The Gentile Life Podcast

What if we lost the internet and cell phones for good? What would you do? Would you "survive"? I mean no more texting, streaming movies/tv shows, influencers, tik tok challenges. What would you do? 

Lordy is fun being 40! During the hiatus of the show, I turned 40 years old. On this episode I discuss life in my 20's and how it shaped life in my 30's. I share some lessons learned, mistakes that were made, and how those mistakes helped me. Oh and I was also extremely hung over when doing this episode. Listen to find out why!

Welcome back everyone and Happy New Year! 2022 is here and the show is BACK! After 7 long months of being away, I am back with a new episode! This episode I am explaining why I had a long hiatus and give a cliff note version of what has been going on from May 2021 till now. 

I also explain the mistake I made in leaving my job back in July of 2020 and what I should have done to make it better.

I am back and excited to talk, as my wife would say, All the Things with you! New topics will be discussed, new guests, familiar guests and even familiar topics that need to be updated.

Get ready because 2022 is going to be a fun time! Welcome to Season 3!

Ever know a guy who is always smiling and having a good time? Well Clem Carter was that guy for me! I've known him since T-ball and let me tell you. This guy had the biggest damn smile I had ever seen! Always smiling and having fun! 

I put the invite out to my graduation class of 2000 if anyone wanted to come on the show and catch up for me to put out there. Just in case someone couldn't attend the reunion but wanted to know how they were doing. Clem reached out immediately and said let's do this!

We talk about our time in La Porte, why he joined the military right after high school, his time in Germany, and his excitement for attending our 21 year reunion since he missed the 10.

21 years! We are legal to drink! Wow 21 years ago I graduated from high school! Crazy to think about. We couldn't celebrate our 20th because of COVID. What an asshole! 

So we are going to celebrate 21 years of being away in August. I decided to put an invitation out there for anyone from that class to come on the show and discuss their time at good ol La Porte High School. Feel like it's a good idea on paper but not sure anyone will take up the offer. You know because NO ONE likes to talk anymore. It's all about texting and snapchat bullshit.

Very short episode so I hope you enjoy!

Do you prefer to do everything online? Shop for your clothes? Date? Getting groceries? Movies? etc.

I discuss how we as a society have now gone into the world of almost no human interaction at all. Everything is starting to be done through online platforms and I share how I feel about certain things being done online vs in person.

We survived Vegas! Took an extra week off to just relax. I talk about our time in Vegas and how having fans back in the stands at sporting events is a good thing. How thing are so different compared to this time last year.

Time to celebrate! My 5 year wedding anniversary is here with my wife! I share the crazy story of how we met, the fun times we had, and the struggle of being married. It's great being with the person you love more than anything, but being married is not easy. I discuss the good, bad, and ugly of the past 5 years. 

Ah Spring Break. A time when you just let loose and have some fun. Well I for sure had some fun during a lot of my Spring Breaks in my 20's. I share some stories of past during Spring Breaks. Lots of drinking and partying for sure. Thank goodness there was no social media back then!

We are back!!! It's been over a month since our last episode. Where have I been? Well I talk about that on this weeks episode. Also, today is St. Patrick's Day!!!!!! I talk about my time having fun on this glorious holiday!

Man did I LOVE college! I for sure partied hard and lets just say, I have A LOT of stories from my college days. I decided to talk about my old college days at SFA and share just a few of those stories. I couldn't do this episode alone, so I brought on my friend Tammy Dudek, who I met in college, to join me! We discuss Jitterbugs, the Anex, how we met, fun stories/experiences, and so much more!

Part 2 of the Ultimate 80's Movie Tournament! The 1st round was pretty intense but let me tell you, this episode is even more intense! The panelists didn't use their veto's in that 1st round, but trust me, they are used in this episode! There are some shocking developments in this episode based on things said in part 1.

Who will win and be voted as the Ultimate 80's Movie Tournament Champion?

Who loves the 80's? Who am I kidding, everyone loves the 80's! You know what came out of the 80's? Great movies! There were a ton of great movies that came out of the 80's and we have a bracket of 64 movies in our Ultimate 80's Movie Tournament! 

This time I decided to bring on 3 panelists to vote for who they think should advance and ultimately crown, the 80's movie champion! Part 1 is the 1st round of 64! Check it out!

Being in debt SUCKS! What is even worse is that it can seem impossible to get out of it. I bring on my good friend Sami Womack to talk about her journey to paying off a huge chunk of her debt. Which then led her to starting up a blog, YouTube page, and a podcast on how to pay off your debt.

We also catch up and reminisce on when we met, how her and her husband were good to me, and of course asking some rapid fire questions.

Check out her website www.asunnysideuplife.com to find her services and all her social media platforms, as well as where you can find her podcast!

If you have ever rode in an Uber, you know it can get awkward, fun, or just straight up interesting! Well for the last few months I've been driving Uber. Let's just say that people sometimes OVER share. Or they are on the phone talking and just start saying the craziest stuff. I share some of those stores this week and share my craziest story from my time selling mattresses. Let's just say, snakes are involved.

We made it to one full year! 1 year of great episodes! Now it's 2021 and that means it's Season TWO! Now I had to do something major to kick off our 2nd season. So with a new year brings on a new me! Ok not really because I will always be me. So I decided to change up my hair! Trust me, this is an episode you want to listen to! 

2020 was, well 2020. I just talk about the year that was. The good, bad, and ugly. I do talk a lot about what went well in 2020. Overall, this wasn't the greatest year, but some good things still happened!

You pop the question and give your significant other an engagement ring on Christmas Day. But OH NO! It doesn't work out and you never get married! So is the ring then considered a gift? I discuss all of that and what others said about the issue. Let just say there were A LOT of different thoughts on this!

What is on your bucket list? What would you like to do before you leave this earth? With the new year approaching I decided to make a bucket list of things I would like to do and I decided to share that list. 

Time to get in the Christmas spirit! I bring back on Ashley to talk about the Christmas Movie Tournament results. We also talk about holidays and I end up sharing other ideas for tournaments that I'll be doing and a fun story about a bed breaking!