{"id":7416,"date":"2023-01-22T13:48:46","date_gmt":"2023-01-22T19:48:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whyamipod.com\/?p=473"},"modified":"2023-01-22T13:48:46","modified_gmt":"2023-01-22T19:48:46","slug":"why-am-i-george-collins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gregsowell.com\/?p=7416","title":{"rendered":"Why Am I George Collins"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-offset-key=\"5ljb8-0-0\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-476\" src=\"https:\/\/whyamipod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/thumbnail-1-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whyamipod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/thumbnail-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/whyamipod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/thumbnail-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/whyamipod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/thumbnail-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/whyamipod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/thumbnail-1-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/whyamipod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/thumbnail-1.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/div>\n<div data-offset-key=\"5ljb8-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"88ok8-0-0\">Hey everybody, I\u2019m Greg Sowell and this is Why Am I, a podcast where I talk to interesting people and try to trace a path to where they find themselves today. \u00a0My guest this go around is George Collins. \u00a0He\u2019s a standup that went from introvert to\u2026well still an introvert, just one that gets up on stage and does comedy. \u00a0He\u2019s rounding out himself by also doing two podcasts and is currently writing a post apocalyptic novel. \u00a0BTW: there is also a published ten page love poem from when he was 17 floating around out there\u2026so the dude knows real pain. \u00a0I hope you enjoy this chat with George. \u00a0<\/span><strong>If you\u2019ve enjoyed this or any of the podcasts I\u2019m asking you to share it with at least one person; help me grow!<\/strong><\/div>\n<div data-offset-key=\"5ljb8-0-0\"><\/div>\n<div data-offset-key=\"5ljb8-0-0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/spotifyanchor-web.app.link\/e\/0VxOj3AUNwb\">Podcast episode on Anchor here<\/a>.<\/div>\n<div data-offset-key=\"5ljb8-0-0\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/anchor.fm\/whyamipod\/embed\/episodes\/Why-Am-I-George-Collins-e1tm2v6\" width=\"400px\" height=\"102px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div data-offset-key=\"5ljb8-0-0\">Youtube version here:<\/div>\n<div data-offset-key=\"5ljb8-0-0\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_IVuHtIhx4Q\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div data-offset-key=\"5ljb8-0-0\">\n<div class=\"DK2WGA7X3rKos2v1AABBD _20x9t-BL2SDh7lOGEew66E\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"97ugl\" data-offset-key=\"b0nt9-0-0\">\n<div class=\"public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\" data-offset-key=\"b0nt9-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"2na6-0-0\">Please show them some love on their socials here: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/whomst.substack.com\/\"><span data-offset-key=\"2na6-1-0\">https:\/\/whomst.substack.com\/<\/span><\/a><span data-offset-key=\"2na6-2-0\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RegularAsGeorge\/\"><span data-offset-key=\"2na6-3-0\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/RegularAsGeorge\/<\/span><\/a><span data-offset-key=\"2na6-4-0\">.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"DK2WGA7X3rKos2v1AABBD _20x9t-BL2SDh7lOGEew66E\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"97ugl\" data-offset-key=\"3di9q-0-0\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\" data-offset-key=\"12otu-0-0\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: -0.015em;\">If you want to <\/span><strong style=\"letter-spacing: -0.015em;\">support the podcast<\/strong><span style=\"letter-spacing: -0.015em;\"> you can do so via <\/span><a style=\"letter-spacing: -0.015em;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/whyamipod\">https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/whyamipod<\/a><span style=\"letter-spacing: -0.015em;\"> (this gives you access to <\/span><strong style=\"letter-spacing: -0.015em;\">bonus content including their Fantasy Restaurant!<\/strong><span style=\"letter-spacing: -0.015em;\">)<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hey everybody, I&rsquo;m Greg Sowell and this is Why Am I, a podcast where I talk to interesting people and try to trace a path to where they find themselves today. &nbsp;My guest this go around is George Collins. &nbsp;He&rsquo;s a standup that went from introvert to&hellip;well still an introvert, just one that gets up [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7416","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-podcast"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregsowell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7416","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregsowell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregsowell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregsowell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregsowell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7416"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gregsowell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7416\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7417,"href":"https:\/\/gregsowell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7416\/revisions\/7417"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregsowell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7416"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregsowell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7416"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregsowell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}