Whats The Matter With Me Podcast

Whats The Matter With Me Podcast

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  • Episode X.5: Block Party
    Hey kids, What's The Matter With Me? Podcast is back
    Local & Culture

    San Leandro neighborhood block party lore, Oakland Raiders Al Davis neighborhood history, Kamasi Washington septet review Yoshi's

    Food & Cooking

    Romanian sauerkraut and casing-free sausages, homemade fermented sauerkraut airlock, Tokyo Ginza alleyway yakitori skewers

    Selfie
    Block Party Selfie

    Contact me and I'll give you a shoutout.

    Notes

    Yesterday there was a typhoon in Japan. We had the neighborhood block party. The Romanian guy up the street. Mangal grills are Eastern European skewer grills. Yakitori under the train in the Ginza area of Tokyo. Sauerkraut. (More) Recovery from broken ribs, again. Kamasi Washington and Isaiah Collier are each playing at Yoshi's.

    Episode X.5: Block Party

    Hey kids, What’s The Matter With Me? Podcast is back Local & Culture San Leandro neighborhood block party lore, Oakland Raiders Al Davis neighborhood history, Kamasi Washington septet review Yoshi’s Food & Cooking Romanian sauerkraut and casing-free sausages, homemade fermented sauerkraut airlock, Tokyo Ginza alleyway yakitori skewers Selfie Contact me and I’ll give you a…

    Chapter List
    • 00:00:01 - Intro
    • 00:00:45 - Typhoon Dujuan
    • 00:02:45 - Neighborhood Block Party
    • 00:04:36 - Mangal
    • 00:05:56 - Yakitori
    • 00:08:03 - Sauerkraut
    • 00:08:59 - Recovering
    • 00:09:50 - Kamasi Washington at Yoshi\'s
    • 00:11:49 - Yoshi's Oakland ADA Seating
    • 00:12:13 - Isaiah Collier
    • 00:13:05 - Wheelchair Community
    • 00:13:38 - Outro
    • 16 min
    • Cooking To Meet Yourself Where You Are
      Yewande Komolafe

      Pragmatic approaches to accessible cooking in "How Losing My Limbs Turned Me Into a Different Kind of Cook," an article by chef and food writer Yewande Komolafe and "Cooking at Home: Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying About Recipes (and Love My Microwave): A Cookbook" by David Chang and Priya Krishna. Plus, Chris Fleming, Farkle, various and sundry other things.

      shoutouts: Rocky, Joe, cousin eric aand tracy, tall john and my mom and to my wife

      send me an email and I'll send you the biggest shout out probably the best shout out

      Chris Fleming

      chris fleming dance comedy

      Farkle

      I'm playing a lot of farkle with the family

      "By Night In Chile," Roberto Bolaño

      reading with one hand: amazon kindle to avoid damaged book bindings. missing the codex, but reading time is improved

      Priya Krishna and David Chang

      cooking while disabled - Cooking at Home: Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying About Recipes (And Love My Microwave): A Cookbook by David Chang (Author), Priya Krishna .using no recipe is freeing if the constraints of the recipe are unattainable

      Cooking To Meet Yourself Where You Are

      Pragmatic approaches to accessible cooking in “How Losing My Limbs Turned Me Into a Different Kind of Cook,” an article by chef and food writer Yewande Komolafe and “Cooking at Home: Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying About Recipes (and Love My Microwave): A Cookbook” by David Chang and Priya Krishna. Plus, Chris Fleming,…

      Chapter List
      • 00:00:01 - Intro
      • 00:01:24 - Chris Fleming
      • 00:02:00 - Farkle
      • 00:02:22 - Making reading more accessible using a Kindle
      • 00:03:32 - By Night In Chile
      • 00:04:24 - Cooking at Home
      • 00:23:32 - Yewande Komolafe
      • 30 min
      • Vulnerable Population
        Synopsis

        In "Vulnerable Population." riding county paratransit service in my wheelchair. Matt gets uneasy around the other parents. Who's more pathetic: the Peace Advocate or the I.T. Guy?

