Geeking After Dark

Bart and Norma discuss pennies finally going away, people who are friendly to a fault, and Elon should not be allowed to give presentations in addition to not being interviewed. He's an idiot that spent his life failing upwards. I will choose that hill to die on...Musk is super wealthy despite his lack of intelligence. He's a white-supremacist man-child in my opinion and have yet to see any indication of his brilliance.

Bart, Norma and Voretaq discuss cars, vacuums, and humidifiers spying on you and your home, along with the continued use of discontinued Windows and schools combined with "back in my day..."

Bart, Norma and Voretaq discuss floppies in airports, Trump's still bad, the conclave has concluded and Last of Us is a good show. Also, Farscape is a good show, but Norma hates it because she doesn't appreciate good shows.

Bart and Norma discuss pay for sportsball players vs. actual people doing work for society as a whole, Thunderbolts is released, remember Mike Lindell? He's still apparently an idiot, this time in legal circles. Well, again in legal circles. Republicans refuse to agree that it's bad to deport American children with cancer. Trump wants to be Pope. We now all live in an Onion article.

Bart, Norma and Voretaq discuss JD Vance's alleged murder spree, coal isn't "clean", language models lie because artificial intelligences aren't, and life brings giggles when storms get a "red state" to beg for money they condemn others for trying to get...and are finally told "no".

Bart, Norma and Voretaq discuss Jurassic Wolves, MAGA firebugs, Elon still can't play games online, kids in school need A1 for the secret sauce of success, the White House is lying about Trump being supernaturally healthy and more anti-US travel advisory and anti-immigrant news...land of the free!

Bart and Norma discuss tax day (a still looming dark cloud), more celebrity deaths, Trump hates his portrait which for some reason he has an odd fixation against, we mentioned in passing the Maitland Ward and Danielle Fishel "feud" (if there is one), and there were protests against President Musk and VP Trump over the weekend that seemed to go pretty well...

Bart, Norma and Voretaq discuss airbags for old people, the continuing adventures of the Turd Reich, Broligarch and fake brogrammer Elon Musk and his Dogges want to rewrite the ENTIRE BACKEND OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION in a matter of months because apparently he's a slow learner, Tesla is sketchy (surprise), and Kat Abughazaleh is running for Congress...can she win? Also, our RIP our old NYC grocery cart...hello our new GROCERY WAGON!

Bart, Norma and Voretaq discuss tax chaos, Trump's brought "competence" to the government if you have a really special definition of competence (and keeping military secrets), Snow White is somehow worth headlines, and someone decided to make a website where you can find Tesla owners and property in case you want to "support" Tesla and Musk's efforts to make America more Nazi again.

Bart, Norma and Voretaq discuss so many contemporary actors and celebrities are dying now, I guess the US now disappears people they don't like (due process is not a thing anymore?), sports are stupid and yet another week where leaving the country seems to be an attractive option...

Voretaq's back! He's been missing so long, the recording setup has rusted, so there's some glitches getting him recorded. But this time, Bart, Norma and Voretaq discuss celebrity deaths, a new season of THE ORVILLE!? IS IT TRUE??, Musk is a terrible rat in our opinion, the fourth turning is here and you DEFINITELY shouldn't send false reports of DEI to the Department of Education...

Bart and Norma discuss scams and thefts, a woman dared to question a GOP town hall and was hauled out by what appears to be jackbooted fascists, Musk is a terrible father who wants to know 5 things you did at work this week and is it time to leave the country?

Bart and Norma discuss mostly the chaos and crazy of the current oligarchy because credit where due, Trump is actually doing things...bad things, pointless things, but he's doing things.

Bart and Norma discuss stupidity. There's way too much stupidity. And it's only getting worse.

Bart and Norma discuss work/life balance in Denmark, an alternative to health insurance that isn't really much of an alternative, weighted blankets and hug machines, pardons, and Trump's sudden interest in executing Project 2025, which he said he knows nothing about!

Bart, Norma and Voretaq discuss government-as-a-business, Reagan was a disaster in slow motion, Musk is in my opinion a man-toddler, deregulation and running government as a business are definitely not good ideas, and we have a recommended YouTube creator for you to check out!

