The Roads We've Traveled

Holden McNeely of the Last Podcast Network stops by to chat with A.J. Holden talks about moving from Florida to New York with his college friends to start the improv group "Murderfist", meeting Ben and Markus, and joining the 'Round Table of Gentlemen" podcast. Then starting "Wizard and the Bruiser" with Jake Young, and joining "Page 7" with Jackie and MJ. He also opens up about going to therapy and also doing couples therapy with his wife. He talks about being a father and full-time content creator from Twitch to Podcasts.Check out Holden by clicking here: https://www.lastpodcastnetwork.com/Follow or subscribe to Holden on Twitch here: https://www.twitch.tv/holdenatorshoSubscribe to "The Roads We've Traveled" Podcast here on Youtube and at the following:https://linktr.ee/roadswevetraveledCheck out more from the MPG Network by clicking here: https://linktr.ee/TheMPGNEmail us at: Roadswevetraveledpodcast@gmail.com_________________________________________Intro/Outro music by: Broke for Free - Golden Hour (Hear we go): 

An Announcement from host A.J. on the future of the show. For now, the show will be ending till further notice. Watch the video below. Thank you all again for the years of support and please make sure to continue to support A.J. in all of his other creative projects. Much love to you all! click here: https://linktr.ee/TheMPGN

Marco stops by the show this week to chat with A.J. The two talk about growing up, to music to DIU TV. Marco also talks about going to therapy for the first time as well as being in the local rap scene in CT.Check out more from White Cheddar here: youtube.com/whitecheddarfacebook.com/whitecheddarcttwitter.com/whitecheddar203instagram.com/whitecheddar203_________________________________________Subscribe to "The Roads We've Traveled" Podcast here on Youtube and at the following:https://linktr.ee/roadswevetraveledCheck out more from the MPG Network by clicking here: https://linktr.ee/TheMPGN Email us at: Roadswevetraveledpodcast@gmail.com_________________________________________Intro/Outro music by: Broke for Free - Golden Hour (Hear we go):

New guest and friend Nick Roberts of Fear the Masses joins the show today.  Nick talks about what it was like growing up and dealing with being on the close on the autism spectrum, and being bullied. He also talks about how he got into music, and has a ton of self produced records he made himself. He also discusses joining Fear the Masses and where they are now with the new record.Check out Fear the Masses here: https://www.facebook.com/FearthemassesbandFTM Bandcamp:https://fearthemasses.bandcamp.com/track/tipping-pointCheck out more from Nick below:Mysarium FB:https://www.facebook.com/MysariumMysarium Website:https://mysarium.weebly.com/Mysarium Youtube:https://www.youtube.com/user/MysariumCTDark Ink Productions FB:https://www.facebook.com/darkinkprodctDark Ink Productions Website:https://darkinkproductions.weebly.com/_________________________________________Subscribe to "The Roads We've Traveled" Podcast here on Youtube and at the following:https://linktr.ee/roadswevetraveledEmail us at: Roadswevetraveledpodcast@gmail.com_________________________________________Intro/Outro music by: Broke for Free - Golden Hour (Hear we go):

New guest and friend Derek Geoffroy of Fear the Masses joins the show today. Derek Talks about what it was like being an outcast growing up in a rich environment.  He also talks about getting into music, joining Fear the Masses as a guitarist then switching to drums after.Check out Fear the Masses here: https://www.facebook.com/FearthemassesbandFTM Bandcamp:https://fearthemasses.bandcamp.com/track/tipping-point_________________________________________Subscribe to "The Roads We've Traveled" Podcast here on Youtube and at the following:https://linktr.ee/roadswevetraveledEmail us at: Roadswevetraveledpodcast@gmail.com_________________________________________Intro/Outro music by: Broke for Free - Golden Hour (Hear we go):

Friend of the show and returning guest Josh Moore of Fear the Masses returns. Josh and A.J. talk more about what it's like to deal with depression, overcoming and more. Josh also gives an update on the status of the release of Fear the Masses new record.Check out Fear the Masses here: https://www.facebook.com/FearthemassesbandFTM Bandcamp:https://fearthemasses.bandcamp.com/track/tipping-pointCheck out Josh on Twitch here: https://www.twitch.tv/ftmjosh _________________________________________Subscribe to "The Roads We've Traveled" Podcast here on Youtube and at the following:https://linktr.ee/roadswevetraveledEmail us at: Roadswevetraveledpodcast@gmail.com_________________________________________Intro/Outro music by: Broke for Free - Golden Hour (Hear we go):