        Selfie
        I'm back

        9 min
      • War

        In "War," remembering my dad as an antiwar veteran and trying to make sense of current international relations. Record reviews: Magic Fig, Wet Leg, and Geese. Reading Helen DeWitt and Ilya Gridneff's new book "Your Name Here."

        Magic Fig, "Valerian Tea"
        Wet Leg, "Moisturizer"
        Geese, "Getting Killed"
        When I saw this a moviegoer died in the middle of the picture
        Your Name Here
        War

        In “War,” remembering my dad as an antiwar veteran and trying to make sense of current international relations. Record reviews: Magic Fig, Wet Leg, and Geese. Reading Helen DeWitt and Ilya Gridneff’s new book “Your Name Here.” – Intro – Broken Wheelchair – War – Melian Dialogues – Guy Died At Born On The Fourth…

        Chapter List
        • 00:00:00 - Intro
        • 00:00:36 - Broken Wheelchair
        • 00:02:10 - War
        • 00:02:39 - Melian Dialogues
        • 00:03:39 - Guy Died At Born On The Fourth Of July
        • 00:04:56 - Shoutouts
        • 00:05:36 - Magic Fig, Valerian Tea review
        • 00:08:42 - Wet Leg, Moisturizer review
        • 00:11:29 - Geese, Getting Killed review
        • 00:12:52 - Your Name Here book review
        • 00:18:52 - Outro
        • 22 min
        • X.1: “I Regret Almost Everything”

          In this episode, the season premiere of Season Ten, the podcast returns from a rather long hiatus with a review of "I Regret Almost Everything," a memoir by New York City restaurant man Keith McNally, leading us into a little meditation on science and humanity.

          16 min
        • Imaging The Disabled Body
          Intro — Repeat Prints — Imaging the Disabled Body — Know Thyself — Chair Update — New Hope For Argumentative Life — Kids Dox You — Wife Went To Japan — "The Blue Mask" Lou Reed LP — Dad Time — Dad Food — Mom Called Me — John's Debut — Outro
          Repeat Prints
          JWHMan Repeat #5
          New Hope For Argumentative Life
          https://youtu.be/kj1EedLqXBI
          Back on the pod to discuss various topics including Saying My Age, A Conversation With My Brain, the Mortal Husk (Canto XIII of Dante's Inferno), Falling, A Place For Us, By Us, the Argumentative Life, New Hope For Patients With MS and Other Neurological Disorders, and My Son’s Resolution.
          "The Blue Mask" Lou Reed LP
          Lou Reed "THE BLUE MASK: (1982)
          Lou Reed and Robert Quine
          Imaging the Disabled Body selfie
          Selfie
          Imaging The Disabled Body

          Intro — Repeat Prints — Imaging the Disabled Body — Know Thyself — Chair Update — New Hope For Argumentative Life — Kids Dox You — Wife Went To Japan — “The Blue Mask” Lou Reed LP — Dad Time — Dad Food — Mom Called Me — John’s Debut — Outro Repeat Prints New…

          Chapter List
          • 00:00:01 - Intro
          • 00:01:03 - Repeat Prints
          • 00:03:25 - Imaging the Disabled Body
          • 00:08:06 - Know Thyself
          • 00:08:55 - Chair Update
          • 00:09:16 - New Hope For Argumentative Life Cartoon
          • 00:10:24 - Kids Will Dox You
          • 00:10:37 - Wife Went To Japan
          • 00:12:06 - The Blue Mask LP Lou Reed
          • 00:14:06 - Dad Time
          • 00:16:20 - Dad Food
          • 00:18:05 - Mom Called Me
          • 00:19:05 - Johns Debut
          • 00:19:49 - Outro
          • 21 min
          • New Hope For Argumentative Life
            Saying My Age — Conversation With My Brain — Mortal Husk (Canto XIII) — Fell Against The House — A Place For Us, By Us — Argumentative Life — New Hope For Patients With MS and Other Neurological Disorders — My Son's Resolution
            Shout outs

            To Rocky, Sandman, Jersey Girl

            A Place For Us, By Us

            ‘A Place for Us, By Us’: San Francisco’s Disability Cultural Center Breaks New Ground

            KQED Story about a first-in-the-nation disability community center in San Francisco, featuring Deborah Kaplan, Alice Wong, and others.

