Boring is a Swear Word: Recent Episodes
Pedro Hoffmeister
Stories of adventures, failures, humor, philosophy, and bad book reviews from Random House author and sponsored rock climber Pedro Hoffmeister.
Freeway shooter, my friend lost on the river, car accidents, and a meth addict next door? Three wild stories.
I tell the stories of the first dead body I saw—a baby—plus the first murdered person, deaths of friends, colleagues, students, my favorite dog, and what it all means to me.
My new book release episode—American Afterlife—plus author fails, and is it crazy to be a writer these days?
The Uvalde school shooting. The dysfunctions of being a public school teacher. Rules that don't make sense. Setting up the next tragedy.
Mental Health Month: Reading As A Mental Health Practice. Entertaining poems and essays.
Control your destiny, have an internal locus of control, make choices that determine a better future, and therefore the life that you want. Don't settle for a boring, monotonous life that brings you no joy. Go out, work hard, adventure, and take risks!
Researching fertilizer bombs on a school computer and other funny stories, found poems, and essays.
When I stole a car, awkward hugging, my traumatic brain injury, and struggling to believe in constructs.
Ideas, good and bad. Failed humor. Assignments gone wrong. And what language does your car speak?
Why getting punched in the mouth is a good thing. True stories. Fists to my teeth. Also metaphors for the same thing. Are you a hero? I know I'm not.
Controversy over my short film "Climbing At Night," addiction, bear encounters, philosophy, and cultural critique.
"The Good News Episode" - Off-topic dentists, what it will be like after the big earthquake, geeking out, good friends, book deals and the writer's life.
"Flow" - An ode to MF Doom, Daniel Dumile, stories and poetry from Earl Sweatshirt, Night Comes Early These Days, and a friend cancelling you in 2020.
The "All Tricks Episode" in which I prove - once a gain - that am not a good person. Check out the pandemic pro-tip at the start of the episode, or listen for other stories of tricks, bad ideas, and dubious decisions.
Discovering a woman on the bridge with a noose, the Gold Standard, our education system, insiders vs. outsiders, and other constructs.
"The Apologies Episode": Choking a student, smuggling an item onto an airplane, my drunken friend, and other stories that require an apology.
"How To Fail In Sports": Cheat, Make Excuses, Don't Put In The Work, Don't Trust Your Instincts, and Let Fear Control Your Mind.
"The Complicated Gifts Episode": Examining conspiracy theories, the Coronavirus, Trump versus Lincoln, Breitbart's America's Frontline Doctors, riding motorcycles, Black Lives Matter, and our call to action.
"The Gratitude Episode" - Being a homeless teen in Dallas, Texas, a Greek tragedy, how I became an adventurer, and a message from Bob Dylan.
The Coronavirus Episode + I'm the last man on earth without a cell phone. Basically, this is the end of the world.
Trying to kayak an unkayakable creek, people hating my second novel, other stories, and a Colorado River Toad.
"The Ugly Truths" Episode: Rock climbing failures, me being culturally incompetent, a poem on personal weakness, fragmentary geeking out, people hate my memoir, mistakes and outtakes, plus a note from the rattlesnake I ate last summer.
"My First Arson," "Trump Fans Hate My Romance Writing," "I Break Down Tyga's Rap Lyrics," "Geeking Out With Bats," etc.
"More People Who Hate My Writing," "A Ridiculous True Story...From Europe," "The Best Thing I've Read This Week," "Geeking Out With Elevators," "Ayuda Me," and "A Dedication Plus A Message From My Frontyard Squirrel."
Personal journals podcast episode that includes "People Who Hate My Writing," "A Ridiculous True Story," "The Best Thing I've Read This Week," "Geeking Out," "Journal Lists Y Gente Loca," and "A Message From My Dog."