On This Week’s Episode
Hello! It’s Josh Bloom, and I am suffering as I podcast to you today because a heat wave has hit New York and I am too cheap to turn on the air conditioning which means that you should feel bad for me, and feel grateful, and upgrade your subscription to my Substack because in the last few seconds I made you feel sufficiently guilty, which frankly, lives up to the stereotype of a guy whose Substack is superjews.substack.com. But, really, I am prepared to deal with the heat like a champ, because I love challenges that involve human endurance as long as they don’t require physical movement!
This is Episode #36 of the Josh Bloom Is Wiping Down The Back of His Neck Like An Imprisoned Gang Member Podcast also known as the Josh Bloom Podcast! It is the latest edition of 1461 Days of Ignoring The Trump Administration. Days 145-151. I updated you last week about the book I am writing about an indie rock band and its leader and here’s another update: I am still writing it! So, I get to deal with the heat, this podcast, and this book. Thanks a lot! Oh wait, it’s my fault. Except for the heat, but again, as a Jew, I probably can find a way to make it my fault.
This week on the show, we talk about inventing ourselves and how that topic is related to the band R.E.M. and what that has to do with the two roads people seem to travel when they engage with me about ignoring the Trump administration. We move on to some sick stuff that I am partially regretting discussing, but it did lead me to mention Eddie Van Halen and the NAACP, so it can’t be all that bad. We celebrate being 10% through 1461 days of the Trump administration, why Father’s Day reminds me of Michael Landon of Little House, and the success of the No Kings Day protest, along with the parallel failure of the leader of the Trump administration’s birthday parade.
Speaking of No Kings Day, a commentator named Jack gets all up in my grill about it and I have to explain a few things to him while using Independence Day star and famous face-slapper Will Smith as part of my argument. We discuss the 3 1/2 % Rule, why it is important to know about and how it relates to the Daryl Hall and John Oates mild banger, “One on One.” Speaking of bangers and calling back to last week’s unfortunate passing of Brian Wilson, I mention the hit song “Barbara Ann” by The Beach Boys and how it is related to our upcoming war with Iran. Have you heard that we’re probably going to war? Thanks, leader of the Trump administration!
Finally, I make a plea for the the gold leaf installed in the oval office to remain after the leader of the Trump administration is gone, just to show that we have more important issues to deal with.
Hi. It’s Josh.
A few days before the inauguration, I was thinking about how I wanted to deal with the next four years.
Watch all of the original 1461 Days of Ignoring The Trump Administration TikTok posts from June 13th-June 19th, 2025 (on YouTube!)
I was exhausted by the news!
But I wasn’t interested in going completely uninformed. I wanted to use the “opportunity,” as I had decided to optimistically look at this timeline, to become more mindful and better train my mind to take in the “news,” and then let it fall away from my conciousness.
Efficiently and totally. The other aspect of this thought was to then take the personal time I was reclaiming through this process and apply it to more creative endeavors.
This series, for example!
1461 Days of Ignoring The Trump Administration began. “Day 1” went viral on TikTok, so now I am in until 2029, right?!
If you are also someone aspiring to become the best version of yourself, please feel free to join me on this journey, which is sure to get weird around “Day 132,” “Day 877,” and “Day 1001,” etc.
Let's Go!
For your pleasure (maybe not, let’s see), here is another compilation of posts, along with an exclusive intro and outro only available on the podcast (because I love you.)
As per usual, if you want to see video of the original TikTok posts that this podcast audio is derived from, you can watch them all on YouTube at this link.
Sometimes seeing my face makes it better (maybe not, let’s see.)
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