JJ Smith has spent much of his life in San Francisco’s Tenderloin, a neighborhood he calls home. In this conversation, he talks with Greg and Marc about his own history, his family’s struggles with addiction, and the path that led him from surviving on the streets to helping people around him find treatment, work, food, shelter, and a way forward.

JJ’s approach is simple but demanding: show up, tell the truth, build trust, and don’t give up on someone just because they aren’t ready today. The conversation moves through addiction, recovery, homelessness, incarceration, economic opportunity, race, community, and the complicated question of what it means to help another person without judging them.

Elizabeth Mikotowicz returns to Moped Outlaws for a second ride to talk about No Justice, Just Us, incarceration, addiction, trauma, empathy and the long process of reclaiming personal agency. It's a difficult conversation about systems that can dehumanize people—and about the friendships, creativity, courage and persistence that can help a person find their way back.

Dick Wybrow returns to Moped Outlaws for a third conversation, this time with a new sci-fi adventure, The Facilite Con, and a life that has changed considerably since his last ride with Marc and Greg.

Dick talks about what stand-up comedy taught him about storytelling, producing his own audiobook, trusting readers, and why creative longevity often belongs to the people who simply refuse to quit. The conversation also turns toward his journey from agnosticism into Catholic faith, the impact that change has had on his marriage, gratitude, community, and the work that keeps calling even when the road gets difficult.

Mohamed Nabil joins Marc and Greg for a conversation about personal choice, public voice, AI-assisted debate, and who gets to shape the systems around us. From The Bachelors of Egypt to AI DOP and hyperlocal citizen assemblies, Episode #261 follows one question down several very different roads: Who gets to decide?

Dr. Jamey Hecht joins Marc and Greg for a wide-ranging exploration of faith, intellect, suffering, and the Book of Job. The conversation asks whether belief and reason can meet without either one surrendering.

A video technical failure nearly sent this original conversation with Rosie Tran into the archives. The audio survived cleanly, however, and the discussion was too honest, funny, and worthwhile to leave behind.

Rosie joins Marc Wendt and Greg Wilker to explore how comedy is built, how vulnerable experiences become material, and why genuine humor requires more than simply being provocative. She reflects on finding her voice, learning from Joan Rivers, writing about grief, navigating changing audiences, and reclaiming creative control over her work.

This audio-only companion to Episode #258 contains adult language and frank discussions of sexuality, grief, identity, and dark comedy.

Rosie Tran returns to Moped Outlaws after an earlier recording was lost to technical problems, and the second conversation proves worth the ride.

What begins with a candid discussion about her approach to OnlyFans becomes something much deeper. Rosie shares how growing up in a conservative environment shaped her relationship with shame, why she values healthy boundaries, how producing her own comedy series transformed her career, and why refusing to fit neatly into society's boxes has become one of the guiding principles of her life.

Marc, Greg, and Rosie also explore stand-up comedy, authenticity, meditation, creative risk, entrepreneurship, and the complicated freedom that comes from choosing your own path. It's an honest, humorous conversation about identity, creativity, and what happens when we stop trying to become who other people expect us to be.

Ellen Edmondson joins Marc and Greg for a reflective conversation about intuition, grief, parenting, compassionate living, and the courage to stop hiding who we are. From leaving a successful federal career to sharing the words that became A Place of Love and Light, Ellen considers what becomes possible when we quiet the noise and begin trusting the voice within.

Sarita Patel joins Greg and Marc to explore human worth beyond wealth, service without servitude, reciprocal relationships, creative alchemy, independent storytelling, and the courage to pivot when life points toward another road.