Trying To Be Better with Joel and Steve

Joel and Steve are celebrating!!  Today is Steve's birthday, and Joel's anniversary! Be sure to Like, Follow, Subscribe to and Review Joel and Steve wherever you listen to them! Limited Time Offer - if you email Joel and Steve at ttbbpodcast@gmail.com or DM on Bluesky you will be entered into a quarterly drawing for a now Limited Edition TTBBPodcast sticker! Winners will be notified by response em...

Joel and Steve celebrate the beginning of summer (and their 200th podcast!) by creating Fresh Content - just for you, the dedicated listeners of TTBB Nation! Steve is acting again, Joel is going to New York and there are many things to do in SE Nebraska - shoutout to The Omaha Buzz for compiling a very thorough list of happenings in Lincoln and Omaha!   Be sure to Like, Follow, Subscribe to and Re...

Joel and Steve have been talking about getting Joel's older brother Colin on the pod since its inception, so for about 5 years.  Today it actually happened!  All it took was a bike ride and the promise of some pizza, they should have thought about that a lot sooner!   At any rate - it was worth the wait to get him on!   Be sure to Like, Follow, Subscribe to and Review Joel and Steve wherever you l...

Joel and Steve mostly talk about introversion, Bob Weir, Florence and the Machine, streetcars and games you can play on them.  Mostly.  Be sure to Like, Follow, Subscribe to and Review Joel and Steve wherever you listen to them! Limited Time Offer - if you email Joel and Steve at ttbbpodcast@gmail.com or DM on Bluesky you will be entered into a quarterly drawing for a now Limited Edition TTBBPodca...

Joel and Steve managed to get it together for a second week in a row to celebrate a new and unprecedented level of insanity coming from our nation's highest office!  It's So Good, and so many laughs! Be sure to Like, Follow, Subscribe to and Review Joel and Steve wherever you listen to them! Limited Time Offer - if you email Joel and Steve at ttbbpodcast@gmail.com or DM on Bluesky you will be ente...

Joel and Steve welcome you back!  They've decided that really what they like doing is 'starting' - staying consistent is a... work in progress.  Regardless - they're glad to be back together and glad you're here! They have both been traveling a bit, and having local adventures.   Be sure to check out Steve's review of The Midland Band's album "Rodeo Dude" on friend and past TTBB guest Mike Semrad'...

Joel and Steve have brand new war to play with! Be sure to Like, Follow, Subscribe to and Review Joel and Steve wherever you listen to them! Limited Time Offer - if you email Joel and Steve at ttbbpodcast@gmail.com or DM on Bluesky you will be entered into a quarterly drawing for a now Limited Edition TTBBPodcast sticker! Winners will be notified by response email, please allow 6-8 weeks for deliv...

Joel and Steve... are not dead yet!  It's been one month since they last spoke IRL or here.  Pretty weird, but it's pretty weird times! Lots to talk about, and they do that Be sure to Like, Follow, Subscribe to and Review Joel and Steve wherever you listen to them! Limited Time Offer - if you email Joel and Steve at ttbbpodcast@gmail.com or DM on Bluesky you will be entered into a quarterly drawin...

Joel and Steve (sort of but not really) regret yet another extended absence from you, the dedicated listeners of TTBB Nation!  It couldn't be helped, but know that they do love you - and that they can change! They discuss the murders of US Citizens at the hands of ICE, and related issues - specifically what can we all do to make it through this horrific and nightmarish time in our country. Be sure...

Happy 2026 to TTBB Nation! To celebrate Joel and Steve have a most distinguished guest - Gianna Urbauer, who just happens to be Steve's daughter! This will definitely go in the books as a major parenting victory for Steve, as well as being a great conversation!   Be sure to Like, Follow, Subscribe to and Review Joel and Steve wherever you listen to them! Limited Time Offer - if you email Joel and...

Joel and Steve return from their longest break in five years - thanks to TTBB Nation for standing by, we do appreciate you! They have a somewhat valid excuse is that they were both busy putting together Steve's acting debut, which - all in all - was a success on many levels!   And, also - you know - Christmas and all that.    Be sure to Like, Follow, Subscribe to and Review Joel and Steve wherever...

Joel and Steve, once again, are careening wildly into 'The Holidays'.  They unpack going to a Celebration of Life, and what it means to 'accomplish things', and Joel gives Steve some sort of solicited acting advice!   Be sure to Like, Follow, Subscribe to and Review Joel and Steve wherever you listen to them! Limited Time Offer - if you email Joel and Steve at ttbbpodcast@gmail.com or DM on Bluesk...

Joel and Steve enter their 6th year of the TTBB Podcast with a fun talk about the Donkey Work of Acting, the prison of being 'cool', Wyrmwood's album release party, Trey Anastasio Band and Rail Riders. If you want to see the production of A Very Merry Nebraska City Christmas Carol - here's the info/ticket link: https://www.nebraskacitycreativedistrict.com/musical/ Be sure to Like, Follow, Subscrib...

