What Some Would Call Lies

All things come to an end. This here is the final episode of What Some Would Call Lies. It's been an awesome (almost) five years. Thank you to everyone who has ever reached out via email and social networks and thanks to the rest of you lurking

Episode 133: Cathy

May 19th, 2015 11m 2s

Parents are defined as the people the beget or bring forth offspring. Cathy never beget me...but I’d still say she was like a mom.

Episode 132: The Obituary

May 11th, 2015 8m 35s

Today I’ll share with you a few nice words about a friend of ours.

Episode 131: Disgusting

May 5th, 2015 16m 28s

Another repeat. Two in a row. If you're interested in joining an online writer's group, drop me a line: [email protected]

Episode 130: Goodbye To All That...Again

Apr 28th, 2015 11m 1s

I won't lie. I'm fucking busy.Today is the day that I have to record, and it's already 10pm and I haven't written a word. Therefore you're getting a repeat...but don't worry, it's one of my favorite episodes. I think you'll like it.Don't forg

Episode 129: The Slaughterhouse

Apr 21st, 2015 8m 51s

When you work at a slaughterhouse you have to be prepared. You have to wear the proper protective gear, and you have to know that at the end of the day you may be covered in blood.

Episode 128: Sugar

Apr 14th, 2015 10m 12s

From time-to-time we all feel like we are doing the right thing...then we end up drinking three gallons of water and pissing every fifteen minutes and we have to question our approach.

Episode 127: The Maze

Apr 7th, 2015 9m 48s

Every once in a while you find yourself trapped in a hedge maze with no escape. That’s normal...right?

Episode 126: Relief Valve

Mar 31st, 2015 9m 40s

The relief valve is a type of valve that is used to control or limit the pressure in a system or vessel which can build up. The pressure is relieved by allowing the pressurized fluid to flow...and today I let it flow.

Episode 125: Test Prep

Mar 24th, 2015 17m 23s

I’ve got this friend Joe. He’s a few years older than me. And he’s gay.

Episode 124: A.K.A.

Mar 17th, 2015 8m 22s

Don’t act like you know how to spell your name and I’m the idiot. This is probably a really common problem.

Episode 123: Super Human

Mar 10th, 2015 6m 27s

According to Buzzfeed, my super power should be melting into a puddle. But that’s bullshit.

Episode 122: Mr. Noah And The Drugs

Mar 3rd, 2015 11m 43s

Some situations from your childhood are hard to understand because they are clouded with lousy memory and inflated emotional recollection. Other memories are easy to recall...like taking candy from a baby...or giving him drugs.

Episode 121: Just This One

Feb 24th, 2015 11m 27s

Sometimes we do things begrudgingly and they end up paying off.

Episode 120: This Sort Of Thing

Feb 17th, 2015 9m 46s

There’s this geosocial app for smartphones that is geared towards gay men to have quick encounters with people in their vicinity and promises to deliver a hit-it-then-quit-it scenario…like something that can be wiped away with a dirty towel fro

Episode 119: Grub

Feb 10th, 2015 11m 45s

“Hope” is a good breakfast, but an awful supper.

Episode 118: In Between

Feb 3rd, 2015 11m 32s

This episode is brought to you today by the letter “G” and the number “7.”

Episode 117: Bad Habit

Jan 27th, 2015 11m 44s

We should start at the very beginning. That’s a...very good place to start.

Episode 116: California Gurls

Jan 20th, 2015 10m 15s

Greetings Loved ones...let’s take a journey. A journey into a story to see what kind of impact I have had on this world.

Episode 115: Drunk & Goofy

Jan 13th, 2015 14m 47s

This summer, from the folks that brought you THERE’S SOMETHING ABOUT MARY and THE BRIDGET JONES DIARY comes a new romantic comedy that start with a man saying, “Hi. I’m Mike Lawson and I tell what some would call lies.”

Episode 114: My Favorite

Jan 6th, 2015 13m 29s

Favoritism is bad. It makes the “un-favorites” feel like they are unimportant or lesser. But when you are the favorite it feels fucking good.

Episode 113: Do You Want Kids

Dec 29th, 2014 11m 27s

The question is as common as “What Do You Do?” “Are you from around here?” or “Who Would You Rather…”Today I take on a question that I get asked too frequently and infrequently answer directly.

Episode 112: The Pythagorean Theorem

Dec 22nd, 2014 8m 46s

The harder the problem, the more likely there is more than one way to solve it, whether the problem be in math or in life.Don't forget to email story ideas! Just pick any disgusting word or phrase then turn it into an email address by writing