229 episodes

Sawtooth Frank and Stomping Jen have interesting conversations with people and talk about life, entertainment, news, and whatever else comes to mind.

The Soft Serve Podcast softserve

    • Society & Culture
    • 4.7 • 31 Ratings

Sawtooth Frank and Stomping Jen have interesting conversations with people and talk about life, entertainment, news, and whatever else comes to mind.

    2023-2024 Winter Holiday Special Spectacular!

    2023-2024 Winter Holiday Special Spectacular!

    In this episode, Brad and Jen talk about:
    The future of the podcast.
    Hanukkah, 5784/2023.
    The holiday cocktail party “dress-up blow-up.”
    Jen’s garlic dinner fiasco.
    Listening to lots of Christmas music.
    Why the Christmas story of Jesus may have been the result of contact with extraterrestrial or non-human intelligences.
    Brad’s top music for the year:
    Taylor Swift (#1); Roger Waters (#2); Eminem (#3); Peter Gabriel (#4); Wutang Clan (#5); Jenny Lewis (#6); Pink Floyd (#7); John Coltrane (#8); Tool (#9); NIN (#10); (#11) Phoebe Bridgers. 

    Jen's top music for the year.
    Following up on Brad's 2023 New Year’s resolutions.
    2024 resolutions.
    What we’re watching on T.V. and at the Movies:
    Godzilla Minus 1.
    The Creator.
    Fry Bread Face and Me.
    Upload Season 3.
    The Crown Season 6.

    If you like our show, there’s a few things you can do to help us out:
    Check out our website at https://www.softservepodcast.com!
    Subscribe to our podcast in your favorite app, download our episodes!
    Leave a 5-star Review on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-soft-serve-podcast/id1428770328
    TELL A FRIEND about our show!

    • 1 hr 44 min
    2023 Thanksgiving Special Spectacular!

    2023 Thanksgiving Special Spectacular!

    In this episode, Brad and Jen talk about:
    Our ongoing (?) hiatus from podcasting.
    Death-a-versaries.
    What we’ve been up to the last 3 months:
    Our 22nd wedding anniversary.
    Brad’s Ancestry.com DNA test.
    Ignoring World War III.
    Jen falling apart. (Ankle and Neck).
    Peter Gabriel. i/O tour.
    Taylor Swift Eras movie.
    Les Claypool and the Flying Frog Brigade.
    Jen’s colonoscopy.
    27/22 Anniversary.
    Rubblebucket, 11/18, at Academy of Music.

    Thanksgiving 2023Real History of Thanksgiving— Dangerous myths.
    The start of “Traditional” Victorian Thanksgiving.
    Current traditions.
    Emerging traditions.
    What ways do/could/should people celebrate thankfulness during thanksgiving apart from the gluttonous consumption of the harvest?
    Our plans?
    Who carves the turkey?

    Random questions from friends:
    How do you wipe? Are you a neat folder, or a monster that just crumples it all together and hopes for the best.
    Are hotdogs a sandwich?
    Is cereal a soup?
    Are pop-tarts ravioli?

    Brad is addicted to social media "reels."
    If you like our show, there’s a few things you can do to help us out:
    Check out our website at https://www.softservepodcast.com!
    Subscribe to our podcast in your favorite app, download our episodes!
    Leave a 5-star Review on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-soft-serve-podcast/id1428770328
    TELL A FRIEND about our show!

    • 1 hr 40 min
    New Jersey Shore & Over-Washing With a Bidet

    New Jersey Shore & Over-Washing With a Bidet

    In this episode, Brad and Jen talk about:
    Radon gas test results.
    Pier Village in Long Branch, NJ; McLoone's Pier House.
    Monmouth, NJ Museum and the artist know as Porkchop.
    Redbank, NJ: Centrada restaurant, and Coney Waffles and Ice Cream.
    Asbury Park: Collage Workshop with Holly Would.
    Brad asks the A.I., “How long is too long to wash your asshole using a bidet?”
    Jen went to Jonas Brothers and was exposed to COVID.
    If you like our show, there’s a few things you can do to help us out:
    Check out our website at https://www.softservepodcast.com!
    Subscribe to our podcast in your favorite app, download our episodes!
    Leave a 5-star Review on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-soft-serve-podcast/id1428770328
    TELL A FRIEND about our show!

