Podcasts about Big T

On today's episode PFT, Arian and Big T are joined by Brandon Walker to discuss the impact of the ‘The Cosby Show' and the Fall of Bill Cosby. They discuss how the series reshaped American television, its cultural impact, and why it became such a defining show of the 1980s. Plus, they examine the allegations against Bill Cosby, the criminal case, the overturned conviction, the civil lawsuits, and how his legacy has been permanently complicated. (00:04:29) Joshua Kuroda-Grauer (00:12:49) AI Test Environment (00:21:22) Ben Shapiro's ‘The Odyssey' Take (00:37:47) Mamdani & Netanyahu (00:51:28) Chess (01:06:36) Bill CosbyYou can find every episode of this show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or YouTube. Prime Members can listen ad-free on Amazon Music. For more, visit barstool.link/macrodosing

On today's episode Arian, PFT and Big T are back in the studio to get into all the news from the weekend including Spain vs. Argentina, Bryson Dechambeau cheating scandal, takes on ‘The Odyssey', the diarrhea parasite, The Game and YG's Verzuz, Bryon Johnson, Lebron James and much more. Enjoy! (00:01:23) Soccer's Biggest Stage (00:18:18) Bryson Dechambeau (00:30:19) The Odyssey (00:39:52) Cyclosporiasis (Diarrhea Parasite) (00:44:37) The Game and YG Verzuz (00:57:19) Bryan Johnson (01:02:33) Lebron JamesYou can find every episode of this show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or YouTube. Prime Members can listen ad-free on Amazon Music. For more, visit barstool.link/macrodosing

Arian, Big T, PFT are joined by Dante to dive into the wild world of internet conspiracies surrounding Lindsey Graham and Mitch McConnell. From political speculation to viral theories spreading online, the guys break down where these ideas come from, why they gain traction, and what happens when the internet starts connecting the dots. Plus, we discuss PFT's new golf cart endeavor, penalty kicks in soccer and the World Cup, daylight savings time, updates on Thomas Crooks, Arian's jersey collection and much more. Enjoy! (00:13:05) PFT's Golf Cart (00:24:37) Penalty Kicks (00:31:49) Rhode Island (00:38:55) Daylight Savings Time (00:48:40) Thomas Crooks (01:08:17) Arian's Jersey Collection (01:33:32) Flight Delays (01:39:42) Lindsey Graham & Mitch McConnellYou can find every episode of this show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or YouTube. Prime Members can listen ad-free on Amazon Music. For more, visit barstool.link/macrodosing

Who checks on the people everyone else depends on?In this episode of Road to Victory, I reflect on conversations with my brothers, Dominic Smith and Big T, that completely shifted my perspective on strength, brotherhood, and the importance of shared experiences. We often celebrate being independent, but what happens when the strongest person in the room needs someone to lean on?We discuss:Why strength isn't about carrying every burden aloneDominic Smith's powerful perspective on resilience and self-relianceThe question we rarely ask: Who supports the people everyone else relies on?What I learned from spending the weekend with Big THow getting out of the house and experiencing life with someone else made me feel alive againThe difference between surviving life and fully participating in itWhy creating memories with people you love is one of the greatest investments you can makeThe importance of building a community where everyone has someone to lean onThis episode is about brotherhood.Because real strength isn't pretending you don't need anyone. Real strength is becoming dependable while also allowing yourself to be supported when life gets heavy.Welcome to the Road to Victory.

Have you ever reacted to something and thought — why did I react like that? Or carried a weight you couldn't quite name?Today we're breaking down what trauma actually is — plainly, warmly, and without the jargon. Because if you're living in the Netherlands as an expat or immigrant, building a life far from home, navigating a foreign healthcare system, raising children in a second language — this conversation is for you.We're joined by Adina Petre, clinical psychologist and trauma therapist , who will be joining us monthly to help us understand ourselves a little better, one episode at a time.In this episode:— What trauma actually is (and what it isn't)— The difference between Big T and Little T trauma— Why the nervous system doesn't grade on a curve— What happens when we stay in survival mode for too long— And why your experience is real, because it happened to you — and that is enoughShare this episode with someone who needs the words.

On today's Macrodosing, Big T and Arian are back in the studio to catch up on everything we missed during the break. We dive into Big T's Hawaii honeymoon, discuss the controversy surrounding the USMNT and Flo Balogun's red card suspension, and break down the latest from Love Island. We also talk about Big T's viral golf shot, touch on the latest with Jerry Seinfeld, AJ & Big Justice, and the buzz surrounding Taylor & Travis's wedding. Enjoy! (00:06:08) Big T's Hawaii Honeymoon (00:24:48) USMNT & Flo Balogun (00:44:44) Love Island (00:52:18) Golf (01:06:39) Jerry Seinfeld (01:11:51) AJ & Big Justice (01:19:25) Taylor & Travis's WeddingYou can find every episode of this show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or YouTube. Prime Members can listen ad-free on Amazon Music. For more, visit barstool.link/macrodosing

Sometimes the people closest to us remind us that life is meant to be lived—not just survived.In this episode of Road to Victory, I'm joined by my brother Big T, who came up from South Carolina for a few days. His visit got me out of the house, exploring, laughing, reflecting, and reconnecting with the world in a way I didn't realize I needed. Together, we talk about the seasons of life, the joy and pain that shape us, and what it really means to grow through change.We discuss:The blessings and challenges of spending time aloneHow different seasons require different versions of usThe sacrifices behind becoming the person you're meant to beWhy joy often follows painThe fear of loneliness versus the value of solitudeBrotherhood, accountability, and showing up for each otherWhy it's never too late to change your lifeFinding “a hustle for every season” of lifeThis episode is about growth.Because every season won't require the same strategy—but every season can teach you something if you're willing to learn.And don't ever let someone make you feel bad for living long enough to change.Welcome to the Road to Victory.

