The TodCast Podcast

Todd Hersey

Join hosts Todd and Eric Hersey on 'The TodCast PodCast' as they dive into all things nerdy - from Star Wars to toys, hobbies, theme parks, books, and movies. Engage in entertaining debates, explore the latest trends, and celebrate the passion of the nerd culture. Tune in for a fun-filled journey through the realms of fandom!

  1. 6h ago

    Now! That’s What I Call TodCasting: 7 vs 10

    Todd and Eric return to the TodCast bracket for a matchup between a classic solo story about Port o Flame and a two-person parade cleanup operation that is somehow both fictional and completely committed to the bit. One episode has arson, improvised nonsense, and a story Todd has told enough times to qualify as oral tradition. The other has buckets, July 5th, and Eric agreeing to increasingly ridiculous parade-related hypotheses. They compare the two episodes using the sacred bracket categories of entertainment, information, and quality of original audio, because apparently enjoying a story is not enough when there are points to award. In this episode: Episode 20, “Port o Flame,” represents the number 10 seed, while Episode 27, “Parade Cleanup,” enters as the number 7 seed.Port o Flame is a late-2018 solo Todd story about a memorable fire-related adventure, delivered with the kind of confidence that suggests the story has been polished through repeated retelling.Todd and Eric discuss why Port o Flame works as a narrative, with a clear setup, escalating consequences, payoffs, and enough strange detail to make it one of the stronger solo episodes.Parade Cleanup arrives from July 2023 as a loose, ridiculous follow-up to parade talk, even though it is not technically cleaning up the same parade from the earlier episode.The Parade Cleanup conversation is built on improv, vague premises, escalating “yes, and” energy, and the shared willingness to treat a completely absurd situation as a serious logistical problem.From a story about fire and questionable decisions to a parade that requires an entire cleanup mythology, this is a matchup between classic TodCast storytelling and full-tilt collaborative improv. Connect with Todd and Eric: Check out our website at todcastpodcast.com or send us your ideas via email! Produced & Edited by Eric Hersey - Strong Minded Agency, Eric Hersey's bio. Listen to more episodes on the TodCast PodCast IMDb page.

  2. 6h ago

    Port o Flame - Tailor's Version

    Todd remembers the day a simple campsite cleanup turned into a full-scale teenage fire experiment involving gasoline, a plastic milk jug, an aerosol can, a burning whisk broom, and a fiberglass porta-potty that everyone mistakenly assumed was fireproof. In this episode: A group of teenagers agrees to mow an isolated campsite in exchange for Star Wars role-playing and a bonfire.Role-playing games provide knowledge of murder holes and Molotov cocktails, but somehow fail to explain that the bottle should break.A plastic milk jug full of gasoline produces a disappointing thud instead of the expected fireball.The crew turns a fiberglass porta-potty into a containment vessel and creates an improvised flamethrower from an aerosol can and whisk broom.The porta-potty catches fire, a pillow is used as a firefighting tool, and the bucket brigade becomes a chaotic circus.A helicopter appears through the smoke, prompting a rapid getaway and a story about mysterious vandals that everyone apparently believed.This is a cautionary tale about teenage pyromania, improvised engineering, and the important difference between fiberglass and fireproof. Todd does not recommend recreating any part of this story. He does recommend remembering that “fiberglass” and “fireproof” are not synonyms. Connect with Todd and Eric: Check out our website at todcastpodcast.com or send us your ideas via email! Produced & Edited by Eric Hersey - Strong Minded Agency, Eric Hersey's bio. Listen to more episodes on the TodCast PodCast IMDb page.

  3. 6h ago

    Parade Cleanup - Tailor's Version

    Todd and Eric clean up after a Fourth of July parade that apparently included monster trucks, mystery clowns, fire-truck candy, silly string, marinara explosions, and a parade of snails that threatened to bring civic celebration to a crawl. In this episode: White cleanup suits, long-handled dustpans, metal trash cans, and a cash prize for the heaviest garbage collection.Oscar the Grouch becomes a possible tactical advantage, assuming his trash can is bigger on the inside.Balki from Perfect Strangers serves as Grand Marshal while monster trucks create a tense clown-related moral crisis.Firefighters arrive to investigate the parade smoke and apparently decide to join the parade instead.Red, white, and blue silly string, Chef Boyardee’s spaghetti volcano, and marinara blasts turn the parade route into a sticky disaster zone.Snails, clowns without makeup, McDonald’s mascots, and the slogan “The snails always win” receive the serious analysis they deserve.This was less an organized civic event than an outdoor experiment in controlled disorder, and it is considerably harder to clean than anyone advertised. Todd and Eric do not win the parade. They do attempt to win the garbage-can weight competition while wearing white. Connect with Todd and Eric: Check out our website at todcastpodcast.com or send us your ideas via email! Produced & Edited by Eric Hersey - Strong Minded Agency, Eric Hersey's bio. Listen to more episodes on the TodCast PodCast IMDb page.