It's the Season 2 finale of the show and it's been hijacked by guitarist Doug Lenington of Fear the Masses! Doug sits down and gets a one on one interview with the host A.J. Pelletier. A.J. opens up about growing up with depression. He also talks about complications that happened when he was born, how his older brother overcame leukemia, his grandparents on both sides, and how his parents split up. A.J. also discusses what's going on in his life currently dealing with medical problems, his music, and where the future of the podcast will be going.Check out Doug on TwitchCheck out Doug's band Fear the Masses__________________________________________________Subscribe to "The Roads We've Traveled" Podcast here on Youtube and at the following:https://linktr.ee/roadswevetraveledEmail us at: Roadswevetraveledpodcast@gmail.com__________________________________________________Ads for this episode are brought to you by:- Blue Presents (A Podcast) check it out here,-Technique BJJ check it out here,- The Vapor Edge- OG Barbell Clothing__________________________________________________Intro/Outro music by: Broke for Free - Golden Hour (Hear we go):The Vapor Edge ad music:New ad music:Broke For Free - The Gold Lining❚ Broke For Free• https://soundcloud.com/broke-for-free• https://facebook.com/pages/brokeforfree• https://instagram.com/tomcascinoOG Barbell Ad Music:  by XRSound with Standard Music license: https://audiojungle.net/item/action-sport-drum-bass/31614883 

In today's episode A.J. sits down with friend and musician Vern of the band Breach the Asylum. Vern tells stories about the band's history, especially during the pandemic. He also talks about him and his family dealing with Covid and coming through it. Vern also discusses his new documentary about music. Check out Vern's band here__________________________________________________Subscribe to "The Roads We've Traveled" Podcast here on Youtube and at the following:https://linktr.ee/roadswevetraveledEmail us at: Roadswevetraveledpodcast@gmail.com__________________________________________________Ads for this episode are brought to you by:- Blue Presents (A Podcast) check it out here,-Technique BJJ check it out here,- The Vapor Edge- OG Barbell Clothing__________________________________________________Intro/Outro music by: Broke for Free - Golden Hour (Hear we go):The Vapor Edge ad music:New ad music:Broke For Free - The Gold Lining❚ Broke For Free• https://soundcloud.com/broke-for-free• https://facebook.com/pages/brokeforfree• https://instagram.com/tomcascinoOG Barbell Ad Music:  by XRSound with Standard Music license: https://audiojungle.net/item/action-sport-drum-bass/31614883 

In today's episode A.J. sits down with friend and author Lanette Sweeney. Lanette talks about her childhood from growing up and moving around so much to falling in love with reading. She also opens up about her sons' death from addiction to writing her book "What I should have said" in memory of her son. Pick up Lanette's book hereAmazon linkLanette's website: https://www.lanettesweeney.com/__________________________________________________Subscribe to "The Roads We've Traveled" Podcast here on Youtube and at the following:https://linktr.ee/roadswevetraveledEmail us at: Roadswevetraveledpodcast@gmail.com__________________________________________________Ads for this episode are brought to you by:- Blue Presents (A Podcast) check it out here,-Technique BJJ check it out here,- The Vapor Edge- OG Barbell Clothing__________________________________________________Intro/Outro music by: Broke for Free - Golden Hour (Hear we go):The Vapor Edge ad music:New ad music:Broke For Free - The Gold Lining❚ Broke For Free• https://soundcloud.com/broke-for-free• https://facebook.com/pages/brokeforfree• https://instagram.com/tomcascinoOG Barbell Ad Music:  by XRSound with Standard Music license: https://audiojungle.net/item/action-sport-drum-bass/31614883 

Welcome to the "Roads We've Traveled" with A.J. Pelletier" podcast. Every episode A.J. interviews guests about their journey's through life. Their struggles, and joys.In today's episode A.J. sits down with new friend Scotty Aaron. Scotty is a veterinary assistant and talks about his childhood. He opens up about his depression, his anger while being in the closet before coming out. How much he was abandoned by it and how much his life changed for the better after. You should check out some of Nitecap True Crime episodes below-featuring guest appearances by Scotty and A.J.Nitecap: https://nitecaptruecrime.com/ __________________________________________________Subscribe to "The Roads We've Traveled" Podcast here on Youtube and at the following:https://linktr.ee/roadswevetraveledEmail us at: Roadswevetraveledpodcast@gmail.com__________________________________________________Ads for this episode are brought to you by:- Blue Presents (A Podcast) check it out here,-NiteCap: A True Crime podcast check it out here,-Technique BJJ check it out here,- The Vapor Edge- OG Barbell Clothing__________________________________________________Intro/Outro music by: Broke for Free - Golden Hour (Hear we go):The Vapor Edge ad music:New ad music:Broke For Free - The Gold Lining❚ Broke For Free• https://soundcloud.com/broke-for-free• https://facebook.com/pages/brokeforfree• https://instagram.com/tomcascinoOG Barbell Ad Music:  by XRSound with Standard Music license: https://audiojungle.net/item/action-sport-drum-bass/31614883 

