OPES: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Stories

Been a long time, been a long time, been a long lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely time since you guys had another episode of OPES! Today we have Gretchen Menn with us, composer and lead guitarist to the band Zepparella. We talk about all things guitar, making music, and just a bit of the crazy shenanigans happening in the world today. Grab that kashmir sweater, and let us ramble on about the good times and bad times on today's...

This episode is for all you lovers out there. Welcome to another star crossed episode of OPES, the only podcast that has a Valentine's day card for everyone! And today's no different with my guest, Paul Zolman. We discuss his creation of the "Role Of Love", a dice and program about the love languages. But not just the love languages for couples, no, the love languages for your everyday person you encounter. I figu...

So no f***kin ziti?? No, but what we do have is another OPES novella. You know what it is, shoes off, off script, and vibes the limit. Today we speak with a former guest I've had, Mr Rome Freeman. Rome came on the show previously for our first novella and today the hijinx continues! We talk about Sopranos, the great American anime, elder ring, and why some Disney characters wear pants.

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Get your passports ready—we're going global! Welcome to another exciting episode of OPES! Today, we’re thrilled to sit down with Hope Walter, a passionate community representative who has hosted over 20 foreign exchange students and currently works with Ayusa Exchange, a foreign exchange school program, dedicated to developing the next generation of global leaders and world citizens. Join us as we dive into Hope’s incredible jo...

New year, new me, new episode of OPES coming your way. Today we talk to Dr. JP Anderson, creator of the band Rabbitjunk. We talk inspirations and processes of making music for over 20 years. We also get into video game soundtracks and his teaching career in San Diego. If you want to check out more of Rabbitjunk's merch or music check out their band camp below! https://rabbitjunk.bandcamp.com/ Find us on other platforms here: ⁠⁠ht...

Merry Christmas and a HO HO HO HORROR to you! Today we're doing things different this holiday season with an OPES novella. You know the drill, we drop our expectations and just vibe with your yule tide host Tristan. In today's episode I give you 5 solid Christmas horror movies to check out for the season (And a few non horror titles in the beginning for you normies out there). Grab some nog, and settle in for some spine chilling t...

Happy holidays everyone! With everyone getting into the holiday season, I thought it important to release this episode. Today's guest is Arlene Miller, an attorney turned life coach. Arlene's story is that of love and sacrifice, as we get into her story about the struggles she had raising her son as a working mother, to running her own solo practice. Thought this was the kind of love and kindness that we really needed this holiday ...

Of all the things I am thankful for, it's that I was able to get Ambrosia's husband, Phillip Johnson Jr., on for an episode to finish out our 2-parter. If you haven't seen the previous episode, be sure to check it out to see how these 2 love birds found each other. Phillip is a godly, artistic, kind, hilarious dude, who just jumps into this episode and gets into all kinds of conversations with me. To preaching, to rapping for God, ...

Welcome everybody to my first 2 parter episode! Today we will be speaking with the Johnson family, primarily Ambrosia Johnson of Thelambbboutique. She is an artist, entrepreneur, dancer, mother, woman of God, just all the things. And today we talk about her backstory, her artistic inspirations and how she finds time for everything! I'd be thankful if you shared this episode and checked out her website below to help support her busi...

Hello ghouls and gals, and welcome to another episode of Ordinary People, Extraordinary Stories! I am the ghost with the most Tristan, and today are tales are coming straight from the crypt! Say hello to Christian Appel, drummer of the fantastic christian pop-punk band Light The Way (link below), and also creator of the youtube channel Grave time (also link below), a channel dedicated to cemetary history, famous graves and more! We...

Can you find Waldo? I mean hes literally right in the thumbnail... anyways welcome to another episode of Ordinary People, Extraordinary Stories! I'm your heavy metal host with the most, and today we get to talk to my friend Cody, otherwise known as the Washington waldo! Cody has been to over 200+ concerts, and very recently has been dressing up as Waldo to shows. Find out some of benefits of being everyone's childhood book charact...

Brighten your clothes, and strike a comfortable pose, for another episode of Ordinary People, Extraordinary Stories! Today's episode is about the roman emperor himself, Marcus Aurelius Higgs. Marcus is a relational communicator, who helps both the child and parent navigate those early personality changes. We talk about his SHOW UP framework and get all personal talking about relations and family. Check it out!! Marcus' website: ht...

Get those protein shakes and sunblock ready because we're going to Panama for today's episode of OPES!! Today's episode is all about my guest, Jim Laird. He is a former professional lifter, turned health and life coach. He talks about the importance of not only being physically active but the very importance of just going outside and being in nature. We talk about performance enhancing drugs, completely uprooting your l...

Are you ready to take your SSRI's and head bang our trauma away?? Because we are on today's episode of Ordinary People, Extraordinary Stories, and boy, what an episode we got for you. Today I get to interview my good friend, Nick Creary, creator of the online comedy series Garbage Day, and drummer for the band Subtlety. We talk about his journey from college in New York, to his road trip to California to start a band. We ta...

In today's episode we getting deep with my main man, Mr Jonathan Navi. Navi is a kind, spiritual man where we talk about sobriety, marvel movies, rap music, and growing up in white neighborhoods. This man means alot to me, so I hope you get any kind of wisdom for this episode. If you want to get ahold of the man will post his socials below:

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Alright maggots listen up! We got another exciting episode of OPES here for you! Today, we talk about my favorite marine, Israel Doering. Israel talks about his time in the military but more importantly, his new pen and paper game he is building called, "Hero's Journey Through Phobos". Besides a marine and a game maker, he is also very much an accomplished artist. Check out our facebook group in the linktree to see so...

Everybody get up it's time to space jam.. for another episode of OPES! Todays' episode is my good friend, Jasse Chimuku. Now Jasse is a man of many hats: a mentor, a coach, a father, a chef, and even an amateur painter! In this episode we talk about his origins of his coaching program, Northstarz, a 100% donation only program where he mentors youth in ways of not only basketball, but in education, manners, and how to be pro...

Gather round and prepare yee self for a tale of wizards and warlocks, as we begin another epic episode of OPES! Today's episode is all about my friend Ryan Guzman. I got a chance to meet Ryan at an open mike for poetry and short stories. He had ended up closing the night with a very special short story that he will be live reading at the end of the episode! If you like good solid writing and nerd conversations, this is the epis...

Ahoy there mateys! On today's episode of OPES, we go throughout the seven seas with my good friend, Dr. Captain Brian. You see Brian was the doctor to diagnosis and boot my broken ankle back in September. In just a short time, found out he was a ship captain/crew member of the HMS bounty, and even taught the crew of Pirates of the Caribbean 2 &3 how to operate the vessel. We get into all kinds of stories and life lessons, d...