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Hello, how ya doing, and it is a genuine pleasure to welcome you to: Meaningless Minutia. A show about all things you didn’t know and probably couldn’t give two @#%$'s about, but you’re here, you’re listening, so going forward, you only have yourself to


    • May 30, 2022 LATEST EPISODE
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    Ep. 57: Brussel Sprouts Of Doom

    Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2022 3:27


    Hello, how ya doing, this is Jeffrey Lee Folschinsky, your reporter of vegetable vengeance and I'm steaming with excitement as I bring you this week's question. Did you know people once thought evil spirits lurked in Brussel sprouts?  Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/studiokolomna/mr-pumpkin

    Ep 56: For Whom the Human Bell Tolls

    Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2022 4:00


    Hello, how ya doing, this is Jeffrey Lee Folschinsky, your clock master of kooky curiosities and I'm ringing the alarm bell of lucency as I bring you this week's question. Did you know people woke up other people for a living?    Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/matt-stewart-evans/funny-chase

    Ep. 55: The Few, The Proud, The Pepsi Cola

    Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2022 3:40


    Hello, how ya doing, this is Jeffrey Lee Folschinsky, your general of goofiness and I'm preparing the sink the battleship of brilliance as I bring you this week's question. Did you know Pepsi once had the 6th largest military in the world?  Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/pecan-pie/pep

    Ep. 54: I Can't Drive 55, With A Polo Mallet

    Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2022 4:42


    Hello, how ya doing, this is Jeffrey Lee Folschinsky your lead-footed driver of delirious drivel, and I've got a mallet in hand and I'm swinging it for the big win as I welcome you to this week's question. Did you know people used to play polo with cars?    Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/jonny-boyle/a-little-nonsense

    Ep. 53: A Bubble Bath Brew

    Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2022 3:18


    Hello, how ya doing, this is Jeffrey Lee Folschinsky, your brewmaster of bastards brilliance and I'm swimming the backstroke of joy as I ask this week's question. Did you know there's a brewery that allows you to swim in a pool of beer?    Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/soundroll/pistol-swing

    Ep. 52: Who and What is Oswald?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2022 5:14


    Hello, how ya doing, this is Jeffrey Lee Folschinsky, your animated Orator for amusing antidotes, and I'm doing a little jig for no particular reason as I bring you this week's question. Did you know that a living sports announcer was once traded for an animated rabbit?  Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): http://uppbeat.io/t/soundroll/may-contain-groovy-beats

    Ep. 51: Now Is The Home-run Of Our Discontent

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2022 4:14


    Hello, how ya doing, this is Jeffrey Lee Folschinsky your sports time announcer of silly situational's, and I'm beyond the legal punch-drunk limit as I bring you this week's question. Did you know to make extra money, some professional athlete's performed in Vaudeville?    Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): http://uppbeat.io/t/soundroll/rich-and-famous

    Ep. 50: All The War is a Stage, And We Soldiers Are Merely Actors

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2022 3:43


    Hello, how ya doing this is Jeffrey Lee Folschinsky, your thespian on the battlefield of the ridiculous, and I'm hitting my mark on the stage of silliness as I bring you to this week's question: Did you know the allies used artists to help win World War Two?

    Ep. 49: Easter Island Head Of Arizona

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2022 3:07


    Hello, how ya doing, this is Jeffrey Lee Folschinsky your tour guide of goofiness and my head is growing with excitement as I bring you this week's question. Did you know there is an Easter Island-type head in Arizona?    Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/giulio-fazio/sunday-fun-day

    Ep. 48: The City of Peacock Angels

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2022 3:41


    Hello, how ya doing, this is Jeffrey Lee Folschinsky and my plumage is in full bloom as I welcome you to another episode of Meaningless Minutia. Asking this week's question: Did you know roaming the streets of Los Angeles is a large population of feral peacocks?    Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/all-good-folks/pop-and-crunch

    Ep 47: The Lighthouse of Liberty

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2022 4:32


    Hello, how ya doing, this is Jeffrey Lee Folschinsky, your lighthouse keeper of lessons for lunatics, and I'm beaming with excitement as I bring you this week's question. Did you know the Statue of Liberty used to be a lighthouse?    Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/richard-bodgers/admiral

    Ep. 46: Ice Ship Cometh

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2022 5:24


    Hello, how ya doing, this is Jeffrey Lee Folschinsky, your nautical navigator of nonsensical knowledge, and I've set my joy engine to full steam ahead as I bring you this week's question: Did you know someone once tried to make an aircraft carrier out of ice?    Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/sky-toes/old-time-fun