How do you write about the most painful experiences of your life without being overwhelmed by them? How can timed writing and a braided story help you untangle your hardest stories? With Nicole Walker. In the intro, Self-Publishing Pop Up Books [Self-Publishing with ALLi]; New in KU [BookBub]; The solar sail theory of indie publishing [ProductiveIndieFictionWriter]; Bones of the Deep; Selfie Awards Shortlist 2026. This episode is sponsored by Publisher Rocket, which will help you get your book in front of more Amazon readers so you can spend less time marketing and more time writing. I use Publisher Rocket for researching book titles, categories, and keywords — for new books and for updating my backlist. Check it out at www.PublisherRocket.com This show is also supported by my Patrons. Join my Community at Patreon.com/thecreativepenn Nicole Walker is a nonfiction author, essayist, poet, and editor, as well as a creative writing teacher. Her latest book is Writing the Hard Stuff: Turning Difficult Subjects into Meaningful Prose. You can listen above or on your favorite podcast app or read the notes and links below. Here are the highlights and the full transcript is below. Show Notes Why writing helps us understand “the puzzles of the universe” — and when to trust that intuition The braided essay: alternating between trauma and an everyday obsession to unlock the hard stuff How two-minute timed writing lets you go deep and then safely step back Rooting pain in the body, using the senses, scene, and dialogue instead of words like “trauma” Truth in memoir, big T versus little t, and the emerging genre of speculative nonfiction What actually sells books: pairing up on book tour and getting readers back out into the world You can find Nicole and NikWalk.com. Transcript of the interview with Nicole Walker Jo: Nicole Walker is a nonfiction author, essayist, poet, and editor, as well as a creative writing teacher. Her latest book is Writing the Hard Stuff: Turning Difficult Subjects into Meaningful Prose. So welcome to the show, Nicole. Nicole: Hi, Joanna. It's so nice to be here. Jo: I've lots to talk about, but first up— Tell us a bit more about you and your journey into writing and publishing. Nicole: I was always a writer. As all writers say, I've been writing since I was five. I kept little journals and things like that, and I was on the high school literary magazine. I was an English major in college, but that was always tempered with some serious commitment to the sciences, to English literature, to German, to Spanish. I had a wide variety of interests, but there was always something that tugged at me about writing that made me feel like, this is where I feel most at home. This is the way I like to understand the puzzles of the universe. This is how I make sense of the world—through writing. So even though I got my BA in English at Reed College in Portland, Oregon, I stuck around Portland for a few years because I loved it. I worked for various non-profits, and that was great. At some point I said, “I really want to take this seriously.” So I went ahead and applied to graduate school, and ended up in the University of Utah's PhD programme, where I stayed for eight very lovely years. I always recommend to my own students: never graduate. Stay in graduate school forever, because it's such a beautiful place where people support your writing. You have professors who support it, but more importantly, you have your cohort. To this day, I have so many great friends. You make a lot of friends if you stick around for eight years. That sort of community-building is, I think, the other part of why I became a writer. Writing by myself is obviously a lonely business, and there's a lot of internal struggle that happens with that. I have found a literary community, both at the University of Utah and then growing from there, serving as president of the NonfictioNOW Conference, teaching my own graduate students, serving as the series editor for Crux, the imprint at the University of Georgia Press. I feel like my world has expanded because of my writing. So that's been a true gift. Jo: Oh, I love that. I love that you said you understand the puzzles of the universe through writing, and that this tugged at you. Could talk about that a bit more? Because a lot of listeners, I think, sometimes mistrust that feeling. They think, “Oh, maybe I shouldn't necessarily lean into that intuition.” It feels like you leaned very strongly into an intuition that this was the way. Nicole: Yes, and this book in particular, Writing the Hard Stuff, takes that to heart. I think about writing the hard stuff as writing all kinds of tricky things—things that are really hard to communicate. The book begins revolving around personal trauma. Things that happened in my childhood, as well as difficult subjects that happen to us when we're growing up. It also includes things like environmental issues and political issues: things that are really hard to talk about, that are philosophically difficult to express, that can be controversial, and that you can put people off by talking about. One of the goals of the book—one of my own philosophies—is that by looking deeply into the knotted ball of string that is a kind of trauma or a kind of difficulty, and beginning to pull those strings out, that's where you start to not only make meaning out of what happened to you, or what this particular problem is, but those strings themselves become connections. I talk about Donna Haraway's book Staying with the Trouble. It's primarily about how we can overcome our political differences regarding climate change, and one of her examples is to change the way we think about narrative. In Western thought, we often think there's a beginning, a middle, and an end, and she brings up the Navajo game that we all know as cat's cradle. So if you think of that ball of knots—your trauma, your difficult subject—you start pulling out the strings, and then you start playing with it. With cat's cradle, you make one design with your hands, and then a friend pulls it around and turns it into another design. To me, that's how reading and writing work. We share, and we build on each other's ideas, but we're always connected by those strings. So if you have this difficult subject and you're shying away from it, you're losing, I think, some of the opportunity to make connections and to make sense of what that nest of string sitting in your stomach actually is. Jo: I love that metaphor. I think it's brilliant. I've never heard it described that way, and I think it's fantastic. What's interesting is that some people don't have a mind's eye—I know several listeners who don't. So while in my mind I'm picturing the ball of string and then the cat's cradle, some people won't be able to do that, which is also fascinating in terms of how people's brains work. In terms of how you'd recommend people think about it: this ball of string that we want to turn into a design like a cat's cradle is a total mess. So where do we even start? How do we know where to start pulling on the threads? Because it might just feel like it's out of control. Nicole: Oh, I deeply appreciate both the idea that some people don't have that mind's eye, or just think differently. We all have different ways of imagining what we call our trauma, this nest of problems, this ball of string. Of course a metaphor does oversimplify in some ways. I say, “Well, you just take one of the ends of the string and start pulling.” But practically, what does that really mean to do? There are a couple of things I suggest in the book and offer at workshops. One is an exercise I call writing the braided essay. I ask the writer to sit down and think about a scene that was difficult in their life—something that had a lot of tension, that they're really still struggling with, that they don't love thinking about. I'm going to ask them to go there for just a couple of minutes. Then there's the other side of the braided essay: I ask them to think about something completely different, completely off-topic. Perhaps a walk they took in the aspen grove, or what they were making for dinner last night, or perhaps they're deeply invested in the networks of the blood in the human body—anything they're fascinated and obsessed with. I say, “Okay, I want you to write about your difficult subject for two minutes, but then I'm going to give you a break, and you're going to pop over and talk about how you spent all day weeding your garden, and yet there are still weeds.” Then I'm going to ask people to go back and talk about their difficult subject, and then go back and talk about their obsession with weeds. They write about each of these things for two minutes. What happens—which I think is a pretty compelling experiment, from my point of view and from theirs—is that they write back and forth, and they're able to take a break from the hard thing. They're also tempted to go back to it once they've had that break in their research. The other thing that happens—and, you know, every book in nonfiction has to have a colon, so of course it's called Writing the Hard Stuff: Turning Difficult Subjects into Meaningful Prose—is that by going back and forth, you'll see the connections these writers make. They make connections with word choice, with verbs, with colours and different kinds of imagery. They start to make meaning between those two ideas. What happens to the writer then—and to me, when I'm doing it—is that I now have something that is constructed. So it's not just this knot in my stomach. It's not just my interest in research. Now I've put these things together, and then I get to play. We get to the cat's cradle part of the metaphor, where I really start thinking about craft issues. Why did I happen to bring these two ideas together? What might they have in common? What does it mean that I'm telling the story of my parents' divorce and my personal trauma, and in the research part I'm talking about weeds? Well, maybe I felt in the weeds. You come up with some sort of overarching understanding of why you chose that research story, and it lets you go deeper into that personal trauma, now with some of the techniques of craft, which I think help shield you from some of the trauma and pain of that original hard story. Jo: Again, I really love that idea. Do you also think the timed writing actually helps people go deep and then withdraw a bit, which psychologically may help them write about these difficult subjects? People are like, “I need to sit down for two hours and write about this deeply traumatic thing,” which of course feels like it's going to be too hard. So perhaps that two-minute process actually releases people from that. Nicole: Oh, absolutely. What a great way to think about it. It is prohibitive to sit down and think, “Okay, I'm going to go into the worst thing that ever happened to me and sit with it for two hours.” Going back and forth, you create energy and tension. But also, nobody wants to sit with something by themselves for two hours. If you think of research as your companion—”I'm coming in there with you, buddy”—you have something to rely on, this other side of the story, and it gives you that space. The timed writing, the two minutes, two minutes, two minutes, also reminds you that you don't have to write for two hours straight any day. I have a goal where I write 500 words a day, which is mostly true, unless I'm really in the weeds. We'll use two metaphors today: we'll use string, and now we'll be using weeds. But when I'm really in the weeds teaching, or going around the country talking about books, I really do write 500 words a day. I often try not to write too much more, because sometimes it loses freshness, and it can be overwhelming. So I really appreciate you saying that having that timed writing is important, but also that having that balance of deep emotional investigation with this more cerebral, informational crutch can really help you get into the subject and go deeper. Jo: Yes, and perhaps it anchors the writing in something concrete. Because with memoir particularly—having also written one—it can be too easy to lean on big words like “pain” or “trauma,” but that's actually meaningless in a book. So why is it so important to be specific and concrete in our writing in order to convey these bigger topics? Nicole: I think we know our own trauma. We know how it feels in our bodies, and we've been living with it for a long time. So it's pretty hard to communicate it to others. Why does it matter to other people? Of course it matters to you, but how are you going to convey the breadth of that trouble with words that aren't rooted in the physical world? The nice thing about rooting things in the physical world is that every one of us has a body. We have different bodies, but we share that in common. So it's the old trope of using your senses first. What did it feel like? If you can't think of what part of your body it particularly hurts in, you have the availability of metaphor to describe how that might have felt. You have the opportunity to create scene. This is particularly difficult for memoir writers, I think, because we imagine it's the fiction folks who have to use dialogue, who have to have a setting, who have to put their bodies in a place. Thatt's one of my mantras when I teach: we need to be able to see where you are. We need to see what is physically happening, how the interactions work. Dialogue, I think, is one of the best ways to literally get your body on the page—and to get your other characters, or subjects, on the page—because to speak, you have to have a body. Once you start having dialogue, you can picture the way the speaker's face moves, the way they cross their legs. You can even picture the colour of the paint behind them, or the kind of chair they're sitting in. So dialogue is one of the first ways you can say, “All right, I must have a scene here.” I can't go on just telling people, “It was so traumatic. I suffered so much. It was terrible. I felt so much pain.” You can say that sometimes, that's totally fair, but you have to pair it with that physical, concrete imagery, so other people can begin to understand what it felt like for you in your body, so they can feel it in their body. Jo: Interesting that you bring up dialogue because one of the issues with memoir is—I've had people compare it to truth with a small “t” and truth with a big “T.” So you're telling some kind of big truth about your life. If you're writing dialogue about something that actually happened to you, in memory, it's very unlikely that it actually happened in that way, so it's not necessarily small-“t” true. So on a practical note, what are your thoughts and tips on truth. How do we tell our own story even if others don't see it that way? Nicole: This is a subject I'm deeply invested in right now. When I first started teaching creative nonfiction, it was at the height of the John D'Agata and David Shields questions. What is truth? Big T, little t? What am I obligated to do as a creative nonfiction writer? I had a great friend, Angie Truong, who came to teach one of my classes, and she said, “Nonfiction is a pretty big spectrum. You have journalism on one end, and then you have the lyric essay on the other end.” You imagine the lyric essay is full of metaphors and things like that, so you can approach truth. You're saying, “This is what it felt like. This is what it seemed like.” Check out my newest favourite thing. It's called speculative nonfiction, and I use a little bit of this in my book How to Plant a Billion Trees, which Writing the Hard Stuff is somewhat based on. I wrote them in tandem, which was a very strange and interesting and fun thing to do. But in How to Plant a Billion Trees I use this thing called speculative nonfiction, which goes even further along the spectrum, past the lyric essay, to this opportunity to use language like “perhaps,” “maybe,” “I imagined.” So I have sections in my book where I can't remember the dialogue exactly, but I know that the dialogue in some sense matters—that what might have been said will do much more to convey what was happening than my exposition over the matter. By using those turns