Bart, Norma and Voretaq discuss radiation and kitchen decor, drug development costs vs. subsidies from taxpayers, the kitten likes getting attention before having to go to the vet for surgery, and Tesla vehicles are remotely controlled and spy on their drivers...but don't worry, it's only used for GOOD THINGS by someone who may possibly very likely be a narcissistic man-toddler (the label is only my opinion)...

Bart and Norma record a simple pre-holiday show where we review Matt Gaetz' Xmas gift for the country...the seeeecrit ethics report was released! Also, Congress if full of scum, Trump wants the Panama Canal, CEOs get special treatment (surprise!) and a member of Congress just "disappears" for 6 months and...no one noticed? 

Bart, Norma and Voretaq discuss voting, Medicare Advantage, the Goonies celebrates another decade, drones and Cash 4 Kids judge is free again...

Bart, Norma and Voretaq discuss props and blood sugar, but mainly we talk about insurance and how horrible human beings with money try to spin a narrative that they're actually nice people who don't deserve being shot just because they profit off pain.

Bart and Norma discuss advertising, why relying on third party companies for your company's success is probably a bad idea, Niantic has been using collected data for other purposes, and there's snow in part of our state! Plus we survived the holiday that isn't really acknowledged as a holiday anymore!

Bart, Norma and Voretaq discuss a million dollar banana, shopping carts that revolutionize annoying customers, Norma's adventures in Boston and the latest holiday is coming around the corner!

Bart and Norma spend a lot of time wishing we weren't in this country now that it's marching down a path to fascism. Also, plastic rain is the new acid rain, and karma bites an ex-GOP rep right in the healthcare. Because they're clowns and deserve bad karma.

Bart, Norma and Voretaq discuss computing and...much of it is the election. Trump. How is Trump still a candidate? Why? Are his supporters pretending they don't understand why he's terrible? Are they just knowingly lying? Or are they legitimate fascist morons? Also a local celebrity squirrel is murdered by New York State and people are not happy about it.

Bart, Norma and Voretaq discuss MS Teams, McDonald's just happens to spread E. Coli after the Orange Man serves hamberders to his cult followers, election results are in the air along with ashes of ballots in at least 3 states, and Jimmy Pesto goes to jail!

Kitten is visiting. Bart hates college costs. Bart blames Reagan, because it's his fault. The others act like Bart's insane and women have always had college opportunities, which Bart thinks is insane. Also the US government helped fuel the early prepper culture.

Bart, Norma and Voretaq discuss the Democrat Hurricane Machine, credit stuffs, organ donations and some information on flying without seeing where you're going. Oklahoma confounds Bart with blatant corruption by sending millions of taxpayer dollars to Donald Trump in exchange for Bibles in schools. And a PA school adds windows to middle school student bathrooms because Conservatives are obsessed with underage perversion?

Bart, Norma and Voretaq discuss shots for the season, language models actually being helpful when condescending programmers aren't, more people passed away who were important in shaping entertainment, and how you can hack Kias from the comfort of the keyboard!

Bart and Norma discuss Octomom becoming a grandma, school cop has a gun whoopsie, and someone is peeing in scented candles...

Bart and Norma discuss a little gun in the oven and a lot of Taylor Swift hate from GOP weirdos who have no problem with celebrities like Hulk Hogan and Kid Rock playing at their rallies so that seems even more super weird. Also a local-ish comic-con event will have Atreyu from Neverending Story coming to the area, so that might be neat?

Bart and Norma discuss recent celebrity deaths, "cat eyes" for your hands and yet another US school shooting in a seemingly endless parade of school shootings. Oh, and Apple had another event announcing new super expensive toys.

Bart, Norma and Voretaq discuss a supercommuting douche, Reagan was terrible for education (and more), the Living Computer Museum is being completely disassembled, and we touch on the passing of one of our feline family members and periodic uninvited podcast guest, Mongo Kitty. Farewell, Mongo. You will be missed, buddy.

Bart, Norma and Voretaq mostly discuss feedback this week...Olympics, Kirk Cameron being Kirk Cameron, homeschooling, auctioning props, and MAGA is definitely not weird. You know, the usual stuff.

