The Boredwalk Podcast

This week Boredwalk's co-founders Meredith & Matt sit down with content creator Ky Westcott of The Vibe With Ky!

Ky is a motivational humorist, podcaster, blogger, and all-around wonderful human being. We discuss how he got started with online content creation, our respective struggles with mental health, accepting compliments, having fans (and haters), Ky's creative process, and how he manages creative block. Oh, and his abiding love of professional wrestling.

Matt also regales everyone with a bevy of outdated cultural references and way too many polysyllabic words.

Boredwalk co-founders Meredith & Matt were busy caring for their ailing geriatric feline this week, so instead you get to listen to the much funnier Grace Macura & Tess Menzies from our content team riff on all sort of things, while still making time to:

• Read some customer reviews

• Read some answers from recent QOTD posts

• Generally turn The Boredwalk Podcast into a deep dive into Harry Potter and Hogwarts mythos

Put your sorting hat on and enjoy!

This week Boredwalk co-founder Matt is joined by Boredwalk content creator (and all-around funny human) Josh Patton! During our wide-ranging conversation we discuss:

• Matt's foray into Dry January • Tasmanian devils: frenemy or foe? • Babies vs Geriatrics: An Ageist's Tale • Are houseplants just adult Pokémon? • Fan answers to recent Questions of the Day • Our personal mental health tips & tricks

LOL, remember back in November 2021 when we apologized for the interminable month-long gap between episodes?

Well, we decided to REALLY make your hearts grow fonder since then by waiting 13+ months to dip our toes back in the podcasting water. Given the current "atmospheric river" drowning the greater Los Angeles area, we have no shortage of the wet stuff with which to re-acclimate ourselves.

To help us along in that effort, Boredwalk co-founder/owner Meredith is joined by Tess, the head of our content team!

They run through a bit of what's kept us away from our recording equipment over the last year — which is kind of on the fritz at the moment, so apologies for the slightly muted audio — share some product reviews, respond to some social media shade being thrown Boredwalk's way, and talk about some fun new product releases that are imminent!

We can't tell you how excited we are to be back in your earballs!

According to our publication records it's only been a month since our last episode, but it sure feels like it's been longer!

This episode, we do our best to make excuses as to why we've been radio...err, podcast...silent for the last four weeks, say hello to the newest Boredwalk team members, and share our biggest discount codes of the year for our Earlybird Black Friday sale!

We also rant about the overuse of the word "trauma" during Covid, supply chain frustrations, and people being jerks on the internet. (It's actually a lot funnier and more entertaining than it sounds.)

This week on the Boredwalk Podcast, Matt and Meredith are joined by psychologist Dr. Justin Puder (aka Dr. J) of the very popular @amoderntherapist Instagram and TikTok accounts!

We talk to Justin about his own mental health struggles, how he found himself studying psychology and earning his doctorate, and the best and worst aspects of his job. We also discuss how he uses social media to change the conversation about mental health and remove the stigma around talking about it.

This week on the Boredwalk Podcast, Matt and Meredith are joined by humorist, comedy writer, and content creator Sarah Merrill of the Big Kid Problems podcast, blog, and Instagram!

We talk to Sarah about her journey into the adult world out of college, the challenges of crafting relatable content on a daily basis that resonates with her audience, her creative process, dealing with haters and trolls, and how the big kid problems of a single 22 year old in college differ from the big kid problems of a married 30-something who's been adulting for a minute now.

This week we're chatting with social media superstar Nathan the Cat Lady! In addition to being a world-famous cat dad, Nathan Kehn is also an accomplished actor. In fact, this episode is coming out one day before the premiere of a new Lifetime original movie starring him in the lead role! Keep an eye out for Dying to Marry Him this weekend — I know I will!

While you're waiting for your popcorn to pop, listen to Meredith and I chat with him about anti-cat dad bias on dating apps, his path to feline-focused internet stardom, and his journey as a working actor.

We also ask him how he'd improve the internet, and he explains why cat dads make better human dads. Fun AND educational!

* A couple quick production notes: • There was a brief issue where our connection was interrupted around the 13 minute mark. Apologies for the clunky editing! • At the top of the episode I state that it is episode 146 of the podcast. This was incorrect — it is episode 145. What are numbers anyway, besides tools to help us measure how little time we have left on the earth?

This week on the Boredwalk Podcast we're joined by music publicist Eric Alper! Eric was the director of media relations at eOne Music Canada from 1998-2016 before founding his own music public relations company That Eric Alper in 2016.

In addition to helping get artists seen and heard by the music listening public, Eric is also the host of the @ThatEricAlper show on SiriusXM and an extremely prolific Twitter personality, with his @ThatEricAlper account being named "Best on Twitter" by both Billboard Magazine and Canada's National Post newspaper.

We chat with Eric about his formative musical experiences, what it's like to work with some of the most talented creatives on the planet, and some of the up and coming artists he's keeping his ears tuned to.

This week we're joined by special guest August McLaughlin! August is the creator and host of the Girl Boner podcast and author of Girl Boner: The Good Girl's Guide to Sexual Empowerment.

We talk to August about her modeling and journalism background, and how Girl Boner came about, her mission to facilitate the empowerment of women as a writer and speaker, and her forthcoming book with co-writer Jamila Dawson (LMFT), With Pleasure: Managing Trauma Triggers for More Vibrant Sex & Relationships.

August also shares which 80s fashion fad she wishes would make a comeback!