April 4, 2025 • 10 mins
On this episode of The Thought Shower, Intern John talks about his upcoming trip to Louisville, and how to take the big leap!
Intern John's debut comedy album "The Album" is available right NOW! InternJohnComedy.com proceeds benefitting the Fisher House Foundation
Every week Intern John discusses adulting, dating, radio life, and more! You can follow Intern John on social media: @InternJohnRadio. You can listen to past episodes at TheThoughtShower.com
Intern John's debut comedy album "The Album" is available right NOW! InternJohnComedy.com proceeds benefitting the Fisher House Foundation
Every week Intern John discusses adulting, dating, radio life, and more! You can follow Intern John on social media: @InternJohnRadio. You can listen to past episodes at TheThoughtShower.com
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
In a Happy Friday friend. Welcome to the thought Shower.
Intern John is my name? Big Day today, Big weekends
say well, first of all, as far as big days go,
officially four years of Skittles, which was very exciting. Skittles
joined the family four years ago.
Speaker 2 (00:19):
Was yeah.
Speaker 1 (00:21):
I want to say it was a heart adjustment, I think,
you know, going from so chewy four years ago was eleven.
It was kind of calmed down, so going from that
to a border collie with something. But at least they
had known each other in the past and it was
fairly easy to do and to have them together. But man,
(00:41):
what a what a street has been to have Skittles
in the family.
Speaker 2 (00:45):
You know.
Speaker 1 (00:45):
I think there was a lot of folks who said
in the beginning that I, you know, rescued him. Certainly
the last three months he's rescued me. So very excited.
Yesterday we had Chick fil A, his favorite, and then
this weekend he's any Uncle Sauce, which I'm very excited for.
I text her, Yesterda'm like, hey, I think this is
gonna be good for you too, just because it's really
(01:07):
hard to be in a bad mood around Skittles, because
that dog you know, he's a border Collie. Border Collies
need to be close to you, like if you give
an inch, they're gonna take five. Like that, he just
needs to be up on you. And it's impossible to
not smile at his big old Pixar eyes. I posted
some of my favorite photos of him on Instagram at
intern Gihn Radio The reason Sauce is watching Skittles. Going
(01:29):
to Louisville today, I'm very excited. Louisville to me is
always gonna be a special place, I think because just
the the passion of the Cane show listeners in Louisville
was always so fun and so and still is, to
be honest with you, we still a bunch of people
in losvill who listen. But then going to the town
was always fun too, just because Louisville kind of reminds
(01:51):
me of Minnesota in away. It's very It's a big
small town. You know, a lot of pride in the town.
So the plan is to relax, to get some work done,
and hopefully it's kind of reset. One of my first
things I'm doing though today I'm gonna land and then
gonna go right to Skyline Chili. Now, if you don't
know about Skyline Chili. It is a Cincinnati type of
(02:14):
cuisine if you will, But Ohio and Kentucky, you're on
the border. In fact, the airport for Cincinnati is in Kentucky.
It makes no sense. It is what it is. Basically
what Skyline Chili is, it's spaghetti noodles, then like a
pound of chili, and then a pound of like treaded cheese.
That's basically what it is. But the chili, Like, there's
(02:36):
two main chili companies in Cincinnati. There's gold Star and
there's Skyline. Skyline Cinnamon has more hint of sky Skyline
Chili has more of a hint to cinnamon. Gold Star
has more of a hint of like chocolate. I'm a
Skyline boy. In fact, Eric and I were in Cincinnati
for Easter many years ago because we're there for opening Day,
(02:57):
went to Skyline Easter, so I'm very excited for that
and then just kind of walk around. I was gonna
try to do some of the trails, the Bourbon Trails,
but they're all booked, which is unfortunate, but.
Speaker 2 (03:08):
It's still gonna be good for me.
Speaker 1 (03:10):
I mentioned this before, like my pre show ritual is
always to walk around the city and walk around and
see this stuff, so probably walk to the venue. You know.
