October 27, 2025 • 10 mins
On this episode of The Thought Shower, Intern John talks about his weekend in Des Moines, and hte wost social situations to be in
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Intern John's new comedy album, "Chuy Forever: The Album" is out! Proceeds benefit the Warrior Canine Connection. You can order the album HERE
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):
And a happy Monday friend. Welcome to your thought shower. Intern.
John is my name. It was a weekend, to say
the least. This past weekend, I went back to Des Moines,
Des Moines, Iowa to see my boss, Greg Chance legendary
and also to see college football Minnesota versus Iowa. Let's
(00:21):
get into how things went down. So landed on Friday.
First move was to go right back to my old
apartment in Des Moines, and I knew it was gonna
be emotional for me. That's the first time I've gone
back to Des Moines without Chewy. Every time I've gone
back previously, he's come with. So it was weird bringing
(00:41):
him back. And I say bringing him back because I
did bring his collar with me. I don't know why
the thought this kind of popped in my head Friday.
I got home after work, I'm like, you wont know
what I'm gonna bring his collar with I've never brought
his collar anywhere before. It is it pulls the hard
strings to pay it up because when you pick up
the collar, you know, it rattles.
Speaker 2 (01:03):
Actually I think it's still on backpack. It rattles like
he used to wear it. You know what? I mean,
so it's a bit of like, uh, let me make
sure it's not in here. I'm about to have a
meltdown on the air hold on real quick. I still
have it.
Speaker 1 (01:19):
Okay, we're good, but when you move it, it kind of
sounds like him walking around still. I don't know why.
My brain's like, we should bring him back, like we should.
He'd want to see it too. I brought him back before,
and I think he's very indifferent about it. He's like,
you want to know what, Yeah, I get it, you
were you're broke before, but now I have a higher
demand for my lifestyle, you know what I mean. So
(01:40):
I brought him back, took a photo of the apartment,
and it was emotional, no doubt, said some words. I
think I mentioned this. I did an Instagram story and
it's actually highlighted now. Where like if I had told
John back then, when he was sleeping on the floor
eating tuna, that one day we'd have a show in DC,
we'd is one hundred thousand dollars a Fisher House number
(02:02):
one comedy albums on a restaurant there. I mean, there's yeah,
there's not a chance in hell he believe it, you
know what? I mean that seemed that like we're just
trying to get to the next job, you know. I thought,
realistically I had maybe like two more moves left, and
maybe I still do. Who knows did that? Friday The
(02:24):
best part was when I was in that apartment complex.
They had told me like, hey, don't put stuff in
the balcony. We're going to replace the balcony. It is
still the same balcony as before still to this day.
Speaker 2 (02:36):
I walked around and checked to show you like this place.
Speaker 1 (02:39):
I look at the prices up first of all, online
they have no photos of the inside. We should tell
you something. A three bedroom is twelve hundred dollars. Three
bedroom twelve hundred dollars. I went inside my building. So
my building was three floors, two units in each floor.
Still the same wash or dryer there was when I
was there, and it's only a washer dryer, which was miserable.
(03:04):
Friday went to see my boss Greg into his family
and his kids. When I was there were children now
as oldest as a senior in high school. His youngest
is a freshman, I believe, and it's like, Yo, this
is not great. Don't like that. Don't like that. And
then went to his lowly Mexican spot and I do
(03:24):
this thing where if it's close to anyone's birthday, you
had to have them say hi, birthday. You do if
it's close to anybody's birthday, Greg's birthday by month away.
I'm like, you want to know what, I won't be
here in a month. Let's celebrate now. They brought the
hat ice cream. Fantastic Saturday came around football game Minnesota
versus Iowa. I had sit on the air in this
(03:46):
podcast that we were primed for a bad game. That
Minnesota had just beaten Nebraska was an upset and as
a Minnesota sports fan, I know the highs. The highs
come with the lowest of the lows. I knew they'd
lay an egg. I also thought that Iowa would lay
an egg because they had just beaten Penn State. I
(04:06):
was wrong. Iowa did not lay an egg it. Iowa
came out swinging, dude. So first of all, went to
the game Kinnick Stadium, Iowa City, massive stadium, massive tailgate,
and which is very cool to be part of that.
And yeah, it was like seventeen to nothing in the
first six minutes, Like it was like Minnesota did knock
(04:28):
get off the bus, dude. It was first play, Iowa
goes down and score a touchdown. We hunt, Iowa scores again.
Then I think we threw a pick six for a touchdown.
