Foolish Wits Fini

In this episode, Rachel's out sick so Jeff sits down with the tremendous poet, game designer, and graduate student Kazumi to get into education, Native American poetry, racist themes in roleplaying games, and more!

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Jeff Richardson

@eljefetacoma

Kazumi

@kazumiochin

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Shattered Worlds RPG

The War for the Tower

Actually Autistic

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Twelfth Night Podcast by Rose City Shakespeare

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Drill down in the details:

teaching as research

Native American studies

developing curriculum

teaching 2nd generation kids

legislation to pay for Native kids to go to college

the trouble with being an activist

Layli Long Soldier

"Let them eat grass"

sometimes poems don't require words

reductive tension

Poems That Kill

being an angsty teen

finding meaning and putting words to it

how discourse affects the craft of writing poetry

Linkin Park

Audre Lorde

Adrienne Rich

This Bridge Called My Back

Third world feminism

Mahmoud Darwish

Palestinian poets

Tommy Pico

nature poems from a native perspective

prison abolition

Poems on Angel Island

roleplaying games

Everything Everywhere All At Once

Asian American culture

Yazeba's Bed and Breakfast

In this episode, Jeff and Rachel tackle a variety of topics, including conditional vs unconditional love, Shakespeare's last will and testament, tips for good rpg player interactions, and more!

We are:

Jeff Richardson

@eljefetacoma

Rachel Aanstad

Listen to our other shows:

Shattered Worlds RPG

The War for the Tower

Actually Autistic

Everything is Awesome with Jeff and ?

Twelfth Night Podcast by Rose City Shakespeare

Intro and Outro: "Detectives" by The Glass Notes ©️2012, under license

By Rachel's Book! Midsummer Night’s Dream Illustrated Handbook & Encyclopedia by R.K. Aanstad

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sun tea

what is conditional love?

Shakespeare's will

Henry the Eighth

Mother Theresa's mistreatment of patients

Kazumi Chin on being a better rpg player

autistics speaking their minds

Father Brown

Our Flag Means Death

Blackbeard

Stede Bonnett

Doctor Strange

money equals junk

dickering with ourselves

In this episode, Jeff and Rachel discuss wrapping up a DnD campaign, Romeo and Juliet and xenophobia, viewing Shakespeare's tragedies as farce, and more!

We are:

Jeff Richardson

@eljefetacoma

Rachel Aanstad

Listen to our other shows:

Shattered Worlds RPG

The War for the Tower

Actually Autistic

Everything is Awesome with Jeff and ?

Twelfth Night Podcast by Rose City Shakespeare

Intro and Outro: "Detectives" by The Glass Notes ©️2012, under license

By Rachel's Book! Midsummer Night’s Dream Illustrated Handbook & Encyclopedia by R.K. Aanstad

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Father Brown

Doctor Who

Darling Buds of May

ending a Dungeons and Dragons campaign

Descent in Avernus

players living in the weeds

The Sunless Citadel

Shakesperts

the Mini Ice Age

Mel Brooks

Queen Elizabeth

Meelon Clusk

In this one, Jeff and Rachel consider the impending end of civilization as we know it.

We are:

Jeff Richardson

@eljefetacoma

Rachel Aanstad

Listen to our other shows:

Shattered Worlds RPG

The War for the Tower

Actually Autistic

Everything is Awesome with Jeff and ?

Twelfth Night Podcast by Rose City Shakespeare

Intro and Outro: "Detectives" by The Glass Notes ©️2012, under license

By Rachel's Book! Midsummer Night’s Dream Illustrated Handbook & Encyclopedia by R.K. Aanstad

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Facebook algorithm

society breaking down

Ayn Rand

Atlas Shrugged

wealthy megalomaniacs

COVID grammar school

Little House on the Prairie

Elon Musk

Twitter

dominance-based education

future learning

Doctor Who

the labor movement

David Geffen

Clive Davis

Father Brown

Streisand Airways

housing market

the very rare bubble crash

the ancient Greeks

Jeff appears as a guest on Rachel's podcast, Actually Autistic, to talk about his own autism journey and things we can all do to comfort ourselves and others in a world that isn't set up for neurodivergent minds. Stay tuned to the end for some hilarious bloopers!