The funny thing about the venue in Louisville is it's
called four Street Live, and it's just like power Plant
in Baltimore. It's the same owners where it's like kind
of like entertainment complex where you know, there's restaurants, there's bars,
(03:32):
and there's the music venue. In Baltimore it was it
was Ramshead. In Louisville, it's Mercury Ballroom. My gosh, brain fart.
It's one of the first shows though, because they'll have
like shows inside the music venue, but then like the
giant space outside sometimes they'll have music shows as well.
And so when I was doing my comedy show, they're like, hey,
just see you know, there's this up and comer country
(03:55):
guy who's gonna be doing a show a side. It
shouldn't be a problem. I was like, okay, fine. It
was Luke co lou Combs, one of the biggest country
stars now on the planet. But they said he came
to show enjoyed it, so that's all it matters. So
Louisville fam, if you see somebody looks like me this weekend,
it is me. I am very very excited. Let me
get to this for your Friday. The lies we tell
(04:17):
ourselves that keep us stuck in life's slowly. I love
this because to me, as far as we know, man,
we only get one life. No, I think that I
have found that life gets a little bit easier when
you kind of take control of things yourself. Starting with
I'm too old or young to make a change. Now
there's the old phrase I wish I started earlier, or
(04:39):
I'll do that, but I have more experience. The truth
is your age is just a number that's been has
little bearing on your billy to pivot, learn or excel.
I do think that, especially like I'm too old, because
it's like even if it was me and I wanted like,
oh I'm too old to switch careers, Like yeah, I
still have hopefully forty years left here. I have more
time left than I've had. And also, why be miserable?
(05:01):
You know the next one? I need to wait until
I feel ready. I'll say this, and again, speaking for myself,
I think that as I look at things that I've done,
I would say comedy is probably the best example, Like
you know, with the comedy album that was number one
last year number deal. There was times I'm like, yeah,
(05:22):
I'm not right with this out yet, like even after
I'd done the shows, like a maybe I shouldn't It's like, yeah,
but there's never really a right time, you know, there
never is. I think it's funny with musicians and their albums,
like they have deadlines, and if there wasn't deadlines of
the albums, I feel like some musicians would work on
albums forever, you know. Eventually I kind of pulled the trigger.
(05:43):
I think that's kind of the way to go. I
need everyone to like and approve of me. No, they say,
you adjust your opinions, edit your words, and sometimes abandon
your goals to maintain universal approval. I again, I hate
always making this about me, but for me, I've kind
of I realize. I think maybe doing this job is
I know who I am, you know, And that's why,
(06:05):
Like if somebody says something about me or like online
like they don't like me, part of me is like
you clearly don't know me, you know. And I think
Tom Holland has this great qub where he says, you know,
if you have an issue with me, call me. If
you don't have my number, you don't know me well enough.
And I think that's kind of true. As long as
(06:26):
you know yourself well enough for good, the things I
want will finally make me happy. Man.
Speaker 2 (06:33):
Oh man.
Speaker 1 (06:33):
If I learned that, they say, you convince yourself the
happiness weights the other side of certain achievements, the promotion,
the relationship, the house, the body, the bank account. They
say this postponement of a joy keeps saying constant say
of not quite there yet. I think that's true, and
I feel like I've tried to be better at that
the last couple of years, where it's like not always
(06:54):
thinking about what's next, to try to enjoy the now,
you know what I mean.
Speaker 2 (07:00):
I think that's huge.
Speaker 1 (07:03):
I mentioned before in the show, I think that you know,
when Chewi passed away, you know, it's been a miserable time.
Speaker 2 (07:08):
Obviously it's not been fun.
Speaker 1 (07:10):
And there was part of me with hockey that's like, okay,
if I throw myself into hockey, you know, if the
Boys win a championship, that will ease the pain of
losing Chewie. And the Boys won championship, and I remember like,
for a second, I was like, why do I still
feel sad? And I was like Oh yeah, this is
not fix anything. It's a it's a very nice and
(07:33):
I'm very happy. However, that doesn't fix any other issues
that I have, you know what I mean. And that's
the same though. It's like, you know, the last year
and a half haven't necessarily been the funnest for me.
