The Soft Serve Podcast

Updates & 2024 Election Existential Dread Spectacular!

In this episode, we talk about: * What 's been going on the last 10 months. * The 2024 Election. * What we’re entertaining ourselves with: * Big Brother * The Penguin. * Agatha All Along. * Joker 2. * "The Expanse" books. * Jeff VanderMeer's Southern Reach novels. * Mark Helprin's novel, The Oceans and the Stars. * Annie Jacobsen's Nuclear War: A Scenario. * A whole lot more! If you like our show, there’s a few things you can do to help us out: * Check out our website at https://www.softservepodcast.com! * Subscribe to our podcast in your favorite app, download our episodes! * Leave a 5-star Review on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-soft-serve-podcast/id1428770328 [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-soft-serve-podcast/id1428770328] * TELL A FRIEND about our show!

2023-2024 Winter Holiday Special Spectacular!

In this episode, Brad and Jen talk about: * The future of the podcast. * Hanukkah, 5784/2023. * The holiday cocktail party “dress-up blow-up.” * Jen’s garlic dinner fiasco. * Listening to lots of Christmas music. * Why the Christmas story of Jesus may have been the result of contact with extraterrestrial or non-human intelligences. * Brad’s top music for the year: * Taylor Swift (#1); Roger Waters (#2); Eminem (#3); Peter Gabriel (#4); Wutang Clan (#5); Jenny Lewis (#6); Pink Floyd (#7); John Coltrane (#8); Tool (#9); NIN (#10); (#11) Phoebe Bridgers.  * Jen's top music for the year. * Following up on Brad's 2023 New Year’s resolutions. * 2024 resolutions. * What we’re watching on T.V. and at the Movies: * Godzilla Minus 1. * The Creator. * Fry Bread Face and Me. * Upload Season 3. * The Crown Season 6. If you like our show, there’s a few things you can do to help us out: * Check out our website at https://www.softservepodcast.com! * Subscribe to our podcast in your favorite app, download our episodes! * Leave a 5-star Review on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-soft-serve-podcast/id1428770328 [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-soft-serve-podcast/id1428770328] * TELL A FRIEND about our show!

2023 Thanksgiving Special Spectacular!

In this episode, Brad and Jen talk about: * Our ongoing (?) hiatus from podcasting. * Death-a-versaries. * What we’ve been up to the last 3 months: * Our 22nd wedding anniversary. * Brad’s Ancestry.com DNA test. * Ignoring World War III. * Jen falling apart. (Ankle and Neck). * Peter Gabriel. i/O tour. * Taylor Swift Eras movie. * Les Claypool and the Flying Frog Brigade. * Jen’s colonoscopy. * 27/22 Anniversary. * Rubblebucket, 11/18, at Academy of Music. * Thanksgiving 2023 * Real History of Thanksgiving [https://klkranes.com/2016/11/21/journey-in-thanksgiving-whats-the-real-story/]— Dangerous myths. * The start of “Traditional” Victorian Thanksgiving [https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/victorian-thanksgiving-traditions.htm#:~:text=Meals%20were%20had%20all%20together,more%20common%20during%20this%20time.]. * Current traditions [https://www.getours.com/expert-travel-advice/history-traditions-celebrations/10-thanksgiving-traditions-usa]. * Emerging traditions [https://lifehacker.com/12-new-thanksgiving-traditions-you-should-adopt-this-ye-1849734800]. * What ways do/could/should people celebrate thankfulness during thanksgiving apart from the gluttonous consumption of the harvest? * Our plans? * Who carves the turkey? * Random questions from friends: * How do you wipe? Are you a neat folder, or a monster that just crumples it all together and hopes for the best. * Are hotdogs a sandwich? * Is cereal a soup? * Are pop-tarts ravioli? * Brad is addicted to social media "reels." If you like our show, there’s a few things you can do to help us out: * Check out our website at https://www.softservepodcast.com! * Subscribe to our podcast in your favorite app, download our episodes! * Leave a 5-star Review on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-soft-serve-podcast/id1428770328 [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-soft-serve-podcast/id1428770328] * TELL A FRIEND about our show!

New Jersey Shore & Over-Washing With a Bidet

In this episode, Brad and Jen talk about: * Radon gas test results. * Pier Village in Long Branch, NJ; McLoone's Pier House. * Monmouth, NJ Museum and the artist know as Porkchop. * Redbank, NJ: Centrada restaurant, and Coney Waffles and Ice Cream. * Asbury Park: Collage Workshop with Holly Would. * Brad asks the A.I., “How long is too long to wash your asshole using a bidet?” * Jen went to Jonas Brothers and was exposed to COVID. If you like our show, there’s a few things you can do to help us out: * Check out our website at https://www.softservepodcast.com! * Subscribe to our podcast in your favorite app, download our episodes! * Leave a 5-star Review on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-soft-serve-podcast/id1428770328 [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-soft-serve-podcast/id1428770328] * TELL A FRIEND about our show!

Beach Trip, Radon Gas, Sugary Cereals, Live Shows, & Pants Shitting!

In this episode, Brad and Jen talk about: * Summer 2023 is almost over! * A trip to York Beach, Maine. * Brad’s obsession with radon gas. * Jen going to an Ilana Glazer and Alyson Levy show. * Our sugary cereal binge. * Brad asks the A.I., “What is the most appropriate way to respond if an old lady shits her pants in front of you in the isle of a CVS store?” * The play, “The Light,” at Chester Community Theater, in Chester, MA. * Big Brother, Party Down, and What We Do In the Shadows. If you like our show, there’s a few things you can do to help us out: * Check out our website at https://www.softservepodcast.com! * Subscribe to our podcast in your favorite app, download our episodes! * Leave a 5-star Review on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-soft-serve-podcast/id1428770328 [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-soft-serve-podcast/id1428770328] * TELL A FRIEND about our show!