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Tales of Monstrosity: Monsters, Myths, & Miscreants OUT NOW!

Hi everyone! I’m late to post this, but I wrote another short story in another amazing anthology. Myself and 18 other authors wrote about some monsters, some myths, and definitely some miscreants. It’s a good time and would mean a lot to me if you’d check the book out. It started as a successful Kickstarter and now it’s a book, ready for you to read in your comfiest chair. Take a look here: https://books2read.com/talesofmonstrosity If…

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Is This Love Podcast: The Finale

Thank you for listening to the Is This Love Podcast where Francis aka the Other Guy and Sara Nade take you through a weekly discussion of the weird and wonderful world of love and relationships. Thank you everyone for listening to our podcast this past year. We really appreciate it. So with this final episode, Sara and Francis bid you farewell with a last episode. We still answer questions, we share stories, and we end…

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Is This Love Podcast: Trust, Fighting, D&D, Love After 70

Thank you for listening to the Is This Love Podcast where Francis aka the Other Guy and Sara Nade take you through a weekly discussion of the weird and wonderful world of love and relationships. Looks like we’re coming to the end of a series here folks, as Sara and Francis bring you the penultimate episode. Life has a way of complicating things, and we’re at a point where the podcast can’t go on much…

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Is This Love Podcast: First Date Questions, Love vs. In Love, Lying

Thank you for listening to the Is This Love Podcast where Francis aka the Other Guy and Sara Nade take you through a weekly discussion of the weird and wonderful world of love and relationships. Happy holidays everyone! Hope one and all are enjoying the winter season. Sara and Francis in this episode talk about first date questions, love vs being in love, and lying. Good times ahead. Thanks for listening and being awesome. SHOW…

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Is This Love Podcast: Attractiveness, Happiness, Smothering

Thank you for listening to the Is This Love Podcast where Francis aka the Other Guy and Sara Nade take you through a weekly discussion of the weird and wonderful world of love and relationships. Welcome to the holiday season as Sara and I tackle talk of being attractive, hair, happiness, and smothering each other. It’s a fun time had by all. We appreciate you listening and please share with a friend! SHOW LINKS: Website:…

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Is This Love Podcast: Happy Thanksgiving 2022! Gobble! Gobble!

Thank you for listening to the Is This Love Podcast where Francis aka the Other Guy and Sara Nade take you through a weekly discussion of the weird and wonderful world of love and relationships. Happy Thanksgiving listeners! Sara and Francis would like to say that we are thankful for you, the listener, the question giver. You’ve made this podcast so fun and worthwhile. We also answer questions regarding a wife with a short fuse,…

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Is This Love Podcast: Checking In, Date Drinking, When to Break Up

Thank you for listening to the Is This Love Podcast where Francis aka the Other Guy and Sara Nade take you through a weekly discussion of the weird and wonderful world of love and relationships. We are halfway through November, which means the festive holiday season is just around the corner. So in preparation, Sara and Francis continue to do the same show you know and love. We talk about checking in on your partner,…

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POI Podcast Ep 169 – Voting Day

Welcome to The POI Podcast – Rocky Mountain Con 22 wrap up Blood Moon Eclipse Elon charging for blue checks Logan Paul is pretty good at Wrestling If you have a spare kidney you’re willing to give up, Francis could use one! Please take this survey to see if you’re eligible for donation.https://uclakidneydonor.org/?fbclid=I… The Road to 2000 Followers! Like, Follow, Subscribe, and Share Email – ThePOIpodcast@gmail.com Call/Text or VoiceMail – 314.764.7631 Josh – Twitter.com/303_Ninja Francis…

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Is This Love Podcast: Winning Back Exes, Cheating Friends, & Tough Love

Thank you for listening to the Is This Love Podcast where Francis aka the Other Guy and Sara Nade take you through a weekly discussion of the weird and wonderful world of love and relationships. November is off to a great middle, as Sara and Francis kind of talk about Halloween some more, because that’s when it was recorded. They then talk about the idea of winning back an ex, uncovering a cheating friend, tough…

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Is This Love Podcast: Paid Apps, Green Flags, Pets, Theme Parks

Thank you for listening to the Is This Love Podcast where Francis aka the Other Guy and Sara Nade take you through a weekly discussion of the weird and wonderful world of love and relationships. The year is coming to an end as we enter into the holiday season. This time around Sara and Francis talk about paid dating apps, green flags, having pets, and theme parks. It’s all about your questions, and our experiences,…

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Is This Love Podcast: Happy Halloween 2022

Thank you for listening to the Is This Love Podcast where Francis aka the Other Guy and Sara Nade take you through a weekly discussion of the weird and wonderful world of love and relationships. It’s the Friday before Halloween, so before we get into all things relationships and love, we talk about the spooky. From candy to costumes, Sara and Francis talk about all things all Hallows Eve. Then it’s about the opposite sex…

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Is This Love Podcast: Being Single, Things to Fake, Dating In Your Area, & Porn

Thank you for listening to the Is This Love Podcast where Francis aka the Other Guy and Sara Nade take you through a weekly discussion of the weird and wonderful world of love and relationships. We continue to scare ourselves as we travel through the spooky season, as Sara and Francis talk about dating in our areas. We also discuss about our single time, and we even talk about what to fake. Oh, and porn.…

