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ASP StuffRadio

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Episode #92 – Grab All You Can and Merry Christmas, You Filthy Animal!

December 19, 2023 20:54 - 31.4 MB

After a year long dry spell ASP Stuff Radio barely manage to squeeze in a single episode before the close of 2023. However, the agonizing wait is worth it for the dedicated trio discuss Alberotle’s fifth time seeing his favorite … Continue reading →

Episode #91 – A Chekhov Christmas Story!!!

December 21, 2022 19:30 - 13.7 MB

In this holiday ☃️ special Alberotle reads an intriguing, odd but hilarious short-story (“The Exclamation Point” published in 1885) by one of the greatest writers of all time: Russian playwright and short-story writer, Anton Chekhov (1860-1904). Channeling Charles Dickens’s 1843 … Continue reading →

Episode #90 – I Love Saul and Hairy

November 22, 2022 22:29 - 66.8 MB

The wait is finally over, fans! ASP Stuff Radio return for their 90th episode after their one and a half year hiatus. Certainly your heart grew passionately fonder (or is it yonder?) for the show during the painful, prolonged absence. … Continue reading →

Episode #89 – Let the Old Guys Play

July 20, 2021 16:43 - 60.5 MB

After a three month hiatus the ASP trio finally reunite. In this latest episode, they return to the diamond to talk Giants baseball.  With their worst stretch in the first half only being a 4-game losing streak, the S.F. Giants … Continue reading →

Episode #88 – Can You Know You Know Nothing? The Edge of the Universe, Giants Update and Are We Losing the Art in Baseball?

April 20, 2021 15:05 - 50.8 MB

If you’ve ever been curious about the logical absurdities of knowing nothing, what dwells near the constantly expanding boundaries of the universe, and the lost art of baseball then ASP Stuff Radio, the quirkiest podcast in the Milky Way Galaxy, … Continue reading →

Episode #87 – Baseball is Back Again! And so are the Giants! Pandemic or not!

March 23, 2021 17:12 - 56.7 MB

We survived a dark Winter and with Spring upon us, so is baseball! The three revered baseball experts from ASP Stuff Radio dust off their cleats, strap on their jock strap and their COVID masks (or the same thing for … Continue reading →

Episode #86 – Be Careful What You’re Wishing For, Chips in Your Brain, and Cry Training

February 22, 2021 20:56 - 56.5 MB

ASP pack their latest episode with stuff that will augment your cognitive abilities to the posthuman state, and likely increase your stress hormones! Paulato discusses an interesting parallel between the circumstances surrounding the 2020 US presidential election and Germany’s Weimar … Continue reading →

Episode #85 – Tracking Nanobots, Remembering Alex Trebek, and Woody Allen Avoiding the Absurd

January 25, 2021 18:38 - 58 MB

After a two month hiatus, Alberotle, Steveocrates and Paulato unite in this episode by engaging in a fruitful but heated, critical discourse on alleged election fraud of the 2020 U.S. presidential election. What better way to unify a divided nation? … Continue reading →

Episode #84 – A Little Christmas Special

December 21, 2020 20:51 - 23.1 MB

Seasons greetings to all! In this Christmas special Alberotle narrates a few passages from an old mass paperback that was published in 1982 by Nelson Doubleday, Inc., entitled A Little Book of Christmas: A treasury of stories, songs, tradition, gift … Continue reading →

Episode #83 – A Dark Winter, the Door to Hell and Reverend Hunter Pence

November 12, 2020 14:26 - 50.6 MB

Alberotle, Steveocrates and Paulato assemble in separate bunkers to share some pretty, pretty intriguing stuff in this mind-bending episode. Alberotle provides an analysis of Joe Biden’s warning in a presidential debate that the world is “about to go into a … Continue reading →

Episode #82 – What Has He Done for Our Country?

November 03, 2020 16:52 - 24.4 MB

Happy Election Day! Love him or hate him, “the Donald” is our president. And since the predominantly one-sided corporate mainstream media tends to report only on the negative aspects of Trump we probably are unaware of his noteworthy accomplishments. In … Continue reading →

Episode #81 – Spooky Stuff Part 2

October 31, 2020 16:46 - 48.3 MB

What better way to celebrate five years of ASP Stuff Radio than to listen to four dark, spooky tales from our 2nd annual Spooky Stuff Halloween episode! The show opens with Paulato’s “The Gruesome Gourd” where a malevolent flying gourd … Continue reading →

Episode #80 – The Woody Allen Encounter

September 16, 2020 17:32 - 57.1 MB

Woody Allen, the critically acclaimed American film director, screenwriter, actor, and writer, is notable for his regular Monday night performance at the Café Carlyle with the Eddy Davis New Orleans Jazz band. On one particularly memorable rainy Monday evening, December … Continue reading →

Episode #79 – Baseball Is Back!

