The SmorgShow Podcast (Smorgasbord Radio)

Former Smorgasbord Radio Show Co-Host Dave Jackson is in the studio this week. Chris and Ally are back from their Mackinac Island vacation and share some stories from the trip. It's also Chris's 17th wedding anniversary, so his wife Kim makes a rare appearance on the show.

Dave discusses the restaurant review of Baba's Restaurant that he planned to have appear in the New York Times but instead was bumped to the Libby Elementary School publication in Montana. Baba Gonesh has returned from India with some fresh new stories he personally covered while abroad.

Tim Janus – World Champion, Belch Contest

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Ally has graduated middle school and we discuss the awards that were given, including the one for being disciplined no more than once per quarter over the duration of three years. Really? Is this an accomplishment? Has the bar been lowered to the point where this deserves an award?

We give a special shout-out to Tim Janus, the winner of the first ever World Burping Championship who delivered an 18.1 second long belch.

We also discuss 9-year old Martha Payne from Scotland who has been blogging about her school cafeteria lunch program. She has won the censorship battle against her school council who tried to silence her for posting photos of her school lunch and writing reviews about it. Ally commented that her lunches are much better than the ones served at her school. Martha's blog is now back up and running at NeverSeconds.blogspot.com

For the upcoming Father's Day weekend, we play a flashback recording of Baba Gonesh from a few years back. Baba discusses the Father's Day tradition in India and shares a very touching story about him and his son. You better have some tissues handy for this one!

Finally, Phillip Donald has returned to our studio with a brand-new track from his forthcoming children's CD. Chris and Ally are concerned about his behavior.

Featured Artist of the Week: Codie Prevost

After an extended hiatus, Chris and Ally return with another episode. Chris discusses the technical disasters that have plagued the production studio since the Titanic episode. We get to hear a couple of Chris's recent voiceover jobs including an online dictionary reading as well as a farmer character he did for a computer video game. Chris talks about his new turntable purchase and how fun it was to demonstrate it for Ally and one of her friends. Chris demonstrates to Ally how the turntable was used to uncover secret backwards messages in rock music.

Other Features include News Balls: Panda Dung Tea, a man saws off and cooks his own foot in order to continue collecting unemployment insurance, an IT worker is arrested after urinating on his co-workers' office chairs, Dog Poo-powered WiFi, and a Chinese kid sells his kidney for an iPad. Baba Gonesh returns to the studio with another installment of 'Baba News'.

Featured Artist of the Week: Daniel Link

On this episode, we travel back in time and take a special look at voyage of the RMS Titanic for this special 100th anniversary of that tragic night of April 14-15, 1912.

This episode originally streamed live at exactly 100 years after the Titanic struck the iceberg.

Our special episode is chock full of facts and statistics about the Titanic: the construction, the launch, the passengers and crew, the food that was served to both first class and third class passengers including the last meal. We discuss the tragic accident, the lifeboats, the sinking, and the wreckage. We get a flavor of what life on the Titanic was like by listening to readings of letters written by some of the passengers. Music was a special part of the voyage and we play a few tracks that were played on board. We close out the show with a special rendition of Ally singing, "My Heart Will Go On".

Former WDGC-FM Smorgasbord Co-Host Dave Jackson joins Chris in the studio while Ally is on her 8th grade spring break trip in Florida.

Chris and Dave look back on some of their old radio bits including the time when Chris got fired from his job at Time Life Telemarketing. They discuss a disturbing new product – Twitter toilet paper where you can get your favorite Twitter feed printed on 4 rolls of toilet paper for the low price of $35.

Other features include everyone's favorite game show, 'Get a Life'. In addition to giving away a brand new life, Chris and Dave play some of the original 'Get a Life' bits from the old high school radio days. There is an update on Tisha Chicken, the SmorgShow geocache travel bug, who makes a complete return trip home after two and a half years of trying to get to Chicken, Alaska. Baba Gonesh visits the studio and delivers a dramatic reading of a classic Indian Folk Tale, "The Hunter and the Doves". Finally, Chris and Dave take the show on the road to the local Starbucks where Dave shares a tragic fertilizer story.

Featured Artist of the Week: Damon Hill