May 21, 2025 • 9 mins
On this episode of The Thought Shower, Intern John talks about how to know there's tension in the air. Plus, the one artist that is getting him out of the house to see them live
Intern John's "Chuy Forever" is a weekend of comedy shows 6/20 & 6/21 in Arlington, Va benefitting Warrior Canine Connection. They train puppies to be service animals for veterans! Tickets are on sale now, InternJohnComedy.com
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
Intern John's "Chuy Forever" is a weekend of comedy shows 6/20 & 6/21 in Arlington, Va benefitting Warrior Canine Connection. They train puppies to be service animals for veterans! Tickets are on sale now, InternJohnComedy.com
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 Wednesday. Friends. Welcome to the Thought Shower. Intern.
Speaker 2 (00:04):
John is my name.
Speaker 1 (00:06):
I am operating today on probably like three hours of sleep.
I made the decision to went to a movie last night,
just want to get out of the house and finally,
like you know, it's it's kind of weird with movies.
Speaker 2 (00:22):
There's not many.
Speaker 1 (00:24):
It feels like recently where it's like, Okay, I need
to get out of the house to go see this
because it's gonna be better. I think I saw Batman
theaters Robert Pattinson one couple of years ago that was
pretty good. Saw The Star Wars Return of the Jedi
in theaters that we released it. This might have been
my first movie of the year. And I will say this,
(00:45):
movies are definitely better in a theater. Like the sounds
better when you can hear like things behind you, the
screens better, everything's good.
Speaker 2 (00:54):
I saw a Found Destination, which.
Speaker 1 (00:57):
Is like kind of like a bit nostalgia right that
those movies coming out of like six or seven, those
are pretty big back in the nineties.
Speaker 2 (01:06):
But it was interesting.
Speaker 1 (01:08):
There is no like opening credit scene like usually watch
a movie and it'll be like, you know, brought to
you by touchdown picture or whatever, and they'll say the title.
There is no title, And there's a guy there who
brought a girl on a date. She met him there.
She had no idea what the movie was because I
kept hearing her say, like.
Speaker 2 (01:27):
What movie is this? What movie is this?
Speaker 1 (01:30):
I mean she learned slowly what was going on, but
it's just kind of an odd like thing where that
you had no idea what was going on. Although I
am excited to Jurassic Park gonna be out, I think
a couple of weeks so excited for that as well.
Speaker 2 (01:43):
This is one of those theaters too.
Speaker 1 (01:44):
They bring you the food to your table, which I
do think like that's kind of what you need. Now
if you're a movie theater, you almost have to have food,
Like you had to have food, you had to have
a waiter because you need to get people back in.
I still maintain I do believe this in our life time,
we'll see Blockbuster make a comeback.
Speaker 2 (02:03):
I don't know in what form.
Speaker 1 (02:05):
I don't know if maybe it would be like Blockbuster
opens up their own movie theaters that type of vibe.
But I think that we are so starved for nostalgia
that there is a market for I go into someplace
getting snacks and getting entertainment and making it look like
a Blockbuster.
Speaker 2 (02:22):
Well it happened. I don't know if I.
Speaker 1 (02:24):
Did predict Disney, plus that was my big prediction years ago.
I remember saying this to Canyan Eric. I'm like, Disney's
gonna make their own swimming service. Like know they're not, Like,
why would they not? They have all the all the
the stuff themselves, right, they have all the content. Why
not I still maintain Blockbuster come back. I'm excited tonight, tea.
It's kind of like a no sleep week, sadly. Oh yes,
(02:44):
so I didn't sleep last night. I storm in my area.
Skittles hate storms, hates them, and so he was all
over the place last night. And he is not a
tiny dog, at least with Chewy. Towards the end, Chewey
was kind of deaf, so it didn't really matter. Also,
shoeyes wasn't bothered. He is nothing to only bothered him.
(03:06):
So but Skittles is like he will take down a
velociraptor if he hears thunder it's over. And then tonight
going to a concert Megan Morony, who is a huge
country star, and I think eventually gonna be a major, major,
major star. She's got a show downtown and I'm bringing Sauce.
(03:27):
I made the dumb mistake of mentioning the show to
Sauce about a week ago. She's like, I want to go, Mike. Yeah,
I figured, and it's gonna be good.
Speaker 2 (03:34):
You know.
Speaker 1 (03:34):
It's funny with with this job. You would think we
go to concerts all the time, but because of like
our iHeart Radio music festival in jingle Ball, we see
a lot of acts as it is, so there's very
rarely an actor. I'm like, oh, this would be worth
going downtown in like waiting in line and getting traffic
on a weekday. But like this girl, I think is
(03:57):
gonna be huge. So excited for that. Let me into
this for your Wednesday. The quiet clues someone doesn't really
like being around you. This is one of those things
where I think, when you realize it, it's like an oh,
are we even friends?