  4. 6d ago

    Now! That’s What I Call TodCasting: 6 vs 11

    Todd and Eric return to the TodCast bracket to decide whether a focused music-ranking origin story can defeat a pumpkin conversation that somehow travels from coffee and pie to Smashing Pumpkins. This is what happens when nostalgia, questionable scoring, and a complete lack of March Madness collide. They compare two very different episodes using the highly scientific categories of entertainment, information, and original audio quality, because apparently a simple “which one did we like better?” would not be enough. In this episode: Episode 119, “Eric the Music Mathematician,” faces Episode 82, “Pumpkins: Spice or Smash?” in the six-versus-eleven matchup.Eric revisits the long-running Music Ranked project, including music metadata, rating systems, algorithms, websites, WordPress, and years of conversations about how to quantify musical taste.Todd and Eric explain why the Music Ranked episode feels more focused and structured, with the kind of conversation that could happen at a family gathering before someone goes looking for bean dip.The music episode becomes a small history lesson about how hobbies evolve, how websites get rebuilt, and how one project can keep returning even after it has apparently fizzled out.Pumpkins: Spice or Smash? begins with pumpkin spice and wanders through pumpkin pie, Cool Whip, whipped cream, pumpkin carving, pumpkin painting, Halloween, and pumpkin smashing.The pumpkin conversation eventually arrives at the Smashing Pumpkins, proving that the title was not merely decorative and that the TodCast can usually find a logical path to a rock band.From music algorithms and WordPress experiments to pumpkin spice, pie, carving, smashing, and a band whose name conveniently keeps the theme alive, this episode is a bracket recap with three scoring categories and just enough logic to make the result feel official. Connect with Todd and Eric: Check out our website at todcastpodcast.com or send us your ideas via email! Produced & Edited by Eric Hersey - Strong Minded Agency Listen to more episodes on the TodCast PodCast IMDb page.

  5. 6d ago

    Pumpkins: Spice or Smash? - Tailor's Version

    Pumpkin spice has taken over coffee, candles, body products, and the entire autumn calendar. Todd and Eric investigate whether it deserves the attention or should be politely returned to the patch. In this episode: Eric introduces pumpkin spice as the neglected member of the Spice Girls.He admits he has never had pumpkin spice and mostly regards it as something that is simply there.Pumpkin pie, canned pumpkin, real pumpkin, Cool Whip, crust, and the correct whipped-topping ratio are debated.Pumpkin carving is compared with pumpkin painting, including the practical advantage of leaving the pumpkin intact.Pumpkin seeds are judged tasty but suspiciously labor-intensive.Eric recalls trying to smash whole pumpkins in the woods, discovering that a full pumpkin is basically a vegetable-shaped medicine ball.Todd recounts the much more effective and absolutely not recommended method of launching pumpkins from a moving car.The episode closes with Smashing Pumpkins, Billy Corgan, “1979,” and “Tonight, Tonight.”From pumpkin spice skepticism and pie preferences to carving kits, pumpkin seeds, failed pumpkin demolition, and a rock band with an excellent name, this is a complete investigation into autumn’s most aggressively marketed vegetable. Todd and Eric do not settle whether pumpkins are spice or smash. They do establish that some pumpkins are better left intact, especially when Eric is holding them. Connect with Todd and Eric: Check out our website at todcastpodcast.com or send us your ideas via email! Produced & Edited by Eric Hersey - Strong Minded Agency, Eric Hersey's bio. Listen to more episodes on the TodCast PodCast IMDb page.

  6. 6d ago

    Eric the Music Mathematician - Tailor's Version

    Eric has spent years developing a system to answer a question nobody asked: exactly how much does he like every musical artist he has ever heard? What began as a 169-artist MP3 disc grew into a personal music laboratory involving spreadsheets, metadata, discographies, algorithms, hard-drive disasters, and enough mathematical tinkering to make simply listening to a song seem irresponsible. In this episode: The MP3 disc that started Eric’s mission to rank his favorite artists.Why a normal music collection became a spreadsheet-based research project with custom formulas and increasingly specific rules.Ratings, skips, play counts, song totals, and a modified Net Promoter Score determine who rises and falls.Duplicate tracks, alternate takes, movie dialogue, soundtracks, and background scores are removed before they corrupt the sacred mathematics.Elton John and Boston learn that a great greatest-hits album does not guarantee a free pass for the entire discography.The Beatles, Journey, Weird Al, Simon and Garfunkel, Elton John, ELO, Pink Floyd, Phil Collins, Chicago, and the Moody Blues occupy Eric’s difficult-to-defend top ten.A hard-drive failure wipes out Eric’s metadata and forces him to rebuild the project.Weird Al and Tenacious D receive the kind of serious consideration usually reserved for Nobel Prize nominees.From five-star ratings and greatest-hits albums to mathematical formulas and deeply personal nostalgia, this episode explores what happens when Eric turns his music collection into a long-term scientific experiment with no peer review. Todd asks the reasonable questions. Eric supplies the spreadsheets and a ranking system that may eventually determine the precise musical value of every song on Earth. Connect with Todd and Eric: Check out our website at todcastpodcast.com or send us your ideas via email! Produced & Edited by Eric Hersey - Strong Minded Agency, Eric Hersey's bio. Listen to more episodes on the TodCast PodCast IMDb page.

