everybody welcome back to the messenger podcast
i am zach and i think we finally got you guys
a host hi everyone everybody welcome harper she
is in my same podcast class that i think i mentioned
a couple times in the first episode um so she
she's a lot of fun i think you guys will enjoy
her a lot She brings the vibe that I want to
bring to this podcast. So everybody be nice because
I will be. Because I don't take hurtful comments
very well. And I will be stepping down. I know
you guys loved me so much from the one episode
that I hosted for you guys. But, you know, we're
here now. So, yeah, everybody say hi to Harper.
She's. We've already talked a little bit about
what we want to do for this podcast, but she
brings the nice kind of vibe that I want to bring
to this community because, as I mentioned before,
I want this to be like a community podcast, obviously.
I want everybody to be involved. I want to interview
a bunch of people around the— I guess not me
now, but, you know, Harper will interview like
a bunch of people around the campus. So if you're
listening to this and you have a story you want
to tell, you know, just hit us up. We're kind
of all over the place right now. And I'm sure
when our social media starts going out more and
more, we'll probably have our, you know, Instagram
accounts or, you know, just our emails that you
can contact us at. So, you know, don't be afraid
to reach out if you have a story because, you
know, I'd love to have you guys. But yeah, no
longer the host. It was it was a fun, fun little
one episode that I was the host for. But yeah,
but you'll still be here and we'll still do videos
with her. Yeah. Videos and audio with you. Recordings
with you. Yeah, I'll I'll be here every now and
then. But I'm mainly, you know, going to start
editing these podcasts. So, yeah, with the with
the podcast, do you. We've talked a little bit,
obviously, off mic. Off mic. But, like, what
do you want to bring to this podcast? You make
this podcast sound like a family already. You've
created. With our one episode. With your one
episode. But you talk about everyone who's chipped
in to create and what you guys have. already
started and it's already become like a little
family and I think that's so cool and you always
make everything fun so you're my boss so I'd
love to just be a part of that and for what I
hope to bring is just people's stories yeah i
don't know if we're allowed to mention it but
we obviously met in the podcast class we had
our own podcasts um which likely may or may not
be continued yeah well we won't we won't promote
them on here no yet yeah let's wait until we
get a couple hundred listeners yeah with my like
two viewers total that are probably just me and
you youtube account got 38 views is what I said.
Oh, yeah, that's true. Yeah, all Baptiste's family
and friends. Yeah, I want to get him on here.
I think he'd be a lot of fun. We could do a Hallmark
thing for Christmas. I know. I think he's interested,
too, so we'll see. He's a lot of fun. He's an
international student from France. That's the
word I was looking for, international. Yeah,
he's from France. He loves Hallmark movies. He's
a lot of fun to be around. I'll drag him on here.
Don't worry. You'll hear from him at least once.
Yeah. But, yeah, we met in the podcasting class,
and we both had two separate podcasts that were,
what is it, just talking about anything? Literally,
yeah. Both of our podcasts were. Because literally
we I assume that we both share the same like
ideology that we don't really care for scripts
and that we just kind of want to talk, which
is awesome, which is probably why I wanted you
on here, because, you know, you have the same
kind of vibes that I bring in a sense, but I
don't have to do the work. But yeah, no, I mean,
again, yeah, we talk about like anything on our
personal podcast for the class that we made.
So it's a lot of fun to bring that same like
ideology. So I think, well, I'd love to, you
know, be able to talk to people and oh my God,
that's my teacher. Sorry. No, it's okay. We have
a big window in this podcast room. And everyone
can look at us. We can look at everybody, but
they can also look back at us, and it's really
scary. Though we are on the high ground, I will
say. We do have height advantage. Their eye level
is probably around our ankles. Literally, yeah.
But that means we get to look at the guy in our
left corner eating a bag of flaming Doritos.
Or, no, Cheetos. I'm so sorry. I think it's the
green kind, too. I think it might be the jalapeno
ones. I don't know. I've tried them. I don't
like them. I like the regular Flamin' Hot, though.
I haven't really, like, experimented with a bunch
of the kind of Cheeto brand. Yeah, that's fair.
I mean, they have a lot of flavors, so. I think
I've only done the main three, the white cheddar.
Is there a white cheddar? I think so. I've done
the white cheddar, the normal one, and then the
Flamin' Hot. Yeah, I think those are probably
the. best three so i know there's like a buffalo
one i haven't tried it but i saw it at like casey's
and i was like what is that i think it's dangerous
to have both of us on the podcast we're getting
so off topic but it's working off topic there
is no topic oh wait that's so true the topic
is us it's it's you you're the topic well well
OK, to get on a new topic, though, however, Spotify
wrapped came out today. We are recording this
December 4th. It is a Wednesday. So the predictions
were correct is that it came out on a Wednesday.
