Stop Hating Yourself

In this thrilling continuation of the newest, hottest True Crime podcast since Cereal*, Carl and Catfish dive into the connection between their shame and their mothers. We learn how Catfish was forced to move out of his childhood home. Good thing the 90's are back in, cause that's when all these stories took place (mostly). Like! Subscribe! Rate! Comment! Tell your friends! @stophatingcast on Instagram and Twitter and of course Facebook at www.facebook.com/stophatingcast/ Don't forget to www.stophatredofcasting.com while you are at it. Send your most beloved/reviled affirmations or some other BS to stophatingcast@gmail.com

Happy New Year! Your resolutions won't make you happy, according to Nate Silver's 538 Blog, but listening to this podcast might? In this first half of a bombastic two-part episode (the second half for which you will only need wait a week as compared to the third season finale/fourth season premiere of Star Trek: The Next Generation episode The Best of Both Worlds) Catfish opens up about having difficulty opening up to people. Don't worry, Carl talks too much about his trip to Hawaii, and they build some affirmations instead of just tearing them down! Like! Subscribe! Rate! Comment! Tell your friends! @stophatingcast on Instagram and Twitter and of course Facebook at www.facebook.com/stophatingcast/ Don't forget to www.stophatredofcasting.com while you are at it. Send your most beloved/reviled affirmations or some other BS tostophatingcast@gmail.com

Carl's back! End of episode description. What?  I have to keep going? Well, this is bullsh--Catfish was greatly victimized this week, and not only by his fellow podcast host's absence. The story drags on, though Catfish REPEATEDLY asks if he as to keep telling it, as do his [justifiable] complaints about recording alone last week.  And then some fears are mentioned at the end. Episode Topics, who needs 'em? Carl and Catfish will be performing at Rose City Comic Con on Friday, September 13th at 6:30 pm in Room 3 of the Oregon Convention Center. Come watch as they improvise things unrelated to the podcast! Like!  Subscribe! Rate! Comment! Tell your friends! @stophatingcast on Instagramand Twitter and of course Facebook. Don't forget to visit  www.stophatredofcasting.com while you are at it. Send your  most beloved/reviled affirmations or some other BS to stophatingcast@gmail.com

This week's episode is a totally normal episode.  Nothing out of the ordinary to see here!  No, sir, just the standard hijinks.  There's the opening and a check-in and then some listener questions are answered.  And does this run-of-the-mill episode end with an affirmation?  Probably!  Just par for the course, as we say here in the business.  And by "we," I definitely mean the typical "we." Carl and Catfish will be performing at Rose City Comic Con on Friday, September 13th at 6:30 pm in Room 3 of the Oregon Convention Center. Come watch as they improvise things unrelated to the podcast! Like!  Subscribe! Rate! Comment! Tell your friends! @stophatingcast on Instagram and Twitter and of course Facebook. Don't forget to visit  www.stophatredofcasting.com while you are at it. Send your  most beloved/reviled affirmations or some other BS to stophatingcast@gmail.com

Carl meanders into an article that not only names the overthinking issues he's always dealt with but proposes to solve them in 5 steps. He practices on Catfish to see if it works before diving in himself. Listen as the boys solve their issues and never have to record again! Carl and Catfish will be performing at Rose City Comic Con on Friday, September 13th at 6:30 pm in Room 3 of the Oregon Convention Center. Come watch as they improvise things unrelated to the podcast! Like!  Subscribe! Rate! Comment! Tell your friends! @stophatingcast on Instagram and Twitter and of course Facebook. Don't forget to visit  www.stophatredofcasting.com while you are at it. Send your  most beloved/reviled affirmations or some other BS to stophatingcast@gmail.com 

Catfish has a crucial question for Carl about reaching out to old  friends on social media. Carl takes this opportunity to tell a lot of  irrelevant old stories that stick out in his mind. The thoughtful  listener or podcast recapper will pay attention to these seemingly  non-sequitur breadcrumbs as they may be seeds for future plotlines  should the podcast get renewed for a fifth season. Also, Catfish admits  to having friends. On tape. We got evidence! *There was a band called jet set music and they had an album called jet  set radio, but they reached an agreement for the xbox game because it  had 'future' in its name.  Like!  Subscribe! Rate! Comment! Tell your friends! @stophatingcast on Instagram and Twitter and of course Facebook. Don't forget to visit  www.stophatredofcasting.com while you are at it. Send your  most beloved/reviled affirmations or some other BS to stophatingcast@gmail.com 

