0:00

Here it ends off, the episode covers a range of topics and thoughts that are currently

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on your mind. So ai, everyone is like,

0:11

AI is going to take our jobs ai, but AI can't summarize.

0:16

What's the matter with me podcast? Yeah,

0:20

what's going on? The, what's the matter with me, Mike? Roll.

0:26

Rolling. We're rolling myself. Set here.

0:33

I had one of those hot fried chicken sandwiches

0:38

for lunch with french fries.

0:42

They sell them as two packs,

0:46

but it's too much food, so I just eat one of them.

0:51

They're called sliders, fried chicken sliders with fries.

0:56

They come two order. I just get an order of sliders,

1:03

order of fries. My wife takes the slider and.

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Hopping hot sauce. It's the best hot sauce hopping hot sauce.

1:20

It's the best sauce in the world.

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The world I'm telling you. 'Cause otherwise it's too much food. That's why

1:32

I heard you wondering.

1:36

Welcome to What's the Matter with Me podcast. My name is John.

1:41

I'm 44 years old. Husband,

1:43

father of two small business down the radio, d a podcasters.

1:49

I have multiple sclerosis and drug.

1:54

I made this podcast to share what I'm going through.

1:58

I went to the urgent care this morning.

2:03

First I went to the Urgent Care on 14th Street in San

2:07

Leandro, and they told me they only do workers' comp.

2:14

So the only thing they do there is workers' comp on 14th.

2:19

They were like, you can go to the San Leandro Hospital.

2:23

My wife is like, we are not covered there.

2:27

So we went to the urgent care in Castro

2:32

Valley and they took the staples outta my head

2:38

and my wife said, looking at my head, it's like a,

2:41

there's like a black worm on my head.

2:46

She said it was gross. So I, I gotta wash my head now.

2:51

I'll do that. I got it. No black worms on your head unless you want that.

2:58

You are tuned into the, what's the Matter with me podcast.

3:02

I was checking out the stats

3:06

recently and I found that Oklahoma and

3:10

North Dakota have the fewest listeners to this podcast.

3:16

Maybe that makes sense because Oklahoma and North Dakota aren't the

3:20

most populous states.

3:24

So maybe that makes some kind of sense. But, uh, to be honest,

3:29

Fargo, North Dakota, where my North Dakotans at and my Oklahoma

3:35

knows my Okla homies,

3:39

the fewest listeners. Anyway, they don't care what I call 'em.

3:45

They're not listening. California and New York have the most listeners surprised.

3:52

I live there. I live in California and I moved here from New York.

3:59

So, okay, since May I get it and there's lots of people there. So I've been thinking,

4:08

it's been seven years I've been doing this podcast and

4:13

I'm thinking about ending this podcast. What do you think?

4:18

Email me, John, at hopping world.com.

4:22

Use the contact form at what's the matter with me.org?

4:28

I'm thinking about ending it.

4:30

I was like on the delete button and my wife walked

4:35

in and busted me and she was like, what are you doing?

4:40

So I gotta like think about it. I'm thinking about it.

4:44

I asked AI to summarize the last couple episodes

4:49

of this podcast. And AI was like,

4:53

I don't know what to call it. It's just a bunch of personal anecdotes.

4:58

Not exactly, but pretty much it was just like,

5:01

your podcast makes no sense. So last day of summer at the AI Factory,

5:09

I asked AI to summarize the transcript and it,

5:14

I said, and I asked it to come up with the main idea.

5:19

And it, it writes, the AI writes,

5:23

the main idea of this episode is a stream of conscious

5:28

narrative where you share updates on various

5:33

things, on various topics.

5:38

And it's like, so AI doesn't even know what the podcast is about.

5:43

Everyone's freaking out. 'cause AI knows everything and AI

5:50

here ends off the episode covers a range of topics

5:54

and thoughts that are currently on your mind. So ai,

6:00

everyone is like, AI is going to take our jobs ai but AI can't summarize

6:06

what's the matter with me podcast? I think a few episodes ago we were talking about how it's about nothing

6:15

'cause I'm from the Seinfeld generation, but AI is like,

6:20

no, no, no, this is just nonsense. This is non sequitur.

