Bart Silverstrim Podcasts

Bart and Norma spend time on ChatGPT and how old we are. We also go over news about Jay Leno and citizen's alcohol consumption, and angry Chinese people getting Covid. It's a conversational episode.By Bart Silverstrim

Bart, Norma and Voretaq (yes, he's back today!) discuss the Goonies real-life house, more shootings (yawn), George Santos (or is he?), Alec Baldwin's gun problems, Tim Allen waving his little Tim at Pamela Anderson, ChatGPT, and cocaine pancakes. And that's not all! (PS...Frontier sucks. My opinion, I stand by it.)…

Voretaq is out again, leaving Bart and Norma to discuss the sh@^show that was the Speaker of the House voting. It was an amazingly spectacular clusterf@#$! I couldn't believe how entertaining it was, and it's a sign of the idiocy that's coming for the next few years, no doubt!By Bart Silverstrim

This episode is unedited with Bart and Norma talking about feedback submitted and the recent holiday goings-on. There's some rambling, there's some...whatever...it's off the cuff and raw. Tell Norma how much she um's and er's through the episode.By Bart Silverstrim

Bart, Norma and Voretaq discuss Trump's latest attempts to stay relevant and out of jail, Congress's latest attempt to pretend they care about Trump's crimes, Elon Musk proves that being CEO doesn't mean you're a genius, and healthcare is still a mess! Oh, and advent calendars can get REALLY REALLY expensive...…

Bart and Norma discuss a prisoner exchange, a followup to last week's killbot story and the Walker senate race!By Bart Silverstrim

Bart and Voretaq (and later Norma) discuss killer robots for police departments, stealing Covid funds, Brenden Fraser, noisy hospital equipment, Pooty-bear's ongoing war in Ukraine, and the Pentagon seems to have misplaced a few trillion dollars in their military-grade sofas!By Bart Silverstrim

Bart, Norma and Voretaq talk turkey about turkey pardons, subscription services for things that shouldn't be subscriptions, and police matters!By Bart Silverstrim

Bart and Norma discuss the new Black Panther, dog anxiety, another crypto currency failure, charities, and Elon Musk's Twitter dumpster fire!By Bart Silverstrim

Bart and Norma discuss fancy dog-themed restaurants, just enough election bull@#% to make you angry, and the dumpster fire that is the Elon-era Twitter!By Bart Silverstrim

Bart, Norma and Voretaq discuss Fashion Week, the PA "debates," and Bart's getting old! Also, Voretaq returns!By Bart Silverstrim

Bart, Norma and Voretaq discuss college touring and prison system philosophy; we also end with a short news bit regarding the passing of Racket, our in-studio helper and companion bearded dragon.By Bart Silverstrim

Bart and Norma discuss a rainbow fence feud, Oz and his fake felons for Fetterman stunt, and DeSantis pulls a migrant stunt that more or less backfires as it turns out "liberal elites" aren't "racist fascists". Oh, and they found the Perla Huerta that helped traffic the immigrants. Turns out "Perla" wasn't a pseudonym...…

Bart and Norma discuss who is allowed to die first, Ron Desantis' migrant stunt may haunt him yet (think he'll get away with human trafficking still?) and whether the Cats CGI movie butthole release was a real thing...We also discuss how the economy works, from the viewpoint of people who don't understand economics.…

Bart and Voretaq lament Voretaq's upcoming jury duty assignment, the fate of the queen's dogs, are all gameshow hosts terrible people?, be more careful with your DNA and a crypto company misplaces 10 million (aus) dollars...and didn't notice for 7 months.By Bart Silverstrim

Welcome back Voretaq! Bart, Norma and Voretaq discuss glaciers, the death of the Queen, Dr Oz (AGAIN...WHY WON'T HE GO AWAY...) and mental defectives protesting non-existent litter boxes in schools.By Bart Silverstrim

Bart and Norma discuss PPP loan shenanigans, what happened to Richard Simmons?, racist couple throws racist party while insisting they're not racists, Google destroys digital life of a man because he dared get medical advice for his kid, and the Megan Coyne is hitting back against hypocrite GOP online!…

Bart and Norma discuss buying human body parts, the funeral racket, bulletproof bags, McConnell vs. Trump, and taking a crudités break!By Bart Silverstrim

Bart and Norma discuss nursing homes abusing legal loopholes, Lake Mead is drying up, John Oliver (is there a time I don't enjoy his show?) and vandals on a golf course!By Bart Silverstrim

Bart, Norma and Voretaq discuss guns in North Carolina schools (on purpose), The View is told not to call Turning Point USA a group of Nazis anymore, drivers who can't drive, Alex Jones apparently hires Trump-level legal talent, and Trump has the FBI drop in for milk and cookies in his Florida grift-ranch!…

Bart and Norma discover that Ivana Trump is finally useful to someone...as a tax break. After a thorough roasting by her "family" giving their twisted versions of eulogies, she was laid to rest in a GOLF COURSE so Donny Sr. could enjoy tax breaks for his golf/farm/cemetery! Congratulations!By Bart Silverstrim

Bart and Norma discuss cars requiring subscriptions to work, the 10 year old from Ohio having an abortion was a bigger controversy than Bart thought it would be, celebrities using more water for...whatever...in a drought, and police/Amazon/etc. abuse information collection to spy on people!By Bart Silverstrim

Bart, Norma and Voretaq discuss giddy-upping while drinking, Christian oppression in America, guns in Japan, our trip to the computer museum in Wall, NJ (I touched an ACTUAL BEBOX!) as well as the new e-assist on the trike!By Bart Silverstrim