We are:

Jeff Richardson

@eljefetacoma

Rachel Aanstad

Listen to our other shows:

Shattered Worlds RPG

The War for the Tower

Actually Autistic

Everything is Awesome with Jeff and ?

Twelfth Night Podcast by Rose City Shakespeare

Intro and Outro: "Detectives" by The Glass Notes ©️2012, under license

By Rachel's Book! Midsummer Night’s Dream Illustrated Handbook & Encyclopedia by R.K. Aanstad

[Content Warning: estranged families, death of a loved one, sexual assault]

In this one, Rachel and Jeff discuss the passing of Rachel's grandmother, depression in history, the transformation of schools, and more!

We are:

Jeff Richardson

@eljefetacoma

Rachel Aanstad

Listen to our other shows:

Shattered Worlds RPG

The War for the Tower

Actually Autistic

Everything is Awesome with Jeff and ?

Twelfth Night Podcast by Rose City Shakespeare

Intro and Outro: "Detectives" by The Glass Notes ©️2012, under license

By Rachel's Book! Midsummer Night’s Dream Illustrated Handbook & Encyclopedia by R.K. Aanstad

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running for office in Portland

Jeff’s many skeletons

Rachel’s family trouble

long calls with Grandma

The Sheer Petty Malice

Mary Tudor

narcissistic parents

Petty to the Grave

She Died Mad About It

Can a Podcast Be a Meme?

Quite Interesting

Oscar Wilde

people believe rhymes

depression and melancholy

It’s All Fucked Up

the end of grammar school

allistically designed schools

That Was the Preshow, People!

done with the gamemaster’s segment

Monster Factory

the McElroy Brothers

Critical Role

James D’Amato

Campaign

Rude Tales of Magic

Backwater Bastards

Critical Bits

Pretend Friends

Adventure.EXE

Spout Lore

Brits On Bikes

Eve

Woot!

Lula Rich

NFTs

In this episode, Jeff and Rachel tackle podcasters with annoying politics, Will Smith and the history of duels, Romeo and Juliet, and more!

We are:

Jeff Richardson

@eljefetacoma

Rachel Aanstad

Listen to our other shows:

Shattered Worlds RPG

The War for the Tower

Actually Autistic

Everything is Awesome with Jeff and ?

Twelfth Night Podcast by Rose City Shakespeare

Intro and Outro: "Detectives" by The Glass Notes ©️2012, under license

By Rachel's Book! Midsummer Night’s Dream Illustrated Handbook & Encyclopedia by R.K. Aanstad

Drill down in the details!

Midsummer Night's Dream

Romeo and Juliet 

abusive parents

dueling formalized murder

Markku Peltonen

social code based on rhetoric

Baz Luhrmann

we are a deceit-based culture

allistics didn't always dominate

what is violence since the Oscars

Will Smith gave Chris "the lie"

Chris Rock

Alec Baldwin

Mark Wahlberg

Tom Hanks

Ricky Gervais

Jussie Smollett

Chicago PD lies

people used to spin, knit, whittle, sing, and walk on their toes

the cult of politeness

making fun of Asians is apparently still fine for neoliberals

Dragon's Drama

Galaxy Quest documentary

Never Surrender

Jeff should renew his ID (spoiler: he already had)

nobody's wearing masks anymore

In this one, we tackle making humans better, darkness in media, a need for new fungus, and more!

We are:

Jeff Richardson

@eljefetacoma

Rachel Aanstad

Listen to our other shows:

Shattered Worlds RPG

The War for the Tower

Actually Autistic

Everything is Awesome with Jeff and ?

