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A podcast of two longtime pals, talking about all the things, and trying to be just a little better at humaning.
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Sunday Feb 26, 2023
Sunday Feb 26, 2023
Joel and Steve teach old dogs (themselves) new tricks! Joel is swimming with Doc Brown, and Steve is singing Mozart! (Really!)
They also reminisce about a concert neither of them attended - today is the 50th Anniversary of the one time the Grateful Dead played Lincoln, NE. No one's noticed but the band's all packed and gone - were they ever here at all?
If you'd like to listen to it - here is a link to the audio:
https://archive.org/details/gd73-02-26.sbd.kaplan.1208.sbeok.shnf
Settle in, it's long. ;)
Special thanks to Tour Bus for their super awesome shirts/stickers etc - and for letting Joel and Steve use one of their graphics for this episode - check them out at:
They are good people doing good work!
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Sunday Feb 19, 2023
Sunday Feb 19, 2023
Steve attempts to bait Joel into an hour of just bashing on Fox News and its followers in light of the recent 'Big Lie' revelations, but Joel isn't having it - which probably makes for a better podcast. They end up talking about other things, like the fact that Steve has never watched the 'X-Files', The Coffee House (at 1324 'P' Street in Lincoln, NE), and why do people still have Twitter accounts.
Joel also gives a shoutout to the new play "Predictor" by Jennifer Blackmer, put on by the Angels Theater Company. "Predictor" is the real-life story of Margaret Crane who, in 1967, defied all odds and expectations to become the inventor of the first home pregnancy test.
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Sunday Feb 12, 2023
Sunday Feb 12, 2023
Joel and Steve open up the listener mail bag to find things in it! Also covered - where is the line where a loved artist's behavior is so bad you have to not acknowledge them anymore? Also also discussed - the 'new' To Kill A Mockingbird roadshow, brain drain, genocide, Vonnegut and Sportsball! (And a nice discussion about holidays in Sweden!)
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#TootYourHooter #MajesticMoose
(The person responsible for this blurb has been sacked.)
Wednesday Feb 01, 2023
Wednesday Feb 01, 2023
Joel and Steve celebrate their freedom to exercise their 1st Amendment Rights - without which they wouldn't have much of a podcast.
Alec Baldwin facing involuntary manslaughter, a convicted Hollywood star murderer gets pardoned by another Hollywood star, and be sure to catch the live version of "The Handmaid's Tale" - coming soon to a State Legislature near you!
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#TootYourHooter #TransRightsAreYourRights
Sunday Jan 22, 2023
Sunday Jan 22, 2023
Joel and Steve talk about Sex, Drugs and Rock and Roll - in a round-about sort of way. Now people take drugs to not get high, and rock and roll has... a conscience. The times - they are a changin'!
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#tootyourhooter #fightfortheirrights
Sunday Jan 15, 2023
Sunday Jan 15, 2023
Joel and Steve are celebrating their 100th (!) TTBB!
They are delighted to welcome Certified Spiritual Director Michelle Mainquist to the TTBB podcast to talk about spiritual matters. Michelle works with Akashic Records to help uncover roadblocks and challenges that people may have in their lifetimes, to help become the best version of themselves.
You can find Michelle on her website:
https://soitflowsspiritualdirection.com/
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#TootYourHooter #KnowWhoYouAre
Monday Jan 02, 2023
Monday Jan 02, 2023
Joel and Steve wish all of their listeners a Happy New Year, and hope that you all made it through the holidays unscathed!
Joel's holiday travel plans got... Southwest'ed - so Plan B was implemented. There is also the obligatory '2023 resolution' discussion!
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#TootYourHooter #WeDontNeedNoResolution
Sunday Dec 18, 2022
Sunday Dec 18, 2022
Joel and Steve sit down with longtime mutual friend Erik Delaney to discuss the intersection of addiction, trauma, criminality and ADHD. There is a lot to unpack there, but they take a good shot at it!
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#TootYourHooter #WharfRats
Sunday Dec 11, 2022
Sunday Dec 11, 2022
Joel and Steve do their now-annual ritual of prepping for the Holiday Season! Steve has decided that it's time to re-commit to his well being after being sick (and being lazy) for a couple weeks, and Joel grapples with his FOMO issues. They discuss the Reason for the Season, and the non-existent War on Christmas.
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Sunday Dec 04, 2022
Sunday Dec 04, 2022
Joel and Steve reconnect after yet another absence from each other, and from you - their faithful listeners!
Joel went to Denver for work, and while there got to experience the maelstrom of jubilant electric mayhem that is Andy Frasco and the U.N., who have been Steve's favorite 'new to him' musical act since seeing them last summer.
Steve has been turned on to the books of Bruce Wagner. They are horribly dark, but also very entertaining. Steve, after some resistance, has also started watching Ted Lasso - which is a genuinely heartwarming delight, in the best ways.
Andy Frasco and the U.N. are playing Slowdown in Omaha on Tuesday, December 6th - do yer head a favor and go get wild with them!
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