PTPOP - A Mind Revolution

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PTPOP - A Mind Revolution-Leading you out of the rabbit hole one grain of truth at a time-A production of Peter Tompkins Productions LLC & Skating Bear Studios#ptpop #culture #personalgrowth  https://www.patreon.com/PTPOPWelcome to PTPOP: A Mind Revolution, where the art of storytelling meets the quest for profound understanding. Hosted by the inquisitive and thought-provoking P.T. Pop, this podcast delves deep into the realms of psychology, philosophy, and the human experience. Each episode is an enlightening journey designed to challenge conventional thinking, inspire personal growth, and explore the intricacies of the mind. PTPOP: A Mind Revolution is not just a podcast; it's a movement dedicated to unraveling the complexities of human consciousness and societal norms. With a blend of insightful interviews, compelling narratives, and introspective monologues, P.T. Pop guides listeners through a transformative experience that sparks curiosity and ignites a revolution of thought.

  1. John Rinaldi Reveals Untold Big Chuck & Lil’ John Stories

    Jun 9

    John Rinaldi Reveals Untold Big Chuck & Lil’ John Stories

    Send us Fan Mail A lot of people remember Big Chuck and Little John as a fun Friday night monster movie show. Talking with John Rinaldi, the man generations of Cleveland viewers know as Little John, makes it clear it was also something deeper: a weekly ritual that gave families a shared language, a safe laugh, and in more than a few cases, a lifeline during the hardest years of someone’s childhood.  We get into John’s memoir, Laughing My Way Through Life, including why he resisted writing it for years, how he teamed up with Carl Hendricks to capture John’s voice on the page, and what it’s like to negotiate with publishers over which stories “have to stay.” John also shares the very real, very funny side of book promotion, from Barnes and Noble events to the legendary option of buying a copy “out of the trunk of my car.” If you care about memoir writing, Cleveland history, or local TV nostalgia, you’ll get a lot out of this.  From there, we dig into the mechanics of the show and the business behind it: Chuck Schodowski as the creative engine who wrote and directed thousands of sketches, John as the guy handling contracts, appearances, and everything outside the station, and how a jewelry business on East 9th fit into an 80 to 90 hour work week that still felt joyful. John explains why the show was scripted, how the movie “breaks” were handled, and why that old-school pacing might not survive in today’s instant-gratification media world of YouTube, streaming, and short clips.  We also talk about how local television production changed as stations shrank from hundreds of employees to a fraction of that number, plus the union lessons John learned early on and the support he got from Cleveland legend Dick Goddard. If you grew up on WJW Fox 8, love behind-the-scenes TV stories, or want a reminder of what community entertainment can do, this conversation is for you. Subscribe, share this with a fellow Northeast Ohio native, and leave a review with your favorite Big Chuck and Little John memory. Support the show Skating Bear Studios

    54 min
  2. SNL Lost Its Edge

    May 19

    SNL Lost Its Edge

    Send us Fan Mail After NBC blocked my video worldwide, I discuss what happened to Saturday Night Live, why modern comedy feels corporate and unfunny, and how fake internet culture may be shaping entertainment today. #SNL #NBC #Comedy #WillFerrell #PaulMcCartney #SaturdayNightLive #GenX #PTPOP Support the show Skating Bear Studios

    38 min
  3. Born From Chaos

    Apr 4

    Born From Chaos

    Send us Fan Mail Chaos is the first truth of your life, and we spend the rest of our days trying to cover it with something that feels like order. On Mind Revolution, PC Pop goes straight at the uncomfortable question: if we came from randomness, why do we act like we’re guaranteed a plan, a mission, or a perfectly managed outcome? We start at the beginning, the raw biology of chance, and move into what that chaos looks like on the ground: family dysfunction, addiction, homelessness, and the kind of pain that doesn’t fit into tidy explanations. From there we pull apart the illusion of control we build with calendars, jobs, rules, and status, then zoom out to the bigger stories society tells when life gets unbearable. Religion and the promise of heaven and hell can feel like an organized answer to an unorganized universe, but real life stays messy, contradictory, and morally complicated. Then we take on modern magical thinking and the self-help industry: “just think positive,” “visualize,” “manifest.” We’re clear that attitude and effort matter, but we challenge the sales pitch that you can think your way out of being human. We talk about why chaos still hits the rich, the famous, and the “successful,” and why that matters for mental health, resilience, and the search for meaning. The takeaway is not despair, but relief: logic and structure are tools, not guarantees, and acceptance can be a stronger foundation than fantasy. If you’ve been exhausted by trying to control everything, press play, share this with someone who needs it, and subscribe and leave a review so more people can find the conversation. Buzzsprout - Let's get your podcast launched!Start for FREECoffee Worth DrinkingCoffee that's bold, smooth, and freshly roasted with flavor you can taste in every cup. Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the show Skating Bear Studios

