Stories From the Middle of Nowhere

S1 E11 - Underage and Unsupervised

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 that underage drinking became in small‑town North Dakota. It’s a story about risk, improvisation, and the consequences that usually showed up in the form of our dad — the one authority figure we never managed to outrun. Disclaimer: These stories are based on our personal memories and family experiences. Some details may be condensed or combined for clarity. Names and identifying details may be changed to protect privacy. All events are recounted to the best of our recollection.

S1 E10 - Evicted: The Prequel

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, chaotic jobs, and the strange freedom of starting adulthood with absolutely nothing. Judy becomes an apartment manager overseeing convicted felons and whackado renters, while Donny heads to Gillette, Wyoming for his first DJ gig, where the men outnumber the women 12 to 1 and the odds are stacked against him. From mice nightmares to brand‑new trailer houses, surprise firings, and Donny’s ever‑expanding list of aliases, this episode isn’t where the chaos began… it’s where the childhood chaos leveled up. Disclaimer: These stories are based on our personal memories and family experiences. Some details may be condensed or combined for clarity. Names and identifying details may be changed to protect privacy. All events are recounted to the best of our recollection.

S1 E9 - Breaking News: Us...Again!

Judy and Donny are back with a collection of stories from a childhood where every minor incident somehow became a headline. In their family, even the most ordinary days had a way of ending up in the newspaper — whether they wanted the attention or not. There’s the time their mom called 911 over a beehive and a reporter showed up with the police. Judy’s first day at work turned into a public spectacle after her car was smashed, her commute was broadcast on the traffic report, and she arrived two hours late on a flatbed tow truck. Donny’s smoking habit sparked a chain of disasters that followed him everywhere. And in the middle of nowhere — where people call the cops for littering — Judy’s attempt to hire painters spiraled into a stolen‑truck fiasco that no one could have predicted. This episode is a reminder that when your family has a knack for becoming breaking news, even the simplest moments can turn into a story the whole town hears about. Disclaimer: These stories are based on our personal memories and family experiences. Some details may be condensed or combined for clarity. Names and identifying details may be changed to protect privacy. All events are recounted to the best of our recollection.

S1 E8 - Donny: A Lifetime of Accidental Mayhem

In this combined episode, Judy and Donny revisit the week that proved Donny should never have been left in charge — and the lifetime of spectacular bad luck that followed him everywhere he went. It starts with a rear‑end collision while driving our mom, escalates when a bicyclist flips over Donny’s hood on the way to pick her up (with a TV news crew filming the whole thing), and ends with a backyard grilling disaster that singed off her eyebrows. But that week was only the beginning. From sneaking off to hotels to hiding cigarettes, borrowing cars, skipping school, and drinking and driving, Donny was the kid who got caught every single time — usually by accident, always in unforgettable fashion. This episode sets up Part Two of the Donny saga, where the bad luck only gets bigger. Disclaimer: These stories are based on our personal memories and family experiences. Some details may be condensed or combined for clarity. Names and identifying details may be changed to protect privacy. All events are recounted to the best of our recollection.

S1 E7 - Fast Forward: The Road Gets Weirder

In this Fast Forward episode, Judy and Donny jump ahead to the years when the family’s car chaos didn’t calm down — it evolved into something stranger, darker, and somehow even funnier. Their dad asks Donny to drive a corpse across the country to save money, suddenly can’t see white cars, and relies on their mom to guide him from the passenger seat. Meanwhile, Judy racks up hit‑and‑runs and Donny hits a streak of accidents that prove adulthood didn’t make anything safer. This chapter blends dark humor, family logic, and the kind of real‑life absurdity that only happens in the middle of nowhere. Disclaimer: These stories are based on our personal memories and family experiences. Some details may be condensed or combined for clarity. Names and identifying details may be changed to protect privacy. All events are recounted to the best of our recollection.