About this podcast
This is the FOJ (Friends of Jeff) podcast. For FOJ by FOJ.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 91 episodes
- FOJ 91 - Jeff's Fingers Are as Immobile as Jaylon Johnson · 2 h 18 min · Episode 91FOJ 91 kicks off with the Bears who wore No. 91 and Jason's Naperville Central class of '91, which includes Pete Crow-Armstrong's dad. Jason is handing out the first Listener of…
- FOJ 90 - Pins in the Finger, Pucks in Pockets, Falcons on the Floor · 1 h 29 min · Episode 90Jeff's broken finger needs surgery after all, which kills his California trip, so the guys break down the pins-and-twist plan before turning to sports. Jason recaps the Brewers…
- FOJ 89 - Broken Fingers & Hearts & Bears · 1 h 18 min · Episode 89Jeff and Jason are back after two weeks off, and it was a rough stretch for Chicago. Jeff breaks his finger in the Atlanta airport, splints it with electrical tape from his…
- FOJ 88 - In Case We Trust · 1 h 37 min · Episode 88FOJ 88 was recorded late Wednesday night with both Chicago baseball teams in the playoffs and the Bears fresh off a Monday Night Football shocker. Jason opens with Patrick Kane…
- FOJ 87 - Bears Bad, Bocce Good, Caleb Hurt · 1 h 43 min · Episode 87Jeff and Jason open with the trip to Chicago, Portillo's after a conference happy hour, and a career night in Jeff's Sunday bocce league (rules included for the uninitiated)…
- FOJ 86 - Bob Russell wants us to be better than we are and braver than we are · 2 h 29 min · Episode 86Jeff and Jason welcome Jason's forty-seven-year friend Bob Russell, a veteran youth football and baseball coach, for FOJ's longest episode yet at two and a half hours. The guys…
- FOJ 85 - Baseball Champs, Caleb's Mustache, and 2026 Bears Predictions · 2 h 5 min · Episode 85Jason closes out an undefeated men's league season, going 23-1 and winning Manager of the Year, and walks Jeff through the title-clinching doubleheader, the ice water bath, and…
- FOJ 84 - Banana Ball, Bears Cuts, and a Live Fantasy Football Draft · 1 h 44 min · Episode 84Jeff and Jason catch up after Jeff's trip to the Providence/Foxboro area, where he toured the entertainment complex growing up around Gillette Stadium which was preparing for a…
- FOJ 83 - Manager of the Year, Highmark Stadium Headaches, and the FOJ Cup · 1 h 11 min · Episode 83Jeff and Jason catch up on Jason's men's league baseball playoff run and his CPBL Manager of the Year award, then dig into Bears preseason (Caleb Williams' cameo, Case Keenum)…
- FOJ 82 - No AC, an 18-1 Squad & the Bears' 34-10 Win Over the Browns · 1 h 36 min · Episode 82Jeff and Jason battle a brutal, AC-less Chicago summer, and Jeff's new 3D printer has become an obsession — from a listener-requested FOJ coin to homemade dog gear. Jason's men's…
- FOJ 81 - Connie's Pizza, 3D Printers & Bears Training Camp Chaos · 1 h 27 min · Episode 81Jeff and Jason are back with a loaded one: Jeff finally buys a 3D printer (and gets grilled by FOJ AI on whether 3D-printed food is real), the guys debate what they'd print first…
- FOJ 80 - Bears, Baseball & Bots · 2 h 12 min · Episode 80Jeff and Jason kick off episode 80 by debuting FOJ's brand-new AI co-host — built on ElevenLabs, Claude, Groq, and Maneku — and immediately put it to work fact-checking their…
- FOJ 79 - My Replacement's Here, Pull Me Out · 1 h 52 min · Episode 79Jeff and Jason are back for FOJ 79. Jeff recaps a fireside chat in Raleigh and previews MC'ing his first full-day conference in New York City, plus a rough night out when a…
- FOJ 78 - Shut up, doggy! · 1 h 34 min · Episode 78Jeff and Jason are back for episode 78! This week: a crash course in gigabytes vs. terabytes vs. petabytes and why MFA might save your bank account, a deep dive on 1985 Bears…
- FOJ 77 - Work Hard and Get Lucky · 2 h 6 min · Episode 77Jeff and Jason reunite after a three-week gap with a genuinely loaded episode. Jeff recaps his exhausting week at a major industry conference in Vegas — the nonstop networking…
- FOJ 76 - Beep Beep Drive Home Safe Chicago · 1 h 47 min · Episode 76Jeff and Jason are back after two weeks off with a packed episode. Jeff officially closes the book on his Polestar 3 saga — it's being surrendered Thursday — and reveals his next…
- FOJ 75 - From Berlin Bistros to Midwest Parking Lots · 1 h 21 min · Episode 75Jeff and Jason are back for episode 75 and they've got a full plate. Jeff just returned from Berlin for his annual industry conference and breaks down the trip — from jet-lagged…
- FOJ 74 - He Hate Me, Steak Love Me · 1 h 33 min · Episode 74Jeff and Jason are back for FOJ 74 — dedicated to Bears Hall of Fame offensive tackle Jimbo Covert, the man who wore #74. The guys kick things off with the shortest NFL career in…
- FOJ 73 - Bears Draft Grades, NFL State Stats, and Dark Comedy Is For Smart People · 1 h 14 min · Episode 73Jeff and Jason are back after a brief hiatus — Jason's been riding out a nasty head cold, but he's at 90% and ready to roll. The guys dig deep into the Chicago Bears' 2025 NFL…
- FOJ 72 - Astronauts, Baby Rabbits, and the 31% Who'd Date Their Dogs · 1 h 30 min · Episode 72Jeff and Jason are back for episode 72, opening with the legacy of the number itself — The Fridge — and a riff on how NFL players have physically evolved over the decades. Jeff's…