Speaker 2 (07:45):
But if you look at like career wise, like open.
Speaker 1 (07:48):
Up a restaurant, shows number one, the comedy album's number
one in the world, but like, yeah, it didn't necessarily
I don't know how to say this. I was very
happy and lucky to achieve those things. It didn't necessarily
fix anything, you know what I'm saying. Like I didn't
fix any of like the negative stuff I was going through,
(08:09):
but oh wow, I got this and good to go.
Speaker 2 (08:11):
It's not how it works, you know.
Speaker 1 (08:13):
So at least now I've tried to like adjust that
so that I can still appreciate the achievement no matter
what it is, and know that like this isn't going
to fix everything, but it's so good to enjoy it.
The thought of I'm not good enough to yet to start. No,
they say you're setting a possibly high bar from the beginning.
Believe you need comprehensive knowledge, perfect skills, or complete confidence
(08:35):
before taking the first step. The preemptive perfectionism keeps potentially
life changing projects permanently on your someday list. Yeah, I
think that's true. I think and we always wait for
that perfect sign, and the reality is like, there is
never a perfect sign. You know, this isn't So I think,
(08:55):
start whatever it is, whatever project you're thinking of, whatever
you're change you're thinking of, the best thing you do
is start. And the one thing I always tell the kids,
my coach is with life, is that the best thing
you can do is live your life so you have
no regrets. You know. I go back to when I
was in Des Moines. I was there for eleven months,
moved down there with Chewy, slept on the floor. Y'all
(09:16):
know the story. But I said to myself, we're just
gonna hustle for the next year that we're here. They
We're gonna put everything into the show, the radio station,
and that way, if it doesn't work out, in a
year from now, I can look back and say, you
want to know what, we tried everything it didn't work out,
It's okay. That's my best advice is that it's better
(09:40):
to do everything you possibly can look back and go
all right, well, at least there was no regrets. Yeah,
it didn't work out, but there's nothing more I could
have done. I've been very blessed to have that happen
with other things as well. So anyway, I hope you
have a great weekend. If you get a chance to
fall along at intern John Radio, you can listen to
the show podcast search intern John your morning show.
Speaker 2 (10:00):
I sho
In a Happy Friday friend. Welcome to the thought Shower.
Intern John is my name? Big Day today, Big weekends
say well, first of all, as far as big days go,
officially four years of Skittles, which was very exciting. Skittles
joined the family four years ago.
Speaker 2 (00:19):
Was yeah.
Speaker 1 (00:21):
I want to say it was a heart adjustment, I think,
you know, going from so chewy four years ago was eleven.
It was kind of calmed down, so going from that
to a border collie with something. But at least they
had known each other in the past and it was
fairly easy to do and to have them together. But man,
(00:41):
what a what a street has been to have Skittles
in the family.
Speaker 2 (00:45):
You know.
Speaker 1 (00:45):
I think there was a lot of folks who said
in the beginning that I, you know, rescued him. Certainly
the last three months he's rescued me. So very excited.
Yesterday we had Chick fil A, his favorite, and then
this weekend he's any Uncle Sauce, which I'm very excited for.
I text her, Yesterda'm like, hey, I think this is
gonna be good for you too, just because it's really
(01:07):
hard to be in a bad mood around Skittles, because
that dog you know, he's a border Collie. Border Collies
need to be close to you, like if you give
an inch, they're gonna take five. Like that, he just
needs to be up on you. And it's impossible to
not smile at his big old Pixar eyes. I posted
some of my favorite photos of him on Instagram at
intern Gihn Radio The reason Sauce is watching Skittles. Going
(01:29):
to Louisville today, I'm very excited. Louisville to me is
always gonna be a special place, I think because just
the the passion of the Cane show listeners in Louisville
was always so fun and so and still is, to
be honest with you, we still a bunch of people
in losvill who listen. But then going to the town
was always fun too, just because Louisville kind of reminds
(01:51):
me of Minnesota in away. It's very It's a big
small town. You know, a lot of pride in the town.
