We've all been there: A captive host, forced to comment on horror subjects against your will, and all by the unspeakable evils you call your bosses. You know, a typical day at work. Well for JW169, this was a very bad beginning to a very strange adventure. Dreaded Dominions is a twice-monthly podcast that follows our host (and his P.O.T.A.O) on their trek across the backwoods of the multiverse in attempt to get back to his regularly scheduled commentary on horror. If you have a love
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"What do you do?" is a question that is about as automatic as it gets when meeting someone new. It also happens to be dreaded by many, namely those who are undergoing career changes or hoping to seek out an identity outside of their 9-5. Posing the question "What do you love?" instead invites people to open up about the things that actually make them who they are and truly make them tick. Deeper and more meaningful conversations can abound if we seek to learn more about someone's "why"s over ...
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Having Dominion Over My Time & Scuba Diving
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44:06My guest for this episode is Joe Kapp. During our conversation, we discussed his recognition that we aren’t here for a long time and how that has affected his decision-making processes; how he truly doesn’t care what others think about him; the concept of the “crab pot” and how it relates to both personal and professional relationships; his decisio…
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My guest for this episode is Molly Barnes. During our conversation, we discussed the qualities that lead her to believe she’s neither right nor left but instead middle-brained; her quest to have a life where she explores her creativity and still has an impact on the world; the pressures of teaching and what eventually led to her leaving the classro…
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My guest for this episode is Adrian Bellomo. During our conversation, we discussed his resourceful nature and his forever goal to never come across as a know-it-all; how he approaches being presented with the concept of “we’ve always done it this way;” how being the eldest sibling relates to his desire to help others; the pros and cons of a pros an…
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My guest for this episode is Kenny Tjay. During our conversation, we discussed his memories of moving from Indonesia to the United States as a kid; why his curiosity about everything life has to offer has led to him traveling all over the world; the moment he realized the grind of the traditional working model wasn’t for him; why he thinks your ear…
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My guest for this episode is Jessica Jackley. During our conversation, we discussed her optimistic mindset and how it’s something she feels naturally and yet still requires practice; her passion for entrepreneurship; the realization of the fact that everyone is doing life for the first time; why she hovers when someone is fixing something at her ho…
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My guest for this episode is Devon Stewart. During our conversation, we discussed his beginnings as a class clown and his idolization of Jim Carrey; why finding everything funny means uncomfortable conversations with him don’t really exist; how everyone eventually has to “pick their hard;" the ups and downs and everything in between about being Bla…
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My guest for this episode is Kiana Kamalian. During our conversation, we discussed her ever-present energetic spirit and her quest for freedom in all forms; the experience of not wanting to leave her home country and the long adjustment period she faced emigrating from Iran to the United Kingdom; the importance of feedback and being asked the right…
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My guest for this episode is Jay Cluitt. During our conversation, we discussed how he is bad at doing nothing and thus is seemingly always on the go; why he’s not a fan of smalltalk; the combination of excitement and fear that comes from being on the cusp of a major fork in his life; why he and his wife are childfree; trying to get away from doing …
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My guest for this episode is Reza Aslan. During our conversation, we discussed his decision to retire from public life; how he came to an understanding on what “living his best life” actually means; the concept of nationalism in relation to figuring out who you are (or, for some people, who you aren’t); why learning things simply to learn them is a…
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*SEASON TWO PREMIERE* My guest for this episode is Scott Paine. During our conversation, we discussed the influence that his father’s music career had on his life and how he has never stopped wanting to make his parents proud; why he pays such close attention to the details; how waking up his wife by talking in his sleep one night changed his entir…
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I’m Justin Gott and I’m back for Season Two of WHAT DO YOU LOVE? The show is all about discovering our identities outside of the 40+ hours that are put into a job and focusing instead on what actually makes us tick. My guests and I talk about finding their “why,” the forks in the road along their life’s journey, and what they truly love deep down. …
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*SEASON ONE FINALE* My guest for this episode is, well, me! I brought back former guest James Barnes to interview me and during our conversation, we discussed the importance of being a good example, what the positive version of stubbornness looks like, the evolution of my why and the reasons making an impact on those around me is so important, not …
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My guest for this episode is Jen Whang. During our conversation, we discussed the pros and cons to always being honest and genuine, her mission to inspire and motivate others, what she thinks “self-care” should actually look like, giving yourself permission to seek out what you deserve, the obstacles of reality versus what we see on social media, a…
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Being a Creature of Habit & Chuck Klosterman
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37:07My guest for this episode is Dylan Fields. During our conversation, we discussed our shared love of list-making and Google Sheets, our shared hate of coffee (yes, you heard that correctly), how being a creature of habit has made it all the more difficult to quit smoking, why he considers himself fair and balanced, and ultimately, why he loves the w…
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Being Perennially Middle-Aged & Standing Up To Bullies
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57:49My guest for this episode is Brandon Wilson. During our conversation, we discussed the profound effect that Death has had on his life and how that’s shaped his attitude toward life’s more trivial issues, why your 40s are “peak you,” the differences between Gen X, Millennials, and Gen Z, how and when to embrace your flaws, a forks-in-the-road story …
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My guest for this episode is Alicia Palomino. During our conversation, we discussed why always learning and trying out new things excites her; her memories of working at a drugstore, both in the pharmacy AND at the one-hour photo booth; why the act of being creative drives her; why there aren’t right or wrong paths - just different ones; and ultima…
