My Podcast Is Out
Sorry, but I made a podcast and my podcast is out. Sorry.
Hi! I haven’t written on substack in a while as I’ve been pretty busy not wanting to do so! And nothing’s been happening, really. I haven’t had any alcohol in three months, unless you count my dreams at night, where I consume alcohol in large quantities.
As a result of this sobriety, I have done something that many of you may find deeply troubling: I have begun a PODCAST.
I’m so sorry. Idle hands truly are the McDonald’s playplace of Beelzebub!
I tried to not do a podcast. When the idea occurred to me, I told a few people and hoped they would talk me out of it. I tried to pray it away. I waited for the idea to fade, as so many ideas do. But it would not fade, and as I could not chug rye whiskey to drive it off, it became stronger and I realized, “What the hell else is there to do?” So I spent a little money and watched a lot of YouTube tutorials and now I have to put this shit out and pretend I’m not embarrassed when my episodes max out at 17 views. Fuck!
But whatever, I think it’s kinda fun.
My podcast is called Hey Brad, How’s Australia Going? You can watch it on YouTube or simply listen to it on Spotify (and Apple once I post it there).
I will be speaking to Australians (and non-Australians) about this wacky-ass, bizarre-ass country I have found myself more or less trapped inside of for the foreseeable future. And asking questions like:
Why does life go the way it does?
How do we settle into lives we did not imagine for ourselves and try to somehow flourish within them?
Are you lonely? Do you have friends? Is life inherently lonely? Will you be my friend?
Why don’t you want to be my friend? I try so hard to be NICE!
How do we DEAL when our dreams did not pan out and we are doing a weird job in an office where a woman is speaking loudly with her mouth full of chocolate a few cubicles away as I type this?
I hope you enjoy it. But if you do not have any plans to listen or watch, please know I will not be offended in the least. There are too many podcasts in the world and they are not helping anyone! And if, after a few episodes, no one is listening, I promise I will stop this tomfoolery and return to chugging pints by myself and staring at traffic while chainsmoking. YOU have the power to kill this project and get me back on the sauce! I hope you take that power seriously.