Bart and Norma discuss her trip, our mentally ill dog, a rock/gem show, a guy who set himself on fire and a school that's afraid an icky man will make their kids icky. Also, streaming services suck at software!By Bart Silverstrim

Bart, Norma and Voretaq discuss an upcoming trip to our most terrible effed-up state, Florida! OJ Simpson no longer worries about his ex-wife's killer on the loose, Starship Troopers was a great movie, Nike wants you to "Just Do This", and the Trump Trial begins!By Bart Silverstrim

Bart and Norma discuss measles, Tim Allen/Home Improvement, and viewing iconic and/or symbolic movies from our past with our Dude. Also some passing comments of people who are wealthy, popular, and problematic despite their transgressions, because society is terrible.By Bart Silverstrim

Bart and Norma discuss shortened work weeks, citizenship tests, Kyle Rittenhouse runs away from questions because...snowflake? And all the Conservatives want to make an appearance for the cameras in Texas!By Bart Silverstrim

Bart, Norma and Voretaq discuss school preparedness (kind of), problems with planning school trips, big men in military cammo are lurking in NYC subways because security theater is a thing, explore Dead Domain's video channel for their fun infiltration videos (and more!), and you missed buying a Soprano's booth off eBay!…

Bart, Norma and Voretaq discuss some recent news items, celebrate the rumored downstepping of Mitch McConnell, Love on the Spectrum and the portrayal of people on the spectrum, police retaliation suits and Congress is as productive as you'd expect at this point! And we touch on Project 2025...be afraid. Seriously.…

Bart, Norma and Voretaq discuss more shootings (surprise), bed bugs, the police wage war on acorns, and embryos are now children in Alabama but you can't apparently claim them legally as children on taxes? WHY? Also, vending machines are spying on you.By Bart Silverstrim

Bart and Norma had a relatively quiet week...we've had a few of those, for the most part, recently? Maybe? Now we're going to be cursed for thinking that. This week we discuss the successful Superbowl brainwashing of America with Operation TayTay, Trump insists TayTay would be a disloyal traitor if she didn't endorse him since he made her such a ri…

Bart, Norma and Voretaq discuss Taylor Swift's (potential?) Super Bowl appearance and the rabid turmoil from the GOP idiots over her rumored appearance at the Super Bowl, hate-speech books loved by bigots, Elon Musk, from South Africa, rails against immigrants, Ted Cruz wants special secret treatment at airports, and Tennessee loves guns too much t…

Voretaq is back with Bart and Norma, discussing dating and "upscale" restaurants, Trump (NOT MY FAULT it came up!) and running for President from prison, and a DJ was found dead in a weird circumstance...By Bart Silverstrim

Bart and Norma mainly go over news items, and it's been kind of slow...which is really good for January, especially on an election year in the US! The only "election" discussion centers on everyone's favorite punchable face, DeSantis, officially quitting his bid for the big chair. Also discussed, Alec Baldwin, Taylor Swift, stupid lawsuits and whin…

Bart and Norma discuss weather, notes from...another dimension?...celebrities continue to die, and did you know you can open bags of snacks with lighters?By Bart Silverstrim

Bart, Norma and Voretaq record what turns out to be the last show of the year! YAY! Discussions range over Clark Griswold's bonus, Apple Watch news just in time for the holidays, toll roads are a private company scam, a brief mention of Xmas Economics, and did you know "fortune telling"/Tarot readings are illegal in PA?…

Bart, Norma and Voretaq discuss a couple RIP celebrities, Tim Allen is...Tim Allen, everyone should listen to Legal Eagle analyses, Alina Habba is an unethical ogre and the mind...wobbles!By Bart Silverstrim

Bart, Norma and Voretaq discuss Kissinger (war criminal?), Santos shifts career goals from grifter to grifter outside Congress, Windows thinks you own an HP, and the holiday spirit is growing!By Bart Silverstrim

Bart and Norma discuss "What is democracy if not the power accumulated in the hands of a few wealthy people?", no-fault divorce packaged with your lack of Roe-vs-Wade and red handmaid's dress, fast food is about the cost of a sit-down restaurant meal and the average sit-down restaurant meal is now the cost of a Michelin-star restaurant meal and a M…

Bart, Norma and Voretaq discuss the presentation and misunderstanding of how the medical system works (or at least part of it), Elon demonstrates he's still an insufferable human brain tumor, Saucon Valley School District shows they're actually having to pay something for their idiocy while denying they're idiots and OpenAI has a slight management …

