What's The Matter With Me? Podcast

John Hoppin

Hey everybody my name is John, I’m 46, disabled wheelchair user, husband, parent, community radio DJ, small business owner, podcaster with multiple sclerosis and trigeminal neuralgia. I made the What’s The Matter With Me? podcast to share what I’m going through.

  1. Jun 3

    Vulnerable Population

    Synopsis In “Vulnerable Population.” riding county paratransit service in my wheelchair. Matt gets uneasy around the other parents. Who’s more pathetic: the Peace Advocate or the I.T. Guy? Selfie I’m back

    9 min
  2. War

    Mar 6

    War

    In “War,” remembering my dad as an antiwar veteran and trying to make sense of current international relations. Record reviews: Magic Fig, Wet Leg, and Geese. Reading Helen DeWitt and Ilya Gridneff’s new book “Your Name Here.” Magic Fig, “Valerian Tea” Wet Leg, “Moisturizer” Geese, “Getting Killed” When I saw this a moviegoer died in the middle of the picture Your Name Here War Chapter List 00:00:00 – Intro 00:00:36 – Broken Wheelchair 00:02:10 – War 00:02:39 – Melian Dialogues 00:03:39 – Guy Died At Born On The Fourth Of July 00:04:56 – Shoutouts 00:05:36 – Magic Fig, Valerian Tea review 00:08:42 – Wet Leg, Moisturizer review 00:11:29 – Geese, Getting Killed review 00:12:52 – Your Name Here book review 00:18:52 – Outro

    21 min

  3. Feb 19

    I Regret Almost Everything

    In this episode, the season premiere of Season Ten, the podcast returns from a rather long hiatus with a review of “I Regret Almost Everything,” a memoir by New York City restaurant man Keith McNally, leading us into a little meditation on science and humanity.

    15 min
  4. Imaging The Disabled Body

    10/28/2025

    Imaging The Disabled Body

    Intro — Repeat Prints — Imaging the Disabled Body — Know Thyself — Chair Update — New Hope For Argumentative Life — Kids Dox You — Wife Went To Japan — “The Blue Mask” Lou Reed LP — Dad Time — Dad Food — Mom Called Me — John’s Debut — Outro Repeat Prints JWHMan Repeat #5 New Hope For Argumentative Life https://youtu.be/kj1EedLqXBI Back on the pod to discuss various topics including Saying My Age, A Conversation With My Brain, the Mortal Husk (Canto XIII of Dante’s Inferno), Falling, A Place For Us, By Us, the Argumentative Life, New Hope For Patients With MS and Other Neurological Disorders, and My Son’s Resolution. “The Blue Mask” Lou Reed LP Lou Reed “THE BLUE MASK: (1982) Lou Reed and Robert Quine Imaging the Disabled Body selfie Selfie Imaging The Disabled Body Chapter List 00:00:01 – Intro 00:01:03 – Repeat Prints 00:03:25 – Imaging the Disabled Body 00:08:06 – Know Thyself 00:08:55 – Chair Update 00:09:16 – New Hope For Argumentative Life Cartoon 00:10:24 – Kids Will Dox You 00:10:37 – Wife Went To Japan 00:12:06 – The Blue Mask LP Lou Reed 00:14:06 – Dad Time 00:16:20 – Dad Food 00:18:05 – Mom Called Me 00:19:05 – Johns Debut 00:19:49 – Outro

    21 min
  5. New Hope For Argumentative Life

    10/08/2025

    New Hope For Argumentative Life

    Saying My Age — Conversation With My Brain — Mortal Husk (Canto XIII) — Fell Against The House — A Place For Us, By Us — Argumentative Life — New Hope For Patients With MS and Other Neurological Disorders — My Son’s Resolution Shout outs To Rocky, Sandman, Jersey Girl A Place For Us, By Us ‘A Place for Us, By Us’: San Francisco’s Disability Cultural Center Breaks New Ground KQED Story about a first-in-the-nation disability community center in San Francisco, featuring Deborah Kaplan, Alice Wong, and others. New Hope Crossing the blood-brain barrier Wheelchair Breakdown My son’s resolution for a perfect world This Week’s Selfie “New Hope For Argumentative Life” Selfie New Hope For Argumentative Life Chapter List 00:00:11 – Saying My Age 00:01:39 – Conversation With My Brain 00:02:36 – Mortal Husk (Canto XIII) 00:04:44 – Fell Against The House 00:06:40 – Shoutouts 00:07:34 – “A Place For Us, By Us” KQED Story 00:13:07 – Argumentative Life 00:14:47 – New Hope For Patients With MS and Other Neurological Disorders 00:22:10 – My Son’s Resolution

