Meaningless Minutia
69 episodes - English - Latest episode: 11 months ago - ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsHello, how ya doing, and it is a genuine pleasure to welcome you to: Meaningless Minutia. A show about all things you didn’t know and probably couldn’t give two @#%$'s about, but you’re here, you’re listening, so going forward, you only have yourself to blame.
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Ep. 68: The Iron Will Of Ironing
May 29, 2023 13:00 - 3 minutes - 3.27 MBHello, how ya doing, this is Jeffrey Lee Folschinsky. Your historian of historical housework and I’m spring cleaning with excitement as bring you this week’s question. Did you know people participate in Extreme Ironing? Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/ra/upbeat-heat
Ep. 67: Eight Seconds To Mutton Glory
May 22, 2023 13:00 - 3 minutes - 2.96 MBHello, how ya doing? This is Jeffrey Lee Folschinsky, your wrangler of ridiculous factoids, and I’m trying to stay in this saddle of excitement as I bring you this week’s question. Did you know there’s a sport where kids try to ride sheep? Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/floor-model/moms-spaghetti-western
Ep. 66: Greetings From Atomic Lake, Wish You Were Here
May 01, 2023 13:00 - 3 minutes - 3.68 MBHello, How ya doing? This is Jeffrey Lee Folschinsky, your atomic lifeguard of laughable learnings, and I’m glowing unnaturally with excitement as I bring you this week’s question. Did you know a lake was once created with an atomic bomb? Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/soundroll/playtime
Ep. 65: Eternal Midnight of the Squirrels
April 24, 2023 13:00 - 3 minutes - 2.79 MBHello, how ya doing? This is Jeffrey Lee Folschinsky, your electrical worker of worrisome wisdom, and I’m raiding the nut supply of silliness as I welcome you to this week’s question. Did you know the leading cause of power outages, are squirrels? Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/all-good-folks/mr-mischief
Ep. 64: Lead Foot Chef
April 17, 2023 13:00 - 2 minutes - 2.59 MBHello, how ya doing? This is Jeffrey Lee Folschinsky, your sous chef of silliness and I got a mental joy-ganism going on as I bring you this week’s question. Did you know there’s a cook-off that uses road kill? Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/all-good-folks/pop-and-crunch
Ep. 63: Cry Havoc, And Let Slip The Teas Of War!
April 03, 2023 13:00 - 3 minutes - 3.18 MBHello, how ya doing? This is Jeffrey Lee Folschinsky, your tactician of troublesome teachings, and I’m tap dancing on mines of mischief as I bring you this week’s question. Did you know British tanks are equipped to make tea? Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/kidcut/jiggy-wiggy
Ep. 62: K.O. Checkmate
March 27, 2023 13:00 - 3 minutes - 2.98 MBHello, how ya doing? This is Jeffrey Lee Folschinsky, your chess master of mysterious mind tinglers, and I’m counting down with excitement as I bring you this week’s question. Did you know there was a sporting event that combined boxing with chess? Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/soundroll/boom-boom-swing
Ep. 61: Can I Bum A Pez?