    Ep. 45: Eat, Prey, Love Chocolate Cicadas

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2022 3:43


    Hello, how ya doing, this is Jeffrey Lee Folschinsky, your chef of inedible curiosities. and I've set the mental oven to broil with no idea when to stop as I bring you this week's question: Did you know people make chocolate-covered cicadas?    Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/soundroll/what-a-kitsch

    Ep. 44: National Mythical Pride

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2022 3:53


    Hello, how ya doing, this is Jeffrey Lee Folschinsky, and I've got my haggis of humor in the oven as I bring you this week's question: Did you know the national animal of Scotland is a Unicorn?    Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/all-good-folks/snap

    Ep. 43: Hail To The Grease Monkey

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2022 3:52


    Hello, how ya doing, this is Jeffrey Lee Folschinsky and I'm revving the engine of excitement as I bring you this week's question: Did you know Queen Elizabeth used to work as a trained mechanic?   Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!):https://uppbeat.io/t/sky-toes/old-time-fun

    Ep. 42: Dearest Juliet, Wazzup!

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2022 4:14


    Hello, how ya doing, this is Jeffrey Lee Folschinsky your matchmaker of misinformation and I'm feeling the love in the air as I bring this week's question: Did you know for Valentine's Day, people write love letters to Shakespeare's character Juliet?    Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/hartzmann/pretty-day

    Ep. 41: On Your Marks, Get Ready and Paint!

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2022 5:13


    Hello, how ya doing, this is Jeffrey Lee Folschinsky your referee of ridiculous reference materials and I've got the stopwatch ready to clock in my joy as I bring you this week's question: Did you know competitive art used to be an Olympic sport? 

    Ep. 40: Countersuit Of The Soul

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2022 3:48


    Hello, how ya doing, this is Jeffrey Lee Folschinsky, your legal adviser of cranial chaos, and I'm pleading no contest to being over-the-moon as I bring you this week's question: Did you know a kidnapper once sued his hostages for escaping?    Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/noise-cake/mess-about

    Ep. 39: Abandon of Hope'eth, Ye Who Enter Here'eth

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2022 3:35


    Hello, how ya doing, this is Jeffrey Lee Folschinsky your archeologist of amusing allegories and I'm tunneling for trivial treasure here as I bring you this week's question. Did you know Shakespeare put a curse on his own grave?    Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/kevin-macleod/teddy-bear-waltz

    Ep. 38: War Of The Sock Puppets

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2022 4:53


    Hello, how ya doing, this is Jeffrey Lee Folschinsky your legal correspondent of curiously crazy curiosities and I'm filing my brief of bumbling brilliance as I ask this week's question: Did you know a puppet once legally sued another puppet?   Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/ra/that-sax

    Ep. 37: Island for Sale, Sold! Okay Maybe not.

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2022 2:56


    Hello, how ya doing, this is Jeffrey Lee Folschinsky, your surfer of senselessness here, and I'm doing a tribal dance of delight as I bring this week's question: Did you know someone once used eBay to try to sell New Zealand?    Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/roo-walker/excusez-moi

    Ep. 36: All Hail Lord Stubbs

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 3, 2022 3:14


    Hello, how ya doing, this is Jeffrey Lee Folschinsky, your sensei of silliness and I'm meowing with merriment as I bring you this week's question: Did you know for twenty years the mayor of an Alaskan town was a cat?    Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/christian-larssen/window-shopping

    Ep. 35: Good Health, Fortune and Black-eyed Peas

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 27, 2021 4:01


    Hello, how ya doing, this is Jeffrey Lee Folschinsky your New Years Chef of un-fabulous factoids and I'm building up a might healthy appetite of excitement as I bring you this week's question: Did you know for New Years that some people eat Black-eyed peas for good luck?    Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/ben-johnson/a-little-christmas

    Ep. 34: We Attack The Yule Goat at Dawn

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2021 3:56


    Hello, how ya doing, this is Jeffrey Lee Folschinsky your herder of twitter-litter and I am burning up with excitement as I bring you this week's question: Did you know for the holidays that some people make straw goats, just to destroy them?    Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/pecan-pie/happy-holiday-swing

    Ep. 33: The Christmas Holy Rollers

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2021 3:18


    Hello, how ya doing? This is Jeffrey Lee Folschinsky, your crayola of confusion and I'm zooming down the street with joy as I bring you this week's question: Did you know for Christmas, that some towns roller skate to church?     Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/roo-walker/elf-culture

    Ep. 32: Dónde Está El Baño Del Espíritu Santo?

