What’s The Matter With Me? Podcast

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My name is John, I’m 42 years old, husband, father, owner of Hoppin Hot Sauce, KFJC radio DJ, podcaster and I have multiple sclerosis (MS). I made this podcast to share what I’m going through.

What’s The Matter With Me? Podcast mission statement

I created the What’s The Matter With Me? Podcast to give myself a support mechanism to deal with the pressure of having multiple sclerosis, becoming a father, and embarking on a business venture. Episodes are released weekly and run about thirty minutes.

Last Five Episodes

  • 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 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 […]
  • 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.
  • 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 […]
  • 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 […]
  • 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 […]
This is part of the Hoppin Hot Sauce Inception story which you can read from the About page.