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
Real Talk with Will
On this episode of Off the Clock, I’m joined by my tall pal Will, who I’ve known only a short while, who tells some of the funniest bawdy jokes I know, and provides probably the realest episode of a show I’ve ever done. Here’s some of what we talk about:
First Question: What was it about the Dominican Republic that made you and Melissa want to go back there again and again?
we talk about how Will lost a ton of weight, yoga, and making a wholesale lifestyle change
we talk about spirituality, religion (Southern Baptist & Methodist specifically), prosperity gospel, atheism, and how to connect to a higher power
Will tells me about how he got shot after a break-in attempt and what the recovery was like
how Will ultimately fell under the spell of a dude that led him to crime
what was jail like? and what’s something that people don’t about but jail or should?
we talk about race issues and why I’m unsure of my footing in these conversations as a white person
“You don’t belong here.” – words from a sheriff to Will when he arrived in prison
what would Will like to see more of or less of from white people?
Will’s feeling on the n-word, other charged words, and how we navigate language
the different reasons each of us wore suits in high school, and Will’s first job at age 11 (!)
Find Will on Instagram.
Theme song by Sorry Sweetheart.
Logo by Nebulus Visions.
Produced by Deft Communications.
Engage with the show on Facebook, Instagram and Bluesky.
Recorded at my house.