CRINGE ! Johnny is back on the pod with a story that will make you grateful for your own personal love life, that it is nothing like his. He goes in depth with the Empire about a girl he fancied for years, and how he showed just how dumb you can look when your heart wants what it wants. A month ago, Johnny decided to ignore his mind and go for what he wanted, and it ended in complete disaster with him looking like a complete, desperate, and possibly hint of simp for this small town girl. He reflects on how he looked so dumb, and how it helped him find inner peace of the situation.

The podcast takes a in depth look at Johnny's views and history on online dating apps. He talks about his past brief relationship with a woman who owned iguanas, and how it got weird. He mentions some of his dating history going through dating apps, and why he believes he won't find true love online. To wrap up the pod, Johnny discusses how an old app named Kik opened his eyes to the dating apps of today, and he ponders who he possibly was talking to on Kik when he was in middle school.

(FYI, Johnny was banging crap in the backround during the first half of the episode, and didn't realize his mic picked it up, he was full of passion on this pod, this pod was almost re-done, but the passion was alive, and probably could not be replicated, so full steam ahead.) The man who owned Johnny's heart is heading to Atlanta. Johnny talks about the heart break, and the reason he loved a man named Taylor Heinicke, not because of what he did professionally, but for the man he was, the character traits he demonstrated, and his willingness to always scrap for everything in his life. In this episode he talks about why he fell in love with Taylor, and how it motivated him, and he challenges his audience to find their own hero, when things are breaking down in your life, find your own person that pushes you ahead in life, that is what Johnny found in Heinicke for 3 years. In the end Johnny talks one on one with the audience and challenges listeners to take their passions to the next level, and always strive to be better than the last day. 

What do people do when they do not have all the answers in life? Johnny takes a deep dive into the personal struggles and chaos in his life that he is going through, not to have people feel sorry for him, but to let the people know that he is right there struggling with things just like everyone else. He opens up about some of the things going on in his life, and how he is trying to stay hopeful. Johnny wraps up the episode with encouragement to all his listeners and fans about how everyone can achieve the things that they want to in life, if they have the mindset that he has instilled into himself, and find joy in the midst of chaos.

Johnny comes to the listeners with a wild story that happened the past couple days. A customer asks to throw hands in the parking lot, and Johnny talks about becoming more mentally strong. He talks about how we all can exercise patience in times of chaos. He also talks about his mental state, and how to approach people with confidence, and know your value and worth. 

Johnny opens up about why he loves being polarizing. Johnny talks about his 3 jobs, and what makes him go. What happens when you fail, when you are told that you are not good enough. Johnny talks about his recent job interview, and how things went down, and how you respond to failure. He talks about why he gets excited at the opportunity to fail, and how he still finds hope in the midst of hopelessness. Finding hope is something that really is hard for Johnny, and he opens up about how he challenges himself to be a better person each day, even through the trials and tribulations of life, and challenges the audience to always be aggressive in the things that people want in life. Johnny knows what he wants to do in the future, and no failure in life will stop him, and he challenges not just himself, but the Empire to take face the challenges of life.

First podcast back with the mic! Johnny explains his Valentine's Day heartbreak. He tells the Empire a story about meeting a girl and it ending in a way he NEVER would have imagined. Johnny also discusses how he is self-conscious when he eats in front of anyone, and why he thinks he is a selfish SOB. Part 1 talks about his personal/love life with the Part 2 episode focusing mainly on his professional life and heartbreak. Sit back, relax, and be thankful that your personal, love and professional life are not nearly like his. 

Welcome to Season 2 Empire ! Today Johnny discusses his family life, & being a pastor's kid. Johnny talks about what it's like being a pastor as he lived through being a son of one. As he reflects on his father's journey, Johnny realizes why he is so passionate about his job himself. Johnny explains the church's hierarchy and who can hire and fire pastors. He also talks about his father being fired wrongfully, and how it instilled Johnny with a sense of climbing to the top no matter what, because no one in this life is going to give you anything, you have to go out there and take it. Johnny understands this now, because of the reflection on his father's trials and tribulations. He also discusses why he will do things his father would never and could never do, and why he always goes into everything with the mindset that people will always try to take you down if you are successful at what you do. 

In this quick hitting episode Johnny discusses how to leverage people and companies to make sure people can be the best that they can be. He dives into his own personal life and talks about how he may not always be "liked" but he keeps climbing on a upward trajectory in his career. People and companies might not always like Johnny, but he knows how to be what the company may need by his work ethic and his determination to succeed in all areas of his life. 

Johnny's microphone is broken, but the show must go on. He first discusses how he has had a rocky road with his parents. He talks about how they showed him tough love, which looking back on now he is grateful for. His parents put him in a private school, and then threw him in a secondary school for misbehaving. He talks about what secondary school was like at a school called Antietam High School in Maryland. Then to wrap it up he openly questions if his parents thought he liked guys. He talks about how he kept his middle and high school love life out of their view.