So the plan is to relax, to get some work done,
and hopefully it's kind of reset. One of my first
things I'm doing though today I'm gonna land and then
gonna go right to Skyline Chili. Now, if you don't
know about Skyline Chili. It is a Cincinnati type of
(02:14):
cuisine if you will, But Ohio and Kentucky, you're on
the border. In fact, the airport for Cincinnati is in Kentucky.
It makes no sense. It is what it is. Basically
what Skyline Chili is, it's spaghetti noodles, then like a
pound of chili, and then a pound of like treaded cheese.
That's basically what it is. But the chili, Like, there's
(02:36):
two main chili companies in Cincinnati. There's gold Star and
there's Skyline. Skyline Cinnamon has more hint of sky Skyline
Chili has more of a hint to cinnamon. Gold Star
has more of a hint of like chocolate. I'm a
Skyline boy. In fact, Eric and I were in Cincinnati
for Easter many years ago because we're there for opening Day,
(02:57):
went to Skyline Easter, so I'm very excited for that
and then just kind of walk around. I was gonna
try to do some of the trails, the Bourbon Trails,
but they're all booked, which is unfortunate, but.
Speaker 2 (03:08):
It's still gonna be good for me.
Speaker 1 (03:10):
I mentioned this before, like my pre show ritual is
always to walk around the city and walk around and
see this stuff, so probably walk to the venue. You know.
The funny thing about the venue in Louisville is it's
called four Street Live, and it's just like power Plant
in Baltimore. It's the same owners where it's like kind
of like entertainment complex where you know, there's restaurants, there's bars,
(03:32):
and there's the music venue. In Baltimore it was it
was Ramshead. In Louisville, it's Mercury Ballroom. My gosh, brain fart.
It's one of the first shows though, because they'll have
like shows inside the music venue, but then like the
giant space outside sometimes they'll have music shows as well.
And so when I was doing my comedy show, they're like, hey,
just see you know, there's this up and comer country
(03:55):
guy who's gonna be doing a show a side. It
shouldn't be a problem. I was like, okay, fine. It
was Luke co lou Combs, one of the biggest country
stars now on the planet. But they said he came
to show enjoyed it, so that's all it matters. So
Louisville fam, if you see somebody looks like me this weekend,
it is me. I am very very excited. Let me
get to this for your Friday. The lies we tell
(04:17):
ourselves that keep us stuck in life's slowly. I love
this because to me, as far as we know, man,
we only get one life. No, I think that I
have found that life gets a little bit easier when
you kind of take control of things yourself. Starting with
I'm too old or young to make a change. Now
there's the old phrase I wish I started earlier, or
(04:39):
I'll do that, but I have more experience. The truth
is your age is just a number that's been has
little bearing on your billy to pivot, learn or excel.
I do think that, especially like I'm too old, because
it's like even if it was me and I wanted like,
oh I'm too old to switch careers, Like yeah, I
still have hopefully forty years left here. I have more
time left than I've had. And also, why be miserable?
(05:01):
You know the next one? I need to wait until
I feel ready. I'll say this, and again, speaking for myself,
I think that as I look at things that I've done,
I would say comedy is probably the best example, Like
you know, with the comedy album that was number one
last year number deal. There was times I'm like, yeah,
(05:22):
I'm not right with this out yet, like even after
I'd done the shows, like a maybe I shouldn't It's like, yeah,
but there's never really a right time, you know, there
never is. I think it's funny with musicians and their albums,
like they have deadlines, and if there wasn't deadlines of
the albums, I feel like some musicians would work on
albums forever, you know. Eventually I kind of pulled the trigger.