I don't know if you were keeping up with that,
but like the last, I guess, five years, technically
now with this year, Spotify wrapped has come
out on Wednesdays. So people were like, oh, it
didn't come out the Wednesday of. thanksgiving
usually comes out in december though doesn't
it's the last like four years actually i guess
it's been it's it's either been early december
or late november so it's not like out of track
for it to come out now it's just unfortunate
that wednesday was four days into december um
so we had to wait a little more but you know
whatever but with spotify rap i am pretty disappointed
i'm not gonna lie um really yeah i mean they
hyped it up so much and then it was like eight
slideshows i didn't see that much hype for it
but there's a whole new i think the hype is the
whole new slide for it yeah that's true i guess
it is you get eight different like playlists
yeah i guess that's true your main raps and you
your dj even has a rap i like did they add it
last year or 22 where it was the artists that
did the thank yous I think I might have been
22 that they started that because I remember
that last year at least and then I got one this
year obviously yeah um who was yours uh my top
artists are the people that thanked That's it's
the same thing that your top artist is the person
who sends the video is the video you get from
here. It's still woozy. It's always been. It's
been still woozy for the past like five years.
That's fair. But you're finally getting the videos
for it. I know. And the thing is, this year I
have none of his songs in my top songs. I just
listen to him so much. And I'm actually surprised
a lot of my. More emo music didn't make the cut.
Yeah, I've seen. I don't know if it's true. Yeah,
I don't know if it's true, but I've seen a lot
of people complain that, like, their, like, artists
aren't correct because, like, they're getting
artists they have either, like, blocked, like,
on Spotify. Blocked on Spotify? Like, I saw one
of my friends, not to bring any drama into it,
but they have Drake blocked on Spotify. I think
I have Drake blocked. I think I have Drake Diddy
in. Somebody else. It was their third artist,
and they're like, what? Mine looks correct. It's
a little embarrassing, but it's correct. Wait,
now that you say it's embarrassing, do you want
me to go first? I think you have to. I don't
want to go first. I'm scared. Okay, well, I have
to go through the whole slides again because
I didn't memorize it. That's fair. I took screenshots.
Oh, that's so smart. Okay, my top five songs.
A $AP Rocky, Sundress, number one. Fleetwood
Mac, Dreams is number two. Lunch by Billie Eilish
is three. That's a good song. Rock That Body,
Black Eyed Peas, number four. And then Birds
of a Feather is number five by Billie Eilish.
I love that, too. Chicharro's a good album. So
I don't blame you on that. No, it was good. Did
you remember when everyone was thinking that
there was going to be a double album? Yeah. I
think that it could still be a thing, but I think
it's going to come out like the half mark, but
I don't know. Yeah, probably. I don't think so.
I feel like. It came out a couple months ago?
No, it came out sometime, I think like around
August, I feel like. Yeah. Do you see the things
where it like tells you like March? Yeah, that
was interesting. That was cool that they put
that. Yeah, March was witchy parody classic rock
season for me. My March was pink Pilates princess
strut pop. Ooh. My top artist. I think my August
was something like that. Yeah, my top artist
for March. These are not my. Oh, yeah. Actually,
two of them are. My August was pink Pilates Pinterest.
Pinterest? Yeah, I'm on that a lot. That's okay.
Pink Pilates. You'll get there eventually. It
is a lot of peas. It's like the Sally thing.
Sally sells seashells by the sea. Sally sells
seashells by the sea story. That one? Yeah. Pink
Pilates Princess Strut Pop. Yeah, because mine
was Olivia Rodrigo, Rene Rapp, and Sabrina Carpenter
from March. What was your March? Or whatever.
Not that one, but the Pink Pilates one. Am I
August? Yeah. What artists were the ones that
you listened to in that one? Oh, shoot. Hold
on, is there just like a thing where I can hit
share so I can just see it? Okay, wait. Oh, there's
a February. I just skipped past that. My February,
I guess, was Sweater Weather Softcore Indie,
The Neighborhood TV Girl, Dominic Fike. My March
was... I wish I took screenshots like you did.
Because I'm just having to rewatch these and
you can't really. I'll go into it while you figure
out yours. Mine was Chapel Runs to Brandon Carpenter
and Taylor Swift for August. Pink Pilates Princess
Strap Pop. That explains a lot. I had 7 ,213
minutes listening to podcasts. Really? Yeah,
because I love podcasts. I don't know how many
hours that is, but it's a lot. I listen to specifically
a lot of true crime, so my top thing was true
crime, obviously. I'm not going to say the name
of the podcast, but I am wearing their hoodie.
So if you see me around, you can ask. You wear
that hoodie a lot, and it's super cool looking.