Then they returned a punt for a touchdown. It was like, yo,
this legit is children versus men. But the coolest thing
about the Iowa game was at halftime they waved to
(04:49):
the children's hospital after the first quarter. I mean, that
was very cool. And then went back had a great time.
I had a great time. It was great seeing you
know where we came from, seeing my good friend chance
family was a good kind of reset weekend. And now
we get into the nitty gritty. Let me get to
this for your Monday. These solo SOI situations, I feel
like psychological warfare man. The awkward silence. They say, you're
(05:14):
a social gathering deep in conversation. Suddenly both of you
and your conversation partner around of things to say. The
silence stretches longer than yoga class in a room with
chatty friends. In these moments, the air feels heavy with
the pressure to fill the void with words, any words.
I own mind awkward silence. I think it's worse when
you both realize it's awkward silence, you know what I mean?
(05:36):
Because sometimes with somebody, you know, you can just be zen,
you know, if the conversation dies off, and I think
like with golfing sometimes, like if we're golfing with Goofferend
android day and like maybe we're just riding, don't need
to talk. That's different. That's just like being comfortable with somebody.
(05:57):
I think, like when you're just meeting somebody or catching
up with like the one person kind of at a wedding,
it's like, ah, who did you say something?
Speaker 2 (06:06):
Yeah? Name amnesia? I hate this.
Speaker 1 (06:09):
Oh god, uh, if you're in a conversation the person
refers to you by the wrong name or you forget theirs.
I am so bad at names. Part of it is
that I meet a lot of people like that's certainly
part of it. But yeah, I hate when somebody says
(06:30):
to me, hey, do you remember me? Because it's like, no,
obviously if I remember to you, it'ld say hey, Chris,
good to see you. That is, to me, the worst
question you can ask do you remember me? It's like yo,
now it's gonna be bad for both of us, you know.
That's what I always reintroduce myself to folks always. I
(06:51):
think it's easier the never ending story. You're kind of
conversation somebody who seems to have forgotten the concept of
a full stop. The story meanders while your tension span
d windows sound like the battery on your phone.
Speaker 2 (07:03):
Yeah. To me, maybe it's because of like the job.
Speaker 1 (07:09):
You know, uh, when people can't tell a good story.
There's not much that drives me more crazy than that,
because it's like, yo, dude, Like, if you are asking
the group right to put the attention spotlight on you,
you gotta kill it.
Speaker 2 (07:24):
You got to.
Speaker 1 (07:25):
The story has to have a beginning, middle end, And
if you think the story is going somewhere or not
going the way, you want to lie, make this story better,
pull up lies, exaggerate Listen. We just want to hear
good story.
Speaker 2 (07:41):
You know what I mean.
Speaker 1 (07:42):
At the end of the day, folks just want to
hear good story. They want to be, you know, distracted
for a little bit. I think that's that's beyond fair.
The lingering goodbye, oh yeah, although I'm pretty good at
the Irish goodbye, I'll just leave legitimately once I've hit
(08:02):
my my fund meter, like I've hit the maximum amount
of level of fun. I can have you boys leaving,
you know, well, I say goodbye? Perhaps, uh. I think
my favorite quote my good friend DJ Rise aka Brandon Perry,
is quote, yo, you leaving, because that's I usually go, yes, sir,
(08:22):
Yes I am, Yes, I am. In fact, I've been out,
I've been social, I've had fun. I know that for
me personally, the fun is not gonna get more fun,
It's gonna get worse. So yes, sir, I am leaving.
This happens especially like at clubs and stuff. I mean
I always say too, like nothing good happens at nightclub
past you know, midnight one point thirty, so like at
(08:46):
that point I'm looking to leave, especially if I'm with
like a girl, Like I'm like, hey, we're not staying
around when during the fighting hour. That's uh, that's not
the vibe for this journey, you know what I mean.
The last one is the inescapable HUGF you're in a
social setting where someone goes in for hug, you have
awkwardly attempting to reciprocate or avoid it altogether. I hate
where it's like you go for the handshake and they
(09:09):
go for a hug. That to me is like YO,
all right, now, what are we doing? Then I go
for the hug versus the handshake. It's like that to me,
messes me up. I'll think about that for days like
That'd be on my mind by how I messed up,
especially because I'm so good a dapping up people. Dude,
listen to this. Did you hear that? I was John's
(09:31):
last podcast. He demonstrated how he's good at handshakes and podcasts. Yeah,
how'd sound like it might be good at handshakes. Listen,
have a fantastic day today. Also tomorrow night, the show's
going ghost hunting at Linville manor so makes you follow
along on these socials at WYMUS Radio at intern John
Radio as well.
