MATTSPLAINING

MATTSPLAINING

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MATTSPLAINING episodes

  • Mattsplaining - Career Breaks and Sabbaticals

    Matt Storrs explains what John Wick can tell us about recognizing the need for a sabbatical.


    Career Break Expert, Katrina McGee (@

    kmcgheecoaching) gives Matt a surprising 75% accuracy rating.


    How to recognize the signs that you need time away from work.


    How to learn to set boundaries with employers and find what works best for you.


    Plus, the importance of learning how to swim can lead you to community involvement and a best-selling book series.
    Learn more:

    https://www.kmcgheecoaching.com/45-epic-things-to-do-on-a-career-break


    More from Matt:

    https://linktr.ee/mtstorrs

    https://www.frigid.nyc/event/6897:619/

    22 min
  • Mattsplaining - Final Fantasy VII

    Matt Storrs explains how Final Fantasy 7 provides the framework to be the ideal "male." This includes such characteristics as wearing purple, being 5'7", and having a giant sword.


    Comedian and expert Joe Bates pushes back on Matt's analysis indicating the complexity of the gameplay and characterization of the much beloved Final Fantasy 7 and the remakes.


    How the character CId caused a whole generation of kids to pick up smoking.


    Matt gets called out for his botanist energy.


    How director Eli Roth chose his name.


    How going to therapy is often a better option than trying to take over the world.


    Plus, alpha males and their tendency to have predispositions to their mothers.


    Plus, how far a big sword and swearing can take you.


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    https://linktr.ee/joebatescomedy

    25 min
  • Mattsplaining - Menopause

    Matt Storrs explains how to find alternative sources of calcium to stave off osteoporosis related to menopause.


    Expert and The Menopause Guru, Jeanne Andrus, can't speak to Matt's tips related to "bone water" (Topo Chico) but she offer's significant insights.


    How there is a direct relationship between the increase need for calcium and the cost increase of Topo Chico.


    The significant judo community among menopausal women.


    How judo and fight clubs can offer more than just physical fitness but also emotional support.


    Learn more:

    https://menopause.guru/

    https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/menopause-matters/id1689527177

    https://menopausebooks.com/

    18 min
  • Mattsplaining - The Bachelor
    Matt Storrs explains how getting staffed on The Bachelor can set you up for the entire year and how they follow even the eliminated contestants.
    Writer and comedian Alyse McGuigan (@alysemcg) patiently listens as Matt explains what he would do if he were the bachelor with "Muppet Dad Energy." Will Alyse give Matt a rose for accuracy?
    How the Bachelor and Bachelorette come up with all the ideas for their dates.
    Matt commemorates the contestants lost in the dunes and the associated documentary "A Dune for Love."
    How having ~15 bodies can do wonders for the charities of Southern California.
    Plus, how the Golden Bachelor can cure cynicism.
    18 min
  • Mattsplaining - Slow Travel

    Matt Storrs explains how he was confused about how Meteor Crater burned down. He didn't know holes in the ground could burn.


    Slow Travel expert, Robyn Dirk, (@

    2emptypassports), can't confirm the flammability of Arizona holes. However, she provides insight into mindful and deliberate travel.


    The importance of keeping your passport current.


    Matt recounts sampling authentic Irish cuisine with Guinness and Mongolian BBQ in Dublin.


    How to use organizational skills to overcome the lack of a passport.


    How to dig deeper and discover what makes a place unique.


    Learn More:

    twoemptypassports.com

    16 min
  • Mattsplaining - Death, Dying, and Grief

    Matt Storrs explains how hiring a lawyer to make amends is a better option than apologizing to those you wrong before you die.


    Death Dula, Jill McClennen (@endoflifeclarity) kindly explains that Matt doesn't know what he's talking about.


    Matt assures his prior paramours that the dates at Applebees were due to reservation mixups and not due to his love of the Club Applebees rewards program.


    How avoiding the concept that you're going to die while maxing out your credit cards is the best way to address a terminal illness.


    Plus tips on speaking to your loved one and finding the things you really want during the end of life.


    Learn More:

    https://www.endoflifeclarity.com

    https://m.facebook.com/endoflifeclarity

    19 min
  • Mattsplaining - Candle Making

    Matt Storrs reveals his family history of candle making and the dangers of Silver Dollar City. Candle-making expert, storyteller, and comedian Bryan Berlin (@berlination) rates Matt's knowledge of candle making between "full-size candle and burning ash."


    How soy and whale fat candles are the hottest things.


    Matt has not filled a human skull with sand art. He promised it was a glass skull.


    How Jeff Stanley can help you learn to make candles and save you during the pandemic.


    How anything, even a computer can become a candle holder.


    Plus, what to do if your therapist takes up your hobby, but doesn't follow safety or scent mixing guidelines.

    29 min
  • Mattsplaining - Mushrooms

    Matt Storrs explains the trade-off between hallucinations and heavy metal poisoning from the wild mushrooms in the New York City area.


    Expert in mycology and mushrooms, Adam Bathe (@adambathe) rates Matt's knowledge as a "potential risk for death."


    How to use mushrooms to save your relationships.


    How mushrooms aren't exactly like plants, but aren't exactly like animals either.


    How mushrooms are an indispensable link in the chain of life.


    Testing and identifying mushrooms and how Facebook groups can save your life


    How mushroom identification apps are quite dangerous.


    ADHD and how mushroom hunting can be a lot of fun.


    The dangers of mushroom hunting for alcoholics.


    Learn More

    Growing Gourmet and Medicinal Mushrooms by Paul Stamets

    Mushrooms Demystified by David Arora
    All That The Rain Promises And More: A Hip Pocket Guide To Western Mushrooms by David Arora

    24 min
  • Mattsplaining - NBA Trade Rumors

    Matt Storrs explains how building an NBA team through trades is not unlike building a strong Pokemon team.

    Comedian and NBA trade rumor expert Joey Rinaldi (@thejoeyrinaldi) clarifies that the considerations within the NBA go well beyond your standard pocket monster trades.


    The importance of getting a Maytag washer and dryer combo as part of the trade. How Skittle Mix Machines will save struggling stadiums.


    The exchange of churro recipes as part of trades between the Phoenix Suns in the 1990s.


    Plus, how the NBA has brought back the participation trophy.


    29 min
  • Mattsplaining - Neurodivergence

    Matt Storrs explains how most people discover their neurodivergence when they come to a diverging path in the woods. How the nervous system pulls people to one road or the other. Therapist and neurodivergence expert, Odin Tangvald notes that neurodivergence appears less often in wooden areas than Matt might think. Matt insists that Robert Frost knew what he was talking about.


    Why don't you see more bars with furniture on the ceiling?



    Is it that blonds have more fun or neurodiverse people have more fun? Matt has a theory



    DnD for neurodivergent players and how it can be amazingly therapeutic. The validation of alternative ways of thinking in DND. Narrative therapy and its benefits.


    Plus, how to communicate with Matt so he understands how to prioritize what you want.


    17 min

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Matt Storrs, comedian, storyteller, and recovering know-it-all, talks to experts and explains what he "knows" about their specialty. Then the experts correct him and recommend how he can be less…