I love this hoodie. But if you see me around,
it says on the back of the hoodie, too, like
the name of the podcast. I will talk about this
podcast for hours. A literal podcast about a
podcast episode. Maybe we can get them on this
podcast. That would be insane, and I don't think
it would ever happen. Oh, wait. I just got to
my top artist. Okay. You share yours. I'll share
mine after. Was yours embarrassing? Is that why
you said that? Or was it your songs that were
embarrassing? Two of them are. Was it your songs
that were embarrassing, though? We'll see. We'll
see what people classify as embarrassing because
I'm not like entirely embarrassed anymore because
it's the music that I like, obviously. So but
you go first. I'm going to count down. I'll do
from the five to one. OK, but I've already said
who my top artist was. This is true. So number
five was Chapel Roan. Four was Taylor Swift.
Three was Billie Eilish. Two was Dominic Fike.
And number one was still Woozy. Yeah. I really
do think Chapel Rowan should be higher on that
list because I've been, like, repeating her songs
recently. That's fair. I love Chapel. So my five,
some people might know who this is. I don't think
you're going to know who this is. But her name
is Erica Henningsen. She does musicals. unfortunately
that's what is she in the wicked ones no she
she did mean girls she was the main character
she was caddy in mean girls the musical um she's
also charlie from has been hotel which is where
this is coming from um she's she's in my top
five because i had I'm not afraid to say I had
a has -been phase early in the year, okay? It
was a fun show to watch. You can have your opinions
about it, but they have some bop music. I don't
know if I've listened to them, but I will now.
It's one season, and it's only like 10 episodes,
and they're like 20 minutes. So it's a pretty
easy binge. I think I literally binged it in
a day. And it has a bunch of musical professionals
in it, which is... like awesome to see like people
that i've listened to like on stage like be in
a tv show so it's really cool um for olivia rodrigo
um a little surprised she's not higher because
i love me olivia rodrigo i love her so much um
she was my top artist last year um My number
three is not necessarily an artist because my
number three and one coincide with the same thing.
I don't know. Well, I know why one is higher
and I'll get to that in a second. But my two
is Renee Rapp. Love her. She's an icon. So my
number one is Jorge Rivera Herranz. He. You might
have heard of this little musical called Epic.
It's this. Guy on TikTok, he started it like
a few years ago. It's based on Homer's The Odyssey,
which is like a Greek tale. It's like a book.
It's like a I don't know how to explain it, but
it's like a it's it's this guy's adventure from
like starting at war to getting back home to
his wife. But like he experiences all these like
crazy like. and, like, facing these gods, like,
from Greek mythology, and it's really cool. Right.
So he made a musical based off of it called Epic.
So he's my number one artist. Number three is
it's the cast of it, which is why it's lower
because he's credited more than the cast technically,
like, when you listen to the music. Yeah. But
they coincide, which says a lot about how much
I've listened to it. That you get their cast,
too. That I got the cast to be one of my top
three artists on Spotify. Oh, my gosh. But, yeah,
no, that's pretty much been on repeat for the
last six months. Are you in the season for war?
Huh? I said get you in the season for war. I'm
ready for war. Don't jinx it. But, yeah, so that's
my top five artists. Did you say your top five
songs? I don't remember. I don't know, but I
did just go through and screenshot, so I should
have. Okay, you do your top five songs, I'll
do my top five. Oh, I did my top five songs.
Oh, you did? Yeah. What were they? Number one
was Sundress. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. Dreams, Lunch,
Rock That Body, and then Birds of a Fire. You
did. Never mind. I just wanted to hold off because
I didn't want to say mine. No, say yours. Okay.
So three of these are from Epic. Okay. Is your
number one? My number five is Ruthlessness, which
is Poseidon's song, one of his songs. So it's
a really good song. Number four is Loser Baby
from Hasbin Hotel. Gotcha. Number three is Hell's
Greatest Dad from Hasbin Hotel. Gotcha. And then
number two is No Longer You from Epic the Musical.
Okay. And then number one is Just a Man from
Epic the Musical. Okay, okay, okay. Do you see
a theme? I think we see a theater kid in our
studio. I think you found a theater kid. Which
is okay. I was on crew. Yeah. My entire high
school life. Yeah. I mean, it's, yeah, it's a
lot of fun. They're really catchy songs. And
when I get hyper fixated on something, I get
hyper fixated on it. Yeah. No, that's completely
understandable. I have done the same. Yeah. Mine's,
I guess it really just depends. Chopperone is
like. a fixation right now but i think that's
a lot of people's fixation yeah um she skyrocketed
but i did i had her i've listened to her since
i think 2019 something like that i i i remember
when sugar high came out is one of her songs
and i was like one of the not one i'm not gonna
say it was one of the first but i listened to
it recently yeah not recently like right after
it was released Yeah, no, I just started listening
to her when she kind of blew up. So I'm like
a newer fan. She's not a, I'm not going to say
like I was ever a fan fan of her because I didn't
keep up with her. Yeah. But I had that song saved
in my 2019, I think. Yeah, that's fair. I mean,
I remember when. And they're not in my top five
artists because I haven't really listened to
them that much. But AJR. Oh, my gosh. I love
AJR. I love them so much. I think they were my
top artist in 2022. I've always wanted to go
to one of their shows because they put on a show.