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Is This Love Podcast: Conflict Resolution, Cohabiting, “Mail Order” Love

Thank you for listening to the Is This Love Podcast where Francis aka the Other Guy and Sara Nade take you through a weekly discussion of the weird and wonderful world of love and relationships. We are deep into the spooky month and Sara and Francis have found themselves tackling that topic of living with the one you love, and maybe about how hard it can be. We get into how to solve problems when…

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Is This Love Podcast: Red Flags, Attraction, Tags, Cars, & Phubbing

Thank you for listening to the Is This Love Podcast where Francis aka the Other Guy and Sara Nade take you through a weekly discussion of the weird and wonderful world of love and relationships. It’s the start of the Spooky Season and in this episode, Sara and Francis tackle the spookiest issue in relationships. Red flags. We also talk about what attracts us other than looks, the concept of phubbing and so much more!…

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Is This Love Podcast: Kinks, Issues Big & Small, Happy Ever After

Thank you for listening to the Is This Love Podcast where Francis aka the Other Guy and Sara Nade take you through a weekly discussion of the weird and wonderful world of love and relationships. In this week’s episode, Sara and Francis talk about kinks, dreams, coming of age movies, the issues worth looking into in relationships, the effects of media in building a relationship, and big public gestures, and so much more! This is…

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Is This Love Podcast: Age Gaps, Complacency, Confidence Is Key

Thank you for listening to the Is This Love Podcast where Francis aka the Other Guy and Sara Nade take you through a weekly discussion of the weird and wonderful world of love and relationships. In this week’s episode, Sara and Francis talk about age gaps, romantic gestures, complacency, and we share the mantra that confidence is key! SHOW LINKS: Website: https://isthislove.podbean.com/ E-mail: IsThisLovePod@gmail.com We hope you find the love you’re looking for. Please support…

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Is This Love Podcast: 20! It’s a Whole Number

Thank you for listening to the Is This Love Podcast where Francis aka the Other Guy and Sara Nade take you through a weekly discussion of the weird and wonderful world of love and relationships. This time around we talk about people who refuse to leave an unhappy relationship, taking a break, and being part of a larger group. It’s a fun time, as always. Share, rate, and as always, thank you! SHOW LINKS: Website:…

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Is This Love Podcast: Getting Married, Gym Love, Unpersoning, Unmatching, & Tea

Thank you for listening to the Is This Love Podcast where Francis aka the Other Guy and Sara Nade take you through a weekly discussion of the weird and wonderful world of love and relationships. This week, we talk about when you should get married, dating a customer, un-personing, un-matching your date, and a cuppa tea! SHOW LINKS: E-mail: IsThisLovePod@gmail.com We hope you find the love you’re looking for. Please support our work by contributing…

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Is This Love Podcast: Old-Timey Super Fancy Man, First Dates, A-Frame Hugs

Thank you for listening to the Is This Love Podcast where Francis aka the Other Guy and Sara Nade take you through a weekly discussion of the weird and wonderful world of love and relationships. This week, we talk about long distance relationships, first dates, boundaries, a-frame hugs, old-timey super fancy man, legacies, and much more! SHOW LINKS: Help Right Cow Left Coast with funeral expenses by going to the Go Fund Me here: https://gofund.me/fa603618…

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Is This Love Podcast: Pick Up Lines, Sharing Responsibilities, Putting In The Effort

Thank you for listening to the Is This Love Podcast where Francis aka the Other Guy and Sara Nade take you through a weekly discussion of the weird and wonderful world of love and relationships. This week, it’s all about pick up lines, sharing responsibilities, putting in the effort in a relationship, and more! SHOW LINKS: Help Right Cow Left Coast with funeral expenses by going to the Go Fund Me here: https://gofund.me/fa603618 Check out…

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Is This Love Podcast: In-Law Drama, Unrequited Love, & “Thank you, Friend”

Hello and thank you for listening to the Is This Love Podcast. Francis aka the Other Guy and Sara Nade take you through a weekly discussion of the weird and wonderful world of love and relationships. This week, Sara and Francis embark on the strange world of in-laws and the drama they can cause. It’s a tough subject as neither of them have had bad experiences with any of their significant other’s families. When we…

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Is This Love Podcast: Rekindling Love, The Stats On Cheating, & In Memory Of A Friend

Hello and thank you for listening to the Is This Love Podcast. Francis aka the Other Guy and Sara Nade take you through a weekly discussion of the weird and wonderful world of love and relationships. In this episode, Sara and Francis are asked about a love that fades. Can we rekindle that love? Is it worth it? Then we try to figure out what’s wrong with relationships now than in the past. We also…

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Is This Love Podcast: Self-Love, Sex Drives, Dating Friends, Emoji Porn

Hello and thank you for listening to the Is This Love Podcast. Francis aka the Other Guy and Sara Nade take you through a weekly discussion of the weird and wonderful world of love and relationships. This episode has Sara and Francis looking inward as we talk about self love. Then we get into the weeds when someone asks up what to do when two partners have differing sex drives. We also dive into whether…

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Is This Love Podcast: Heartbreak Lawsuits, Reconciliation, “Stick It In!”

