Josh Bloom

Watch all of the original 1461 Days of Ignoring The Trump Administration TikTok posts from June 13-June 19, 2025 on YouTube ! +++ On This Week’s Episode This week on the show, we talk about inventing ourselves and how that topic is related to the band R.E.M . and what that has to do with the two roads people seem to travel when they engage with me about ignoring the Trump administration. We move o...

Watch all of the original 1461 Days of Ignoring The Trump Administration TikTok posts from June 6-June 12, 2025 on YouTube ! +++ On This Week’s Episode Hey, it’s Josh, and this is Episode #35 of the Josh Bloom Podcast ! This week on the show, we talk about how if you have a dozen kids that you don’t see, then no one should be wondering if you care about anything. Yes, I am referring to the electri...

Watch all of the original 1461 Days of Ignoring The Trump Administration TikTok posts from May 30-June 5, 2025 on YouTube ! +++ On This Week’s Episode Hey, it’s Josh, and this is Episode #34 of the Josh Bloom Podcast ! This week on the show, we talk about how I haven’t gotten over people’s selfish behavior during the pandemic, which I was reminded of by seeing a fly in the donut case at ShopRite....

Watch all of the original 1461 Days of Ignoring The Trump Administration TikTok posts from May 23-May 29, 2025 on YouTube ! +++ On This Week’s Episode Hey, it’s Josh, and this is Episode #33 of the Josh Bloom Podcast ! This week on the show, we talk about how some people are metaphorical garbage people and how I have more respect for actual garbage people who risk their lives riding around on the...

Watch all of the original 1461 Days of Ignoring The Trump Administration TikTok posts from May 16-May 22, 2025 on YouTube ! +++ On This Week’s Episode Hey, it’s Josh, and this is Episode #32 of the Josh Bloom Podcast ! This week we talk about what it would be like to see Oprah get into a fender bender, a commentator asks “What happened to the leader of the Trump Administration’s 34 counts,” and I...

Watch all of the original 1461 Days of Ignoring The Trump Administration TikTok posts from May 9-May 15, 2025 on YouTube ! +++ On This Week’s Episode Hey, it’s Josh, and this is Episode #31 of the Josh Bloom Podcast ! This week, we talk about how I spiraled and got depressed over the lack of a good “ Pope from Chicago” joke, my ongoing struggle with food, boundaries around food, and self-disciplin...

Watch all of the original 1461 Days of Ignoring The Trump Administration TikTok posts from May 2-May 8, 2025 on YouTube ! +++ On This Week’s Episode Hey, it’s Josh, and this is Episode #30 of the Josh Bloom Podcast ! I hope you enjoyed the bonus episode “The Intelligence of Stupidity” earlier this week. Go back and listen to it if you haven’t yet here . A commenter on YouTube said that it is “an a...

Hey, it’s Josh! You’re probably wondering, “ Josh , what the hell are you doing in my podcast feed on a Monday?” Well, you can consider this a bonus episode of the Josh Bloom Podcast ! Why a bonus episode? I will tell you! On July 6th, 2024, I saw the hysterical play “Oh, Mary!” during its run of previews ahead of opening on Broadway following its sold-out downtown NYC run. On October 6th, 2024, I...

Watch all of the original 1461 Days of Ignoring The Trump Administration TikTok posts from April 25-May 1, 2025 on YouTube ! +++ On This Week’s Episode Hey, it’s Josh , and this is Episode #29 of the Josh Bloom Podcast ! Do you remember when you were 29 and feared 30 coming around the bend? Me neither. I was too miserable for memories. I originally was going to say I was too high, but I decided to...

On This Week’s Episode This week we talk about… The old man I met while returning my cable boxes, Senator Chuck Grassley getting yelled at by his constituents in Iowa, Cameron Frye from “ Ferris Bueller’s Day Off ,” potential 2028 candidates including AOC , Mayor Pete , and Barack Obama ???, Kanye West and his cousin (that’s a spicy one), the power of positive thinking (and I don’t mean the cult m...

On This Week’s Episode… This week’s essential mentions and name drops include... Björk , Barack Obama , my unlit menorah, 6% celebration cake, “Django Unchained,” dirty hippies, and protest sign participants! +++ Hi. It’s Josh. A few days before the inauguration, I was thinking about how I wanted to deal with the next four years . +++ Watch all of the original 1461 Days of Ignoring The Trump Admin...

On This Weeks Episode… So many influential figures discussed on this week’s episode including... My dentist, Smashing Pumpkins , the Chipotle Chicken, Egg & Avo Sandwich and the Girl Sleeping In The Booth (both at the Panera!), and speaking of the letter P, we have Prince , Penn & Teller , and a Pressure Cooker. Oh, and of course, two mentions of my Therapist! +++ Hi. It’s Josh. A few days before...