I had a ticket and I had to sell it. And I was
so sad. I was going to go with two of my friends
because I had a musical here at JCCC. So, I mean.
I'm not sad that I did it, obviously, because
it was... It was still fun. You did something
you enjoyed. Yeah, no, that musical brought me
back into theater because that's a separate thing.
But I had to sell the ticket. I was really sad,
but honestly, it's whatever. I still really,
really want to go to one of their shows because,
yeah, they put on a show. One, I've gotten tickets
to two of theirs. I got sick. One time and the
other time I had to go out of town. So it was
just unfortunate timing. Yeah. Well, hopefully
when they release a new album. Yeah. Because
I know there's. They love Kansas City. They always
come here. They do. They love the T -Mobile Center.
I think they've done it every time they've had
a tour. They did. What was it? They did a festival
in Kansas City, too. Oh, that's cool. I didn't
know that. I don't remember what it was, but
it was. I don't think it was. Boulevardia, because
that's not really like a festival festival. That's
more of like a stage in. Yeah, I have no idea.
But like what you were talking about with Chapel,
I remember listening to AJR before they blew
up. Like I joined kind of like a little bit before
Bang came out. So, like, they were just about
to spike in popularity because, obviously, I'm
sure a lot of people have heard of that song.
It's very catchy. And it kind of blew up. Yeah.
And it kind of put a lot of the hate onto AJR,
too, because a lot of people don't like it. But
that's a—if you don't like AJR, I get it. I don't
like the Me song for Taylor Swift. Well, yeah,
that's Brendan Urie, though. Brendan Urie and
Taylor Swift. And I have opinions about Brendan
Urie. I used to be such a big fan. But, you know,
I remember listening to – I'm not like – because
AJR has been making music for years. But I remember
listening to like – I think it was like Burn
the House Down or something. It was like the
album before the Bang album or before Bang came
out. So that kind of brought back some memories,
you know, just like seeing your little artists
blow up. Oh, my God. That was also me with Sabrina
Carpenter. Really? Yes, I watched the crap out
of Girl Meets World. I loved that show. I listened
to her old, really bad music. Can't blame a boy
for trying. I loved that song. Is it a boy or
a girl? Can't blame a girl for trying. Thumbs
was also really catchy, but also not that good.
I think it was kind of, she was like Bridget
Mendler. She kind of was, yeah, because she was
a Disney star who was trying to start a music
career, and then she got out of her Disney contract,
and now she's... Sabrina Garber. We love her
for that. She's still got the Disney knees. It's
the curse. Honestly, I think everyone does. I
think Disney just trademarked it. I think. I
feel like. They have. If they haven't, I'd be
very surprised. I would totally do it on stage.
You know, like the Demi Lovato. Yeah, the Demi
Lovato, Sabrina Carpenter, Olivia Rodrigo. They
all have the Disney knees. I don't know, like,
what they do to them, but they do it. I was going
to say, like, way back then, because you were
talking about AJR just before I forget it, I
got into them because of John Bellion. Mm -hmm.
Yeah, and I always go back to him. I always circle
back around to them. That's fair. They're like
an emo phase for me. Yeah. I don't think I had
an emo phase. I had – oh, God. Well, you haven't
had one yet. I haven't had one yet. I was about
to say something embarrassing, but I'm not going
to say it. We can talk about it later. Put it
in your notes app so you know to – Tell me later.
Oh, trust. I'll remember. It's old, old cringy
music, what I've listened to, obviously. What?
I used to listen to old cringy music. Maybe it's,
like, the same stuff. Okay, fine. I used to be
a really big Nightcore person. Ooh, okay. Uh
-huh. I don't know what was up with, like, the
sped -up songs, but it did something to my brain.
It was always, like, the... I think what made
us so used to the sped -up... I want to say the
outros for Minecraft videos. Speaking of Minecraft,
I also listen to the crap out of Minecraft parodies.
I love me some Minecraft parodies. They're good.
Actually, I'm saying that as if most people don't
agree. I feel like 99 % of the population agrees
that Minecraft songs are good. I grew up such
a loser, and I'm being so honest about that.
But I was always, well, I'm not going to put
myself in a little circle. I wasn't always just
that. Yeah. But we mentioned a couple, I guess,
conversations back. You watch Doctor Who. I don't
think we've mentioned that this. podcast if you're
talking about like just in general yes conversations
yeah like a way separate conversation but yes
i have watched doctor who i watched all of doctor
who maybe about 10 times yeah no that's fair
that's it it's a good show i was also the uh
i think it's the 11th yeah 11th doctor matt yeah
um i was him The little fez and his screwdriver.
