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Everything is Awesome is a leftist love letter to all things awesome. Brought to you by Jeff Richardson and a special guest (or cohost) to talk arts, issues, writing, and pop culture from a leftist perspective.
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Sep 2, 2023

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

 

Jun 12, 2022

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

Feb 22, 2022

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

Nov 15, 2021

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

Oct 17, 2021

Hey friendos! If you've stuck with us this long (or are coming to the show in the future) then you know we've been doing this new thing with Rachel Aanstad called Foolish Wits! It's a little lighter, with fewer guests, and a lot more Shakespeare talk. I haven't ended this show (I still love talking with writers and getting deep into literature and such) but for now you can find me over at: http://anchor.fm/foolishwitspodcast

 

I have loved doing this show for the last seven years and would love to hear from you about what you like, what you'd like to see more of, guests you think I should have on, books you'd like me to cover, and so on. Hit me up at everythingisawesomepodcast@gmail.com and let's have a conversation! Until then, keep listening to all my shows:

 

Shattered Worlds RPG

http://shatteredworlds.libsyn.com

 

The War for the Tower

http://warforthetower.com

 

and Foolish Wits!

http://foolishwitspodcast

 

Thanks for all you do, and keep being awesome!

Oct 7, 2021

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

 

 

Sep 30, 2021

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sep 22, 2021

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

Sep 19, 2021

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

 

 

Sep 15, 2021

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sep 5, 2021

 

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

 

Aug 27, 2021

In this thrilling first episode of our newly branded new era, Foolish Wits is in the house, baby. We talk about podcasting, giving space to women, unrepentant villains, women in the labor movement, giant penis rockets, and more!

Check below for more topics!

 

Contact us:

 

Jeff Richardson on Facebook

@eljefetacoma on twitter

 

Rachel Aanstad on Facebook

 

Check out our website: http://awesomepod.squarespace.com

 

Listen to our other shows!


Shattered Worlds RPG

The War for the Tower

Twelfth Night Podcast by Rose City Shakespeare

and coming eventually...

 

Electric Bard!

 

Drill down into the details!

podcasting, my favorite murder, the instance, jackie and laurie show, giving space to women, men not growing after divorce, impenetrable self confidence, malvolio, unrepentant villains, movie about Indonesian generals refusing to admit atrocities or not seeing it as an issue, the damaging hurt-people-hurt-people narrative, trauma survivors minimizing our own experience, evil isn't contagious, how our childhood affects our style, tomato farms and school hallways, how teenage tastes solidify, openness in podcasting, Jesse Thorn, Marc Maron, 12-step meetings, Netflix documentaries, Nine to Five, talking typing, Triangle Shirtwaist fire, women in the labor movement, the night Rachel met her husband, giant penis rockets, Challenger disaster, Little, Big by John Crowley, Among Others by Jo Walton, Rachel's Midsummer Nights Dream podcast

 

 

Aug 22, 2021

In this episode, we make a new deity, talk a bit more about Blizzard, COVID news, and our feelings about a great many things! Also, Jeff has some new poems about the Taco Bell drive-thru. Get into it!

Contact us:

 

Jeff Richardson on Facebook

@eljefetacoma on twitter

 

Rachel Aanstad on Facebook

 

Check out our website: http://awesomepod.squarespace.com

 

Listen to our other shows!


Shattered Worlds RPG

The War for the Tower

Twelfth Night Podcast by Rose City Shakespeare

and coming eventually...

 

Electric Bard!

Aug 22, 2021

In this episode, Jeff and Rachel talk for hours about a great many topics. This is the first episode we ever taped, and it was 117 degrees Fahrenheit in Portland that day! We're sweaty, we're talkative, and it's a wild fun time!

 

Contact us:

 

Jeff Richardson on Facebook

@eljefetacoma on twitter

 

Rachel Aanstad on Facebook

 

Check out our website: http://awesomepod.squarespace.com

 

Listen to our other shows!


Shattered Worlds RPG

The War for the Tower

Twelfth Night Podcast by Rose City Shakespeare

and coming eventually...

 

Electric Bard!

Aug 2, 2021

In this episode, Jeff and Rachel wax philosophic on a great many topics, including Blizzard's horrific shenanigans, Jeff needing a new dog, finding a D & D group, and more!

 

Contact us:

 

Jeff Richardson on Facebook

@eljefetacoma on twitter

 

Rachel Aanstad on Facebook

 

Check out our website: http://awesomepod.squarespace.com

 

Listen to our other shows!


Shattered Worlds RPG

The War for the Tower

Twelfth Night Podcast by Rose City Shakespeare

and coming eventually...

 

Electric Bard!

