The 2 Best Mysterious Goings On Podcast Episodes
1) More in Store for 2020!
Last season was a hoot...but we have more in store for 2020! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/j-alexander-greenwood/message
2) Hey Nineteen: What Caught Our Eye in 2019
Author Jason McIntyre and Alex share their takes on the most prominent pop culture phenoms, movies, books and more from 2019. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/j-alexander-greenwood/me...Show More
3) Idiocracy Is Here… and Yes, It’s Got Elected Electrolytes
In 2006, Mike Judge’s Idiocracy was satire. In 2025, it looks like the nightly news. Alex unpacks how anti-intellectualism, corporate dominance, politics as spectacle, and meme-economics echo Judge’s ...Show More
4) Peak Social Media: When the Craze Becomes a Chore
Is the social media era finally losing its grip on us?In this episode, Alex reads his essay “Peak Social Media: When the Craze Becomes a Chore,” examining platform fatigue, expert perspectives on digi...Show More
5) Vital Mission: Ralph R. "Rick" Steinke on Thrillers, Service & Storycraft
Join host Alex Greenwood for a conversation with Colonel Ralph R. “Rick” Steinke (U.S. Army, Ret.)—West Point graduate, U.S. Army veteran, and author of the award-winning Jake Fortina military thrille...Show More
6) W.S. Wiist On Storytelling with Three Hats
What happens when one person wears the hats of author, illustrator, AND designer? You get a book like The Mystery of A Nubbins—a richly imagined adventure that feels like it stepped straight out of th...Show More
7) A Most Illogical Age: Mr. Spock Weighs In
What happens when you ask Starfleet’s most logical mind to make sense of modern America? From politics to conspiracy theories, climate denial to social media chaos, Commander Spock doesn’t pull punche...Show More
8) Dispirit of ’76
On this special Independence Day episode, Alex steps away from fiction and into the present-day reality of a nation at a crossroads.Dispirit of ’76 (also published on Substack) is a personal roadtrip...Show More
9) Cracked, Not Broken: Fictional Role Models for the Rest of Us
In this episode, we explore the power of imperfection.From fictional characters who’ve survived trauma, addiction, grief, and self-sabotage, to real-life reflections on what it means to show up anyway...Show More
10) Ellison Was Right: Don’t Work for Nothing
Host J. Alex Greenwood riffs on Harlan Ellison’s legendary “Pay the Writer” rant and explains why writing for “exposure” often ends in creative bankruptcy.📢 Have thoughts? Want to be featured on the ...Show More