I love the fez so much. I was, like, him when
I was, like, nine, maybe. Oh, my God. Wait, hold
on. Are we, like, the same person? Because I
dressed up as the 10th Doctor for Halloween.
Really? Yes, and I was probably about that age,
too. I have photos. I always, like, go back to
them because everyone's like, no way you're a
nerd. Because I don't know how people describe
me when I'm not around, obviously. But what they
admit to is they... At first think I'm shy. I
never thought you were shy. You were very outgoing
when I first met you. Well, yeah, we also had
a class of five people, six people. It was seven
at that point. Was it not? One, two, three, four,
five, six. Yeah. Coffee girl. Coffee girl dropped,
which is sad. I wanted to listen to her podcast.
If you are listening to this, please come on
this podcast. I want to know about coffee. I
don't remember your name. I'm so sorry. But if
you're still here, I want. to have a podcast
about coffee. We can have a little episode about
it. I would love to do that. And I'm an ex -barista,
so I have some experience with coffee, too. I'm
also an ex -barista. Okay, are we literally the
same person? I think we've discovered this every
time. No. Oh. That was very, no. Like, God, no.
I'm a Capricorn. Oh, that makes sense. January.
I don't. Your birthday's coming up. It is. This
is true. I have a month and, like, a week. Ish.
What, so you're like the 14th? The 12th. The
12th. Yeah. Yeah. So, yeah, my birthday is coming
up. Oh, God. I'm about to be 20. You're about
to be 20? Yeah. You're younger than me? Yes.
Was this not, I knew this. No. Did you not? Maybe.
You're a third year. I'm a second year. Well,
yeah, but that doesn't mean. 99 % of the time
it does. True. Most people can also do gap years,
so I didn't want to assume. That's fair, I guess.
But, yeah. No, yeah. Turning 20. Got to say bye
to the teens. That would be sad. But one more
year away from becoming 21. And you know what
you can do at 21? Drive a rental car. Yep. Yeah,
you can go to Cuss. Airports. You can do that.
Yeah, you can do that. Actually, younger if you
have parents' permission. You can do that, like,
as young as, like, 12, I think, or something.
Anyways. You do have to be 25 in Kansas to drive
a rental car, I think. Really? I didn't know
that. What is the point of that? Insurance. I
hate insurance. But also, like, I love insurance
because it's good sometimes. Wait, we were talking
about something else. I don't remember. Doctor
who? Being a nerd? How I perceive you? Seven
people in the class? I don't remember. I'm just
going back. Like, I'm thinking about things that
we were just talking about. Well, you were starting
a conversation. I interrupted it about John Bellion
and AJR. You were going to talk about music more.
Was I? It doesn't even matter. I love music.
We have, like, ten open conversations. We do.
I've been, too. And this is... Which is why I
wanted you as the host because you can carry
a conversation like this and it's not so good
when we're both here because we kind of just
ramble. Unless people like that. We'll see. I'm
also sometimes a really horrible listener because
I have so many questions. Yeah, that's fair.
But if we ever have people in, I'll just have
a little notebook to write down questions for
the end of their stories. Yeah. So you mentioned
this. So you mentioned this about 20 minutes
ago. That's fair. No, I think it'll be a lot
of fun with getting people around the community
to come on this podcast. I know there's a lot
of people, again, I've mentioned that we already
have some people that are interested. What else
can we talk about? What else to get to know,
to get to know you as our new host of the...
working title named the messenger podcast oh
um work in progress title yeah it's a work in
progress we're still working on some things we'll
we'll get this podcast hopefully out on a bunch
of different websites so don't worry you'll be
able to listen to this on your desired program
i guess i could give like a little rundown just
like small give us a little bit about you did
you give details about you on the first episode
I had interview questions that I asked everybody
and then I answered them myself. Do you still
have those questions on your phone? I have them
in my brain. Oh. But I've already kind of asked
one of them, which is like, what do you want
to bring to the community? Which is like, what
do you want to bring to the podcast? So you've
already answered that. The other one. Joy, happiness.
Make people comfortable. Well, the other one
was like, what was your position? And, well,
you're the host of the podcast. Which, by the
way, I haven't met anyone else. Well, you've
met Humphrey. Well, yeah, I've met him. I'll
get you on the group chat. We have a podcast
group chat. It's on GroupMe, so hopefully you
have GroupMe. Maybe download it. Yeah. My fun
question that I asked everybody is, what is their
favorite side hobby? Hmm. That's interesting.
Mine was collecting Funko Pops, which honestly
is kind of my side hobby, but also I collect
a bunch of other things. This is so random, but
I collect Monopolies. That's cool. I have like
15. Do you have the One Piece Monopoly? I don't
yet because it's like $45. It's $45. And I want
it so bad. Obviously, I don't know if I mentioned
this in the first episode at all. I love One
Piece. To Death, my favorite show. I'm on, like,
episode 760 right now, I think. I've made some
progress last time we've talked about One Piece.
