Ericast.com Podcast - DWEEB THOUGHTS

This episode comes to you thanks to one listener, but that means something different than what it meant last time.  I'll explain next week.  In the meantime... Here's your show. Website viewers: Click here to listen to this week's episode! Podcast listeners: Click here for a link to the show notes page! Questions? Comments? Call the Comment Line mentioned in the show!

This episode comes to you thanks to one listener. Wondering where I've been? Here's your show. Website viewers: Click here to listen to this week's episode! Podcast listeners: Click here for a link to the show notes page! Everyone: Call 701-645-ERIC (701-645-3742) and comment When "money is no object" I don't get a self-driving Tesla or a... what else is a hip car?  No, I get a 2015 Hyundai S...

We're kicking off a brand new calendar year for the Ericast, and it's already a week into it.  (I did the math!) You know what that means?  Here's your show. Website viewers: Click here to listen to this week's episode! Podcast listeners: Click here for a link to the show notes page! Everyone: Call 701-645-ERIC (701-645-3742) and comment Reminder that you're listening to a "personal podc...

Wrapping up 2017 by revisiting an old theme as we move into 2018.  Here's your show. Website viewers: Click here to listen to this week's episode! Podcast listeners: Click here for a link to the show notes page! Everyone: Call 701-645-ERIC (701-645-3742) and comment This is a throwback or review of a topic I addressed back in February 2017: how to better cope with (and perhaps even embrace) y...

When an interesting opportunity comes along... what should you say?  Here's your show. Website viewers: Click here to listen to this week's episode! Podcast listeners: Click here for a link to the show notes page! Everyone: Call 701-645-ERIC (701-645-3742) and comment When unintentional caffeine induces insomnia, you get an unusual episode... but the thought still carries through.  This...

Have you ever wondered what it takes to make an Ericast episode?  Here's your show. Website viewers: Click here to listen to this week's episode! Podcast listeners: Click here for a link to the show notes page! Everyone: Call 701-645-ERIC (701-645-3742) and comment In what might possibly be the dullest Ericast ever (and one of the longer episodes, though it's only about a half-hour -- hang in...

Yes, I've been gone awhile. But it's not like I don't have things to talk about. Maybe that's why I've been gone awhile. Want the scoop?  Here's your show. Website viewers: Click here to listen to this week's episode! Podcast listeners: Click here for a link to the show notes page! Everyone: Call 701-645-ERIC (701-645-3742) and comment Thanks, anonymous person, for the text message of encoura...

What's it all about?  No, not the deep meaning-of-life stuff, but the purpose of this podcast? Website viewers: Click here to listen to this week's episode! Podcast listeners: Click here for a link to the show notes page! Everyone: Call 701-645-ERIC (701-645-3742) and comment I was pondering how I was going to frame this show and then heard something from Clay Shaver at Remodeling Clay podcas...

For most people, summer is a chance to relax and unwind. Maybe it will be. Website viewers: Click here to listen to this week's episode! Podcast listeners: Click here for a link to the show notes page! Everyone: Call 701-645-ERIC (701-645-3742) and comment This episode features a new Audio-Technica microphone!  Let me know if you like how it sounds. The Ericast, which in 2005 was a weekly 20...

This is going to be a bit of a travelogue. So when you ask, "Where did you go with your daughter?" ... here's your show. Website viewers: Click here to listen to this week's episode! Podcast listeners: Click here for a link to the show notes page! Everyone: Call 701-645-ERIC (701-645-3742) and comment I'm a little tired.  And, podcasts are just too hard.  I'm going to be talking for abou...

When you can't find the podcast that talks about the topic you want, you recreate it and hope that someone points out the source material to you. Let's see if that works! Here's your show. Website viewers: Click here to listen to this week's episode! Podcast listeners: Click here for a link to the show notes page! Everyone: Call 701-645-ERIC (701-645-3742) and comment  

Well, it's been awhile, and there's a reason I was called back to the show.  Want a personal episode?  Here's your show. Website viewers: Click here to listen to this week's episode! Podcast listeners: Click here for a link to the show notes page! Everyone: Call 701-645-ERIC (701-645-3742) and comment Let's reduce the show notes down to some links... 360-degree video of Duluth's Canal Pa...