6:25

After non sequitur, I'm trying to get AI to work for me.

6:30

You know, I I actually used AI to generate

6:35

the image of last day of summer at the Jelly Belly factory.

6:40

There's a bunch of jelly beans on a conveyor belt as if,

6:46

as if with a one inch border between the,

6:50

it's like an impossible image that AI made for me

6:55

for the cover of last day of summer at the Jelly Bellying factory.

7:00

And that was pretty good. But AI cannot come up with the main idea of this.

7:06

What is the main idea of this?

7:09

It's a stream of conscious narrative on various topics that are

7:14

on my mind. Thank you for listening to What's the Matter with me podcast.

7:20

But really, I, I was thinking about ending it last week. I,

7:25

but then my wife was like, you're sick right now.

7:28

And you always think things are horrible when you're sick.

7:33

And remember what your therapist told you is that things

7:38

seem worse when things get bad.

7:42

It's like a spiral. It's like if things are seeming bad,

7:47

you're going in your mind even think that they're worse than they are.

7:52

So that was a good call out by my wife. Maybe I shouldn't end this podcast.

7:58

As I read the note, I'm like, ah, I'm kind of enjoying doing this.

8:03

Anyhow, let's get on with the stream of conscious narrative on various topics

8:09

that are on my mind. Thanks AI. Taking your jobs,

8:14

ruining your life. It's so smart.

8:18

I literally gave it the whole transcript and I was like, here,

8:24

what's the idea? And it was like, oh fuck.

8:28

AI is as smart as Scooby Doo probably Scooby Doo is

8:33

smarter. There are all these companies and all this stuff.

8:39

Buildings being occupied by AI companies and

8:45

it can't even come up with the main idea of this podcast.

8:49

This is the podcast about what,

8:52

what a person with MS is going through.

8:56

I just got the staples outta my head and it looks like a black

9:01

worm on my head. I gotta wash my hair.

9:05

It's not like I haven't been washing it, but I guess there's,

9:09

I made me think of that band, the Fat Worm of Error.

9:14

Have you ever heard of that band? Fat Worm of Error. Alright,

9:19

let's get on the stream of consciousness. What does Wikipedia say?

9:24

Fat worm of Error is an avant rock band from

9:29

Northampton, Massachusetts. They're seen as staples of the underground noise and

9:38

improvisation scene. That's pretty good fat worm of error.

9:45

K F J C is how I, I've come into, oh,

9:48

cross fat worm of error. They're like,

9:51

well that's like fat worm of error. They bandied that about in conversation.

9:56

Like people know that's what K F J C is like,

10:01

they bandi things about obscure things.

10:06

Anyways, stream of consciousness, narrative stream on.

10:12

So I cleaned last week, I,

10:16

I did a little cleaning in my office.

10:19

There were some CDs that my wife had left me that

10:24

had been in her car when she crashed

10:29

her car. There was like three cars ago.

10:33

It was like 2000, 2013.

10:38

And one of the CDs was a Keith,

10:41

a Kurt Vate interview cd.

10:45

And I played it. I was digitizing it 'cause I was kind of like ripping all the

10:52

CDs and then putting them in a CD rack

10:57

and getting them off of my desk. Kurt Vogan was talking,

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my wife loves Kurt Vonnegut.

11:06

It's like a personality quirk with her.

11:11

And like, who would listen to some guy interviewing an author?

11:16

Anyhow, she would,

11:19

Kurt Vate starts discussing how making a play

11:24

is like getting yourself a new family. And I,

11:28

something about that struck me. I was like, wow,

11:32

listen to that author. Go.

11:35

But making a play is like getting yourself a new family.