of phrase, you're alerting your reader: “Dear reader, this definitely is not exactly what happened, but this is how I recall it.” Then you're being not only honest to the story and honest to your reader, but you're also conveying the feeling and the mood of the event—that other kind of truth that memoir is really trying to get at. It was like this for me, which is why I think this way now. It's a fledgling genre. I just read a book by Laraine Herring called A Constellation of Ghosts: A Speculative Memoir with Ravens. It's brilliant. It's an amazing book that pairs her actual colonoscopy and discovery of colon cancer with the story of her dad, who has passed already and comes back as a raven and helps her through it. So you're pulling on some of the tools of fiction, which creative nonfiction already has been doing. But it does so in this bright and, I feel, incredibly ethical way. You're alerting your reader, “My dad is not really a raven.” But you're also saying, “Oh my gosh, I sensed he was with me. I sensed every time a raven approached that I had somebody's hand on my shoulder.” That, to me, has been a lot of fun—a much more imaginative way of creating some of those scenes than doing something like, “Well, I don't remember the dialogue.” Or, even worse—and we know people have been unethical in their approach—recreating the dialogue as if they'd had a tape recorder with them when they were 17 years old. Jo: Mm. Nicole: So I offer that as an option to your listeners, as something to experiment with. Allow yourself to have that imaginative opportunity to show the reader what it might have been like. Jo: I love that. It's interesting, you talk there about the spectrum of nonfiction, which is ridiculously big, as is fiction. Obviously these are very big. But I wonder if we do get hemmed in by genre. I love the idea of a speculative memoir. I'm going to have to go read that book because I can't even imagine what that really means. I feel hemmed in by my expectations of a memoir. But then, from a business and marketing perspective—because we're all trying to sell our books— Do we risk not meeting the expectations of a reader of a genre that way? Nicole: Right. One of the good and bad things about my literary career is that I've spanned a lot of genres. My PhD is actually in poetry. Nobody expects the full truth from poetry. One of my poetry professors once said she wrote this really sad poem about her father's death, and the audience was moved, and then her real father stood up and said, “Good job, daughter.” And someone in the audience was just shocked: “You just read a poem about your dead dad, and here he is!” We have absolute expectations of genre, and expectations of truth, in everything we read. If you label it fiction, you're kind of off the hook—even though, of course, fiction uses so many elements of nonfiction: so much research, so much information, so much personal memory to create those fantastic landscapes. So when I think about how one sells one's memoir, I do think you also have to acknowledge what you expect your audience to be. With Laraine Herring's A Constellation of Ghosts, by putting “colon, a speculative memoir,” you're alerting your reader to that possibility. And because it's a pretty far-out way of thinking right now, it probably does curtail some of the sales. On the other hand, think of memoirs that are written for celebrities, and how many of them are ghostwritten—or written with other people, where the ghostwriter's not even part of the thing—but it comes across as the most legit of all memoirs, because it's a celebrity and we know them. We associate their lives with their story, and their story must therefore be true. So I think, with all levels of creative nonfiction, it's incumbent upon the writer to suggest right off the bat what kind of nonfiction they're reading. Are they reading journalism? Are they reading lyric essays? Are they reading speculative nonfiction? I think a lot, too—as an editor for a literary series for nonfiction books—about what I look for in memoir. It's something that takes the personal story and connects it into the larger conversation. Even if the larger conversation is directly about what the main subject is about, to me it's still about the crux of the matter. Why does your story make an impact on the world in this bigger way? How do you let the world inform your story? How does your past and your trauma, or your difficulties, connect to a larger world? Jo: Mm. Nicole: To me, that's something some memoirs are capable of doing. Some memoirs are truly invested only in that personal story, which I think is totally legitimate too, because I love learning how people think. I love understanding. This is just how my brain works. But in terms of sales? I don't know. Again, as the series editor and as the seller of my own books, I think you can't determine it in advance. So you should probably write what you want to write, what feels right to you, using as many craft techniques as you can hone. But the market, to me, feels very non-negotiable. You never know exactly how things are going to turn out. So I deeply believe: write the best, most well-crafted book you can, and I do think your readers will find you. Jo: We'll come back to marketing in a minute, but just returning to your own writing practice. I've got your book page up in front of me, and you've written all kinds of things: your essays, your memoirs, some fiction, and some poetry, as you mentioned. So I wondered: when you're researching something, or you've got a feeling about wanting to write, how do you choose the type of book you turn it into—or a poem, or an essay? Or do you pitch it as some kind of external work, or turn it into a workshop? How do you turn an idea into what it will eventually be? Nicole: I love that question because it's somewhat of a mystery to me, but I think I'm getting close to understanding. It really is in those first few words, that first sentence, that I think, “Okay, I know which direction this is going.” For example, the other day I woke up in the morning and thought, “All right, I'm writing this poem about how man took over for God, and that's how the planet ended up being such a mess.” So I started writing it, and it was pretty lyrical at the beginning. But then I started making full sentences, and explaining things a little bit more, and I thought, “Okay, this is not a poem. It's going to be an essay.” When I start writing fiction, I pull on something a little further, a little more distant from my experience, and then I pull it back into something more character-driven. For example, in a novel I'm writing, I begin with this whole story about McDonald's and ravens, and then I pull it back into the character. If I were to diagram the sentences between a poem, the nonfiction, and the fiction, I think I'd see fundamental differences between the three. Jo: Do you work on multiple projects at the same time, or once you commit to something, is that what you finish? Personally, I have lots of little things happening, and then a moment comes and I commit to a book, and I won't stop until I've finished that book—the rest will have to wait. It's that decision moment. How does it work for you? Nicole: My process is pretty similar to yours. I have a number of ongoing projects, percolating here and there. Some days I'll think, “All right, today feels like a fiction day.” But for the most part, you're absolutely right. There's a bunch of little things I'm writing, or things I'm dabbling in, but once there's a critical mass—which I'd say is around 20,000 words or something—I'm all in, and I've got to focus on this project. Even though I think I can do whatever multitasking, really it's important to try to maintain some sort of through-line in whatever project I'm working on. If I do that with too many projects, I lose that through-line. I also worry sometimes that the projects start to sound too similar. So say I'm writing a nonfiction collection and a novel—if I go back and forth every other day, those sentence differences I'm talking about might start to collapse, and they become too similar. Then what the heck would I be writing? I don't even know. Jo: It's interesting because you span academic publishing and, I guess, trade publishing—whatever you want to call it—where more non-academics read books. I'm just finishing up a master's myself at the moment, and writing academic stuff is completely different to writing my other books. So when you're deciding on these books, are you aiming for a specific publication market—as in, you want an academic publisher, or you want a trade publisher? How do you think about publishing in the process? Nicole: As much as I once really wanted to find some ground as a scholarly and academic writer—and I really do love to write reviews of other people's books, and Writing the Hard Stuff is a textbook that relies tremendously on so many other people's books. That is really important to me because that goes back to how one both creates and thanks one's community for creating the literary world we live in—I feel like there's a smaller audience for that sort of academic writing. But it's something we should do. As generous as you are here, for example, reaching out to other people about other people's books is probably the kindest thing you can do. So I hope to continue to take time to do that and make it part of my repertoire. It's not as fun, I'd say, as the imaginative elements of writing creative nonfiction, or fiction, or poetry. That's when I really love to groove and get into that mode of, “Oh, the words are coming. Oh, I never thought about it that way.” With academic writing, I feel I sometimes write in a slightly more stilted voice. My friend Ander Monson, who teaches at the University of Arizona, has done a really great job of writing—whether it's his personal essays or his critical essays—where he maintains the same voice. He doesn't move into that super-formal academic speak. He'll literally say things like, “You know,” or, “That's a banger of a sentence,” in the middle of an academic essay, and I really admire him for that. I feel like maybe if academic writing were more receptive to people writing in their unique voices, then maybe more people would read it. Jo: Yes. One of the pieces of feedback on one of my earlier essays in my master's year was around my sentence structure—that it would be far more appropriate in a novel than in an academic essay. I was saying to my husband, “I can't believe this, but I'm just going to have to change my style.” It's very interesting. We're almost out of time, and I also wanted to ask you: you have a recent blog post on how to try to get your forthcoming book attention in 4,231 simple steps, which made me laugh. We all find book marketing a challenge, so what have you found works best for you? I should tell the listeners—there are not 4,000 steps in your blog post. Although I think people would want them. Nicole: Exactly. I stopped at 72, but I can go on. That was sort of the pre-publishing process. There have been so many great things that have happened, but a lot of them have been driven by me. I have a publicist, but he works on a lot of other books, and I have a marketing person at Bloomsbury. They have to juggle a lot. The only person who is really, really, really committed to your book is you. So I've written companion essays. I haven't had any luck publishing them, which hasn't been true in the past, so I wonder what's going on there. I'll write something for the Huffington Post or Newsweek that's tangentially related to my book. I also might just write too much in essay voice instead of popular-magazine voice. As we were just talking about, academic voice versus novelistic voice. So that might be part of the problem too. Reaching out to people who might invite me onto podcasts has been really rewarding, and very, very kind. I think the best thing I did was to put myself on book tour and to pair myself with someone in that community. I've gone on book tour before by myself, and there have been occasions where there were two to three people in the audience, which can be really disheartening. The problem wasn't so much the bookstore's fault or my book's fault—it's just that if you go to a bookstore in a town where nobody knows you, they're not going to put a lot of effort into making the date happen, unless you're super famous. So what I did was find somebody in a community—a friend of mine—who would go with me and be part of the conversation. Even if their book was a couple of years old, we'd still go and have a conversation about each of our books. This has worked tremendously well. People will come to see their friend, and then they'll be introduced to you, and they'll ask you questions and buy your book. You create new connections and new friends thanks to that friend and that place. So that's my number one recommendation for how to get the word out in the world. I also did all the social media stuff. It doesn't work as well as it used to. It's kind of a strange time. But because of my suggestion about going to bookstores with people you know… I think we're coming out of our COVID time, where we got so used to doing everything on our computers and just staying in our electronic universe. People are hungry to get out. So one thing I want to do, and haven't done yet, is throw a big party. Go to weird places where you don't even do readings—you just offer people snacks and a glass of wine and say, “Hey, here's a book if you want to buy it.” To have these more informal gatherings that bring people together because I do think there's a hankering for people to get out into the world again. Jo: And just on that—you've got these two books coming at the same time: How to Plant a Billion Trees, which is the memoir, and Writing the Hard Stuff, the how-to book for writers. When you do these events, are you choosing one or the other depending on the audience? Or are you selling both at the same time? Because they're obviously very different. Nicole: Yes, I'm definitely selling both at the same time. Although I probably push How to Plant a Billion Trees first, because most of the people I'm pairing with are also writers of nonfiction or memoir. The other thing is, I can talk about How to Plant a Billion Trees, and if people have a really deep question about, “Well, how did you write this section?” I can say, “Well, if you refer to this book, Writing the Hard Stuff, you'll see.” So it's an easier segue. I think people aren't used to going to book events for craft books. But in the interview world—where people are reviewing books or interviewing me—Writing the Hard Stuff has definitely been the primary book I've been approached to speak about because people really do want techniques. So it depends on the context as to which book gets the spotlight, but it's been really fun to be able to talk about both in tandem. I don't know if they're competing against each other or supporting each other. That's my hope, that people think, “Oh, I read this one book, I might as well read the other one.” But that's asking a lot of people, to buy two books, so I try not to overstate that hope. Jo: They are very different, and I love the idea of doing that. Absolutely. So where can people find you and your books online? Nicole: You can find me at my Substack, which is substack.nikwalk.com—N-I-K-W-A-L-K. Or my website, which is the same: nikwalk.com. I might just start going as Nik Walk in the world, so people can find me more easily. I also really love to support Bloomsbury. They have really good deals, especially on the audiobook for How to Plant a Billion Trees, and they also have good deals if you buy both books, you get free shipping. So Bloomsbury is probably the number one place to get the books, but of course they're also available on Bookshop.org and Amazon.com, and on Amazon in the UK as well. Jo: Brilliant. Well, thanks so much for your time, Nicole. That was great. Nicole: Oh, it was so fun to talk with you, Joanna. Thank you again so much for this opportunity.The post Writing The Hard Stuff: Turning Difficult Subjects Into Meaningful Prose With Nicole Walker first appeared on The Creative Penn.