Hello and thank you for listening to the Is This Love Podcast. Francis aka the Other Guy and Sara Nade take you through a weekly discussion of the weird and wonderful world of love and relationships. Lucky number 13! This week, Francis sounds sick, and Sara does a lot of the heavy lifting. We talk about suing the person who breaks your heart, finding a way to get back together, and Sara is weirdly into…

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Is This Love Podcast: 2nd Dates, Subtle Rejection, Dating Profile No No’s

Hello and thank you for listening to the Is This Love Podcast. Francis aka the Other Guy and Sara Nade take you through a weekly discussion of the weird and wonderful world of love and relationships. This time around, Francis continues to be sick and Sara continues to carry the show. We discuss second dates, how to reject someone, what not to write in your dating profile and so much more. Please forgive the wonky…

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Is This Love Podcast: Professing Love, Hot vs. Cute, Moving in Together

Hello and thank you for listening to the Is This Love Podcast. Francis aka the Other Guy and Sara Nade take you through a weekly discussion of the weird and wonderful world of love and relationships. In this episode Sara and Francis talk about whether you should let someone know how you feel. We debate the hotly controversial topic of hot vs. cute. Then we try to see when is the right time to move…

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Is This Love Podcast: What is the Weather, Birdwatching, Jingles, SMTH

Hello and thank you for listening to the Is This Love Podcast. Francis aka the Other Guy and Sara Nade take you through a weekly discussion of the weird and wonderful world of love and relationships. This week Sara and Francis get down and dirty with small talk. And what better small talk is there than the weather? We then discuss birdwatching, jingles, and of course, the ever present coolness of typing a bunch of…

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Is This Love Podcast: Hygiene, Engaged Exes, Babies, Soulmates, and Love Soap

Hello and thank you for listening to the Is This Love Podcast. Francis aka the Other Guy and Sara Nade take you through a weekly discussion of the weird and wonderful world of love and relationships. In this episode, Sara and Francis talk about babies and weird they are. Maybe it’s time for us to have some children? We then talk about exes who get engaged, people who don’t understand the importance of hygiene, and…

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Is This Love Podcast: Homely & Comely

Hello and thank you for listening to the Is This Love Podcast. Francis aka the Other Guy and Sara Nade take you through a weekly discussion of the weird and wonderful world of love and relationships. This time around, Francis and Sara get into the the world of married life and being flirty. We also study the weirdness of priori-dating and delve into the complexity of hypocrisy. And Francis learns a new word while he…

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Is This Love Podcast: The Podcat Strikes Again!

Hello and thank you for listening to the Is This Love Podcast. Francis aka the Other Guy and Sara Nade take you through a weekly discussion of the weird and wonderful world of love and relationships. This week Sara and Francis talk about the phenomenon known as naked therapy. From there we discuss the pitfalls of dating a coworker, a potentially lazy partner, and how to cope with losing someone you love. There are a…

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Is This Love Podcast: Hitting On Customers, Self Esteem, Drama, Cola

Hello and thank you for listening to the Is This Love Podcast. Francis aka the Other Guy and Sara Nade take you through a weekly discussion of the weird and wonderful world of love and relationships. This time around, we talk about whether its a good thing or a bad thing if you hit on customers. We delve into the complicated world of self esteem and the kind of drama it entails. Also, Francis tries…

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Is This Love Podcast – How Long Until Marriage, Neediness, Aging, & Animals

Hello and thank you for listening to the Is This Love Podcast. Francis aka the Other Guy and Sara Nade take you through a weekly discussion of the weird and wonderful world of love and relationships. This week, we figure out how long is too long before you should get married. But then, with a relationship like that, is there a sense of neediness? Do we get more desperate in our older age? And how…

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Is This Love Podcast: Polyamory, Affairs, Introverts & Extroverts

Hello and thank you for listening to the Is This Love Podcast. Francis aka the Other Guy and Sara Nade take you through a weekly discussion of the weird and wonderful world of love and relationships. This week we talk about the complicated world of polyamory, the power of affairs, and whether or not people who are introverts or extroverts should be in relationships together. Don’t forget to rate the podcast on Apple Podcasts or…

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Is This Love Podcast: Suitors, Superficality, Rejection, Personality

Hello and thank you for listening to the Is This Love Podcast. Francis aka the Other Guy and Sara Nade take you through a weekly discussion of the weird and wonderful world of love and relationships. This episode we try to help to answer a lot of questions about dating, romance, courtship, and the difficulties of dating when you’re at a physical and financial disadvantage. Why is the world superficial? Why don’t we give people…

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Is This Love Podcast – Trust Issues, Anxiety, Cougars, Cubs, & Kinks

Hello and thank you for listening to the Is This Love Podcast Francis aka the Other Guy and Sara Nade take you through a weekly discussion of the weird and wonderful world of love and relationships. We take your questions and articles we find around the internet to talk about the latest in what’s going on in the world of dating and coupling and threesomes? This episode we try to help two people with issues…

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POI Podcast Ep 147 – RIP Neal Adams

https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/thepoipodcast/episodes/2022-05-09T04_00_00-07_00 Welcome to The POI Podcast – Comic Legend Neal Adams has passed away – Francis and Josh talk about Neal’s past, and the experiences they both had with him over the years.  The OG Cast of That 70’s Show will return with some regularity on NetFlix’s That 90’s Show – Are we excited?  There are new Jackasses for new Jackass Shows  Dr. Strange hype  Still haven’t seen an Xbox Series X or S OR…

