A Fireside Chat

It's part 2 of my conversation with Stephanie Kong aka Stephthelyrcist. This week we discuss more of Stephanie's amazing struggles growing up and trying to fit in. Steph talks about some of the worst and best gigs she's ever played, trying out for American Idol, and how she believes she's had encounters with possible real life angels. We then discuss her influences and how she manages to stay so grateful and grounded with all the struggles that have been put in front of her. Steph will be back on in a few weeks to tell us about how Nashville went and play a few more songs for us. Find more of her stuff on Bandcamp and Itunes and be sure to check back next week for a brand new episode. Thanks for listening!

This is part one of my nearly 4 hour conversation with Stephanie Kong aka Stephthelyricist. Stephanie met with me to talk just weeks before going to Nashville to perform for the heads of major record labels in hopes of landing a recording contract. Stephanie is 18 years old and a very talented and accomplished singer/songwriter. She talks about her struggles growing up without any friends, what it was like to not have her parents support her at all and how she dealt with being bullied in school. She tells a heartbreaking story about finding someone she thought was a friend only to be let down in the end and how that affected her. She opens up about her suicidal thoughts and her strained relationship with her siblings, including involving law enforcement.

This is an amazing underdog story and Stephanie's compassion and ability to forgive those that have wronged her is a true inspiration to us all. Please check her out on bandcamp, facebook, and Itunes. Part 2 goes up next week with more of her life story and she even performs some live acoustic songs for us. Thanks for listening!

In Part 2 of my conversation with Faye we discuss what it was like having one her parents practice mormonism and if she still practices it today. She debunks some common myths about the religion, then we discuss how she diagnosed herself with bipolar disorder, going to therapy and how being bipolar affects her writing. We wrap up with some talk about her influences and how she writes and we nerd out with some movie, music and pop culture talk. A very fun conversation and please check out Faye's amazing work and support her art. Thanks for listening!

This week I"m joined by Faye Haymond who writes under the name of Donaya Haymond. She is a talented writer who at the age of 23 has already published 5 novels. In part 1 of our conversation Faye tells us how she came up with the ideas for her books and how her characters are very different than those in other series. She also discusses what it was like being diagnosed with bipolar disorder and how her parents dealt with it. She opens up about what it was like realizing she was gay and how she dealt with coming out to her parents. A really honest, candid conversation that I hope you will check out. If you like what we do over here, please spread the word and let people know. Check out Faye on Facebook, Twitter and purchase her books on Amazon and your local book store.

This is a repost of an episode from our first season, and it's one of the most important ones we've ever done. An anonymous friend joins me to talk about the struggles she encountered the night her boyfriend tried to kill himself, and the aftermath. She re-lives this evening in great detail and goes on to speak about how his life was spared and the emotional distress it caused her. This is also a beautiful and inspirational story of love and deep compassion. Don't miss this episode. If you know someone going through a tough time, making remarks, making threats to kill themselves, it's time to speak up. You can be the difference in someone's life. And here is the proof of that. Thank you for listening.

It's part 2 of my conversation with Nick Romeo. Nick talks about the first band he started as a kid his love for animals and what he would like to see changed in our society. We then close out the conversation by talking about comic books star wars star trek and much much more. As I write this we are back in the Itunes store but please keep checking our social media pages and stitcher for new episodes. Please help spread the word about our podcast and hit us up if you'd like to be a guest. Thanks for listening!

Nick Romeo is an author, poet, musician, photographer, and so much more. He tells me what inspires him to create his art, how he balances being involved in 3 different bands, how he makes meaningful art out of everyday inanimate objects the perils of mastering an album, and much much more! Check back next week for part 2 where we discuss performing live, changing the world, Nick's love for a particular barnyard animal, Star Wars, comic books and so much more! A really fun interview to conduct and please check out the links to Nick's work below. If you like what you hear, please leave us a review in the Itunes store and tell a friend about us.

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It's part one of a great two parter. Ian Sharpley and Paul McGinty from McSoss join us to talk all things comics and pop culture. In part 1, we discuss their origin story. How they met, how they got into comics and the influence it's had on their lives. We talk about what it takes to put their web comic together and the interesting dynamic they have on their podcast. Next week on Part 2, we discuss whether the boom of comic book movies is watering down the marketplace, their thoughts on what comics translated to the big screen and which ones failed and why. We also discuss some recent casting news and so much more.

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In part two of our conversation with Ian Sharpley and Paul McGinty from Mcsoss we discuss what the huge boom of comic book culture might mean and where they think comics will be in a few years. We also touch on Billy Bob Thornton and his failed music career, the best and worst of comic movies, why certain shows on the CW smell a little funky, and so much more!

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It's the Season 3 Premiere! This week I tell you why a bad case of writers block made me step away for a few weeks. Some fun work stories about my inability to eat my lunch without a fiasco, and we debut a new segment where i break down a wrestlers theme music and this week we start with The American Males tag team.

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