The fall may be Spooky Season, but it's always Foodie Season here at Collected Possibilities; and that's never been more on display than with this tribute to an absolute spectacle of the shopping experience. In an episode as big as the store it's about, we aim to answer the burning question - can a grocery store also be an attraction?    Record setting three time guest, founder of Little Britt Pottery, and my girlfriend BRITTANY TRUSKE is our guide on a food safari to Jungle Jim's International Market, located just outside of Cincinnati, Ohio. We journey through this incredible blend of supermarket and theme park, full of fresh produce, animatronic set pieces, and an actual movie theater. Along the way we analyze our relationship via our different thoughts on food, explore the pressure placed on the experience of eating, and learn how spite and resentment motivates Jason to eat well. Plus, learn about the three regional delicacies of the Cincinnati area!   Is Jungle Jim's International Market something you have to do before you die? Listen and find out!   COLLECTED POSSIBILITIES - E-Mail: [email protected] - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/collectedpossibilities/ - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/collectedpossibilities   LITTLE BRITT POTTERY - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/littlebrittpottery/   JUNGLE JIM'S INTERNATIONAL MARKET - Website: https://junglejims.com/  - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JungleJimsEastgate & https://www.facebook.com/JungleJimsInternationalMarket - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/junglejimsmarket/

It's the start of our first ever Spooky Season as we ring in Autumn with a Monstrous take on Mini Golf!

Professional Wrestler "The Undeniable" Rob Myers joins us this week for an afternoon of shooting lasers, swinging clubs, and excavating childhood trauma. Rob is wonderfully open in this incredibly revealing conversation, where he goes into detail on his extremely difficult childhood - being abandoned at nine months old, sadly seeing himself as a monster growing up, and how being reunited with his mother and meeting a brother he never knew completely changed the direction of his life. We talk his love of horror, how he wants to be the father he never had, and his upcoming road to recovery after a scary seizure. All that, plus air hockey!

Is Monster Mini Golf something you have to do before you die? Listen and find out!

COLLECTED POSSIBILITIES - E-Mail: [email protected] - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/collectedpossibilities/ - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/collectedpossibilities

ROB MYERS - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100075709252219 - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robmyerspro/ - TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@officalrobmyerspro

MONSTER MINI GOLF - Website: https://monsterminigolf.com/ - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MonsterMiniGolf/  - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/monsterminigolf/ 

This week we are joined by the Chocolate City Champion, #347 on the Pro Wrestling Illustrated list of the Top 500 Wrestlers in the World for 2022, The Belt Thief - CHRISTOPHER ANDINO! We're heading to Bladensburg, Maryland for the most honestly advertised and least imaginatively named attraction in all the land - Go Kart Track (that's the whole name). Andino is always entertaining and mildly controversial, with the hottest takes in show history, so get ready to laugh and shake your head in equal measure.   We're down for some wacky racing as we talk all about pushing boundaries and poking the bear, the impact of consequences on growth and regret, and the relationship between fathers and sons. Learn which drivers make the Andino hit list and why, and we discover our new racing hero: the boy, the myth, the legend - Number 11.    Is Go Kart Track something you have to do before you die? Listen and find out!   COLLECTED POSSIBILITIES - E-Mail: [email protected] - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/collectedpossibilities/ - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/collectedpossibilities   CHRISTOPHER ANDINO - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/studio_and1no/ - Twitter: https://twitter.com/Studio_Andino - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DirectorAndino   GO KART TRACK - Website: https://www.gokarttrack.com/

