onefjef

In which I ramble about overwhelming media, disappointing plants, mind-bending mushrooms, Trader Joe's, and which hand Vishnu would hold a microphone with.

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A ramble recorded during a quick trip to Colorado, where I soaked in a hot tub under the stars, hiked through Garden of the Gods, met a guy at a bar who’d been kidnapped by the cartel, went searching (unsuccessfully) for Crestone’s open-air funeral pyre, and somehow ended up on Chris Ryan’s podcast. It’s me in the thin mountain air, thinking about gratitude, middle age, and the strange turns life takes when you let it.

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In this semi-milestone episode, I enter the onefjef multiverse and sit down with… Jef Taylor. We talk about the odd intimacy of sharing an identity, the pretension & justification behind dropping the superfluous f, and what happens when you realize another version of you is out there working at a zoo, documenting Hot Wheels jousting, and looking for little pockets of joy wherever he can find them.

Follow Jef (the other Jef) on Instagram @urbpan, on YouTube at youtube.com/@Swamp_Hobbit, and if you're in the Boston area you can join one of his nature walks at fa...

This week I talk with writer and former Capitol Hill staffer — and my old co-worker — Evelyn Quartz about the strange afterlife of political work: how two people who once believed in “hope and change” ended up disillusioned with the system they helped run. We trade stories about burnout, ideology, and how a job that’s supposed to “change the world” can quietly drain your sense of meaning. Evelyn traces her path from congressional communications director to Substack essayist, and we get into money in politics, media grift, the post-2024 hangover, Tucker Carlson’s odd influence, and what it means to live an hones...

This week I sit down with my first teenage guest, Millie Matyjasik. We talk about driving lessons, ballet, cold plunges in the Pacific, social media brainrot, situationships, and what teenagers wish adults would understand.

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In this bonus episode of onefjef, I welcome back my dear friend Chris Casey—the very first listener to email the show, thereby winning the infamous email contest. Chris shares a heartfelt “acceptance speech,” a story about proving his mother wrong, and a perspective on seizing one's destiny (with AirPods and a $6 coffee in hand). We play his original voice memo, talk about prizes, party-crashing in Columbus, film festivals, self-driving cars, and why social media makes everything worse.

Also: a new contest is announced—just email a photo to onefjefpod@gmail.com and you, too, might win a prize...

In my first post-road trip interview, I talk to Anastasia Katsina, who grew up in post-Soviet Lithuania, immigrated to Columbus, Ohio as a teen, and eventually found her path as a yoga teacher and somatic therapist. We talk about resilience, Lithuania's spiritual traditions, living in Switzerland and Norway, and how the pandemic unexpectedly brought her back to Columbus. And also how it's hard to see the label when you're sitting inside your own jar.

Learn more about Anastasia's practice and sign up for one of her classes at: www.sijasomatics.com and follow her on...

In the seventh and final episode of my road trip, or at least this road trip, I visit the Great Sand Dunes National Park in the rain, experience the weirdness of Branson, get pulled over in Santa Fe, and get the hell out of Dodge City.

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In this, the penultimate episode of my road trip saga, I experience the horrors of California's Central Valley, the solitary magic of Joshua Tree, and the disturbing thing called Las Vegas.

If you're enjoying this podcast and would like to show some support and also get access to some photos from my trip, please subscribe to my Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/onefjef

Here's a link to my film COVERAGE, which I mention in the episode: https://vimeo.com/13490966

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I took a break from my road trip last week so I’m releasing an interview with my friend, filmmaker Alex Mallis, whose feature film The Travel Companion premiered at Tribeca earlier this year. We talk about the highs and lows of getting a first feature into a major festival, politics in New York, the joy of creating something for its own sake, and (yes) selling fart sounds as NFTs during COVID lockdown.

Learn more about The Travel Companion and sign up for the newsletter at thetravelcompanionfilm.com

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In the fifth part of my road trip I fly to Bogotá, Colombia where I chew coca leaves, discuss Ohio tourism with a Mexican woman, wander around an underground salt cathedral, and spend 8-10 hours in traffic.

Here's the website for the salt cathedral: https://www.catedraldesal.gov.co/en/

Here's the website for the shitty hotel we stayed at: https://www.estelarsuitesjones.com/en/

If you'd like to show some support for this podcast and also get access to some photos from my trip, you can visit my P...

In the fourth (and ironically static) episode of my road trip across the USA and beyond, I watch the fog roll into Muir Woods, contemplate the nature of friendship and forgetting, describe the San Jose experience, and dip my feet into the Pacific Ocean.

If you'd like to show some support for this podcast and also get access to some extra stuff, you can visit my Patreon page here: https://www.patreon.com/onefjef

Please follow the podcast on Instagram @onefjefpod, and please email the podcast at onefjefpod@gmail.com. If...

In this, the third episode of my road trip across the USA and beyond, I head into The Sierra Nevada and off the grid where I record from a kayak, talk to some young humans, and sink into the feeling of being separated from society just before having to return to it.

If you'd like to show some support for this podcast and also get access to some extra stuff, you can visit my Patreon page here: https://www.patreon.com/onefjef

Check out Adela's Substack "silly-string and other musings" here...

This is a very short bonus episode to announce the onefjef Patreon page. If you're interested in supporting the podcast in ways that don't involve your ears or your ratings and reviews, you can now make a monthly donation in exchange for some additional content and perks.

The Patreon page is here: https://www.patreon.com/onefjef

You can follow me on X @onefjef and on Instagram at @onefjefpod, and you can (and should) email the podcast at onefjefpod@gmail.com. If you send me a voice message I will probably...