Speaker 2 (09:51):
We'll see you on Wednesday. I appreciate you for listening.
This is the Thought Shower
And a happy Monday friend. Welcome to your thought shower. Intern.
John is my name. It was a weekend, to say
the least. This past weekend, I went back to Des Moines,
Des Moines, Iowa to see my boss, Greg Chance legendary
and also to see college football Minnesota versus Iowa. Let's
(00:21):
get into how things went down. So landed on Friday.
First move was to go right back to my old
apartment in Des Moines, and I knew it was gonna
be emotional for me. That's the first time I've gone
back to Des Moines without Chewy. Every time I've gone
back previously, he's come with. So it was weird bringing
(00:41):
him back. And I say bringing him back because I
did bring his collar with me. I don't know why
the thought this kind of popped in my head Friday.
I got home after work, I'm like, you wont know
what I'm gonna bring his collar with I've never brought
his collar anywhere before. It is it pulls the hard
strings to pay it up because when you pick up
the collar, you know, it rattles.
Speaker 2 (01:03):
Actually I think it's still on backpack. It rattles like
he used to wear it. You know what? I mean,
so it's a bit of like, uh, let me make
sure it's not in here. I'm about to have a
meltdown on the air hold on real quick. I still
have it.
Speaker 1 (01:19):
Okay, we're good, but when you move it, it kind of
sounds like him walking around still. I don't know why.
My brain's like, we should bring him back, like we should.
He'd want to see it too. I brought him back before,
and I think he's very indifferent about it. He's like,
you want to know what, Yeah, I get it, you
were you're broke before, but now I have a higher
demand for my lifestyle, you know what I mean. So
(01:40):
I brought him back, took a photo of the apartment,
and it was emotional, no doubt, said some words. I
think I mentioned this. I did an Instagram story and
it's actually highlighted now. Where like if I had told
John back then, when he was sleeping on the floor
eating tuna, that one day we'd have a show in DC,
we'd is one hundred thousand dollars a Fisher House number
(02:02):
one comedy albums on a restaurant there. I mean, there's yeah,
there's not a chance in hell he believe it, you
know what? I mean that seemed that like we're just
trying to get to the next job, you know. I thought,
realistically I had maybe like two more moves left, and
maybe I still do. Who knows did that? Friday The
(02:24):
best part was when I was in that apartment complex.
They had told me like, hey, don't put stuff in
the balcony. We're going to replace the balcony. It is
still the same balcony as before still to this day.
Speaker 2 (02:36):
I walked around and checked to show you like this place.
Speaker 1 (02:39):
I look at the prices up first of all, online
they have no photos of the inside. We should tell
you something. A three bedroom is twelve hundred dollars. Three
bedroom twelve hundred dollars. I went inside my building. So
my building was three floors, two units in each floor.
Still the same wash or dryer there was when I
was there, and it's only a washer dryer, which was miserable.
(03:04):
Friday went to see my boss Greg into his family
and his kids. When I was there were children now
as oldest as a senior in high school. His youngest
is a freshman, I believe, and it's like, Yo, this
is not great. Don't like that. Don't like that. And
then went to his lowly Mexican spot and I do
(03:24):
this thing where if it's close to anyone's birthday, you
had to have them say hi, birthday. You do if
it's close to anybody's birthday, Greg's birthday by month away.
I'm like, you want to know what, I won't be
here in a month. Let's celebrate now. They brought the
hat ice cream. Fantastic Saturday came around football game Minnesota
versus Iowa. I had sit on the air in this
(03:46):
podcast that we were primed for a bad game. That
Minnesota had just beaten Nebraska was an upset and as
a Minnesota sports fan, I know the highs. The highs
come with the lowest of the lows. I knew they'd
lay an egg. I also thought that Iowa would lay
an egg because they had just beaten Penn State. I
(04:06):
was wrong. Iowa did not lay an egg it. Iowa
came out swinging, dude. So first of all, went to
the game Kinnick Stadium, Iowa City, massive stadium, massive tailgate,
and which is very cool to be part of that.
And yeah, it was like seventeen to nothing in the
first six minutes, Like it was like Minnesota did knock
(04:28):
get off the bus, dude. It was first play, Iowa
goes down and score a touchdown. We hunt, Iowa scores again.
Then I think we threw a pick six for a touchdown.
Then they returned a punt for a touchdown. It was like, yo,
this legit is children versus men. But the coolest thing
about the Iowa game was at halftime they waved to
(04:49):
the children's hospital after the first quarter. I mean, that
was very cool. And then went back had a great time.
