Ain't Normal Podcast

In this episode, Johnny is back to lament social distancing, relationship fails, pissing people off with words, and watching the world burn.  Topics include Covid19, dating in your 40s, the murders of Ahmad Arbry and George Floyd, and treating your friends with respect.  

On this episode we talk to Adam Minarovich from TV's The Walking Dead, Rectify, MacGyver, and the movie he wrote himself, Pawn Shop Chronicles.  Adam shares tales of hometown fan interactions, mishaps when starting out as a young, naive actor, and of being a teenage rapper on the local bill with 2 Live Crew in the 90s.   He also discusses his successes in television and movies and describes his local entertainment venue (which you can only find if you solve a riddle).  

Welcome back, Ain't Normies!   In this episode, we continue our conversation with Nick and Liz about struggles with anxiety, ADHD, OCD, and depression.  This will be our last consecutive 2-parter for a while, so to keep listeners interested, we provided some bonus content.  In the bonus material, we talk about experiences involving aliens, ghosts, and American Idol hosts.   Enjoy!

In this episode, Liz and Nick talk about mental health issues and how they affect their daily lives.  Liz discusses her struggles with ADD and OCD.  Former American Idol contestant Nick Whitten discusses his struggles with anxiety and depression.  There is some serious and some light-hearted discussion about how hard it can be to get out of bed, how these issues affect relationships, and fighting the stigma of having mental illness.

In Part 2 of my interview with Robyn, we talk about her backstory, her start in comedy, and some more reasons human sexual biology isn't as easy as some bathroom bills want to think it is.   

In Part 1 of my interview with Robyn, we discuss many of the things that ain't normal about being a trans lesbian centrist-leaning gun nut in the Bible Belt of upstate SC.  More to come later in Part 2 as this is the tip of the iceberg (just the tip) of an interesting conversation.  In the past few years, Robyn has not only come out of the closet as a trans woman and lesbian, but also has begun a promising career as a stand-up comic.  Catch her New Year's Eve if you can find #somewhere.  

In this episode, I interview Chris (the artist formerly and sometimes still known as 'Moo Moo') Phillips, a comedian, actor, and cancer survivor. He tells us all about obesity and anxiety, and about having the gastric sleeve surgery when he felt he was running out of options.  He's a funny guy with a great story, and it is certainly only beginning.  

In this episode, Johnny interviews Christie about her fundamentalist Christian upbringing in a church that intentionally cuts itself and its members off from society. "The world is bad, and only our church is good" mentality rules the day.  Christie shares tales of shaming, controlling, and creepy adults and how they treated and objectified kids.  Kevin produces and provides Ain't Normal commentary.

On this episode, we get part of Johnny's Ain't Normal Origin Story. Growing up in a Christian daycare run by a fudamentalist who casts demons out of children ain't normal.  Young Johnny learned about fornication, snuff films, and the Satanic panic, all by the age of 10.  Christie drops by to add to the story and Kevin produces and provides ain't normal commentary.

Welcome to Ain't Normal Podcast.  This is an introduction to how we are going to do things. On this episode, we hear Kevin and Christie react to part of Johnny's Ain't Normal origin story that occurs in a fundamentalist Christian Daycare setting.  We also hear part of Christie's Ain't Normal upbringing in a small town church and we visit with Chris "the artist formerly known as Moo-Moo" Phillips as he recounts tales of overeating and having what he calls "the fat kid surgery."