Trying To Be Better with Joel and Steve

Joel and Steve celebtrate their 3rd TTBB Anniversary by... Actually producing some content!  TTBB #1 published on 11/16/2020, you should go listen to it - and determine if any actual growth as occurred.  Email comments to ttbbpodcast@gmail.com! Joel just wrapped up the play A Bright New Boise, and Steve saw it last night.  The play is chock-full of discussion material! Be sure to Like/Follow/Subsc...

Joel and Steve reconnect to market their latest boondoggle - Biodiesel, coming soon to a back alley near you! They also reminisce about Bodega's Alley (RIP).  Steve has lost his wallet.  Joel contemplates joining Costco. Joel is re-re-committing to The Artist's Way, a book/program by Julia Cameron. Be sure to Like/Follow/Subscribe and Review Joel and Steve wherever you listen to podcasts!  Follow...

Joel and Steve reconvene after taking a week off so that Joel could go on vaca up to the north shore of Lake Superior!  Steve saw Stop Making Sense in the Riepma Ross theater, and was a (simulated) Active Shooter! Be sure to Like/Follow/Subscribe and Review Joel and Steve wherever you listen to podcasts!  Follow on Instagram @TryingToBeBetterPodcast! For a limited time if you email Joel and Steve...

Joel doesn't want to do the thing he loves to do, even though he knows it will work out and that the end result will be really cool. Steve reads... a Poem. Be sure to like, subscribe, and review Joel and Steve wherever you listen to podcasts! Follow on Instagram @TryingToBeBetterPodcast, email at ttbbpodcast@gmail.com! #TootYourHooter #BeAGoldfish

Joel and Steve come perilously close to taking their own inventory. Be sure to Like/Follow/Review and Subscribe to Joel and Steve wherever you listen to podcasts!  Follow on Instagram @TryingToBeBetterPodcast, email at ttbbpodcast@gmail.com! #TootYourHooter #Boebertheimer  

Joel stops obsessing about aliens long enough to go see his favorite band!  His relationship with Pearl Jam goes back 30 years, so getting to see them again is a big deal on a few levels.  He also has received some grace from our benevolent federal government regarding his student loans! Steve has decided that playing bluegrass is where the action is at! Be sure to Like/Follow/Subscribe to and Rev...

Joel and Steve are delighted to spend some time visiting with Matt Martinosky! Matt works directly with the unsheltered in Lincoln, NE - and is currently living with and undergoing treatment for cancer, which he has been battling since 2021.  Matt is a longtime listener, first time guest on the pod.  He always has good and honest feedback about the podcast off the air, so it's really cool to have...

Joel and Steve have one last blowout before Joel has to... Go Back To Work!  Steve has to get over a thing.  They both saw the Barbie movie.  Joel saw some great concerts.  They discuss truly important questions such as: could a Bon Scott-era AC/DC tribute act save us all?  Unlikely - but Selena Gomez just might. Regardless - Joel and Steve both are so grateful to their dedicated fans that they'd...

Joel and Steve do their now Annual 'live and in person' podcast from Kansas City, MO - where they went to see the one and only Ween live in concert! Also - there was pizza! Be sure to Like/Follow/Subscribe and Review Joel and Steve wherever you listen to podcasts - now including YouTube! Follow on Instagram @TryingToBeBetterPodcast, email at ttbbpodcast@gmail.com! #TootYourHooter #PolloAsado

Joel and Steve are joined by Steve's sister Libby Brown!  Libby has had a an interesting career spanning journalism, public policy and high-tech, most recently in the identity and authentication division of Microsoft. I've you've ever signed into an Xbox or Office 365 account - you've used one of the things she managed/developed!   On top of that, she's a genuinely cool person - and it's about dam...

Joel and Steve de-brief about their Dead & Co. experiences in Boulder from the last weekend.  Both have had profound experiences at these (and related) events - so to get to do it one more time was a really special thing! Even if (maybe especially if) 'The Dead' aren't your bag, stick around for this conversation.  The bottom line of the whole scene is very simply stated: There is nothing like...

Joel and Steve take time off from their busy summers to talk about... their busy summers! Steve visited his sister in Seattle and while there stood with striking Starbucks employees, and witnessed the majesty of the Seattle Pride parade!  They share their love of the TSA. Joel... shared about a beloved piece of his childhood.  Be sure to Like/Follow/Subscribe and Review Joel and Steve wherever you...

"I'm spending a lot of energy in my brain to make up a false reality - that I *think I want* - that is Hurting Me." - Joel That's it - that's mostly the episode! There's also some talk about a trashy noir novel, and Steve got to see a piece of rolling history: https://www.up.com/heritage/steam/4014/ Be sure to Like, Follow, Subscribe and Review Joel and Steve wherever you listen to podcasts!  Foll...