Jul 19, 2021

 

Artwork by CStarCassowarie

Published: Feb 23, 2012
© 2012 - 2021 cstarcassowarie

 

In this episode, Rachel and Jeff get deep on a variety of subjects, including John Dee and his shady sidekick Edward Kelly, Joseph Smith and Brigham Young, and all forms of chicanery and foolishness. It's going great!

 

Contact us:

 

Jeff Richardson on Facebook

@eljefetacoma on twitter

 

Rachel Aanstad on Facebook

 

Check out our website: http://awesomepod.squarespace.com

 

Listen to our other shows!


Shattered Worlds RPG

The War for the Tower

Twelfth Night Podcast by Rose City Shakespeare

and coming eventually...

 

Electric Bard!

Jul 11, 2021

In this episode, Jeff is joined by brand-new cohost Rachel Aanstad! We talked with friend of the show Erica Knapp, who's running for her local schoolboard in Arlington, Washington. It was super cool talking about art, COVID-19, kids, small businesses, and more!

Contact us:

 

Jeff Richardson on Facebook

@eljefetacoma on twitter

 

Rachel Aanstad on Facebook

 

Erica Knapp

EricaKnapp4Schoolboard.com

 

Check out our website: http://awesomepod.squarespace.com

Jun 12, 2021

This is it. The last book and the epilogue. I am so happy this is done and available for yall. I plan to get the book professionally edited and whatnot, maybe even try to get an agent, but regardless I hope you all will buy it because it is good. Tell your friends! I love you all. Love, Jeff

Jun 12, 2021

In these chapters, Maki and the Shadowen attack. Eianna takes charge. Sophrys becomes a general. Sandiemon rides again!

 

Appearing in this episode:

 

Jeff Richardson

facebook.com/eljefetacoma

twitter: @eljefetacoma

 

Hey yall. Black Lives Matter does not stop. You can help. Donate to some groups in your area doing good things for the community. Check out the people who help them achieve their goals. Be a part of the solution and listen, cuz you might learn something.

Jun 12, 2021

In these chapters, our heroes are reunited on the lunari homeworld. 

 

Appearing in this episode:

 

Jeff Richardson

facebook.com/eljefetacoma

twitter: @eljefetacoma

 

Hey yall. Black Lives Matter does not stop. You can help. Donate to some groups in your area doing good things for the community. Check out the people who help them achieve their goals. Be a part of the solution and listen, cuz you might learn something.

Jun 11, 2021

In these chapters, the heroes deliver a special prize to the Brothers of Light. Tragedy strikes.

 

Appearing in this episode:

 

Jeff Richardson

facebook.com/eljefetacoma

twitter: @eljefetacoma

 

Hey yall. Black Lives Matter does not stop. You can help. Donate to some groups in your area doing good things for the community. Check out the people who help them achieve their goals. Be a part of the solution and listen, cuz you might learn something.

Jun 11, 2021

Book 2, The Horus & the Sturmvolke. Our heroes encounter another vessel. Things start off okay...

 

Appearing in this episode:

 

Jeff Richardson

facebook.com/eljefetacoma

twitter: @eljefetacoma

 

Hey yall. Black Lives Matter does not stop. You can help. Donate to some groups in your area doing good things for the community. Check out the people who help them achieve their goals. Be a part of the solution and listen, cuz you might learn something.

Jun 11, 2021

This here is the full first part of the book, two hours of exciting goodness. Shattered Worlds: Day One, comin atcha.

 

Appearing in this episode:

 

Jeff Richardson

facebook.com/eljefetacoma

twitter: @eljefetacoma

 

Hey yall. Black Lives Matter does not stop. You can help. Donate to some groups in your area doing good things for the community. Check out the people who help them achieve their goals. Be a part of the solution and listen, cuz you might learn something.

Jun 10, 2021

This is it! The very last one! I may do a lil wrapup after this, then a full on read through of the whole dang thing. Check me out on YouTube, reading this and other stuff. El Jefe Reads! https://www.youtube.com/user/ElJefeTacoma

 

Appearing in this episode:

 

Jeff Richardson

facebook.com/eljefetacoma

twitter: @eljefetacoma

 

Hey yall. Black Lives Matter does not stop. You can help. Donate to some groups in your area doing good things for the community. Check out the people who help them achieve their goals. Be a part of the solution and listen, cuz you might learn something.

Jun 1, 2021

In these chapters, Eianna faces a serious challenge. The people rally. Numirius is freaked out.

 

Appearing in this episode:

 

Jeff Richardson

facebook.com/eljefetacoma

twitter: @eljefetacoma

 

Hey yall. Black Lives Matter does not stop. You can help. Donate to some groups in your area doing good things for the community. Check out the people who help them achieve their goals. Be a part of the solution and listen, cuz you might learn something.

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