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Today would have been my dad’s 86th birthday.

In this short bonus episode, I share a few memories from our basement on Brookline Street. N-gauge trains. A stool next to the layout. The first piece of gear he trusted me to operate. And the day I ignored his warning and shattered the rear hatch glass on my ’87 Blazer.

My dad believed in encouragement. He warned you when you were heading for disaster. Then he let you learn the lesson.

This one’s about mentorship, responsibility, and the quiet strength of a steady man.

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Before podcasts.
Before studios.
Before the camera.

There was a BMX bike.

In this episode, I talk about growing up inside BMX Freestyle culture not as a spectator, but as a rider. Flatland. Street. Late nights. Parking lots. Bike shops. Watching real professionals up close and learning, quickly, where I stood.

BMX taught me discipline without applause, humility in the presence of mastery, and how to recognize moments that mattered before anyone labeled them as history. BMX media pioneers like Windy Osborn, Mike Daily, Mark Eaton, Eddie Roman and Spike Jonze were the true inspirations for where I eventually went in my career.

Standing in a field in Oklahoma in 1993 at Mat Hoffman’s ramp, camera in hand, it finally clicked. BMX wasn’t just something I rode. It was the reason I studied journalism. The reason radio felt natural. The reason TV and media production didn’t intimidate me.

This episode is about roots. About knowing where you came from. And about how a teenage obsession with BMX quietly shaped a lifetime in media.

If you rode, you’ll recognize this story.
If you didn’t, you’ll understand why it still matters.

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Sportsradio 1310 The Ticket was five years old, and from the outside it already felt different.

This is an off-the-cuff monologue about how I went from listener to employee, starting in promotions, working remotes, and eventually moving into engineering while everyone chased the same full-time job that barely paid thirty grand a year.

It’s a snapshot of a very specific moment in time.
The promotions grind.
The old-guard engineers.
The pressure to impress the chief.
The shows, the voices, and the culture that made people stick around long after the math stopped making sense.

This isn’t a polished radio essay.
It’s a firsthand memory from inside the building.

If you worked at The Ticket, or listened closely back then, you’ll recognize this immediately.

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This episode is not about the moment my father died.

It is about the long goodbye that began more than twenty years earlier, when I first learned my parents were mortal.

In this episode, I reflect on my father’s first brush with death in 1999, the slow decline that followed years later, and what it means to grieve someone in stages. I talk about anticipatory grief, watching a parent lose independence, and how the center of moral authority in a family can quietly shift when a strong voice fades.

I also explore how my relationship with my father existed separately from the rest of my family, how his absence exposed long-standing dynamics, and why shared DNA alone does not always guarantee lasting connection.

This is a story about masculinity, dignity, and inheritance. About fear that hums quietly for decades. And about what remains when the man who taught you how to stand is finally gone.

Themes include anticipatory grief, aging parents, family systems, neurodivergence, mental health, and navigating loss in midlife.

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What happens after you finally see things clearly?

In this follow-up to The Holidays After You See the Masks, I talk about the quieter, steadier phase that comes after awareness. The part no one really prepares you for.

This episode is not about blame or cutting people off. It is about what life looks like once the fog lifts, old family roles lose their power, and you stop wishing for emotional validation where it was never available.

I reflect on boundaries, chosen family, and why clarity does not lead to bitterness. It leads to peace. I talk about honoring what was good, accepting what never was, and building forward with people who offer consistency, safety, and emotional honesty.

If you have ever reached a point where you thought, “Okay… now what?” this episode is for you.

A sober but hopeful start to 2026, focused on mental health, emotional adulthood, and choosing a life that actually feels supportive.

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In this bonus episode of Confessions of a Gen-X Mind, I pull back the curtain on what it’s really like working behind the scenes in radio.

Listeners hear a voice.
A persona.
A carefully crafted version of someone they think they know.

But when you’re the person setting up the gear, fixing the signal, and making the show actually happen, you often meet a very different version of that same voice.

Drawing from my years as a remote broadcast technician in Dallas radio, I reflect on the strange inversion I saw again and again:
how some of the most beloved on-air personalities were the hardest to work with off mic, while the gruff, prickly “heel” types were often the most professional and respectful behind the scenes.

This isn’t a takedown, and it’s not about naming names.
It’s about understanding the difference between performance and personhood, and what working in media teaches you about ego, insecurity, and authenticity.

If you’ve ever heard the phrase “never meet your heroes,” this episode explores why it’s sometimes true—and why, occasionally, it’s beautifully wrong.

A thoughtful, insider look at radio, fandom, and the people who make the magic happen quietly, without applause.

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Turning fifty is not a crisis.
It is a reckoning.
And it changed how I see everything.

In this year end episode of Confessions of a Gen-X Mind, I reflect on the moments that quietly reshaped my life at midlife. What began as recalibration became a year of closure, clarity, and unexpected forward motion.

I talk honestly about starting the year single and how difficult it was to truly move on while a past marriage still lingered emotionally. When my ex finally moved away, that chapter closed in a real and lasting way. That closure changed how I dated, how I showed up, and why meeting Alice felt different from anything that came before.

This episode also explores neurodivergence and self understanding at midlife. After years of therapy and reflection, I share why my upcoming formal ASD and ADHD assessments matter to me. Not as labels, but as medical documentation that brings clarity, protection, and the ability to advocate for accommodations in life and work. I do not experience neurodivergence as a disability. I experience it as a superpower once it is understood.

I reflect on the generational shift that arrives faster than anyone prepares you for. Parents age. Roles reverse. Stories get shared around holiday tables about falls, injuries, and the quiet realization that we are now the adults in the room. I lost my father in 2022, and Alice lost both of her parents within the last year. Grief, responsibility, and gratitude now coexist.

Love is part of this story too. This episode follows a midlife relationship built on steadiness rather than fantasy. We navigate real health challenges together, and we end the year engaged. On New Year’s Eve, we will be traveling to New Orleans to celebrate and mark this moment with an engagement photo shoot in the French Quarter.

There is also a late arriving footnote. After avoiding COVID throughout the worst of the pandemic, Alice and I finally caught it together in Las Vegas. Not dramatic. Just fitting.

This is not a highlight reel.
It is a recalibration.

If you are navigating midlife, relationships, neurodivergence, aging parents, or the sense that everything shifted while you were busy living, this episode is for you.

Fifty does not feel like the end.
It feels like standing exactly where I am, with clarity.

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What happens when you finally see the emotional patterns you grew up inside?

In this episode, I reflect on family, holidays, and the quiet shift that happens once you gain the language to understand your own history. Through personal observation and late-life clarity, I explore how my parents’ generation understood mental health, how stigma shaped family narratives, and how certain diagnoses became convenient explanations rather than curious questions.

I talk about sibling dynamics, inherited assumptions, and what it felt like to be labeled instead of understood. This is not an accusation or a diagnosis of anyone else. It’s one person’s account of growing up, unlearning old stories, and finding peace without pretending everything was fine.

*This episode includes discussion of mental health stigma, misdiagnosis, involuntary psychiatric custody, substance use, overdose, and family conflict. Listener discretion is advised, especially for those with lived experience around mental health crises or family trauma.

This podcast reflects personal experience, opinion, and information drawn from publicly available court records and historical reporting. It is not intended to assert new allegations or to characterize any individual beyond matters established in public proceedings