The Wags & Fresh Podcast

A conversation about making things into fun games.

We have a conversation about improving our conversations. The world seems to be divided with little to no interest in seeing anyone else's point of view. John and Justin see the world very differently on most topics but still manage to listen, learn, and love one another in the process. This ongoing conversation, that started well before we started to record this podcast, has been one of the primary reasons for their individual personal and professional growth. Have fun and Hit Play!!!

Talking about people seems like what we have talked about the most in the strange times and this conversation is no different. How well do you know your neighbors? How can you be a better neighbor? Its time to start helping each other to become better versions of ourselves.

And maybe most importantly, what do you like about what you learned about yourself? How are you going to do more of that? How are you going to add it to the new you moving forward? Have some fun with this conversation and Hit Play!!!

A fun conversation about how we have been adding some specific creativity into our lives. How are we using that part of ourselves to help improve our lives?

We have a great conversation with a Jason about his techniques that he teaches to parents, teachers, students, and children on how to handle things like bullying. Jason also talks about techniques as parents to help guide and parent our kids.

A conversation we had while we were all at home during the coronavirus outbreak. We reflect a little bit on how we feel and more importantly how we are making others feel.

We had an opportunity to discuss how Dave, from a young age, has also been able to set his mind to something and achieve his goal. Have fun and Hit Play!!!!

This conversation about Michael Jordan is more of a personal reflection of who Jordan was to John and how impactful he was in our life. Have Fun and Hit Play!!!

We caught up with our friend Chris to find out what he’s up to during the situation. He’s been on this show before and living in NYC, he gives us an update on what life is like for him throughout all of this.

We have a special guest on this episode talking about what is or isn’t normal, what will be the new normal, and what things have we been doing during this time to stay connected. Have fun, Hit Play!!!

We initially posed the question as if this was a vacation but the more time goes on the less this is a fun vacation and the more it becomes a historical one. Sorry if we go off on a rant or two on this one but this stuff is a little more serious than most episodes.

A conversation game about the actions we all can take to help on another or take action on a dream you have always had. If not now, when? Stay Safe, Have fun, and Hit Play.

For us that’s and easy answer, PEOPLE. This is not as much of a game as it is a discussion about how to use some of the things we have been talking about the last 15 months and practice them with the PEOPLE we care about most. “Bus stop or Bubble?” “ATM” etc....Stay Safe, have fun, and Hit Play!!!

Recorded back on 3/7 when we took being outside for granted. If you can get outside please spend time enjoying nature as much as possible. The better question and conversation is about how to get outside of yourself and push yourself to grow. Have fun and Hit Play!!!

A conversation about a couple of new things in our lives that have been inspired or connected to this conversation that we are having. Do you have any new things in your life? What could you be doing to make some of those things happen for yourself? Why wait? What small step can you take now to move in the direction you want ? Have fun and Hit Play!!!

A question about questions...now that seems like a conversation game that is fun. Have fun and Hit Play!!!

We have been watching a lot of boxing lately and thought it would be fun to have a conversation game around the fights that we are winning or losing with ourselves.

A stream of consciousness episode discussing how we handle bad things or our negative reactions. We all try to handle things positively but what about the times you don’t?

So we recorded something last weekend that we didn’t like so we decided to re-record an episode in the middle of the week that we felt was more reflective of what we wanted to say. Are we really practicing what we preach? And what does Betsy have to do with all that? Fun conversation and a little bonus of the original audio that forced us to record another episode. Have fun and Hit Play!!!

Tone vs actions is what we start off talking about but the conversation shifts to what your tone is or needs to be for you to be happy.

A bonus episode this weekend just talking about who will win the Super Bowl and why.

This was something we talked about all week and was the perfect conversation to have with all the positive and negative things happening in our lives. Have fun and Hit Play!!!

We talk about thinking about things differently than our old ways of thinking by changing the meaning of an old thought. We go on a few fun tangents on this episode but we had a lot of fun.

A really pure conversation game about something that we just made up. Classic Wags and Fresh...Have Fun, Hit Play!!!