Speaker 2 (04:14):
What's going on?
Speaker 1 (04:16):
Cording to the experts, their smile doesn't reach their eyes.
They say no, it's a smile, but it feels forced,
like something they put on a politeness, not genuine warmth.
Their eyes stay flat, their face tense, and the energy
doesn't match their expression yet, almost like they're a robot
learning how to be human, like that kind of vibe. Yeah,
(04:39):
that's an odd thing. That's an odd thing. We can
tell somebody's cold towards you, because then I always wonder too,
if you feel cold towards me, why are we still
in the same circle? Are you trying to get something?
Are you just keeping an eye on me?
Speaker 2 (04:55):
Like? If I can tell you don't like me, why
are you still around? You know?
Speaker 1 (05:00):
If they don't initiate contact and are slow to respond,
kind of an obvious one, right if you're always the
one reaching out, making plans, checking in. When you stop texting,
the silence stretches on because they're just busy, they say,
consistent one side nous is rarely accidental. That's a huge one, although, like,
(05:21):
do circumstances affect that?
Speaker 2 (05:23):
Absolutely?
Speaker 1 (05:24):
If your friend has a kid, that makes sense. If
your friend is planning a big event like a wedding,
that makes sense. However, if you get the vibe that
the relationship would die unless you reached out, that's a
huge sign.
Speaker 2 (05:39):
Absolutely, no doubt.
Speaker 1 (05:41):
Uh, I mean, do you If they avoid direct eye contact,
they glance at their phone, look past you or scan
the room. When you're talking. It feels like you're performing
into an empty seat. Their eyes are present, their tensions
clearly elsewhere. To me, this is huge. Like when you're
having a serious conversation, right, there's nothing more that throws
(06:03):
off energy. I think then when you're talking to somebody
and you can tell they aren't paying attention, if they
pull out their phone, if they're texting, if they're doing
whatever for one thing, I feel awkward doing that, Like
I would feel awkward pulling my phone out.
Speaker 2 (06:17):
I would feel like I was being rude.
Speaker 1 (06:19):
But if they're doing it, yeah, so According to the psychologists,
sustained eye contact is one of the clearest signs of
being attuned to somebody emotionally. Kind of makes sense someone
avoids it, maybe disconnecting on purpose, because when someone wants
to understand you, they don't look away. I think that
makes sense. If they never ask follow up questions, this
(06:42):
is so huge. So you share something, they nod, but
that's the word ends. No curiosity, no reflections, no attempt
to keep the threat alive. The conversation dies in their hands.
Sneeze break for me, this just kind of screams they
aren't interested right, Like they're nodding. They're pretending to pay
(07:04):
attention just because that's what society says we need to
do in conversation, but they don't really care. Because if
you care, you're gonna ask follow up questions because you
want to know more. Also, like if you you're interested
in something, you'll ask follive questions, you know what I mean.
Somebody tells a good story, drama at work, drama on
(07:25):
the relationship. You're invested, you want, you want to know more.
If they seem relieved when plans get canceled, you suggest postponing.
Speaker 2 (07:36):
They apply too quickly with no worries.
Speaker 1 (07:39):
This is a huge one, and I've had to find
myself trying to like ration this back. Where somebody will
cancel plans, I'm like, okay, no, do worries it next time?
Where it's like, hey, you don't want to like try
to make it work this time. Why do you see
them like I just gave you a gift in canceling
hanging out, they say people genuinely want to see you.
(08:02):
Canceled plans carry some regret, but if they sound lighter, freer,
or vaguely excited at the idea of not seeing you.
That's a quite goodbye in disguise. People don't hide disappointment
when they care. I think that's true because it is
like if one of your friends canceled and you want
to see them, you get you're bummed. It's like it
(08:24):
was a lot down's looking forward to going. You know,
I'm going golfing on Friday with our friends Andrew and
DJ Rise. If they canceled, I would be like, oh man,
that sucks. I was kind of looking forward to it. However,
if a meeting after work is canceled, I'm like, oh no, oh,
I really wish we were we're doing this. Let me
(08:45):
hit one more. They never laughed, never laugh gosh, not
laughed laugh around you. They say laughter is unconscious. It
spills out when we feel safe, engaged and connected. But
around this person, the vibe is flat, polite or awkwardly quiet.
Speaker 2 (09:00):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (09:01):
I don't trust somebody who doesn't laugh. It's just an
odd thing, like do you take life too seriously? Do
you hate being here? How can you not laugh or
want to keep things light? I don't understand, speaking of laughter.