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Is This Love Podcast – Pilot Episode

Hello and thank you for listening to the Is This Love Podcast Francis aka the Other Guy and Sara Nade take you through a weekly discussion of the weird and wonderful world of love and relationships. We take your questions and articles we find around the internet to talk about the latest in what’s going on in the world of dating and coupling and threesomes? You are the third chair in this show and we…

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Online Friend Simulator – All Good Things…

All good things, must come to an end. Welcome to the Online Friend Simulator. Because everyone could use a friend, even online. I’m Francis aka The Other Guy. How are you doing? I hope you’re doing well. We’ve reached episode 100! What does that mean? Well, you’ll have to listen to find out. It’s a milestone and a crossroads for change. What is the future of the Online Friend Simulator? Come join the ride and…

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Online Friend Simulator – Love Sucks

Welcome to the Online Friend Simulator. Because everyone could use a friend, even online. I’m Francis aka The Other Guy. How are you doing? I hope you’re doing well. It’s Pi Day and also White Day in Japan, so I decided to talk about the not so awesome aspects of love. Well, not love itself, but finding love sucks. So I spend the episode on alternatives and just how difficult love is in general. It…

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Online Friend Simulator – Love And Romance

Welcome to the Online Friend Simulator. Because everyone could use a friend, even online. I’m Francis aka The Other Guy. How are you doing? I hope you’re doing well. It’s Valentine’s Day, and I deice to talk about love. Because, of course? We get into the romance and the changes in dating in the 21st century, and I thought I had so much to say about it, but I just run through it all, like…

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Online Friend Simulator – Listen to Something Else

Welcome to the Online Friend Simulator. Because everyone could use a friend, even online. I’m Francis aka The Other Guy. How are you doing? I hope you’re doing well. This time around and I have a little bit of a rant about the world today and how we used to just tell people, that if you didn’t like listening or watching something, change the channel. Like an old man yelling at the sky. Fist waving…

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Online Friend Simulator – Survival of the Fittest

Welcome to the Online Friend Simulator. Because everyone could use a friend, even online. I’m Francis aka The Other Guy. How are you doing? I hope you’re doing well. 2022 has begun! So what are people doing to make their lives better? What can we do to keep our resolutions? I have a couple of ideas. But I think I had so many ideas, that it’s just a word vomit of things that may or…

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Online Friend Simulator – Merry Holidays & Happy New Year

Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, And Happy New Year to everyone as we approach 2022. This is the final episode of 2021, so let’s talk Christmas, the past year, and the year to come. Welcome to the Online Friend Simulator. Because everyone could use a friend, even online. I’m Francis aka The Other Guy. How are you doing? I hope you’re doing well. The year is almost over, and what a year it was. But before…

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I wrote a Short Story – Dragons of a Different Tail

Hi everyone! I just wanted to share with you an anthology that helped contribute to called “Dragons of a Different Tail”. Check it out and get a copy today in paperback or e-book today! And please read my story, “A Friend Called Home,” and let me know what you think! https://books2read.com/dragonstail Dragons of a Different Tail Synopsis: Eighteen award-winning, veteran, and emerging authors bring you seventeen unique dragon tales that defy tradition. Winged serpents as…

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Super Geeked Up – Geeky Musicals, Best Movies on the Big Screen, Ridiculous Rhyming and More!

Rogers the Musical! That’s a super-fun musical in the premiere episode of Hawkeye, so we’re chatting what other characters should get their own musicals. Plus we chat what movies are the best to see on the big screen and play geeky improv games Ridiculous Rhyming and Super-Chat with the awesome Craig Alan Poole! Join the live chat to be part of the super-geeky fun! Thanks so much for watching!

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POI Podcast Ep 132 – My Internet Sucks

Welcome to The POI Podcast – Josh’s Internets are horrible, and we discuss it The Immersive Van Gogh Exhibit The Worlds Largest Edible – An 850lb 20,000mg brownie Hang Overs as an adult Francis is an Author! Dragons of a Different Tail – Available as an eBook for now – You can find the book here ( https://books2read.com/dragonstail) On The Road to 2000 Followers! –Like, Follow, Subscribe, Share and make sure to tell your Friends!…

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Online Friend Simulator – It Gets Butter

We are in the holiday season, and it’s a time for positivity and not so much of the negativity that we see all around us. Do things actually get better though? Welcome to the Online Friend Simulator. Because everyone could use a friend, even online. I’m Francis aka The Other Guy. How are you doing? I hope you’re doing well. As we barrel through the holidays, I thought it was for some positivity. To talk…

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Online Friend Simulator – Happy Turkey Day

It’s Thanksgiving time for those in the United States. Are there things worth being thankful for? I know one thing. I’m thankful for you, the listener. Welcome to the Online Friend Simulator. Because everyone could use a friend, even online. I’m Francis aka The Other Guy. How are you doing? I hope you’re doing well. We are officially in the holidays season and we are starting with Thanksgiving. Once thought to be a day to…

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Online Friend Simulator – The New Normal?