August 04, 2020 22:40 - 59.9 MB

The pandemic-filled Major League Baseball season is in full swing, and the three aspiring all-stars of knowledge and perspective stretch out their brains to discuss the state of the San Francisco Giants. Tune in to hear what they each think … Continue reading →

Episode #78 – To Bring into Being, or Not to Bring into Being

June 30, 2020 16:28 - 52.8 MB

In the near future Steveocrates will be fathering a new baby human earthling. Congratulations? Was it morally right for him to bring new life into an ephemeral material existence in light of the undeniable fact that the world is filled … Continue reading →

Episode #77 – ASP Stuff Radio’s Lost in D.C.

May 23, 2020 23:05 - 50.3 MB

https://ia601407.us.archive.org/26/items/episode-77/Episode%2077.mp3 After an extended absence from the podcast waves, ASP Stuff Radio returns with episode #77 by commemorating Steveocrates’ six-month work assignment at our nation’s capital. In a rare occurrence, Steveocrates plays host with Alberotle and Paulato providing invaluable commentary.  … Continue reading →

Episode #76 – What Is This Thing Called Luuurve?

February 29, 2020 17:29 - 14.8 MB

https://ia601500.us.archive.org/13/items/episode76.whatisthisthingcalledluuurve2292020/Episode%2076.mp3 While Steveocrates and Paulato are on special assignment, Alberotle in solipsistic fashion contemplates the nature of love (or “luff”) on a leap day and shares an intriguingly odd theory of love set forth by Aristophanes, the Greek comic playwright, … Continue reading →

Episode #75 – The Rise of Skywalker Movie Review

January 31, 2020 16:50 - 61.2 MB

https://ia601406.us.archive.org/28/items/episode75.theriseofskywalkermoviereview1262020/Episode%2075.mp3 ASP Speak!  Not too long ago in the Milky Way galaxy, members of ASP Stuff Radio critically reviewed the third and possibly (but unlikely) final installment of the Star Wars sequel trilogy and epic Star Wars saga: The Rise … Continue reading →

Episode #74 – Philosophical Investigations of Precrime & Thanksgiving

November 26, 2019 19:23 - 51.1 MB

https://ia601401.us.archive.org/5/items/episode74.philosophicalinvestigationsofprecrimethanksgiving112619/Episode%2074.mp3 Alberotle, Steveocrates and Paulato put on their mind-altering thinking caps and investigate the philosophical implications of Precrime as depicted by Philip K. Dick in his 1956 science fiction story The Minority Report which was later adapted into a film … Continue reading →

Episode #73 – Spooky Stuff

October 31, 2019 20:51 - 29 MB

https://ia601401.us.archive.org/21/items/episode73_201910/Episode%2073.mp3 Season four of ASP Stuff Radio begins with a special, spooky Halloween episode in which Alberotle narrates three dark tales written by the ASP trio.  In Paulato’s “The Orange Tale-Tell Heart” a horrifying orange creature haunts every human by … Continue reading →

Episode #72 – Thank You, Boch!

October 01, 2019 00:13 - 48.5 MB

https://ia801404.us.archive.org/22/items/episode72.thankyouboch92819/Episode%2072.mp3 In the season 3 finale of ASP Stuff Radio, Alberotle, Steveocrates and Paulato discuss the overall season and performance of the 2019 San Fransisco Giants as well as share their top three positive accomplishments, and bottom three negative aspects … Continue reading →

Episode #71 – A Discussion of The Alberotle Report

September 06, 2019 16:34 - 63.8 MB

https://ia601404.us.archive.org/6/items/episode71.adiscussionofthealberotlereport83019/Episode%2071.mp3 After an extensive hiatus from ASP Stuff Radio Steveocrates and Paulato finally return and join Alberotle in a discussion of The Alberotle Report, a meticulous and thought-provoking analysis of the origins of the fabricated Russiagate conspiracy.  Do not fret … Continue reading →

Episode #70 – The Alberotle Report On The Corrupt Foundation of Russiagate, Part 4 of 4

July 05, 2019 15:12 - 91.7 MB

https://ia601403.us.archive.org/14/items/episode70_201907/Episode%2070.mp3 At long last: the ‘overstuft’ series finale of The Alberotle Report, an extensive and informative analysis of the corrupt foundation of the Russiagate scandal.  Part four reveals an alternative and more plausible “narrative” of the source of the controversial … Continue reading →