Bart, Norma and Voretaq discuss frozen turkey and food banks, GOP race becomes less racy, Trump is still addle-brained and LA will have some traffic problems! (Have to point out there's traffic problems since LA residents probably won't notice)By Bart Silverstrim

Bart, Norma and Voretaq celebrate the 500th episode by breaking the recording software! Updates are great! We also discuss Clever Hans (though not by name since my memory isn't great), idiots vs. scammers, Ape NFTs are still a thing apparently and that can lead to fake sunburns in your eyes, the origins of "salty" (thanks Siri!) and software for sh…

Bart and Norma discuss YET ANOTHER proposal to give teachers incentive to shoot people in schools (but pay out of pocket for actual schools supplies) after yet another shooting, more celebrities pass away, the House speaker is elected and he's yet another terrible person in my opinion, and candy corn is terrible and people are finally realizing it!…

Bart, Norma and Voretaq discuss responsible legislation, sex ed in schools, education in general, Panera is getting sued, Amazon sells driver pee (supposedly?), Fall of the House of Usher is great and Jim Jordan is still terrible in our opinions!By Bart Silverstrim

Bart, Norma and Voretaq discuss pensions, stupidity of our penal system, and 3D printers as weapons! Bonus: we seem to be in agreement that Elon Musk is an idiot.By Bart Silverstrim

Bart and Norma end up spending quite a bit of time talking about the affordability of just existing in our country now (See what I did there? Spending quite a bit of time??), along with a couple short news items...the collapse of society will be televised!By Bart Silverstrim

Bart and Norma discuss newly discovered blue tarantulas, another Congressperson getting in trouble for...bribery, I guess? (Still not sure the difference between bribery and lobbying...) The Tax Man wants to talk to you if you sold tickets for too much money, and Canada accidentally loves Nazis!By Bart Silverstrim

Bart, Norma and Voretaq discuss ghostwriters for celebrity stories, "coolers" that hide what's inside until you watch an ad, a stealth plane that was *really* stealthy and a visit to the Statue of Liberty. Oh, and Bobo, now being labeled as "Bimbo", managed to get kicked out of a family musical performance after groping her boyfriend's joystick and…

Bart, Norma and Voretaq discuss school rules, Danny Masterson and the cult that protected him, Instant Pots are great, and the Bible breaks the Bible-believer's own rules while trying to hurt them sinners!By Bart Silverstrimg

Bart and Norma discuss the ultimate porch pirate, Bob Barker has passed as close to a dollar without going over, completely trusting anti-cheat detection for writing is...not wise, and the government...and our justice system...well, trust is all relative, I suppose...By Bart Silverstrim

Bart and Norma discuss the (de-)merits of fracking, schools that think ChatGPT is KITT, killing people because the funeral industry will bribe with more money than EMT paychecks provide and we even bring up poop knives which are apparently a real thing now!By Bart Silverstrim

Bart, Norma and Voretaq discuss Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, Meg 2, Sky Sharks (because they're AWESOME), Conservative efforts to justify hateful laws just make them onerous and stupid, Orlando apparently doesn't like losing gay dollars, and church is FUN! (No, it's not)By Bart Silverstrim

Bart and Norma discuss the passing of Bart's grandmother, old people shouldn't be running Congress, Zoom apparently doesn't believe remote work works, and shows like The Witcher are dumbed down because, they say, the American audience is too stupid to understand their nuanced and complicated stories!…

Bart and Norma discuss the headlines of the week, which for some reason mostly consisted of dead celebrities, along with more from the Twit of Twitter and unions being blamed for corporate incompetence...By Bart Silverstrim

Bart and Norma welcome Voretaq back from his hiatus! Marjorie Taylor Greene is nearly as infatuated with Biden as she was with a CrossFit instructor, Musk is infatuated with the letter X, and Conservatives everywhere are infatuated with Barbie!By Bart Silverstrim

Bart and Norma discuss our Internet provider, Hollywood taking a break for a fair cut to make a living, and Tom Cruise pretends to not be shady as @#$%. Also didn't know how to title this one, so I mashed together two things that just make me angry yet I liked the sounds of the result when put together.…

