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#5MinuteFriday: After worrying about low follower numbers on Twitter and Instagram, I did some research and realized things are ok. It's all about the content. "Get rich quick" isn't a thing -- "grow fast quick" isn't either.

Beau Vilks joins me for a fantastic conversation about her past life as a professional body-builder, her job in sales, and how not to be a shitty person. We then dissect a classically Minnesotan, absurdly passive-aggressive note she found taped to her condo door after a particularly rough day at work.

#5MinuteFriday is the newest segment of “Join Me, Won’t You?” Every Friday, I’ll drop a five-minute monologue on something that happened to me over the past week or that I’ve been thinking about. Today’s topic: being an adult, and doing the right thing.

In this wide-ranging interview, Callie Hlavin and Emily Gosche join me via Skype after road-tripping from Richmond to Nashville to Austin. They're excitedly counting down to Match Day (March 16), when would-be doctors across America find out where they will spend their residency and what specialty they will focus on. How will they celebrate Match Day and what will residency be like? How do you improperly order an In-N-Out burger (a.k.a. a "lettuce sandwich")? Why are there so many Canadian retirees who like to party in Nashville? Emily also speaks candidly about being gay in 2018 and the behavior that elicits from other people, from the supportive to the bizarre, and shares some personal moments that expand my own perspective.

In Part 2, For The Love Of Your Gut founder Rachel Czura covers topics on healthy eating, including gluten (how did it become a thing?), the food pyramid (why it's no longer a thing), antibiotic-pumped chickens (gross), and alcohol (can you drink it if you're living a gluten-free life?). Importantly, she and her husband Sam, who is also gluten-free, end with a great message: Don't feel bad about needing to eat in a certain way, and focus on what works for you in living a fulfilling and healthy life. 

In Part 1, I take JMWY on the road and record at the home of Rachel and Sam Czura. Rachel is the founder and creator of For The Love Of Your Gut, an up-and-coming food blog and Instagram focused on making awesome dairy- and gluten-free meals for people with dietary restrictions. She talks about her close-to-home inspiration for the blog as well as general thoughts for gut health and overall healthy living. 

Fellow music-lover Tyler Timko joins me via Skype to discuss an important existential question: If humanity were to represent itself musically to the rest of the universe, but could only do so by selecting ten artists from the last forty years, who would make the cut?

Dr. Jacob Kuperstock, founder of Doc Odds and also my college buddy, joins me via Skype to discuss his new business, being an ENT, the weirdest things he's pulled out of people's bodies, and that one time we both ran into Glenn Close.

Guest Devin Kunysz talks through his experience in crafting a narrative that will move your career forward. We discuss the pros and cons of grad school, ins and outs of determining a logical career path while also doing what fulfills you, building your personal narrative, how to pivot roles or industries, and feeling empowered to own your own professional development.

In Part 2 of their interview, Travis and Amanda continue to banter about dating and relationships as thirty-somethings. Here we cover the do's and don't's of Bumble profile-making, how and when to approach a woman at the gym, booking clubs (a bar where you know everyone is single?!), and how we all just might be better off if times were simpler.