Joel and Steve talk with their old friend Greg Wright about his time in the Marines, Fatherhood, Recovery - and Instrumental Post-Rock music! 

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Joel has some feelings about returning to whatever this 'new normal' looks like - he and Steve work through it!

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Joel and Steve have individually seen lots of amazing concerts in their lifetimes, and have gone on a bunch of road trips together over the years - so they get all goofy when the prospect of Actually Going A Concert is on the horizon!

They reminisce about epic rock and roll adventures, concerts that had actual lasting impact on them, talk about artists that have been influential in their lives - and generally have a Real Good Time!

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Joel and Steve get to talk with Hollie Urbauer, who just happens to be married to Steve!  Hollie is an accomplished professional who recently started her own business:

https://sanctuarypsychotherapyandwellness.com/

Hollie talks about opening a business at the start of a global pandemic, EMDR therapy, and most importantly - discovering the joys of seeing the world on two wheels! 

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Joel and Steve reconnect after a couple weeks of awesome guests to reconnect and to see how each other are doing. Like people do.  They cover lots of ground, sometimes landing in the same old spot - with different perspective! 

Joel was recently a guest on an awesomely fun podcast - "Less Than 2000" to talk about the 90's Seattle Grunge scene and his favorite band Pearl Jam.  It's a blast, you should check it out on wherever you listen to podcasts.

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Joel and Steve talk with Sadie Thompson about being a new mother, her career in peer support - and Canadian Country S&M music!

Check out some of her work here:

http://letslnktogether.com/

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Kjerstin Egger joins her husband Joel and their pal Steve for heart-opening (and at times heart-wrenching) conversation about chronic pain, community activism, the wonders of nature and 90's booty rap!

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Joel and Steve talk with Steve's good friend Seth Montecuollo about his Type 4 Glioblastoma diagnosis. 

Seth had a baseball sized tumor taken out of his brain right before Christmas 2020, Joel and Steve talked about this in TTBB #7 - "Some Things Just Suck - and Merry Christmas!" 

They sit down to check in on Seth, to see how he's doing a few months in - he's doing quite well!

If you wish to contribute to Seth's medical costs donations can be made here:

https://www.gofundme.com/f/fundraiser-for-seth-montecuollos-medical-costs

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Joel and Steve talk with Steve's old friend Charlie Shonka about abuse, addiction, suicide, and grief- and how Charlie was affected by all of those things, and how he's getting over all of that.  And about music.  Always about the music, which never stops.   

Check out Charlie's Keep On Going webpage:

https://keepongoing.life/

And for So Much Music follow Charlie on Mixlr:

https://mixlr.com/cshonka

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#TootYourHooter #KeepOnGoing

Joel and Steve have had a run of some really fantastic guests recently! They take a few moments to just hang out with each other again, and to hash out what they've learned visiting with their guests. 

Thanks to Mike Zwingman, Brian Scott, Mike Semrad, Jazari Kual, Mary Stancavage and Jeremy Eberle for their time and perspective!  If you haven't - go back and listen to their episodes, they're really great!

Be on the lookout for the Joel and Steve Live Roadshow this summer!

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