The boys, upon request, talk about death again. Carl cries. A lot. Catfish declares that Carl's perspective on death is reminiscent of "The Tale of the Three Brothers" from The Deathly Hallows. Carl points out that despite his love for Harry Potter, it was heavily cribbed from Ursula Le Guin's Earthsea, but while Potter went to trope-y endings, Le Guin pushed boundaries.  Also, Neil Gaiman's Sandman comics beat Rowling to the Death punch. Catfish loses his place in the argument, and it all falls apart. #onbrand  Like!  Subscribe! Rate! Comment! Tell your friends! @stophatingcast on Instagram and Twitter and of course Facebook. Don't forget to visit  www.stophatredofcasting.com while you are at it. Send your  most beloved/reviled affirmations or some other BS to stophatingcast@gmail.com 

As the second arbitrary season begins of the Stop Hating Yourself Podcast, Carl and Catfish catch up on all the joy and sorrow of the last month or so. The boys discuss why sleep is better than meditation (it isn't [it is]) and the impact of the presence, absence, and timing of birthday cards.  Finally, in a hail of gunshot-esque drum rolls, the competition for naming rights to the new studio is settled! Like!  Subscribe! Rate! Comment! Tell your friends! @stophatingcast on  Instagram and Twitter and of course Facebook at www.facebook.com/stophatingcast Don't forget  to stop by www.stophatredofcasting.com while you are at it. Send your most beloved/reviled affirmations or some other BS  to stophatingcast@gmail.com

The Smashing Pumpkins wrote two versions of a single song after Melancholy and the Infinite Sadness and released them as part of the highly acclaimed soundtrack for the terrible film Batman and Robin. The first version, a high-energy rock anthem,  won a grammy, and the second, a more downbeat electronica version with different verses but the same chorus, was mostly ignored. This remained the caseuntil it was used in an early trailer for another poorly received superhero flick, Zach Snyder's The Watchmen. At the time the use of a remixed version of a traditional rock song well known as a part of a similarly traditional caped crusader film signaled the deconstruction of the genre that many expected in Snyder's interpretation of the well-loved graphic novel by Alan Moore. The movie struggled with audiences, but the song saw a resurgence of sales of the song, prompting the Pumpkins to bring it back into rotation on their tour that year. In this episode, the boys discuss the end of the podcast, the beginning of a new podcast, or an ending all together. /wiger   Like!  Subscribe! Rate! Comment! Tell your friends! @stophatingcast on Instagram and Twitter and of course Facebook. Don't forget to visit  www.stophatredofcasting.com while you are at it. Send your most beloved/reviled affirmations or some other BS to stophatingcast@gmail.com

Better late than never, the boys talk Valentine's Day gifts and politics. Carl is proud of one of his accomplishments but gets hung up on being prideful. External validation comes up briefly. Like!  Subscribe! Rate! Comment! Tell your friends! @stophatingcast on Instagramand Twitter and of course Facebook. Don't forget to visit  www.stophatredofcasting.com while you are at it. Send your  most beloved/reviled affirmations or some other BS to stophatingcast@gmail.com

Carl still can't seem to take care of himself. Seriously, go to the doctor. Catfish takes control of at least a portion of his medication regimen with positive results. They discuss sleep, and no one is better off. Like!  Subscribe! Rate! Comment! Tell your friends! @stophatingcast on Instagramand Twitter and of course Facebook. Don't forget to visit  www.stophatredofcasting.com while you are at it. Send your  most beloved/reviled affirmations or some other BS to stophatingcast@gmail.com

Back from a short hiatus, the boys catch up on personal stuff. Then they discuss current events. And get mad.  Like!  Subscribe! Rate! Comment! Tell your friends! @stophatingcast on Instagramand Twitter and of course Facebook. Don't forget to visit  www.stophatredofcasting.com while you are at it. Send your  most beloved/reviled affirmations or some other BS to stophatingcast@gmail.com

Recorded live at the 2020 Tucson Fringe Fest!  Were you there? (The answer is “No,” because I’ve seen the numbers) This special episode focuses on [getting better at accepting] compliments. The boys finally learn what their friends said they were good at.  An audience is nearby.  And apparently, the recording picked up a local radio station in the background. Sorry! Like!  Subscribe! Rate! Comment! Tell your friends! @stophatingcast on Instagram and Twitter and of course Facebook. Don't forget to visit  www.stophatredofcasting.com while you are at it. Send your  most beloved/reviled affirmations or some other BS to stophatingcast@gmail.com

