Headphones Recommended

“I don't know if I have cancer right now.”

Music Credits
All music by AShamaluevMusic https://www.patreon.com/ashamaluevmusic

Logo design by Jess Myers

Headphones Recommended is written, recorded, and produced by me, Jacob Vander Ende. All of these stories are true.  

This show is ad-free and completely listener-supported by folks just like you, primarily supported through our Patreon. Find out more at Headphones.Show. Don’t forget to rate the show on your podcast app of choice and to tell your friends; every rating and recommendation goes a long way.  

Questions? Comments? Want to do a guest episode? Want to be a guest artist? Email us at [email protected] 

“I miss dollar pizza, the kind you get when you're several bars into the night just looking for something to fill your stomach.”

Music Credits
All music by AShamaluevMusic https://www.patreon.com/ashamaluevmusic

Logo design by Jess Myers

Headphones Recommended is written, recorded, and produced by me, Jacob Vander Ende. All of these stories are true.  

This show is ad-free and completely listener-supported by folks just like you, primarily supported through our Patreon. Find out more at Headphones.Show. Don’t forget to rate the show on your podcast app of choice and to tell your friends; every rating and recommendation goes a long way.  

Questions? Comments? Want to do a guest episode? Want to be a guest artist? Email us at [email protected] 

“In college I was a philosophy major.”

Music Credits
All music by AShamaluevMusic https://www.patreon.com/ashamaluevmusic

Logo design by Jess Myers

Headphones Recommended is written, recorded, and produced by me, Jacob Vander Ende. All of these stories are true.  

This show is ad-free and completely listener-supported by folks just like you, primarily supported through our Patreon. Find out more at Headphones.Show. Don’t forget to rate the show on your podcast app of choice and to tell your friends; every rating and recommendation goes a long way.  

Questions? Comments? Want to do a guest episode? Want to be a guest artist? Email us at [email protected] 

“This story isn't entirely mine to tell, but he's not with us anymore and someone else should.”

Music Credits
All music by AShamaluevMusic https://www.patreon.com/ashamaluevmusic

Logo design by Jess Myers

Headphones Recommended is written, recorded, and produced by me, Jacob Vander Ende. All of these stories are true.  

This show is ad-free and completely listener-supported by folks just like you, primarily supported through our Patreon. Find out more at Headphones.Show. Don’t forget to rate the show on your podcast app of choice and to tell your friends; every rating and recommendation goes a long way.  

Questions? Comments? Want to do a guest episode? Want to be a guest artist? Email us at [email protected] 

“It was January of 2015 when I found out that my first game was nominated in the SXSW Gaming Awards.”

Music Credits
"Still" by Ross Bugden https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=962VmrIh9vQ
All other music by AShamaluevMusic https://www.patreon.com/ashamaluevmusic

Logo design by Jess Myers

Headphones Recommended is written, recorded, and produced by me, Jacob Vander Ende. All of these stories are true.  

This show is ad-free and completely listener-supported by folks just like you, primarily supported through our Patreon. Find out more at Headphones.Show. Don’t forget to rate the show on your podcast app of choice and to tell your friends; every rating and recommendation goes a long way.  

Questions? Comments? Want to do a guest episode? Want to be a guest artist? Email us at [email protected] 

“There are ten thousand kinds of exhaustion.”

Music Credits
All music by AShamaluevMusic https://www.patreon.com/ashamaluevmusic

Logo design by Jess Myers

Headphones Recommended is written, recorded, and produced by me, Jacob Vander Ende. All of these stories are true.  

This show is ad-free and completely listener-supported by folks just like you, primarily supported through our Patreon. Find out more at Headphones.Show. Don’t forget to rate the show on your podcast app of choice and to tell your friends; every rating and recommendation goes a long way.  

Questions? Comments? Want to do a guest episode? Want to be a guest artist? Email us at [email protected] 

“I have to be careful with my medication.”

This episode contains descriptions of self harm as well as sexually explicit language. Listener discretion is advised.

Music Credits
"Still" by Ross Bugden https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=962VmrIh9vQ
All other music by AShamaluevMusic https://www.patreon.com/ashamaluevmusic

Logo design by Jess Myers

Headphones Recommended is written, recorded, and produced by me, Jacob Vander Ende. All of these stories are true.  

This show is ad-free and completely listener-supported by folks just like you, primarily supported through our Patreon. Find out more at Headphones.Show. Don’t forget to rate the show on your podcast app of choice and to tell your friends; every rating and recommendation goes a long way.  

Questions? Comments? Want to do a guest episode? Want to be a guest artist? Email us at [email protected] 

“I have always been drawn to impossible tasks.”

This episode contains descriptions of self harm. Listener discretion is advised.

Music Credits
All music by AShamaluevMusic https://www.patreon.com/ashamaluevmusic

Headphones Recommended is written, recorded, and produced by me, Jacob Vander Ende. All of these stories are true.  

This show is ad-free and completely listener-supported by folks just like you, primarily supported through our Patreon. Find out more at Headphones.Show. Don’t forget to rate the show on your podcast app of choice and to tell your friends; every rating and recommendation goes a long way.  

Questions? Comments? Want to do a guest episode? Want to be a guest artist? Email us at [email protected]  

“Rutgers University said they would fund all 16 of us when I started my PhD program and I still went even though they only funded 2.”

Music Credits
All music by AShamaluevMusic https://www.patreon.com/ashamaluevmusic

Headphones Recommended is written, recorded, and produced by me, Jacob Vander Ende. All of these stories are true.  

This show is ad-free and completely listener-supported by folks just like you, primarily supported through our Patreon. Find out more at Headphones.Show. Don’t forget to rate the show on your podcast app of choice and to tell your friends; every rating and recommendation goes a long way.  

Questions? Comments? Want to do a guest episode? Want to be a guest artist? Email us at [email protected]  

“My first day of quarantine was less a choice about infectious disease than it was about treating a broken heart.”

Music Credits
All music by AShamaluevMusic https://www.patreon.com/ashamaluevmusic

Headphones Recommended is written, recorded, and produced by me, Jacob Vander Ende. All of these stories are true.  

This show is ad-free and completely listener-supported by folks just like you, primarily supported through our Patreon. Find out more at Headphones.Show. Don’t forget to rate the show on your podcast app of choice and to tell your friends; every rating and recommendation goes a long way.  

Questions? Comments? Want to do a guest episode? Want to be a guest artist? Email us at [email protected]