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TFICast

157 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 11 years ago - ★★★★★ - 4 ratings

The Fundamental Interconnectedness of all things Podcast is a semi-weekly talk show in which its hosts Jeremy and Erik discuss society, social nuances, conspiracies, top secret governmental plans, corporate greed involving experiments on the homeless and bodily functions. It's crass, it's funny, it's wordy, its confusing, its gross but in the end it's real.

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Episodes

TFICast 53: Coming to Jesus

March 03, 2009 02:30 - 1 hour - 56.3 MB

Jeremy loses his faith in The Fundamental Interconnectedness of all Things.  It’s up to Erik to bring him back in to the fold.  Along the way they discuss the English language (both written and spoken), provide some followup on ihaveamother.com, … Continue reading →

ShortCast 2: IHaveAMother.com

February 24, 2009 23:18 - 11 minutes - 10.8 MB

Jeremy and Erik registered IHaveAMother.com and don’t know what to do with it.  Help them out by listening to this episode and then posting what you think they should do with it. ShortCasts are quick conversations recorded outside of the … Continue reading →

TFICast 52: $&*!ing cell phones

February 23, 2009 12:00 - 1 hour - 65.6 MB

Jeremy and Erik discuss the advent of new headphones, cell phone locking/hacking corporate conspiracies, the recent tficast.com move,  Erik’s egg-reality metaphor, the ShortCast theme song, a continuation of Jeremy’s distribution deal and lament their lack of listeners.  Enjoy this extended … Continue reading →

TFICast 51: Destroying History

February 16, 2009 12:00 - 1 hour - 61.8 MB

Jeremy and Erik talk about deception, desensitization, seeqpod, drunken spanish priests, Valentines Day advertising, perceptions of time, Columbus lies, the winners who write history, wiped out societies, sing a song for the Internets, talk about the anti-social Facebook, cell phone … Continue reading →

ShortCast 1: The Movies

February 15, 2009 19:46 - 16 minutes - 15.5 MB

The first TFICast ShortCast.  ShortCasts are quick conversations recorded outside of the regular TFICast show.  The Movies sets up some back story to a conversation in episode 51. iTunes FeedBurner MySpace E-mail: [email protected] Archives: www.tficast.com Comment in the PopSyndicate Forums

TFICast 50: Por el Amor de Dios

February 09, 2009 12:00 - 58 minutes - 53.3 MB

Jeremy and Erik mangle the title repeatedly and excessively, talk about similarities between GTA: Vice City and real life, the evolution of drug advertisements, extend a forgotten TFICast birthday shout-out to a long standing fan, death a work, dissect certain … Continue reading →

TFICast 49: Workin for the Man

February 02, 2009 12:00 - 59 minutes - 54 MB

Jeremy and Erik talk about working for a dashed retirement plan, flirting with retirees, labor unions, living in a fast food world, government bailouts, a possible socialized revolution, Side Effects, the Monsters Inc Enron connection, How the West was Fun, … Continue reading →

TFICast 48: Poison Fart Frog

January 26, 2009 12:00 - 1 hour - 59 MB

Jeremy and Erik celebrate 1 year of podcasting by talking about Google search terms that lead to www.tficast.com, the origin of TFICast, remember segments of past episodes, Jeremy tells his story of triumph that leads to failure, Obama’s inauguration, then … Continue reading →

TFICast 47: Silver, Money and PBR

January 19, 2009 12:00 - 56 minutes - 51.9 MB

Jeremy and Erik discuss Stealing from the break room, Gilligan’s Island, beg for PopSyndicate forum activity, retell stories of getting stuck in the snow, shoveling, snow blowing, laziness, then resort to money, working for it and ranting about it, corporate … Continue reading →

TFICast 46: Old Hang Sign

January 09, 2009 08:00 - 56 minutes - 52 MB

Jeremy and Erik sweep out the old and usher in the new in this first episode of the new year.  They talk about printing more money, emotional buffer overruns, Jay Leno, resolve not to talk over one another (but have … Continue reading →

TFICast 45: The Dirtiest Episode II

December 30, 2008 01:30 - 1 hour - 57.6 MB

TFICast Archives – The names we call each other… Jeremy and Erik talk about all things crass, disgusting an offensive.  Seriously, if you’re easily offended, skip this one. Subscribe: iTunes FeedBurner E-mail: [email protected] Archives: www.tficast.com

TFICast 44: Christmas Part 2

December 25, 2008 09:00 - 55 minutes - 50.5 MB

This is the PopSyndicate exclusive episode (now available everywhere) Jeremy and Erik continue talking about Christmas, sing songs and get reals for a moment. Subscribe: iTunes FeedBurner E-mail: [email protected] Archives: www.tficast.com

