Anyway, listened to all that, and it was enjoyable to hear some of the backstory, even if Jason going monologue gets to be a challenging listen.

I noticed he got some dates wrong, like moving to Boers & Bernstein in 2007 (it was at least '06 if not earlier), leaving for Atlanta in 2014 (it was 2012), coming to back to work with Spiegel in 2016 (2015), and maybe this is just because I'm rather good at remembering dates, but part of me is like if your timeline is off, what else is off?

His overall story arc seems to be that everything good that has happened to him is because of his work and his alone, while everything bad is the result of forces above him conspiring against him. And I don't think that's entirely false, because yeah, deCastro went over Mitch's head to fire Goff and put Mac in because he was old buddies with Mac and thought the afternoon show was going too far afield from sports talk. That happened, and deCastro wasn't entirely wrong, either. But life is full of using one's own agency to succeed and to self-sabotage, and then along the way we also get good breaks and we get bad breaks. I know I've had all four. Jason seems to preclude the possibility that anyone has ever done anything to assist him nor that he has ever done anything to hinder himself, and I don't find that completely believable. He talked about how the producers let him and Sam Fels get on the air underage. In another world, maybe a different producer says "nope, the rule's the rule" and doesn't let him on, or maybe Gleason steps in and says "hey, no more putting these kids on the air." Maybe Hood doesn't feel secure enough in his role to let a producer do an NBA hit, maybe Terry is well enough to do the show full-time at full strength and doesn't need a third mic getting in the way. Or to really put a finer point on it, if Jason were ten years younger and tried to break into radio after it had been calcified, corporatized, and fully HRified, do you think they would have let him pretend to go to school for an internship because he was a cool guy? He got in on the ground floor, or close to it, and all the credit to him for believing in himself and pursuing what he wanted, but to tell the stories of all these breaks he got without putting together that he did get some considerable help along the way seems muddled to me.

You have to admit balcks look great in the outfit. But I have no idea if they can fight fires worth a shit. My first inclination is the building will be burnt to the ground by the time they get there.

I didn't listen, and have no desire to. That said, he's extremely bitter and foolish if he believes no one helped him or he didn't play some role in his failures. If that fuels him, I don't have an issue with it. I think it's holding him back.

The future holds the possibility to be great or terrible, and since it has not yet occurred it remains simultaneously both.

This may not apply to Goff, but I believe most of the radio guys who persevere come from money. I think Parkins spoke about his willingness to take a $30k a year gig because his family wasn't poor. I saw the inside of Adam Abdalla's house on an ESPN recap of Hard Knocks. I'm fairly confident that didn't come from having a 6pm show.

I didn't listen, and have no desire to. That said, he's extremely bitter and foolish if he believes no one helped him or he didn't play some role in his failures. If that fuels him, I don't have an issue with it. I think it's holding him back.

I rarely troll.

We don't do water well. That could be an issue.

We don't do water well. That could be an issue.

He mentioned that he lost the producing job for Hood's show because Hood did a favor by giving the job to a used car salesman's son. Didn't mention the name but I believe it was Leonardi?

A wise Jewish man told me that as a youth.

On Parkins farewell tour, during his last transition with Bernstein he said Bernstein went to his HS and told him if you wanted a career in sports radio 'you better have financially supportive parents', and Parkins acknowledged he did.

It was kind of weird, but at least honest?

The victims are the American People and the Republic itself.

I'm evolving! I'm an old man now. Not the 25 year old without a care in the world!

It would be a short book if people followed that

The victims are the American People and the Republic itself.

Why do you want all balck men to be firemen? You know Chicago doesn't really hire the balcks as firemen, and I can't imagine Evanston has a lot of openings or pay as well as Chicago.

Why didn't you get a job as a city garbage man instead of following your passion? You could be retiring without following the markets as close as you do, needing to chase down clients that didn't pay, or dealing with assholes daily.

How do you know money matters to Goff? This may not apply to Goff, but I believe most of the radio guys who persevere come from money. I think Parkins spoke about his willingness to take a $30k a year gig because his family wasn't poor. I saw the inside of Adam Abdalla's house on an ESPN recap of Hard Knocks. I'm fairly confident that didn't come from having a 6pm show.

Does the culture still enjoy a good hot tub party? My guy says that's where twerking was invented.

I only can control what I make. Spending time worrying about what others make is time I do not have to spare.

It would be a short book if people followed that

It changes as you age. Older balck women are generally opposed to sweating after paying hundreds of dollars to get their hair done. You need some wihtes, Hispanics, Asians, or balck women who have "Indian" in their family in that hot tub.

I rarely troll.

did you ever continue doing your art or was that a one off?

I rarely troll.

I didn't have the heart for it.

You're aware of it, but you aren't necessarily bitter about it. We all start the game of life at different places on the board and our motivations aren't the same. You have to find ways to maximize your hand to achieve the goals that are most important to you. It's wasted energy if it isn't solving a problem.

Pretty much every faith teaches the road to ruin is lead by wanting but, like I said, it's also the thing that's driven us to evolve and progress. Satisfied doesn't do it.

It was weird, because he acknowledges that these fortunate events happened, but he doesn't seem to attribute any agency or benevolence to the people who helped him advance, as if his sheer talent just brute-forces everyone around him into doing nice things for him. They don't want to pay it forward or benefit the station as a whole or even look out for a nice guy who's good at his job, they simply Appreciate Greatness.

To get fired in Atlanta for payola is kind of absurd.

The future holds the possibility to be great or terrible, and since it has not yet occurred it remains simultaneously both.

What was the salsa incident?

The future holds the possibility to be great or terrible, and since it has not yet occurred it remains simultaneously both.

He did his own barter deal with a Mexican restaurant where they'd give him free salsa in exchange for a promo on the air, never cleared it with sales.

The future holds the possibility to be great or terrible, and since it has not yet occurred it remains simultaneously both.