11:40

And the court it struck in me is,

11:44

I thought it was related to how when I joined K F J

11:49

C back then in 2013 through

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2014, it was like volunteering at this place that provided support.

12:03

Kind of like how this podcast is a support mechanism.

12:08

I started it around the same time.

12:12

So 2016 and I got people

12:17

listening to this podcast and that provides support

12:23

and volunteering at K F J C.

12:25

It was like I got a whole news friends and family,

12:31

my K F J C family. It was cool. So what do you know, I got the,

12:36

I should listen to the rest of that Vonne interview

12:41

cd, the essential VO interviews CD

12:49

out on Cadman Essentials. You can get it.

12:53

It's out there getting involved with a volunteer organization.

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It's people who share your values and they think what you

13:05

think is important is important.

13:08

Even if it's fat worm of error,

13:12

they're like, oh yeah, I love 'em. They bandied about,

13:17

so volunteer at K F J C,

13:20

I've been making a lot of stuff for

13:26

K F J C, A lot of production and I wanna play some of it for you.

13:33

It's about to be fundraiser time there at K F J C

13:38

in October. So I wanted to like get,

13:43

there were some people that it seems like they can make a lot of

13:49

fundraiser ads quickly and I can't really,

13:54

or it's hard for me. I'm kind of a perfectionist,

13:58

but so far I've turned in seven completed

14:04

production spots. And that's a lot for me. In the past, I,

14:08

I've had like two or three finished.

14:12

And so this year I started early in, in like February.

14:18

So I, I've been making stuff and I've got up to seven 'cause

14:23

they play these spots during fundraiser in October.

14:28

They play creative calls to donate.

14:34

And so you kind of just have to tell the listener to

14:39

donate to the [email protected]

14:44

and that's it. You can do anything.

14:47

So I made this script about are you a reptile that

14:52

I hear there's ads on the Google audio.

14:58

It plays these ads and they're kind of, we make fun of them,

15:03

but there's something about them that stimulated me

15:08

creatively. Like they are producing,

15:12

there's a person producing these spots and they're doing

15:17

a lot really cheaply. Like one of the characters,

15:22

one of the voice actors. It'll just be like a tape of them going,

15:27

oh, oh, oh, you know, and then the edit,

15:32

the other actors saying stuff.

15:35

And it seems kinda like you could,

15:39

you could make something with groaning and,

15:43

and then K F J C is kind of weirdos,

15:47

so doing it kind of gross or potty

15:52

humor or stupid humor,

15:56

it kinda works with them. So I made this one spot,

16:00

are you a reptile? And it has that kinda,

16:05

ugh, like it was just, it needed a sound effect of a man grunting or whatever.

16:13

K F J C is just on the radio is often just on in my house

16:18

all the time. And I think it's also just on in some other

16:24

people's house and I'm sure it is.

16:27

So I kind of wanted to riff on that idea that there were,

16:32

were rooms around the world where it just

16:38

on all the time. And then I got into these ones about eating weird stuff

16:46

and I admit it's kind of icky, but I,

16:50

I kind of wanted to work with that.

16:53

And then I wanted to work into more sound effects.

16:57

So I think these are some questions.

17:01

And then the ends with the call to action donate kind of

17:08

a little achy about eating something.

17:12

So yeah, they, it's not, they're,

17:15

so every time they play a song for the first two

17:19

weeks of fundraiser, then the DJ breaks and plays one of these.

17:27

And so in between every single song that's played,

17:32

they play one of these spots. So I wanted to get all over the air in October,

17:40

so I made a bunch of spots and this one is the grossest

17:45

one. It came from this time

17:50

when, um, the chief engineer,

17:52

it was a live mic performance and the chief engineer

17:57

came into the room. There were a bunch of people setting up,

18:01

we were talking and he is like, you know,

18:04

we're like two peas in a pod. And, uh,

18:09

I was supposed to respond and, and I didn't know what to say.

