Hindsight

Yay! I finally finished Euphoria after 2 years of saying I was going to watch it. In reality, I was just playing the long-con and was waiting for season 2 to come out, even though after it came out it still took me months to watch it. But either way here's my creative review of the show, it's more like an audio essay if you will. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/john-kalu/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/john-kalu/support

Well, I'm back in town, and oh boy am I glad to be! It's been a minute since I've done a story-based episode but this trip and these experiences warranted one more than anything else so here you go! “No man's knowledge here can go beyond his experience” – John Locke --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/john-kalu/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/john-kalu/support

While perhaps I may not be the best person to give you relationship advice, I would like to pose the argument that I can give you personal advice and wisdom that could translate well into your relationship. But of course, advice is like a buffet, take what you want and leave what you don't... "Continue to share your heart with people even if it has been broken." - Amy Poehler --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/john-kalu/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/john-kalu/support

So if you ever thought that some of these philosophical questions episodes can get really depressing well then you are in for a real treat with this one! "What do we live for, if not to make life less difficult for each other?" - George Eliot --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/john-kalu/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/john-kalu/support

This is going to be the deepest dive of all deep dives that has ever been dived on this podcast, and I am more than excited for you guys to hear it! Will it take some time? Yes, it will. Will I still upload parts as I work on them and not wait to complete the whole thing first? Uhhhh, maybe... --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/john-kalu/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/john-kalu/support

And we start again! Of course, this episode is a day late because things never seem to go as planned, but what's most important is that the episode came out in the end, so as always, enjoy! "Don't go through life, grow through life." - Eric Butterworth --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/john-kalu/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/john-kalu/support

Hindsight is back baby! Yeah, I know, I've been gone for a minute but I explain everything in this episode and I also talk about what's to come for the future because there is some really cool stuff coming up that I'm really excited for and I can't wait for it all to get started so stay tuned! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/john-kalu/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/john-kalu/support

I'm not sure which is a worse outcome, working really hard only to find out, in the end, there is nothing, or working really hard a certain way only to find out that way was wrong… "I am not interested in the afterlife. Religion is supposed to be about losing your ego, not preserving it eternally in optimum conditions." - Karen Armstrong --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/john-kalu/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/john-kalu/support

This movie had everything it needed to be a great movie. A star-studded cast, an interesting premise, and it was supposed to be funny, what more could you ask for? And I for one can say that this movie most definitely delivered on all fronts! "Climate change knows no borders. It will not stop before the Pacific islands and the whole of the international community here has to shoulder a responsibility to bring about a sustainable development." - Angela Merkel --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/john-kalu/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/john-kalu/support

Well, this was quite the way to start off the new year but hey we press on, Hindsight Season 2 baby! "If life were predictable it would cease to be life, and be without flavor." - Eleanor Roosevelt --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/john-kalu/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/john-kalu/support

And that concludes season one of the Hindsight podcast! I honestly can't even believe that there have been 365 episodes this year and I can't believe the reception that the podcast has gotten over this inaugural season. If you liked this season or at least what the season ended up becoming then I got some great news for you, next season is going to be even better! Happy New Year! "We do not remember days, we remember moments." - Cesare Pavese --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/john-kalu/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/john-kalu/support

Another case of me saying that this won't be a long episode and then the episode becoming a little bit long but hey, it's not too long. Either way, we're talking season 2 changes and there are some big ones coming up in the following year that I'm excited for and hopefully you will also be excited for. As always, I appreciate every single one of you! "Let us always meet each other with smile, for the smile is the beginning of love." - Mother Teresa --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/john-kalu/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/john-kalu/support

In the spirit of the end of the year wrap up stuff, I figured that movie talk lent itself best for an episode of that format talking about some of the best and some of the worst pieces of entertainment that I've consumed this year. "Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better." - Samuel Beckett --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/john-kalu/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/john-kalu/support

The final deep dive of season 1 of the Hindsight podcast has officially landed! It's been an insane year of deep dives, even though deep dive has only been around for a few months, but season 2 has so much more in store so stay tuned! "Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it." - George Santayana --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/john-kalu/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/john-kalu/support

When asked why are there any more of this one thing if this other thing evolved from the original thing, then you just say well this thing is just a branch of that thing so therefore both things can exist without one thing having to replace the original thing. Hope that makes sense! "The point of human evolution is adapting to circumstance. Not letting go of the old, but adapting it, is necessary." - Sonali Bendre --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/john-kalu/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/john-kalu/support

Do I overthink the simple things way too much? Of course I do! But that's what makes me who I am and that's what makes the podcast what it is so you're going to have to allow it… "A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives." - Jackie Robinson --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/john-kalu/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/john-kalu/support

Finally, an episode that I said will be really short that is actually really short! Either way, I hope you have an amazing Christmas and I will see you guys tomorrow with another episode! "Christmas isn't a season. It's a feeling." - Edna Ferber --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/john-kalu/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/john-kalu/support