Improviser, Tarot Comedian, Podcaster, Empowering Educator - she does many things and goes by many names, but most of them start with Carrie! CARRIE JAHN is on the show this week as we head to National Harbor, Maryland to ride The Capital Wheel for the very first time. We talk all about the integration and reclamation of identities, the rituals of healing, and finding new paths in your thirties. All that plus a giant statue of an anguished man emerging from the beach named "The Awakening" to really hit the thematic thrust home!   It's never too late for a new perspective, especially atop a Ferris Wheel.   Is The Capital Wheel something you have to do before you die? Listen and find out!   COLLECTED POSSIBILITIES - E-Mail: [email protected] - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/collectedpossibilities/ - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/collectedpossibilities   CARRIE JAHN - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/carriejahncomedy/ - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVa4mHu_GcwfeoIgJISGquQ/featured   EMPOWERING EDUCATOR:  - Link Tree: https://linktr.ee/Empowering.Educator - Website: https://empoweringeducator.org/ - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/empowering.educator/ - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/empoweringeducator   CELESTIAL SMALL TALK - Link Tree: https://linktr.ee/celestialsmalltalk - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/celestialsmalltalk/   THE CAPITAL WHEEL - Link Tree: https://linktr.ee/capitalwheel - Website: https://thecapitalwheel.com/ - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/capitalwheel/

Jason Drake is a musician and professional wrestler - a member of the Riot City's Most Wanted stable and the man who broke Adam Cole's record as longest reigning EWA Cruiserweight Champion. He's also a good, everyday dude named Logan Helphenstine - a nature enthusiast who wrestles with anxiety and panic disorder outside of the ring. We met up the day after Logan was in the ER for panic attacks, and found ourselves very reflective on the subject of mental health overall - how our respective anxieties manifest and affect our lives, the importance of public conversation in reducing the stigma around mental health issues, and the changing attitudes and understanding of the issues in stereotypically hyper-masculine spaces.

We also talked about the relationship between physical health and mental health, and our connection as people to the wonders of nature. So it made perfect sense to head out to Boonsboro, MD together so Jason Drake could see an underground cave for the very first time! From stalactites and stalagmites, to an unexpected waterfall, and a very curious Praying Mantis; this week's episode is all about how humanity can make an attraction of the natural world.

Is Crystal Grottoes Caverns something you have to do before you die? Listen and find out!

COLLECTED POSSIBILITIES - E-Mail: [email protected] - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/collectedpossibilities/ - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/collectedpossibilities

JASON DRAKE - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/realjasondrake/ - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JasonDrakeOfficial

CRYSTAL GROTTOES CAVERNS - Website: http://www.crystalgrottoescaverns.com/ - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/crystal.grottoes.caverns/ - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CrystalGrottoesCaverns

 

If you're going to an arcade and fun center named Main Event, you better be bringing a Professional Wrestler with you. But not just any wrestler - the Air Force Veteran, Intel Specialist, Podcast Host, Champion of Chit Chat, your Friendly Neighborhood RED DAWG! 

Alongside an afternoon of gaming, we re-learn the importance of first impressions, feel the pain of the music you love becoming classic rock, and dive into the difference between real and performative combat with a man who is well versed in both. Red Dawg really opens up, opening up about a time he was taken advantage of in the ring and questioned continuing to pursue his dream. He reflects on his relationships with his dad, daughter, and deceased best friend and how all of them helped shape the man he is now. All that plus the show's first game of laser tag!   Is Main Event something you have to do before you die? Listen and find out!   COLLECTED POSSIBILITIES - E-Mail: [email protected] - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/collectedpossibilities/ - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/collectedpossibilities   RED DAWG - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the_reddawg85/ - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GetTheKO - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/RedDawg85   THE 3 COUNT PODCAST - Listen Here: https://anchor.fm/the3count - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/3countpod/   MAIN EVENT - Website: https://www.mainevent.com/ - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mymainevent/

The Montgomery County Agricultural Fair is a local rite of passage, and a case can be made that this very fair is where the seeds of Collected Possibilities were first planted (agriculture reference). The bright lights, the vibrant sounds, the rush of the rides - chasing that feeling turned into this very show. But can a childhood memory live up to an adult's perspective?

Usually we're focused on the new and novel, but this week it's about coming home and sharing the love with a person experiencing it for the first time. By day, JOCELYN KNAZIK PHELPS may be a genetic counselor and swing band singer. But tonight, she's bringing out VACAY-J, an alternate persona she adopts to go with the flow and leave the burden of anxiety behind, like an inverted Incredible Hulk. We talk about mental health and the search for joy, what it's like to be a vegetarian around animals destined for the slaughter, and make sure to talk about sheep testicles (just in case you were worried). All this, plus fried food galore!

