The Comin’ Home Podcast with John Alan
John Alan is an author, singer/songwriter, standup comedian, champion powerlifter, and writer. He engages guests, viewers, and listeners in good conversation about life, its challenges and rewards.
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Wednesday Jan 13, 2021
Wednesday Jan 13, 2021
I waited a while to share my thoughts on the coup attempt at our Capitol building in Washington D.C.
I have spoken.
Snoopy joins me on the mic a little further out in this episode, and she shares a few thoughts. She was tired after very little sleep, so good luck with understanding what the heck she had to say. She's got a charming Norwegian accent, though, so maybe her foreign babbling can be good white noise for you. Is that racist? Laugh now.
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Sunday Jan 10, 2021
Sunday Jan 10, 2021
Evan Lewis is the owner of Ægir Bryggeri (Ægir Brewery) in Flåm, Norway. He is also an educated musician.
Evan talks about his journey from home-brewing his own beer as a teenager, to success in Silicon Valley, to the Dotcom Crash, to coming to Norway where he and his Norwegian wife bought a hotel/restaurant which he then converted to a brewery and pub. Evan’s brewery pub is recognized as one of the best, if not THE best in Norway, and has won Norway's best brewery pub in 2008-2010.
http://www.aegirbryggeri.no/
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Thursday Dec 31, 2020
Thursday Dec 31, 2020
Here's a quick message from me to all of you who have seen me through my first one hundred episodes.
I love you guys.
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Tuesday Dec 29, 2020
Tuesday Dec 29, 2020
Today, I have Snoopy on the mic as my guest, and she's pulled up to my studio desk with some fake Norwegian Gløgg. The one hundred year old sheepskin that she wants to use for our bedsheet, however, is quite real. True story!
In between some of my random riffing and romance, Snoopy challenges people to go to my YouTube channel and follow my podcast, but only if they like me. That would have been a great clip to use for advertisement, but Snoopy didn't even know the name of my podcast. Terrible.
We talk about Snoopy's rather rough introduction to American job life back in the day when she was a new Norwegian immigrant to the USA. For her first job there, she worked at a health clinic in a Chicago-area ghetto. She quit after about a week. Her her next job was at a funeral home. Listen to her story about how these jobs challenged her usage of the Metric System and the English language, and led her to being escorted out of a Chicago ghetto by the police.
P.S. Snoopy was my technical assistant for this episode, so the sloppy sign-off is her fault. She couldn't reach the button that stops the recording. She has stubby arms.
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Friday Dec 25, 2020
Friday Dec 25, 2020
My Snoopy is at work, and the babies are in bed, so I light a salt candle and chat with y'all.
I talk about my Christmas Eve and an almost two-hour conversation with my Ma on the telephone this afternoon, and how we talked about family history. I also reflect on that time when Snoopy and I turned heads at a Federal Courthouse back home.
Merry Christmas to all of my listeners. Be blessed.
Sunday Dec 20, 2020
Sunday Dec 20, 2020
Lauren White (a.k.a. The Poetic Engineer) is the author of "Sunshine and Whisky" and "Innocently Devious", a poet and an engineer.
Lauren was diagnosed with high-functioning autism just a few days before our conversation. She told me how it all made sense, in a way, and how autism, ADD, ADHD, PTSD, depression and anxiety can be related. We discussed how Lauren's autism manifests itself in her daily life and relationships, and I quizzed her on her writing style.
Please go to Lauren White's website at https://www.thepoeticengineer.com/ to read her blog post about her diagnosis, and to buy her books.
From me, John Alan,
to my listeners and viewers:
I am a believer in "Enlightenment Through Dialogue". I carefully choose my guests for my show. I do this show because I am looking to learn from people who inspire me, motivate me, or teach me more about the wonders of life. This is my journey as I work to put myself in a better condition and position from which I can help others as well as myself.
Come on home, kick your feet up and join me.
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