I think I was on, like, 600 or something. You
might meet that line. I'm still doing the math.
I've calculated. I'm still on track if I watch
three episodes a day because there's days that
I don't watch it, obviously. You might just not
fall asleep to it, but, like, watch it before
bed. I do. Trust. I do. I've been watching, like,
six episodes a day recently. I was going to say,
you can knock out way more than just three. Especially
with me no longer being a barista. I don't have
to wake up early in the morning anymore, so I
can afford to, like— Where did you barista at?
Across the street. Oh, right. Yeah. You quit?
Yeah. I put in my two weeks a little over two
weeks ago. Oh. Like, my last day was this last
Saturday, so— So I can't get any free cups of
coffee or anything? Not from me. I'll befriend
them. They actually, they really do, like, they
know a couple people around campus, too, so I'm
sure if you go enough, they'll recognize you.
I think she's a manager there, but it doesn't
matter what descriptions. I can, like, describe
her later because maybe you know her. One time
I was going in the drive -thru for your barista
position job, and I was like, yeah, I think I
might try this. And she's like, oh, yeah, try
it. Come up to the window. And I was like, what
do you mean? She's like, did you not want to,
like, taste test it, try it, see if you like
it before you buy it? I was like, oh, yeah, sure.
She was really nice about that. She's like, don't
go to any other of our locations because they
most likely won't do this. Yeah, no, the location
is really nice. It's a nice location, a lot of
nice people. I think any location that has...
a college surround it's also locally owned it's
not it's not yeah it's not um corporate which
is also a reason why it's is it just that location
or is that just for all stores because i didn't
know that some stores are locally owned that
one i think is the only like close one that's
locally owned i could be wrong i don't know so
i worked at the same like company name as the
the same one across the street that i just worked
at um and it was closer by where i live so um
But that one was corporately owned. So it was
a lot different. It also was the one across the
street from here has a lobby. The one that I
worked at before that one did not have a lobby.
It was just drive through only, which honestly,
I didn't prefer. I actually liked having a lobby.
It was also you get to sit down. So because there
was like no seats in my old location. And it
was also so small. Like, it was, like, terrifyingly
small because literally the lobby at this other
location was, like, double the size of our actual,
like, my old location, which is weird to think
about. But having— Where you live, I'm not going
to, like, give too many details, but it's pretty
small on, like, people don't really— It's growing.
It is it? Mm -hmm. Pretty heavily, too, recently,
actually. I was going to say, I do have a place
out there. Yeah. But yeah, no, we're getting
a lot of fast food. And the population's growing
pretty heavily recently, probably because of
the fast food. But it's also right off the highway.
Mm -hmm. A lot of people are moving to Kansas
City, though. Yeah, Kansas City, it's growing.
It's growing. Which, are we allowed to say that?
Yeah. Kansas City? Johnson County Community College.
I would hope so. Right, duh. Duh. But yeah, Kansas
City. Yeah, I'm going to dox the entire city
of Kansas City and Kansas City, Missouri. Well.
Both of you get it. No, but people are doing
it because a lot more people are becoming Chiefs
fans. Taylor Swift obviously has. Taylor Swift
has had a massive influence on our. economy over
here i know i see so much taylor swift merch
now like i mean obviously there was a lot beforehand
but now it's taylor swift and travis kelsey merch
um yeah i'm happy for them they're cute like
the i'm here for taylor swift chief's gear yeah
which i'm not mad about but i just i think it's
only cute when i see it on little girls yeah
it's cute on little girls not so much adult women
We're hating on people right now. Well, I'm not
hating on anybody, but, like, if you're going
to a Chiefs game just to see Taylor Swift, just...
And I understand that her concert tickets are,
like, five times the amount of Chiefs tickets.
Oh, and Chiefs ticket prices are going up. Yeah.
But I don't know if that's because we're undefeated.
Well, aren't we getting a new... I don't know
if it's been confirmed if we're getting a new
stadium or not. It's confirmed that we're getting
a new stadium. It's just not confirmed where
yet, I think. What are they going to do with
the Arrowhead, then? Are they just going to leave
it? I think it's going to become a museum. Okay.
That makes sense. I wonder if they're going to,
like— I don't know, like, what kind of process
you would have to do to, like, turn a giant football
field into something else. I feel like it's really
hard. Currently, KU is using this because Allen
Fieldhouse got torn down. Mm -hmm. And they're
rebuilding Allen Fieldhouse, so they're also
using the Chiefs. Yeah. Well, I know that they—I
remember hearing talk that they wanted it in
Overland Park, right? The new Chiefs stadium,
which is weird. I don't know why they would put
it in Overland Park. I don't think they wanted
it in Overland Park. I think they wanted it somewhere
in Olathe. Those two are, like, the same thing.
