Podcast: The Unintended Consequences Edition

How do you make a town gay? Should authors respond to bad reviews? Unnecessary conflict. All is gently probed in this podcast which is a plea for sweetness in disguise.

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PODCAST: The Big Fat Failure Edition

Regrets? I’ve had a few. Let’s aim higher and squirrel some inspiration out of the most melancholic edition of the podcast yet.

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This podcast punches you in the brain gently Tuesdays and Fridays with topical news, comedy, commentary (occasional thoughtful mourning like today’s show) and coming soon, Fiction Fridays! Soon I’ll be podcasting my new crime novel. In the meantime, stick around as I worm into your ears with my peculiar brand of whimsy.

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Lots more is coming. Brace yourself.

PODCAST: The Batman Forgives Edition

Batman, how gay marriage affects you, fear, faith, The Devil, your brain, the nature of forgiveness and our capacity to change.

The nonsense and conscience continues with the new and improved format. More pith, less pits! Shorter, punchier and coming at you every Tuesday and Friday. (Friday fiction’s coming soon as I begin to podcast my book.) Until then? Delicious schadenfreude and brief pontificating. And bloopers! If you hate the show, you’ll still love the books…or so goes my hypothesis. Make it a proven theory and buy the books through  the links above. Gee. That was easy! If you like the books, please be sure to leave a happy review. I’m drowning in obscurity over here!

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My buddy Mosno asks the key question: What would Batman do? Kevin Smith talks Fat Man on Batman. Me? I talk about how Batman is woven into the fabric of our lives…and we are not measuring up to his example. It’s clear to me now that if Jesus had a cape, a cowl and a Batmobile, he’d still be rockin’ in the free world to this day.

 

PODCAST: The No Bullies Edition

What’s the frequency, Kenneth? Bully (the Movie) & bullies in your school and speaking of which, would-be President Mittens!

As I go from long boring monologues to short, punchy episodes in which mimes are killed for sport, you can expect to have the Self-help for Stoners podcast in your earbuds twice a week, Tuesdays and Fridays. Fiction Fridays will soon be on their way but for the rest of the time, it’s all my usual nonsense and conscience. Welcome to the Podcast Pleasure Dome.

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Enjoy this episode. See you Friday. What will we talk about? No idea. Yet.

Self-help for Stoners: New Directions in Podcasting

Hi fellow babies, as Dr. Johnny Fever used to say. I’m going to be taking the Self-help for Stoners podcast in new directions soon. Hm. That sounds like corporate-speak uttered by a soulless robot in a suit at a vast corporation easily parodied on The Simpsons, so let’s put it this way: I’m changing the format for the Self-help for Stoners podcast starting this week.

I was shooting the wild crapola on the Skype serengeti with my buddy Dave Jackson from The School of Podcasting the other night and he mentioned he likes the variety I present here weekly. Another way of putting it is that I’m all over the road, ranting one minute and doing a skit the next and reading short stories from my collections here and there. 

So here’s my nefarious plan for world domination: I’m going to podcast twice weekly, but with shorter episodes. I will podcast my new crime thriller, one chapter at a time, once a week, as soon as it’s ready. That’s just a few weeks away as I finish revisions etc.,…. The full version of the book will be available as an ebook, paperback and with Audible.com so if you can’t wait to get your suspense doled out a week at a time, you can go get the whole thing in one fell swoop (or one foul swoop if you don’t care for my peculiar brand of whimsy.)

In the meantime, expect a couple of episodes of ranty fun each week as I go off on my lefty liberal rants, confusing an Ought with an Is and suffering from I Wish I Were King of the Universe Syndrome. There are lots more goodies to come as I ramp up my book and podcast production, my web presence, my readership, my listenership and my army of ninja monkey clones. Stay tuned.

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PODCAST: The Avengers Assemble Edition

Kevin Smith’s book, Drop Dead Healthy, treadmill desks and nonsense and conscience. Also, please, play nice and don’t give in to cynicism. Heroes rise when we expect the best of ourselves and others.

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