Bart, Norma and Voretaq discuss the Olympics, controversies, "couch f*cker" Vance, and car repairs, among other things...relatively quiet week but full of little little little things.

Bart, Norma and Voretaq discuss movie parody/satire/commentary and American Christian need to be persecuted/the victim, Louisiana requires religious indoctrination in public classrooms, and Kyle Rittenhouse won't vote for Trump until he does because Trump followers swear he's a she!

Bart and Norma have another cat visiting the studio as a guest in addition to the usual sidekick furball. We also discuss the use of kinematics, the release of the Massey massacre video, and how Google's autocomplete suggestions are kind of revealing more than some idiots think they do!

Bart and Norma discuss more guns in schools...because of course that solves the problem...Twiki can drive cars, cellphones are going to be removed from PA schools (HA!) and the GOP is really mad they got their way and Biden is stepping down.

Bart, Norma and Voretaq discuss what else, the attempted assassination of the Orange Man. Along with a parade of celebrity deaths this week... (Also, ALF was a terrible show for the actors and crew to work on.)

Bart and Norma discuss adult crayons, surviving the 4th of July, Hawk Tuah girl is handed a media empire (good luck with that...), Cobol the Meth-head Kitten makes her presence known in the recording studio, and insurance in America is terrible...did we miss anything?

Bart, Norma and Voretaq discuss the #$%^ called "Presidential debate", Swedish prison breaks and prison labor in the US, local dentistry and the most unlucky bear in the world!

Bart gives a quick solo update podcast and runs through some feedback

Bart, Norma and Voretaq discuss moving-day troubles, living on a boat, pride month problems, and Trump agreed to a debate without an audience to play to?!

Bart and Norma discuss a cute kitten, Walmart giving a pittance penalty, Trump was scummy before getting into the White House, an Amish skirmish, an idiot thinks he's somehow a special gay person that the GOP doesn't hate because...why? And some employers are complaining that employees treat phones like fax machines as a communications medium.

Bart, Norma and Voretaq discuss Slack AI being trained on (unwitting?) customers, a kitten named Cobol, graduation time has arrived, and making alcohol with your own gut. Oh, and an orange former president is found guilty of several felonies (not that he'll have consequences...we'll have to wait and see if there are actual consequences...)

Voretaq rejoins! At least for today. He has testing coming up so he may miss next week, but it doesn't matter since it's a holiday and we'll all miss it. In this episode we discuss the invasion of the trans agenda in small town podunk schools, Red Lobster going bankrupt and Conservatives seem to like child marriage a little bit...suspiciously too much...

Bart and Norma discuss Voretaq's disappearance, busy with holiday and recent events, flight attendants don't serve peanuts when they're paid peanuts, podunk town problems, and Christians show love by acting with hate!

Bart and Norma discuss upcoming elections (from a comment, not my usual ranting!), turns out "Log Cabin Republicans" are the most anti-gay pro-gay GOP group, protests, and police don't like being told they can't use their non-prescription roid-drugs! Also, why is there a vocal group of men so very very angry that women would rather risk being mauled by a bear instead of encountering them? WHY? TELL THEM WHY! WHY WOULD YOU CHOOSE THAT?! TELL THEM NOW!

Bart and Norma discuss her trip, our mentally ill dog, a rock/gem show, a guy who set himself on fire and a school that's afraid an icky man will make their kids icky. Also, streaming services suck at software!

Bart, Norma and Voretaq discuss an upcoming trip to our most terrible effed-up state, Florida! OJ Simpson no longer worries about his ex-wife's killer on the loose, Starship Troopers was a great movie, Nike wants you to "Just Do This", and the Trump Trial begins!

Bart and Norma discuss measles, Tim Allen/Home Improvement, and viewing iconic and/or symbolic movies from our past with our Dude. Also some passing comments of people who are wealthy, popular, and problematic despite their transgressions, because society is terrible.

Bart and Norma discuss shortened work weeks, citizenship tests, Kyle Rittenhouse runs away from questions because...snowflake? And all the Conservatives want to make an appearance for the cameras in Texas!