    25 min
  6. Animated Representation

    09/05/2025

    Animated Representation

    The iconic line, “It’s alive! It’s alive!” is spoken by Dr. Henry Frankenstein (played by Colin Clive) in the 1931 film Frankenstein. This famous line is actually an addition to Mary Shelley’s original novel, where the creator reacts with horror and flees from his creation. Birthdays Mom, Freddie Mercury, Gordon Harrison Hull Put It On The List (House shows) Polka band, Ghast, Bard with lyre we need a bard with a lyre to compose a theme song about foot wars that occur over the middle thing on the nook with the bridge about ‘can you stop?’ Man-O-Sphere Alternate Names Shipping Fraud Odyssey Seemingly endless meaningless Sisyphean conflict Animated Representation “It’s alive! It’s alive!” is spoken by Dr. Henry Frankenstein (played by Colin Clive) in the 1931 film Frankenstein. This famous line is actually an addition to Mary Shelley’s original novel. Outro Animated Representation Chapter List 00:00:17 – Birthdays 00:04:25 – Put It On The List 00:09:50 – Man-O-Sphere Alternate Names 00:13:57 – Shipping Fraud Odyssey 00:17:11 – Animated Representation 00:22:32 – Outro

    23 min
  7. Ghost On Sabbatical

    08/29/2025

    Ghost On Sabbatical

    Is this thing on? Seeing what still works. This Week’s Selfie Ghost On Sabbatical Chapter List 00:00:16 – Is This Thing On 00:00:35 – Ghost On Sabbatical 00:01:34 – Advanced Visualizing 00:02:27 – Maybe

    5 min
  8. The Tamis

    03/19/2025

    The Tamis

    Boom (explosive) Everybody in the house say What’s The Matter With Me? Podcast! Doesn’t really roll exactly? In “The Tamis,” we’ve started down a road and we aren’t looking back behind us. The episode finds us rolling the chair around Berkeley, thinking molecular gastronomy and cooking while disabled. Shoutouts To The Sandman, Etan Rechra, Tall John and Rocky Cal Performances Scene Ladysmith Black Mambazo creeped out my wife The “Walker” fiasco Are Marshmallows Molecular Gastronomy? Turns out, they’re like foam Burning Up I burnt my elbow on the BBQ again. I stumbled and my arm touched the lid. A Paucity Of Heat And Warm Water Our furnace broke. Netflix Is Middlebrow We signed up for Netflix. We’re watching “Killing Eve” and “Shameless” and it’s garbage. Kitchen tools I own but can’t use anymore The Tamis Making Rice Crispie treats isn’t the best for one hand either. Parting Shots If you get one cherry in your Manhattan, it’s a reminder that you should love someone but if you get two it’s a message that you are loved Peter Coyote, the life actor and San Francisco Digger was a big part of the inspiration for It Can Change, a guerilla art troupe that I was involved with in college. The Tamis Chapter List 00:00:00 – Intro 00:00:45 – Shoutouts 00:01:43 – Ladysmith Black Mambazo at Cal Performances 00:04:54 – Ticket Subscriptions 00:09:03 – Berkeley Scene 00:10:12 – Walker Fiasco 00:13:14 – Are Marshmallows Molecular Gastronomy 00:14:27 – Elbow Burn 00:16:20 – Broken Furnace 00:17:15 – Netflix Is Middlebrow Entertainment 00:20:14 – Killing Eve Review 00:20:54 – Shameless Review 00:22:43 – HBO Is More Highbrow 00:23:18 – The Tamis 00:24:37 – E. Dehillerin Cookware 00:26:35 – One Hand Rice Crispie Treats 00:27:32 – The Meaning Of Cherries 00:29:05 – It Can Change 00:30:50 – Outro

    33 min
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Hey everybody my name is John, I’m 46, disabled wheelchair user, husband, parent, community radio DJ, small business owner, podcaster with multiple sclerosis and trigeminal neuralgia. I made the What’s The Matter With Me? podcast to share what I’m going through.

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