Superfluous

Episode 41: Good Mourning Victorian Mourning Etiquette and Death Statistics Put on your best hair jewelry.  Jeanette tells us about Victorian rituals around death and mourning.  Alena tells you your chances of getting killed by a shark vs. a hippo (spoiler: you have a lot of other stuff to be more concerned about)..   Give us your topic ideas on Twitter!  Use the hashtag (pound sign) #superfluousp...

Episode 42: Sublime Subliminals Subliminal Messages and Product Placement How susceptible are you really to subliminal messages?  Do you want some popcorn right now?  Alena debunks some subliminal myths.  Jeanette tells us about product placement and how to get the most out of your next viewing of Jerry Maguire.   Give us your topic ideas on Twitter!  Use the hashtag (pound sign) #superfluouspod. ...

Hank takes us on a hilarious &  wild philosophical journey- in a story of revenge, dog parks and the ins and outs of labor law.  Hear first hand about the literal trials and tribulations of his 4 years involved in filing and fighting in a class action lawsuit! See if it's really worth your time to "take down the man" and parent the world.

Alena takes us to the magical land of Florida,  where you can microwave and microwave and hide drugs in your belly button. Jeanette helps you plan your next vacation to the world's best dead fish tossing party at the Flora-bama Mullet Toss! Give us your topic ideas on Twitter!  Use the hashtag (pound sign) #superfluouspod.  If we choose your topic for a show, we will send you a special goodie! Pod...

Episode 38: Fatty Fatty Arbuckle Fatty Arbuckle and Food Challenges Trigger warning: Rape  Jeanette tells us about the original Hollywood scandal, Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle and the death of Virginia Rappe. Alena lightens it up with some food challenges that could get your photo on a wall!  The prestige! Give us your topic ideas on Twitter!  Use the hashtag (pound sign) #superfluouspod  If we choose...

Episode 37: WTF is an NFT? Non Fungible Tokens and Acronyms WTF IS an NFT?  Alena walks us through the insane and expensive world of NFTs. OMG IAATM!  Then Jeanette, FTW, helps us olds keep up with the lingo all the kids are using, ICYMI. IMHO this is a really great episode. Podcast Music by Jeff Stovall: https://soundcloud.com/backhousetranscendental

Friendship is Magic!  Get that bottle of glitter out, as we journey into the upsetting world of Bronies.  Also, we let you know why Unicorn People are annoying af! Podcast Music by Jeff Stovall: https://soundcloud.com/backhousetranscendent al

Pete found himself disgruntled, angry, 300lbs, and in a job he hated. Thinking back on his childhood, he remembered hiking portions of this 2,100 mile trail, as a boy scout with his dad.  An idea formulated. He reached out to his father, a triathlete and iron man competitor in his 60s, and proposed the journey of a lifetime: Thru-Hiking the Appalachian Trail! We interview Pete Sauber about the ups...

Alena and Jeanette are your sensual guinea pigs. They try exotic and supermarket variety aphrodisiacs, and let you know what you will need to get you or your lab rat's juices flowing this Valentine's Day! So sexy.   Superfluous is for lovers.

That's right folks,  we have reached our goal of becoming the #206 comedy podcast in Slovenia!  To celebrate this momentous occasion, we are telling you all about Slovenia.  Wine, bees, bears, woods, extreme athletes- Slovenia has it all.   Thank you to all of our Slovenian fans, we love you!   Martin Strel- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLtAsC2smfo&feature=youtu.be Davo Karnicar- https://www.yo...

Just the Frothingham! Jeanette tells us of an insurrection of 'yore "The Business Plot", and the original anti-fascist General Smedley Butler.  Alena tells about "Lord" Timothy Dexter, The Informer of Deer and one of our stupidest Americans.   Smedley Butler laying down the law: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pSOekHA8OQ Lord Timothy Dexter's own webpage: http://lordtimothydexter.com/ Podcast Mus...