Happy Father's Day! Today we're re-running some of our favorite Star Wars dad interviews — and dedicating this one to my own dad, Kerwin Yarde. Love you, Pop.This compilation brings together dads whose lives have been shaped by this galaxy: the legendary Billy Dee Williams, Pete Fletzer (author of Who Owns the Myth? Star Wars Fandom and the Soul of the Saga), Leland Chee, Todd Hoffman of Big T and Lil T, Raphael Moran from The Geeky Dad Podcast, the crew from The Dad Batch, and autism Dad and advocate Jamiel Owens. Each of them carries their own version of the same story: a movie that became a lifelong bond between father and child.The galaxy has a way in for everyone—and for a lot of us, a parent held the door openWhat's YOUR Star Wars origin story, and who shared it with you? Who got you into this galaxy?

Is It Big-T or Small-t Trauma? The Subtle Signs You're Missing"UK psychotherapist Byron Athene breaks down the difference between Big-T and small-t trauma..."What does it mean to truly heal when your brain's physical architecture is challenged?Join Grandpa Bill Holt and recurring monthly guest Byron Athene for a deep dive into the human psyche. Today, we unpack the hidden indicators of compounding "small-t" trauma and map out a path to lasting resilience.Inside this episode:The Neurological Architecture: How stress impacts the brain.Sensory Tracking: Using a conceptual and spatial lens to de-escalate triggers.The Resilience Audit: A practical ground-level check to shift from a reactive to a resilient mindset.#Psychology, #MentalHealth, #TraumaInformed ,#WellnessWisdom, #MindsetShift,#Psychology, #MentalHealth, #TraumaInformed, #WellnessWisdom, #MindsetShift #TraumaHealing,#Neuroplasticity,#MentalHealthMatters,#HealYourBrain,

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Many men hear words like childhood trauma and immediately think:"Nothing that bad happened to me.""My parents did the best they could""Its my fault im this way"But what if healing isn't about focusing on what happened to you?What if it's about understanding what formed in you because of it?In this episode, Shawn explores the concept of Formative Wounds and explains why many present-day struggles are connected to ways of coping , beliefs, fears, and survival patterns learned years ago.This isn't about blame.It's about understanding.Because when you understand your story, you stop asking:"What's wrong with me?"And start asking:"What did I learn?"Together we'll explore:• Why healing trauma often feels difficult • Why Shawn prefers the term formative wounds over childhood trauma• The difference between events (Big T trauma) and development (small T trauma)• What many men learned to suppress growing up and how its the core issue today• How wounds shape thoughts, emotions, and heart hunger • Why compassion creates more change than shame• Why leadership is fundamental to living a mature lifeYou'll also be guided through a practical reflection exercise to help uncover:• What the boy learned • What emotions were suppressed • What beliefs were formed • What heart hunger went unmet • What survival patterns still show up todayYour story explains you.It does not define you.

