Everyone's Special and No One Is

After being an iPhone user for over a decade, I recently made the switch to a Google Pixel (Android) phone. Why did I switch?? How has it been so far adjusting to the new phone? Listen to find out!!

I was a witness to a fire in my apartment complex. Everyone made it out safely, but it was a pretty traumatic experience for me and everyone involved.

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The thumbnail for this podcast episode is an actual picture I took of the fire starting. I honestly felt a bit guilty about taking this photo instead of doing something constructive... anyway, I'm unpacking those mixed feelings in this episode.

This was my first time giving a formal presentation in ... about seven years?!? How did it go, and how did the students react?

I took the major points of my AI music podcast episodes with Bobby and converted them into a presentation which I gave to my dad's computer science class at Mercer University in Macon, Georgia. It was a lot of work... I had to update a lot of the research for the presentation, since some of the specifics have changed since I released those episodes in February! But it was well worth it, I had a lot of fun preparing the presentation, and it went well overall.

In this episode, I share some more details about my preparation and how the students reacted to the presentation.

Every time I finish reading a book, I add it to a list. That way, I can go back and see how many books I’ve read over time. It’s not just reading. I keep lists of my favorite movies, every record stores I’ve ever visited, documenting my CD and record collection, and more.

As you can tell from listening to this episode, there have been times when I’ve went a little bit overboard with my lists…

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For the pick of the week, I believe I said the song title is actually "In My Amrs" by Illenium and Hayla.

Sometimes life is just an emotional rollercoaster!

This episode was recorded in pieces from 11/4/2025 through 1/12/2026. Each individual audio clip is a 'stream of consciousness' based on what I was thinking or feeling at the time.

Middle school: The era of puberty, acne, and unrequited romantic interests! In this episode, I re-read one of my diary entries from middle school about the time I tried to ask out my crush. As a bonus, I'm also sharing one more diary entry from when I was a freshman in college.

(Disclaimer: To protect people's privacy, I'm using fake names while re-telling these stores.)

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The thumbnail for this episode is a screenshot of an old YouTube video I made around the same time this middle school diary entry was written.

The belonging that you can find in a club of like-minded individuals is unlike anything else...

In this episode, I share my experience of recently joining an LGBTQIA+ club and how I'm enjoying it so far.

Did you know that only about 30% of people can voluntarily flare their nostrils? In this episode, I'm going through a survey of weird body abilities and how common or uncommon they are.

Take the survey at the link below!

https://forms.gle/AU11VysqdifKrVNH9

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The thumbnail photo is a self-demonstration showing how I can hold my hands behind my back in a manner similar to the "Cow Face Yoga Pose."

What are the steps that go into creating an independent videogame? How do you build a team? How do you design the character art? How do you manage writing multiple branching story arcs?

In this week's episode, Emma and John join the podcast to talk about Depth Chargers, a new videogame which is currently in development.

Could AI-generated music ever replace real musicians? What percentage of music on streaming services like Apple Music and Spotify is AI? In this episode, musician Bobby Rethwish joins the podcast to tackle some of these tough questions about how AI is affecting the future of music.

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This podcast episode was originally published on February 7th, 2026 but was removed due to a copyright claim. The affected audio has been replaced in this version.