18:13

So I, I kind of was nervous. So I I was like, Hey,

18:18

have you ever, oh yeah, yeah. It's kinda like,

18:23

you know, when you take a <inaudible>, you a toilet where someone's already taken a

18:30

shit in it. And I was nervous, dude, I'm,

18:35

you know, I say crazy things when I'm nervous. I was nervous.

18:41

I, I admit it. This guy was the chief engineer of the station.

18:46

I was more or less the new guy. All the other people were there,

18:51

the general manager, everyone else, I gotta tell you,

18:56

I gotta laugh. So I mean K F J C is that kind of organization,

19:03

but whew, I gotta laugh. I had that idea that people call in and donate one after

19:10

the other. They just donate.

19:13

And it reminded me of that time with when I said that gross

19:18

thing to the chief engineer.

19:22

So I made that spot and that is the grossest

19:27

one that is really pressing on. Like, can you play that?

19:33

It's revolting. So that's like a format that you can always use

19:41

where it's like an interview and then we're, oh, we're okay, here's a question.

19:46

And then that, so that one is like a,

19:51

a really formulaic one. So it got into this strong,

19:57

strong gassy odor. So that is the sound of air, uh,

20:04

hissing air. Uh,

20:07

I got that sound effect from our K F G A C sound effect library.

20:14

Well, so that the listener as a dog,

20:18

we'll see how that stuff goes over kind of pushing the boundaries.

20:25

Last episode, speaking of playing stuff, I played the, um,

20:31

theme song candidate and it was pretty avant garde.

20:36

And I wanna shout out to Rocky who wrote in saying that you

20:41

dug the new theme song candidate.

20:44

And I wanted to admit that the theme song candidate

20:49

from last episode was heavily influenced by if not

20:55

derivative of the body and o a s. So I,

20:59

I reviewed them in the record review

21:38

When I went in about 10 days ago to the ER and

21:43

have the lady staple my head.

21:47

She was a doctor and she kind of made an

21:52

offhanded comment of like, during checking my vitals,

21:56

she asked me how long or was it normal

22:01

for my hand, my right hand to be paralyzed?

22:06

And I don't really think of it like that.

22:10

And it made me reflect on it,

22:14

is that having my doctors tell me, they'll say like, oh,

22:19

you're, you know, since your leg is useless.

22:24

Or they'll make comments like, that leg is useless,

22:28

hand is paralyzed. And my kids,

22:32

it's reminiscent of my kids. Because my kids used to say, oh, you can't,

22:40

they would use language. Like, you can't use your hand.

22:46

Just like the doctor is saying, my hand is paralyzed. My kids would say,

22:51

you can't use your hand. And then I would put like a piece of paper in my hand and it

22:59

would grab it because that's what my hand does.

23:02

It's a claw they call it.

23:06

So I would put a piece of paper in it and I would turn to the kids and

23:11

be like, how about this? You know?

23:14

And that's how I feel when they're like, useless, paralyzed.

23:18

They use that kind of language. And I'm like,

23:22

that's not really what it is.

23:25

It's that it's not as usual. And I mean, the truth is,

23:30

it's, it's, I stand on my leg. It's,

23:34

it's far from useless. I use it to walk,

23:39

you know, not great, but it's certainly not useless.

23:44

And my hand doesn't really move.

23:48

It's like in a claw.

23:51

But I can put that piece of paper in it. I, you know,

23:54

to be more realistic, I often hold my cane with it.

23:59

And that is very useful. Like, for example,

24:02

when I'm walking with my cane and I come to a door,

24:07

I put my cane in my right hand and open the

24:12

door with my left and then put my cane back in my left hand and go on.

24:17

So it's far from useless. So it's like, what about this?

24:23

What about that? I just wanna point out like far from useless

24:29

thinking about listening to fat worm of error.

24:34

I don't own any, but maybe I can find some.

24:38

I've been listening to the Iowa's newsworthy past podcast,

24:44

you know, Iowa and specifically Iowa City Hold,

24:49

uh, are there of particular fascination to me.

