TheModernMoron podcast

Welcome to the first Modern Moron of the New Year… let's call it a Mediocre Modern Moron…  because there's only one direction to go after this episode and that is upward. By the time you get this the impeachment trial in the Senate may be over and I think we both know the outcome there and… We might be at war with Iran! So I briefly go over that and then I have two issues I would like to see you t...

Welcome to the final episode of the Modern Moron… for 2019!  We finish the year by finishing our conversation with the Senator, recorded just before Christmas. The Senator thinks there should be a Statute of limitations for tweets and public statements which a public figure can be held accountable for?  Sound like bullshit? Me too. We discuss the origin of the word Chick as slang for a woman. He t...

Stress during the holidays.  We all are subject to it and I hope you're experiencing a minimum of stress this year.  Personally I don't need the holidays to feel stressed. All I need is a day that ends with the letter Y.  Today's guest is the Senator and you're not going to believe this but he flaked on me. Kept me waiting for a couple of hours so he could fulfill his obligation… to get his haircu...

Today's guest is one of my former students and friend from … "the old days" in my former life and putting this episode together was basically figuring out which rabbit hole I wanted to present to you.  We talked for about an hour and I swear a half hour of it was about Guy Fieri from The Food Network and most of it was gossip. And it was started by me. Gossip is not okay 99% of the time and I felt...

I don't think every episode of this show is for everyone and as you can see from the title of this episode that especially holds true.  It's the holidays and for the most part people are busying themselves with the stuff of Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's… Office and neighborhood holiday parties and such. And these holidays have their rough spots as well.  We sit down with the Senator again...

Welcome to a Modern Moron in the Nude! Good News bad news in this episode.  Bad news: we do talk politics which is mainly the Trump impeachment cul de sac that will never get past the senate.  The GOOD NEWS: depending on how you look at it is that my morning show partner from yesteryear comes over with her microphone and we talk about the impeachment... naked. Why not?  The hearings have been pret...

A lot of non-news news In this episode which is not to say it isn't interesting because it is.  Especially if you have a child that will be going to college soon… is in college or just got out of college.  I talk to a young whippersnapper college kid. Not just any college kid but it's the Senator's college kid, and I'm not even sure if he knows about it.  She is in her second year of college in Ne...

Welcome to Episode #40 of the Modern Moron.  A lot of rabbit holes in this episode and they start… right now. If you remember last week's episode when we spoke with the Senator he was on his second cocktail by the end.  In this episode we go back to the beginning of our conversation when he was beginning his first cocktail… and taunting me with it as well by the way.  Why out of order you ask, bec...

In this extended episode of the Modern Moron we are revisited by a recurring guest, the Senator.  And we cover topics in such a moronic way that I'm picking up the conversation about 15 minutes into it as you'll notice. There's a lot we cover in this episode as we talk politics so yeah, a lot to talk about when the process to impeach a president is in effect.  I say the impeachment process and not...

In this extended episode of the Modern Moron we are revisited by a recurring guest, the Senator.  And we cover topics in such a moronic way that I'm picking up the conversation about 15 minutes into it as you'll notice. There's a lot we cover in this episode as we talk politics so yeah, a lot to talk about when the process to impeach a president is in effect.  I say the impeachment process and not...

In this extended episode of the Modern Moron we are revisited by a recurring guest, the Senator.  And we cover topics in such a moronic way that I'm picking up the conversation about 15 minutes into it as you'll notice. There's a lot we cover in this episode as we talk politics so yeah, a lot to talk about when the process to impeach a president is in effect.  I say the impeachment process and not...

In this extended episode of the Modern Moron we are revisited by a recurring guest, the Senator.  And we cover topics in such a moronic way that I'm picking up the conversation about 15 minutes into it as you'll notice. There's a lot we cover in this episode as we talk politics so yeah, a lot to talk about when the process to impeach a president is in effect.  I say the impeachment process and not...

In this extended episode of the Modern Moron we are revisited by a recurring guest, the Senator.  And we cover topics in such a moronic way that I'm picking up the conversation about 15 minutes into it as you'll notice. There's a lot we cover in this episode as we talk politics so yeah, a lot to talk about when the process to impeach a president is in effect.  I say the impeachment process and not...

