I Just Can't Stop Talking!

Just a long long episode about poetry! Poetry month is coming up, and IJCST will feature as many poet interviews as possible, so to set the tone for that, Jordan and I talked about all things poetry we could manage from our lives, and definitely missed some stuff! 

The reason it took so long, is not only because we have both done a ton of poetry stuff, but also because we were having TOO MUCH FUN recording together. So enjoy the joy, and enjoy the poetry! The best poems got shared at the end, so good luck making it that far! 

Nothing but love to all of you, hit me up with anything you like, check out my return to tiktok, and just have a great great day. 

Whew! Talked about a bunch! Did our affirmations, gratitude, pride, and mental health check in, and then I just talked a bunch about what has been keeping me busy lately! Didn't get to it all, but I got to a lot of good stuff. 

So I addressed some podcast feedback, and talked about what this podcast is right now. 

I talked about my Park Day and some awesome news! Also a little about future podcast episode ideas that should be just a whole heck of a good time!

I talked about my justice road trip to Jeff City to oppose the Senate Bill 26! If you care about me at all, or if you care about justice and American laws and culture at all, then do everything you can to oppose SB26!  If you're getting a little sick of the podcast, by all means support sb26, I do imagine it could be the death of me. 

Love you all so much! We're doing it! Keep doing it! Thank you as always for listening! 

Hands down, best episode yet! 

Hondo is a great friend, and an even greater activist. He was on house arrest during the recording of this episode, hopefully with the end in sight. 

He shares as much as he can about his journey, from his upbringing, to his entry into activism, from the events leading to his house arrest, to where we are now, and we talk plenty about where we need to go next. I'm not gonna spoil anything, I'm gonna let him tell you!

We talk briefly about donating to a fund for Hondo to aid his activist pursuits, especially given his current circumstances, so if you would like to do that, for now send money to the $projectchristopher cashapp, *and make sure to include the name "Hondo" in your donation*. I am using my cashapp rather than a crowd funding site to ensure all money can go to him and not fees and such. If you want to get money to him another way, feel free to reach out to me at [email protected]. 

And since I just cannot stop (fucking) talking, I also got to share some about my recent work with the Uhuru Solidarity Movement. Specifically, I talk about the aldermanic race in St. Louis' 3rd Ward, and the challenges faced by Herdosia "Kalambayi" Bentum as she works with the International People's Democratic Uhuru Movement and the Black Power Blueprint to restore north city to a place its residents can call home, and to lay an economic foundation owned by the community which can be built on for years to come. 

As always, feel free to reach out to me about anything podcast related at [email protected]

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I had bigger plans for this week's episode, but due to unforeseen mental health struggles those plans will have to wait! 

I talk about those plans, as well as what kept them from taking place, and what to expect in the future! 

I made sure to do our affirmations, as well as proud and grateful talk. I also managed to ramble a whole lot about what's been going on with me outside of the struggles. 

I really love you all so much, glad to have some sort of episode for you. And this episode was meant to be even shorter, but true-to-form I just couldn't stop talking! 

So there ya go. Be well, take it easy, do the right thing, and enjoy the ride! (Do you think that's a good closing tagline? We'll see)

Well here it is! A complete and up to date account of my mental health. Nobody asked for it, yet here it is anyway!

Much more detailed than I usually care to go, including the nature of my trauma, the nature of my repression, my struggles with denial, resentment, and imposter syndrome, as well as my interventions and growth. 

Jordan joins me after the first ten minutes, and we managed to be silly through some of the more serious matters, but we waited to get extra silly for the end. And you thought that was it? HAH! I haven't even mentioned the most exciting part of this episode yet!

FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER ON I JUST CAN'T STOP TALKING, THE EXCLUSIVE DEBUT OF OUR NEW SEGMENT:

Can You Guess the Song, Based on the Sounds I Make with my Mouth??? 

The song featured in our brand new segment this week can be found on our tiktok account @ijustcantstoptalking

As always feel free to donate for a better podcast. And enjoy this podcast getting better regardless! 

Love you all so much, take it easy folks!

What? Season 2 already??? Well that was quick! 

Jordan joined me to talk about a whole bunch of stuff. And as you know, as soon as I get audio and tech figured out, I mess something up, so hopefully you don't have too hard a time hearing her! Anyway, we will make these mistakes a thing of the past soon enough. 

We did affirmations and talked about the ole G&P (gratitude and pride), talked about our podcast listener info, and played a new game called What Do You Hate More??? This week we compare online-story-recipes to Staged-prank-videos... and boy what a solid matchup! 

We did some poetry and just had a whole lot of fun. 

Keep doing your best, keep growing, and make sure you pause for deep breaths! 

BEST EPISODE YET! - That's almost all I wanted to type. Seriously, because this is my favorite episode yet! We get DEEP. I love it, and have been refreshed! 

We talked about so much, I talked about why Isaiah means so much to me, and about how we're doing lately, we did affirmations, and why we're grateful and proud!

We talked creativity, and a bit about creativity in the wake of great personal challenges. For Isaiah, creativity has most often meant fashion design, so we talk that and what else creativity means to him now! 

We also covered growth, tangential to creativity, and also in a separate discussion. He is a growth-minded man, so we covered the topic in a very real way! 

And we even got deep on sexuality towards the end of the episode! OOOoooOOOooo! Sorry if we get you all hot and bothered before bed. 

Find us on the socials! If you're on a platform with rating and reviewing, PLEASE do it! I'm just a lil guy, and it'd sure mean a lot. And if not, then you can tell folks about it if it's really something you like and can see forming every episode, get them in early! Together, we'll take this shit to the moon! Or somewhere, I dunno, we'll figure it out! 

I believe the almighty Anchor gives you the chance to donate if you really love me and want this podcast to get better, so check that out if you feel so inclined! Maybe I'll see if I can get you a link... 

Anyway, I love you all very  much, have an awesome time listening to this episode! You won't have as good a time as we did, but I believe you can get close to it. 

Whew... What to say... I'd like to say roughly half this episode is going through old facebook saved posts! 

The other half is my usual nonsense, updates, current events, how my life is going, ect. 

And this episode was recorded in three parts over the course of like 4 days, and that was so much fun for me!

As usual let me know what you think!

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This is a great episode, best one yet. Recorded towards the beginning of January, and this was my first ever Zoom interview!

We talked about all sorts of stuff, life, beer, singing, and primarily mental health.

Mat shares the most unique, comical, and just plain bizarre, story about a mental health wake-up call that I've ever heard!

Forgive the audio if it sounds a little shotty, and enjoy an awesome episode! 10 and a half down, infinity to go!

Damn! Damn, am I addicted to Facebook! Damn it all!

This episode is mostly me cleaning out all the facebook saved posts leading up to me taking facebook off my phone! 

So we talk about a whole, whole, whole bunch! Lil bit of everything. You'll love it. Something for the whole gang. 

The first half hour was just current events, personal updates, whatever else. 

I had a blast, this was truly a lot of fun for me. Hope you have fun too! 

Love you all so much!