March 20, 2023 13:00 - 3 minutes - 3.59 MBHello, how ya doing? This is Jeffrey Lee Folschinsky, your life coach of loony learnings and I’m detoxing from delirium as I ask this week's question. Did you know PEZ candies were originally an anti-smoking tool? Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/soundroll/dogs-and-cats
Ep. 60: Back To The Future Convenience Store
March 13, 2023 13:00 - 3 minutes - 3.53 MBHello, how ya doing? This is Jeffrey Lee Folschinsky, your futurist guide to forgettable factoids and I’m reeving that mental engine to 88 miles per hour as I ask this week’s question. Did you know there’s a convenience store that caters to time travelers? Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/soundroll/bullies-on-the-block
Ep. 59: London Is Falling Down And Headed West
March 06, 2023 14:00 - 3 minutes - 3.48 MBHello, how ya doing? This is Jeffrey Lee Folschinsky, your historic real estate agent of outlandish oddities, and I’m pumping myself up to make a silly sales pitch for an educational beachfront property in Arizona as I bring you this week’s question. Did you know London Bridge is in Arizona? Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/kidcut/jiggy-wiggy
Ep. 58: Zero to 60 Pigs An Hour
February 27, 2023 16:00 - 3 minutes - 3.3 MBHello, how ya doing? This is Jeffrey Lee Folschinsky, your pit master of frivolous factoids, asking this week’s question. Did you know people race cars while holding pigs? Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/theo-gerard/at-the-races
Ep. 57: Brussel Sprouts Of Doom
May 30, 2022 15:00 - 3 minutes - 3.19 MBHello, how ya doing, this is Jeffrey Lee Folschinsky, your reporter of vegetable vengeance and I’m steaming with excitement as I bring you this week's question. Did you know people once thought evil spirits lurked in Brussel sprouts? Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/studiokolomna/mr-pumpkin
Ep 56: For Whom the Human Bell Tolls
May 23, 2022 15:00 - 4 minutes - 3.69 MBHello, how ya doing, this is Jeffrey Lee Folschinsky, your clock master of kooky curiosities and I’m ringing the alarm bell of lucency as I bring you this week’s question. Did you know people woke up other people for a living? Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/matt-stewart-evans/funny-chase
Ep. 55: The Few, The Proud, The Pepsi Cola
May 16, 2022 15:00 - 3 minutes - 3.38 MBHello, how ya doing, this is Jeffrey Lee Folschinsky, your general of goofiness and I’m preparing the sink the battleship of brilliance as I bring you this week’s question. Did you know Pepsi once had the 6th largest military in the world? Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/pecan-pie/pep
Ep. 54: I Can’t Drive 55, With A Polo Mallet
May 09, 2022 15:00 - 4 minutes - 4.34 MBHello, how ya doing, this is Jeffrey Lee Folschinsky your lead-footed driver of delirious drivel, and I’ve got a mallet in hand and I’m swinging it for the big win as I welcome you to this week’s question. Did you know people used to play polo with cars? Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/jonny-boyle/a-little-nonsense
Ep. 53: A Bubble Bath Brew
May 02, 2022 15:00 - 3 minutes - 3.06 MBHello, how ya doing, this is Jeffrey Lee Folschinsky, your brewmaster of bastards brilliance and I’m swimming the backstroke of joy as I ask this week's question. Did you know there’s a brewery that allows you to swim in a pool of beer? Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/soundroll/pistol-swing
Ep. 52: Who and What is Oswald?
April 25, 2022 15:00 - 5 minutes - 4.83 MBHello, how ya doing, this is Jeffrey Lee Folschinsky, your animated Orator for amusing antidotes, and I’m doing a little jig for no particular reason as I bring you this week’s question. Did you know that a living sports announcer was once traded for an animated rabbit? Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): http://uppbeat.io/t/soundroll/may-contain-groovy-beats
Ep. 51: Now Is The Home-run Of Our Discontent
April 18, 2022 15:00 - 4 minutes - 3.91 MBHello, how ya doing, this is Jeffrey Lee Folschinsky your sports time announcer of silly situational’s, and I’m beyond the legal punch-drunk limit as I bring you this week’s question. Did you know to make extra money, some professional athlete’s performed in Vaudeville? Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): http://uppbeat.io/t/soundroll/rich-and-famous
Ep. 50: All The War is a Stage, And We Soldiers Are Merely Actors
April 11, 2022 15:00 - 3 minutes - 3.44 MBHello, how ya doing this is Jeffrey Lee Folschinsky, your thespian on the battlefield of the ridiculous, and I’m hitting my mark on the stage of silliness as I bring you to this week’s question: Did you know the allies used artists to help win World War Two?
