Season 2 Trailer

We’re back in the garage, and we’re not pretending life stays simple just because we’re older. Change keeps showing up, and one of the best ways to meet it is with a question most people avoid: what’s the last thing you were wrong about that you can actually admit? That honest starting point sets the tone for Season 2 of Half Century Hangout: less posturing, more perspective, and plenty of laughter along the way. 

Then we go straight to a midlife classic that still lands like a punch to the chest: what would you tell your 25-year-old self, knowing what you know now? We talk retirement and saving money with clearer eyes, the cost of carrying anger and stress for too long, and the quiet power of gratitude when you stop taking family and relationships for granted. If you’re looking for real life lessons after 50, practical midlife advice, and conversations about aging, mindset, and purpose, you’ll feel at home here. 

We also share what’s new this season: you’ll still hear the three of us together, but you’ll also get shorter solo episodes, occasional monologues, and guests who help us dig deeper into where we’ve grown and where we’re still figuring it out. Our North Star is simple: give you a different lens that might shift how you see your own life, even in a small way. Subscribe, share this with a friend who’s thinking about their next chapter, and leave a review with the one thing you’d tell your 25-year-old self today.

Transcript

SPEAKER_00 0:24

We are back here in my garage, and I'm so happy you guys are here with me.

SPEAKER_02 0:28

Hey, likewise.

SPEAKER_00 0:31

You know, while some things change, others don't, and we would always like to think that our listeners, we might add some, but you know what? We hope that you guys have missed us as much as as we've missed you.

Change And Admitting You’re Wrong

SPEAKER_01 0:42

Yeah. I agree. I think uh change is an interesting aspect of life. My friend and I, we always talk about one of the things we mention um is what was the last thing you were wrong about that you could actually admit to?

SPEAKER_00 0:58

Oh, I'd have to think way back.

SPEAKER_01 1:00

Yeah, way back.

SPEAKER_00 1:01

Way back. A few part in between. Yeah, yeah.

SPEAKER_02 1:04

And I think that's a baby today sometime.

Advice To Your 25-Year-Old Self

SPEAKER_00 1:07

That's one of those things that I think that we've talked about a little in the past, but it's something that we're gonna delve into a little bit more. And one of those eternal questions that we would say as the half-century hangout is what would your 25-year-old self tell you now? What would they say, or what would you tell your 25-year-old self now that you know what you know at the age that we are?

SPEAKER_01 1:29

I think that's a great question and super fair to ask. I for me, that question would probably be answered by save more money. As a 53-year-old dude who's looking toward retirement in the next 10 or 12 years, I would say save more money and be more judicious with how I did spend the money that I made.

SPEAKER_00 1:48

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 1:48

You know, yeah, just to be practical. John, what about you?

SPEAKER_02 1:52

Just relax a little bit. Man, don't get so uptight about things because life works out for the best usually, and gosh. 25 probably a little bit more angry than I needed to be. And, you know, just relax a little bit. It'll be it'll be fine.

SPEAKER_01 2:13

All right, that's pretty good. What about you, Luke?

Season Two Format And New Voices

SPEAKER_00 2:15

I think that you know, as we look back and you and you reflect on life, there's always things that you could look at now with you know the hindsight, right? And say, oh, I should have done this or I should have done this. But I agree with John. I think it's important to be able to enjoy what you have and feel blessed that you have what you have and enjoy what you have and the people in your life and your family. Um, and just don't take things for granted, you know. Nothing's nothing's guaranteed, you know. Don't take things for granted. So as we look forward to this season, we're gonna we're gonna keep a lot of the same format. There's gonna be some things, but a lot of it's gonna be about growth and how we would grow as human beings and how we would look at things maybe a little different through through different lenses, just to kind of help you get another perspective on things. And, you know, like we said, some things change and others don't, you know, like here I am drinking a Guinness. That's a usual. That's a usual. And so I think that there are things that are always going to stay the same.

SPEAKER_01 3:13

Right.

SPEAKER_00 3:14

And that deserve to stay the same. But there's always some other things that we could always take a look at and say, you know what, I could probably do better at this, or I could change something up.

SPEAKER_01 3:22

I think one of those things that's gonna stay the same throughout this season two is gonna be you're gonna hear each of our voices together, but then there's gonna be times one of the things that's gonna change is you're gonna be hearing our voices separately as well, because we're gonna do shows where we're together, but we're also gonna do shows where it's more of a monologue, maybe a 15 to 20 minute show where each of us have some things that we can talk about where we've grown in the past, and uh we may have a guest or two of our own that we would interview.

SPEAKER_02 3:51

I think John's talking about having share our insight and and have someone help us out as we share our insight.

SPEAKER_00 3:58

And just getting out in front of that, it's not like we're gonna sit here and keep score as to which episode individually brings more listeners in than others. Nope. I don't think. That wasn't sarcastic, was it? I don't think so.

SPEAKER_01 4:10

Okay, just was that a Freudian thing?

Purpose North Star And Perspective

SPEAKER_00 4:12

It might have been a slip. I don't know, possibly.

SPEAKER_01 4:15

No, I think uh one of the um I think one of the things I'm looking forward to is just being able to see areas of our lives that we can actually share where we have grown. I think that's gonna take a level of transparency and vulnerability that um I mean we feel comfortable.

SPEAKER_00 4:41

And we're still gonna make light of it. We're still the same guys, we're still gonna joke about it, we're still gonna make fun of ourselves and each other at the same time. Yeah, because that won't change. That's you it's still the same three guys, and we haven't changed that much. No, it's only been a few months, guys. It's not like it's crazy, right?

SPEAKER_02 4:56

But if it depends on the special guest if they'll make fun of you too.

SPEAKER_00 5:00

That's true. That's true.

SPEAKER_01 5:02

I think one of the reasons we're we've talked about moving this direction is just having a sense of purpose. And you mentioned that, you've had that question to us. What's driving us?

SPEAKER_00 5:14

What are we shooting for? You know, we talked about our own personal North Stars. We we kind of reflected on the show itself and what we want as our North Star. And basically it is to help you guys is to say, and not even just help you, just to give you a different perspective that might affect you some way and make you think about something a little differently than maybe you have in the past.

SPEAKER_02 5:34

Yeah, maybe share how we've grown so you can either agree with us and do some of the things we've done, and or say, uh some mistakes that we made.

SPEAKER_01 5:47

Yeah, we're definitely open to that.

SPEAKER_00 5:48

Because realize and we know that, and we know that you guys do as well, but it's not one size fits all for people. No. I mean, we're people for a reason. God made us all different for a reason. And I think that the more that we look at that, it it helps, at least for me, I think it helps to hear different perspectives to help you think in different perspectives and to say, you know, I never really thought of it that way, or I never looked at it from that perspective. It might open your eyes about something. You never know.

SPEAKER_01 6:14

Yeah. So as you listen to season two of Half Century Hangout, um, yeah, just keep keep tuning in, and uh the idea is to grow and to learn and to continue to uh have our horizons expanded.

SPEAKER_00 6:29

Sounds great. We are looking forward to episode one coming soon to a podcast near you. Let's go, peace out.