The Compulsive Giraffe
Weekly takes on reality from a guy in Northwest Indiana. Sports, entertainment, news, current events, pop culture, people, places, and things talked about from the perspective of somebody who probably thinks a lot like you.
Episodes
What’s the one thing we will never have enough of??? Time. How do you spend yours? How should you spend yours? Is it anybody else’s business?
Join the Giraffe as he busts through the Space/Time continuum.
Did you ever have a job that was so different from normal that you thought, has anyone else ever had a job this weird? Well, maybe not that weird but the Giraffe has held some jobs you might think of as, 'off the beaten path.' From professional acting, to professional clamming on the high seas, to driving a cab on the midnight shift, to being - The Chicken Man - join us this week as we re-live some of the weirdness. En...
The Giraffe runs straight into SARS-CoV-2. You know, the RONA, and lives to tell about it. Hear the story. C'mon, you know you have a free 20 minutes.
Season 2 is underway. Join the Compulsive Giraffe as he recounts his experiences on the express elevator to hell. A cautionary tale of redemption.
The cat's out of the bag. The Giraffe has voted during early voting in Indiana. Find out who and find out why. What are the big issues? What are the ramifications? How will the results effect you. More importantly, how will the results effect me? Jump on the freedom train for a ride around the constitution in this weeks episode.
Where do you stand 7-8 months into "The Great Pandemic?" Are you better off? Worse off? The same? Are you acting for the greater good or even know what that means? How about those empty stadiums; aren't they fun?
Have a little fun with social engineering as we tackle these questions and more in this week's banter from under the big top.
The Steve Strauss interview highlights our first double-digit podcast. This by itself should be enough for you to tune in but wait...there's more. We tear the cover off the Strauss mystique learning what makes this financial hundredaire tick. We talk Texas. We find out what makes a man crazy enough to start his own company with a weird name and then have the audacity to succeed. We go behind the scenes to look at the move...
Join the Giraffe this week for an in depth interview with Neuroscientist Jessica McAleer who once played Aunt Eller in Northern High School's, "Oklahoma." We uncover where the brains actually came from, that the experiments in "Ghostbusters" were real, why her dog is annoying, and that people can live together as long as there is enough room to keep them apart.
Episode 9 is filled with mayhem. Tu...
The Compulsive Giraffe launches its maiden voyage on the interview circuit. The lovely and talented Adam Westby, straight from America's heartland joins host Will from the land of Charles Schultz, the Twin Cities of Minnesota.
You don't want to miss this as we talk sports, cartoons, the impending zombie apocalypse, pond hockey, what the hell is happening in Minneapolis, and of course...the Juicy Lucy.
Join the Giraffe as he recounts the memories of his yoot. I meant to say, yoot. Memories created by choices, most of them bad, some phenomenal. Choices that led to framing a life, scars and all. Isn't it said that your scars are the roadmap to your soul? If not, it should be. Life lessons a plenty here.
There is NO situation that you cannot recover from and win. You just have to get up.
Please join the Compulsive Giraffe for a very special, heartwarming episode of things that suck beyond all measure. You may have experienced some of these things at one time or another and thought...boy that really sucks. You were right. It did, and it still sucks. Have some fun with us as we bang our heads against the wall reliving doctor appointments, bad restaurant food, and other things that aggravate us nearly to the point...
A look at the Giraffe's all-time favorite movies. You might be surprised at what made the list.
In this episode we explore what's what and who's who in the Social Justice Warrior community. We wonder aloud how anti-fascists feel when they learn that they may have to get a job or go back to school in September. We try to give our theory on why everyone wants to take our money. And...it's birthday week so naturally, I'm exhausted. Fun and frivolity abounds in episode 4.
A brief history of how religion and clucking like a chicken can be intertwined. Beware the 3rd rail. In this episode, I'm surfing it!!
Major League baseball is back. What did I just watch?!?
Inaugural launch of The Compulsive Giraffe. The progression from blog to podcast. One regular guys take on news, sports, pop culture, music, movies, current events, politics, books, people, places, and things.
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