Mike Hardenbrook
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3,502 appearances
21 recordings
1 series
first heard May 2026
last heard 13 Aug
Mike Hardenbrook’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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recordings per month · last 12 monthsRecordings per month over the last 12 months — 21 in all, peaking in Jul 2026 with 9.
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It feels like the truth.
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And that's how the script gets written.
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Not all at once, but instead line by line, scene by scene.
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Now, here's where I want to slow down.
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Because when we think of where did we learn these things, people often hear this and immediately go to the source of most of our learning.
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And that is our parents.
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You might be surprised.
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Mine, for example, my parents didn't drink, rarely, and I actually don't have any memories of my dad ever drinking a beer.
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It came more from the background of my adolescence in the movies, seeing kids with red cups over the big screen.
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It came from the ads.
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It came from seeing older people partying and then moving into college.
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party days myself.
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These were all versions of adulthood that I thought I was supposed to grow into.
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I didn't really need somebody in my house pouring a drink every night to learn that script.
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Culture did a pretty good job on its own.
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And at this point I'd invite you to look back on your own history because I think this part is worth sitting with for a second or a couple minutes.
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Because a lot of this actually isn't personal.
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It's not some flaw inside of you.
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It's not always something that your family did either.
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