Ep. 49: Easter Island Head Of Arizona
April 04, 2022 15:00 - 3 minutes - 2.88 MBHello, how ya doing, this is Jeffrey Lee Folschinsky your tour guide of goofiness and my head is growing with excitement as I bring you this week’s question. Did you know there is an Easter Island-type head in Arizona? Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/giulio-fazio/sunday-fun-day
Ep. 48: The City of Peacock Angels
March 28, 2022 15:00 - 3 minutes - 3.4 MBHello, how ya doing, this is Jeffrey Lee Folschinsky and my plumage is in full bloom as I welcome you to another episode of Meaningless Minutia. Asking this week’s question: Did you know roaming the streets of Los Angeles is a large population of feral peacocks? Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/all-good-folks/pop-and-crunch
Ep 47: The Lighthouse of Liberty
March 21, 2022 15:00 - 4 minutes - 4.18 MBHello, how ya doing, this is Jeffrey Lee Folschinsky, your lighthouse keeper of lessons for lunatics, and I’m beaming with excitement as I bring you this week’s question. Did you know the Statue of Liberty used to be a lighthouse? Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/richard-bodgers/admiral
Ep. 46: Ice Ship Cometh
March 14, 2022 15:00 - 5 minutes - 4.97 MBHello, how ya doing, this is Jeffrey Lee Folschinsky, your nautical navigator of nonsensical knowledge, and I’ve set my joy engine to full steam ahead as I bring you this week’s question: Did you know someone once tried to make an aircraft carrier out of ice? Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/sky-toes/old-time-fun
Ep. 45: Eat, Prey, Love Chocolate Cicadas
March 07, 2022 16:00 - 3 minutes - 3.43 MBHello, how ya doing, this is Jeffrey Lee Folschinsky, your chef of inedible curiosities. and I’ve set the mental oven to broil with no idea when to stop as I bring you this week’s question: Did you know people make chocolate-covered cicadas? Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/soundroll/what-a-kitsch
Ep. 44: National Mythical Pride
February 28, 2022 16:00 - 3 minutes - 3.59 MBHello, how ya doing, this is Jeffrey Lee Folschinsky, and I've got my haggis of humor in the oven as I bring you this week’s question: Did you know the national animal of Scotland is a Unicorn? Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/all-good-folks/snap
Ep. 43: Hail To The Grease Monkey
February 21, 2022 16:00 - 3 minutes - 3.57 MBHello, how ya doing, this is Jeffrey Lee Folschinsky and I’m revving the engine of excitement as I bring you this week’s question: Did you know Queen Elizabeth used to work as a trained mechanic? Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!):https://uppbeat.io/t/sky-toes/old-time-fun
Ep. 42: Dearest Juliet, Wazzup!
February 14, 2022 16:00 - 4 minutes - 3.91 MBHello, how ya doing, this is Jeffrey Lee Folschinsky your matchmaker of misinformation and I’m feeling the love in the air as I bring this week’s question: Did you know for Valentine's Day, people write love letters to Shakespeare’s character Juliet? Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/hartzmann/pretty-day
Ep. 41: On Your Marks, Get Ready and Paint!
February 07, 2022 16:00 - 5 minutes - 4.8 MBHello, how ya doing, this is Jeffrey Lee Folschinsky your referee of ridiculous reference materials and I’ve got the stopwatch ready to clock in my joy as I bring you this week’s question: Did you know competitive art used to be an Olympic sport?
Ep. 40: Countersuit Of The Soul
January 31, 2022 16:00 - 3 minutes - 3.5 MBHello, how ya doing, this is Jeffrey Lee Folschinsky, your legal adviser of cranial chaos, and I’m pleading no contest to being over-the-moon as I bring you this week’s question: Did you know a kidnapper once sued his hostages for escaping? Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/noise-cake/mess-about
Ep. 39: Abandon of Hope’eth, Ye Who Enter Here’eth
January 24, 2022 16:00 - 3 minutes - 3.32 MBHello, how ya doing, this is Jeffrey Lee Folschinsky your archeologist of amusing allegories and I’m tunneling for trivial treasure here as I bring you this week’s question. Did you know Shakespeare put a curse on his own grave? Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/kevin-macleod/teddy-bear-waltz
Ep. 38: War Of The Sock Puppets
January 17, 2022 16:00 - 4 minutes - 4.5 MBHello, how ya doing, this is Jeffrey Lee Folschinsky your legal correspondent of curiously crazy curiosities and I’m filing my brief of bumbling brilliance as I ask this week's question: Did you know a puppet once legally sued another puppet? Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/ra/that-sax
Ep. 37: Island for Sale, Sold! Okay Maybe not.
