episode EIGHTEEN: Adulting w/o Instruction Manuals
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09/27/23 • 104 min
The 2023 Writers Guild of America strike is over at last! But, for Max, an overthinker who exists, the battle to reclaim his birth name from a faceless streaming service has just begun. Greenlight this, HBO.
In this on-demand after-school special, confused grown-ups Boba-T (no relation to Ice-T), Ethan Drory (AKA Droryboy), and HBO Max (not to be confused with the streaming service) play "hot potato conch shell" and wing their ways through an honest-to-goodness chit-chat about adulting, and how there aren't any instruction manuals for navigating it—or doing it well.
Oh, the places you'll go:
- why HBO Max rebranding to "Max" was a big bad move
- manifesting by living in "future tense" ("The Law of Assumption" from Ethan's POV)
- the struggle of providing value and monetizing your skills as an artist (navigating the Creator economy)
- why people tend to treat bartenders with more respect than servers
- how social media is corrupting youth's perceptions of themselves (and the world)
Producer credits for musical interludes/segments:
- Resolute Audio
- Anemone
- Bopper Beats
- Droryboy
DISCLAIMER: Overthinkers Anonymous is NOT affiliated with HBO and, by extension, does not answer to Warner Bros. Discovery. The guest that self-identified as "HBO Max" in this episode does not represent the streaming service formerly known as "HBO Max" that is now currently known as "Max" (much to HBO Max's chagrin). HBO Max did not disclose the meaning of the acronym "HBO" in his name. It is safe to assume it is not an acronym for "Home Box Office."
The 2023 Writers Guild of America strike is over at last! But, for Max, an overthinker who exists, the battle to reclaim his birth name from a faceless streaming service has just begun. Greenlight this, HBO.
In this on-demand after-school special, confused grown-ups Boba-T (no relation to Ice-T), Ethan Drory (AKA Droryboy), and HBO Max (not to be confused with the streaming service) play "hot potato conch shell" and wing their ways through an honest-to-goodness chit-chat about adulting, and how there aren't any instruction manuals for navigating it—or doing it well.
Oh, the places you'll go:
- why HBO Max rebranding to "Max" was a big bad move
- manifesting by living in "future tense" ("The Law of Assumption" from Ethan's POV)
- the struggle of providing value and monetizing your skills as an artist (navigating the Creator economy)
- why people tend to treat bartenders with more respect than servers
- how social media is corrupting youth's perceptions of themselves (and the world)
Producer credits for musical interludes/segments:
- Resolute Audio
- Anemone
- Bopper Beats
- Droryboy
DISCLAIMER: Overthinkers Anonymous is NOT affiliated with HBO and, by extension, does not answer to Warner Bros. Discovery. The guest that self-identified as "HBO Max" in this episode does not represent the streaming service formerly known as "HBO Max" that is now currently known as "Max" (much to HBO Max's chagrin). HBO Max did not disclose the meaning of the acronym "HBO" in his name. It is safe to assume it is not an acronym for "Home Box Office."
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episode SEVENTEEN: Views from the 7 (The Story of #UrbanYEG)
"Stop trying to make 'The 7' happen." - The Fall Queen
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In this full-circle photography meet-up (AKA "instameet"), Jonah (AKA @channelsurfcinema), Kristin (AKA @kristinbreit), Jeff (AKA @jeffreypaulkelly), and Chan (AKA @vividribbon) reminisce and recount memories of UrbanYEG, a local photography community and Instagram account based in Edmonton, AB (Treaty 6 Territory) and the impact it has had on each of their lives and careers. Topics discussed in this episode:
- How each of us became involved with UrbanYEG, and how we've grown as creatives since then
- Watershed moments that impact the trajectory of our lives (and the people we become)
- The downsides of shaping our own online identities (e.g., how our profiles can "precede" us)
- How imposter syndrome and overthinking can feel like an out-of-body experience
Credits for musical interludes/segments featured in this episode:
- Blue Dot Sessions
UrbanYEG's Official Instagram PageStreets of Edmonton: Sights and Scenes Captured Before the Zombie Apocalypse Ruined Everything
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episode AITA: Am I the Asshole for Making this a Bonus Episode?
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Either way, don't overthink it.
In this backed-up bonus episode, Jonah and Leeann have a crack at analyzing and assessing posts from the r/AITA subreddit, attempting to answer—on a case-by-case basis—the age-old question:
"Am I the Asshole?"
[This podcast was originally recorded on September 29, 2022, for Leeann's podcast Get Psyched but was left in the vault.
Since this episode is a repurposed recording originally intended for another podcast, I decided to make this a bonus episode for season 2.]
...am I the asshole for making this a bonus episode?
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