TFICast 44: Christmas Part 1

December 24, 2008 19:30 - 1 hour - 62 MB

Jeremy and Erik talk  about all things Christmas including Jesus, Santa, God, the shortcomings of It’s a Wonderful Life, what to do on Christmas day, sing songs, try to give Erik the Christmas spirit, honor Scrooged and introduce their new … Continue reading →

TFICast 43: Garage Sale the Movie

December 22, 2008 05:00 - 1 hour - 71.3 MB

TFICast Archives – A tale of Summer (sigh). Jeremy and Erik are snowed in this week, but have no fear, an unearthed, unheard episode from the summer will have you sipping Coronas and looking for your swim trunks. Jeremy and … Continue reading →

TFICast 42: Forty Two

December 15, 2008 05:00 - 1 hour - 59.7 MB

Jeremy and Erik talk about all things 42.  Including the answer to the ultimate question of Life the Universe and Everything, 42 as referenced in science, history and the bible.  They also talk about how they discovered Douglas Adams, their … Continue reading →

TFICast 41: The Sum of all Bruce

December 08, 2008 19:15 - 52 minutes - 48 MB

Jeremy and Erik open up the very small mailbag and read your comments, talk about Tom Cruise (many times), Valkyrie, The last Samurai, the Last of the Mahicans, Comic Books (SCUD and Madman), zombie porn, try to figure out how … Continue reading →

TFICast 40: Turkey Trot

December 01, 2008 11:00 - 55 minutes - 12.1 MB

Jeremy and Erik talk about all things Thanksgiving, read comments from the mailbag, joke about religion, Black River Falls, geography, website hacking, get too deep into techno-babble, Hummers, used video games, children at thanksgiving, Jeremy’s 5k run and post allergy … Continue reading →

TFICast 39: Trimming the Short Ones

November 24, 2008 19:00 - 1 hour - 63.9 MB

Jeremy and Erik discuss Eriks closet religion, Jeremy brings Erik up to speed on the Misinformation/TFICast exchanges then talk about a questionable haircut in a Sears bathroom, thoughts on thanksgiving, cooking, Ally Sheedy, finding porn magazines and music in the … Continue reading →

TFICast 38: FluffyCast

November 17, 2008 11:00 - 55 minutes - 50.8 MB

Jeremy and Erik take a break from the rhetoric and talk about such fluffy topics as the difficulties with MySpace and Facebook, adware, spyware, computer viruses, male enhancement, lying throughout life, childhood theft, professional sign holding, leather faced smokers, Weird … Continue reading →

TFICast 37: Spotted Dick

November 10, 2008 11:00 - 55 minutes - 50.6 MB

Jeremy and Erik discuss Books: A Clockwork Orange, Naked Lunch, and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.  Then they move on to  Space Ghost Coast to Coast, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Beavis and Butthead, Liquid Television, Aeon Flux and South … Continue reading →

TFICast 36: McMovie

November 03, 2008 11:00 - 59 minutes - 54.4 MB

Jeremy and Erik drink New Grist Beer and Warka Beer while talking about children at the liqour store, the stock market, what to do with gift money, make many movie references: Back to the Future, ET, The Goonies, Star Wars, … Continue reading →

TFICast 35: Fooled Again?

October 27, 2008 11:00 - 1 hour - 64.1 MB

With 8 days remaining until the 2008 presidential election, Jeremy and Erik remenisce about travelling and drugs.  However the gravity of November fourth pressures them into spending most of the time talking about the politics of politics.  Actually, they just … Continue reading →

TFICast 34: Joe the Plumber

October 20, 2008 11:00 - 1 hour - 55.2 MB

Jeremy and Erik drink Schlitz (the 60s formula), interview Joe the Plumber, talk about brain usage, web games, old Commodore 64 games, discuss Rudy Rucker and spend a looong time talking about about the future of movies while Jeremy dies … Continue reading →

TFICast 33: Bonobo Overload

October 13, 2008 11:00 - 57 minutes - 52.7 MB

Jeremy and Erik remix their intro, discuss the fundamentals of our debates, the origins of the Fundamental Interconnectedness of all things, the Milwaukee Zoo, Bonobos, monkey pets, the aquarium, technology advances, gadgetry collapse, giant sandwiches, multi-tasking and entertainment. Subscribe: iTunes … Continue reading →

TFICast 32: Building Chotchkieville

October 06, 2008 11:00 - 49 minutes - 45.5 MB

Jeremy and Erik talk about TV shows: Thirty Something, Desperate Housewives and Twin Peaks then move on to choose your own adventure movies, beer bottle tunings, Feminine Earth Tones, Halloween costumes, zombie babies, Christmas at Halloween, Halloween decorations, Jaws Vs … Continue reading →

