In which Jeff interviews recently jailed environmental activist, Sofia Buhrgard. We learn about the importance of wetlands in curbing global warming and what we can do to protect them.    We are: Jeff Richardson @eljefetacoma   Sofia Buhrgard, Sweden   Check out our website: http://jeffsawesomepods.com   Listen to Jeff's other great shows, Shattered Worlds RPG, and watch his weekly Twitch stream at http://twitch.tv/OmniversalEscapades  

In this episode, Jeff gets into the issues with Congressional candidate for Washington's 2nd District, Jason Call. They talk climate change, abortion rights, Rick Larsen's terrible record, why neoliberalism is bad for the planet, and more!   We are: Jeff Richardson @eljefetacoma   Jason Call @callforcongress   Check out our website: http://jeffsawesomepods.com   Listen to Jeff's other shows!   Foolish Wits Shattered Worlds RPG The War for the Tower

In this episode, Jeff interviews advocate for the homeless Virginia Basher to discuss the state of things for the unhoused in Tacoma, Washington. Please listen to the show and send donations of supplies, money, and your time to help the homeless in your area!   Jeff Richardson @eljefetacoma   Virginia Basher https://www.facebook.com/virginia.basher.5   Check out our website: http://jeffsawesomepods.com   Listen to Jeff's other shows!   Foolish Wits Shattered Worlds RPG The War for the Tower

In which Jeff mourns the loss of a true professional, Mister Mike Frizzell AKA Old Clip Clop. Jeff says a few words, expresses a few feelings, then reruns the old ep in all its glory. [Jeff: I listened to it again just now, it's really good] Details: In which Jeff interviews podcasting legend and TBTL afficionado Mike "Clip Clop" Frizzell; Jeff laments the health of his doggy Mr Rusty Barnacle; we discuss the relative merits of geoducks on the Japanese boner population; Mike describes his original podcasting foray and transformation to TBTL acolyte; the process of becoming a bank robber is expained in great detail; Mike marries his TBTL sweetheart; the LRB is formed; Mike recalls his time as TBTL insult artist; and a good time is had by all.   Closing Song: "Smithereens" - The Social Animals

In this episode Rachel and Jeff discuss writing, scifi sex lichen, giving up sitcoms, and more! Jeff Richardson on Facebook @eljefetacoma on twitter   Check out our website: http://awesomepod.squarespace.com   Listen to our other shows! Shattered Worlds RPG  and check out the livestream: twitch.tv/shatteredsworldsrpg The War for the Tower Twelfth Night Podcast by Rose City Shakespeare and coming eventually...   Electric Bard Villain V Villain    

In this episode, Rachel and Jeff go to town on a great many subjects, including Elizabethan hogs, childrearing, and oppression of all kinds.  Jeff Richardson on Facebook @eljefetacoma on twitter   Check out our website: http://awesomepod.squarespace.com   Listen to our other shows! Shattered Worlds RPG  and check out the livestream: twitch.tv/shatteredsworldsrpg The War for the Tower Twelfth Night Podcast by Rose City Shakespeare and coming eventually...   Electric Bard Villain V Villain   Drill down into the details!   putting books all over bed-slidey desk things like a hospital rolly table Elizabethan hog overheated brains ADHD , Autism, Chronic fatigue pacing yourself weaponized Catholocism education taking breaks for family loving pets poor parenting difficult jobs child-bearing age issues social engineering Enlightenment vs. education stranded worms altruism some animals are a***oles variations of the human species a Rachel Crazy Theory™ conformist competitives what the f** are rules? different brains for different skills helpful autistic traits doing stuff at night walking toe-first negative siestas oppression autistic persons of Jewish descent growing up in Hollywood the AIDS crisis intersectionalism demonstrating paradox asking questions questioning oppressors tests of whiteness competitive oppression ranking the first generation after birth control that's what a Boomer would say exposure to computers women in technology Mary Pickford women in computers we're always there in the beginning perception of oppression let's come together and oppress the one percent Maguffium and Technoplex Paul Stamets Too Funny to Fail Steven Colbert Steve Carrell Jon Stewart Dana Carvey Tool Time/Home Improvement toxic masculinity hurts itself getting fired for garlic breath Blizzard Update              

In this episode, Rachel and Jeff tackle the big issues, including being a director, bawdiness, and the Big Hurt story.   Jeff Richardson on Facebook @eljefetacoma on twitter   Check out our website: http://awesomepod.squarespace.com   Listen to our other shows! Shattered Worlds RPG  and check out the livestream: twitch.tv/shatteredsworldsrpg The War for the Tower Twelfth Night Podcast by Rose City Shakespeare and coming eventually...   Electric Bard Villain V Villain   Drill down into the details!   mail truck issues donuts ice cream cocaine Hollywood in the 70s quitting pots missing the little things roaches all over letting things go being replaceable migraines and weed the high of chocolate cumin, alder smoke salt, cardamom, and rose syrup living with the body we got unavailable women giving things up healthy in-laws raising your kundalini Tao Te Ching doing it until you're sick of it Newport, Rhode Island tantra musing one's senses embiggening your awareness Agit Mukerjee grooving in the public library seizures and speaking in tongues (glossolalia) the color blue Multnomah Falls crowds freaking us out anecdotal evidence Jeff's Big Hurt story (call me, girl!) Delta tamping down dating setting down activism Facebook scammers working on the encyclopedia leaning into the bawdy sci-fi space travel spaceships full of people internet like a city-sized ship traveling or staying home Piranesi by Susanna Clarke Ted Lasso on Apple TV stick some cake in your cup Frank Zappa doc on Hulu the joy of being a director

