The Pancake King: Life and Marriage On the Spectrum

I talk about a particular struggle I have in order to highlight the fact that not all spectrumites' imperfections are directly tied to being autistic, but rather some are tied to being simply human just like everyone else.

I reflect on my grandfather's life, the kind of impact he had on me, and what I learned from him. He was also probably on the spectrum.

I have a bit of a passionate geek speech about how great the video game The Last Of Us is and how it impacted my life and my perspective on the art of storytelling and character-driven narratives.

So I recorded an episode at the last minute on the fly because the script for the real next episode didn't get done. I explain why in this episode.

Forrest and KG discuss the movies that meant the most to them growing up and how they influenced them.

I talk about my love for films, how I got into the passion of filmmaking and storytelling, and how autism played a part.

My wife KG comes on the podcast to discuss the impact the band BTS has had on her and why she prefers to keep her hyper fixations to herself, thus creating a private world of her own. Warning: there are side-tangents.

I explain, in the best way possible through my grogginess, how music plays a role in my mind, my hyper fixations, and my autism-isms.

This is more or less my love letter to The Fray, a band that achieved the impossible and broke through my 'autistic barriers' in a way that almost no other band has done, and despite the band leader having moved on, the band's music still impacts me to this day. In this episode, I explain how The Fray managed to punch a hole in my autistic wall and make me actually FEEL something.