The comedy show is coming June June twenty first, Arlington,
Draft House, My Chewy Forever shows. We are raising money
(09:22):
for the Warrior Canine Connection, helping military families military veterans
get paired up with their service dogs. You can buy
tickets internsjeoncomedy dot com. They're at fifteen bucks. Once they
sell out, they are gone for good. Internsjeoncomedy dot Com.
I will be off Friday, trying to relax, trying to
(09:44):
recoup my energy. I guess so I have a fantastic weekend.
It's a thought shower.
And a happy Wednesday. Friends. Welcome to the Thought Shower. Intern.
Speaker 2 (00:04):
John is my name.
Speaker 1 (00:06):
I am operating today on probably like three hours of sleep.
I made the decision to went to a movie last night,
just want to get out of the house and finally,
like you know, it's it's kind of weird with movies.
Speaker 2 (00:22):
There's not many.
Speaker 1 (00:24):
It feels like recently where it's like, Okay, I need
to get out of the house to go see this
because it's gonna be better. I think I saw Batman
theaters Robert Pattinson one couple of years ago that was
pretty good. Saw The Star Wars Return of the Jedi
in theaters that we released it. This might have been
my first movie of the year. And I will say this,
(00:45):
movies are definitely better in a theater. Like the sounds
better when you can hear like things behind you, the
screens better, everything's good.
Speaker 2 (00:54):
I saw a Found Destination, which.
Speaker 1 (00:57):
Is like kind of like a bit nostalgia right that
those movies coming out of like six or seven, those
are pretty big back in the nineties.
Speaker 2 (01:06):
But it was interesting.
Speaker 1 (01:08):
There is no like opening credit scene like usually watch
a movie and it'll be like, you know, brought to
you by touchdown picture or whatever, and they'll say the title.
There is no title, And there's a guy there who
brought a girl on a date. She met him there.
She had no idea what the movie was because I
kept hearing her say, like.
Speaker 2 (01:27):
What movie is this? What movie is this?
Speaker 1 (01:30):
I mean she learned slowly what was going on, but
it's just kind of an odd like thing where that
you had no idea what was going on. Although I
am excited to Jurassic Park gonna be out, I think
a couple of weeks so excited for that as well.
Speaker 2 (01:43):
This is one of those theaters too.
Speaker 1 (01:44):
They bring you the food to your table, which I
do think like that's kind of what you need. Now
if you're a movie theater, you almost have to have food,
Like you had to have food, you had to have
a waiter because you need to get people back in.
I still maintain I do believe this in our life time,
we'll see Blockbuster make a comeback.
Speaker 2 (02:03):
I don't know in what form.
Speaker 1 (02:05):
I don't know if maybe it would be like Blockbuster
opens up their own movie theaters that type of vibe.
But I think that we are so starved for nostalgia
that there is a market for I go into someplace
getting snacks and getting entertainment and making it look like
a Blockbuster.
Speaker 2 (02:22):
Well it happened. I don't know if I.
Speaker 1 (02:24):
Did predict Disney, plus that was my big prediction years ago.
I remember saying this to Canyan Eric. I'm like, Disney's
gonna make their own swimming service. Like know they're not, Like,
why would they not? They have all the all the
the stuff themselves, right, they have all the content. Why
not I still maintain Blockbuster come back. I'm excited tonight, tea.
It's kind of like a no sleep week, sadly. Oh yes,
(02:44):
so I didn't sleep last night. I storm in my area.
Skittles hate storms, hates them, and so he was all
over the place last night. And he is not a
tiny dog, at least with Chewy. Towards the end, Chewey
was kind of deaf, so it didn't really matter. Also,
shoeyes wasn't bothered. He is nothing to only bothered him.
(03:06):
So but Skittles is like he will take down a
velociraptor if he hears thunder it's over. And then tonight
going to a concert Megan Morony, who is a huge
country star, and I think eventually gonna be a major, major,
major star. She's got a show downtown and I'm bringing Sauce.
(03:27):
I made the dumb mistake of mentioning the show to
Sauce about a week ago. She's like, I want to go, Mike. Yeah,
I figured, and it's gonna be good.
Speaker 2 (03:34):
You know.
Speaker 1 (03:34):
It's funny with with this job. You would think we
go to concerts all the time, but because of like
our iHeart Radio music festival in jingle Ball, we see
a lot of acts as it is, so there's very
rarely an actor. I'm like, oh, this would be worth
going downtown in like waiting in line and getting traffic
on a weekday. But like this girl, I think is
(03:57):
gonna be huge. So excited for that. Let me into
this for your Wednesday. The quiet clues someone doesn't really
like being around you. This is one of those things
where I think, when you realize it, it's like an oh,
are we even friends?
Speaker 2 (04:14):
What's going on?
Speaker 1 (04:16):
Cording to the experts, their smile doesn't reach their eyes.
They say no, it's a smile, but it feels forced,
like something they put on a politeness, not genuine warmth.