We were told that this would not be the new normal. But maybe, the fear, the uncertainty, and the dread is…the new normal. Welcome to the Online Friend Simulator. Because everyone could use a friend, even online. I’m Francis aka The Other Guy. How are you doing? I hope you’re doing well. We jump right into the new normal. We may never know what life will be like pre-Covid or pre-2016. It was a simpler…

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Online Friend Simulator – Making Robot friends

Do we need real life friends, or can the likes and retweets of the internet enough? Welcome to the Online Friend Simulator. Because everyone could use a friend, even online. I’m Francis aka The Other Guy. How are you doing? I hope you’re doing well. Thanks for being patient as life takes me away from recording shows. This time around I talk about Ron’s Gone Wrong, a cartoon about a robot that was built to…

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Online Friend Simulator – Estimate The Underestimated

Are we letting people underestimate us, or are we underestimating ourselves? Welcome to the Online Friend Simulator. Because everyone could use a friend, even online. I’m Francis aka The Other Guy. How are you doing? I hope you’re doing well. Welcome back! Thank you to Anthony for the topic for today. I don’t know if I experience this and I may be a jerk for not knowing that. All I know is that I have…

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Online Friend Simulator – Grateful #Blessed

Can we still be thankful in a thankless world? Welcome to the Online Friend Simulator. Because everyone could use a friend, even online. I’m Francis aka The Other Guy. How are you doing? I hope you’re doing well. Welcome back! This time around we try to be thankful for what we have. The power of being grateful can have some positive lasting effects. But sometimes you look around and wonder, what’s there to be thankful…

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Online Friend Simulator – An Alien Isolation

Isolation can feel alien. Welcome to the Online Friend Simulator. Because everyone could use a friend, even online. I’m Francis aka The Other Guy. How are you doing? I hope you’re doing well. Welcome back! It’s been a harrowing last couple of years, and I’ve been avoiding a topic for a very long time. There’s so much attached to the pandemic and how it has been weaponized. I try to avoid that but instead talk…

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Online Friend Simulator – Boarding The Leader Ship

All aboard the Leader Ship! Welcome to the Online Friend Simulator. Because everyone could use a friend, even online. I’m Francis aka The Other Guy. How are you doing? I hope you’re doing well. Welcome back! This time around we are talking about leadership. Now, personally, I don’t know much about leadership. I just know that it’s a thing. So I use the help of Psychology Today to help break down what is needed to…

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Online Friend Simulator – Recipe for Friendship

Welcome to the Online Friend Simulator. Because everyone could use a friend, even online. I’m Francis aka The Other Guy. How are you doing? I hope you’re doing well. First off, a big thank you to RightCowLeftCoast for the recommendation for today’s episode. He was kind enough to recommend a bunch of topics for the Simulator. So we are starting with Friendship. We start right at the beginning with a little help from the Mayo…

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Online Friend Simulator – Fear of Rejection

Welcome to the Online Friend Simulator. Because everyone could use a friend, even online. I’m Francis aka The Other Guy. How are you doing? I hope you’re doing well. This time around, I get a topic recommendation from Anthony on my Twitter. The question is if the fear of rejection is a rational or irrational fear. I can see why people would see it as being either rational or irrational. We don’t like rejection and…

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Online Friend Simulator – Mexico City, Mexico

Welcome to the Online Friend Simulator. Because everyone could use a friend, even online. I’m Francis aka The Other Guy. How are you doing? I hope you’re doing well. It’s been a very busy last few weeks, and I’ve just recently returned from a vacation. So this time around it’s a travel episode, where I talk about my time in Mexico City, Mexico. If there’s any advice I can give, it’s that you take time…

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Online Friend Simulator – The Art of Manipulation

Welcome to the Online Friend Simulator. Because everyone could use a friend, even online. I’m Francis aka The Other Guy. How are you doing? I hope you’re doing well. Summer is in full swing. It’s so hot. And what’s hot right now? The art of manipulation. The people around us are ready to use us if they could. Not everyone mind you, but sometimes there are people who want to play us like a fiddle.…

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Online Friend Simulator – Responsibly Irresponsible

Welcome to the Online Friend Simulator. Because everyone could use a friend, even online. I’m Francis aka The Other Guy. How are you doing? I hope you’re doing well. With this simulator, I talk about personal responsibility. Now, I could be wrong, but I feel we no longer take responsibility for our own actions and our own self growth. So I do a little, do as I say, not as I do, as I talk…

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Online Friend Simulator – Anger Management

Welcome to the Online Friend Simulator. Because everyone could use a friend, even online. I’m Francis aka The Other Guy. How are you doing? I hope you’re doing well. A big thank you to Anthony for the topic of anger management and anxiety. I hope I help in some way with recommendations and suggestions that helped me. But I also tie this to the concept of weakness and strength. An issue we have either ignored…

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Online Friend Simulator – The Culture Battle?

Welcome to the Online Friend Simulator. Because everyone could use a friend, even online. I’m Francis aka The Other Guy. How are you doing? I hope you’re doing well. This episode, I find that I can’t always walk the line. That no matter what you do, you represent a side, whether you like it or not. Is there a culture war? Is there a culture battle? Maybe it’s just unavoidable, but it seems we may…

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Online Friend Simulator – The Real World

Welcome to the Online Friend Simulator. Because everyone could use a friend, even online. I’m Francis aka The Other Guy. How are you doing? I hope you’re doing well. After some time away due to illness and vacation, I’m back with a whole new idea. Let’s step away from doing our socializing online and get back to doing our socializing in person. I fear we may be so used to doing things online, that we…

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Online Friend Simulator – The Fear!!!!

