Blanket Fortress Of Solitude

Mad Max Glenn returns to talk about his time spent in professional theatre, his love of teaching, and the weight that responsibilities can press on a person.

Pete Barlow is the author and illustrator of "G.I. Low". Today he returns to talk about making the rounds at open mic's and acting in local dinner theatre. This episode sponsored by www.dividedbyzerobooks.com

Sean enlisted in the United States Army at age 26. After six years and one deployment overseas, he traded his Army Uniform for a Circle City Ghostbusters uniform. Now he raises money for charity and makes public appearances all across Indiana as a Ghostbuster. This is his story. 

NASA intern Nick Oakes returns to talk about if aliens exist (they do, he verified it) the importance of communicating science-based principles to the public, and the recent DART mission. Find his work here: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2022/planetary-photobombers

Nick Oakes spent the Pandemic working in a grocery store. He moved on to study at John's Hopkins University while interning at Nasa. This is his pandemic story.

I'm recovering from the 4th covid shot at the time of recording. It's a lot softer than shot #3, which was softer than shot #2. I also go into upcoming projects.

After you make peace with the monster under the bed, he can go back to sleep. So can you.

After you understand why the monster under the bed is in pain, you learn who he is: You.

The Monster under the bed is in pain. It's up to you to figure out why.

Before you can make peace with the monster under the bed, you have to acknowledge he exists.

What does it mean to be an American?

Recorded September 2021: Cousin Roscoe stops by to spread the good news of the bitcoin gospel, and rail at the incompetence of hippies.**This is not financial advice.****

Agent Z's demons catch up with him.

Once upon a timeline, three super heroes defended their Earth against the Zombie King. They lost. 

Far across the multi-verse, the Zombie King travels among timelines, consuming billions in his wake.  There is one man who hunts him: Agent Z!  

Vigilante justice isn't a good answer.

Star Trek was the key.

The Pandemic was like being a fobbit in Iraq. Now that it's winding down, I'm shifting from a wartime mentality to peacetime, and understanding what happens next.

Evan Kelly returns to interview series creator and host Derwin Lester II on his perspective of the pandemic, how it reminded him of his one Iraq Deployment, seeing the political divide firsthand in his own family, and where we go from here.

Cassie Poormokhtar has been writing for a long time. She carries a notebook most of the time and lives where the seasons bleed together. She is the author of 11 Grams: Stories of Half Souls, Keeping Up With Jones  and is the House Editor for Divided By Zero Books. Her podcast, " I have no idea what I'm doing," can be found on spotify. This is her pandemic story.

Joe Hicks worked as a logistics coordinator during the 2020 shutdowns, and helped keep the country fed. Then after the Kenosha riots, he left Wisconsin for the small post industrial town of Galesburg, Illinois. Now he works to revitalise his beloved Galesburg. This is his Pandemic story.

Pete Barlow is the author and illustrator of "G.I. Low". Today he stops by to tell his story. This episode sponsored by www.dividedbyzerobooks.com

(Recorded September 2021.) Doctor Matt stops by to give his own story and how 2020 went through the eyes of a doctor. This is his pandemic story.

(Recorded in December of 2020.) Nurse Jamie Gary stops by the podcast to give a first hand account of what its like working at Covid units. We thank her for her bravery and sacrifice. This is her pandemic story.

A veteran of the Indiana Army National Guard, Dustin Osborn stops by today to talk about his time as a medic during the Covid 19 response. He also speaks on his time working in a gun store, the current state of gun control laws, and where he thinks things could be improved. This is his pandemic story.