In this episode, Brad and Jen talk about:

• The future of the podcast.
• Hanukkah, 5784/2023.
• The holiday cocktail party “dress-up blow-up.”
• Jen’s garlic dinner fiasco.
• Listening to lots of Christmas music.
• Why the Christmas story of Jesus may have been the result of contact with extraterrestrial or non-human intelligences.
• Brad’s top music for the year:
  • Taylor Swift (#1); Roger Waters (#2); Eminem (#3); Peter Gabriel (#4); Wutang Clan (#5); Jenny Lewis (#6); Pink Floyd (#7); John Coltrane (#8); Tool (#9); NIN (#10); (#11) Phoebe Bridgers.
• Jen's top music for the year.
• Following up on Brad's 2023 New Year’s resolutions.
• 2024 resolutions.
• What we’re watching on T.V. and at the Movies:
  • Godzilla Minus 1.
  • The Creator.
  • Fry Bread Face and Me.
  • Upload Season 3.
  • The Crown Season 6.

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In this episode, Brad and Jen talk about:

• Our ongoing (?) hiatus from podcasting.
• Death-a-versaries.
• What we’ve been up to the last 3 months:
  • Our 22nd wedding anniversary.
  • Brad’s Ancestry.com DNA test.
  • Ignoring World War III.
  • Jen falling apart. (Ankle and Neck).
  • Peter Gabriel. i/O tour.
  • Taylor Swift Eras movie.
  • Les Claypool and the Flying Frog Brigade.
  • Jen’s colonoscopy.
  • 27/22 Anniversary.
  • Rubblebucket, 11/18, at Academy of Music.
• Thanksgiving 2023
  • Real History of Thanksgiving— Dangerous myths.
  • The start of “Traditional” Victorian Thanksgiving.
  • Current traditions.
  • Emerging traditions.
  • What ways do/could/should people celebrate thankfulness during thanksgiving apart from the gluttonous consumption of the harvest?
  • Our plans?
  • Who carves the turkey?
• Random questions from friends:
  • How do you wipe? Are you a neat folder, or a monster that just crumples it all together and hopes for the best.
  • Are hotdogs a sandwich?
  • Is cereal a soup?
  • Are pop-tarts ravioli?
• Brad is addicted to social media "reels."

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In this episode, Brad and Jen talk about:

• Radon gas test results.
• Pier Village in Long Branch, NJ; McLoone's Pier House.
• Monmouth, NJ Museum and the artist know as Porkchop.
• Redbank, NJ: Centrada restaurant, and Coney Waffles and Ice Cream.
• Asbury Park: Collage Workshop with Holly Would.
• Brad asks the A.I., “How long is too long to wash your asshole using a bidet?”
• Jen went to Jonas Brothers and was exposed to COVID.

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In this episode, Brad and Jen talk about:

• Summer 2023 is almost over!
• A trip to York Beach, Maine.
• Brad’s obsession with radon gas.
• Jen going to an Ilana Glazer and Alyson Levy show.
• Our sugary cereal binge.
• Brad asks the A.I., “What is the most appropriate way to respond if an old lady shits her pants in front of you in the isle of a CVS store?”
• The play, “The Light,” at Chester Community Theater, in Chester, MA.
• Big Brother, Party Down, and What We Do In the Shadows.

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In this episode, Brad and Jen talk about:

• Jen's terrifying encounter with a wasp and the debilitating after effects!
• A heartwarming story of a rainy day at Trader Joe's, where a compassionate employee came to Jen's rescue.
• Brad taking a refreshing nap and waking up to a…hard truth.
• Attending a Jenny Lewis concert at the Roadrunner music venue in Brighton, MA.
• The thought-provoking play, "Guards at the Taj," put on by the Chester Theater Company.
• What jelly pairs best with a PB&J sandwich? Brad and Jen use the power of artificial intelligence to settle the age-old debate!
• Books they’ve read this year, and T.V. shows they are watching.
• The Barbie and Oppenheimer movies.

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Brad and Jen are back after a 6-month break. It’s been a while, so we talk about a LOT of stuff!

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Joshua Michael Stewart is the author of the 2022 collection of poems, “Love Something,” which he adds to his other full-length poetry collections including “Break Every String” and “The Bastard Children of Dharma Bums.”

Joshua’s work has been published and featured in Massachusetts Review, Brilliant Corners, and Rattle, just to name a few publications.

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You can connect with Joshua at:

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Jen and Brad talk about what they did over the winter holidays and their New Year's resolutions for 2023.

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