Episode #69 – The Alberotle Report On The Corrupt Foundation of Russiagate, Part 3 of 4

June 21, 2019 18:10 - 97.6 MB

https://ia601407.us.archive.org/10/items/Episode69.TheAlberotleReportOnTheCorruptFoundationOfRussiagatePart3Of46212019/Episode%2069.mp3 “Our entire intelligence apparatus was weaponized to alter a Presidential Election….The chain activity may rise all the way to the top.  How does a nation prepare itself to deal with that level of criminality?” —Jeff Carlson In part three … Continue reading →

Episode #68 – The Alberotle Report On The Corrupt Foundation of Russiagate, Part 2 of 4

June 07, 2019 16:46 - 76.7 MB

https://ia601408.us.archive.org/33/items/Episode68_201906/Episode%2068.mp3 Alberotle proceeds with his ambitious four-part investigative report on the corrupt foundation of the Russiagate scandal. In the second part of this extensive series Alberotle critically examines the George Papadopoulos case that launched the FBI’s July 31, 2016 counterintelligence … Continue reading →

Episode #67 – The Alberotle Report On The Corrupt Foundation of Russiagate, Part 1 of 4

May 31, 2019 16:58 - 50.1 MB

https://ia601505.us.archive.org/34/items/Episode67.TheAlberotleReportOnTheCorruptFoundationOfRussiagatePart1Of45312019/Episode%2067.mp3 On Thursday April 18, 2019 Robert Mueller’s report on alleged collusion between the Trump campaign and the Russian government to overthrow the 2016 US presidential election was released to the public.  The result? Not a single American was charged … Continue reading →

Episode #66 – Scanning Shoppers’ Faces, Signals from Outer Space, and The Changing Landscape of Baseball

March 25, 2019 22:53 - 72.4 MB

https://ia601406.us.archive.org/27/items/Episode66_201903/Episode%2066.mp3 In episode #66 Alberotle brings to light a new controversial piece of potential “Big Brother” technology called “smart coolers” that enables products to scan the faces of shoppers, which is now being piloted in a Walgreens store in Chicago.  … Continue reading →

Episode #65 – San Francisco Giants 2019 Spring Training

February 28, 2019 19:43 - 32 MB

https://ia601409.us.archive.org/4/items/Episode65.SanFranciscoGiants2019SpringTraining21919/Episode%2065.mp3 The 2019 spring training baseball season is in full swing and Alberotle and Steveocrates had the chance to witness many players of the San Francisco Giants loosen up, do warm-up exercises and practice various baseball drills in Scottsdale, Arizona … Continue reading →

Episode #64 – Gameisode!

January 29, 2019 20:49 - 27.9 MB

https://ia801501.us.archive.org/35/items/Episode64.Gameisode12519/Episode%2064.mp3 This relatively short episode is dedicated to (mostly) games since in episode #63 ASP primarily focused on Santa, Krampus and politics with no time left for a fun game.  Plus, games seem to be the theme in television these … Continue reading →

Episode #63 – The Origins of Modern Santa, Elves Spying on Kids, Krampus Unleashed, & Border Wall Talk

January 17, 2019 05:00 - 69.2 MB

https://ia801500.us.archive.org/8/items/Episode63.TheOriginsOfModernSantaElvesSpyingOnKidsKrampusUnleashedBorderWallTalk1112019/Episode%2063.mp3 ASP Stuff Radio is fashionably late for Christmas or perhaps preparing for an early 2019 Christmas celebration.  In any case, happy New Year to all of our listeners!  In this first episode of 2019 Paulato delves into the competing … Continue reading →

Episode #62 – The Land of the Free?

December 04, 2018 03:39 - 69.1 MB

https://ia601509.us.archive.org/29/items/Episode62.TheLandOfTheFree113018/Episode%2062.mp3 In this year’s post-Thanksgiving episode, Albertole, Steveocrates and Paulato reveal and discuss the true origins of the official Thanksgiving holiday, as well as a few appetite-killing turkey facts that may leave you with a tough moral quandary for next … Continue reading →

Episode #61 – Free Will, The Lotto Ploy and Unusual Bonobos Behavior

October 28, 2018 23:23 - 63.9 MB

https://ia601507.us.archive.org/0/items/Episode61.FreeWillTheLottoPloyAndUnusualBonobosBehavior102518/Episode%2061.mp3 It has been three long years since the launch of ASP Stuff Radio, but what does that matter? Three is merely a number and time is illusory.  Nevertheless, Alberotle, Steveocrates and Paulato will freely continue, as long as they’re … Continue reading →