    16 min
  4. Call Center Documentary

    Apr 1

    Call Center Documentary

    Send us Fan Mail Seven minutes. That is the invisible clock running behind a huge slice of modern customer service, and it changes everything about how work feels on the other side of the headset. Mike Williams of Sage of Quay Radio talks wiith Peter Tompkins, the filmmaker behind Disconnected: Voices from the Call Center, about what call center life actually looks like when you strip away the corporate recruiting pitch and the “we are family” posters. Check out Sage of Quay Radio hosted by Mike Williams. We dig into the machinery of the job: average handle time, hold-time limits, scripts that punish you for missing a single word, recorded calls scored by quality assurance, and the bizarre reality of being told to upsell someone who is already furious about a billing mistake. Peter shares how thin training can be, how hard it is to find real-time support when supervisors vanish into meetings, and why the stress turns into anxiety, migraines, self-medication, and a constant sense that you are never quite “right” no matter how hard you try. From there, we zoom out to the business model and the culture. We talk about attrition that feels intentional, outsourcing and offshoring to lower-cost countries, union resistance, and why call centers can resemble modern sweatshops where the extraction is mental and emotional rather than purely physical. We also look ahead at AI customer support, what happens when bots can handle thousands of calls at once, and the uncomfortable question of who still gets to earn a living when automation replaces entire job categories. If you have ever worked a support job, managed a team, or wondered why calling a big company can feel so miserable for everyone involved, this conversation will give you language for what you already sensed. Subscribe for more, share this with someone who has lived the call center grind, and leave a review with your take: which workplace metric has done the most damage where you work? Buzzsprout - Let's get your podcast launched!Start for FREEDisclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the show Skating Bear Studios

    1h 23m
  5. Your Are The Resistance

    Feb 20

    Your Are The Resistance

    Send us Fan Mail We confront selective silence in mainstream news, challenge the cycles of distraction, and lay out a practical playbook for peaceful, disciplined resistance built on media literacy. We trade rage for focus and show how local action, verification, and unity expose hidden power. • framing the files and the cost of media silence • Skynet as a metaphor for opaque systems • why outrage is a trap and clarity is leverage • media literacy tactics and primary sources • asking better questions of news and Hollywood • local engagement, records requests, school boards • decentralizing networks and supporting verified reporting • protecting children, teaching privacy and scam awareness • modeling calm, unity, and disciplined action Support the show Skating Bear Studios

    39 min
  6. From Homestead To Coffee Cup

    Feb 18

    From Homestead To Coffee Cup

    Send us Fan Mail A farm name with family roots, a Labrador on the label, and a decision made on a Saturday afternoon—that’s how Seminova Acres came to life. We sit down with founder Robert Seaman to trace the leap from idea to action and the craft choices that make his coffee smooth, fresh, and genuinely useful for early mornings and long days. If you’ve ever wondered why grocery coffee tastes bitter or why some cups leave you jittery, this conversation breaks it down in plain language and practical tips. Buy Robert's coffee here http://www.semanovaacres.com Robert shares how fresh-roasted Arabica changes the game: fewer harsh notes, more balance, and a finish that doesn’t punch you in the throat. We compare Arabica and Robusta, talk about how shelf time dulls flavor, and explain why a medium profile like the Tradesman Blend wins for most palates at home and in restaurants. The story gets personal too—family heritage woven into the name “Seminova,” a grandfather who lived on coffee and grit, and the Labrador as a working symbol of reliability and welcome. Beyond the cup, we dig into building trust for a new brand, navigating licensing and regulations, and the real economics of making better coffee at home versus daily café runs. Robert’s mission stretches past sales: a new partnership with NAWIC (National Association of Women in Construction) channels proceeds into training and support for women entering the trades. It’s a throughline of service, from fraternity values to a five-year vision centered on community impact, youth sports, and practical help where it’s needed most. If you’re ready to rethink your morning routine, start with the Tradesman Blend and taste what fresh, small-batch coffee can do for your day. Then stick around for the bigger story of how a simple cup can fuel good work. Subscribe, share this episode with a friend who loves coffee, and leave a quick review to help more people find the show. #SemanovaAcres #RobertSeman #CoffeeLovers #SpecialtyCoffee #CoffeeBusiness #ArtisanCoffee #SmallBatchCoffee #CoffeeInterview  Buzzsprout - Let's get your podcast launched!Start for FREEDisclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the show Skating Bear Studios

