The SmorgShow Podcast (Smorgasbord Radio)

It's been a year and a half since we closed up shop at the SmorgShow Podcast. However, we left the door slightly ajar when we said we reserve the right to publish new content should any big news be worthy enough to resurrect the program, even for just a single episode from time to time. Well, that time is here! On this special episode which is shared on two separate podcast feeds (also episode 7 o...

As we discussed in the last episode, we determined it would be extremely difficult to continue forward with the Smorgasbord Radio Show in its current form following the passing of co-founder Dave Jackson earlier this year. Have no dispair though, because Chris and Jerry will be launching a new podcast in early 2025. In order to finish this podcast series properly, it only felt right to return to h...

Chris and Jerry reflect back on a very difficult year and the challenges of living life in the 'new normal'. With the passing of Dave Jackson, our dear friend and co-founder of the Smorgasbord Radio Show, Chris has thought long and hard about how to continue the show going forward. Is it finally time to retire the Smorgasbord Radio show after 40 years?

Chris continues solo this week looking back our our friend, blood brother and Smorgasbord Show co-founder, Dave Jackson . Dave deserves more than one episode honoring him, so we found a few additional bits from over the years to round out our tribute: Palentine's Day Episode : Chris and Dave review male bonding activities and keep score of how many 'manly' activities they took part in together ove...

Former longtime host of WLS's 'Drive Chicago,' Paul Brian passed away peacefully surrounded by his family on June 11. In honor of his passing, we are unearthing a rare recording of Chris and Dave from 2011 where they display their best baritone pipes to deliver this comical exchange. To give credit where credit is due, Chris and Dave 'borrowed' this concept from Chicago talk radio hosts Steve Dahl...

The  SmorgShow Podcast  crew is devastated and heartbroken over the recent passing of our brother and co-founder of the  Chris and Dave Smorgasbord  radio show,  Dave Jackson . We took some time away these past couple of months to grieve the loss of our dear friend, but now we are back to present this loving tribute to Dave. Our show never would have been what it was without the creative collabora...

Ally returns to the show and joins Chris and Jerry for a game of ' Right or Racist ', the party game about stereotypes. Where on the spectrum will our hosts land? Other Topics: The AI Girlfriend - A Data Harvesting and Privacy Nightmare DignifAI - A new trend that uses state of the art artificial intelligence to analyze images and identify areas where they may not align with modesty standards. Wit...

After a much needed, but rather lengthy time away, Chris and Jerry are back for the first episode of 2024. And their return could not come any sooner! Here we are again in another election year . If recent history is any guide, we are in for some turbulent times. What will the globalists try this time? Another pandemic, a race war, power grid outages, or WWIII? Other Topics: Chris tries VR goggles...

As we close out 2023, we went deep into our vast archives and dug up this gem from 2016 when the SmorgShow Players re-enacted the 1949 radio drama, ' Letter From Cynthia '. This is the 10th installment of the SmorgShow Theater radio drama series. Unlike other timeless Christmas classics like ' A Christmas Carol ' and ' It's a Wonderful Life ', this one is not very well known and can easily be over...

Chris is joined by his daughter, Ally for this special Thanksgiving episode! Ally returns to the studio for the first time in over a year. As a result, the show has a more cheerful tone, free from the conspiratorial bent that has come through on our more recent episodes, thanks to the contributions of our Chief Conspiracy Correspondent. For our main course, Chef Ally answers listener emails and qu...

Kim brings a special fall cocktail to the studio while Chris and Jerry host this episode. The CDC quietly phases out COVID-19 vaccination cards Chris shares his observations about the current Hallmark Movies Lithuanian man arrested in Spain for faking heart attacks to avoid paying his bill at 20 restaurants Gen Z is now looking to AI for companionship Baba Gonesh 's "Observations from the Street":...

Chris and Jerry return to kick off the fall season of th e SmorgShow Podcast! The content of this episode was generated entirely by Generative AI: The Conspiracies Unveiled Podcast - Episode 1 Breaking Baba News: The Great Goat Rebellion Special Interest Story: What's Up With Those " Chip Deniers" ?