(05:43):
I think that's kind of the way to go. I
need everyone to like and approve of me. No, they say,
you adjust your opinions, edit your words, and sometimes abandon
your goals to maintain universal approval. I again, I hate
always making this about me, but for me, I've kind
of I realize. I think maybe doing this job is
I know who I am, you know, And that's why,
(06:05):
Like if somebody says something about me or like online
like they don't like me, part of me is like
you clearly don't know me, you know. And I think
Tom Holland has this great qub where he says, you know,
if you have an issue with me, call me. If
you don't have my number, you don't know me well enough.
And I think that's kind of true. As long as
(06:26):
you know yourself well enough for good, the things I
want will finally make me happy. Man.
Speaker 2 (06:33):
Oh man.
Speaker 1 (06:33):
If I learned that, they say, you convince yourself the
happiness weights the other side of certain achievements, the promotion,
the relationship, the house, the body, the bank account. They
say this postponement of a joy keeps saying constant say
of not quite there yet. I think that's true, and
I feel like I've tried to be better at that
the last couple of years, where it's like not always
(06:54):
thinking about what's next, to try to enjoy the now,
you know what I mean.
Speaker 2 (07:00):
I think that's huge.
Speaker 1 (07:03):
I mentioned before in the show, I think that you know,
when Chewi passed away, you know, it's been a miserable time.
Speaker 2 (07:08):
Obviously it's not been fun.
Speaker 1 (07:10):
And there was part of me with hockey that's like, okay,
if I throw myself into hockey, you know, if the
Boys win a championship, that will ease the pain of
losing Chewie. And the Boys won championship, and I remember like,
for a second, I was like, why do I still
feel sad? And I was like Oh yeah, this is
not fix anything. It's a it's a very nice and
(07:33):
I'm very happy. However, that doesn't fix any other issues
that I have, you know what I mean. And that's
the same though. It's like, you know, the last year
and a half haven't necessarily been the funnest for me.
Speaker 2 (07:45):
But if you look at like career wise, like open.
Speaker 1 (07:48):
Up a restaurant, shows number one, the comedy album's number
one in the world, but like, yeah, it didn't necessarily
I don't know how to say this. I was very
happy and lucky to achieve those things. It didn't necessarily
fix anything, you know what I'm saying. Like I didn't
fix any of like the negative stuff I was going through,
(08:09):
but oh wow, I got this and good to go.
Speaker 2 (08:11):
It's not how it works, you know.
Speaker 1 (08:13):
So at least now I've tried to like adjust that
so that I can still appreciate the achievement no matter
what it is, and know that like this isn't going
to fix everything, but it's so good to enjoy it.
The thought of I'm not good enough to yet to start. No,
they say you're setting a possibly high bar from the beginning.
Believe you need comprehensive knowledge, perfect skills, or complete confidence
(08:35):
before taking the first step. The preemptive perfectionism keeps potentially
life changing projects permanently on your someday list. Yeah, I
think that's true. I think and we always wait for
that perfect sign, and the reality is like, there is
never a perfect sign. You know, this isn't So I think,
(08:55):
start whatever it is, whatever project you're thinking of, whatever
you're change you're thinking of, the best thing you do
is start. And the one thing I always tell the kids,
my coach is with life, is that the best thing
you can do is live your life so you have
no regrets. You know. I go back to when I
was in Des Moines. I was there for eleven months,
moved down there with Chewy, slept on the floor. Y'all
(09:16):
know the story. But I said to myself, we're just
gonna hustle for the next year that we're here. They
We're gonna put everything into the show, the radio station,
and that way, if it doesn't work out, in a
year from now, I can look back and say, you
want to know what, we tried everything it didn't work out,
It's okay. That's my best advice is that it's better
(09:40):
to do everything you possibly can look back and go
all right, well, at least there was no regrets. Yeah,
it didn't work out, but there's nothing more I could
have done. I've been very blessed to have that happen
with other things as well. So anyway, I hope you
have a great weekend. If you get a chance to
fall along at intern John Radio, you can listen to
the show podcast search intern John your morning show.
Speaker 2 (10:00):
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