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Have you ever wondered what's it's like to step into someone else's feelings? This podcast is in support of my book, Dark Part of the Mind Volume II. https://www.amazon.com/Dark-Part-Mind-Vol-II/dp/1507684290

Matt Janak


    • Feb 19, 2023 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 3m AVG DURATION
    • 54 EPISODES


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    Story Behind: It's What?

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2023 1:21


    Turns out I'm pretty good at predictions

    Story behind: First Time

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 16, 2021 1:54


    Story behind: Never again

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2021 3:16


    Behind the story: I like it?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2021 3:08


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    Story behind: Dream Away

    Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2021 2:01


    One of my favorite stories

    story behind dream away
    Behind the story: Choo Choo!

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2021 2:01


    Behind the story: Secrets

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2021 1:54


    Behind the story: I'm right here damnit

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2021 5:21


    Behind the Story: Stop Already

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2021 4:56


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    Behind the story: Help

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2021 7:04


    Go behind the scenes and learn the inspiration to each story.

    Story 41: Play Pretend

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2021 2:57


    This is an exclusive to the podcast, not in the book or published anywhere else. Found it digging around my email. Hope all three of you enjoy.

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    Story 40: Maybe Not

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2021 1:43


    Yet another instance of writing something I have no experience in.

    Story 39: Welcome Back

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2021 1:55


    It's good to get back home. Or, is it?

    Story 38: Travel To Me

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2021 3:18


    Outside my usual space, kinda sci fi type story that explores what I would do if found in such a situation.

    Story 37: I'm

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 4, 2021 2:04


    First one of the year, haven't recorded in a while (generic excuse)

    Story 36: Leave it there

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2020 2:27


    This has some truthfull elements in it, some of those things described actually happened to me but, like the story says, do they matter?

    Story 35: Look up

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2020 3:29


    This is obviously an extreme example but, tried tovshow the power of positive thinking with this story. Yet another one where I had the ending in my head before the rest of the story.

    Story 34: Pop goes the brain

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2020 1:50


    Another example of how most if my stories are, not inspired by anything in particular.

    Story 33: Do What Exactly?

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2020 5:08


    This story took me three years to write. I had the last sentence bouncing around for years before I could flesh out the rest.

    Thanks for listening

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2020 1:35


    My own personal thank you to anyone in America or anywhere else listening to the podcast.

    Story 32: Where Am I?

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2020 3:07


    I took mostly inspiration from Vietnam, but kept it vague enough it could be set in the future or applied to most any conflict.

    Story 31: Have I what?

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2020 3:16


    Skip to 1:20 if you don't want to hear the intro.

    Story 30: Closet Space

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2020 3:19


    No real feedback from someone eating on the other side of the fence, so, all these thoughts could be out of line.

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    Story 29: Past Lives

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2020 2:39


    This is another example of my taking actual experiences I had in the military and creating stories from them.

    Story 28: Dramatic

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2020 2:33


    If you haven't noticed a theme, you will. Again, just off the top of my head.

    Story 27: Come Back

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 21, 2020 2:13


    No real inspiration for this one, just another idea I had.

    Halfway point reflection

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 18, 2020 29:38


    Here are the thoughts and inspiration behind each story. TIME STAMPS: HELP 2:00. STOP ALREADY 4:10. I'M RIGHT HERE DAMNIT 5:35 SECRETS 9:17 CHOO CHOO! 10:20. I LIKE IT? 10:56. NEVER AGAIN 11:56. FIRST TIME 13:16. IT'S WHAT 14:35. THANK YOU___ 15:30. LOOK AWAY 16:30. KA-BOOM 17:02 CLEAN 17:50. I'M OUTTA HERE! 18:50. EM QUESTION MARK 19:27 UNFINISHED 20:25. WHAT IS IT? 21:02. HEARTBEAT 21:37. WASTED LIFE 22:35. BACK WHEN 23:50. ONLY 24:30. BESTEST DADDY 25:03. TOO LATE 26:01. NOT TODAY 27:16

    Story 26: Not Today

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 15, 2020 2:48


    This is an example of using some of my own personal experiences to build upon for my stories. For about a year I would wake up on all fours, scrambling in the sheets, not aware where I was at for a few seconds. Then, the simultaneous relief and dread.