Carl flies solo on this short ep. See, he's sick and didn't want to get the fish sick. But he isn't so good at boundaries to not record something! Bonus: he used the wrong input so the volume had to be cranked up a lot.  Stop Hating Yourself will be recording LIVE at the Tucson Fringe Festival on January 11, 2020, at 3 PM at the Temple of Music and Arts Cabaret Theater. Details at tucsonfringe.org Catch a 2-minute preview at Cafe Passe Thursday, January 8th at about 7 pm (ish).  Like!  Subscribe! Rate! Comment! Tell your friends! @stophatingcast on Instagram and Twitter and of course Facebook. Don't forget to visit  www.stophatredofcasting.com while you are at it. Send your  most beloved/reviled affirmations or some other BS to stophatingcast@gmail.com

Carl and Catfish list their top tens to ring in the new year! Kinda. And Catfish grills Carl on how he's feeling about his upcoming milestone of a birthday.  Stop Hating Yourself will be recording LIVE at the Tucson Fringe Festival on January 11, 2020, at 3 PM at the Temple of Music and Arts Cabaret Theater. Details at tucsonfringe.org Catch a 2-minute preview at Cafe Passe Thursday, January 8th at about 7 pm (ish). Like!  Subscribe! Rate! Comment! Tell your friends! @stophatingcast on Instagram and Twitter and of course Facebook. Don't forget to visit  www.stophatredofcasting.com while you are at it. Send your  most beloved/reviled affirmations or some other BS to stophatingcast@gmail.com Sponsorships: off for this episode

Carl and Catfish distract themselves from the holidays with a discussion of purpose. On purpose. Porpoise. Stop Hating Yourself will be recording LIVE at the Tucson Fringe Festival on January 11, 2020 at 3 PM at the Temple of Music and Arts Cabaret Theater. Details at tucsonfringe.org Catch a 2 minute preview at Cafe Passe Thursday, January 8th at about 7 pm (ish). Like! Subscribe! Rate! Comment! Tell your friends! @stophatingcast on Instagram and Twitter and of course Facebook. Don't forget to visit www.stophatredofcasting.com while you are at it. Send your most beloved/reviled affirmations or some other BS to stophatingcast@gmail.com

The boys talk about experts. No, that's insincere. The boys rant about how prolific supposed experts are on the internet. Remember, Carl and Catfish are NOT EXPERTS and make no claims of expertise in anything. This allows them to rant without being hypocritical. Also, some discussion of people talking about people they knew who killed themselves. Sorry about that. Stop Hating Yourself will be recording LIVE at the Tucson Fringe Festival on January 11, 2020 at 3 PM at the Temple of Music and Arts Cabaret Theater. Details at tucsonfringe.org Like! Subscribe! Rate! Comment! Tell your friends! @stophatingcast on Instagram and Twitter and of course Facebook. Don't forget to visit www.stophatredofcasting.com while you are at it. Send your most beloved/reviled affirmations or some other BS to stophatingcast@gmail.com

This episode almost didn't happen, and what occurred is the only thing they really talk about. Also obligation and mothers and whatnot. Like!  Subscribe! Rate! Comment! Tell your friends! @stophatingcast on Instagramand Twitter and of course Facebook. Don't forget to visit  www.stophatredofcasting.com while you are at it. Send your  most beloved/reviled affirmations or some other BS to stophatingcast@gmail.com

Carl stumbles on another article and forces Catfish to listen to him talk about it. Also, Carl's wrist is better! And Catfish forgoes.... something. What you might ask? Listen to find out! The article discussed can be found here.  It's MOVEMBER! Support men's health (both mental and otherwise) or join the effort as part of the Stop Hating Yourself team at movember.stophatredofcasting.com Like! Subscribe! Rate! Comment! Tell your friends! @stophatingcast on Instagram and Twitter and of course Facebook. Don't forget to visit www.stophatredofcasting.com while you are at it. Send your most beloved/reviled affirmations or some other BS to stophatingcast@gmail.com

Thanks to advertising revenue and podcast supporters, the boys go to a RAGE ROOM and report back to listeners. Having worked out all their issues they quit podcasting forever and ascend to nirvana or something. Right, that happens... It's MOVEMBER! Support men's health (both mental and otherwise) or join the effort as part of the Stop Hating Yourself team at movember.stophatredofcasting.com Like! Subscribe! Rate! Comment! Tell your friends! @stophatingcast on Instagram and Twitter and of course Facebook. Don't forget to visit www.stophatredofcasting.com while you are at it. Send your most beloved/reviled affirmations or some other BS to stophatingcast@gmail.com