The What A Character Podcast

The What A Character Podcast

Embark on a captivating journey through the lives of iconic characters in "What A Character" podcast. Join John Carlos as he unravels the untold stories, motivations, and relationships behind beloved heroes, intriguing antiheroes, charming villains, and life itself. Immerse yourself in a treasure trove of insights and entertainment as you delve into the rich narratives that define these relatable and unforgettable characters.

Episodes

January 18, 2026 22 mins

There comes a moment when you realize you’ve been waiting, over explaining, adjusting, and hoping. All for nothing to actually change.

This episode explores the emotional exhaustion of staying too long, the psychology behind patience that turns into self-betrayal, and the clarity that comes when you finally stop romanticizing potential.

This isn’t about anger.
It’s about awareness.

If you’ve ever stayed because leaving felt harder ...

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Love doesn’t fall apart, communication does.


This episode dives into the quiet misunderstandings, emotional shutdowns, and unspoken needs that slowly create distance between people who care deeply.

Press play if you’ve ever felt too much…or not enough.

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December 28, 2025 17 mins

Ever feel like life should’ve given you a medal by now? This episode is for the hustlers, the over-thinkers, the ones who finally realize, maybe it wasn’t delay…Maybe it was becoming. We break down acceptance, nervous system healing, star alignment, and how your timeline was always yours…You just had to catch up. Press play and exhale with us.

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This episode is for anyone who was tested, exhausted, and still kept going. We talk about what survival actually does to you, why timing matters more than you think, and how the years that nearly broke you are often the ones shaping what comes next, even when you couldn’t see it yet.

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Red flags weren’t subtle. They were flashing in 4K, loud enough to wake up a city. Still, the hope kept showing up, the excuses kept stacking, and the chaos felt familiar enough to tolerate. Until the moment it didn’t.

This episode is a reminder that walking away isn’t failure. It’s survival. It’s choosing yourself, your clarity, and the kind of peace no one else can give you.

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November 26, 2025 11 mins

We’re talking real gratitude. The kind that hits differently when life is messy, loud, or just straight-up trying your patience.

This episode dives into noticing your blessings, shifting your energy, and receiving the good without guilt.

Because, even if life feels ghetto, your spirit can still glow.

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November 16, 2025 26 mins

You can stay, or you can leave, but the betrayal stays with you.
We always talk about moving on, but no one talks about the chaos left behind when trust shatters.
The shock is ugly, the grief is heavy, and the rage is real… but it’s also where your power begins to rise. And when the dust settles, the fire leaves something behind: clarity, power, and the first spark of your comeback.









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34 almost took me out. But, it broke me out of survival mode & turned off autopilot. I stopped living for deadlines & started living for moments. For family, for deep laughs, slow mornings, & real love. I earned this peace. I earned this calm.


The theme for 35 is, presence. Nothing more, nothing less.


This episode is a reminder to slow down, breathe deeper, and actually live.

Not for validation. Not for someday. But for right...

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October 19, 2025 18 mins

Ever feel like you’re running behind in life? Like everyone’s out there buying homes, having babies, getting engaged…and you’re just trying to make it through the week?

This episode is your reminder that you’re not behind.
This moment, this messy in-between, this quiet season, it still counts.

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October 12, 2025 25 mins

When the baby arrives, it’s not just a new life being born, it’s a new you. In this episode, we go behind the happy social media photos and into the raw, beautiful tension of motherhood; The faith reclaimed, the body changed, the love reconfigured. This is for every woman learning to hold both grief and joy, fear and fierce tenderness. This is, The Birth of You, Too!

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Did you miss me!?

August kicked my ass, pero también me enseño, that I’ve been so stuck on the hustle that I forgot to actually enjoy what I’ve already built. In this episode, I get talk about burnout, healing, and the power of just pausing to fucking breathe.

Because sometimes, the biggest flex isn’t the next move. It’s celebrating this one.


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We pray for new beginnings, but nobody talks about how much they cost. Nobody warns you that after the move, the wedding, the dream job…comes the grief.

Grief for who you used to be. Grief for the version of you that felt sure, grounded, home.

This is for the ones who got everything they asked for and still feel lost as hell.

You’re not broken. You’re not failing. You’re in transit.


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July 6, 2025 17 mins

You don’t have to wait for life to stop hurting to be happy.

You don’t need closure to feel peace.

You don’t need permission to smile.

You just need one bold-ass decision:

I’m choosing joy. Even now. Even here. Even like this.

Welcome to the episode that might just save somebody’s life.

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Not all families are born. Some are made by love, by choice, by showing up when it matters.


This Pride, I’m shouting out the ones who didn’t have to save me... but did anyway.


You didn’t have to. But you did.
And that’s everything.

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June 1, 2025 12 mins

Happy Pride Month!

This episode is a Letter to My Past Self.

This isn’t just a letter. It’s a reckoning.

To the child who hid.
To the teen who prayed to be “fixed.”
To the soul who survived silence, shame, and still chose to stay. This one’s for you.

You were never too much. You were always divine.

This Pride, we don’t just celebrate. We remember who we had to be to make it here.

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May 18, 2025 26 mins

They’ll call you selfish the moment you stop abandoning yourself for them.
But they never called you selfless when it was killing you.

Let them be mad.
You’re allowed to choose peace.
You’re allowed to fucking matter.

And no, you don’t need a reason!

This is your Permission to Be Selfish.

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April 27, 2025 23 mins

We always talk about change, but not the wreckage left behind from the shift.

The shift is ugly, but it’s where growth begins. And sometimes, it’s the only choice.

For the ones who burned it all down, how do you rebuild when the pieces don’t fit anymore? Let me know in the comments.

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April 13, 2025 25 mins

You can change. You can heal. But you can’t rewrite the pain you caused.

We talk about survival. We talk about growth. But we don’t talk about the wreckage we left behind on our way to becoming better people.

We romanticize redemption, but healing when you were the one who broke them? That’s a different kind of hell. The shame. The silence. The guilt that lingers long after the apology.

This is for the ones who were loved through the ...

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Took a sip of my own medicine.
Rested. Recharged. Ready to run my mouth again!

March was for my mind, my man, my people, and most of all, me.
The mic was off, but the growth was loud.

I'm back baby! Episodes kick back up next week!
Hope you missed me. 💛

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February 23, 2025 21 mins

They try to bleach the bloodline, but the Black will never leave.

Black culture is part of our latinidad! We move to the rhythms, speak in the cadences, season our food with the history itself. But when it comes to claiming our Blackness? We hesitate. We deny. We erase.

We’ve been taught to call ourselves Indio, trigueño, mestizo, anything but what we are. But no matter how much we run from it, history runs THROUGH us. The curls, the...

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