TFICast 31: Cheeseburger in Recessionville

September 29, 2008 11:00 - 58 minutes - 53.8 MB

Jeremy and Erik discuss race relations in the workplace, Dr Who, Cheeseburger in Paradise, Landshark Lager, black paint, staying up all night, noodle conventions, going out to eat, advertising, borrowing money, financial conspiracies, deregulation, the stock market and what a … Continue reading →

TFICast 30: Road Rage

September 22, 2008 20:08 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MB

Jeremy and Erik discuss the 30th episode, define crimping as described by the Mighty Boosh, talk about Jeremy’s car incident and then Erik’s car incident, then try to imagine what a rage-a-holic tells his co-workers after an “incident”, ponder what … Continue reading →

TFICast 29: The Proof of Negativity

September 15, 2008 06:30 - 49 minutes - 45.5 MB

Jeremy and Erik discuss Internet surfing, games for kids, the Large Hadron Collider, wax pessimistic about lazy researchers, speculate on baby boomers,  argue about the start of Viet Nam, discuss George Carlin’s take on voting, Jeremy loses his faith in … Continue reading →

TFICast 28: Cow Puncher

September 08, 2008 11:00 - 1 hour - 15.5 MB

Jeremy and Erik talk about cow punching, donkey punching, documentaries, lab inspectors, the dump, a possible live radio show on pulsetalkradio.net, the late crud.com, Minhas Light, home made sailboats, pissing during a triathlon, family rage, fancy beers and finish with … Continue reading →

TFICast 27: The Audacity of Hope

September 03, 2008 11:00 - 58 minutes - 22.7 MB

After watching Barack Obama close down the DNC Jeremy and Erik podcast about pundants, politics, Wolf Blitzer, Scientology, the picture Bible, human rights and the Fundamental Interconnectedness of All things. Subscribe: iTunes FeedBurner E-mail: [email protected] Archives: www.tficast.com Add your two … Continue reading →

TFICast 26: Festival Fest

August 25, 2008 11:00 - 1 hour - 9.17 MB

Jeremy and Erik muse over the Sun Prairie Corn Fest and what it would be like to make a documentary of that festival.  Topics include corn, fat men, beer, beer tents, the corn hole, metaphors, Micheal Moore, how to cook … Continue reading →

TFICast 25: Stract Death

August 18, 2008 11:00 - 59 minutes - 54.9 MB

TFICast Archives – A tale of Stract Death Originally recorded on June 11th 2008.  Jeremy and Erik talk about the abstract vs the stract, kids on the myspace, demographics through Facebook, renaming Mark Zuckerberg to Mars Zuckerman, the ingredients of … Continue reading →

TFICast 24: The Matrix Sucks

August 11, 2008 11:00 - 1 hour - 55 MB

Jeremy and Erik talk about Jake Shimabukuro, Israel Kamakawiwo’ole, Cork n Bottle String Band, shameless movie promotion, autographed stuff, a new pledge drive, farting corpses, Erik’s theory on death, Jeremy’s theory on reincarnation, further revelations into the paranormal, They Live, … Continue reading →

TFICast 23: OBE Zeppelin

August 04, 2008 11:00 - 55 minutes - 50.8 MB

Jeremy and Erik discuss the paranormal! Everything from ghosts to Out of Body Experiences to Zeppelins. Subscribe: iTunes FeedBurner E-mail: [email protected] Archives: www.tficast.com Add your two cents in the forums! http://tficast.com/forums

TFICast 22: Fake Jordan’s

July 28, 2008 11:00 - 59 minutes - 54.7 MB

TFICast Archives – A tale of fake Jordan’s Originally recorded on June 19th 2008. Jeremy and Erik recall tales of childish times, try to figure out what makes kids separate into various cliques, pop culture in children, federally mandated recess … Continue reading →

TFI Special 1: Paddle and Portage

July 24, 2008 02:08 - 20 minutes - 19.2 MB

Jeremy and Erik present a special (shortened) episode of TFIcast about Paddle and Portage.  Paddle and Portage is an annual Madison Wisconsin event.  2008 marks Jeremy and Erik’s 4th year competing.  Though they never win, they always have fun and … Continue reading →

TFICast 21: Night of the Living Politics

July 21, 2008 11:00 - 48 minutes - 44.1 MB

Jeremy and Erik begin a nice discussion of top ten movie lists that doesn’t make past number 4 before turning into a heated debate over American politics. Subscribe: iTunes FeedBurner E-mail: [email protected] Archives: www.tficast.com Add your two cents in the … Continue reading →

