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Fishing Without Bait 523: Beyond the Party Line

July 14th, 2026  |  23 mins 54 secs

abortion discussion, accountability, adoption, bipartisan conversation, civic engagement, communication, community, compassion, critical thinking, difficult conversations, emotional intelligence, family support, forgiveness, foster care, infertility, jim ellermeyer, lifelong caregiving, listening to learn, mental health, mindful living, mindfulness, mr. rogers, personal responsibility, political dialogue, political representation, producer mike, recovery, representative democracy, republican perspective, respect, respectful disagreement, social media echo chambers, special needs care, teenage pregnancy, voter education, wellness, wise mind

In Part 2 of our conversation with Missy Sorg, we explore difficult questions surrounding abortion, adoption, foster care, family support, voter education, and personal responsibility. Missy and Jim Ellermeyer also examine how political labels and social media echo chambers interfere with our ability to listen, learn, and treat one another with respect.

Fishing Without Bait 402: From Pitfalls to New Perspectives

November 28th, 2023  |  Season 11  |  21 mins 7 secs

community, forgiveness, letting go, life purpose, mental health, mindfulness, pittsburgh, podcast, podcastspirituality, pro wrestling, psychedelics, self-care

Join host Jim Ellermeyer and guest Regina Badger as they have an insightful discussion touching on spirituality, mental health, psychedelics, pro wrestling, and more. They explore the uncertainty in life and the call to cultivate community. Regina shares her passion for building a new future centered around meaning and purpose and experience using DBT and Ayahuasca. Tune in to hear Regina's uplifting life perspective rooted in letting go, forgiveness, and doing good for ourselves and others.

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Fishing Without Bait 401: Interpreting Spirituality

November 14th, 2023  |  Season 11  |  23 mins 11 secs

ayahuasca, beginner's mind, challenges, community, expectations, growth, letting go, life's journey, materialism, nature, opportunities, psychedelics, self-forgiveness, self-reflection, social media pressures, spirituality, unknown

Regina Badger shares her spiritual journey through psychedelics and how embracing life's challenges leads to growth. She and Jim discuss how we're all connected energetically and the importance of self-forgiveness. They talk about avoiding materialism and social media pressures, instead finding success through community and nature. Though their paths differ, they agree stepping into the unknown with beginner's mind opens us to possibilities. Overall, an insightful discussion on spirituality, letting go of control, and being open to life's journey.

AwesomeCast 645: The Booty Constellation

June 27th, 2023  |  Season 11  |  52 mins 28 secs

aaa gas calculator, adobe, animal crossing, apple arcade, charging pki, community, cost calculators, hello kitty, hills food truck, infrastructure reliability, june boötid meteor shower, mattel adventure park, nacs connector, pa turnpike calculator, pittsburgh, podcast enhance, reddit blackout, sae international, tech, travel

Join Sorg, Dudders, and Podnar in their Pittsburgh-based tech podcast. In this episode, they discuss handy travel cost calculators like the AAA Gas Calculator and PA Turnpike Calculator. They also explore the exciting combination of Hello Kitty and Animal Crossing on Apple Arcade. The hosts share their experience with the Hills Food Truck and highlight the upcoming 'June Boötid' meteor shower in the Pittsburgh area. They delve into SAE International's announcement of a standard for NACS Connector, Charging PKI, and Infrastructure Reliability. Additionally, they discuss the Podcast Enhance feature from Adobe and uncover the whereabouts of communities affected by the Reddit Blackout. Don't miss out on the latest tech updates by subscribing to the podcast at awesomecast.com.

Comic Book Pitt 346: Suicide Squad #4

March 31st, 2020  |  1 hr 16 mins

7x7 comics, american jesus, asterios polyp, baby driver, batman, batman last knight on earth, bumblebee, comic book pitt, community, dark horse comics, dc comics, five years, grendel, hawkman, kaiju kitty, mister miracle, pittsburgh, podcast, podcast life, podcasting, podcasts, star trek picard, suicide squad, the batman who laughs, the shadow, the shield, x-ray robot

What is life like during the Staycationpocalypse? Scott watched “Bumblebee” and “Baby Driver” and is working on the new season of Kaiju Kitty for 7x7 Comics. Dan played the group party game Psych!, is watching “Community”, “The Shield”, and “Star Trek: Picard”, and read “Asterios Polyp”, “Hawkman” Vol 1 TPB 2018, and Tom King’s “Mister Miracle”

Comics discussed includes Batman Last Knight on Earth #2-3, The Batman Who Laughs #7, Suicide Squad #4, American Jesus #3, X-Ray Robot #1, Five Years #8, and Grendel vs The Shadow #1-3.

Comic Book Pitt 264: Talking the Talk: Black Lightning, Scott Snyder and More

February 16th, 2018  |  1 hr 5 mins

aquaman, black lightning, brie larson, captain marvel, chris claremont, comic book, comic book pitt, comics, community, dc comics, fantastic four, fuller house, justice league, marvel comics, rick and morty, scott snyder, smallville, the crown, x-men

Dan, Jared, Scott, and Shawn engage in a casual conversation about comics, TV, and movies.