Can you believe it? We are actually about to be done with this year and with that be done with the first season of the podcast and just saying “the first season” sounds crazy since I never really expected to do this for more than a year when I started out. As always, a huge thanks to everyone that has listened to even just one episode, you have made this one insane experience! "This is going to be a short episode." - John Kalu at the beginning of a 45 minute episode --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/john-kalu/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/john-kalu/support

If you haven't seen the movie yet and want to watch it without knowing anything then DON'T LISTEN TO THIS EPISODE! Just come back after you've seen it and then we can chat about it :) "Don't forget to use your spidey tingle!" - Aunt May --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/john-kalu/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/john-kalu/support

Oh boy what a movie this was! This is the spoiler free movie talk for Spider-Man No Way Home, needless to say it was an incredible movie, of course there is always my Spider-Man bias, but I think anyone who has seen the movie can agree. For those who have seen the movie, tomorrow we're getting into spoilers because there is so much more that I want to talk about! "With great power, comes great responsibility" - Uncle Ben --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/john-kalu/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/john-kalu/support

You know that money isn't going to solve your problems when even one of the richest rappers alive, Jay-Z, still has 99 problems… "Real riches are the riches possessed inside." - B. C. Forbes --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/john-kalu/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/john-kalu/support

There's always so much to do in Atlanta if you come here as a tourist besides dodging the infinite amount of potholes and sitting in infinite amounts of traffic if you decide to go anywhere beyond 2 miles… "Atlanta is not the South." - Pimp C --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/john-kalu/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/john-kalu/support

Second to last deep dive of the year and the second holiday related deep dive and this one actually came out before the holiday that's being discussed takes place! As always I hope you enjoy a different perspective and some insight into the holiday that is Christmas! "Christmas is the spirit of giving without a thought of getting. It is happiness because we see joy in people. It is forgetting self and finding time for others. It is discarding the meaningless and stressing the true values." - Thomas S. Monson --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/john-kalu/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/john-kalu/support

The year is coming to a close and of course there are certain things that I set out to have completed by the end of the year and in order to do that, there has to be a bit of a reshuffling to the schedule, but trust me, it's all for a good reason --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/john-kalu/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/john-kalu/support

Hey Hindsight listeners, Gossip Girl here! A little birdie just told me that the reboot of my show was not something to look forward to, but you know what I think? Whoever said that is a bum who has to borrow money from their grandparents - XOXO Gossip Girl "Don't feel entitled to anything you didn't sweat and struggle for." - Marian Wright Edelman --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/john-kalu/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/john-kalu/support

The way I see it, it's always best to leave last year's business in that year, so it's time to knock out all of the things still lingering from 2021 so we can hop into 2022 with open bags. "Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other." - Abraham Lincoln --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/john-kalu/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/john-kalu/support

You ever wonder what would've happened if you did or didn't do that one thing and how different your life would be? Well if we were able to peer into parallel universes we would have our answer… "The universe is full of magical things, patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper." - Eden Phillpotts --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/john-kalu/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/john-kalu/support

And with that, the deep dive into the extreme side of politics is completed! As always, I hope you guys enjoyed both parts of this deep dive and of course there's another one coming soon so you have that to look forward to! "Voters don't decide issues, they decide who will decide issues." - George Will --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/john-kalu/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/john-kalu/support

As promised because I am a man of my word we have part one of this two-part deep dive, and with this one being about the far-left, I'm sure you can take a guess as to what part two is going to be about… Either way, as always, I hope you enjoy it! A healthy democracy requires a decent society; it requires that we are honorable, generous, tolerant, and respectful. - Charles W. Pickering --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/john-kalu/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/john-kalu/support

To save you the three minutes you would have to spend to listen to this, the smoke alarms have been fixed but it had to be done after I got back from work at 1 AM and resulted in me not getting done fixing them until around 7 AM, but now that they are all fixed and it's my day off, I can record both of the deep dive episodes so the first one will be out tomorrow morning! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/john-kalu/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/john-kalu/support

If you don't laugh about it, you'll cry about it… --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/john-kalu/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/john-kalu/support

Every now and then it's always a good idea to pause and take an in-depth analysis of where you are in life and how you're doing, and of course in true Johnny K fashion, we have to make a program to do that! Could this be there start of a new series?? "Mental health needs a great deal of attention. It's the final taboo and it needs to be faced and dealt with." - Adam Ant --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/john-kalu/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/john-kalu/support

I think we can all agree that award shows kind of suck in general and in a sense are somewhat pointless since they ignore the main part of what makes these artists and movies what they are, the fans… "Quality is never an accident. It is always the result of intelligent effort." - John Ruskin --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/john-kalu/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/john-kalu/support

What we call order is just the human condition of always wanting to find a pattern in things that have no pattern, there is no pattern in the universe, it's only chaos, fully random chaos… "Art, in itself, is an attempt to bring order out of chaos." - Stephen Sondheim --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/john-kalu/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/john-kalu/support