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My guest for this episode is Web Barr. During our conversation, we discussed his quest to optimize everything in his life for happiness, what the modern version of the Director’s DVD Commentary looks like, what goes into the best form of collaboration, the uniqueness of his version of the phrase “I have to,” the drive to tell great stories, and ult…
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My guest for this episode is Tess Bellomo. During our conversation, we discussed why she prides herself on being a loyal friend and how that has both positively and negatively affected friendships and past relationships, why the quest for gender equality is a true group effort, why one of her main goals in life is to never lose her imagination, how…
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I’ll keep this intro short and sweet - when Onell Gibson and I were chatting for the full episode that also went up today, I simply had to ask some very specific questions about the upcoming NBA season since I know he is as big of a fan as I am. We ended up talking about a bunch of NBA-related things and I loved it enough that I didn’t want to simp…
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My guest for this episode is Onell Gibson. During our conversation, we briefly reminisced about our graduate program and playing basketball together before discussing the resilience that is built up after getting the rug pulled out from underneath you, the ins and outs of what makes him such a “people person,” why reflecting at the end of every day…
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Being a Conduit for Change & Writing Erotic Fiction
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46:20My guest for this episode is Jenifer Wood. During our conversation, we discussed the trauma we both still have from teaching during Covid, living with the opposite of resting bitch face, how her religious upbringing pushed her to become a passionate advocate for reproductive rights, the perils of growing up in purity culture, and how giving herself…
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My guest for this episode is Lindsey Peoples Tod. During our conversation, we talked about how she stays committed to her three foundational pillars of adventure, service, and storytelling, the benefits of both personal and couples therapy, navigating a marriage to your highschool sweetheart, why the writing process is such a unique experience, and…
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My guest for this episode is Brian Brantley. During our conversation, we talked about how his gregarious nature stems from his mantra of always being curious, the allure of live events and why being a part of that world makes him perennially feel like he’s a kid, how waking up each morning feels like a gift, and ultimately, why he loves watching mu…
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My guest for this episode is Claire Donald. During our conversation, we talked about the struggles and successes of her very country song sounding experience of moving from Arkansas to Los Angeles, how having the ability to confidently talk to others is a powerful tool, why asking questions is a proper and productive thing to do, why working in the…
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Higher Education & "Sex and the City"
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1:04:15My guest for this episode is Kim Fleming. During our hour together, we had probably the most wide-ranging conversation that I’ve published yet. We talked about the difference between the bonds we form with actual family versus the ones with our closest friends, recalled memories of being bullied as kids and the long term effects of those experience…
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My guest for this episode is Melissa Chataigne. We talked about the benefits of living a life well styled, as she puts it, which includes everything from how you dress to what you consume. We also discussed the struggles that come when depression rears its ugly head and how actively choosing to live is a victory in and of itself. (And to that point…
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My guest for this episode is Brian Vickers, a lifelong lover of all things music. We discussed how that kind of unquenchable passion forms and how he was able to persist and ensure that it became more than just a hobby. He also emphasized how finding contentment amidst a sea of regret is of utmost importance and how even the smallest things that sp…
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My guest for this episode is Mike Morrison. We discussed his entrepreneurial spirit and how he’s able to reconcile his ability to be both spontaneous and extremely calculated, the joys and struggles of working for yourself, the thought process behind his mentality of “just go for it,” how he’s able to live seemingly regret-free, and in the end, why…
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My guest for this episode is Stephanie Arakelian. We talked about a great deal of things: from how she took the worst week of her life and navigated it into a massive career change to harnessing the power of controlling the controllable; from the importance of amplifying marginalized voices (and even more specifically, in the podcasting world) to c…
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My guest for this episode is James Barnes, a man who epitomizes the idea of living life through the lens of empathy. We discussed that concept and why it is so important to learn in order to understand what others are going through. We also spent a lot of time talking about parenting - how to grapple with the highs and lows of how we were parented,…
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For this first episode, I reached out to a person I’ve been friends with since we were 12. Few people know me as well as Cy Serrano, so our conversation was natural and fun and also covered new territory, where even after 25 years of friendship, he still surprised and impressed me. We discussed what being intentional actually means, and why it is s…
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New Friends & The New York City Subway
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1:04:22My guest for this episode is Kunal Tandon, a guy I know by complete happenstance. There’s really zero reason for us to have come in contact with each other besides a shared interest in what an author had to say about his new book and Kunal’s commitment to putting himself slightly out of his own comfort zone. During our conversation here, we dive in…
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"What do you do?" is a question that is about as automatic as it gets when meeting someone new. It also happens to be dreaded by many, namely those who are undergoing career changes or hoping to seek out an identity outside of their 9-5. Posing the question "What do you love?" instead invites people to open up about the things that actually make th…
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Listeners, as we wind down our third season of Transmissions, it's good to remember where we've come from. Follow your ambitions. Don't let anyone tell you it is impossible or that you can't do it. Unless of course it is me. Of course if you are ntersted in being in the next season. You can contact us at [email protected] Face book: https:…
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Hello dear listeners and welcome to Dreaded Dominions podcast transmissions. Will our huddled survivors get the info they desperately need? What has become of the Miasimal? How did John Survive? Do my arms make me look "too buff".
