I Just Can't Stop Talking‪!‬ Christopher Burke

Ashton is transitioning RIGHT NOW. And you have a chance to help her! Please look below for donation info!

We recorded this about a year ago, and it is FINALLY here for your listening pleasure! And what a pleasure it will be. Ashton takes us through her journey, how her identification as a woman has impacted her life and how transitioning into herself is only beginning. She has put in a year of voice work, hormones, and advances in style; she is currently recovering from surgery, and the process is exactly as challenging and expensive as she made it sound a year ago when we recorded this.  

The most exciting part of this discussion for me, is trying to figure out if I am an egg myself. If you don't know what an egg is, then you really gotta get listening! And once you know what an egg is, you are encouraged to decide whether or not YOU think I am one. 

Below is a link to donate to Ashton's recovery/medical fund, and every little bit helps your girl out! When you make your donation to Ashton, you are also REQUIRED to vote whether or not you think I am an egg! Votes will be tallied, results will be announced, and a consequence of the winning side will be revealed... 

DONATE HERE: https://www.plumfund.com/medical-fund/ashtons-transition

or DONATE THROUGH VENMO: @ashtonimore 




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Woah! Where is that title going?? This one is wild. My dad and I sit down and talk sobriety. I am more sober than I have been since 12, and he is a sobriety champion, and we talk this topic out from all angles! Bill is a voice actor in Quarantine Radio Theater, and a thespian you can catch in some local productions if you're lucky, he's also great at building restoration! He's a lover of animals, and our dogs join the podcast as well. Getting to have a talk like this with my dad was incredibly special for me, and objectively I know this is going to be a great one to hear. I don't want to spoil it, my dad is a great speaker and we'd both love for you to hear it all from him! 

This week's charitable encouragement, chosen by my dad, is Safe Connections. https://safeconnections.org/   Safe Connections offers a variety of resoures and services for survivors of domestic and sexual assault, so follow the link, and click the word donate in the upper right corner.

Love you all very much! Hit me up and lemme know what you think, or hit me up if you just wanna talk about something! IJCSTpodcast@outlook.com

 


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This episode was a blast! It's always a good time to talk to Mat. Mat Lewis works at a brewery, and this is our spin on that standard two-white-guys-talking-beer kinda podcast episode! Just a really great conversation, with a really great guy to talk to. Learn how to make beer, how it can fulfill you creatively, and how it needs to be talked to appropriately. 

We used to have hours of talking like this when we worked together at a different brewery, so it was really nice to have some drinks, and have a good time. I'm glad to share it with you, hope you enjoy. Then later, I hope you visit Mat, and enjoy some beers!

Mat wanted to make sure that anyone wanting to donate to a good cause be encouraged to pick their favorite local mental health nonprofit to donate money to. Mental health is an incredibly important thing to support, and bolstering the local resources is one of the best ways to contribute to our cultural shift towards healthier minds inside healthier humans! He also wanted me to include a local mental health nonprofit of my choosing, and so here is a link if you'd like to donate to the Missouri Mental Health Foundation! https://www.missourimhf.org/donate/


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Jordan and I sat and talked for a while! We had such a blast, aaannnd it's a long one. If you've ever wondered anything about us as a couple, the answer is probably somewhere in this jam packed episode.

We did a bit of catching up, but then we unpacked. We unpacked five years of relationship stuff! It was a lot of fun, it got real, and we talked about a lot of stuff that doesn't come up super often, and all amidst our ENGAGEMENT TIMES! 

So just sit back, relax, treat yourself to breaks when you need them, and enjoy a big ole lovey relationship episode. 

Unrelated to everything we talked about, Jordan's pick for a charity or cause for listeners to donate money to, should hey wish, is Greenpeace! Greenpeace is a global network involving many organizations which bring attention to environmental problems as well as solutions. If you want to  donate, there is an option in the upper left corner of their website, this link will take you there. https://www.greenpeace.org/usa/

Thank you so much for listening! Love over everything!


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We're back! And I'm gonna keep making this podcast as a great excuse to have some fun conversations with some fascinating people. As often as possible! 

This one is just to catch up on some life stuff, and talk about what's next for the podcast. I'm happy to be releasing episodes again, and I've had such an amazing experience recording the episodes we have on deck. Thank you so much for listening, I promise to keep doing my best for you! 

Among the new stuff I wanna do, I'm including an opportunity to donate to a good cause. Later episodes will have causes picked by our guests, so today will be one I wanna include! 

https://blackpowerblueprint.org/donate/ Here is the link to donate to the Black Power Blueprint. This group is working hard in the north side of St. Louis, to transform the community into one owned and managed by the members of the community, and with infrastructure and coordination to continue making improvements indefinitely. They're outstanding, and more important than ever during a time in which the city government is close to completing a decades long project to displace an entire community of people. If you're wyt, just think of a donation as reparations on your terms! I dunno if I'm qualified to say that at all, but I'll say anything I wanna if I think it'll get you to donate! Whoever donates the most and sends a screenshot or some sort of proof to IJCSTpodcast@outlook.com, WILL get a gift! To be determined and announced officially, at a later time.



Love you all so much! Thanks again! 


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Wow! What a big episode for us to end poetry month with! T-Spirit herself sat down over zoom and talked with me for a while about all sorts of amazing stuff. 

First of all, she has a new book out now! Some Things Must Be Heard! I've said it before, and I will say it again, this should be required reading/listening for any poets or fans of poetry, as well as a required book for anyone's 2021 reading list. After listening to the audio book which comes with the book itself, you will feel empowered and creative and ready to take on the world. You deserve that. 

Follow everything she does on facebook or instagram; more importantly, be sure to get your copy of her book, then book her for your events, get your own Intimate Expression, and be on the look out for her writing workshops! You can find all those things and more at https://tspirit.net/

As always, find me on tiktok and facebook, and hit me up with any feedback or fun stuff you'd like to at IJCSTpodcast@outlook.com

Love you all so much! 


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