Welcome to the Online Friend Simulator. Because everyone could use a friend, even online. I’m Francis aka The Other Guy. How are you doing? I hope you’re doing well. We need to find a way to be well, at the very least. I feel we have found ourselves in a situation where fear controls us. And it makes sense. We need to navigate a world where we used to be able to make friends with…

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Online Friend Simulator – You

Welcome to the Online Friend Simulator. Because everyone could use a friend, even online. I’m Francis aka The Other Guy. How are you doing? I hope you’re doing well. This week, I felt like we needed to talk about you and me. We need to approach the world with not just an open mind, but with an idea of who we are. We need to know what we want from the world and from each…

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Online Friend Simulator – Ostrich Sized Minefield

Welcome to the Online Friend Simulator. Because everyone could use a friend, even online. I’m Francis aka The Other Guy. How are you doing? I hope you’re doing well. This episode continues my train of thought on navigating the world today. It’s so tough when people are out to get you and you can just lose everything in the blink of an eye. Social media can be the bane of everyone’s existence, but yet it…

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Online Friend Simulator – I was Born A Rambling Man

Welcome to the Online Friend Simulator. Because everyone could use a friend, even online. I’m Francis aka The Other Guy. How are you doing? I hope you’re doing well. I’m doing well myself, but I have NO idea what to talk about. So I ramble. I think it makes sense. So take a listen as I talk about what’s on my mind as well as respond to feedback from the last episode. As always, any…

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Online Friend Simulator – Keep An Open Mind

Welcome to the Online Friend Simulator. Because everyone could use a friend, even online. I’m Francis aka The Other Guy. How are you doing? I hope you’re doing well. As kind of a continuation of the last episode, I talk about making friends again when things start getting more “normal”. There’s a mine field to navigate now. There is an expectation to act and think a certain way. Gone are the days of being open…

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Online Friend Simulator – Light At The End Of The Tunnel

Welcome to the Online Friend Simulator. Because everyone could use a friend, even online. I’m Francis aka The Other Guy. How are you doing? I hope you’re doing well. With the world slowly opening up again and people getting their vaccines, it may seem we’ll be able to socialize again. So I talk about how I used to socialize, and I feel like I may be repeating myself, but I tell the stories anyway. I’m…

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Online Friend Simulator – The Loneliness Epidemic

Welcome to the Online Friend Simulator. Because everyone could use a friend, even online. I’m Francis aka The Other Guy. How are you doing? I hope you’re doing well. Many people aren’t doing well, unfortunately, as loneliness grows around the world. Japan needed to appoint a Loneliness Minister, there is an epidemic of loneliness, and well, some people can’t even stay in lockdown due to the need for someone else’s affections. As always, any and…

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Online Friend Simulator – The Valentine’s Day Live Stream

Welcome to the Online Friend Simulator. Because everyone could use a friend, even online. I’m Francis aka The Other Guy. How are you doing? I hope you’re doing well. Better late than never I suppose, as I give you the Valentine’s Day Live Stream with the hosts of the Points of Interest Podcast, Josh & Savanna. We talk about Valentine’s Day of our youth and how it gets more complicated as an adult. POI Podcast…

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Online Friend Simulator – All the Single Ladies / All the Single Laddies

Welcome to the Online Friend Simulator. Because everyone could use a friend, even online. I’m Francis aka The Other Guy. How are you doing? I hope you’re doing well. This time around, as we prepare for Valentine’s Day, I try to look at the trends of relationships during this weird time. Are more people getting together despite the pandemic? Are there more single people just ready to hook up? Well, if you looked at the…

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Online Friend Simulator – Are We Borg or Cobra Kai

Welcome to the Online Friend Simulator. Because everyone could use a friend, even online. I’m Francis aka The Other Guy. How are you doing? I hope you’re doing well. This is episode 69, and it wasn’t a sexy episode! Instead, I talk about finding friendship online outside of the usual haunts, like Twitter and Facebook. Can you find a friend on Reddit? Can you find a friend on Discord? There are other options, but that’s…

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The POI Podcast – Ep. 093 – Monster Vision

!~!~LISTEN TO THIS EPISODE NOW~!~! Welcome to The POI Podcast In this episode, Savanna, Josh and Francis chat a bit about the Disney+ Show, Wanda Vision – and how some people out there have a negative look at it. Monster Garage is back, and we try to figure out why Savanna finally got to see the Mandalorian S2 and we chat a bit about her favorite part of the season. EMAIL VM/TXT/CALL – 314.764.7631 Savanna…

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The POI Podcast – Ep. 092 – Two Dudes, One Show

!~!~LISTEN TO THE EPISODE NOW~!~! Welcome to The POI Podcast On this episode, Josh and Francis are alone on this one, and discuss the events that took place on January 6 ’21 in Washington DC – Although their visions are slightly different, they are able to have an adult conversation. Deadpool 3 is part of the MCU – discussion on how he’ll be introduced, and what that means on the bigger picture of Mutants in…

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Online Friend Simulator – Friendly Curiosity

Welcome to the Online Friend Simulator. Because everyone could use a friend, even online. I’m Francis aka The Other Guy. How are you doing? I hope you’re doing well. Time to step away from the frustration of the outside world and go back in time. I talk about how I’m actually an introvert and how I have no idea what I’m doing, but when I do find myself in a situation where I need to…