    28 min
  7. Three Deaths, One Album, And The Birth Of Modern Distraction

    Feb 10

    Three Deaths, One Album, And The Birth Of Modern Distraction

    Send us Fan Mail A single date can hold a quiet earthquake. We trace how November 22, 1963—JFK’s assassination, the deaths of C.S. Lewis and Aldous Huxley, and the Beatles releasing With the Beatles—marked a turning point where authority shifted from ideas to entertainment and from argument to image. Not a conspiracy, but a cultural handoff that still shapes how we think, feel, and choose. #November221963 #JFK #CSLewis #AldousHuxley #TheBeatles #CulturalShift #popculturehistory  We talk about Lewis as a rare public voice who made moral reasoning accessible without shouting, and why losing that kind of presence matters for anyone who still believes in objective truth. We unpack Huxley’s eerie accuracy about pleasure-based control, pharmaceutical pacification, and the soft tyranny of constant stimulation. Then we examine how the Beatles became a cultural multiplier, transforming music from background entertainment into identity and belonging, and how media speed overtook the slower circuits of books, sermons, and debates. From televised trauma to the omnipresence of screens, we chart how attention became the prize and emotion the lever, why celebrity eclipsed philosophy, and how image replaced argument in public life. Along the way, we challenge the habit of ambient entertainment, the normalization of instant gratification, and the subtle ways convenience edits our convictions. If authority follows attention, the path back to depth runs through what we watch, read, and repeat. Listen for a clear map of the shift, plus practical cues for reclaiming agency over your inputs. If this resonates, share it with a friend, hit follow, and leave a quick review—then tell us: where are you choosing to place your attention next? Support the show Skating Bear Studios

    29 min
  8. Inside The Headset: Power, Pay, And Surveillance

    Feb 9

    Inside The Headset: Power, Pay, And Surveillance

    Send us Fan Mail A headset, a timer, and a spreadsheet shouldn’t define a person’s worth. We sit down with labor expert and author Debbie Goldman to unpack how call center work became ground zero for modern management—surveillance dashboards, offshore outsourcing, commissions that move the goalposts, and the quiet erosion of dignity behind every “your call may be recorded.” From the Bell System’s era of regulation and quality benchmarks to a fragmented market obsessed with cost per call, Debbie maps the choices that turned customer service into a high-pressure maze and the collective strategies that pushed back. We travel through a pivotal timeline: secret monitoring that sparked “stress relief” contract language, the breakup that unleashed non-union competitors, and the rise of global BPOs that promised savings while hiding the costs of repeat contacts and churn. Debbie brings the receipts—Sprint shuttering a call center days before a union vote, organizing drives chilled by fear of closure, and the calculated use of mergers to secure recognition through majority sign-up at AT&T Wireless. Along the way, she reframes customer service as skilled emotional labor, the kind that keeps customers loyal yet remains routinely undervalued in pay structures tilted toward commission and speed. AI now sits on top of this system, scoring tone, timing breaks, and compressing discretion in the name of efficiency. Debbie doesn’t predict a sci-fi future; she argues for practical guardrails: transparency in monitoring, limits on automated evaluation, and public policy that rewards first-call resolution and real quality over short-term cost cutting. The takeaway is grounded and hopeful—organize where you can, activate where you are, and remember that the person on the line is the company’s voice to the world. If you’ve worked a call queue, led a CX team, or wondered why service so often fails the human test, this conversation connects the dots. Enjoyed the conversation? Follow the show, share this episode with a coworker, and leave a review to help more listeners find it.  Buy Debbie's book here: https://a.co/d/05EAwVht and here https://www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=p088155 Support the show Skating Bear Studios

    42 min
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PTPOP - A Mind Revolution-Leading you out of the rabbit hole one grain of truth at a time-A production of Peter Tompkins Productions LLC & Skating Bear Studios#ptpop #culture #personalgrowth  https://www.patreon.com/PTPOPWelcome to PTPOP: A Mind Revolution, where the art of storytelling meets the quest for profound understanding. Hosted by the inquisitive and thought-provoking P.T. Pop, this podcast delves deep into the realms of psychology, philosophy, and the human experience. Each episode is an enlightening journey designed to challenge conventional thinking, inspire personal growth, and explore the intricacies of the mind. PTPOP: A Mind Revolution is not just a podcast; it's a movement dedicated to unraveling the complexities of human consciousness and societal norms. With a blend of insightful interviews, compelling narratives, and introspective monologues, P.T. Pop guides listeners through a transformative experience that sparks curiosity and ignites a revolution of thought.

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  • Creator
    PTPOP
  • Years Active
    2019 - 2026
  • Episodes
    78
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2026 PTPLLC Peter Tompkins Productions LLC
  • Show Website
    PTPOP - A Mind Revolution