This episode starts with coffee, laptops, creativity, and why I have such a complicated relationship with technology AI and should artists use it? That rabbit hole somehow leads into documentaries, storytelling, acting, relationships, inspiration, and eventually a theory I've been obsessed with for years:...

Why rock and roll might be the greatest artistic movement of all time.

Not because it's objectively "better" than every other genre, but because of what happens when multiple creative people, electricity, technology, personality, mathematics, and human emotion collide in the same equation.

The Infinite Equation of Rock N' Roll.

As always, it’s just practice, man.

I'm a firm believer that we all need to practice.

Practice at our job. Practice being a parent. Practice our craft. Practice being empathetic. Practice being a friend. Practice being a leader. Practice being a better human being.

That's what Talk Practice is all about.

This podcast explores creativity, growth, failure, success, and the lifelong process of trying to get a little better at whatever it is we do.

00:00 Introduction & coffee thoughts

02:45 New laptop problems & creative workflow

07:18 AI, creativity, and brainstorming

13:42 Why I keep using AI even though it drives me crazy

18:27 Social media, technology & authenticity

24:10 Documentaries, storytelling & what makes great art

29:45 Acting, dialogue & why some shows work better than others

34:50 Inspiration, curiosity & the need to create

39:57 The Infinite Equation of Rock N' Roll begins

40:34 Why rock might be the greatest artistic genre of all time

43:35 Music is mathematics

44:54 The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame tangent

45:06 Why bands are different than solo artists

45:48 Personalities shape the equation

46:08 Electricity changed everything

46:26 Marty McFly invents rock and roll

46:53 Distortion, amplification & infinite possibilities

47:30 Dave Grohl, Metallica & creative dictatorships

49:00 The collaborative magic of rock bands

52:00 Why I think rock will still matter 1,000 years from now

55:00 Final thoughts

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Want to watch a human being grow in real time?

This channel contains years of projects, experiments, successes, failures, and everything in between.

You'll find:

• The What The Hell Everything Podcast

• The Smartman Show with Brian & Nate

• The original podcasts I created with my brothers

• SmittyDicks episodes

• Radio-era SmitHole Cinema movie recreations

• And plenty of other ideas that probably seemed better at the time

Some of it's rough. Some of it's surprisingly good. All of it is part of the journey.

Thanks for being here and being part of the practice.

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I talk through why I dropped the “Sunday” from the show why practice matters more than polish, and why sometimes the only way to figure out what you think is to say it out loud.

We get into Stranger Things, why staggered releases create better conversation, and why people don’t actually hate bad endings — they hate endings that don’t match their expectations.

From there, things get personal. I talk about realizing I’m likely somewhere on the autism spectrum, why I’m comfortable behind a microphone but painfully awkward in real life, and how burnout, clumsiness, and rage can spiral when your brain is overloaded.

And finally, I rant (a little) about the term “dad rock,” why mocking dads for being “lame” is actually mocking emotional growth, and how healthy masculinity doesn’t look like what we were sold growing up.

This isn’t a TED Talk. It’s practice.

If any of this sounds familiar, you’re not alone.

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This week I’m talking through a few things bouncing around my head: awkward Cub Scout caroling, why political ads are suddenly everywhere online even when it’s not campaign season, and a strange connection I made while watching It’s a Wonderful Life that sent me down a spiral about pressure, breaking points, and how close we all are to snapping.

No scripts. No hot takes for the sake of hot takes.

Just thinking out loud and seeing where it goes.

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On today’s episode of Things I Woulda Posted On Socials, I talked about my weight loss, some lady thought I looked like a fisherman and I wonder how many of my friends think I blocked them after I deleted my socials.

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