In Episode 31: Sleep With Me We are following the money and joining the ASMR craze! Alena uses her best whisper voice and biscotti wrapper to make your braingasm.  Then Jeanette ruins the one thing you have left to love-sleep.   Watch out for the sleep paralysis.   Podcast Music by Jeff Stovall: https://soundcloud.com/backhousetranscendental

Episode 30: My Favorite Monolith What is the deal with all those monoliths popping up around the world? Teenage aliens?  Mimes? Leftover TV props? Jeanette has answers. But what if you don't know what a monolith is?  Don't worry, Alena has you covered.  Feel free to use this one to help you sleep.  Podcast Music by Jeff Stovall: https://soundcloud.com/backhousetranscendental

Episode 29: Who Are You? Alena and Jeanette take some online quizzes and delve deep into their own dark psyches.  Now with 30% more drinking sounds!  https://www.dazzling.news/a2397/kokology-a-japanese-psychological-test-that-will-tell-a-lot-about-your-personality Podcast Music by Jeff Stovall: https://soundcloud.com/backhousetranscendental

Episode 28: Tippecanoe and Presidents Too Just in time for the election, Jeanette gives you all the useless presidential trivia you need to impress your guests at your next dinner party (rescheduled for May 2023). Then, Alena tells us about the Curse of Tecumseh, and how it might be the decider in our current presidential election.  Podcast Music by Jeff Stovall: https://soundcloud.com/backhousetr...

In Episode 27: Don't Panic, It's Just Satan! Oooooh, scary Halloween episode!  Jeanette takes us back to the '80's when The Devil lurked in every corner of our childhood.   Alena takes us on a tour of the Warren Occult Museum, where the most evil items in the world are crammed in a basement.   Podcast Music by Jeff Stovall: https://soundcloud.com/backhousetranscendental

Episode 26:The Mandela Effect Alena destroys every one of your childhood pop culture memories.  It's ok, Jeanette will give you some healing activities to do after the episode to rebuild your broken spirit.   Get ready, this one is a crazy ride! This is an interactive episode!  We have a little quiz posted on our Facebook and Instagram or use the link below to answer the questions before you liste...

In Episode 25: Q and The Baby Gays Jeanette explains conspiracies without the "theory" and the ridiculous Q-Anon cult.  Then, Alena shares her own theory about Q-Tips. Book: "A Lot of People Are Saying,The New Conspiracism and the Assault on Democracy" by Russell Muirhead and Nancy L. Rosenblum Podcast Music by Jeff Stovall: https://soundcloud.com/backhousetranscendent

In Episode 24: Game On We are joined by the amazing and hilarious Patrick Hickey, Jr., author of "Mind Behind the Games, Interviews with Cult and Classic Video Games," voice actor, journalist, and professor.   Patrick has interviewed over 150 legendary game designers and has some incredible stories to share- as well as lots of inspiration for turning dreams into reality.   Find Patrick's books at...

In Episode 23: With Liberty and Ketchup for All Alena unites our divided country on the one thing all Americans agree on, ketchup!  Its everything you need to know about the sweet nectar of the Love Apple, you know..the Wolf Peach.   Then, Jeanette helps you with your Catsup/Ketchup dilemma. Bonus:  Portland protest update.   Podcast Music by Jeff Stovall: https://soundcloud.com/backhousetranscend...

Jeanette digs into the story of Oregon's second largest wartime city, and it's tragic demise in 1948 through flood.  Temporary housing, hastily created for African-American workers was swept away in a matter of minutes, when the town flooded, as many of their Portland neighbors looked the other way.   In part 2, we go a little lighter with the origin of the Original "Oregon Trail" Game. This game...

Episode 21: The World As We Know It Grab your sharpie and an orange and follow along with Alena as she explains the Mercator Projection Map and how it has shaped an imperialist view of the world. Then, Jeanette finds another excuse to say balls on the podcast.  Bonus: puppies! This episode works best with visual aids!  Check out our Instagram and Facebook posts to take a look at map examples, and...

In Episode 20: Vote Baby Vote! We are joined by a special guest, the amazing Lydia Fahs, who is "really into" voting. She shares her wealth of information and passion for getting out the vote, and if you haven't heard, this shit is really important.  Lydia helps us understand why voting Democratic IS important, why we need to flip the Senate, why local elections matter, how to get involved and mor...

In Episode 19: Typhoid Mary and The Super Spreaders Jeanette tells about the infamous Typhoid Mary, the most well known asymptomatic carrier, but not the worst of the bunch.  Alena tells us about Super Spreaders, and they are infected as fuck. *If you are able, please join us and make a donation to an organization supporting protesters, Black Lives Matter, and the end to police violence. * Here is...

In Episode 18: Almost Too Much To Swallow Alena tells about Goldfish Swallowing Contests.  Yep.  That is a thing. Jeanette tells us about bare hand fishing.  Yep.  That is a thing too.  Bonus: Review of the made for TV movie "Go Ask Alice" Go Ask Alice Movie: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068644/ Podcast Music by Jeff Stovall: https://soundcloud.com/backhousetranscendental