On this episode of Off the Clock, I’m joined by my friend Conor, one of my best friends of my entire life, but someone I haven’t talked to with our actual voices since the pandemic. This is one of the most honest and intimate chats I’ve ever had in any public-facing format. Here’s some of what we talk about:

First question: When you think back on all of our time together, what memory floats to the top first?

• why a near death experience in his youth contributed to Conor’s nihilistic approach to life in his teens and 20s
• Conor’s superlative musical taste and how there’s basically no punk scene in God’s country
• which state is the absolute worst to drive through?
• we compare notes about living in a deep blue district in Denver vs ruby red South Dakota and share some surprising insights
• the absolute funniest and most accurate description of my dad that I’ve ever heard
• Conor’s ebullient joy at Rory McIlroy winning The Masters
• we get deep in our #FEELINGS about male friendship and our shared history
• Conor’s unbelievable ability to just devastate me by accurately assessing my personality and taking me down a peg or two (complimentary)
• Conor’s low key ball skills and how well he can dish the rock
• the first defense of buying a $200 bottle of whiskey that has actual credibility to me

Theme song by Sorry Sweetheart.

Logo by Nebulus Visions.

Produced by Deft Communications.

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Recorded via Google Chat.