Bart and Norma discuss too many stories somehow related to assault...weird that's in the news? Also Elon Musk is having full on tantrums (maybe go suck your emerald pacifier for a bit and calm down?) and a Canadian teaching assistant fired for having an OnlyFans account, since she can't afford to live on the pay alone. Weird how profits vs. pay see…

Bart and Norma discuss the government (well, the G-Word), Desantis drops drag, AI nonsense and idiots outsourcing their smarthomes to companies that don't give a #$^% about them...By Bart Silverstrim

Everyone is back this time around! Now we get to test the new filters with other people! We talk about felons, potential felons and hopefully soon to be fully convicted felons, along with SCIF whoopsies, social safety nets and violence, creationism and a little DeSantis supporters protesting Disney complete with Nazi flags!…

This is a solo, and thus shorter, episode this time around. Bart is going over feedback and a couple of stories in the news: more shootings (surprise!), MAGA people conned by con artist that wasn't (supposedly) Trump this time, and religious nuts don't like their vulgar book being banned because it's hurting the WRONG PEOPLE!…

Bart, Voretaq and (eventually) Norma discuss racing around NYC, greedflation (although they don't like calling it that, apparently...), and extended conversations about ChatGPT and senior pranks. Not ChatGPT used in pranks, there are two separate discussions where one is about ChatGPT and the other is pranks. This was an extended episode...…

Bart and Norma discuss some history behind the Democrat/Republican flip in philosophy, justice vs. money, what is Title 42?, and the fetus employee without a paycheck! Also, eggs are finally affordable again!By Bart Silverstrim

Bart and Norma discuss the origin of this podcast, solar farm proposal, hospital acquisition in the near-area, and mysterious New Jersey pasta mounds mystery solved...Also, autonomous puppy cars. Or are they car puppies?By Bart Silverstrim

Bart and Norma have several followups from previous conversations (like Elon's rocket-wiener blowup and more Twitter problems) sprinkled in with newer headlines (lithium trash, whiny Supreme Court learning what "consequences" are...)By Bart Silverstrim

Bart and Norma review feedback and wrap up a relatively slow week with a relatively short episode. But we do discuss a meat-grilling robot alpaca, and there's a last minute breaking news tidbit that brings great joy to North America...TUCKER CARLSON IS OUT!By Bart Silverstrim

Bart, Norma and Voretaq have a post-Easter catchup discussing alpaca farming as a career, grandkid scams and scambaiting in general, empathy only applies when it happens to ME, depression, and the Satanic Temple is highlighting public school bullsh## politics! Oh, and definitely check out Useless Farm. It's useless but entertaining.…

Bart, Norma and Voretaq discuss...mostly stories from feedback, actually. How times have changed, changing citizenship, school safety, credit cards, lawsuits, and a little bit about why you shouldn't die near cats...By Bart Silverstrim

Bart and Norma discuss the latest round of school shootings, the latest health trend of IV's for fun, Little Wooden Boy!, and college visits!By Bart Silverstrim

Bart and Norma are left to their own devices when reviewing a relatively quiet week, especially since Norma's wifi use is severely hampered and she wants to fix it during the podcast recording session. That did not end well, and Bart is never putting up with the jabs of "doesn't test changes before recording time and causing problems during recordi…

Bart, Norma and Voretaq discuss more weird weather, topless swimming in Berlin, child marriage, ice cream made from bugs, dirty license plates, the give of snowflakes for DeSantis and company, Jodi Picoult on book bans, and hospital stays for fun and discomfort!By Bart Silverstrim

Bart, Norma and Voretaq discuss Siri as an Assistant, Trump continues his festival of lies, Ford wants cars that drive away if you don't pay them enough, religious non-vaxed get an opportunity to show how Jesus protects them from measles, and a company has a nifty way of decorating workspaces!By Bart Silverstrim

Bart, Norma and Voretaq discuss TikTok trends, liability when criminals get hurt on a victim's property (or when they're stealing your catalytic converter and you run them over), a Republican that thinks dead kids are better than kids who need long-term care at the State's expense, Scott Adams once again proves he's a terrible person (in my opinion…

Bart and Norma discuss catching last week's zoo monkey kidnapper, "I'm not hiding a body, just cooking meth!" (spoiler: he had both), Jenners loving the headlines for the weirdest things, and it's totally fine when conservatives THINK OF THE CHILDREN obsess over what's going on in children's underwear (WHAT?!) as well as making it blatantly clear t…