You want to know the easiest way to know that you're in the good old days before they're gone? Simple, if you're currently alive, these days will eventually become the good old days so appreciate them while they are around before you regret not doing the things you wanted to while you had the chance. "Some memories are unforgettable, remaining ever vivid and heartwarming!" - Joseph B. Wirthlin --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/john-kalu/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/john-kalu/support

Well I'm not sure what you expected but this episode is pretty much me gushing about Arcane for about 20 minutes so if you didn't like the show you're going to hate this episode but I don't think there is a single person on the face of the planet that has watched Arcane and didn't like it… "TV gives everyone an image, but radio gives birth to a million images in a million brains." - Peggy Noonan --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/john-kalu/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/john-kalu/support

This is technically the last state of the podcast address of the year until we do the entire year in review, crazy to think we've already gotten to this point. As always thank you to everyone that has listened to even just one episode this past month, it's you guys that have made this month so incredible! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/john-kalu/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/john-kalu/support

A situation that hits close home and has seemingly gone undiscussed for a while now as the American population is focused on other matters seemingly more pressing, but this is an epidemic that has taken the lives of millions and continues to do so in terrifying fashion. "No one is immune from addiction; it afflicts people of all ages, races, classes, and professions." - Patrick J. Kennedy --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/john-kalu/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/john-kalu/support

Forrest Gump said that life is like a box of chocolate, well I will do you one better, the universe is like a bowl of cereal! "The Universe is under no obligation to make sense to you." - Neil deGrasse Tyson --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/john-kalu/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/john-kalu/support

Besides the audio program holding me back from being able to export my audio yesterday, there are some other things that I think I fail to admit to myself that are hindering me from doing the things that I want to do… let's talk about it! "The biggest room in the world is the room for improvement." - Helmut Schmidt --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/john-kalu/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/john-kalu/support

If Ic an figure out how to get the audio to export then this episode will get deleted and replaced with the real episode but until then, you can enjoy my angrily explaining the problem... --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/john-kalu/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/john-kalu/support

I think this should be pretty obvious without anyone having to be told but apparently not so I will say it, running from the police is probably the worst option out of all the options you have when you're about to get pulled over… "Some scientists claim that hydrogen, because it is so plentiful, is the basic building block of the universe. I dispute that. I say there is more stupidity than hydrogen, and that is the basic building block of the universe." - Frank Zappa --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/john-kalu/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/john-kalu/support

Well, I guess I can say at least they gave it a shot and the shot may have missed but it still hit the rim and did a little toilet bowl around there a couple of times before it ultimately came back out so yeah, it's still a miss but you know that whoever took the shot still shows some potential! "A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing." - George Bernard Shaw --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/john-kalu/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/john-kalu/support

Well I guess the title is pretty self explanatory, pretty unfortunate situation… --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/john-kalu/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/john-kalu/support

Just like the character himself, this show got no love in terms of promotion and getting the word out to people, especially when compared to the other Disney Marvel shows that have come out this year, but hey, that's not going to stop me from giving it a fair shot! (Pun intended) "Fast is fine, but accuracy is everything." - Wyatt Earp --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/john-kalu/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/john-kalu/support

Im typing this with my eyes half open as I descend into a food coma so deep, I don't think that I will arise until next Thanksgiving. Tell my people they were good to me and I'm sorry, but this is the only option… "You don't need a silver fork to eat good food." - Paul Prudhomme --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/john-kalu/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/john-kalu/support

It's Thanksgiving so that means it's time to take this day off and catch up on some much needed rest, unless you don't live in America in which case today is an absolutely normal Thursday and to you folk, happy Thursday! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/john-kalu/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/john-kalu/support

At this point is there even any surprise that a question about time came up and then I go on a long semi-confusing rant about the complexities and of the unimaginable concept that is time itself… "Time moves in one direction, memory in another." - William Gibson --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/john-kalu/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/john-kalu/support

Of course I was going to have to compare this movie to Superbad because it is practically the same movie but pulled into the modern era with all the things the modern era brings with it in terms of being a high schooler, these aren't bad things though! "A child educated only at school is an uneducated child." - George Santayana --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/john-kalu/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/john-kalu/support

Everyone at some point has to realize that they exist and at some point, they won't anymore and it's impossible to fathom what it's like to no longer exist but to have once existed, and that terrifies me… --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/john-kalu/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/john-kalu/support

And with that, you now have the full Thanksgiving story from the perspective of both sides. Perhaps it's what you expected, perhaps this is all brand new to you, perhaps the actual truth is surprising because even it is different from what people who say thanksgiving is a dark holiday say that it is, either way, hope you enjoy! "I am grateful for what I am and have. My thanksgiving is perpetual." - Henry David Thoreau --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/john-kalu/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/john-kalu/support