Is the Montgomery County Agricultural Fair something you have to do before you die? Listen and find out!

COLLECTED POSSIBILITIES - E-Mail: [email protected] - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/collectedpossibilities/ - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/collectedpossibilities

JOCELYN KNAZIK PHELPS - Jocelyn's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jocknaz/ - Jocelyn's Cats' Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/starpurrs731/

THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY AGRICULTURAL FAIR - Website: https://mcagfair.com/ - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mocofair/ - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Mcagfair

 

 

Get ready for a blast from the past - an honest to god arcade in an honest to god shopping mall! This week we head to Hagerstown, MD to hit up Tilt Studio; where a combination of games, attractions, nostalgia, and slight disappointments await. Dave and Busters meets Jeepers meets a Boardwalk Arcade in this sprawling amusement center that promises "fun at full blast."

Voltage Pro Wrestling promoter Mike Noland (known better to some as Mike Ratick) invites us to his hometown for a trip back in time to when teenagers hung out in physical spaces. Along the way we discover how video games were a mutual gateway to our wrestling fandoms, reveal how a Weezer concert ended a career, and get some advice on dating and arcade etiquette.All your favorite games are here - but how many of them actually work?

Is Tilt Studio something you have to do before you die? Listen and find out!

COLLECTED POSSIBILITIES - E-Mail: [email protected] - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/collectedpossibilities/ - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/collectedpossibilities

MIKE "RATICK" NOLAND - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mikeratick/ - Pro Wrestling Tees: https://www.prowrestlingtees.com/mikeratick

VOLTAGE PRO WRESTLING - Website: https://www.voltagewrestling.com/ - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/voltageiswrestling - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/voltageiswrestling/

TILT STUDIO - Website: https://tiltstudio.com/ - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tiltstudio/

This week we blend the nostalgic joys of childhood with the legal freedoms of adulthood at our very first gaming bar, Washington DC's Players Club! NAGIER CHAMBERS, the visionary force behind Big Gold Belt Media, is our guide as we attempt to do what all thirty-somethings at a bar want to do - beat the X-Men Arcade Game.   Along the way we revisit the traumas of our adolescent arcade experiences, dish on the essential DC carryout order, and Jason shares a haiku about the Blob his friend wrote all the way back in 8th grade bible class. Pinball, pool, and Pop Culture - this episode has it all!

Is Players Club something you have to do before you die? Listen and find out!

COLLECTED POSSIBILITIES - E-Mail: [email protected] - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/collectedpossibilities/ - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/collectedpossibilities

BIG GOLD BELT MEDIA - Website: https://biggoldbelt.com/ - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BigGoldBelt/ - Twitter: https://twitter.com/Biggoldbelt - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/biggoldbelt/  - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/biggoldbelt 

PLAYERS CLUB - Website: https://www.playersclubdc.com/ - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PlayersClubDC/ - Twitter: https://twitter.com/playersclubdc  - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/playersclubdc/ 

It's part two of our visit to Bridgeville, Delaware for the legendary Apple Scrapple Festival with guest CHANAN BERKOVITS, and we're here for all the big questions. Like...

• What will Chanan think as he tries scrapple for the very first time?
• What exactly is the Mayoral Scrapple sling?
• What song made Jason run from God?
• How far can the women of Bridgeville toss a skillet?
• And is the Apple Scrapple Festival actually a celebration of apples and scrapples at all? And if not, what is it, really?

All this and more in another exciting installment of Collected Possibilities - Porkabunga, dude!

Is the Apple Scrapple Festival something you have to do before you die? Listen and find out!

COLLECTED POSSIBILITIES - E-Mail: [email protected] - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/collectedpossibilities/ - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/collectedpossibilities

CHANAN BERKOVITS - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/uncletunafish/

THE APPLE SCRAPPLE FESTIVAL - Website: https://www.applescrapple.com/ - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/applescrapplefestival/