Welcome to the "Roads We've Traveled" with A.J. Pelletier" podcast. Every episode A.J. interviews guests about their journey's through life. Their struggles, and joys.In today's episode A.J. sits down with friend Cristian Gonzalez. Cristian talks about moving to the Us from Puerto Rico as a kid, struggles growing up, making friends fitting in, moving from Ct to Florida, and going to college for engineering only to change to acting. He also promotes the new Hulu movie he is in called "Vacation Friends".Check out Cristian's IMDB here: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4763365/  _________________________________________________Subscribe to "The Roads We've Traveled" Podcast here on Youtube and at the following:https://linktr.ee/roadswevetraveledEmail us at: Roadswevetraveledpodcast@gmail.com__________________________________________________Ads for this episode are brought to you by:- Blue Presents (A Podcast) check it out here,-Technique BJJ check it out here,- The Vapor Edge- OG Barbell Clothing___________________________________________________Intro/Outro music by: Broke for Free - Golden Hour (Hear we go):The Vapor Edge ad music:New ad music:Broke For Free - The Gold Lining❚ Broke For Free• https://soundcloud.com/broke-for-free• https://facebook.com/pages/brokeforfree• https://instagram.com/tomcascinoOG Barbell Ad Music:  by XRSound with Standard Music license: https://audiojungle.net/item/action-sport-drum-bass/31614883 

Welcome to the "Roads We've Traveled" with A.J. Pelletier" podcast. Every episode A.J. interviews guests about their journey's through life. Their struggles, and joys.In today's episode A.J. sits down with Way Harris of the band FireHoney. Way opens up about growing up with a part-time father, half-siblings, depression getting into music, and later coming out as bisexual. Way talks about starting his band FireHoney and more!Check out FireHoney here _________________________________________________Subscribe to "The Roads We've Traveled" Podcast here on Youtube and at the following:https://linktr.ee/roadswevetraveledEmail us at: Roadswevetraveledpodcast@gmail.com__________________________________________________Ads for this episode are brought to you by:- Blue Presents (A Podcast) check it out here,-Technique BJJ check it out here,- The Vapor Edge- OG Barbell Clothing___________________________________________________Intro/Outro music by: Broke for Free - Golden Hour (Hear we go):The Vapor Edge ad music:New ad music:Broke For Free - The Gold Lining❚ Broke For Free • https://soundcloud.com/broke-for-free• https://facebook.com/pages/brokeforfree• https://instagram.com/tomcascinoOG Barbell Ad Music:  by XRSound with Standard Music license: https://audiojungle.net/item/action-sport-drum-bass/31614883  

Welcome to the "Roads We've Traveled" with A.J. Pelletier" podcast. Every episode A.J. interviews guests about their journey's through life. Their struggles, and joys.In today's episode A.J. sits down with new guest to the show Kyle Muenzner of the band Mangled. Kyle talks about growing up, dealing with his mental health later in life, making music to help with it, and his band Mangled. He also talks about being a recording engineer.Check out Mangled by clicking here_________________________________________________Subscribe to "The Roads We've Traveled" Podcast here on Youtube and at the following:https://linktr.ee/roadswevetraveledEmail us at: Roadswevetraveledpodcast@gmail.com__________________________________________________Ads for this episode are brought to you by:- Blue Presents (A Podcast) check it out here,-NiteCap: A True Crime podcast check it out here,- The Vapor Edge- OG Barbell Clothing___________________________________________________Intro/Outro music by: Broke for Free - Golden Hour (Hear we go):The Vapor Edge ad music:District 19 by tubebackr https://soundcloud.com/tubebackrYouTube: https://youtube.com/watch?v=VpmvNEUXkQ0Creative Commons — Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported — CC BY-ND 3.0Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/district-19Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/e4u4vGpuoQMOG Barbell Ad Music:  by XRSound with Standard Music license: https://audiojungle.net/item/action-sport-drum-bass/31614883  