    Story 25: Too Late

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 14, 2020 2:34


    This was the first story I wrote. It was in the midst of trying to write comedy, but this idea wouldn't go away. Finally, after 6 months, I gave in and wrote it.

    Story 24: Bestest Daddy

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 7, 2020 2:01


    This, was an idea that wouldn't go away. Kept rolling around in my head until I finally just wrote it down. Upon reading it for the first time, my wife commented "oh I feel so sorry for her". I'm like honey, she doesn't exist. It's literally a figment of my imagination.

    Story 23: Only

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 7, 2020 2:26


    Again. A common theme, but one of "if I were there" how I think I would feel and have felt coming home, trying to explain horror to innocence.

    Story 22: Back When

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 17, 2020 2:57


    This was an early story, one of my earliest indications of my style.

    Story 21: Wasted Life

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 16, 2020 10:34


    This story took me three years to write. I had the ending in my head for three solid years before I was able to flesh out the rest of the story. My wife is an educator and said it's her favorite.

    Story 20: Heartbeat

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 16, 2020 4:40


    This was crazy enough written about a year or year and a half before I faced this exact situation, with my son. Same outcome of course.

    Story 19: What is it?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 16, 2020 3:45


    One of the few autobiographical stories. If you're divorced you can relate. If not, hopefully this will prevent you being able to relate.

    Story 18: Unfinished

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 19, 2020 2:52


    How I feel it would be to experience lost conversations. Again, if I haven't already stated it, never been to war or experienced combat, this is all my imagination.

    Story 17: Happy Face

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 5, 2020 3:01


    Go listen to the story first, then come back to read the inspiration behind it. *******************************************This story was inspired by a neighbor pulling out of their driveway in the morning while my son was passing by on his tricycle. They pulled out fast, without looking, and had I been a few feet away, or not paying attention, I wouldn't have moved him out of the way in time. Came very close to being hit myself.

    Story 16: E.M. Question Mark

    Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2020 3:23


    This was written in 20 minutes after I was leaving a nursing home with my father in it and saw an E.M.T. walking in. Thought to myself "I wonder what that's like"?

    Story 15: I'm Outta Here!

    Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2020 4:13


    Not really inspired by anything in particular, aside from my outings to nursing homes as a kid for my relatives.

    Story 14: Clean

    Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2020 5:51


    I feel like this is the story most people get to and truly make their decision on whether to continue interaction with me or not.

    Story 13: Ka-Boom

    Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2020 3:38


    This was inspired by a dream I had. The part about running away from a girl and the explosion part.

    Story 12: Look Away

    Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2020 3:20


    Just my imagination as to what it would be like to be a crime scene photographer.

    Story 11: Thank You ____

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2020 3:20


    Another example of how I kinda took some of my personal experiences and added them to the overall fiction.

    Story 10: It's What?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2020 3:25


    I always tell people that only a few stories in this book are autobiographical, and you'd have to really know me to know which ones. This is one.

    Story 9: First Time

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2020 2:26


    I have had war veterans read this story and tell me it's exactly the feelings they had. One guy swore that I had been there but, as I've said, never been deployed.

    Story 8: Never Again

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2020 2:21


    This ironically was written before I had my son, and not 100% sure I could write it again today.

    Story 7: I Like It?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2020 3:11


    Man breaks into house. Man doesn't leave. Aftermath ensues.

    Story 6: Dream Away

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2020 1:55


    This story is actually not in the book, and can only be found here. Exclusive, huh?

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    Story 5: Choo Choo!

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2020 2:32


    What can happen when your lifetime dream actually happens. Based on a story from when a train engineer came to visit us in high school drivers ed.

    Story 4: Secrets

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2020 2:40


    Took a little bit of history to include in this story, about the civil war soldiers.

    Story 3: "I'm right here, damn it"

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2020 2:35


    This talks about what's it's like to experience a flashback. Specifically what I imagine combat flashbacks are like, but truthfully I draw from my own experiences having them. A certain perfume, walking into one room and "waking up" in another because a smell. Other experiences my dad had helped me craft this particular story.

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