Unserious University

In a world where we are constantly fed an idea of what love is and should be, we are surrounded by unsurprising heartbreak. There seems to almost be an mismatch of what we expect love to be like compared to how it truly plays out. On this episode, I explore the differences between what love is vs what it isn't. Why love is both overrated AND the best thing a human can experience, and if we ca...

Another beautiful day for some serious-unserious, as I invite you all along through my solo ramble about one of the largest topics in mental health and the way I manage it and the role it's played in my life up until now. I have no idea how this episode will be received but as always the dream is that someone gets something beneficial from it. Life always has it's ways of showing it&apos...

IT FEELS GOOD TO BE BACK!  Hello beautiful faces, happy Wednesday, I missed you all so much. As many of you know I was out of the country this past week for a wedding in Mexico, and funny enough that exact trip made for a great episode!  I had Dyl sit down with me and do a good ol story time of the trip and what stood out to us. I haven't really done an episode in this style yet so I would lo...

Today's guest is what you get when you wrap a lawyer, political commentator, and musical artist all into one! Everyone meet Jordan aka J-Hotz aka Patriot J aka your midwest uncle's favorite black guy on twitter. Hotz has been a friend of mine for years and someone I enjoy sitting down with to discuss similarities over differences. We share a lot of the same outlooks on life and values an...

Donavan Ransom in the flesh ladies and gentlemen!  Dom is an incredibly talented rap artist straight out of my hometown and has been a great friend of mine that I have wanted to have on since I started this podcast - and we finally did it. He is one of the best creatives I know personally and somehow only gets better with time. I have been dying to have him talk about his journey and where he is h...

Happy Tuesday my beautiful people, today's topic on my mindless monologue is the conversation around how we speak to others and our selves. I believe the way we word things matters and it seems to be a dying art. Nowadays people tend to speak unfiltered and take pride in it and I think there is a lot to be gained by being tactful and purposeful with the way we speak and the words we use, and...

Hello everyone thank you for being so patient and waiting a full day for me this week! Happy Wednesday, hope you're doing well, this episode I run solo as I still figure out this whole video thing! I wanted to speak specifically on how lately I have been feeling like adult-life and all it brings (as well as social media nowadays) is what actively contributes to the rigidity of ones brain and...

Hello everyone, if you haven't noticed WE HAVE VIDEO!  (Right now it's only on Youtube!) I am so excited to present to you the first ever episode of Unserious University you can actually watch, featuring none other than, Joel Bond himself. We shoot the shit for an easy couple of hours as we dive into a multitude of topics. This episode is my first time using this setup, this software, th...

Welcome home friends, Maya sits down with me again and we think out loud together about romanticizing the little things in life, how you would raise a kid if you were rich, and why she loves using photography to capture her beautiful moments rather than self-imposing perfection. We laugh a lot, and talk about the catharsis of crying, and I had an absolute ball. In the beginning we were going over...

Hi friends, today I treat the beginning of this episode almost like a little journal as I get slightly vulnerable and authentic about some of my personal mental roadblocks in areas I feel like I am falling short, then use that to springboard into the conversation of what matters in life, how your identity is tied to it all, and why I feel like today's day and age has absolutely destroyed my m...

Hi friends todays topic of choice is regret ! I dive into why I feel like I live a life that lacks any hard regrets and why I feel like that is feasible for anyone. I get a little into a traumatic childhood experience I had and how my stance on regrets relates to it, and how it relates to other more preventable situations. I dare to question whether or not regret itself is necessary and if it&apos...

We're switchin' things up today as I was blessed by the presence of a good buddy of mine, Jesse Ortega, as he gives us a wild look into what his everyday life is like as a recon marine, firefighter, and super-dad. We discuss the Palisades fire, skydiving, internet trolls, and more. Jesse is one of the nicest guys I know with a full plate and a half, and he does it all with a smile on his...

Hello everyone welcome back, in this episode I speak on something I have been wanting to talk about for a little bit now: masculinity. I think we are in a bit of a weird space culturally and feel like I have a decent understanding as to why, and I try to do my best to paint the overarching themes that I feel have been at play for the last decade or two. Should men feel proud about being manly? At...

Welcome to our first ever little Q&A episode! I have Dyl sit down with me and we take some questions from y'all peeps on a wiiiiiide variety of topics and honestly it was a blast! This definitely wasn't the normal format for episodes but I definitely will be periodically doing these in the future because of how much fun I had with them. Would love to know what you guys think and hope...

Hello peeps, we are back and I would like you to meet one of my closest friends Maya, as we hop into the topic of icks. What are they, why we get them, which ones we think are justified, and all minute details in between. For all the guys out there, if you want a woman's perspective on what immediately takes you out of the running, here you go LOL. However, outside of that we dive deeper, dis...

Do YOU have the balls to tell your friends you love them? I go solo and lay out the case that I think you should consistently remind people that they are special and why it is so important. The best relationships in my life are directly correlated with how vulnerable I am willing to get with them, and as long as you're with people who are loving, opening up will never steer you wrong. It&apos...

Happy Tuesday friends, today we have on a ball of sunshine who goes by Chloe! A big thank you to her for sittin down with me for this one. She is an emergency room nurse, and is someone I have been looking forward to hearing give her perspective on what that job is even like on a day to day. Thanks to her, this episode is chalked full of gold nuggets that I think y'all will enjoy.  Would you...

Happy Tuesday, loved ones! Today we sit down with my youngest brother Noah, and talk about ambitiously looking towards the future with success on your mind. I feel like last episode about wisdom and reminiscing pairs up well with this weeks style of thinking about the vast potential of what you can make of your future. Noah is 19 years old and has a passion for making sure he gets what he wants, n...

Pop a squat alongside me as we do more listening and less talking. I give my Nana (Ruth Perkins) the floor as she delves into her 93 years of life, and all the lessons she has learned along the way. This was such a unique and fun episode for me and I loved every minute of it. I appreciate that I can still do this with her and will look back on this special moment for the rest of my days, and I fee...

This weeks guest is one of my best friends Dylan Jones! If you know me there's a good chance you also know him! Disclaimer, we kind of just hit record and figured it out so I actually wasn't planning on the beginning being published, it's purely organic. This time around you get a little bit of us goofin off about the world through our chronically online lenses, and how it's on...

Happy 2025 everyone, it's good to be back! First episode of the year and WE HAVE A GUEST!!! Everyone welcome my good friend Sean Basham. We sit down and have a nice chat about what it means to fall in love with learning outside of a school setting, how it changes your views of yourself, and why anyone can be smart. Thank you all for listening, hope your holiday break was filled with good peop...

Come along with me as I dissect money and it's importance. Why do athletes make so much while most jobs don't? Where should money even be stored away? Why do we even want to make more of it? I try my best to answer these questions and more.

Going solo yet again, I dive into what I think it means to have healthy self esteem, how I believe confidence is a skill you hone with practice and the many pro's and con's that come with a variety of confidence levels (both good and bad). I hope you enjoy, thank you for spending a part of your day with me, and I hope you get something of value from this :) Feedback is always welcome, I&...

On the first full length episode, I go solo yet again to make the case that we all can be, and should be, optimistic in life. I break down the importance of seeking proper truth, having the right mindsets to even be optimistic, why advances in several different technologies are inching us closer to prosperity. I appreciate your guys patience with me getting my bearings in the beginning and I welco...

Welcome to my passion project!  This is just a quick 14-min rundown of what I hope to accomplish and build going forward. Feedback is welcome as I figure this out as I go. Thank you so much for being here, hope to catch you again next time :)