A Place For My Head

A Place For My Head

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December 8, 2020 74 mins

This week on A Place For My Head, Brandon Thompson chats with Nate Lastinger, a friend who has overcome an uber-religious childhood and subsequent substance abuse to find success. Nate came from a Christian family who grew up wanting to be different in his own way. Along the path growing up in his teens, he […]

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This week on A Place For My Head, Brandon Thompson chats with the lead singer of the metal band Infected Rain, Lena Scissorhands. The two discuss how she discovered her singing ability by sheer accident, being affected by emotional trauma and living it through someone else, the difficulties of always having to be “on” while […]

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This week on A Place For My Head, Brandon Thompson chats with former Nacy SEAL turned author Jason Redman. Jason spent 21 years in the Navy and has taken those lessons learned and is now sharing his motivational message with companies, teams, churches, and individuals across the globe through motivational speaking, workshops, personal coaching, and […]

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October 13, 2020 56 mins

This week on A Place For My Head, Brandon Thompson and Jerry Petuck dive into the Netflix documentary called “The Social Dilemma.” The documentary has a ton of buzz surrounding it as it digs deep into how social media is being used to manipulate the public, the way it thinks, and it’s mental health. Thanks […]

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This week on A Place For My Head, Brandon Thompson and Jerry Petuck go across the pond to the United Kingdom to chat with Katia Bell, a psychological well-being practitioner. Katia shares her own story of what it was like growing up with a father who dealt with clinical depression, how it led to her […]

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September 29, 2020 44 mins

This week on A Place For My Head, Brandon Thompson and Jerry Petuck discuss the subject of toxic people and how they affect your mental health. What are the characteristics of a toxic person? What are the warning signs? What happens if that toxic person is a family member, friend, or co-worker? How do you […]

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This week on A Place For My Head, Brandon Thompson and Jerry Petuck are joined by Drew Garabo, afternoon drive host on 102.5 The Bone in Tampa. The guys discuss the radio business, trying to pick yourself up after losing a gig and losing faith, the COVID-19 pandemic, the importance of finding closure and forgiveness, […]

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This week on A Place For My Head, Brandon Thompson and Jerry Petuck are joined by Shawn Lopez, a five year veteran of the US Marine Corps and Purple Heart recipient. Shawn did tours in both Afghanistan and Iraq and shares his struggles of dealing with the loss of another Marine during combat, surviving an […]

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This week on A Place For My Head, Brandon Thompson and Jerry Petuck continue their conversation about change and then get into the pandemic and how it’s affecting kids of all ages. As the ongoing debate about whether schools should be reopened or not, the fact of the matter is the lives of children these […]

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July 30, 2020 48 mins

Change in life is inevitable. It happens to everyone. How you handle it and how you respond to it dictates whether the change will be good or bad. This week on A Place For My Head, Brandon Thompson and Jerry Petuck discuss just that and the changes going on in Brandon’s life with the opening […]

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This week on A Place For My Head, Brandon Thompson and Jerry Petuck discuss a serious issue within the law enforcement community and that’s PTSD. Former police officer/911 dispatcher Jamie Gonzalez, a long time friend of Jerry’s, is featured in the upcoming documentary PTSD 911, where she shares her experience as both a dispatcher and […]

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This week on A Place For My Head, Brandon Thompson and Jerry Petuck sit down for an open, candid conversation with Jaret Reddick, lead singer of Bowling For Soup. Bowling For Soup has released ten studio albums, two live albums, and been on the music scene since 1994. What you may not have known about […]

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This week on A Place For My Head, Brandon Thompson and Jerry Petuck piggyback last week’s incredible conversation with pro wrestler and actor Aron Stevens, who opened up about overcoming his own self-doubt, with some stories of their own battles with it and how it’s something that haunts them every day. From there, the guys […]

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This week on A Place For My Head, Brandon Thompson and Jerry Petuck chat with the artist formerly known as WWE’s “Intellectual Savior Of The Masses” Damien Sandow, current NWA superstar Aron Stevens. Aron has had one of the most interesting careers in the wrestling business in recent memory. He joins the guys to share […]

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This week on A Place For My Head, Brandon Thompson and Jerry Petuck open the show talking about how everyone is so mentally exhausted by everything going on in the world between the ongoing pandemic and the social issues but then takes a turn to talk about toxic people in your life who like to […]

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This week on A Place For My Head, Brandon Thompson and Jerry Petuck continue their conversation from last week about the racial equality and civil rights issues going on in the country and how it’s affecting everyone. Then, the guys discuss the story of University of Tennessee freshman quarterback Brian Maurer. If you aren’t familiar […]

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We’re angry. You’re angry. The nation is pissed off…..and rightfully so. There are peaceful protests. There are riots. There is looting. The mental health of the nation is in shambles. The murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis was the straw that broke the proverbial camel’s back but this has been brewing for decades. This week […]

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This week on A Place For My Head, Brandon Thompson and Jerry Petuck are joined by former Puddle Of Mudd and Rev Theory lead guitarist Paul Phillips. Throughout Paul’s successful music career, he’s always dealt with social anxiety and used alcohol as a tool to get through it. Paul shares stories about being on the […]

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This week on A Place For My Head, Brandon Thompson and Jerry Petuck chat with model Serra Scars, who goes deep into the body image issues she’s had her entire life, the surgeries that she’s gone through that only made matters worse, the dangers of self-medicating, and how she’s been able to come out the […]

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This week on A Place For My Head, Brandon Thompson and Jerry Petuck sit down with the founder and former lead singer of Ill Nino, Cristian Machado. Brandon and Cristian have been friends for years after spending a ton of time on the road touring with the band. Cristian and the guys discuss the ups […]

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