We at the SmorgShow Podcast are taking a much needed break from our regular production schedule. However, we could not let our annual tradition of celebrating Oktoberfest pass without any acknowledgment. We are admittedly 'phoning it in' as they say in the business by putting out this compilation of our past celebrations. We present to you all of our Oktoberfest celebrations from 2018-2022 for you...

Amazon shuts down man's smart home after being accused of being a racist! The tale of Brandon Jackson who went one week without his Alexa/smart home services as he struggled to convince Amazon that he did not shout racist remarks to a Amazon delivery man. The Academy Awards instates new woke criteria for the Best Picture category to go into effect with the 2024 Oscars . Baba Gonesh follows up to h...

Chris and Kim are Alaska Bound! On this episode, we go back and listen to key statements made on Episode 114 - Coronavirus Lockdown , released April 11, 2020. The U.S. was only 3 weeks into the COVID-19 lockdown madness and the hosts of the SmorgShow Podcast were trying to make sense of it all. Chris and Jerry evaluate how perceptive we were with what was taking place and where we thought we were...

Celebrating the 58th Birthday of our Chief Conspiracy Correspondent (CCC), Jerome Malauskas. Kim joins Chris and Jerry in the studio with a special vegan birthday surprise. Chris and Kim also celebrate their 30th anniversary of meeting. They discuss the full story of their chance elevator encounter and how Jerry helped to 'seal the deal' with getting Chris and Kim together. Both Chris and Kim lear...

If there was ever an episode designed specifically for our resident Chief Conspiracy Correspondent, this is it! Jerome joins Chris in the studio to catch up on all the latest news and social commentary. Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI is on Capitol Hill this week for some grilling on ChatGPT , its artificial intelligence chatbot software. There has been a lot of talk and development in the artificial in...

Chris finds an old consumer complaint form that was filed in 1989 with the Illinois Attorney General' s office in order to get out of a contract with a video dating service. This was a service where you create a profile video that is mailed to prospective love interests via VHS tape and in exchange you receive regular shipments of others who are looking for their own prospective love interest. Chr...

Jerry updates us on his annual DEI (Diversity-Equity-Inclusion) training ; Chris completes his mandatory harassment training , although he wonders why he was the only one on his team who got the notice about the training. This sparks a discussion about Chris's early days as a manager where he had to manage an associate out of the organization for sexual harassment who then turned around and sued t...

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Special Guest Actors Papa Vito and Bud Wizer open the show to discuss the Murder Mystery Party that they will be attending that evening. The theme: " A Taste for Wine and Murder", set in the wine region of Napa Valley, California at the Underwood Wine Estates. It has been 5 years since the owner of Underwood Wine Estates mysteriously disappeared during the valley's annual wine festival. Papa Vito...

The SmorgShow Podcast celebrates its 13-year anniversary! Chief Conspiracy Correspondent (CCC) , Jerome Malauskas j oins Chris in the studio on this episode for yet another tense episode, where we focus on the topic of Transhumanism. We discuss EctoLife , the world's first artificial womb facility, a baby farm capable of producing 30,000 children a year and allows parents to select their baby's tr...

Happy New Year (again)! Just hours after we published Episode 158, New Year Same Old Clown World , YouTube took down our content for violating "Community Guidelines". Rather than go through the fruitless task of disputing the charge, we decided to publish this alternate version which contains only the second half of the original episode. In this episode, Chris's wife Kim joins us in the SmorgShow...

Back from an extended holiday break, Chris is joined by Chief Conspiracy Correspondent (CCC), Jerome Malauskas to ring in the new year which in many ways resembles the old year. In this first episode of 2023, we get down to covering some pretty heavy topics that only the CCC could fully appreciate: Jimmy Fallon breaks out in song to celebrate the new Covid-19 variant XBB.1.5 - Entertainment or Pro...

Ally returns to the SmorgShow Lounge to co-host this final episode for 2022. Chris and Ally begin by reflecting back on some of their more memorable Christmases from years past and discuss the traditions that were most meaningful to them. For Ally, it was her magical elf that came to life at night after sprinkling magic snow over it. For Chris, it was making daily calls to the Santa hotline. Then...