    • 1 hr 11 min
    Beach Trip, Radon Gas, Sugary Cereals, Live Shows, & Pants Shitting!

    Beach Trip, Radon Gas, Sugary Cereals, Live Shows, & Pants Shitting!

    In this episode, Brad and Jen talk about:
    Summer 2023 is almost over!
    A trip to York Beach, Maine.
    Brad’s obsession with radon gas.
    Jen going to an Ilana Glazer and Alyson Levy show.
    Our sugary cereal binge.
    Brad asks the A.I., “What is the most appropriate way to respond if an old lady shits her pants in front of you in the isle of a CVS store?”
    The play, “The Light,” at Chester Community Theater, in Chester, MA.
    Big Brother, Party Down, and What We Do In the Shadows.
    If you like our show, there’s a few things you can do to help us out:
    Check out our website at https://www.softservepodcast.com!
    Subscribe to our podcast in your favorite app, download our episodes!
    Leave a 5-star Review on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-soft-serve-podcast/id1428770328
    TELL A FRIEND about our show!

    • 59 min
    Wasp Attacks, Summer Fun, A.I.’s PB&J Revelation, Barbie and Oppenheimer Reviews

    Wasp Attacks, Summer Fun, A.I.’s PB&J Revelation, Barbie and Oppenheimer Reviews

    In this episode, Brad and Jen talk about:
    Jen's terrifying encounter with a wasp and the debilitating after effects!
    A heartwarming story of a rainy day at Trader Joe's, where a compassionate employee came to Jen's rescue.
    Brad taking a refreshing nap and waking up to a…hard truth.
    Attending a Jenny Lewis concert at the Roadrunner music venue in Brighton, MA.
    The thought-provoking play, "Guards at the Taj," put on by the Chester Theater Company. 
    What jelly pairs best with a PB&J sandwich? Brad and Jen use the power of artificial intelligence to settle the age-old debate!
    Books they’ve read this year, and T.V. shows they are watching.
    The Barbie and Oppenheimer movies.
    If you like our show, there’s a few things you can do to help us out:
    Check out our website at https://www.softservepodcast.com!
    Subscribe to our podcast in your favorite app, download our episodes!
    Leave a 5-star Review on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-soft-serve-podcast/id1428770328
    TELL A FRIEND about our show!

    • 1 hr 32 min
    Brad & Jen Return from Hiatus!

    Brad & Jen Return from Hiatus!

    Brad and Jen are back after a 6-month break. It’s been a while, so we talk about a LOT of stuff!
    If you like our show, there’s a few things you can do to help us out:
    Check out our website at https://www.softservepodcast.com!
    Subscribe to our podcast in your favorite app, download our episodes!
    Leave a 5-star Review on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-soft-serve-podcast/id1428770328
    TELL A FRIEND about our show!

    • 1 hr 23 min

Customer Reviews

4.7 out of 5
31 Ratings

31 Ratings

sbryla ,

a look into cool people doing cool things in western mass

Unique podcast featuring interesting characters in the Western Mass scene. The hosts are a married couple and play well off each other joking around and genuinely interested in their guests. Anyone in the Valley interested in an entertaining way to see who’s doing cool stuff in Western Mass, The Soft Serve podcast is definitely worth a listen.

riley boots ,

Thank you

Hilarious and brilliant and entertaining five stars

candacejeanne ,

Western MA represent!

Local podcasts! We need more of these. If you are a western Mass resident, you want to subscribe. Largely arts and culture with occasional politics (more politics, Stomping Jen and Sawtooth Frank, please!) it’s a great listen. Also more Stomping Jen.

Top Podcasts In Society & Culture

The Interview
The New York Times
Inconceivable Truth
Wavland
Stuff You Should Know
iHeartPodcasts
Call It What It Is
iHeartPodcasts
Soul Boom
Rainn Wilson
This American Life
This American Life