Vemodalen Podcast Network

Butter Town - 37 - CHICAGO SHRAPNEL

A discussion on art and a war criminal / child rapist is nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize... We're left shaking our damn heads.

Butter Town - 36 - Black To The Future

Welcome to Butter Town.

Butter Town - 35 - Butter Town Can't Afford to Sell Out

On this episode we talked about:
What it takes to start a real podcast - you know, for profit and stuff
Our old show vs this one
8th grade girlfriend from another school, you don't know here
Reading books
People can lick too
Branding + zone of genius
John's Uncle - part 3
Propaganda
Selling out.
The future of AI
The current civil war
ChatGPT and how to use it

Butter Town - 34 - Why Is Hunter Biden's Vernacular Penis Doing This To Us

Stuff we discussed:
No Kings Protest 6-14-25
Audible Books and Which To Pick
DAavid Grayber
Apple in China
Protest Signs
Art Date Nights
GenCon + Spouse Activities
Tower Records
Architecture 
 

Butter Town - 33 - Something + Stoic

It was an episode for the history books... literally.

Butter Town - 32 - More Tribes For Your Jigsaw Puzzle

In this kaleidoscopic episode of Butter Town, “More Tribes for Your Jigsaw Puzzle,” Jaysin and John crack open the existential piñata and let chaos, grief, and radical honesty rain down like confetti soaked in barbecue sauce and enlightenment.
The conversation begins with a somber dive into grief—not the soft, cinematic kind, but the unpredictable, elbow-in-your-throat kind that shows up during cereal commercials or while yelling at a printer. Jaysin recounts his theory that mourning is actually a rogue time traveler, showing up at weird moments to rearrange your brain’s furniture while wearing a poncho of unresolved emotions. John counters with his belief that all grief is just a cryptic escape room designed by your ancestors, and the only key is a mixtape of memories you swore you threw out in 2009.
From there, things spiral gloriously into the absurd.
The duo discusses the tribalism of modern thought—how everyone’s building their own weird little cults like Pinterest boards with pitchforks. Jaysin claims that we’ve replaced religions with personality quizzes and vibes-based manifestos. John suggests that society is just one giant group project where no one agreed on the rubric, and half the class thinks the Earth is flat because they read it on a tote bag.
They explore what it means to “belong” in an era where every algorithm wants to assign you a tribe—whether it’s Mushroom Moms, Crypto Cowboys, or the aggressively neutral fans of beige décor. The metaphor of a jigsaw puzzle becomes the through-line, symbolizing identity as something being built in reverse, with new pieces that don’t fit… unless you squint, chew on them, and lie to yourself a little.
Midway through, the show detours into a heated debate about whether pigeons are actually sleeper agents from Atlantis and if buttered toast always landing face-down is proof of a cursed simulation. Jaysin insists he once saw a man argue with a goose and lose emotionally. John reads a Craigslist ad that may or may not be a coded transmission from the underground marsupial resistance.
THIS EPISODE IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY:
Pure force of will.
Music: Sonic Ronin Records - https://www.youtube.com/@SonicRonin
Book: How To Change Your Mind - https://amzn.to/3Z3qViT
As always, Butter Town ends not with answers, but with more questions, more laughter, and one final truth bomb:You’re not lost. You’re just in the middle of a jigsaw puzzle… and someone added extra tribes.

Butter Town - 31 - Weaponize Thrift

John and Jaysin talk... at length. And take 2 bathrooms breaks!

Butter Town - 30 - That's Another Book I Read

All about frogs and mating habits of frogs.