Twelfth Night Podcast by Rose City Shakespeare

Intro and Outro: "Detectives" by The Glass Notes ©️2012, under license

By Rachel's Book! Midsummer Night’s Dream Illustrated Handbook & Encyclopedia by R.K. Aanstad

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Jeff sees eagles

Rachel lets the chickens roam

The Forbidden Country

dogs get meat

muting twitter terms

People’s Convoy

COVID update

darkness in a crisis

Antarctica heating up

Star Trek: Picard

Guinan’s lament

the problem is human beings

how do we make better human beings?

Vulcan Juice

hallucinogens to improve humankind

we need new fungus

positive poisonings

Jeff’s doctor appointment

Rachel advocates for respirators

HVAC repairs at work

Open Source Shakespeare

That Shakespeare Life

Sir Robert Carey Mysteries

PF Chisholm

writing Elizabethan mystery

Jeff’s editing update

Tamara Ann Alba

the worst blind date ever

Ultimate RPG Game Master’s Guide to Worldbuilding by James D’Amato

subtle enforcers

they wield ordinary people

multiple targets, nonlethal violence

shadow blocking

egging

The IT Crowd

Actually Autistic

Rachel’s off to garden

In this one, we cover Turning Red, muting words on twitter, antisemitism in Harry Potter, and more!

We are:

Jeff Richardson

@eljefetacoma

Rachel Aanstad

Listen to our other shows:

Shattered Worlds RPG

The War for the Tower

Actually Autistic

Everything is Awesome with Jeff and ?

Twelfth Night Podcast by Rose City Shakespeare

Intro and Outro: "Detectives" by The Glass Notes ©️2012, under license

By Rachel's Book! Midsummer Night’s Dream Illustrated Handbook & Encyclopedia by R.K. Aanstad

Drill down in the details!

Twitter muted words

Ukraine

Azov Battalion

lowered recruiting standards

Hitler’s good vitamins

the positives of masking

Amy’s Kitchen safety boycott

Turning Red

talking about menstruation in media

Rachel’s first period

the Tampon Lady

Let it Flow

Space Kings

Coyote and Crow

character deaths in RPGs

Critical Role

climbing is hard

antisemitic Harry Potter Legacy

John Pertwee

Doctor Who

orphans as lazy tropes

the Matrix

We Love You in Theory

The Sky is Boring

The Doctor’s Daughter Big Finish audio

Jeff is blond

George RR Martin

Jordan Jesse Go

Actually Autistic updates for April

Star Trek Adventures

new werewolf strain of COVID

In this one we discuss Shakespeare's rap battles, avoiding the news, and inscrutable comedy from the past!

We are:

Jeff Richardson

@eljefetacoma

Rachel Aanstad

Listen to our other shows:

Shattered Worlds RPG

The War for the Tower

Actually Autistic

Everything is Awesome with Jeff and ?

Twelfth Night Podcast by Rose City Shakespeare

Intro and Outro: "Detectives" by The Glass Notes ©️2012, under license

By Rachel's Book! Midsummer Night’s Dream Illustrated Handbook & Encyclopedia by R.K. Aanstad

Drill down in the details!

donuts

The Donut King

making pastry

avoiding the news

Autism Awareness Month

the crying place

editing Jeff’s book

Tamara Ann Alba

new segments!

Shakespeare Corner

The Poets War

Ben Jonson

Christopher Marlowe

Robert Carey mysteries

socianism

Twelfth Night

Queen Elizabeth

Midsummer Night’s Dream

It Can’t Happen Here

Elizabethan diss tracks

Darling Buds of May

Paul Larkin

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Gene Roddenberry

Twin Peaks

What We Do in the Shadows

Gamemaster’s Worldbuilding Guide

Return of the Defiler

Grit City Podcast

Critical Role

Tim Powers’ Declare

Taylor Bonzer

Rude Tales of Magic