24:55

And I got turned onto the Iowa's newsworthy

25:00

past podcast, Iowa's Newsworthy Past by Kristin Nunan.

25:09

She's made like almost 200 episodes category

25:13

history. It's a history podcast. You could tell your friends,

25:18

you'd listen to a history podcast,

25:22

no bells or whistles just to read through select columns

25:27

in historical Iowa newspapers on this day in

25:31

history, some readings may be shaky due to the quality

25:38

of the scan and the verbiage of the time.

25:42

Access to these newspapers has been acquired digitally

25:47

through the University of Northern Iowa's,

25:51

Iowa historical newspapers index.

25:56

Many thanks to the folks who put in the work and manage the collection.

26:02

These readings create a window back in time and are

26:07

perfect for listening intently or as

26:11

background and hopefully stir the imagination.

26:17

I love the idea that you would make a podcast for background.

26:22

I think I wonder if this podcast is good for background.

26:27

Give me an email. Do you listen to this podcast while you're doing something

26:34

<laugh>? Is that the question is, is this podcast,

26:39

do you sit in a room staring at the boombox?

26:44

I, I'm not sure what question I'm asking here.

26:48

Is this background or foreground?

26:51

Email me [email protected].

26:55

J o h n at h o p p i n w o r l d.com.

27:01

Give me your name, I'll give you a shout out. You know the deal shout outs to Iowa's newsworthy

27:08

past podcast, stimulating ideas from the past.

27:14

Listen to it as background. Go ahead or intently.

27:19

Some kids are always, it's like they're on another level. Like George Chen,

27:25

man, George Chen. George is like beyond category.

27:30

Pauly Math. He went to my same high school.

27:35

That's really what in the long run,

27:38

what I got to say about George Chen is we went to the same

27:43

high school. So we come from the same stupidity.

27:48

He runs the Zoom online distro.

27:52

He sells records and stuff. He has for like 25 years.

27:58

He's been doing it forever. And you can find it at Z u m o n

28:05

l i n e.com.

28:08

Zoom online.com.

28:12

He makes a compilation. He's done it, you know,

28:15

he's been outta it for 25 years.

28:18

He just came out with volume five and it's on

28:23

band camp, like, like everything is,

28:28

and Joe's Band Ox Meadows is on the volume five

28:33

zone, volume five compilation.

28:37

And it was on the front page of Bandcamp the other day.

28:42

And so that they, they come out with it. That's like,

28:46

who listens to Bandcamp? You know, it's like influencers.

28:51

Listen to Bandcamp radio. I was listening to it while it was barbecuing and you know,

28:59

some of it, it's like, yeah, some of it you're like, no,

29:03

it's kind of the radio. And then I heard this tune and I was like, what is this?

29:09

I went over, I had to check it out. Sure enough,

29:14

lo and behold, it was, they were featuring the Zoom volume five

29:20

compilation on Bandcamp radio.

29:24

And so I was like, yes, George, you're getting some shine. I texted him,

29:29

congratulations. And he hit me back and it was like,

29:33

George is not above me, but he's, he's man,

29:38

George is beyond category. He's doing insurance commercials. That's what,

29:46

if you're wondering what you do if you run a distro,

29:51

he's also a comedian. If you're a comedian and you run a music distro,

29:58

you can do some national commercials.

30:01

Hopefully George is doing it.

30:05

I think that's enough for this week. Check it out. George's Zoom,

30:09

volume five is on Bandcamp.

30:12

Just go to zoom online.com and you can figure it out.

30:18

Joe is on it. Ox Meadow, shout outs to Joe.

30:23

I'm gonna catch you next time. Thank you. It's not stupid,

30:26

but it's some kind of creative thing. Thank you for listening.

30:31

I'll just say that. I can just say that I could have edited all that

30:38

stuff out, but I'm gonna leave it all in stream of conscious narrative

30:45

number 27 this year. Not bad.

30:48

Thank you for listening to the, what's the matter? We podcast.