            New Hope

            Crossing the blood-brain barrier

            Wheelchair Breakdown

            My son's resolution for a perfect world

            This Week's Selfie
            "New Hope For Argumentative Life" Selfie
            New Hope For Argumentative Life

            Saying My Age — Conversation With My Brain — Mortal Husk (Canto XIII) — Fell Against The House — A Place For Us, By Us — Argumentative Life — New Hope For Patients With MS and Other Neurological Disorders — My Son’s Resolution Shout outs To Rocky, Sandman, Jersey Girl A Place For Us, By…

            Chapter List
            • 00:00:11 - Saying My Age
            • 00:01:39 - Conversation With My Brain
            • 00:02:36 - Mortal Husk (Canto XIII)
            • 00:04:44 - Fell Against The House
            • 00:06:40 - Shoutouts
            • 00:07:34 - "A Place For Us, By Us" KQED Story
            • 00:13:07 - Argumentative Life
            • 00:14:47 - New Hope For Patients With MS and Other Neurological Disorders
            • 00:22:10 - My Son's Resolution
            • 25 min
            • Animated Representation
              The iconic line, "It's alive! It's alive!"

              is spoken by Dr. Henry Frankenstein (played by Colin Clive) in the 1931 film Frankenstein. This famous line is actually an addition to Mary Shelley's original novel, where the creator reacts with horror and flees from his creation.

              Birthdays

              Mom, Freddie Mercury, Gordon Harrison Hull

              Put It On The List (House shows)

              Polka band, Ghast,

              Bard with lyre

              we need a bard with a lyre to compose a theme song about foot wars that occur over the middle thing on the nook with the bridge about 'can you stop?'

              Man-O-Sphere Alternate Names
              Shipping Fraud Odyssey

              Seemingly endless meaningless Sisyphean conflict

              Animated Representation
              "It's alive! It's alive!" is spoken by Dr. Henry Frankenstein (played by Colin Clive) in the 1931 film Frankenstein. This famous line is actually an addition to Mary Shelley's original novel.
              Outro
              Animated Representation

              The iconic line, “It’s alive! It’s alive!” is spoken by Dr. Henry Frankenstein (played by Colin Clive) in the 1931 film Frankenstein. This famous line is actually an addition to Mary Shelley’s original novel, where the creator reacts with horror and flees from his creation. Birthdays Mom, Freddie Mercury, Gordon Harrison Hull Put It On…

              Chapter List
              • 00:00:17 - Birthdays
              • 00:04:25 - Put It On The List
              • 00:09:50 - Man-O-Sphere Alternate Names
              • 00:13:57 - Shipping Fraud Odyssey
              • 00:17:11 - Animated Representation
              • 00:22:32 - Outro
              • 24 min
              • Ghost On Sabbatical
                Is this thing on?

                Seeing what still works.

                This Week's Selfie
                Ghost On Sabbatical

                Is this thing on? Seeing what still works. This Week’s Selfie

                Chapter List
                • 00:00:16 - Is This Thing On
                • 00:00:35 - Ghost On Sabbatical
                • 00:01:34 - Advanced Visualizing
                • 00:02:27 - Maybe
                • 6 min

                About Whats The Matter With Me Podcast

                From the publisher's feed

                Welcome to What’s The Matter With Me?—a podcast where I share what I’m going through living with multiple sclerosis and trigeminal neuralgia. I’m John: disabled wheelchair user, husband, parent, and…