Off the Clock w/Jon Eks
My name is Jon Eks and I spent more than a decade talking to people about work on the award-winning Jon of All Trades Podcast. I’m sick of talking about work. I want to talk about everything else in our lives. Men are traditionally not good at this. So, I’m talking to people I love, respect, and admire. I’m trying to embody the axiom “Be the change you want to see in the world.” Expect candor, vulnerability, profanity, and a wide range of topics.
Off the Clock w/Jon Eks
Reed, An Ombudsman of Life
On this episode of Off the Clock, I’m joined by my friend Reed, a dude I’ve known for 20+ years, a man with the voice of a god, and an all-around ray of sunshine. Here’s some of what we talk about:
First question: When was the last time you watched The Big Chill?
- the best friends are ones that you can go months without talking to each other and just pick it back up like no time has passed
- the beauty of the song “Audience of One” by Rise Against
- our candidness about mental health, body image, the constant assault of our adult schedules
- why you should call your friends and not just text them
- [a f*cking siren from a fire truck interrupts us because we’re sitting on a patio]
- why and how Reed is, in fact, smarter than the average bear and having faith in yourself
- when you’re in your 40s how hard the movie City Slickers now hits
- how would 18 year old you look at your current life?
- we’re pretty sure we’re living in the alternate 1985 timeline from Back to the Future II
- we debate fandom of Bill Simmons (yes, we’re middle aged white guys. how did you know?)
- a long discussion of music including boy bands, Radiohead, girly pop, yacht rock, bands you choose to listen to in the car, and a lot more
- who in your life is allowed to be the meanest to you?
Theme song by Sorry Sweetheart.
Logo by Nebulus Visions.
Produced by Deft Communications.
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Recorded at Prodigy Coffeehouse.