Their eyes stay flat, their face tense, and the energy
doesn't match their expression yet, almost like they're a robot
learning how to be human, like that kind of vibe. Yeah,
(04:39):
that's an odd thing. That's an odd thing. We can
tell somebody's cold towards you, because then I always wonder too,
if you feel cold towards me, why are we still
in the same circle? Are you trying to get something?
Are you just keeping an eye on me?
Speaker 2 (04:55):
Like? If I can tell you don't like me, why
are you still around? You know?
Speaker 1 (05:00):
If they don't initiate contact and are slow to respond,
kind of an obvious one, right if you're always the
one reaching out, making plans, checking in. When you stop texting,
the silence stretches on because they're just busy, they say,
consistent one side nous is rarely accidental. That's a huge one, although, like,
(05:21):
do circumstances affect that?
Speaker 2 (05:23):
Absolutely?
Speaker 1 (05:24):
If your friend has a kid, that makes sense. If
your friend is planning a big event like a wedding,
that makes sense. However, if you get the vibe that
the relationship would die unless you reached out, that's a
huge sign.
Speaker 2 (05:39):
Absolutely, no doubt.
Speaker 1 (05:41):
Uh, I mean, do you If they avoid direct eye contact,
they glance at their phone, look past you or scan
the room. When you're talking. It feels like you're performing
into an empty seat. Their eyes are present, their tensions
clearly elsewhere. To me, this is huge. Like when you're
having a serious conversation, right, there's nothing more that throws
(06:03):
off energy. I think then when you're talking to somebody
and you can tell they aren't paying attention, if they
pull out their phone, if they're texting, if they're doing
whatever for one thing, I feel awkward doing that, Like
I would feel awkward pulling my phone out.
Speaker 2 (06:17):
I would feel like I was being rude.
Speaker 1 (06:19):
But if they're doing it, yeah, so According to the psychologists,
sustained eye contact is one of the clearest signs of
being attuned to somebody emotionally. Kind of makes sense someone
avoids it, maybe disconnecting on purpose, because when someone wants
to understand you, they don't look away. I think that
makes sense. If they never ask follow up questions, this
(06:42):
is so huge. So you share something, they nod, but
that's the word ends. No curiosity, no reflections, no attempt
to keep the threat alive. The conversation dies in their hands.
Sneeze break for me, this just kind of screams they
aren't interested right, Like they're nodding. They're pretending to pay
(07:04):
attention just because that's what society says we need to
do in conversation, but they don't really care. Because if
you care, you're gonna ask follow up questions because you
want to know more. Also, like if you you're interested
in something, you'll ask follive questions, you know what I mean.
Somebody tells a good story, drama at work, drama on
(07:25):
the relationship. You're invested, you want, you want to know more.
If they seem relieved when plans get canceled, you suggest postponing.
Speaker 2 (07:36):
They apply too quickly with no worries.
Speaker 1 (07:39):
This is a huge one, and I've had to find
myself trying to like ration this back. Where somebody will
cancel plans, I'm like, okay, no, do worries it next time?
Where it's like, hey, you don't want to like try
to make it work this time. Why do you see
them like I just gave you a gift in canceling
hanging out, they say people genuinely want to see you.
(08:02):
Canceled plans carry some regret, but if they sound lighter, freer,
or vaguely excited at the idea of not seeing you.
That's a quite goodbye in disguise. People don't hide disappointment
when they care. I think that's true because it is
like if one of your friends canceled and you want
to see them, you get you're bummed. It's like it
(08:24):
was a lot down's looking forward to going. You know,
I'm going golfing on Friday with our friends Andrew and
DJ Rise. If they canceled, I would be like, oh man,
that sucks. I was kind of looking forward to it. However,
if a meeting after work is canceled, I'm like, oh no, oh,
I really wish we were we're doing this. Let me
(08:45):
hit one more. They never laughed, never laugh gosh, not
laughed laugh around you. They say laughter is unconscious. It
spills out when we feel safe, engaged and connected. But
around this person, the vibe is flat, polite or awkwardly quiet.
Speaker 2 (09:00):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (09:01):
I don't trust somebody who doesn't laugh. It's just an
odd thing, like do you take life too seriously? Do
you hate being here? How can you not laugh or
want to keep things light? I don't understand, speaking of laughter.
The comedy show is coming June June twenty first, Arlington,
Draft House, My Chewy Forever shows. We are raising money
(09:22):
for the Warrior Canine Connection, helping military families military veterans
get paired up with their service dogs. You can buy
tickets internsjeoncomedy dot com. They're at fifteen bucks. Once they
sell out, they are gone for good. Internsjeoncomedy dot Com.
I will be off Friday, trying to relax, trying to
(09:44):
recoup my energy. I guess so I have a fantastic weekend.
It's a thought shower.
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