Another Moron Grab-bag.  We each need to start taking responsibility for the news we read and where we read it.  Whether it's a supposedly credible news source, Facebook or some moron's podcast, YOU need to do YOUR OWN checking.   To best exemplify this I have to go back to a Brady Bunch episode called the wheeler dealer where Greg buys his first car and ends up with a lemon.  Remember that? Thank...

Welcome to another episode of the Modern Moron… flying solo this week so I'm gonna cram a bunch of stuff in and and NO POLITICS, because I just can't.  It's just too much… I hope they all impeach each other and we all have to come up with someone new. That's it for politics. Item #1  The Great Pacific Garbage Patch -  They are finally picking up some trash in the Pacific Garbage patch!  They being...

Unless you're doing a podcast live or daily it's impossible to keep up with the news cycle these days so anything I do on our current craziness in Washington will only be different the next day, consequently… as of this recording I'm going back to last week's scandal which at one point was being referred to as Ukraine-gate?  Seems old doesn't it? I speak with my Ukraine comrade about the president...

Sorry this is a long one (that's what she said) My radio co-host is back and during her time on the radio she also reported the news.  Here are some of the idiiotic people, rabbit holes and topics we talk about: Alexandria Ocasio "I'm in My Rookie Year" blah,blah,blah says that it's a national scandal that the democratic party isn't moving to impeach Trump.  Remember what happened when we impeache...

Welcome to another episode of the Modern Moron.  An episode that you may enjoy? Or you may find quite boring.  If you're off the scale in either direction maybe you'll contact the Moron? We have a double barrel moron episode this week as The Senator, aka the Great Liker comes back to talk about his favorite subject: himself. What is a "Liker".  You know those fishermen that tell those wild fish st...

In this pt. 2 episode we talk more about Tim's father and some of the men he worked with as an L.A. cop in the late 70's and 80's. I refer incorrectly to an article I read about police officers with college degrees being less likely to draw their weapon than officers without a degree.  I'll address that in the close along with a link to the actual article below the description. We discuss the ways...

Today my guest is professional screenwriter and amateur Political Scientist?, Tim Lovestedt... We talk politics.  Not because of a particular political figure… or a political issue… or the next presidential election next year…  but because Tim has a bachelor's degree in Political Science. So technically he has a BS about BS'ers. I really don't know any more about politics than I do anything else,...

Today I talk with a dear friend, collaborator and writing partner from my time in L.A.  We met while studying improvisation in the early 90's at the Groundlings Theatre and we performed in the theatre's Sunday Company in the late 90's. We chat for a while about creating characters for radio which inevitably leads to a conversation about Phil Hendrie.  If you don't know who Phil Hendrie is and you...

Welcome to a global episode of the Modern Moron.  On this episode I speak with a friend and a colleague who immigrated to the United States with his family from The Ukraine when he was 9 years old in the early 90's.  Do I ask him about his views on immigration and the Trump Southern border wall? Of course not. That would have been an intelligent question though wouldn't it? (moron)     We talk abo...

We talk about Jeffrey Epstein the billionaire sex trafficker to the rich and famous… or maybe just the rich.  There are more protests in Hong Kong and apple is coming out with a new phone.  Also, Taylor Swift and Kidd Rock are in a Twitter War  Also, The Great Hack featuring Birttany Kaiser founder of #OwnYourData who worked for Cambridge Analytica (Alexander Nix).  I also talk about P assword Man...

We are revisited by Stand Up comedian Christine Lederman.  She will be at Comedy Works in Denver on Wednesday August 7th… so if you are within 750 miles of the Denver, Colorado area it will be worth the trip.  Besides this podcast she has been listening to a True Crime Podcast called "To Live and Die in L.A." which tells the story of a young girl from Eastern Europe who comes to Hollywood to becom...

Welcome to another episode of the Modern Moron.  Today I hook up again with my old radio partner to discuss the "My Truck My Rules" Mississippi Gubernatorial candidate  Robert Foster and his refusal to allow female reporter Larrison Campbell on a ride-along interview without providing an additional male in attendance.  It really seems like a sign of the times however I think both individuals are t...