Well, yeah, but, like, they're border. But they're,
like, they're the same thing. Yeah, that's true.
And I'm sorry if you live in either one of those
parts, and you probably do because that's where
we are right now is in Overland Park. They're,
like, the same thing. Like, I honestly don't
even know where one ends and one begins. I kind
of just go, oh, I'm in Overland Park. Down the
street is actually where Olathe starts. Is it
actually? Yeah. That's, like, it's literally,
like, the border's so weird when it comes to
that. Okay, so there's, like, a triangle, like,
not even a triangle, but, like, you know, four
corners, or three corners are meeting that little
circle. Yeah. Whatever that is called. Mm -hmm.
It's Olathe, Lenexa, and Overland Park. Oh, okay.
Yeah. Yeah, I'm not good at geography, so. No,
it's okay. So finally, I guess I'll just shoot
some little quick questions to let everybody
get to know you. We've already, you know, kind
of talked about a lot of things, but here. Social
security. Yeah, social security comer. Cucumber?
I love cucumbers. What was I going to say? What's
your main hobby? Because I asked your side hobby.
Oh, and I didn't even answer that. Did you? Honestly,
I don't think you did. Give me your two biggest
hobbies. Yeah, because I started talking about
Monopoly, and then we just started going downhill.
I told you, we have so many open conversations
here. So my main hobbies, I never was really
into watching TV, and I forced myself into becoming
someone who watches Netflix shows because everyone's
always talking about them. So I kind of want
to say that's my side hobby. Yeah. That's not
something I... pay a lot of attention to, but
I do kind of enjoy binging shows now. I never
did. I never really, like, I don't know. Never
got into it. Okay. Same with kind of, like, reading
books. I'm into reading books now, which I was
in, like, high school and then middle school
as well, and then I dropped that off for, like,
three, four years. I do game. I do video game.
I have a PS4 and I have a PC. I guess that is
also a hobby. You're helping me come up with
questions. Perfect. Well, what else? I do enjoy
baking briefly. I don't know how good I am at
it because the past two cookies that I've tried
to make aren't, like, I follow the recipe and
I somehow mess them up. But I'm good at making
my own recipes, which is good. So when I'm not
following recipes, I'm perfect at cooking, baking.
But when I am following recipes, it kind of gets
mixed. Like, it's a hit or miss. I have a cat.
He's actually, like, a main hobby. He is the
hobby. I spend so much time with him. His name
is Oscar. I love him so much. What else? I paint.
I draw. He's got, like, all the hobbies. Yeah.
Think about a triple threat, but multiply it
by 10. Oh, God. 30 threat. 30 threat? 30 threat.
Yeah, no. We both just said, um, yeah, at the
exact same time, too. I am a nerd. Good luck
with this host, guys. I am partially into real
estate, but that's just as a job. Uh -huh. What
else? Podcasting. Podcasting is a new hobby of
mine, yeah. Opening up a studio for us in the
Crossroads. Yeah, it's going to be fun. People
are welcome to join us. Yeah, that's probably
where we'll start recording things, but we'll
see. Okay, so some questions, I guess, to go
with your hobbies. I don't remember if I know
any of this about you already, but I guess it's
for other people to find out about you too. So
what is your favorite video game then? Currently,
and I'm just going to sound so... Currently and
also just of all time. Currently, unfortunately...
Is it Fortnite? No. Oh. It's Police Simulator.
Police Simulator? It's Police Simulator. I'm
so addicted to just sitting there. I love having
that empowerment. I love having power. That's
fair. I understand it now. I understand it now.
No, I was just like, I sit there and I give out
parking tickets. That's honestly fair. I think
I've thought about, actually, no, I know I've
thought about buying it a few times because I've
seen funny videos about it. It's on sale for
like, it's like. Yeah, that's what I was going
to say. Isn't it like $40 regularly? Yeah. Yeah,
and I was like... It's 40 % off right now, so
it's like $19 -something. Okay. Yeah, I was talking
to some of my friends. I was like, can I buy
a police simulator? And they're like, no. I'm
like, who are you to tell me? Do they have Power
Wash Simulator downloaded? I have it on my PS5.
See, it's way better than that. I also have House
Flipper. I love House Flipper. All time? I'm
just going to say like Minecraft. Roblox Sims.
That's probably what I would say to mine is Roblox.
Well, Roblox. I love Roblox, but Minecraft is
probably my all -time because it's hard to beat.
It's Minecraft. It's hard to beat. It is an all
-time favorite. So are Sims, and so are the Roblox
kind of. I say are because there's expansion
packs, and Roblox is like a. We talked about
this. Yeah, we did. Roblox is not technically
a game. It's a catalog of games, and people need
to understand that. We have some heated feelings.