January 10, 2022 16:00 - 2 minutes - 2.71 MBHello, how ya doing, this is Jeffrey Lee Folschinsky, your surfer of senselessness here, and I’m doing a tribal dance of delight as I bring this week's question: Did you know someone once used eBay to try to sell New Zealand? Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/roo-walker/excusez-moi
Ep. 36: All Hail Lord Stubbs
January 03, 2022 16:00 - 3 minutes - 2.99 MBHello, how ya doing, this is Jeffrey Lee Folschinsky, your sensei of silliness and I’m meowing with merriment as I bring you this week’s question: Did you know for twenty years the mayor of an Alaskan town was a cat? Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/christian-larssen/window-shopping
Ep. 35: Good Health, Fortune and Black-eyed Peas
December 27, 2021 16:00 - 4 minutes - 3.7 MBHello, how ya doing, this is Jeffrey Lee Folschinsky your New Years Chef of un-fabulous factoids and I’m building up a might healthy appetite of excitement as I bring you this week’s question: Did you know for New Years that some people eat Black-eyed peas for good luck? Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/ben-johnson/a-little-christmas
Ep. 34: We Attack The Yule Goat at Dawn
December 20, 2021 16:00 - 3 minutes - 3.63 MBHello, how ya doing, this is Jeffrey Lee Folschinsky your herder of twitter-litter and I am burning up with excitement as I bring you this week’s question: Did you know for the holidays that some people make straw goats, just to destroy them? Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/pecan-pie/happy-holiday-swing
Ep. 33: The Christmas Holy Rollers
December 13, 2021 16:00 - 3 minutes - 3.06 MBHello, how ya doing? This is Jeffrey Lee Folschinsky, your crayola of confusion and I’m zooming down the street with joy as I bring you this week’s question: Did you know for Christmas, that some towns roller skate to church? Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/roo-walker/elf-culture
Ep. 32: Dónde Está El Baño Del Espíritu Santo?
December 06, 2021 16:00 - 3 minutes - 2.95 MBHello, how ya doing, Jeffrey Lee Folschinsky here, and I’m doing a pee-pee dance of excitement as I welcome you to another holiday episode of Meaningless Minutia. Bringing you this week’s question: Did you know some nativity scenes have a person going to the bathroom? Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/kevin-macleod/christmas-rap
Ep. 31: It’s The Season To Kick a Dead Horse
November 29, 2021 16:00 - 3 minutes - 3.56 MBHello, how ya doing, this is Jeffrey Lee Folschinsky, your holiday cheer-master of tinsel teachings and I’m ringing the holiday bell of cheer as I welcome you to a holiday episode of Meaningless Minutia. Asking this week’s question: Did you know that some people go caroling dressed as a dead horse? Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/soundroll/merry-christmas
Ep. 30: Turkey 911
November 22, 2021 16:00 - 3 minutes - 3.25 MBHello, how ya doing and welcome to another Thanksgiving episode of Meaningless Minutia. A show that serves up the corn pudding of knowledge and stares at you until you eat it, and with that uncomfortable cranial caveat thrown out there, let's get down to this week’s question: Did you know Butterball has an emergency turkey hotline? Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/monument-music/white-christmas
Ep. 29: Mary Had A Little Thanksgiving
November 15, 2021 16:00 - 4 minutes - 4.22 MBHello, how ya doing, and welcome to another Thanksgiving episode of Meaningless Minutia. A show that puts a firecracker in that turkey of knowledge, just before you cook it, and with that unnecessarily messy imaginary put out there, let’s get to this week’s question: Did you know the author of Mary Had A Little Lamb is responsible for the Thanksgiving holiday? Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/pecan-pie/its-that-time-of-year
Ep. 28: One Turkey Open Sleigh