You never quite know what's going to drive me back to do a podcast episode, and this week it's a profound throwaway comment from my boss.  Curious?  Here's your show. Website viewers: Click here to listen to this week's episode! Podcast listeners: Click here for a link to the show notes page! Everyone: Call 701-645-ERIC (701-645-3742) and comment "Not since 2011 has the Ericast been conf...

One of the benefits when you pursue experiences is that, sometimes, you learn something profound in a genuine, visceral way. Want an example? Here's your show. Website viewers : Click here to listen to this week's episode! Podcast listeners : Click here for a link to the show notes page! Everyone : Call 701-645-ERIC (701-645-3742) and comment John 3 passage about the wind . The Albuquerque Box exp...

Desperate times call for desperate measures, and I think I'm back in the iTunes Directory right now. Want to know what it took for that to happen? Here's your show. Website viewers : Click here to listen to this week's episode! Podcast listeners : Click here for a link to the show notes page! Everyone : Call 701-645-ERIC (701-645-3742) and comment I've got a long history of episodes with a cold.&n...

We've got an election coming up, and I'm going to say very little about it, except for one little clip from an old documentary movie. Here's your show. Website viewers : Click here to listen to this week's episode! Podcast listeners : Click here for a link to the show notes page! Everyone : Call 701-645-ERIC (701-645-3742) and comment I've missed you. Maybe you've missed me? Putting this show toge...

Every so often I go on a bit of a theological rant. This is one of those episodes.  But whether you like talking about God or you don't, I think you like this one. Here's your show. Website viewers : Click here to listen to this week's episode! Podcast listeners : Click here for a link to the show notes page! Everyone : Call 701-645-ERIC (701-645-3742) and comment Today's date has a lot of me...

The girls are at an age where we do at least one roadtrip adventure a year. This year, it was Memphis, Tennessee.  Wondering why? Website viewers : Click here to listen to this week's episode! Podcast listeners : Click here for a link to the show notes page! Everyone : Call 701-645-ERIC (701-645-3742) and comment I almost named this "Walking in Memphis" but I'm in the middle of changing the f...

Some things become a habit or pattern, and sometimes that's good. Have you ever noticed that I've closed the podcast with the exact same pair or words for the past 277 episodes?  Here's your show. Website viewers : Click here to listen to this week's episode! Podcast listeners : Click here for a link to the show notes page! Everyone : Call 701-645-ERIC (701-645-3742) and comment A month and a...

"Listener Feedback" has been a part of the Ericast since the very first episode more than 11 years ago. So, let's celebrate one listener in particular. It might not be your show... but, here's your show. Website viewers : Click here to listen to this week's episode! Podcast listeners : Click here for a link to the show notes page! Everyone : Call 701-645-ERIC (701-645-3742) and comment It's early...

If you're like I am, you say things like, "Someday, I need to..."  Last week, someday came for me and my daughter. What's your "someday"? Website viewers : Click here to listen to this week's episode! Podcast listeners : Click here for a link to the show notes page! Everyone : Call 701-645-ERIC (701-645-3742) and comment Technical note: I still haven't gotten the iTunes podcast feed working y...

You hear a lot of different things on the Ericast. This week's episode is really just random connections from Eric's brain. Website viewers : Click here to listen to this week's episode! Podcast listeners : Click here for a link to the show notes page! Everyone : Call 701-645-ERIC (701-645-3742) and comment INTP Personality - weaving things together Voice artists, including Casey Defranco from the...

Sometimes you hear wisdom from the least expected place. Or, at least, of the least expected kind. Like marriage and parenting advice from a criminal turned security expert. Website viewers : Click here to listen to this week's episode! Podcast listeners : Click here for a link to the show notes page! Everyone : Call 701-645-ERIC (701-645-3742) and comment Life lesson: Say "Yes" when offered thing...

Lately I've taken to saying, "Diversity is inherently good". Which you either respond with "Duh, Eric!" or you're... not quite sure you agree. Curious?  Here's your show. Website viewers : Click here to listen to this week's episode! Podcast listeners : Click here for a link to the show notes page! Everyone : Call 701-645-ERIC (701-645-3742) and comment Yes, indeed, after 11 years we're switc...

All good things must come to an end. No, no, not this podcast! But a key part of it. What it is, you ask?  Here's your show. Website viewers : Click here to listen to this week's episode! Podcast listeners : Click here for a link to the show notes page! Everyone : Call 701-645-ERIC (701-645-3742) and comment Things change!  But I'm still here.  Not quite "reeling," but definitely "d...