{"id":8083,"date":"2026-07-19T14:18:21","date_gmt":"2026-07-19T20:18:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gregsowell.com\/?p=8083"},"modified":"2026-07-19T14:18:21","modified_gmt":"2026-07-19T20:18:21","slug":"why-am-i-marten-carlson-horror-fanatic-mattress-tester","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gregsowell.com\/?p=8083","title":{"rendered":"Why Am I Marten Carlson &#8211; Horror Fanatic, Mattress Tester"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/kaM8zNBZHtc\/maxresdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Why Am I Marten Carlson - Horror Fanatic, Mattress Tester\" width=\"580\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Have you ever wondered what path leads someone to become a professional mattress reviewer? Meet Martin Carlson, a film fanatic who journeyed from a childhood love of Abbott and Costello to an unlikely career in sleep products. Join us as we dive into the world of niche expertise, the delicate dance of balancing passions with practicalities, and the creative process behind Martin&#039;s unique career story.<\/p>\n<p>Don&#039;t forget to like, comment, and subscribe for more conversations that chase the story behind the person.<\/p>\n<p>Please show them some love on their socials here: <br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mattressclarity.com\/author\/martencarlson\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.mattressclarity.com\/author\/martencarlson\/<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/2SjwX9XW4VYQMAH3ZhBJAG\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/2SjwX9XW4VYQMAH3ZhBJAG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Find more info at <a href=\"http:\/\/whyamipod.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/whyamipod.com\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you want to support the podcast you can do so via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/whyamipod\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/whyamipod<\/a><\/p>\n<p>#WhyAmI #Podcast #MartinCarlson #FilmFanatic #MattressReviewer #PassionProjects #CreativeProcess<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasters.spotify.com\/pod\/show\/whyamipod\/episodes\/Why-Am-I-Marten-Carlson---Horror-Fanatic--Mattress-Tester-e3m967t\">Podcast episode on Spotify here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/creators.spotify.com\/pod\/show\/whyamipod\/embed\/episodes\/Why-Am-I-Marten-Carlson---Horror-Fanatic--Mattress-Tester-e3m967t\" width=\"400px\" height=\"102px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Youtube version here:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kaM8zNBZHtc\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>Originally posted on <a href=\"https:\/\/whyamipod.com\">Why Am I Pod<\/a> &mdash; <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasters.spotify.com\/pod\/show\/whyamipod\/episodes\/Why-Am-I-Marten-Carlson---Horror-Fanatic--Mattress-Tester-e3m967t\">listen to this episode<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you ever wondered what path leads someone to become a professional mattress reviewer? Meet Martin Carlson, a film fanatic who journeyed from a\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8083","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-why-am-i-pod"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregsowell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8083","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregsowell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8083"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gregsowell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8083\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8084,"href":"https:\/\/gregsowell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8083\/revisions\/8084"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregsowell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8083"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregsowell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8083"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregsowell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8083"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}