By day, Rick Kaempfer and Dave Stern are the publishers of Eckhartz Press and Chicago Author Solutions. By night, they are unappreciated fathers and husbands. And in their spare time they are consumers of worthless information. Each week they share their newest worthless information in the podcast, "Minutia Men".
EP84: Rick and Dave discuss comfort animals, Valentine’s day minutia, band name mishaps, and Rick’s brush with Warren Zevon.
EP83 – Rick and Dave discuss McDonald’s fries curing baldness, the biggest dick on the Eagles, a Goodwill gift for the ages, a Cubs gangster, and Rick’s brush with comedian Tim Allen.
EP82 – Rick and Dave discuss the most annoying word, sitcom revivals, Florida’s ranking, Republican Cubs, and Rick’s brush with Grandpa Munster Al Lewis.
EP81 – Rick and Dave discuss Agent 99, an unusual Father/son moment, the Pope telling nun jokes, the man they named the ballpark after, and Rick’s brush with Danny Bonaduce.
EP80 – Rick and Dave trace flatulence, unite sh**holers, admonish Jenkins, play Just One Bad Century roulette, and recount Rick’s brush with songwriter Jimmy Webb.
EP79 – Rick and Dave discuss chipped nipples, Trump’s combover, Snoop Dog: Marketing genius, Just One Bad Century roulette, and Rick’s brush with John Wayne Bobbitt.
EP78 – Rick and Dave discuss the happiest women, half-pint movie critics, a German banker’s dream, Just One Bad Century roulette, and Rick’s brush with Darlene Love.
EP77 – Rick and Dave discuss who would have been a better roommate in college–POTUS or VP, plus Florida stories, Millennials, This week in 1908, and Rick’s brush with former Illinois Governor Rod Bla…
EP76 – Rick and Dave discuss smart condoms, German parenting tips, mustard on pop tarts, Prohibition at Wrigley Field, and Rick’s brush with British Royalty.
EP75 – Rick and Dave discuss things to scream at Santa, Call of Doo-Dee, the Woof Tang Clan, a Cubs Hall of Famer, and Rick’s brush with local Chicago TV anchor, Mary Ann Childers.
EP74 – Rick and Dave discuss creative skywriting, Thanksgiving Minutia, misplaced cars, a Cub with an unfortunate name, and Rick’s brush with the co-author of Chicken Soup for the Soul.
EP73 – Rick and Dave discuss funeral etiquette you’ve never considered, airplane disturbances, the happiest dog ever, a Cub named Bilko, and Rick’s brush with gymnast Nadia Comăneci.
EP72 – Rick and Dave discuss strippers who steal guns, memorable protests, beer cooler dos and dont’s, Circus Solly Hofman, and Rick’s brush with Burt Ward from Batman.
EP71 – Rick and Dave discuss tickets for singing, punny Halloween costumes, extreme nagging avoidance, the Mad Monk, and Rick’s brush with Lara Flynn Boyle.
EP70 – Rick and Dave discuss nose hair extensions, classic rave outs, McDonald’s sauce, a World Series that saved lives, and Rick’s brush with Everybody Loves Raymond star Doris Roberts.
EP69 – Rick and Dave discuss Jenkins during a robbery, a Dutch treat, anti-Nazi video games, a man called Pep, and Rick’s brush with Bill Kurtis.
EP68 – Rick and Dave discuss ridiculously complicated shopping lists, things that children inhale, how to lure a crook out of a tree, the most famous homer in Wrigley history, and Rick’s brush with H…
EP67 – Rick and Dave discuss a North Korean parking scandal, a Beatles cartoon anniversary, Duck sizes, the homer in the gloamin, and Rick’s brush with Eagles guitarist Joe Walsh
EP66 – Rick and Dave discuss getting things stuck where they shouldn’t be, the laziest band ever, gibberish sign language, Mike Royko at Wrigley Field, and Rick’s brush with Soupy Sales
EP65 – Rick and Dave, a chance to win a prize, an explanation of nude high school swimming, a plastic surgery side effect you won’t believe, Sean Spicer’s sexy rating, and Rick’s brush with Jack Bric…