I had a great time. It was great seeing you
know where we came from, seeing my good friend chance
family was a good kind of reset weekend. And now
we get into the nitty gritty. Let me get to
this for your Monday. These solo SOI situations, I feel
like psychological warfare man. The awkward silence. They say, you're
(05:14):
a social gathering deep in conversation. Suddenly both of you
and your conversation partner around of things to say. The
silence stretches longer than yoga class in a room with
chatty friends. In these moments, the air feels heavy with
the pressure to fill the void with words, any words.
I own mind awkward silence. I think it's worse when
you both realize it's awkward silence, you know what I mean?
(05:36):
Because sometimes with somebody, you know, you can just be zen,
you know, if the conversation dies off, and I think
like with golfing sometimes, like if we're golfing with Goofferend
android day and like maybe we're just riding, don't need
to talk. That's different. That's just like being comfortable with somebody.
(05:57):
I think, like when you're just meeting somebody or catching
up with like the one person kind of at a wedding,
it's like, ah, who did you say something?
Speaker 2 (06:06):
Yeah? Name amnesia? I hate this.
Speaker 1 (06:09):
Oh god, uh, if you're in a conversation the person
refers to you by the wrong name or you forget theirs.
I am so bad at names. Part of it is
that I meet a lot of people like that's certainly
part of it. But yeah, I hate when somebody says
(06:30):
to me, hey, do you remember me? Because it's like, no,
obviously if I remember to you, it'ld say hey, Chris,
good to see you. That is, to me, the worst
question you can ask do you remember me? It's like yo,
now it's gonna be bad for both of us, you know.
That's what I always reintroduce myself to folks always. I
(06:51):
think it's easier the never ending story. You're kind of
conversation somebody who seems to have forgotten the concept of
a full stop. The story meanders while your tension span
d windows sound like the battery on your phone.
Speaker 2 (07:03):
Yeah. To me, maybe it's because of like the job.
Speaker 1 (07:09):
You know, uh, when people can't tell a good story.
There's not much that drives me more crazy than that,
because it's like, yo, dude, Like, if you are asking
the group right to put the attention spotlight on you,
you gotta kill it.
Speaker 2 (07:24):
You got to.
Speaker 1 (07:25):
The story has to have a beginning, middle end, And
if you think the story is going somewhere or not
going the way, you want to lie, make this story better,
pull up lies, exaggerate Listen. We just want to hear
good story.
Speaker 2 (07:41):
You know what I mean.
Speaker 1 (07:42):
At the end of the day, folks just want to
hear good story. They want to be, you know, distracted
for a little bit. I think that's that's beyond fair.
The lingering goodbye, oh yeah, although I'm pretty good at
the Irish goodbye, I'll just leave legitimately once I've hit
(08:02):
my my fund meter, like I've hit the maximum amount
of level of fun. I can have you boys leaving,
you know, well, I say goodbye? Perhaps, uh. I think
my favorite quote my good friend DJ Rise aka Brandon Perry,
is quote, yo, you leaving, because that's I usually go, yes, sir,
(08:22):
Yes I am, Yes, I am. In fact, I've been out,
I've been social, I've had fun. I know that for
me personally, the fun is not gonna get more fun,
It's gonna get worse. So yes, sir, I am leaving.
This happens especially like at clubs and stuff. I mean
I always say too, like nothing good happens at nightclub
past you know, midnight one point thirty, so like at
(08:46):
that point I'm looking to leave, especially if I'm with
like a girl, Like I'm like, hey, we're not staying
around when during the fighting hour. That's uh, that's not
the vibe for this journey, you know what I mean.
The last one is the inescapable HUGF you're in a
social setting where someone goes in for hug, you have
awkwardly attempting to reciprocate or avoid it altogether. I hate
where it's like you go for the handshake and they
(09:09):
go for a hug. That to me is like YO,
all right, now, what are we doing? Then I go
for the hug versus the handshake. It's like that to me,
messes me up. I'll think about that for days like
That'd be on my mind by how I messed up,
especially because I'm so good a dapping up people. Dude,
listen to this. Did you hear that? I was John's
(09:31):
last podcast. He demonstrated how he's good at handshakes and podcasts. Yeah,
how'd sound like it might be good at handshakes. Listen,
have a fantastic day today. Also tomorrow night, the show's
going ghost hunting at Linville manor so makes you follow
along on these socials at WYMUS Radio at intern John
Radio as well.
Speaker 2 (09:51):
We'll see you on Wednesday. I appreciate you for listening.
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