On This Weeks Episode… Quite a lot of star power in this week’s show! Francis Ford Coppola , Senator Cory Booker , Iron Maiden , Beavis & Butthead , Madonna , Senator Raphael Warnock , Mötley Crüe , Phish , and Bono of U2 all mentioned! +++ Hi. It’s Josh. A few days before the inauguration, I was thinking about how I wanted to deal with the next four years . +++ Watch all of the original 1461 Days...

Hi. It’s Josh. A few days before the inauguration, I was thinking about how I wanted to deal with the next four years . +++ Watch all of the original 1461 Days of Ignoring The Trump Administration TikTok posts from March 14-March 24, 2025 ( on YouTube !) +++ I was exhausted by the news! But I wasn’t interested in going completely uninformed. I wanted to use the “opportunity,” as I had decided to o...

Stop one! If you haven’t listened to Part One , go and do that first. Scroll to Episode #18 in the Josh Bloom Podcast feed at this link . Stop two! I reference several TikTok posts in this article which I have conveniently reposted to YouTube for you. Even more conveniently, here are links to these posts: • “Starbucks Has Banned All Bad Behavior” ( YOUTUBE ) • “The First Karen of 2025” ( YOUTUBE )...

Hi. It’s Josh. A few days before the inauguration, I was thinking about how I wanted to deal with the next four years . +++ Watch all of the original 1461 Days of Ignoring The Trump Administration TikTok posts from March 3-March 13, 2025 ( on YouTube !) +++ I was exhausted by the news! But I wasn’t interested in going completely uninformed. I wanted to use the “opportunity,” as I had decided to op...

Hi. It’s Josh. A few days before the inauguration, I was thinking about how I wanted to deal with the next four years . +++ Watch all of the original 1461 Days of Ignoring The Trump Administration TikTok posts ( on YouTube ! ) from Feb. 19-March 2, 2025 . +++ I was exhausted from paying attention to the news. But I wasn’t interested in going completely uninformed. I wanted to use the “opportunity,...

Hi. It's Josh. Some show notes: 1. Skip this week’s episode if you don’t like spoilers ! 2. I posted a longer “Come With Me To See” video on YouTube of this day. Watch! 3. In that video, I realize that Mike Brady of The Brady Bunch is also an architect! +++ THE BRUTALIST is a better film than OVERBOARD , the 1987 comedy starring Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn that also features cabinet construction,...

Hi. It’s Josh. A few days before the inauguration, I was thinking about how I wanted to deal with the next four years . I was exhausted from paying attention to the news, but I wasn’t interested in going completely uninformed. I wanted to use the “opportunity,” as I had decided to optimistically look at this timeline , to become more mindful and better train my mind to take in the “news,” and then...

Hi. It's Josh. These are my actual behaviors in actual coffee shops. Everything you are about to hear is meant to make you laugh. While rooted in my reality, my sarcasm isn’t nearly as important to me as empathy. We are all here for a short time, after all. Lashing out is not a priority. Levity is. When you listen to this, don’t worry. You’re already perfect. I am describing people we should loath...

Hi. It's Josh. A few days before the inauguration, I was thinking about how I wanted to deal with these next four years. I was exhausted from paying attention to the news, but I wasn’t interested in going completely uninformed. I wanted to use the “opportunity,” as I had decided to optimistically look at this timeline , to become more mindful and better train my mind to take in the “news,” and the...

Hi. It's Josh. A few days before the inauguration, I was thinking about how I wanted to deal with these next four years. I was exhausted from paying attention to the news, but I wasn’t interested in going completely uninformed. I wanted to use the “opportunity,” as I had decided to optimistically look at this timeline , to become more mindful and better train my mind to take in the “news,” and the...

Hi. It's Josh. Today, I have 30 minutes of new TikTok Rants for you, edited together oh-so-nicely and posted on all of the various podcast platforms. For your pleasure (maybe not, let’s see), here are four of those posts with additional commentary only available on the podcast. In This Episode… The woman working at the Stop & Shop self-checkout calls me an “expert,” and then calls me “weird,” whil...

Hi. It's Josh. Today, I have more than 37 minutes of new TikTok Rants for you, edited together oh-so-nicely and posted on all of the various podcast platforms. For your pleasure (maybe not, let’s see), here are four of those posts (plus a bonus!) with additional commentary only available on the podcast. In This Episode… Talking seriously and somberly about a friend I lost this week, lots and lots...

Hi. It's Josh. Today, I have more than 42 minutes of new TikTok Rants for you, edited together oh-so-nicely and posted on all of the various podcast platforms. For your pleasure (maybe not, let’s see), here are four of those posts (plus a bonus!) with additional commentary only available on the podcast. In This Episode… I’m watching a woman complain in real time as I emotionally deal with the elec...