Welcome to the "Roads We've Traveled" with A.J. Pelletier" podcast. In every episode A.J. interviews guests about their journey's through life. Their struggles, and joys.In today's episode, A.J. sits down with returning guests Doug Lenington, Josh Moore of Fear the Masses, and Chris Millet, formerly Fear the Masses. The guys catch up on life, talk about Dungeons and Dragons, politics, and mental health with men. Plus a lot of dick and fart jokes. Follow our guests at the links below:Fear the Masses DougJoshChris_________________________________________________ Subscribe to "The Roads We've Traveled" Podcast here on Youtube and at the following:https://linktr.ee/roadswevetraveledEmail us at: Roadswevetraveledpodcast@gmail.com__________________________________________________Ads for this episode are brought to you by:- Blue Presents (A Podcast) check it out here,-NiteCap: A True Crime podcast check it out here,- The Vapor Edge- OG Barbell Clothing___________________________________________________Intro/Outro music by: Broke for Free - Golden Hour (Hear we go):The Vapor Edge ad music:District 19 by tubebackr https://soundcloud.com/tubebackrYouTube: https://youtube.com/watch?v=VpmvNEUXkQ0Creative Commons — Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported — CC BY-ND 3.0Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/district-19Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/e4u4vGpuoQMOG Barbell Ad Music:  by XRSound with Standard Music license: https://audiojungle.net/item/action-sport-drum-bass/31614883  

Welcome to the "Roads We've Traveled" with A.J. Pelletier" podcast. Every episode A.J. interviews guests about their journey's through life. Their struggles, and joys.In today's episode A.J. sits down with BJJ, Krav Maga, and MMA instructor Christopher Rowan. Chris talks about his battles with depression and anxiety. He also tells us how he got into mixed martial arts, becoming a teacher, and competing.Check out Christopher at CT Krav Maga and MMA here: https://ctkravmagamma.com/ _________________________________________________ Subscribe to "The Roads We've Traveled" Podcast here on Youtube and at the following:https://linktr.ee/roadswevetraveledEmail us at: Roadswevetraveledpodcast@gmail.com__________________________________________________Ads for this episode are brought to you by:- Blue Presents (A Podcast) check it out here,-NiteCap: A True Crime podcast check it out here,- The Vapor Edge- OG Barbell Clothing______________________________________________________________________Intro/Outro music by: Broke for Free - Golden Hour (Hear we go):The Vapor Edge ad music:District 19 by tubebackr https://soundcloud.com/tubebackrYouTube: https://youtube.com/watch?v=VpmvNEUXkQ0Creative Commons — Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported — CC BY-ND 3.0Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/district-19Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/e4u4vGpuoQMOG Barbell Ad Music:  by XRSound with Standard Music license: https://audiojungle.net/item/action-sport-drum-bass/31614883  

Welcome to the "Roads We've Traveled" with A.J. Pelletier" podcast. Every episode A.J. interviews guests about their journey's through life. Their struggles, and joys.In today's episode A.J. sits down with friend and returning guest Blue Rivera of Blue Presents: A Podcast. The two catch up on life, talk about their jobs, music, lives, etc. They also talk about their top 5 favorite movies that involve great music. They also talk about what games they are playing and their Twitch channels.Check out Blue's Podcast by clicking the link below_________________________________________________ Subscribe to "The Roads We've Traveled" Podcast here on Youtube and at the following:https://linktr.ee/roadswevetraveledEmail us at: Roadswevetraveledpodcast@gmail.com__________________________________________________Ads for this episode are brought to you by:- Blue Presents (A Podcast) check it out here,-NiteCap: A True Crime podcast check it out here,- The Vapor Edge- OG Barbell Clothing______________________________________________________________________Intro/Outro music by: Broke for Free - Golden Hour (Hear we go):The Vapor Edge ad music:District 19 by tubebackr https://soundcloud.com/tubebackrYouTube: https://youtube.com/watch?v=VpmvNEUXkQ0Creative Commons — Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported — CC BY-ND 3.0Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/district-19Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/e4u4vGpuoQMOG Barbell Ad Music:  by XRSound with Standard Music license: https://audiojungle.net/item/action-sport-drum-bass/31614883  

Welcome to the "Roads We've Traveled" with A.J. Pelletier" podcast. Every episode A.J. interviews guests about their journey's through life. Their struggles, and joys.In today's episode A.J. sits down with friend and entrepreneur Lauren O'Toole. Lauren talks about what it was like growing up, dealing with anxiety and depression, channeling that into her fitness and becoming a powerlifter, to starting her own clothing line "OG Barbell" to spread awareness about mental health.Check out Lauren's clothing line here: https://ogbarbell.com/ _________________________________________________Subscribe to "The Roads We've Traveled" Podcast here on Youtube and at the following:https://linktr.ee/roadswevetraveledEmail us at: Roadswevetraveledpodcast@gmail.com__________________________________________________Ads for this episode are brought to you by:- Blue Presents (A Podcast) check it out here,-NiteCap: A True Crime podcast check it out here,- The Vapor Edge - OG Barbell Clothing______________________________________________________________________Intro/Outro music by: Broke for Free - Golden Hour (Hear we go): The Vapor Edge ad music:District 19 by tubebackr https://soundcloud.com/tubebackrYouTube: https://youtube.com/watch?v=VpmvNEUXkQ0Creative Commons — Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported — CC BY-ND 3.0Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/district-19Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/e4u4vGpuoQM OG Barbell Ad Music:  by XRSound with Standard Music license: https://audiojungle.net/item/action-sport-drum-bass/31614883  

