hairy Truth About Bigfoot: Myth, Marketing, and Monsters in the Woods
Is Bigfoot real… or just the greatest brand never officially launched? As Mike and Blaine kick off Season 6 with a bold pivot diving into the business of pup culture and today’s ‘biggest’ stories, they head straight into the forest to tackle on...
“The Innovator’s Trap: Building Genius. Selling Confusion” on Mike and Blaine
Ever build something truly game-changing… only to watch your audience go glassy-eyed the moment you demo it? In this episode, Mike and Blaine break down The Innovator’s Trap—that painful gap between building something brilliant and act...
“Why Great Client Relationships Start With Listening” on Mike and Blaine
In this episode, Mike and Blaine dive into the uncomfortable truth every entrepreneur, advisor, and salesperson eventually faces: sometimes we talk way too much. And when we do, we lose deals, disconnect from clients, and miss the gold hidden i...
“Is Humor the Secret Sales Weapon? The Real ROI of Making People Laugh” on Mike and Blaine
Some marketing campaigns leave you laughing for days—and reaching for your wallet—while others land with the grace of a broken shopping cart. In this episode, Mike and Blaine dive deep into one of the most misunderstood (and most powerful) tool...
Cracking the Personality Code: Mastering Communication, Culture, and Connection in Business | Mike and Blaine Podcast
Ever tried to close a deal with someone who just stares at you while you nervously ramble for ten minutes? Or maybe you’ve worked with a team that values harmony over hustle—and you can’t quite figure out why. In this episode of Mike and Bl...
When KPIs Lie: Why Hitting Your Numbers Can Still Sink Your Business | Mike and Blaine
Every dashboard tells you you’re winning — green lights, perfect metrics, record performance. But if the business still feels stuck, it might be because you’re chasing the wrong numbers. In this episode of Mike and Blaine, we tackle th...