November 08, 2021 16:00 - 3 minutes - 3.09 MBHello, how ya doing, this is Jeffrey Lee Folschinsky, your sled-master of silliness, and I’m laughing all the way as we all swoosh into this Thanksgiving episode of Meaningless Minutia. Asking this week’s question: Did you know that Jingle Bells was originally written for Thanksgiving? Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/all-good-folks/lo-fi-christmas
Ep. 27: Ep. 27: The Presidential Raccoon Dinner That Never Was
November 01, 2021 15:00 - 4 minutes - 3.75 MBHello, how ya doing, I’m Jeffrey Lee Folschinsky your pilgrim of poppycock and I’m doing a hot diggity jig as I welcome you to this Thanksgiving episode of the Meaningless Minutia podcast. Asking this week’s question: Did you know that for Thanksgiving a president once pardoned a raccoon? Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/soundroll/i-gotta-feeling
Ep: 26: It’s A Graveyard Smash? I Don’t Think So!
October 25, 2021 15:00 - 3 minutes - 3.49 MBHello, how ya doing, and welcome to another Halloween episode of Meaningless Minutia. A show that stands at the creaky door of knowledge and then faints. And with that death note delivery put out there, let’s get to this week’s question: Did you know for eleven years, the song monster mash was banned? Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/fernweh-goldfish/crooked-old-shrew
Ep. 25: Everybody Dance Now, But Just Not With Brooms
October 18, 2021 15:00 - 3 minutes - 3.18 MBHello, how ya doing, and welcome to another special Halloween episode of Meaningless Minutia. Asking this week's question: Did you know the image of witches flying of broomsticks came from a dance? Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/hey-pluto/get-freaky
Ep. 24: Alas, Trick 'r Treaters, I Know You Well
October 11, 2021 15:00 - 3 minutes - 3.67 MBHello, how ya doing, and welcome to another Halloween edition of Meaningless Minutia. Asking this week's question: Did you know that Trick or Treating used to involve performing? Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/jonny-boyle/halloween-hijinks
Ep. 23: Jack O'Turnip
October 04, 2021 15:00 - 5 minutes - 5.19 MBHello, how ya doing, and I'm shaking in my non-existent ghost boots as I welcome you into the Halloween season of Meaningless Minutia. Asking this week's question: did you know Jack O'Lanterns were originally made out of turnips? Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/soundroll/shortie
Ep. 22: The Wrestler and Chief
September 27, 2021 15:00 - 3 minutes - 3.62 MBHello, how ya doing, and welcome to another episode of the Meaningless Minutia podcast. Asking this week's question: Did you know that Abraham Lincoln was once a championship wrestler? Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/soundroll/line-of-drums
Ep. 21: The Best Little Underground Lemon Ranch in Cali
September 20, 2021 15:00 - 4 minutes - 4.54 MBHello, how ya doing, and welcome back to another episode of, Meaningless Minutia. Asking this week's question: Did you know a man once built a lemon orchard underground? Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/giulio-fazio/marvelous-misadventures
Ep. 20: The Southern Fried Atomic Whoopsie
September 13, 2021 15:00 - 3 minutes - 3.67 MBHello, how ya doing, and welcome to another episode of the Meaningless Minutia Podcast. Asking this week's question: Did you know America once dropped an atomic bomb on South Carolina? Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/giulio-fazio/anything-is-right
Ep. 19: Calling All Geese!
September 06, 2021 15:00 - 2 minutes - 2.63 MBHello, how ya doing, and my joy-locks have been picked as I welcome you back to another episode of, Meaningless Minutia. Asking this weeks question: Did you know in order to fight crime, China is using elite squads of geese? Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/jonny-boyle/happy-like-larry