In this episode, Rachel and Jeff get specific about science fiction, real-world villains, comedy in podcasting, competition in the womb, and more!    Jeff Richardson on Facebook @eljefetacoma on twitter   Check out our website: http://awesomepod.squarespace.com   Listen to our other shows! Shattered Worlds RPG  and check out the livestream: twitch.tv/shatteredsworldsrpg The War for the Tower Twelfth Night Podcast by Rose City Shakespeare and coming eventually...   Electric Bard Villain V Villain   Full notes for everything we discussed in the show: Jeff's hard water dog bite procedures Office Space shoulder problems a study about how giving rats more control improves their well-being quitting pre-med a sadistic doctor the difficulty of being a GP in modern society the theory that sperm compete for the egg not all eggs choose wisely plant crime the virtues of the mighty oak can humans coexist in the same space? refusing to compete once women entered general practice the pay dropped computer modeling replacing animal studies video games having a sexual basis Rachel can't burp parenting classes wishing for more comedy funny pods with themes The Flophouse All Fantasy Everything Jordan Jesse Go trying to keep things funny in an unfunny world saving it for the podcast Retail Nightmares, Alison Rosen is Your New Best Friend hiding your contempt at work leaving the office Too Beautiful to Live TOFOP Schindler's List Rachel's reaction to Magneto's backstory Doc Ock's surgery Books That Burn thirties and forties movies Cary Grant Rachel's overactive visual imagination Macbeth Tom Petty creating a sci-fi universe Jeff "Penis Rocket" Bezos Dave Anthony & The Dollop Idiocracy Neal Stephenson Ray Bradbury Snowcrash and the internet Gene Roddenberry Kurt Vonnegut Robert Heinlein Slaughterhouse Five Lieutenant Uhura Strange New Worlds Krang nobody wants an evil dumbass find a different villain and talk about them The Retrospecters Ollie Mann Helen Zaltzman Answer Me This Stranger In a Strange Land Kim Stanley Robinson Mars Star Trek villain for a day Rachel's Midsummer Night's Dream Encyclopedia Napoleon (real and Bill & Ted's) Richard the Third the Vidian surgeon Sandman The Joker King Crocs and King Tuts The Penguin What We Do in the Shadows The Doctor's Watcher Star Trek: Lower Decks put a zucchini in your pipe and smoke it    

In this episode, Rachel and Jeff discuss a great many things,  including fancy lady stuff. Check the notes below for an exhaustive list!   Jeff Richardson on Facebook @eljefetacoma on twitter   Check out our website: http://awesomepod.squarespace.com   Listen to our other shows! Shattered Worlds RPG  and check out the livestream: twitch.tv/shatteredsworldsrpg   The War for the Tower Twelfth Night Podcast by Rose City Shakespeare and coming eventually...   Electric Bard Villain V Villain   fancy onion bagel ladies our awesome editor Tamara Ann Alba owning a weed store finding five year old buds smoking weed with exes San Diego's changes David the a**hole problems in Venezuela creating Legendary Magic it's fun to crash and burn separating emotions between artistic works and real life finding out you have different disabilities than other people no more pretending creating a filter truthtelling at the funeral feeling fear about funerals with fractured families the Osterholm Update giant superspreader events                

  Foolish Wits continues with a deep dive into COVID-19 (skip to 55 minutes in if you want avoid it), then we shift into discussing the Afghanistan pullout, podcasts that do fun topics, potholes, and more!    Check below for more topics!   Jeff Richardson on Facebook @eljefetacoma on twitter   Check out our website: http://awesomepod.squarespace.com   Listen to our other shows! Shattered Worlds RPG  and check out the livestream: twitch.tv/shatteredsworldsrpg   The War for the Tower Twelfth Night Podcast by Rose City Shakespeare and coming eventually...   Electric Bard! Drill down in the details! random anecdotes, a cool documentary about a mad genius, debating what makes an artist, Rachel not liking Van Gogh and Picasso, photography giving power to the people, hip hop, mashups, the democratization of art, emotional catharsis with other people, cover bands, the notion of standup bit revival, Rocky Horror, Vaudeville, What's Up, Frank?, Emily Dickinson clones, our new Shattered Worlds RPG livestream, the coverup is often worse than the crime, Blizzard doing crap, Vedas and UFOs, and Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse, nominee for the 2021 Hugo Award for Best Novel