In this conversation game we use MMA and boxing as examples of how sports and people in those sports have had to change over time. What are you a Black Belt in now and what do you want to be a Black Belt in? How are you going to go from a White Belt now to become the Black Bet you want to be?

It’s a time of the year where we start making resolutions and we discuss this topic in general and how this applies to us. Have fun and Hit Play!!!

In our last episode of the year we discuss the importance of this time of the year. What it means to us and how we try to maximize the experiences.

We have a short conversation about what we learned from our experience doing this podcast this last year.

A conversation about what stimuli we use every day and what can we introduce into our day that would be new. How can we change the stimuli so we can change our experiences?

A funny episode about us starting off talking about metaphors but quickly realize that we don’t really know what a metaphor is and how to use them. This ultimately reminded us how many times we use language incorrectly.

A follow up episode on what we took away from the conversation with Dan Gallagher from Crow vs. Lion. We talked about how parts of that conversation took us into directions that we previously we not on and how that further enriched our lives.

We play a conversation game to see how much our phones love us. We all say we love our phones but does it love you back? Can it even distinguish emotions?

What are you depositing your Attention, Time, and Money towards? Have a conversation game with yourself about what you could be spend more attention, time, and/or money on to be happier in your life.

Another fun conversation game using random pieces of information to create a story. How do you then try to change your perspective on things by changing the story during or after you’ve created it? What can you learn about others by see another way to look at these facts?

We talk about the things that we feed our brains from music, to art, to food, etc. we discuss what we both need to add more of and what things we need to eliminate to better feed our brains.

We had an amazing interview with Dan Gallagher of Crow vs. Lion about his new Album “The Heart, The Time, The Pen.”
We play a conversation game about leaning into the concept of the album and specific songs. What did those things lead us to learn about Dan, the music, and the art ? Hit Play!!!

A more serious conversation about age and how people feel, look, and think as it relates to age. We explore the idea that maybe the society norm regarding age is incorrect. That we should reset the age expectation to have a healthier collective target to aspire to.

Another conversation game that started with one word and one activity...making pancakes. From that, how many lessons can you learn and how can you apply that life lessons process into other ordinary activities.?

This is a very fun conversation game that we have played in the past and suggest that you try, especially if you are trying to get to know someone else better. Have Fun. Hit Play!!!

A little more of a serious conversation about gain perspective through a serious of events over the last few weeks. It had been a few weeks since we were able to record anything so we took the opportunity to discuss how those things were impactful.

A conversation game about random songs selections and trying to connect those songs to things in your life. We both pick a song and then tried to see how that was not random since they are connected to things in our life right now. A follow up philosophical question, “is anything truly random?”

This conversation game is having fun with how movies and music have deep meanings, and we also talk about how the artist and the audience many times have different emotional interpretations of the meaning of the art. What do the interpretations of these music and movies say about the artist and yourself? It was also fun that the question that John asked was interpreted differently by Justin versus what John intended the question to be about.

We had a quick conversation about next steps and some general thoughts on what next steps ideas we had.

We discuss that it might be time to take some next steps on the areas that you have been working on. Maybe this is an extension of pick it up or put it down episode or of the episode about what you value. Whatever it is, now is the time start taking action on the next steps for you. Have fun and Hit Play!!!

A follow up conversation on thinking about what makes you happy and valuing your time in a way that allows you to maximize you focus on the things that make you happy.

This was our second interview with our friend and author Chris Petitt. This was just an excerpt of a conversation we had about what we value and why? Chris, also,tells a story about being taken into custody by the Turkish Army.

We have a conversation game about the difference between being engaged and open (bus stopping) or closed off and guarded (bubbling). We talk about the different ways that this happens during our day to day life and trying to bus stop more frequently. This will lead to more communication with others and opens up new possibilities.

A conversation game around the word apply. How that word was continually coming up for both of us this week and we wanted to share our experiences around that word. So have fun and Hit Play!!!

Another recorded episode from the vault. We recorded this one remotely shortly before July 4th weekend. We discuss what things in our lives that we need to get more focused on and what things we need to let go of.