Episode #60 – Sloppy Judge, Sabermetrics & Sleep Terrors

October 01, 2018 01:44 - 55.9 MB

https://ia601508.us.archive.org/17/items/Episode60_201810/Episode%2060.mp3 Given ASP Stuff Radio’s penchant for political fodder, it would be impossible for Alberotle, Steveocrates, and Paulato not to put in their two cents regarding the controversial Kavanaugh-Ford hearing that took place at the Senate Judiciary Committee last week. … Continue reading →

Episode #59 – Plastic Pollution

August 27, 2018 23:14 - 52.2 MB

https://ia601506.us.archive.org/30/items/Episode59.PlasticPollution82317/Episode%2059.mp3 ASP Stuff Radio put the alleged polymeric “poster child” on center stage in this recyclable episode of stuff.  Seattle is the first city to ban the use of plastic straws in bars and restaurants in an effort to reduce … Continue reading →

Episode #58 – Bananas?! A Look at some of the Root Causes of Central American Mass Migration

July 24, 2018 20:29 - 57.1 MB

https://ia601500.us.archive.org/17/items/Episode58.BananasALookAtSomeOfTheRootCausesOfCentralAmericanMassMigration72118/Episode%2058.mp3 In this illuminating episode of ASP Stuff Radio, Alberotle, Steveocrates and Paulato discuss some of the root causes that have compelled Central Americans to migrate to the United States, most of which involves US policy and bananas.  Because of … Continue reading →

Episode #57 – Immigration Insanity

July 04, 2018 18:11 - 57.1 MB

https://ia601501.us.archive.org/16/items/Episode57_201807/Episode%2057.mp3 ASP Stuff Radio return to political form in this latest episode as Alberotle, Steveocrates and Paulato analyze and discuss the Trump administration’s zero-tolerance immigration policy as well as some naturally expected hyperbole in the mainstream media.  But first, Alberotle … Continue reading →

Episode #56 – Look up at the Stars, Part 2

May 14, 2018 14:30 - 70.3 MB

https://ia601507.us.archive.org/15/items/Episode56_20180514/Episode%2056.mp3 ASP Stuff Radio conclude the two part series tribute to the late Stephen Hawking.  In this episode Steveocrates and Alberotle discuss the Hartle and Hawking “No-Boundary Proposal”—a theoretical explanation of what may have occurred before the inflation of the … Continue reading →

Episode #55 – Look up at the Stars, Part 1

May 01, 2018 04:31 - 81 MB

https://ia601502.us.archive.org/34/items/Episode55.LookUpAtTheStars42618/Episode%2055.mp3 The universe will never be the same with the absence of the brilliant star, visionary theoretical physicist, cosmologist and author of the best-selling book A Brief History of Time: From The Big Bang to Black Holes (1988).  In this cosmic … Continue reading →

Episode #54 – Giants Cactus League Baseball Musings

March 27, 2018 21:00 - 72.8 MB

https://ia601501.us.archive.org/10/items/Episode54.GiantsCactusLeagueBaseballMusings31518/Episode%2054.mp3 In this latest ASP Stuff Radio episode, the deep thinkers Alberotle, Steveocrates and Paulato dive into sports, specifically a recap of Spring Training for the San Francisco Giants.  They discuss who looked good, who looked terrible and who should … Continue reading →

Episode #53 – Curb Your Neuroticism

March 10, 2018 20:21 - 83.4 MB

https://ia601509.us.archive.org/31/items/Episode53.CurbYourNeuroticism3718/Episode%2053.mp3 In this anxiously awaited and overdue episode, Alberotle and Steveocrates neurotically discuss various trivial, mental-cramp inducing stuff that occurred during the latter’s fun trip to the former’s undisclosed location. Why is it so difficult for employees of Sprouts Farmers … Continue reading →

Episode #52 – Tax Stuff & Crickets

January 25, 2018 20:01 - 44 MB

https://ia601501.us.archive.org/10/items/Episode52.TaxStuffCrickets11818/Episode%2052mp3.mp3 Inspired by and based on an episode of The Motley Fool’s podcast series Motley Fool Answers, ASP Stuff Radio dedicates the majority of episode 52 discussing and evaluating several important aspects of Congress’ Tax Cuts and Jobs Act that president Trump signed … Continue reading →

Episode #51 – It’s All a Lie, Kids!

