Joke Talk Yell Write

In this episode of Joke Talk Yell Write, Ryan shares his and Madeline's struggle to name their new baby, the joys of being a dad, and the wonderful challenge of blending families.

On this episode of JOKE TALK YELL WRITE, Ryan gives a Thanksgiving address at a friend's dinner party that has guests reflecting on turkey, stuffing, and genocide. ///HTTP://www.joketalkyellwrite.com

I think people now realize that if we’re going to be serious about reconciliation and whatever it can be, it will take more blood, sweat, and tears than anyone first realized. It turns out undoing the harms of colonization is a fuck of a lot more work than first imagined. Attaining a base level of understanding of what happened here is not the endpoint to reconciliation; it is just the beginning.///Joke Talk Yell Write on Substackhttp://www.joketalkyellwrite.com///

Hi America. In two years, nine months and 15 days from now, it will be your birthday. It will be the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. I was thinking about it, and, I mean, wow, is this going to be annoying, mostly because you Murrrrricans really know how to party. Woodstock. The Super Bowl. Killing Bin Laden. You really know how to party. Consider me the neighbour next door who wants the music turned down and all the noisy kids to stay off my lawn.///http://www.joketalkyellwrite.com///National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition///New York Times - Indian Boarding Schoolshttps://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/08/30/us/native-american-boarding-schools.html?campaign_id=190&emc=edit_ufn_20230910&instance_id=102383&nl=from-the-times&regi_id=82204195&segment_id=144366&te=1&user_id=442d0e7fa012874ff3e36afdda407c8e

The journey to being an independent creative is a long and tiring one. If, somehow, you're able to chase your dreams all the way to a place where you can care for yourself and your family as a result, you've basically won the lottery. Some of us get that lucky, but most of us don't. My advice is, while on that journey, don't lose yourself along the way. Here is my personal story on how I am fighting to be free in this work, in my life, and in my spirit.///Joke Talk Yell Write On Substack///

It's time to admit that the first wave of work done in the name of reconciliation has largely failed to reach the mark. It is not time to give up on reconciliation; it is time to double down.///READ MORE: The Fluency Failure of Reconciliationhttp://www.joketalkyellwrite.com///

This is a sample of my new daily Substack exclusive podcast; JOKE TALK YELL WRITE PODCAST TODAY, that I’m producing for paid members on my Substack. It's a new offering and will be a ten-minute long, one-take-no-edits daily show sent out to my paid membership. You're receiving samples of the podcast until Monday in hopes of dragging you over to my Substack. After Monday, you won't get the daily Substack podcast here anymore. The regular podcast you're subscribed to here will continue as usual.I'm inviting you to join my membership program on Substack. I’m running a 20% off sale of annual memberships until Monday, September 4th, 2023. I’m working hard to gain your paid membership to allow me to do more of this work and commit more time to writing and being creative. Thanks for considering supporting me on Substack. Enjoy the podcast.

Hey Everyone. Happy Labour Day long weekend. I hope your Labour Day long weekend is as labour-free as possible and that you can spend time with the people you love by a lake with decent swimming and ample good food, music, and spirit.I’m sending you this sample of the new daily Substack exclusive podcast I’m producing for paid members on my Substack. Starting on Monday, I'm producing a short 10-minute daily podcast for paid members on my Substack, this is the first episode. I'm inviting you to join my membership program, it starts at $10/month. This podcast will continue. The podcast on Substack is a new offering and will be a one-take, no edits, daily show. The podcasts are different, but, kinda the same. You feel me?I’m running a 20% off sale off of annual memberships until Monday, September 4th, 2023. I’m working hard to gain your paid membership to allow me to do more of this work and commit more time to writing and being creative. I said from the start of this project that I aim to make Substack my job in 2023. In all honesty, I’m wildly short of that goal.I hope you enjoy the podcast. If you can’t afford a paid membership you can email me and I can set up a few free memberships for folks that are interested.If you can’t afford a paid membership but want to support the work here, the best way to do that is to send this work to your friends, family, and colleagues. Don’t do it in a passive, post it on social media way, that doesn’t work. Instead, intentionally reach out to folks that you think would be interested, share the work you like the best and tell them why.Alright.The journey continues.RM