Joel and Steve reconvene after a break to talk about... dogs.  Their dogs.  Friend's dogs.  Joel is discovering the meaning of "Man's Best Friend" - and it's awesome!  Steve played some bluegrass music, and had a blast!  The first Tuesday of every month (except this upcoming July) at Duffy's Tavern from 8-10 is an open bluegrass jam hosted by friend and past guess Mike Semrad.  Come down and hang...

Joel and Steve discuss the passing of LB 574 in the Nebraska Legislature, which wraps a ban on care for transgender minors around a 12-week abortion ban. If you feel like it Like/Follow/Subscribe and Review Joel and Steve wherever you listen to podcasts.  (A review really helps!)  Follow on Instagram @TryingToBeBetterPodcast, email at ttbbpodcast@gmail.com . #TootYourHooter #OneWayOrAnother

Joel and Steve reconvene to talk about napping, the new Legend of Zelda game, Buddy Guy and John Mayer!  Also - Steve has been killing it on the Guess The Year podcast!  Be sure to check it out because it's really fun!  The episode that drops on Monday 5/15 is the end of Season 1 - Steve returns to defend his title! https://guesstheyear.net/ Check it out wherever you listen to podcasts, it's also...

Joel rouses Steve from a post-gig slumber to produce some content! Maybe it's the sleep deprivation, but they have a wide-ranging conversation - covering the Broadway touring roadshow of 'Jagged Little Pill', people pleasing and setting boundaries, Malsow's hierarchy of needs - and Joel has an upcoming artistic endeavor! Be sure to Like/Follow/Subscribe and Review Joel and Steve wherever you liste...

Joel and Steve are back after apologetically taking a break.  Well, not a 'break' exactly - they just had to do other things.  Regardless - they're glad to be back! Steve was a contestant on a Grateful Dead based game show podcast called Guess The Year - and won!  That episode will be up Monday, May 1 - check it out wherever you listen to this podcast at! https://guesstheyear.net/ Joel has also be...

Joel and Steve are 100% confident in their roles as Modern American Males.  Or, at least, they are trying to figure out what it means to be that. Be sure to Like, Follow, Subscribe and Review Joel and Steve wherever you listen to podcasts!  Follow on Instagram @TryingToBeBetterPodcast, email at ttbbpodcast@gmail.com! #TootYourHooter  #ICanDoHardThings

Joel and Steve talk about movies (Steve hasn't seen *any* Jurassic Park movies), the Nebraska legislature, fascism, gun violence.... and meditation!  (Whew.)  Be sure to Like/Follow/Subscribe and Review Joel and Steve wherever you listen to podcasts!  Follow on Instagram @TryingToBeBetterPodcast, email at ttbbpodcast@gmail.com! #TootYourHooter #SaveTheKids

Joel and Steve visit with Dr. Bob Rauner of Lincoln, NE - who is currently running for re-election to Lincoln Public Schools Board of Directors, District 6! Dr. Rauner is Chief Medical Officer for OneHealth Nebraska, and is also President of Partnership for a Healthy Nebraska.  He has also been publishing YouTube videos with useful information about the Covid-19 since the beginning of the pandemic...

Joel and Steve - because of their undying love for and dedication to their fans (not because of their need to hear themselves talk) - convene to produce More Content! They discuss Joel's 2nd guest appearance on the "Less Than 2000" podcast, which is a good time in and of itself, to talk about the band Tool.    They also endorse Bob Rauner for LPS School Board - who you should totally vote for if y...

Joel and Steve teach old dogs (themselves) new tricks!  Joel is swimming with Doc Brown, and Steve is singing Mozart! (Really!) They also reminisce about a concert neither of them attended - today is the 50th Anniversary of the one time the Grateful Dead played Lincoln, NE.   No one's noticed but the band's all packed and gone - were they ever here at all? If you'd like to listen to it - here is a...

Steve attempts to bait Joel into an hour of just bashing on Fox News and its followers in light of the recent 'Big Lie' revelations, but Joel isn't having it - which probably makes for a better podcast.  They end up talking about other things, like the fact that Steve has never watched the 'X-Files', The Coffee House (at 1324 'P' Street in Lincoln, NE), and why do people still have Twitter account...

Joel and Steve open up the listener mail bag to find things in it!  Also covered - where is the line where a loved artist's behavior is so bad you have to not acknowledge them anymore?  Also also discussed - the 'new' To Kill A Mockingbird roadshow, brain drain,  genocide, Vonnegut and Sportsball!  (And a nice discussion about holidays in Sweden!) Be sure to Like, Follow, Subscribe and Review Joel...