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Online Friend Simulator – I am a moron

Welcome to the Online Friend Simulator. Because everyone could use a friend, even online. I’m Francis aka The Other Guy. How are you doing? I hope you’re doing well. I, on the otherhand, may not be doing so well? I feel like the world has gone topsy turvy and that sanity is in short supply. I’m not a smart man, but I try to make sense of everything. And though it feels like I may…

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Online Friend Simulator Ver. 0.066 – New Years Live Stream

Welcome to the Online Friend Simulator. Because everyone could use a friend, even online. I’m Francis aka The Other Guy. How are you doing? I hope you’re doing well. This is the live stream from New Years day, where we talk about the year that was, and the year that will be. Oh, and we talk about food. A lot of food. As always, any and all feedback is greatly appreciated. Thank you for listening.…

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Online Friend Simulator Ver. 0.065 – Christmas Live Stream

Welcome to the Online Friend Simulator. Because everyone could use a friend, even online. I’m Francis aka The Other Guy. How are you doing? I hope you’re doing well. This is the live stream from Christmas Day, where we talk about the holidays and the end of the year. Take a listen if you missed it the first time. As always, any and all feedback is greatly appreciated. Thank you for listening. Please leave a…

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The POI Podcast – Ep. 090 – Staying Off Topic

!~!~LISTEN TO THE EPISODE HERE~!~! Welcome to The POI Podcast – 2020 Year end recap. This year kinda sucked – and try to find some positives in it. Plus what we’re all looking forward to in 2021 The Mandalorian Season 2 ended. Savanna hasn’t yet caught up – So talking about the Finale was a little difficult – But was managed without spoilers. The team are all convinced that Filoni and Favreau should be handed…

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Online Friend Simulator Ver. 0.064

Welcome to the Online Friend Simulator. Because everyone could use a friend, even online. I’m Francis aka The Other Guy. How are you doing? I hope you’re doing well. This is the final recorded episode of 2020, and it’s more or less like every other episode. I reminisce about the past year, a little. Then I mostly talk about how maybe we do need a sanctuary where we can find a friend who will not…

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The POI Podcast – Ep. 089 – Sponsor Practice

!~!~LISTEN TO THE EPISODE HERE~!~! Welcome to The POI Podcast – In this episode – Denver Pop Culture Con has already cancelled their show for 2021. This show has been running strong since 2012, and the team discuss this, and many of the other shows they enjoy attending. Mandalorian things are happening, but Savanna still hasn’t caught up – so they don’t talk about all the awesome stuff that’s going on in Season 2. One…

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Online Friend Simulator Ver. 0.063

Welcome to the Online Friend Simulator. Because everyone could use a friend, even online. I’m Francis aka The Other Guy. How are you doing? I hope you’re doing well. We’re almost at the end of the year and the holiday season is in full swing. It’s difficult to find a way to mend the broken ties that have happened over the last year. So maybe we, the friends looking for friends, have to be the…

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The POI Podcast – Ep. 088 – Oral Pleasure and Cruise Control

!~!~LISTEN TO THE EPISODE HERE~!~! Welcome to The POI Podcast This episode, Savanna, Josh and Francis talk about a huge crash that happened at the Formula 1 Bahrain GP crash of Driver Romain Grosjean. This type of crash doesn’t normally happen in today’s F1. After 38 seconds, engulfed in fire, he managed to escape death. A quick and short talk about The Mandalorian, as Sanvanna hasn’t yet seen the end of Season 1 and none…

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The POI Podcast – Ep. 087 – New Console Release

!!LISTEN TO THE EPISODE HERE!! Welcome to The POI Podcast This week, Savanna, Josh and Francis chat about the recent release of both the PS5 and Xbox Series X/S Alex Trebek died. G4 Reunion Special The Mandalorian’s newest cast memeber – Jeans and Watch Guy Leave us a Voice Mail or Text 314.764.7631 EMAIL Josh Savanna Francis

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Online Friend Simulator Ver. 0.062

Welcome to the Online Friend Simulator. Because everyone could use a friend, even online. I’m Francis aka The Other Guy. How are you doing? I hope you’re doing well. This is the Thanksgiving live feed I did on Thanksgiving day to hopefully give some company for those celebrating alone. We mostly talk food, but it’s a good time, and I hope you enjoy it, because I hope to do more of it. Wishing you and…

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Online Friend Simulator Ver. 0.061

Welcome to the Online Friend Simulator. Because everyone could use a friend, even online. I’m Francis aka The Other Guy. How are you doing? I hope you’re doing well. There’s a lot to unpack after the last few weeks, as we continue to struggle to find our place in the world. And as such, I missed a week of my promised once a week episodes. It was an interesting situation and I want to share…

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Online Friend Simulator Ver. 0.060

Welcome to the Online Friend Simulator. Because everyone could use a friend, even online. I’m Francis aka The Other Guy. How are you doing? I hope you’re doing well. It’s been a week, and everyone has been feeling the ups and downs. And people are angry and retaliating and those folk who think they’re the good guy, might actually be Thanos. Or maybe I’m Thanos? It’s hopefully the last dive into what is affecting people…

