The Pie Boy Podcast

This episode details the story of hearing Rap and Hip Hop for the first time and its effect on my life. It also includes reflections on street knowledge, what it means to be gangster, the artists and their influences on me, having soul, the validation of my story and using this music as fuel to overcome the traumas in my life. This is my love letter to Rap, Hip Hop and The Culture.

Reflections on taking things personally, feeling lost, bullies, not trusting counseling or counselors, not being heard, shame, looking within myself and finding a way to overcome the layers of problems in my life.

Reflections and revelations about the bullies in the first part of my life. From boys, to girls, cops, teachers and administrators, bullies appeared in my early life in different forms, but they all left the same traumas in my mind, body and soul. This story speaks to those energies and my journey to let them go. This type of pain can teach you a lot about who you are and how to overcome it. Thank you for listening.

This episode takes a deeper look at physical trauma, my experience spending the night in the hospital, scares, acts of kindness, being sneaky, and learning life lessons the hard way.

Reflections on being left with people that couldn’t be trusted, fear, the loss of innocence, a higher power, divine intervention, neighbors, friendship, Dairy Queen and keeping it real.

This episode tells the story of my time workin, enjoying and surviving Wildcat Valley. This was a fictional town in our school where we learned about life, work and citizenship. Just like in real life, things that happened were not all unicorns and rainbows. This story reflects on bad behavior, self-esteem, taking things personally, revenge, insecurity and other social traumas.

Stories and thoughts about two families that were good to me. We had so many adventures. This episode includes reflections on friendship, family and growing up.

This episode reflects on the trauma and fear of being left with strange people and wanting to go home. It also takes a look at the balancing act of trauma and grace in my life during the Dope Game Era through music and adventures to the Oregon State Fair for my first concert.

Reflections and lessons on fear. This episode includes the stories: Learning to Fly, Conferences and Mac &Cheese. Fear was my friend back then and it taught me so much about who I was and what I could do.