[2:13 PM]This week on Relationship Advice we dive deep into the definition of trauma and its profound impact on our lives. In this episode, we unravel the essence of trauma, defining it as anything that overwhelms our capacity to cope, persistently leaving unmet needs in its wake. Join us as we explore the lines between the body and trauma, where we experience freezing feelings, securing them in metaphorical boxes, and employing guards.We distinguish between Big T trauma and little t trauma, shedding light on the diverse spectrum of major life events and everyday stressors. Uncover the profound impact of both on coping mechanisms and recovery, as we explore examples ranging from significant incidents like abuse, accidents, or natural disasters to the subtler but equally impactful everyday stressors such as rejection, failure, or loss.We look into the protective strategies of the brain, revealing the adaptive responses it employs to shield us from overwhelming situations and uncover the long-term effects of these protective strategies, dissecting their influence on mental health and coping mechanisms. Give Me Discounts! Check out Relationship Academy! ⁠ Kiwi Fodzyme - Get 30% off your first order! Rythm - Get 15% off your first month + free shipping! Tanasi - Use code “relationship" for 25% off your first order. If you love this episode (and our podcast!), would you mind giving us a⁠ review in iTunes⁠? It would mean the world to us and we promise it only takes a minute. Many thanks in advance! – Colter, Cayla, & Lauren Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today's episode Big T, Arian and PFT are back in the studio for a special episode recapping Big T's wedding!! Plus, they discuss the World Cup and the US Men's National team, the ceasefire with Iran, Elon Musk officially becoming a trillionaire, the UFC event at the White House and much more. Enjoy! (00:02:08) Wedding Recap (00:06:57) USMNT (00:22:14) Iran Ceasefire (00:26:49) Elon Musk is a Trillionaire (00:36:54) UFC at the White House (00:41:27) Wedding Recap (00:45:46) World Cup (00:52:54) NBA Finals (01:10:10) VoicemailsYou can find every episode of this show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or YouTube. Prime Members can listen ad-free on Amazon Music. For more, visit barstool.link/macrodosing

On today's Macrodosing PFT and Big T are joined by Jeff D Lowe and Chief to discuss soccer's biggest upcoming tournament. We dive into the new 48-team format, the rule changes, what hosting matches across the United States, Canada, and Mexico means for players and fans, and which countries are primed to make a run. Plus, we break down the biggest storylines, dark horse contenders, and the chaos that comes with expanding the world's largest sporting event. (00:02:25) Soccer's Biggest Stage (01:49:11) Marriage Advice for Big TYou can find every episode of this show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or YouTube. Prime Members can listen ad-free on Amazon Music. For more, visit barstool.link/macrodosing

Big T joins Derek, Geo, and Allie (plus an appearance from Ari Shaffir) to talk money, girls, and ball.In This Episode:Championship Season: Derek breaks down his massive softball championship win, the dirty plays that almost cost them the title, and why he's terrified the league is going to strip him of his ring.Allie's New Uniform: Allie Mae shows up to the studio wearing medical scrubs, leading into a wild breakdown of her getting scammed by a Coinstar machine and a legendary confrontation at Wawa.MSG & Politics: The crew reacts to Donald Trump showing up at Madison Square Garden for Game 3 of the Knicks series and breaks down the unexpected cultural reactions to the appearance.Dating & Relationships: Geo and Derek dive into modern dating psychology, exploring why people are subconsciously attracted to partners with zero financial security, and how to spot toxic relationship red flags early.The Ultimate Sitcom Debate: The studio splits down the middle on a classic pop-culture question: Which legendary 90s sitcom reigns supreme—Seinfeld or Martin?ON THE GATE! ENJOY!Original air date: 6/8/26Join the live chat Wednesday nights at 11pm EST. Uncensored versions of the show streamed Monday and Thursday at 2pm EST on GaSDigital.com. Signup with code OTG for the archive of the show and others like Legion of Skanks, In Godfrey We Trust, and Story Warz. FOLLOWGeo PerezInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/geoperez86/Derek DrescherInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/derekdrescher/See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The hosts break down the crucial distinctions between "Big T" and "little t" traumas, explaining how chronic stress can reshape the brain. If you have ever wondered why certain sounds, smells, or environments trigger an immediate survival response before your conscious mind can even register why, this episode provides a clinical framework, validation, and a powerful reminder that true healing is possible. Tune in to Discover: What Truly Qualifies as Trauma: The difference between single-incident ("Big T") trauma and the chronic, cumulative effect of smaller ("little t") traumas like emotional abuse or neglect. The Neurobiology of a Trigger: How the survival center of the brain processes threats a hundred times faster than the rational frontal lobe, leading to immediate physical activation. The Four Core Categories of PTSD Symptoms: A breakdown of intrusive symptoms (flashbacks and nightmares), avoidance, hyperarousal (heightened reactivity), and negative shifts in mood or thinking. The Goal of Trauma Therapy: How evidence-based treatments like EMDR, Prolonged Exposure, and Cognitive Processing Therapy help the brain transition memories so you can retell your story without physically reliving it. Do you have feedback or topic requests? Email us at Podcast@SagentBH.com We'd love to hear from you! Follow along:InstagramFacebookNystrom & Associates

On today's Macrodosing, PFT, Arian and Big T are joined by recurring guest Zachary Foust to discuss the family of international bankers and financiers, The Rothschilds. Plus, Zach gives us an update on the economy and the housing market and we discuss the Lego conspiracy / theft, the upcoming World Cup, superstitions and much more. Enjoy! (00:01:58) Lego Theft (00:19:25) USMNT (00:28:10) Superstitions (00:43:10) The Rothschild Family + Economic Check-InYou can find every episode of this show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or YouTube. Prime Members can listen ad-free on Amazon Music. For more, visit barstool.link/macrodosing

On today's episode we are joined by Big T for a coverdation on how he got hired at Barstool, the most Dave Portnoy has ever been mad at him, and his thoughts as a new Chicagoan.You can find every episode of this show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or YouTube. Prime Members can listen ad-free on Amazon Music. For more, visit barstool.link/thedogwalk

On today's Nanodosing, PFT, Arian and Big T are joined by U.S. Senator Eric Schmitt to discuss ‘The Protect College Sports Act'. The act is a bipartisan legislative blueprint, co-sponsored by the U.S. Senator Eric Schmitt, that was introduced in late May 2026 to stabilize college athletics, establish national Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) standards, and shield the NCAA from antitrust lawsuits. Plus, we discuss the NBA Finals, a new cleaning service in NYC, Myles Garrett trace and much more. Enjoy! (00:01:41) NBA Finals (00:11:21) Shift Cleaning Company (00:18:26) USMNT (00:19:34) MLB (00:27:26) Myles Garrett Trade (00:31:55) Senator Eric SchmittYou can find every episode of this show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or YouTube. Prime Members can listen ad-free on Amazon Music. For more, visit barstool.link/macrodosing

Hook yourself up to your human bloodbag and settle in this month as Austin and Big T discuss the 2015 action film, Mad Max: Fury Road.Join us as we explore the worldbuilding of the Mad Max universe and share some of our favorite moments in the film. We also talk about the film's production history, including the director's prior work and how he came up with the idea. We even answer the question: what is the deeper meaning of this film?So pour yourself a big glass of mother's milk (or not) and tune in, then join us next month when we talk about the 2000 survival drama, Cast Away.Write into us at layersoffilmpod@gmail.comFollow us on Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok: @layersoffilmpod

The majority of non-fatal gunshot wound survivors walk away with a bullet still inside them. Most are discharged without a removal attempt, without a surveillance plan, and without a conversation about what comes next. This episode fills that gap.Dr. Patrick Georgoff is joined by BIG T co-host Dr. Teddy Puzio (UT Houston), gun violence survivor and trauma surgeon Dr. Madhu Subramanian (Duke), and Dr. Tyler Simpson (Duke ACS Fellow) for a practical, honest conversation about one of trauma's most overlooked topics.What we cover: Epidemiology: how common retained fragments really are, and why the downstream burden is underappreciated When to remove (and when not to): a framework for both index hospitalization and delayed removal Forensic evidence: how to handle bullets in the OR without destroying their evidentiary value — and who to call when you don't know Lead toxicity: the rare but real complication that can surface a decade later, which blood lead levels should prompt action, and when to call hematology or toxicology The psychology: retained bullets are independently associated with depression and reduced return to work — and that belongs in the risk-benefit conversation DOMINATE THE DAYBIG T Trauma Full Series: https://behindtheknife.org/podcast-series/big-t-traumaThis episode of Big T Trauma was sponsored by Teleflex, a global provider of medical devices. Learn more at teleflex.com and at the Teleflex Trauma and Emergency Medicine LinkedIn page. Please visit https://behindtheknife.org to access other high-yield surgical education podcasts, videos and more.  If you liked this episode, check out our recent episodes here: https://behindtheknife.org/listenBehind the Knife Premium: https://behindtheknife.org/premiumOral Board Review: https://behindtheknife.org/oral-boardOral Board Simulator: https://behindtheknife.org/oral-board/simulatorGeneral Surgery Oral Board Review Course: https://behindtheknife.org/premium/general-surgery-oral-board-reviewTrauma Surgery Video Atlas: https://behindtheknife.org/premium/trauma-surgery-video-atlasDominate Surgery: A High-Yield Guide to Your Surgery Clerkship: https://behindtheknife.org/premium/dominate-surgery-a-high-yield-guide-to-your-surgery-clerkshipDominate Surgery for APPs: A High-Yield Guide to Your Surgery Rotation: https://behindtheknife.org/premium/dominate-surgery-for-apps-a-high-yield-guide-to-your-surgery-rotationVascular Surgery Oral Board Review Course: https://behindtheknife.org/premium/vascular-surgery-oral-board-reviewColorectal Surgery Oral Board Review Course: https://behindtheknife.org/premium/colorectal-surgery-oral-board-reviewSurgical Oncology Oral Board Review Course: https://behindtheknife.org/premium/surgical-oncology-oral-board-reviewCardiothoracic Oral Board Review Course: https://behindtheknife.org/premium/cardiothoracic-surgery-oral-board-reviewDownload our App:Apple App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/behind-the-knife/id1672420049Android/Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.btk.app&hl=en_US

