I have a much-needed nostalgic conversation with Model, Actor, Musician, Fiction Writer, and dear friend from the 7th grade, Chris Manning. We discuss Chris growing up feeling isolated in the haunted Santa Cruz mountains, experiencing racism in middle school, he and I bonding over Mel Brooks films during 7th grade PE, Chris preventing me from sitting on a child on Disneyland’s Pirates of the Caribbean ride, meeting Metallica in their rehearsal studio, becoming the star of Third Eye Blind’s “Jumper” music video, modeling in Milan, getting arrested for fighting a cab driver in Paris, becoming a father, learning that forgiveness is critical to sustaining a loving marriage, Chris introducing me to “The Joy of Sex,” and a whole lot more. Recording Date: Saturday, July 3rd, 2021. To learn more about me, please visit: www.blindmaninblack.com