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2021 3:12


    Hello, how ya doing, Jeffrey Lee Folschinsky here, and I'm doing a pee-pee dance of excitement as I welcome you to another holiday episode of Meaningless Minutia. Bringing you this week's question: Did you know some nativity scenes have a person going to the bathroom?    Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/kevin-macleod/christmas-rap

    Ep. 31: It's The Season To Kick a Dead Horse

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 29, 2021 3:51


    Hello, how ya doing, this is Jeffrey Lee Folschinsky, your holiday cheer-master of tinsel teachings and I'm ringing the holiday bell of cheer as I welcome you to a holiday episode of Meaningless Minutia. Asking this week's question: Did you know that some people go caroling dressed as a dead horse?    Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/soundroll/merry-christmas

    Ep. 30: Turkey 911

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2021 3:31


    Hello, how ya doing and welcome to another Thanksgiving episode of Meaningless Minutia. A show that serves up the corn pudding of knowledge and stares at you until you eat it, and with that uncomfortable cranial caveat thrown out there, let's get down to this week's question: Did you know Butterball has an emergency turkey hotline?    Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/monument-music/white-christmas  

    Ep. 29: Mary Had A Little Thanksgiving

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2021 4:35


    Hello, how ya doing, and welcome to another Thanksgiving episode of Meaningless Minutia. A show that puts a firecracker in that turkey of knowledge, just before you cook it, and with that unnecessarily messy imaginary put out there, let's get to this week's question: Did you know the author of Mary Had A Little Lamb is responsible for the Thanksgiving holiday? Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/pecan-pie/its-that-time-of-year

    Ep. 28: One Turkey Open Sleigh

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 8, 2021 3:21


    Hello, how ya doing, this is Jeffrey Lee Folschinsky, your sled-master of silliness, and I'm laughing all the way as we all swoosh into this Thanksgiving episode of Meaningless Minutia. Asking this week's question: Did you know that Jingle Bells was originally written for Thanksgiving?   Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/all-good-folks/lo-fi-christmas

    Ep. 27: Ep. 27: The Presidential Raccoon Dinner That Never Was

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2021 4:04


    Hello, how ya doing, I'm Jeffrey Lee Folschinsky your pilgrim of poppycock and I'm doing a hot diggity jig as I welcome you to this Thanksgiving episode of the Meaningless Minutia podcast. Asking this week's question: Did you know that for Thanksgiving a president once pardoned a raccoon?   Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/soundroll/i-gotta-feeling

    Ep: 26: It's A Graveyard Smash? I Don't Think So!

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2021 3:47


    Hello, how ya doing, and welcome to another Halloween episode of  Meaningless Minutia. A show that stands at the creaky door of knowledge and then faints. And with that death note delivery put out there, let's get to this week's question: Did you know for eleven years, the song monster mash was banned?   Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/fernweh-goldfish/crooked-old-shrew

    Ep. 25: Everybody Dance Now, But Just Not With Brooms

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 18, 2021 3:27


    Hello, how ya doing, and welcome to another special Halloween episode of Meaningless Minutia. Asking this week's question: Did you know the image of witches flying of broomsticks came from a dance?    Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/hey-pluto/get-freaky

    Ep. 24: Alas, Trick 'r Treaters, I Know You Well

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2021 3:58


    Hello, how ya doing, and welcome to another Halloween edition of Meaningless Minutia. Asking this week's question: Did you know that Trick or Treating used to involve performing?    Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/jonny-boyle/halloween-hijinks

    Ep. 23: Jack O'Turnip

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2021 5:38


    Hello, how ya doing, and I'm shaking in my non-existent ghost boots as I welcome you into the Halloween season of Meaningless Minutia. Asking this week's question: did you know Jack O'Lanterns were originally made out of turnips?   Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/soundroll/shortie

    Ep. 22: The Wrestler and Chief

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2021 3:55


    Hello, how ya doing, and welcome to another episode of the Meaningless Minutia podcast. Asking this week's question: Did you know that Abraham Lincoln was once a championship wrestler?    Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/soundroll/line-of-drums

    Ep. 21: The Best Little Underground Lemon Ranch in Cali

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 20, 2021 4:55


    Hello, how ya doing, and welcome back to another episode of, Meaningless Minutia. Asking this week's question: Did you know a man once built a lemon orchard underground?  Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/giulio-fazio/marvelous-misadventures

    Ep. 20: The Southern Fried Atomic Whoopsie

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2021 3:59


    Hello, how ya doing, and welcome to another episode of the Meaningless Minutia Podcast. Asking this week's question: Did you know America once dropped an atomic bomb on South Carolina?    Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/giulio-fazio/anything-is-right

    Ep. 19: Calling All Geese!