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With this solar unit's mascot animal being an aquatic feline it is quite serendipitous to where we last left Jay and ménage, as they were running for their life from the dreaded Luto Kuyang (or the black-footed Mudcat).By Jeramy Walton
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Bon Poisson d’avril! Make sure to have your paper fish and faux tails for the Gwok hunt. As they say: "The heart of a fool is in his mouth." In this episode, will our trio leave the Lay'ard? Was John the Killer? Find out in Volte-Face.
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We last left our company in a clamorous circumstance that was conveyed via Jay's conical implant to have compounded with a climatic cacophony…Can our crew convalesce from these critical conditions? Let's cognize the conclusion in: Bedlam and Boomsticks.By Jeramy Walton
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In this very Special Christmas episode David returns, Ali gets annoyed, and Squinkles sings as well as gives his very... special... version of the Classic Ghost story "Smee" by A. M. Burrage. "Angels We Have Heard" & "March of the Spoons" by Kevin MacLeod Licensed under CCL4.0. Artist: http://incompetech.com/ Unspoken, Winds Wreck, & Reversion By M…
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We last left Laura and Six out on a bark walk when some kind of incident occured. What will happen to our favorite android? Well now you can find out while you stuff your fowl with it's own food in preparation for your bizzare human holiday!
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Thanks to Samantha, Autumn, Chris, Mallory, Cindy, Eddie, Reymond, Brad, Leslie, Gina, Lazaro, and Every single Dreadful Minion who supports the show. We couldnt do it without you. Lazaro's Art: https://linktr.ee/BOT10ART Rey's Art http://www.ermcomics.com
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Hello dear listeners, and welcome to Deraded Dominions podcast transmissions. Listeners, we are now staring down the barrel of the Infernali Korda. You may call it the Infernali Korda, winter solstice, Noël, Nativity, Xmas, or even Festus Catalus. However and whenever you celebrate do so with whomever whatever you like. When we last left our once a…
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Hello Dear, listeners and welcome to Dreaded Dominions podcast transmissions. I am Ali. Happy Festus M'Ga de Anime (Or Halloween if you like). It is a time of frivolity and wanton destruction. For us of course… not for you.
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We last left Jay, Alyssa, and Laura aboard the Lay'ard where there seems to be a schism between some of the crew members. How will this soap opera resolve itself? Will Jay make a move on Satrina? How will Laura handle that?... I know how I would. Two words: Torture pits.
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Hello Dear Listeners and Welcome to Dreaded Dominions Podcast transmissions. We last left Jay and family in the Pshy quadrant some time very far into the undermined future. Is Læraðr a place they can call home?
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Hello Dear Listeners. Welcome back to Dreaded Dominions Podcast Transmissions. We last left the Kibbutz subset, once again, staring down death's barrel in a new place. Let's find out if they become a smear on the wall in... SUS
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Hello Dear Listeners, Welcome to the primordial episode of Dreaded Dominions - Season 3 The slate has been wiped clean for our triumphant trio. But, where in the infinite aggreverse will they land next?By Dreaded Dominions
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A brief message from the creator of the show on the goals for the upcoming season 3... with a few guests as well. If you are interested in being a voice on the show you can reach us at the following links: [email protected] https://www.facebook.com/DreadedDominions https://twitter.com/DreadDominions IG: @JWFearman…
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Hello Dear listeners, Welcome to the season 2 finale of Dreaded Dominions. Will Nightshade have the last laugh? Can Jay get to the bottom of this mystery before he gets to the bottom of his psyche? If not, will this show terminate early? Well let's find out in this very special, action packed episode! Also, we want to thank everyone for sticking wi…
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Hello dear listeners, We all have our own comfort zones. The longer we live in these zones, the harder it becomes to escape their pull. In this episode, we will see what happens when that comfort is ripped away like so much eschar. Also, there will be puppets.By Jeramy Walton
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