  7. Oct 21

    Now! That’s What I Call TodCasting: 5 vs 12

    Todd and Eric return to the TodCast bracket to decide whether a family-filled episode about Todd’s past can defeat a homemade toy tournament. This is what happens when nostalgia, questionable scoring, and a complete lack of March Madness collide. In this episode: Episode 99, “Embarrassment Like Only Family Can Provide,” faces Episode 136, “March Madness? No, It Is April Gladness! We Have Toys!” in the five-versus-twelve matchup.Todd remembers recording with his mother Paula and sister Crystal, while Eric points out that the family is now collecting podcast and IMDb credits.The family episode includes stories about book reports, pretending to be sick, puking on walls, science projects, bicycles, tree houses, and Todd’s questionable study habits.Todd and Eric discuss the special value of hearing their mother’s voice preserved in an audio recording.The toy bracket is revisited with its thirty-two entries, manual research, online voting, seed numbers, and a frankly excessive number of rules.Lego wins the toy tournament, while Kenner Star Wars action figures are remembered as an early casualty that Todd still finds emotionally troubling.Entertainment value goes to the family episode, largely because bringing in Mom and Crystal adds an extra dimension of self-inflicted embarrassment.Information value goes to the toy bracket, because listeners may learn about toys they missed while learning very little useful trivia from Todd’s childhood.Original audio quality becomes the deciding factor, with the family conversation defeating the more recent bracket episode despite both recordings having their own technical problems.The old recording includes fewer robotic Wi-Fi moments, less filler, and a more natural conversation, proving that sometimes the older episode wins the rematch. From family stories and old board games to toy brackets, Lego victories, Wi-Fi robots, and the highly scientific process of awarding points for entertainment, information, and audio quality, this episode is a bracket recap with just enough logic to make the final result feel official. Todd and Eric do not settle which episode is objectively best. They simply score the competition, declare a winner, and promise to finish the tournament sometime before the next major cultural era. Connect with Todd and Eric: Check out our website at todcastpodcast.com or send us your ideas via email! Produced & Edited by Eric Hersey - Strong Minded Agency Listen to more episodes on the TodCast PodCast IMDb page.

  8. Oct 21

    March Madness? No, It Is April Gladness! We Have Toys! - Tailor's Version

    With March Madness mysteriously unavailable, Todd and Eric turn to a much more important tournament: a bracket ranking toys and activities that probably should not be taken this seriously. Thirty-two contenders enter the competition, carefully selected through spreadsheets, polls, nostalgia, and the sort of informal research that makes a toy bracket feel almost scientific. In this episode: Lego takes the number one seed while Play-Doh earns the number two seed in the activities bracket.Atari, Silly Putty, View-Master, Simon, playing cards, and Super Soaker face off in a series of surprisingly serious matchups.The Rubik's Cube, Trivial Pursuit, Frisbee, Bubble Solution, Light Bright, Spirograph, Operation, and Play-Doh attempt to survive the opening rounds.Todd and Eric debate whether the Rubik's Cube is really a game or simply the fidget spinner of the eighties.Playing cards deliver one of the biggest upsets by defeating Super Soaker, proving that versatility and year-round availability still matter.Care Bears, Playmobil, Barbie, Slinky, Hot Wheels, American Girl dolls, Furby, yo-yos, and Fisher-Price Little People compete for toy-bracket supremacy.Star Wars action figures make an early appearance before being defeated by Matchbox cars, creating a result Todd and Eric are not prepared to accept emotionally.Little People become the Cinderella story of the tournament by defeating Transformers, Polly Pocket, Matchbox cars, and Hot Wheels.Lego defeats Play-Doh in the activities final, while Little People somehow make it all the way to the overall championship.The final decision comes down to cumulative bracket advancements, giving Lego the title of champion over all other lesser toys and activities.Coloring books, yo-yos, questionable bracket math, and color-your-own-adventure.com help bring the tournament to its completely reasonable conclusion.From Lego and Play-Doh to Barbie, Star Wars figures, Hot Wheels, and Fisher-Price Little People, this episode attempts to determine which toys and activities deserve to survive a March Madness-style tournament. The results include nostalgia, several bracket-busting upsets, and at least one decision that Todd and Eric would like to appeal. Unfortunately, the people have spoken, and apparently they had strong opinions about Little People. Connect with Todd and Eric: Check out our website at todcastpodcast.com or send us your ideas via email! Produced & Edited by Eric Hersey - Strong Minded Agency, Eric Hersey's bio. Listen to more episodes on the TodCast PodCast IMDb page.

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Join hosts Todd and Eric Hersey on 'The TodCast PodCast' as they dive into all things nerdy - from Star Wars to toys, hobbies, theme parks, books, and movies. Engage in entertaining debates, explore the latest trends, and celebrate the passion of the nerd culture. Tune in for a fun-filled journey through the realms of fandom!

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  • Creator
    Todd Hersey
  • Years Active
    2017 - 2026
  • Episodes
    462
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 625618
  • Show Website
    The TodCast Podcast