TFICast 20: Eddie Barburger and the Fry Guys

July 16, 2008 03:34 - 1 hour - 103 MB

Jeremy and Erik celebrate thier 20th episode by talking extra long.  Topics range from Wilford Brimly, Staggering Elk Lager, perception, the moon, competition, communication vs conversation, politics, boxing, ultimate fighting, polygamist clothing, tficast trivia, paranormal in the basement, other podcasts, … Continue reading →

TFICast 19: DrunkCast

July 07, 2008 12:00 - 50 minutes - 45.9 MB

Jeremy and Erik get funny on the sauce and try to talk about politics, pundants and competition. Subscribe: iTunes FeedBurner E-mail: [email protected] Archives: www.tficast.com Add your two cents in the forums! http://tficast.com/forums

TFICast 18: 4th of July Special

July 04, 2008 20:57 - 47 minutes - 43.7 MB

Jeremy and Erik celebrate the 4th of July the only way TFICast can. We mention the 4th of july once, talk about a bunch of news and post this episode late in the day on the 4th. It has a … Continue reading →

TFICast 17: Materials of an Unspecified Kind

June 29, 2008 21:09 - 1 hour - 60.1 MB

This week Jeremy and Erik introduce their New York correspondent Adam.  The conversation steers in the direction of stuff.  All sorts of tangible unspecified materials and what we do with that it, where we put it, why we buy more … Continue reading →

TFICast 16: Renounce Your Stuff

June 23, 2008 13:16 - 1 hour - 57.1 MB

Jeremy and Erik start the show talking about food testing lunch meat, listeria, Miller Chill, Barbie and Ken stop motion show, television shows, Digimon, Tin Tin, Reality shows, fancy spices, renouncing Your stuff, getting your first place, dieting, brat fest, the … Continue reading →

TFICast 15: Gold!

June 16, 2008 21:55 - 57 minutes - 52.4 MB

Jeremy and Erik infuse La Rossa Birra Moretti into this weeks podcast.  Then they delve into Italy, lawn mowing, interesting tattoos, crotches, gold and beans, the old west, gold prices, futures and investments. Comparisons of Randi Rhodes, Stefanie Miller, Rush … Continue reading →

TFICast 14: HHO Bettah Have My Money

June 07, 2008 01:16 - 55 minutes - 51 MB

This week Jeremy and Erik talk about thier new website www.tficast.com, blogging, amassing media, the first researched topic: HHO, Dennis Klein, the economy versus water powered cars, the rail system, gas rebates, the Pope, Aquygen, charging for water, car modding, … Continue reading →

TFICast 13: The Dirtiest Episode

June 01, 2008 00:18 - 54 minutes - 50.1 MB

This week Erik gets bassy.  He and Jeremy talk about, pod ranching, elevator pooping, fiber, port-o-potties at various events, fill your britches poll, craping your pants after getting pulled over, Jeremy tells his close call story, telemarketers, door to door salesman, … Continue reading →

TFICast 12: Criminal Insurance

May 23, 2008 20:15 - 57 minutes - 52.6 MB

While the Ichiban slows down our brains we try to start the show German, talk about unresearched history of the hamburger, beer vlog ratings and perform our NPR parody. After gathering our bearings we talk about the economy, criminal insurance, … Continue reading →

TFICast 11: Old Arcades and County Fairs

May 13, 2008 15:21 - 56 minutes - 52.1 MB

Jeremy and Erik discuss old Arcades, new arcades, county and state fairs, cheesy games, parties, poison ivy, 38 Special, The Flaming Lips, Nalgene Bottles, irresponsible products, the good that corporations can do and this wonderful world. Subscribe: iTunes FeedBurner E-mail: … Continue reading →

TFICast 10: The Big One Zero

May 02, 2008 15:06 - 54 minutes - 49.8 MB

This week Jeremy and Erik discuss their new eqiupment (SM94’s and an MX602A), the new VLOG on youtube, Fundamental Interconnectedness continuity questions, energy drinks, caffeine, a can of Hamms, alternatives for human energy at the workplace, corn, ethanol, King Corn, … Continue reading →

TFICast 9: Nacho Cleavage

April 26, 2008 15:04 - 49 minutes - 45.5 MB

Jeremy and Erik discuss kitchen furniture, the pending arrival of new podcasting equipment, new ideas, cleavage, women in power, how to address the inevatability that a guy will look at cleavage, fake boobs, race, diversity, ethnicity, taxation on cars and … Continue reading →

TFICast 8: The Too Long Episode

April 21, 2008 15:01 - 1 hour - 59.1 MB

After finishing a six pack of Lake Louie Warped Speed Scotch Ale, Jeremy and Erik talk about Movies, google applications, the Wisconsin film festival, Nick’s Bar, how to spend time, entertainment, Star Trek, the public library, the bible, video games, … Continue reading →