The SideStreets Podcast

Topics: Doing your own thing, literary journals, over-caffeinated brainstorming sessions with big ideas, running, trying to distract yourself, yes all women, senseless tragedies, how men sometimes need to just shut up every once in a while, the loudener, seeing for miles, community events, missed connections, Eiffel Tower, and the things we do for love.

Topics: Love, social anxiety, awkwardness, dumb luck, slowly but surely figuring things out, finding comfort in silence, school dances, dating in the 21st century, getting married, Andrea Silenzi and her terrific show Why Oh Why?, math, shaping your own personality while trying to connect with other people, honesty, and the things we do for love.

Topics: Writing, reading, more writing, more reading, major life events, rejection letters, the struggle, the payoff, burritos bringing people together, the state of the publishing industry, actually trying to get paid, Moonmen On The Moon Man, feeling fortunate that the stuff you wrote in your teen years never saw the light of day, reconnecting with something that was once so important to you, and the things we do for love.

Topics: Going on tour and melting faces from city to city, jumping without a safety net, the kindness of strangers, garage rock, taking chances, the Bruce Springsteen Podcast, Katterwaul, my wife hosting her new show, ABBA, egregious exclusions from lists, following through on lifelong dreams, a very loud motorcycle, and the things we do for love.

Topics covered: Kathleen Hanna, empathy, looking at the world from a different point of view, love and compassion, riot grrrl, sneaking a message into a joke, very sad stories, the struggle to feel accepted, awesome music, Tinder, feeling alone while being surrounded by millions of people, hamsters, privilege, burritos, weird paths, and the things we do for love.

Topics covered: The joy pets can bring into your life, living the dream, freaking out on an airplane, burrito robots, perfect gift ideas, petting a baby penguin, Quillmatic, Jack Harm, #PetsOnTwitterDay, cult films, talking through a cold, songs written by a dog and a cat, anxiety, stained glass, babies who listen to podcasts, and the things we do for love.

Topics covered: Moments of inspiration, following your fear, overindulgence as the enemy of enlightenment, lines in the cultural sand, complete and total freedom, finding your tribe, making decisions and seeing them through, perfect songs, Seth MacFarlane (booooo), extra effort, one final heartfelt shoutout to Topaz, lunar kits, and the things we do for love.

TOPICS COVERED: The things that must come to an end so something new and better can take their place, Topaz, rock shows in storage units, creating your own opportunities, bittersweetness, heartfelt thank-yous, Katterwaul, the incomplete Best Burritos In America list, when a phone call and New Jersey can set the stage for something great, and the things we do for love.

Topics covered: Hometowns, childhood angst and displacement, unforgivably bad puns, the human element, Pets On Twitter Day, imagination, experimental noise rock, fitting in, Low Level Rage, the Sierra Nevada Mountains, Milwaukee, Chicago, Wyoming, comfortable air, Acorn Bcorn, burrito dreams, friendship, and the things we do for love.

Topics covered: A positive mental outlook, embarrassing karaoke stories, the awful 25-dollar corndog, what happens when towns take college sports too seriously, bad Morrissey impressions, screaming babies, Harry Nilsson: the best male singer ever, a magical burrito truck, and the things we do for love.