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barklife[Insert Maniacal Laugh Here]We've been doing this since 2021, huh?In this delightfully chaotic episode of Bark Life, Josh and Jahnna dive deep into the surprisingly rich world of electric knife reviews, unearthing comedy gold from typos, unsolicited divorce anecdotes, and one reviewer’s confusion over how knives work. From there, the conversation meanders—often hilariously—through the absurdities of labeling household circuit breakers, the hellscape that is Nextdoor, and the unique energy of middle schoolers right before spring break (spoiler: it involves flying shoes and zero spatial awareness).But it’s not all laughs—Josh and Jahnna also explore de...2025-04-061h 02barklifenew medication, who dis?Josh and Jahnna discuss their family life, including their podcast "Bark Life," recorded from their home. They talk about their mail, particularly scare tactics used by companies. They delve into DEI policies, emphasizing the benefits for veterans and white women. Josh shares his home renovation experiences, including laying tile and restoring a window. Jahnna talks about her health issues, including ankylosing spondyloarthritis and kidney stones, and their dietary changes. They also discuss their views on religion, politics, and the importance of empathy and critical thinking. The conversation ends with plans for their busy Friday and their social media presence.2025-02-2657 minbarklifesmells like nümetalhey, we're back! some ... stuff happened in 2022 and we took an unplanned break. we've got a fair number of updates in this episode, and because of the gap since our last episode we're calling this the start of season 2. some brief show notes and credits:nümetal sample credit to The Aquabats! "I Fell Asleep on My Arm"josh made a reference to Operation Ivy. the song is "Freeze Up"intro and outro themes are "Bark-a-Tron 5000" by Bad Ronald2023-04-081h 02barklife11(ish): now with more format (or any format at all)we’re back! we accidentally took a hiatus, but we are finally back behind the mic. if you were following the adventurecast experiment, the audio on the second half (adventurecast: the return journey) was absolutely awful. so here’s the gist of what happened: we enjoyed our day out in cave city, ky, and we both highly recommend visiting dinosaur world if you’re in the area. the domes and dripstones tour of mammoth cave was very interesting (largely because our tour guide was very experienced and descended from the enslaved men who were the original explorers and tou...2022-07-1755 minbarklifeadventurecast! part 2 (of 4)here is part 2 of epic harvey-groft day trip 2022. hopefully audio quality is a bit better than part 1.some background: way back in december i (jahnna) won a contest at school by knitting my own ugly holiday sweater, and the prize was a day off from school. it’s not been a good year for being able to get a sub and take a day off from school, nor was there anywhere to go until recently. with jefferson county finally making it to the green for covid levels, we settled on taking a day out in barren county, ky...2022-05-0533 minbarklifeadventurecast! part 1we did an experiment this week with the recording—and it was largely successful-ish!some background: way back in december i (jahnna) won a contest at school by knitting my own ugly holiday sweater, and the prize was a day off from school. it’s not been a good year for being able to get a sub and take a day off from school, nor was there anywhere to go until recently. with jefferson county finally making it to the green for covid levels, the weather finally accepting that it’s probably going to stay spring, and happen...2022-04-2453 minbarklifechronic illness & robot combatgreetings from louisville where we are either experiencing a redbud winter (a winter that interrupts spring), or we are seeing a tail end episode of spring of deception (a spring that interrupts winter).this week’s episode was a bit of a rush job—it was always a bit destined to be because we were waiting for the battlebots tournament to end. however, life also intervened last weekend and this week in the form of a sick otis. content warning: you should not listen if you become very upset or stressed out by discussions of dogs...2022-04-0949 minbarklifeteam human, or: much ado about olympicsright. so i (jahnna) have taken over the show notes. at least for now. so this week, josh told me that i oughtn’t envision a more just and equitable world because that’s a big ask, so i started smaller by envisioning a more just and equitable olympics. we discussed the inequities in some money for medals programs (particularly canada’s), and it turned out that josh didn’t know money for medals was a thing at all. maybe you didn’t either. further reading on money for medals and disparity between olympics and paralympics...2022-03-261h 02barklife...except the mongolsonce again, i (josh) intended to put better show notes in here. perhaps, someday, i will. guess you'll just have to listen if you want to know what we talked about. it definitely involved mongols somehow. kind of. and some general life updates from casa harvey-groft. intro and outtro music is Bark-a-Tron 5000 by Bad Ronald, available at freemusicarchive.org. sound effects come from freesound.org.2022-03-1252 minbarklifethings we don't likeah, well... i don't really have time for show notes today. jahnna is reading Radium Girls and i'm reading Sartre. other show mentions include Tori Amos, Little Women, Ani DiFranco, Liz Phair, Alanis Morisette, and probably some other stuff. you can look it up if you need to, you're a smart kid. 2022-02-1258 minbarklifeall we do is dogs and booksas the title suggests, our protagonists discuss both dogs and books, and how we, as a culture, underestimate kids' reading capabilities and emotional capacities. also, Animal Crossing. beware spoilers for I'm Thinking of Ending Things.links to other things, mostly books, that are mentioned in this episode:Carmichael's (our local bookstore)Brownsboro Animal Clinic (our vet)"snake ex machina"A Peculiar Peril by Jeff VanderMeerOcean at the End of the Lane by Neil GaimanThe Thief of Always by Clive BarkerSongs of a Dead Dreamer & Grimscribe by Thomas LigottiThe Rise & Fall of D.O.D.O. by Nicole G...2022-01-2958 minbarklife2021, a year in review (sort of)jahnna and josh are back to give you a year-end wrap-up. sort of. we sort of ramble, as always, as the words escaping our mouths struggle to keep up with our brains. in episode 5, we find some things that didn't suck about 2021, as well as desires for 2022 (but not goals, because we don't do new year's resolutions). and this episode has been optimized for podcast listening, in terms of loudness, according to Apple. sorry if the previous episodes have been too loud.as ever, our theme music is Bark-a-Tron 5000 by Bad Ronald.some media referenced...2022-01-1556 minbarklifethe return of the monomythin episode 4 our protagonists talk smack on a rather obscure text called The Return of the King, and also The Hobbit. and except for josh struggling to form cohesive sentences, you'll also hear about:The Heroine with 1001 Facespuppets discussing the monomythThe Norse myth that inspired "The Lord of the Rings"O Brother, Where Art Thou?The Hero with a Thousand FacesThe Last CuentistaThe Thirteenth TaleJonathan Strange & Mr. NorrellGo Set a WatchmanThe SpongeBob SquarePants Movieepic background music credit goes to Scott Holmes. as ever, theme music is Bark-a-Tron 5000 by Bad Ronald. 2022-01-0157 minbarklifea lifetime of conversation, or: the listening holehey! this episode is somewhat belated. it's the holiday season, and josh was out of town for a week in december, so things got weird. the editing may be a little slapdash, sorry and/or get over it. here's some of the things we reference this week:Funny, You Don't Look Autistic: A Comedian's Guide to Life on the SpectrumBy Michael McCrearyHyperspace: A Scientific Odyssey Through Parallel Universes, Time Warps, and the 10th DimensionBy Michio KakuThe Caped Crusade: Batman and the Rise of Nerd CultureBy Glen WeldonThe Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou2021-12-1453 min