Welcome to the "Roads We've Traveled" with A.J. Pelletier" podcast. Every episode A.J. interviews guests about their journey's through life. Their struggles, and joys.In today's episode A.J. sits down with Spanish teacher and podcast hots of Raising Legacies Sara Hall. Sara opens up about her depression, how she deals with it, being a parent and a teacher. She also talks about her podcast Raising Legacies.Subscribe to Raising Legacies here _________________________________________________Subscribe to "The Roads We've Traveled" Podcast here on Youtube and at the following:https://linktr.ee/roadswevetraveledEmail us at: Roadswevetraveledpodcast@gmail.com__________________________________________________Ads for this episode are brought to you by:- Blue Presents (A Podcast) check it out here,-NiteCap: A True Crime podcast check it out here,- The Vapor Edge - OG Barbell Clothing______________________________________________________________________Intro/Outro music by: Broke for Free - Golden Hour (Hear we go): The Vapor Edge ad music:District 19 by tubebackr https://soundcloud.com/tubebackrYouTube: https://youtube.com/watch?v=VpmvNEUXkQ0Creative Commons — Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported — CC BY-ND 3.0Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/district-19Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/e4u4vGpuoQM OG Barbell Ad Music:  by XRSound with Standard Music license: https://audiojungle.net/item/action-sport-drum-bass/31614883  

Welcome to the "Roads We've Traveled" with A.J. Pelletier" podcast. Every episode A.J. interviews guests about their journey's through life. Their struggles, and joys.In today's episode A.J. sits down with returning guest Desiree and her husband Brandon Ragoza. The two catch up with A.J. on what's new in their lives and we learn more about Brandon. They also discuss projects they are currently working on as well as Team Ragoza!  Check out Desiree here: https://desireeragoza.com/ Check out Brandon here: https://djragoza.com/ _________________________________________________ Subscribe to "The Roads We've Traveled" Podcast here on Youtube and at the following:https://linktr.ee/roadswevetraveledEmail us at: Roadswevetraveledpodcast@gmail.com__________________________________________________Ads for this episode are brought to you by:- Blue Presents (A Podcast) check it out here,-NiteCap: A True Crime podcast check it out here,- The Vapor Edge - OG Barbell Clothing______________________________________________________________________Intro/Outro music by: Broke for Free - Golden Hour (Hear we go): The Vapor Edge ad music:District 19 by tubebackr https://soundcloud.com/tubebackrYouTube: https://youtube.com/watch?v=VpmvNEUXkQ0Creative Commons — Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported — CC BY-ND 3.0Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/district-19Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/e4u4vGpuoQM OG Barbell Ad Music:  by XRSound with Standard Music license: https://audiojungle.net/item/action-sport-drum-bass/31614883  

Welcome to the "Roads We've Traveled" with A.J. Pelletier" podcast. Every episode A.J. interviews guests about their journey's through life. Their struggles, and joys.In today's episode, A.J. sits down with long-time friend and former classmate Sam Stauff. Sam is an audio engineer, producer, and musician. He talks about his band Wess Meets West as well as all the other projects he's involved in. Traveling the world, working with Blue Oyster Cult, and more! Check out Sam at:http://www.portcityrecording.com/ _________________________________________________ Subscribe to "The Roads We've Traveled" Podcast here on Youtube and at the following:https://linktr.ee/roadswevetraveledEmail us at: Roadswevetraveledpodcast@gmail.com__________________________________________________Ads for this episode are brought to you by:- Blue Presents (A Podcast) check it out here,-NiteCap: A True Crime podcast check it out here,- The Vapor Edge ______________________________________________________________________Intro/Outro music by: Broke for Free - Golden Hour (Hear we go): The Vapor Edge ad music:District 19 by tubebackr https://soundcloud.com/tubebackrYouTube: https://youtube.com/watch?v=VpmvNEUXkQ0Creative Commons — Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported — CC BY-ND 3.0Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/district-19Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/e4u4vGpuoQM