December 20, 2017 22:29 - 46.9 MB

https://ia601504.us.archive.org/2/items/Episode51.ItsAllALieKids121517/Episode%2051.mp3 In this spirited Christmas episode ASP discuss a diverse set of topics that will surely kindle your intellect as well as help you relax from the madness of the holiday crunch, such as the origins of the Christmas stocking, … Continue reading →

Episode #50 – Thanksgiving Truths, Unorthodox Stuffing, The “Great Debate” on Climate Change, and Whether to Separate the Art from the Artist

November 22, 2017 21:35 - 53.3 MB

https://ia601503.us.archive.org/34/items/Episode50.ThanksgivingTruthsUnorthodoxStuffingTheGreatDebateOnClimateChangeSepar/Episode%2050.mp3 Commemorate Native American Heritage Month with friends and family by downloading and listening to our fiftieth (50th) episode of ASP Stuff Radio! Just like a plethora of enticing sides on the Thanksgiving dinner table, Alberotle, Steveocrates and Paulato offer a … Continue reading →

Episode #49 – Tom Hanks & Typewriters, Dunkirk Movie Review, and The Zombie Apocalypse

November 01, 2017 01:36 - 55.7 MB

https://ia801502.us.archive.org/33/items/Episode49TomHanksTypewritersDunkirkMovieReviewAndTheZombieApocalypse102517/Episode%20%2349.mp3 Happy Halloween, ghouls and ghosts! Episode 49 kicks off ASP Stuff Radio’s third season and it is stuffed with spooky stuff such as Tom Hank’s obsession with collecting old typewriters and a spine chillingly great review of Christopher Nolan’s … Continue reading →

Episode #48 – Little Rocket Man vs. Dotard

October 05, 2017 02:08 - 52.3 MB

https://ia601507.us.archive.org/15/items/Episode48.LittleRocketManVs.Dotard9292017/Episode%2048.mp3 In our season 2 finale (ignore Albertotle, the 48th episode is the season finale) ASP Stuff Radio go nuclear in this episode of explosive stuff! Alberotle, Steveocrates and Paulato discuss some of the reasons, and general historical context, that underlie … Continue reading →

Episode #47 – In the Shadow of Totality

September 06, 2017 02:19 - 44.5 MB

https://ia801505.us.archive.org/14/items/Episode47.InTheShadowOfTotality912017/Episode%2047.mp3 “Cry for human bodies, not celestial bodies!” In the second to last episode of ASP Stuff Radio’s season two finale, Alberotle, Steveocrates and Paulato break down (not during) the hyped up 2017 solar eclipse that occurred on Monday, August … Continue reading →

Episode #46 – Mutual Election Meddling & Anthropogenic Emissions

July 31, 2017 00:26 - 38.4 MB

https://ia601505.us.archive.org/30/items/Episode46_20170731/Episode%2046.mp3 The suspenseful wait is over, so no more anxiety-ridden uncertainty!  ASP Stuff Radio emerge from their summer slumber and crank out an informative episode that will cure your “historical amnesia” by recalling the United States government’s meddling shenanigans of … Continue reading →

Episode #45 – Multiverses, Unlawful Trump, Oxytocin Misters, Emotional Posey, Kimmel’s Emotional Message, and Stringy Speculation

May 31, 2017 19:09 - 42.8 MB

https://ia801503.us.archive.org/23/items/Episode45_201705/Episode%2045.mp3 There’s a copious amount of stuff stuffed into ASP Stuff Radio’s latest episode to keep you informatively entertained! Do cosmic space-time ripples from the big bang substantially prove (or suggest) that many universes exist?  What can a president (like Donald … Continue reading →

Episode #44 – String Theory and Changing the Fabric of Reality

May 09, 2017 17:16 - 47.8 MB

https://ia801506.us.archive.org/4/items/Episode44_201705/Episode%2044.mp3 Listen to episode #44 and take a peek into multiple spatial dimensions! Stevocrates, Alberotle and Paulato explore the depths of the subatomic world and pluck the strings of reality. Ants gain the ability to access quantum levels and Super … Continue reading →

Episode #43 – Are you Entitled to Health-care? We’ve Got you Covered!

April 16, 2017 12:12 - 41.2 MB

https://ia601504.us.archive.org/22/items/Episode43_201704/Episode%2043.mp3 In this highly anticipated and iridescent episode, ASP Stuff Radio talk about the main features of the GOP health-care plan (the one that Paul Ryan pitches with his iridescently mesmerizing eyes), but more importantly the fundamental and highly contentious … Continue reading →