It's a hectic time! We have trips, holidays, and general tons-o'-stuff to do! But I didn't want to go too long without an episode, so this is a recording of a "raw" recording session. No editing. No music. So if you've ever wondered what the episodes are like without removing the pauses, "um"s, and occasional verbal meandering (yes, as bad as it ge…

Bart and Norma discuss mostly movies time, since we saw not one, but TWO movies this weekend. Top Gun: Maverick and Jurassic World: Dominion! Also, did you know you can sue if you get an STD from someone you barely know in their car? One woman has a few million reasons to celebrate after doing just that!…

Bart, Norma and Voretaq discuss Dr. Oz and his stance on THE DEVIL'S WEED, Bloomsburg wants to murder geese, Lauren Boebert illustrates the long history of GOP calling immigration reform a backdoor to WHITE REPLACEMENT THEORY because she's an idiot, and a graduate at a school for the gifted talks about being gay in a coded secret language to outsma…

Bart and Norma discuss baby formula, Arby's testing a new milk shake flavor, why you shouldn't track your period using your phone apps anymore, Floriduh changes tack to continue their idiot plans to fight Disney, and Tucker Carlson may have helped push America back to pre-pandamic normalcy with a fresh rash of mass shootings in the name of "replace…

Bart, Norma and Voretaq discuss the latest pedo-craze sweeping the conservative radar, Florida hates Disney, and the QAnon Queens of Congress hate each other!By Bart Silverstrim

Bart and Norma discuss Morbius and method acting, the background of Hermione Granger, unions, the Metaverse, and you're an idiot for trusting companies not to hand out your information. Also, ice cream related bicycles.By Bart Silverstrim

Bart and Norma discuss idiot Russian invaders at a nuclear plant, what names are "normal", Vizio is added to the list of companies that are watching you watching things, and reminder: Matt Gaetz still isn't in jail but probably should be!By Bart Silverstrim

Bart, Norma and Voretaq discuss tornado safety on the road, guns in government buildings, reading brainwaves to communicate, and long Covid, with a few other digressions thrown in!By Bart Silverstrim

Bart and Norma discuss the proposed time change changes, car on building roof followup, swimming while trans, and what a (relatively) quiet week it's been.By Bart Silverstrim

Bart and Norma discuss the diseased rats of society, shopping local, Kim Kardashian thinks she had to work for what she has, Texas makes society more hellish and wonders why people don't like it, and now we can't have all the Doritos probably THANKS TO BIDEN!By Bart Silverstrim

Bart, Norma and Voretaq discuss bees and almonds, Facebook conspiracy stupidities, the Internet of Things continues to be terrible, and a car tries to fly (almost successfully?)By Bart Silverstrim

Bart, Norma and Voretaq discuss scammers and scambaiting, defending your home from strangers at the door, Spider-Man's fake butt, and the Freedumb Convoy from PA has a hilarious start!By Bart Silverstrim

Bart and Norma discuss 3D printing, advertising your weapons for coolness can lead to problems, tracking DNA of victims to identify them as suspects, paper vendor lock-in and frozen wieners on the ski slopes!By Bart Silverstrim

Bart and Norma discuss the StupidBowl, Valentine's holiday, Mazda radios getting stuck on a particular channel, and the Gazpacho police are raiding the GOP!By Bart Silverstrim

Bart and Norma discuss truckers in Canada that don't like needles, Chick-Fil-A and "weather pods" for (some) employees, recruiter forgets the bubble in which she works and regrets letting the quiet part be heard out loud, reminder that PA forced people to pay to know the laws they're expected to live by, and the whole episode is dedicated to Cate t…

Bart, Norma and Voretaq discuss online adblockers, a BU student accidentally gets cremated remains, Ted Cruz hates black nominees, and a school bans Maus!By Bart Silverstrim

Bart and Norma discuss an expensive comic book page (yes, a single comic book page), robots make the best friends, and Bart predicted the tiered substitution of teaching positions as actual teachers leave or fall ill...and now it's happening!By Bart Silverstrim

Bart, Norma and Voretaq discuss fart jars, passing of stars (still), idiots running our government, and crypto-mining by antivirus software!By Bart Silverstrim

Bart and Norma discuss Bubonic Plague, Dr. Oz, Microsoft starts the new year off on a whoopsie, and Toyota blames dealers for the keyfob backlash!By Bart Silverstrim

Bart, Norma and Voretaq discuss Joe Manchin's politics, things you need to own to be a lady, Emma Thorne's YouTube channel, and Kent Hovind's "dissertation", and a fond recollection of Ray Comfort (the Banana Man!)...By Bart Silverstrim

Bart, Norma and Voretaq discuss celebrity deaths, Puppers training, Toyota is reminding customers that they don't matter, My Pillow CEO thinks rumored celebrity dating is what tarnishes his reputation and not his Trump boot-licking, and Alex Jones reminds us the Conservative movement is bat@#$ nutters!…

Bart and Norma discuss Dr Oz running for government in a state he doesn't live, parents of school shooter can't escape to Canada because they're Trump turnips that didn't vax?, cop abuses power in school again, and gunshop owner shoots his employee in a whoopsie. Also, Better.com CEO fires hundreds over a Zoom call. Life is wonderful!…

Bart, Norma and Voretaq discuss Ghostbusters, the new Covid variant making the rounds, and an American shoots herself in the cooch! So American you'd think it's July 4th!By Bart Silverstrim