On today's episode Big T and Arian are back in the studio to discuss everything going on in the news. They get into the PGA Tour and golf, youth/travel sports, colleges and universities that are in debt, alpha-gal syndrome, Pizza Hut nostalgia and much more. Enjoy! (00:10:13) PGA Tour (00:28:16) Youth Travel Sports (00:43:39) Universities/Colleges In Debt (00:53:49) Alpha-Gal Syndrome (01:03:15) Pizza Hut (01:07:03) Arian's Teed Off (01:14:36) Iceman Go to http://shadyrays.com and use code MACRO for 50% off 2+ pairs of polarized sunglasses. Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial today at https://SHOPIFY.COM/dose Get yours now at https://stellabluecoffee.com, Amazon and select retailers across the country.You can find every episode of this show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or YouTube. Prime Members can listen ad-free on Amazon Music. For more, visit barstool.link/macrodosing

The Blooming Court Ch. 7Upon the group's decision and departure, a rough semblance of a plan begins to form. Utilizing the knowledge that Shanks possesses of the Songbloom in combination with Zechs' ranger abilities to find its location. Throughout their detour to obtain Glad's boon, Galahad expresses his frustration with their situation and his disdain for the area. Eventually, the group breaks for the evening, and we see Turk getting another lesson in Thieves' Cant and informing Shanks that he has quite the singing voice. Hoshino joins the two, and Turk informs Hoshino about how he got his nickname, Big T, and Hoshino regales them with a named tale of Arguile and Shanks fighting the Gathakanathi warriors. On this watch, Shanks gets the feeling, which is later confirmed, that they're being watched. The second watch is Arguile and Hoshino, in which Hoshino learns about what transpired after his departure, particularly with his family and Arioch. Hoshino apologizes for not being there for him, but Arguile stops him and lets him know there's nothing to forgive. Quickly changing the subject, Arguile asks his opinion on his fellow bard and who would be the better of the two. Hoshino deflects with a humble answer, and Arguile laughs. They go get Galahad and Zechs for the final watch. The conversation is light with Zechs poking fun at Galahad's frustrations. Eventually, they wake the others and make preparations for the day, organizing spells and getting their daily goodberry. Duo confirms that their destination is about 2 days away. Shanks and Zechs continue to get the sense that they're being watched. With that, Shanks decides to go into stealth mode to see if he can get eyes on their pursuers. We end with Shanks activating his gem of seeing, and he sees an armor-clad Loxodon that's all too familiar with the group.There's so much happening, and that's where we pick up…Find out what happens next in this episode of the Medusa's Cascade: Collateral Damage!Theme Music is written and performed by EfflorescenceMixed by Thomas Lapierre IIITitle Card by Pierce Graphics Check out the show at themedusascascade.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On today's episode Big T and PFT are joined by Zac to discuss the current and future state of AI. They get into the Open AI trial involving Sam Altman and Elon Musk. Plus, we discuss the hantavirus, Lane Kiffin's most recent discourse, the Scholastic Book Fair, Fun Facts and much more. Enjoy! (00:04:19) Hantavirus Update (00:10:09) Lane Kiffin (00:20:13) Scholastic Book Fair (00:33:36) Hantavirus Update (cont.) (00:41:43) Washington Wizards (00:47:43) Fun Facts (01:11:48) Elon Musk Vs. OpenAIYou can find every episode of this show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or YouTube. Prime Members can listen ad-free on Amazon Music. For more, visit barstool.link/macrodosing

On today's Nanodosing, Arian, PFT and Big T are back in the studio to discuss all the news from the weekend including, new UFO Files, Ballmaxxing, a new credit card that mimics a slot machine, the NBA playoffs and Lebron's career, Sam Altman and OpenAI and much more. Enjoy! (00:01:39) Aliens (00:10:23) Ballmaxxing (00:15:07) Baseball (00:19:55) Golf (00:32:34) Slot Machine Credit Card (00:36:52) Lebron James (00:43:13) Bobby Cox (00:50:13) OpenAI (00:59:10) PFT's Injury Update (01:08:41) NBA PlayoffsYou can find every episode of this show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or YouTube. Prime Members can listen ad-free on Amazon Music. For more, visit barstool.link/macrodosing

On today's episode PFT, Big T and Arian discuss the story of Helen Keller, a woman who became a symbol of perseverance after overcoming deafblindness. This episode explores her real achievements, political activism, and the strange conspiracy theories that claim her story was exaggerated or fabricated. Plus, the guys discuss Ted Turner, the NBA Playoffs, Hantavirus and cruises, a BAC science experiment , Elon Musk on X and much more. Enjoy! (00:06:01) RIP Ted Turner (00:16:33) NBA Playoffs (00:27:40) Hantavirus (00:39:07) BAC Experiment (00:46:40) Elon Musk (00:48:43) BAC Stats (cont.) (00:51:22) Scientists Dying: Amy Eskridge (00:56:56) Helen KellerYou can find every episode of this show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or YouTube. Prime Members can listen ad-free on Amazon Music. For more, visit barstool.link/macrodosing

On today's episode Arian and Big T discuss all the news from the weekend, including recapping Big T's bachelor party, Kelsey Plum's new WNBA contract, airline news, Thermos recalls and much more. Enjoy! (00:08:30) Big T's Bachelor Party (00:20:16) Kelsey Plum (00:26:40) Airline News (00:36:20) Thermos (00:38:34) Star Wars (01:01:25) Kentucky Derby (01:13:14) VoicemailsYou can find every episode of this show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or YouTube. Prime Members can listen ad-free on Amazon Music. For more, visit barstool.link/macrodosing

Are you or someone you love carrying the hidden weight of childhood sexual abuse and trauma? In this powerful, hope-filled conversation, I sit down with certified trauma therapist Veronica Thompson — a CSA survivor turned healer — to talk about what the church must do differently, how to understand trauma (Big T vs little T), and the real tools that bring freedom.She shares her deeply personal story of childhood sexual abuse, growing up in unstable environments, and ultimately finding healing through faith in Jesus.We talk about what trauma actually does to the brain and body, why so many Christians silently suffer, and how outdated mindsets in the church may unintentionally allow harm to continue.This episode isn't about condemnation—it's about awareness, healing, and protecting future generations.If you've ever struggled with your past, questioned why healing feels so hard, or want to understand trauma through a biblical lens better… this conversation is for you.

A huge show celebrating May the 4th! Such a busy start to the month with Free Comic Book Day, the Chicago Non-Sport Card Show, Maul Shadow Lord's finale, May the 4th events and deals, and of course, Celebration Los Angeles tickets going on sale. In order to cover all this craziness, assembled are a large group of awesome folks, including Mike Sommer from the Wax Pack Hero, Todd and Trent Hoffman from WSTR & the BigT & Lil T podcasts, 501st member Bob Pieroni, Anthony King from Force Ghost Coversations, Greg Cass, my co-host of the Breakfast Pack and eyeoncanon.com and rounding out the show, CWK Community members Mary Perdue and Daz Davies, and SW Reactions co-host Aaron Harris.Todd/Trent Hoffman - WSTR/BigTLilT Podcast @tizzzzod on Instagram, Twitter @WSTRmedia and @bigtliltpodcast Bob Pieroni IG-77751 @imperialmidwest, @commander_vainMidwest 501st Garrison @501MWGBats Collectible Empire @bats_collectible_empire217 S Main Street, Wheaton, IL 60187Mike SommerThe Wax Pack Herohttps://waxpackhero.com/Aaron Harris is on twitter and Instagram @taharris121079David Modders on Twitter @ david_modders and Instgram @davidmoddersMary Perdue@marynchazz on Instagram and @mary_perdueDaz Davies Instagram/Facebook @dazdavies1 Find Greg Cass on Instagram and Hive @eyeoncanon and at eyeoncanon.comThrough the glass columns podcast: A Wheel of Time podcasthttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/through-the-glass-columns-a-wheel-of-time-read-along-podcastid1632986026Anthony King of Force Ghost Conversations on the socials:@forceghostpod on X@forceghostconversations on IGFacebook:⁠https://www.facebook.com/share/JySg5Yg4pog8Yosx/?mibextid=LQQJ4d⁠forceghostconversations@gmail.com⁠https://www.teepublic.com/user/force-ghost-conversations⁠If you have a question or comment, find me on the  socials: Twitter/X, Instagram, Facebook, Threads, Bluesky & Substack,  @rebelbasecard Check out the TeePublic store and you can be helping out the show while finding some cool swag. ⁠TeePublic Store⁠Find me on the Topps Digital Apps like Star Wars Card Trader, Marvel, Disney, NBA Collect and BUNT @CORNFEDTECHYou can also help out the show by rating The Rebel Base Card Podcast wherever you get your podcasts. All comments and feedback is appreciated!