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 6, 2021 2:51


    Hello, how ya doing, and my joy-locks have been picked as I welcome you back to another episode of, Meaningless Minutia. Asking this weeks question: Did you know in order to fight crime, China is using elite squads of geese?   Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/jonny-boyle/happy-like-larry

    Ep. 18: For Whom The Rabbit Bell Tolls

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 30, 2021 3:33


    Hello, how ya doing, and welcome to another episode of, Meaningless Minutia. Asking this weeks question: Did you know Napoleon was once defeated by a pack of rabbits?    Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/giulio-fazio/clowns

    Ep. 17: The Spy Who Fed Me

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 23, 2021 3:50


    Hello, how ya doing, and welcome to another episode of, Meaningless Minutia. Asking this weeks question: Did you know in World War 2 that Julia Child was a spy?    Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/noise-cake/mojo

    Ep. 16: Slightly Cloudy with A Chance Of Beer

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 16, 2021 4:31


    Hello, how ya doing, and it's an absolute pleasure to welcome you back to another episode of: Meaningless Minutia. Asking this weeks question: Did you know, part of London was once wiped out by a wave made of beer?  Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/all-good-folks/topsy-turvy

    Ep. 15: Hi-Diddle-Dee-Dee, A Dead Actors Life For Me

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 9, 2021 4:19


    Hello, how ya doing, and welcome to another episode of: Meaningless Minutia. Asking this weeks question: Did you know a California Theme park Fun House was decorated with a real corpse?      Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/all-good-folks/mr-mischief License code: FTDIEPZEVVYW3O8R

    EP. 14: An Apple Cider A Day Keeps The Botulism Away

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 2, 2021 4:33


    Hello, how ya doing, and welcome to another episode of Meaningless Minutia. Asking this weeks question: Did you know Johnny Appleseed's apples were inedible.    Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/paul-yudin/big-adventure License code: AQB4JIKQYQ2AWSZI

    Ep. 13: Get Your Musical Kicks, On Route 66

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 26, 2021 3:22


    Hello, how ya doing, and welcome to another episode of: Meaningless Minutia. Asking this weeks question: Did you know parts of route 66 plays America The Beautiful?      Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/all-good-folks/swing-it License code: TKZKLKCCQU4L4IW6

    Ep. 12: Tomato/Tomato, Lets Not Call The Whole Thing Off

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 19, 2021 4:06


    Did you know, that people used to think Tomatoes were poisonous? Well, join Jeffrey Lee Folschinsky and he'll take you a journey to find out why. Or maybe he'll just fill you head with useless information. Either way, it should be entertaining.    Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/hey-pluto/nod-your-head License code: LVQUIR5PMMO8HFK5

    Ep 11: Dunce And Proud Of It

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 12, 2021 4:56


    Hello, how ya doing, and welcome to another episode of Meaningless Minutia. Asking you this weeks question: Did you know the Dunce-Cap used to be a sign of high intelligence?     Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/jonny-boyle/bright-life License code: IALB6CHXXXPWNHDJ

    Ep 10: Invisible Elves And The People That Love Them

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 5, 2021 4:25


    Did you know, that most people that live in Iceland, believe in Elves? Well, join Jeffrey Lee Folschinsky and he'll take you a journey to find out why. Or maybe he'll just fill you head with useless information. Either way, it should be entertaining.    Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/giulio-fazio/tumbling-around License code: WS091MEMAYPOW9UI

    Ep. 09: Cruising, Mach 5, On A Sunday Afternoon

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 28, 2021 5:23


    Hello, how ya doing, and welcome to another episode of Meaningless Minutia. Asking you this weeks question: Did you know there used to be rocket powered cars on the road?  Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/all-good-folks/bathtime-funk License code: RIZRIOMKPZEILYEU

    Ep. 08: All's Quiet On The Western Front, Oops, Not So Fast

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2021 4:29


    Hello, how ya doing, and welcome to another episode of Meaningless Minutia. Asking you this weeks question: Did you know people celebrated the end of World War One, four days before the war ended?  Background Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/noise-cake/chunky-nuts License code: T6Y4XXXXEBB6BCDF

    Ep. 07: The Happiest Kidney Stone on Earth

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2021 4:01


    Hello, how ya doing, and welcome to another episode of Meaningless Minutia. Asking you this weeks question: Did you know riding a roller coaster can help you pass kidney stones?  Background Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/all-good-folks/playtime License code: GXJCKPUF3ZXIOZSG

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