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The POI Podcast Ep. 085 – Halloween in 2020

!!LISTEN TO THE EPISODE HERE!! Welcome to The POI Podcast In this episode, Josh explains a new update to the Network as a whole, and what to expect now. How are/did you celebrate Halloween 2020?! We chat about ‘The Game’ (yes, you just lost) Getting driving advice from a dude that drives an automatic EMAIL Us Call/Text/VM – 314.764.7631 Savanna Josh Francis

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Online Friend Simulator Ver. 0.059

Welcome to the Online Friend Simulator. Because everyone could use a friend, even online. I’m Francis aka The Other Guy. How are you doing? I hope you’re doing well. We are close to some big events, like an election and the turn of the year. So what is happening as a result? We are becoming more divided and more alienated than ever. And no matter the results of this upcoming presidential election, the purge of…

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The POI Podcast….Podcast Ep. 084 – Getting Picked Last

LISTEN TO THE PODCAST HERE Welcome to The POI Podcast….Podcast! This episode, Josh, Savanna and Francis chat about Old School Conan, Triumph The Insult Dog. Winter weather, and how much both Savanna and Josh hate it. Vanilla Ice, being the greatest rapper of all time, his time on the TV show – The Surreal Life. Seeing ‘The Most Colorado’ thing Josh has ever seen. A Lady that lives in her car, outside of a suspected…

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The POI Podcast….Podcast Ep.083 – Debating, Moderating and Boredom

!!LISTEN TO THE PODCAST HERE!!! Welcome to The POI Podcast….Podcast This week, Savanna, Josh and Francis chat about weird kid names people have been naming their kids – As there are now young adults named Anakin. NBC Universal is looking to re-launch the G4 TV Channel – We’re all pretty excited for its return. Josh and Francis both chat about how they have, or plan to throw their names at them for employment opportunities. We…

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Online Friend Simulator Ver. 0.058

Welcome to the Online Friend Simulator. Because everyone could use a friend, even online. I’m Francis aka The Other Guy. How are you doing? I hope you’re doing well. Due to some injuries and recovery over the last few weeks, I did an episode and never posted it. As such, I forgot what I talked about, so I’m going to post it anyway. Enjoy as I rant and rave and probably have no two thoughts…

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Online Friend Simulator Ver. 0.057

Welcome to the Online Friend Simulator. Because everyone could use a friend, even online. I’m Francis aka The Other Guy. How are you doing? I hope you’re doing well. This week, we continue to make it through this roller coaster ride called 2020. And in 2020, we try to make sense of the madness, and some people try to use conspiracy theories to find some sanity. But maybe there’s more then that. Maybe it’s canceling…

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The POI Podcast….Podcast Ep .082 – Post Death Hoarding Discovery

Listen to the Podcast HERE Welcome to The POI Podcast….Podcast This episode – Savanna, Josh and Francis talk about how Josh’s StepDad was a Hoarder, and NO ONE in the Family knew about it. Josh talks about some of the fun things he has found over the last 7 or so years its been since his StepDad’s passing L.A. Comic Con is saying that they plan on going forward with this year’s delayed show. Currently…

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The POI Podcast….Podcast Ep. 081 – Whats your Theme Song

Listen to the Podcast HERE!!! Welcome to The POI Podcast….Podcast This episode – Josh, Savanna and Francis discuss Josh’s almost violent reaction to people walking, exercising or otherwise meandering down the middle of the street, with their backs to traffic. Josh brings up an interesting thought – If you have no interest in something, you’re probably no good at that thing. Josh goes a bit extreme with his example. The usual off topic, topics are…

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The POI Podcast….Podcast Ep. 080 – Another Trip Around the Sun

Listen to the Podcast HERE!!! Welcome to The POI Podcast….Podcast In this episode, Josh talks about his birthday, and lack of any activities Savanna got some Education A fun anecdote about being able to see more clearly At Josh’s new job, his 6 years on experience in the Weed Industry mean absolutely NOTHING in his currently role. EMAIL VoiceMail/Call/Text – 314.764.7631 Savanna Josh Francis

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The POI Podcast…..Podcast Ep. 078 – I Got a New Job

You can listen to the Podcast HERE!!! Welcome to The POI Podcast….Podcast. This episode – Savanna, Josh and Francis chat about how Josh got a new job – doing something completely different than what he’s done for his entire time in the MMJ Industry. – That’s really about it. Email Voice Mail/TEXT – 314.764.7631 Josh Savanna Francis

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Online Friend Simulator Ver 0.56 – Misery Loves Company

Welcome to the Online Friend Simulator. Because everyone could use a friend, even online. I’m Francis aka The Other Guy. How are you doing? I hope you’re doing well. But unfortunately not everyone is feeling all that great. This time around, I talk about people who love misery. Everything they tweet and talk about is something negative, and though I appreciate that, it quickly becomes their identity. So I try to give some suggestions to…

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The POI Podcast….Podcast Ep. 077 – The Magic Bullet

Welcome to the POI Podcast….Podcast! In this episode, the team breaks down the characters from an infomercial from years ago – The Magic Bullet. Savanna and Francis both had mentioned on a previous episode that they both had watched this infomercial…..for fun! So Josh sat down with a pad and pen, and broke down all the players on the show. Josh has finger far from the pulse of music and shoved up his ass –…

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