On today's episode Arian, PFT and Big T discuss the life of J. Edgar Hoover. Hoover was the longtime head of the FBI who led the agency for nearly five decades. He became one of the most powerful and controversial figures in American history through surveillance, political influence, and crime-fighting campaigns. Plus, we get into college football and the Brendan Sorsby controversy, banning phones in schools and other places, Jack Posobiec's Michael Jackson Take and much more. Enjoy! (00:05:50) Texas Tech Football (00:29:47) Banning Phones in School (00:39:13) Jack Posobiec's Micheal Jackson Take (00:41:43) Animal Farm (00:54:13) J. Edgar HooverYou can find every episode of this show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or YouTube. Prime Members can listen ad-free on Amazon Music. For more, visit barstool.link/macrodosing

I have spent decades helping patients heal through diet, exercise, and natural remedies, but there is one injury that supplements can't fix: emotional trauma. Whether it's "Big T" trauma or the "Little t" trauma of chronic neglect, these emotional scars manifest as autoimmune disease, cancer, and hormone imbalances later in life. In this episode, psychoanalyst Erica Komisar joins me to explain why the first three years of life are the "critical period" for physical health and how we can heal the mind-body connection. We explore the mechanics of the HPA Axis, focusing on the Amygdala (the stress "on" switch) and the Hippocampus (the "off" switch). Erica explains how early childhood stress can "burn out" the brain's ability to regulate cortisol, leading to a permanent state of survival mode. We also discuss the definition of Depression (preoccupation with past loss) versus Anxiety (preoccupation with future loss) and how both act as pathogens on the human immune system. Watch The Dr. Josh Axe Show every Monday & Thursday on YouTube: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@drjoshaxe?sub_confirmation=1⁠ 

On today's episode PFT and Big T are joined by T-Bob to discuss overseas Phone Scammers. The guys take a look inside the global network of overseas phone scams—how they operate, who they target, and why they're so hard to shut down. Plus, we get into everything in the news, including, Barstool Spring Break, the upcoming NFL Draft, Kevin Warsh and Larry Fitzgerald's friendship, Spirit Airline, updated cigarette laws in the UK, ESPN Jeopardy announcement and much more. Enjoy! (00:06:55) NFL Draft (00:17:45) Kevin Warsh X Larry Fitzgerald (00:22:52) Chili's (00:22:52) Spirit Airlines (00:33:24) UK Cigarette Laws (00:44:26) Trump Reclassifying Marijuana (01:00:46) ESPN Jeopardy (01:12:56) ScamsYou can find every episode of this show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or YouTube. Prime Members can listen ad-free on Amazon Music. For more, visit barstool.link/macrodosing

On today's episode Big T and PFT are back in the studio to discuss all the news from the weekend including, a circus tiger jumping into a crowd, RFK Jr's raccoon story resurfacing, Kash Patel and his alcohol consumption, the NBA playoffs and much more. Plus, PFT pitches an idea for ‘Top Gun 3' and Liam Blutman and Jerry O'Connell join the show to try and help get him a role in the movie. Enjoy! (00:06:03) Circus Tiger Jumps Into Crowd (00:11:18) RFK Jr's Racoon Story (00:16:20) Kash Patel (00:38:10) Top Gun 3 (00:48:19) Ilhan Omar Accounting Error (00:52:51) Liam Blutman (01:01:09) NBA Playoffs (01:06:42) Jerry O'Connell Joins the Show (01:31:23) Baseball (01:38:55) Michael Jordan (01:42:46) Noah LylesYou can find every episode of this show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or YouTube. Prime Members can listen ad-free on Amazon Music. For more, visit barstool.link/macrodosing

On today's episode Arian, PFT and Big T talk to the director of ‘Everyone Is Lying to You for Money' and author of ‘Easy Money', Ben Mckenzie. Ben breaks down the wild rise, messy fall, and behind-the-scenes truths from his new documentary ‘Everyone Is Lying to You for Money', a deep dive into how hype, misinformation, and big money fueled the crypto boom and burned everyday investors. Plus, the guys get into Clavicular, the LIV tour, Allbirds new business strategy, Pablo Escobar's hippos, Tottenham FC, a missing nuclear official and much more. Enjoy! Follow @everyoneislyingfilm on Instagram or go to EveryoneIsLying.com for updates on where and when the film is playing near you. (00:05:35) Commanders New Uniforms (00:13:16) Clavicular (00:31:32) LIV Tour (00:35:49) AllBirds is Now an AI Company (00:54:01) Pablo Escobar's Hippos (00:57:42) LIV Tour (cont.) (00:59:48) Tottenham FC (01:08:10) Missing Nuclear Official (01:12:58) Nullarbor Links (01:22:30) Ben Mckenzie & DaveYou can find every episode of this show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or YouTube. Prime Members can listen ad-free on Amazon Music. For more, visit barstool.link/macrodosing

On today's episode Arian, PFT and Big T are back in the studio to get into everything going on in the news. They discuss The Masters, Artemis II, Big T's viral take from last episode, Donald Trump's deleted Truth Social post, Eric Swalwell's sexual assault allegations, the chimpanzee civil war, Melania's press conference and much more. Enjoy! (00:05:03) Artemis II (00:12:45) Big T Went Viral (00:24:01) Donald Trump's Truth Post (00:31:50) Eric Swalwell (00:47:14) Chimpanzee Civil War (00:54:20) Milania Trump (01:00:28) VoicemailsYou can find every episode of this show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or YouTube. Prime Members can listen ad-free on Amazon Music. For more, visit barstool.link/macrodosing

On today's episode PFT, Arian, Big T and Jersey Jerry preview the upcoming Masters Tournament and discuss the secrets and conspiracies for Augusta National Golf Club. Plus, we have an interview with American political commentator, writer and former political consultant, Tim Miller. Tim is a former GOP communications director, he's now a key voice at The Bulwark, where he breaks down the shifting dynamics of American politics, media influence, and party loyalty. (00:02:31) The Masters & Augusta Conspiracies (01:05:09) Tim MillerYou can find every episode of this show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or YouTube. Prime Members can listen ad-free on Amazon Music. For more, visit barstool.link/macrodosing

In Part 2 of our sit-down with the unforgettable Tonya Banks, we go all the way in—from fashion reads to raw truths, behind-the-scenes tea, and one of the most jaw-dropping Armenian coffee readings we've ever done. We kick things off with Runway Rundown, breaking down looks from the "Little Women' universe—calling out everything from flip-flop fashion crimes to pole-dancer vibes, and yes… we said what we said. Tonya gives us insider tea on castmates like Amanda, Andrea, Brianna, and “Money,” while we dive deep into proportion, tailoring, and why knowing your body is EVERYTHING. Tonya proves (again) why she's the best dressed—serving confidence, structure, and full glam understanding of her silhouette. From there, we get into real talk about representation—comparing the tone of *Little Women* to franchises like The Real Housewives of Atlanta and Keeping Up with the Kardashians—and how things shifted from empowerment to feeling like a “sideshow.” Tonya opens up about wanting to elevate the narrative with her new vision for "Little Hollywood"—focusing on branding, business, and leveling UP rather than tearing each other down. Then we play "Little Truths, Big T". Tonya spills some serious behind-the-scenes tea, including scenes she wishes never aired, a shocking moment involving a fashion show and B.O. drama, and the biggest producer manipulation she experienced when her daughter's graduation party was completely taken over by reality TV cameras. We also revisit one of the most iconic "Little Women" moments ever—the cowboy bar fight—revealing what really happened versus what viewers saw on television. We also talk about real-life challenges—from health issues and back surgeries related to dwarfism to driving adaptations and breaking stereotypes. Tonya proves she's fearless behind the wheel, whipping her SUV around corners while Patrik holds on for dear life. Then comes the moment that leaves us all shook—the Armenian Coffee Reading. Pol' discovers a powerful number 7 appearing in Tonya's cup, connecting to her family, her childhood home built in 1964, and the generational energy tied to that house. As the reading unfolds, it reveals that doors that once seemed closed are about to open—and that Tonya is about to step into a whole new chapter of momentum and opportunity. By the end of the episode, we're laughing, stunned, and a little emotional. Fashion, reality TV secrets, empowerment, and spiritual insight—all wrapped into one unforgettable conversation with Tonya Banks. Subscribe to our audio: linktr.ee/undressedpod Follow Pol Atteu:  Instagram: @polatteu  Tiktok: @polatteu  Twitter: @polatteu  www.polatteu.com Follow Patrik Simpson:  Instagram: @patriksimpson  Tiktok: @patriksimpson www.patriksimpson.com Follow SnowWhite90210: Instagram: @snowwhite90210 Twitter: @SnowWhite9010 www.snowwhite90210.com Watch Gown and Out In Beverly Hills on Prime Video.  www.gownandoutinbeverlyhills.com #UndressedPodcast  Armenian Coffee Reading SnowWhite90210 SnowBubu is a Perfect gift! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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On today's episode PFT and Big T are joined by Uncle Chaps to get into all the news from the weekend. They discuss Donald Trump's power plant and bridge day announcement, Kanye West back on tour, UNC basketball hiring Michael Malone, the US airman rescue, Jake Paul & Theo Vonn's newest idea, Masters Week and much more. Enjoy! (00:04:51) Bridge and Power Plant Day (00:09:14) Kanye West Back on Tour (00:12:09) UNC Hires Michael Malone (00:16:28) US Airman Rescue (00:21:36) Jake Paul & Theo Vonn (00:34:28) Masters Week (00:58:43) Voicemails (01:17:03) Lebron James on MemphisYou can find every episode of this show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or YouTube. Prime Members can listen ad-free on Amazon Music. For more, visit barstool.link/macrodosing

