In this episode Rachel and Jeff discuss writing, scifi sex lichen, giving up sitcoms, and more!

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In this episode, Rachel and Jeff go to town on a great many subjects, including Elizabethan hogs, childrearing, and oppression of all kinds.

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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

In this episode, Rachel and Jeff tackle the big issues, including being a director, bawdiness, and the Big Hurt story.

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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

In this episode, Rachel and Jeff get specific about science fiction, real-world villains, comedy in podcasting, competition in the womb, and more!

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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

In this episode, Rachel and Jeff discuss a great many things,  including fancy lady stuff. Check the notes below for an exhaustive list!

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Shattered Worlds RPG

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The War for the Tower

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Electric Bard

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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!

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Shattered Worlds RPG

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The War for the Tower

Twelfth Night Podcast by Rose City Shakespeare

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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

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!

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Contact us:

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@eljefetacoma on twitter

Rachel Aanstad on Facebook

Email us at: [email protected]

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

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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