Joel and Steve did TTBB #1 on 5/16/2020, so welcome to their 5 Year Anniversary Rerun!! They will be back with you shortly, but in the meantime they would like to convey their gratitude to TTBB Nation for listening and to all of the past (and future) guests for their time and insight. Onward!!   Be sure to Like, Follow, Subscribe to and Review Joel and Steve wherever you listen to them! Limited Ti...

Joel and Steve are delighted to welcome musician/songwriter Cole Eisenmenger from Omaha, NE on the pod! They talk about his band Wyrmwood and their upcoming album release, music, music therapy, bobble heads, discovering new music and more!   Wyrmwood is having an album release party at Slowdown in Omaha on Friday, November 21st - it's going to be a great night of music!  TTBB friend and past guest...

Steve was out past his bedtime getting down in Omaha.  (And, in this case, 'getting down' means sitting and enthusiastically tapping his foot and nodding his head.) Joel is reading Buddhist Monk stuff, while Steve is listening to a biography of Robert (R.) Crumb. Both equally transcendent and enlightening! That leads in to talk about great artists, and what is sometimes required to get there. Stev...

Joel visited lovely (really) Sioux City, SD and Steve had family in town. Also - we sort of like The Admiral in Omaha, but not enough to go there on a school night.    Be sure to Like, Follow, Subscribe to and Review Joel and Steve wherever you listen to them! Limited Time Offer - if you email Joel and Steve at ttbbpodcast@gmail.com or DM on Bluesky you will be entered into a quarterly drawing for...

Joel saw "The Outsiders" musical, and Steve saw Peach Trucking Co. play some mighty-fine Allman Bros music.  Beyond that - everything is fine! <thumb's up> You can watch "Next To Normal" here: Next to Normal | About | Great Performances | PBS Be sure to Like, Follow, Subscribe to and Review Joel and Steve wherever you listen to them! Limited Time Offer - if you email Joel and Steve at ttbbpo...

Joel and Steve come back from a well-deserved break to discuss <gestures broadly>, Joel's new devised work with his students - and the fact that Joel is going to be directing Steve (!) in a play! Here's the Elephant Graveyard video Steve was referencing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewvRS3NwIlQ&t=1855s Be sure to Like, Follow, Subscribe to and Review Joel and Steve wherever you listen...

Chappell Roan, Covid, Husker Football, A Nebraska City Christmas, Ex Nihilo Festival Omaha, Bob Odenkirk, car shows - It's All Happening! For information on the Ex Nihilo Festival in Omaha see Soundarte. MX's Insta: https://www.instagram.com/soundarte.mx/ Be sure to Like, Follow, Subscribe to and Review Joel and Steve wherever you listen to them! Limited Time Offer - if you email Joel and Steve at...

Joel and Steve discuss Joel's Alien Colonoscopy (he wishes), Drive-In Theaters, Pickleball, Working out, and maybe buying a Nintendo Switch2 when the time is right.    Be sure to Like, Follow, Subscribe to and Review Joel and Steve wherever you listen to them! Limited Time Offer - if you email Joel and Steve at ttbbpodcast@gmail.com or DM on Bluesky you will be entered into a quarterly drawing for...

Steve played a musical Free Improv gig last night, and Joel stopped by to check it out, and Joel is facing a new term of new drama students and has a couple revelations!   Be sure to Like, Follow, Subscribe to and Review Joel and Steve wherever you listen to them! Limited Time Offer - if you email Joel and Steve at ttbbpodcast@gmail.com or DM on Bluesky you will be entered into a quarterly drawing...

Steve went to New York City; Joel is going back to work!   Be sure to Like, Follow, Subscribe to and Review Joel and Steve wherever you listen to them! Limited Time Offer - if you email Joel and Steve at ttbbpodcast@gmail.com or DM on Bluesky you will be entered into a quarterly drawing for a now Limited Edition TTBBPodcast sticker! Winners will be notified by response email, please allow 6-8 week...

Joel and Steve are delighted to chat with JWG Wise - the creator of the horror audio drama Weeping Cedars. Weeping Cedars (and its related shows Samite and Wrought of Amber) are richly, deeply layered serials that are fascinating and addicting.   Check out all of the Weeping Cedars stories at: https://weepingcedars.com/   Be sure to Like, Follow, Subscribe to and Review Joel and Steve wherever you...

After yet another multi-week break (Summertime!) Joel and Steve reconvene and reconnect! Joel's yard is immaculate and stylish, Steve made the Executive Decision to pull the podcast off of Spotify, but not (yet) out of his life.  (It's complicated.)   Check out the Carl Hiassen novel "Squeeze Me" (2020) for some genuine belly-laughs at the expense of POTUS and his various sycophants.  (And read ot...