On today's nanodosing PFT is back in the studio to get into all the news with Big T. We discuss Tennessee's loss and the rest of the NCAA tournament, the ongoing war with Iran, Tiger Woods car accident, and much more. Enjoy! (00:02:00) College Basketball (00:22:26) Iran (00:25:21) Tiger Woods (00:48:56) 10-Pound Chocolate Easter Bunny (00:57:25) VoicemailsYou can find every episode of this show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or YouTube. Prime Members can listen ad-free on Amazon Music. For more, visit barstool.link/macrodosing

On today's episode Big T is joined by Chief and Uncle Chaps to discuss The Business Plot. The Business Plot took place in 1933 at the height of the Great Depression when a group of wealthy businessmen approached Marine general Smedley Butler with a plan to help overthrow President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The story raised serious questions about power, influence, and how fragile democracy can be in times of crisis. Plus, we also get into Puka Nacua's most recent headline, Tyler Glasnow's dream dinner guests, squirrels vaping in London, Apple Maps potentially adding ads, Open AI and Disney and much more. Enjoy! (00:14:06) Puka Nacua (00:19:55) Tyler Glasnow (00:38:45) Squirrels Are Vaping (00:45:17) Apple Maps (00:50:23) Open AI (01:06:31) The Business PlotYou can find every episode of this show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or YouTube. Prime Members can listen ad-free on Amazon Music. For more, visit barstool.link/macrodosing

On today's episode Big T is joined by Chief and they go dive into all the news including NCAA basketball, the TSA lines, scams in general, Chappel Roan, The Duggars and much more. Enjoy! (00:03:36) NCAA Basketball (00:14:54) TSA (00:36:02) Scams (01:03:29) Chappell Roan (01:05:02) The DuggarsYou can find every episode of this show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or YouTube. Prime Members can listen ad-free on Amazon Music. For more, visit barstool.link/macrodosing

On today's episode PFT, Arian and Big T discuss the New York article titled, The Babies Kept in a Mysterious Los Angeles Mansion. The article covers how a couple used surrogacy to have 20+ children, many later found neglected or abused, exposing huge gaps in regulation. Plus, they get into America's loss in the World Baseball Classic, James Fishback and his OnlyFans tax in Florida, Afroman, a new Polymarket bar, chemtrails and weather manipulation, NCAA basketball and much more. Enjoy! (00:03:44) World Baseball Classic (00:14:16) James Fishback OnlyFans Tax (00:18:13) Tucker Carlson (00:28:28) New Iran Leader (00:30:19) Afroman (00:43:24) Polymarket Bar (00:46:11) Chemtrails (00:55:49) NCAA Basketball (01:15:26) Incredibles 3 (01:38:42) ‘The Babies Kept in a Mysterious Los Angeles Mansion'You can find every episode of this show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or YouTube. Prime Members can listen ad-free on Amazon Music. For more, visit barstool.link/macrodosing

On today's episode Arian is back with Big T and PFT and they're joined by Rico Bosco in the midst of another Alabama basketball scandal. They discuss Aden Holloway's felony charge, Tucker Carlson and his relations with the CIA, the Oscars, the World Baseball Classic and much more. Plus, we answer your voicemails. Enjoy! (00:03:27) Alabama Basketball (00:17:01) Tucker Carlson (00:32:21) Oscars (00:48:25) World Baseball Classic (00:59:31) VoicemailsYou can find every episode of this show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or YouTube. Prime Members can listen ad-free on Amazon Music. For more, visit barstool.link/macrodosing

On today's episode, Big T and PFT are joined by Pat “The Beav” Cassidy” to discuss the rise of Ticketmaster and how it became the dominant force in the live entertainment industry. They get into the merger with Live Nation and the chaos surrounding ticket sales for the Taylor Swift Eras Tour. We explore the history of the ticketing business, allegations of monopolistic control, and why getting a concert ticket has become such a bad experience. (00:02:13) Big Foot Sighting (00:07:12) The Music Industry (00:22:46) World Baseball Classic (00:35:28) Bam Adebayo (00:40:50) Maxx Crosby (00:50:07) Magic City Night Canceled (00:57:21) TicketmasterYou can find every episode of this show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or YouTube. Prime Members can listen ad-free on Amazon Music. For more, visit barstool.link/macrodosing

On today's episode Big T and PFT are joined by Jersey Jerry and Liam Blutman to discuss everything that's going on in the news. They get into the Havana Syndrome, NFL free agency, the World Baseball Classic, college basketball, Kai Trump at an Erewhon and much more. Enjoy! (00:21:21) Havana Syndrome (00:25:26) NFL Free Agency (00:33:57) World Baseball Classic (00:42:04) NFL Free Agency (Cont.) (00:45:55) Soccer (00:55:55) NFL Free Agency (Cont.) (00:58:18) NCAA Basketball (01:19:46) Kai Trump & Erewhon (01:34:32) NFL Free Agency (Cont.) (01:42:23) Current Events With BlutmanYou can find every episode of this show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or YouTube. Prime Members can listen ad-free on Amazon Music. For more, visit barstool.link/macrodosing

On today's episode we're joined by college football analyst and Big T's dream guest, Josh Pate. Josh gives us a behind the scenes look at his interview with Donald Trump and a deep dive into college football. Plus, we discuss the US's escalating tensions with Iran and what a potential war could mean globally, new scientific research examining the earthquake described in the Bible, and the use of AI in the government, including Anthropic and its model Claude. (00:01:50) War with Iran (00:23:18) Scientists Confirm Biblical Earthquake (00:28:46) Anthropic & Claude (00:43:18) Josh Pate InterviewYou can find every episode of this show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or YouTube. Prime Members can listen ad-free on Amazon Music. For more, visit barstool.link/macrodosing

On today's Macrodosing, Big T is joined by Chief and Jersey Jerry to discuss the Mexican drug cartels. From today's fentanyl epidemic and border debates to the decades-long evolution of Mexico's most powerful criminal organizations. Plus, we get into the State of the Union, a man gaining control of robot vacuums, a new release of CIA files relating to Projecting Artichoke, ‘Fever Pitch' and much more. Enjoy! (00:14:16) State of the Union (00:19:51) Man accidentally gains control of 7,000 robot vacuums (00:25:12) Project Artichoke (00:38:01) Fever Pitch (00:51:01) Mexican Drug CartelsYou can find every episode of this show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or YouTube. Prime Members can listen ad-free on Amazon Music. For more, visit barstool.link/macrodosing

On today's episode Big T and Arian discuss the history of celebrity kidnappings, including the most recent case involving Savannah Guthrie and her 84 year old mother. Plus, they get into Epstein file updates, Pam Bondi's most recent testimony, James Van Der Beek, Valentine's Day and much more. Enjoy! (00:02:16) Valentine's Day (00:22:02) El Paso Airport (00:25:55) Attorney General Pam Bondi's Testimony (00:34:05) Epstein Updates (00:53:30) James Van Der Beek (01:04:48) Celebrity KidnappingsYou can find every episode of this show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or YouTube. Prime Members can listen ad-free on Amazon Music. For more, visit barstool.link/macrodosing