The second leg of my road trip across the USA and beyond. This episode follows me and my neurosis from the enormous and under-populated state of Wyoming to the confusing disaster of a city that is Reno, Nevada. I visit Devil's Tower, I meet a cowboy named Sam, and I get horribly lost in the garage of my hotel in Reno.

If you'd like to show some support for this podcast and also get access to some extra stuff, you can visit my Patreon page here: https://www.patreon.com/onefjef

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The first part of my road trip across the USA and beyond. This episode follows me and my ramblings from Ohio to South Dakota, I visit the Gateway Arch, I discuss the confusing way Christians celebrate Jesus, I deal with the bottom falling off of my car, and I tell the complicated story of getting into Sundance.

Here's a link to my thesis film, COVERAGE: https://vimeo.com/28698084

And here's a link to the film that got into Sundance, After You Left:: https://vimeo.com/54743834

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This week I have a conversation with my friend Danny Eakins, a former Army Major who led more than 300 combat missions in Iraq. He now works with the Department of Veterans Services to help veterans and their families. We talk about his experience in the military, dating single moms, personal growth, and Napster.

I''ll be on a car/train/airplane trip for the next month and a half, and I'll be podcasting along the way. If you're into that kind of thing, turn on your notifications so you don't miss a thing.

On this – the very first bonus episode of onefjef – I talk about my plans for the future and my memories of the past, and I announce the winner of the email contest.

You can follow me on X @onefjef and on Instagram at @onefjefpod, and you can (and should) email the podcast at onefjefpod@gmail.com. If you send me a voice message I will probably include it in a future episode.

New episodes every Tuesday—plus other stuff, as inspiration dictates.

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This week's guest is Matt Farley – an incredibly prolific musician, filmmaker, author and podcaster. We discuss the US Postal Service, DIY filmmaking, the enduring popularity of poop, and the unfortunate homogenization of America.

You can learn more about Matt and experience more of his work at his website, moternmedia.com, or by searching for your name (with or without poop) on your favorite music listening platform.

Here's a link to Matt performing with his band on NPR's World Cafe a few months ago: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VI4JgNbomU&t...

This week I talk with yoga teacher, reiki practitioner, and energy worker Andi Wesley. We talk about family dynamics, sobriety, micro-dosing, introverted extroversion, and emotional maturity.

You can (and should) follow Andi on Instagram at @andiwesley.

You can (and also should) book an energy work session with her Earth Spirit Energy Work at andiwesley.as.me and follow them in Instagram at @earthspiritenergywork

If you'd like to show some support for this podcast and also get access to some extra stuff, you can visit my Patreon page here: https...

This is a detritus episode, meaning it's not an interview. It's a recording of a story I told at the Bowery Poetry Club in New York City back in 2014 about my first trip to Mexico, and I hope you'll enjoy it. Special thanks to Bing Bong for taking over the hosting duties while I'm away in Ireland.

New episodes every Tuesday—plus other stuff, as inspiration dictates.

If you'd like to show some support for this podcast and also get access to some extra stuff, you can visit my Patreon page he...

This week I talk to my friend Chen Chen, who is a professor of engineering at The Ohio State University. We talk about the future of artificial intelligence, esoteric math, the perception of time, and the joy of understanding.

New episodes every Tuesday—plus other stuff, as inspiration dictates.

If you'd like to show some support for this podcast and also get access to some extra stuff, you can visit my Patreon page here: http://bit.ly/41txpIO

Please like, subscribe, rate, and review. I don’t care...

This is a detritus episode, meaning it's not an interview. It's a recording of a story I told at the Bowery Poetry Club in New York City back in 2014, and I hope you'll enjoy it. Special thanks to Bing Bong for taking over the hosting duties while I'm away in Ireland.

New episodes every Tuesday—plus other stuff, as inspiration dictates.

Please like, subscribe, rate, and review. I don’t care—but also, I do.

Email: onefjefpod@gmail.com

Instagram: @onefjef

Thank...

I sit down with artist, musician, butcher, and writer Jason Wachtelhausen. We talk about kosher meat, mindful bathing, Todos Santos, and quitting heroin. This episode is sponsored by the state of Missouri.

Follow Jason on Instagram at @dogmuseum_

New episodes every Tuesday—plus other stuff, as inspiration dictates.

Please like, subscribe, rate, and review. I don’t care—but also, I do.

If you'd like to show some support for this podcast and also get access to some extra stuff, you can visit my Patreon page here: https://www.patreon.com/onefje...

I sit down with Emmy award-winning producer, yoga teacher, and my dear friend Chris Casey. We talk about meditation, David Lynch, emotional repression, and how much hugging is too much hugging.

Here's a link to the web-series we made together, Adults: http://bit.ly/4kzhWyD

New episodes every Tuesday—plus other stuff, as inspiration dictates.

Please like, subscribe, rate, and review. I don’t care—but also, I do.

If you'd like to show some support for this podcast and also get access to som...

A sample of things to come. An excuse to talk to people. A place to put my detritus. Still figuring out the rest.

New episodes every Tuesday—plus other stuff, as inspiration dictates.

This episode features appearances from:

Chris Casey, Chen Chen, Danny Eakins, Jack Hopkins, Emily Littlefield, Jason Wachtelhausen, and Andi Wesley.

(Full interviews with each forthcoming.)

Please like, subscribe, rate, and review. I don’t care—but also, I do.

If you'd like to show some support for th...