I have heated feelings because my friends hate
Roblox because they think it's a children's game,
which, yes, it's probably intended for a majority
of children. I just played two horror games.
I was about to say there's horror games on Roblox
because it's not one game. It's a catalog of
games. You can choose from. probably millions
by this point of different things to hop on so
actually millions yeah probably um but yeah what
was your other questions um what kind of things
do you like to draw oh so i'll do like a little
like story of like i guess like a timeline i
used to be good at drawing eyes i can kind of
i like drawing these kind of like animated figures
and i'm also i got my artistic ability from my
father and that means i picked up his like art
style um so we're into i say we i'm into drawing
these kind of frightening mean looking characters
um but i mean they're just like ways of like
smiley faces kind of um i mean it's really fun
uh The one thing I was always taught to grow
up drawing was the dazed and confused son. Do
you know what that is with, like, yeah? Yeah,
yeah. My dad actually has a tattoo of that on
his back. Yeah, yeah. But I was always kind of,
like, into, like, the wavy kind of hipster, and
then it became more spiky. I don't want to say,
like, emo or alternative. I think I know what
you're talking about, yeah. I haven't seen anyone
else do it. The only time I've seen someone draw
it was my dad. And I like I I stole his handwriting
from him and I stole his artist like style from
him. Stealing everything. He didn't copyright
it. That's why. That's exactly right. Yeah. But
yeah, so I kind of just draw tiny characters.
I also really enjoy like. I don't know. When
I'm painting, I do small sketches of just say
like I would like paint this room. Like I would
do like a sketch of it and then I would just
like lightly paint over it. It would be like
a blurred vision of it. So it wouldn't be like
completely detailed. I am being honest. I suck
at detailing. And I also I'm not going to say
I'm a good artist or a good drawer. I just do
it for fun. Yeah. No, that's fair. I've always
said this, and I will stick by it. If there is
a skill that I could learn in this world, it
would be to draw, like, genuinely. And I have
friends who are just like, just draw. You'll
get better, like, the more you draw. I'm like,
I understand that. However, no, because I've
drawn for the last 10 years. It's barely improved
at all, if at, like, at all. And, you know, it's...
I wish it was for me, but I've accepted now it's
just not. But, like, if there was, like, a way
that I could, and maybe I'll figure it out. Maybe
I'll draw. I don't know. But, like, to be able
to put images from my brain onto paper and, like,
express, like. like the details of like this
like i'm specifically thinking of like dnd right
now um you know i'd be able to draw like these
characters that i like i'm showcasing off to
like my friends do you get frustrated if you
like can't specifically draw what's in your head
yes i do that all the time i'm like no it doesn't
look right and then i like I literally tear up
the paper and will just throw it away. Light
it, burn it, throw it out the window. Yeah. Another
question, I guess. What is your favorite current
and all -time TV show? Current, I just got finished
watching Arcane. Oh, my God. We could talk about
that for another hour if we wanted to, but we're
not. Because we don't have that much time. I
got on TikTok and I missed all the details. I'm,
like, not actually watching the show, I guess.
But all -time favorite, Doctor Who. I don't even
care. Yeah, no, that's true, I guess. I was expecting
that. All -time favorite, Doctor Who. I've been
watching it since I was a kid. I never was into
– which really sucks because all my friends growing
up were really into like Hannah Montana or –
Like Disney shows and Nickelodeon shows. I never
watched those. They were always on in the background.
Yeah. That's fair. I was a mix. I watched a lot
of Doctor Who, but I also watched like – I was
a Disney kid, so I watched like Jessie and Good
Luck Charlie and stuff. I do remember those more
like when I was older, but when I was like really
young and had like a – Small little, you know.
Small little pea brain. You just wanted Doctor
Who. You wanted the Doctor. That's all you wanted.
I had such a fat crush on Matt Smith. I think
we all do and still do, probably. But Matt Smith,
I really wanted to get into Game of Thrones,
but there's so many seasons of Game of Thrones.
There is. There's a lot. He's in House of the
Dragon, and I'm pretty sure it's like a post,
unless it's a prequel. Don't actually know. I
can't comment on that because I don't know. I've
only watched the last episode of Game of Thrones.
I also started watching, I think it was called
Crown. It was like a royal show. Oh, I think
I've heard of that. Matt was in it, and I started
watching that for him, but I didn't like him
in it. Yeah. I was really upset. I was like,
no, I really want this bubbly character to come
back. I want the guy who claims that fish sticks
and custard were his favorite. I love fish sticks.
Oh, my God. I actually remember bringing fish
sticks and custard to middle school lunch one
day. Everybody was like, what are you doing?
I'm like, this is— It's honestly not that bad.
It's not. It's actually pretty good. And they're
like, what are you doing? I'm like, eating. Have
you watched The Walking Dead, perchance? I watched
the first season when I was, like, younger. And
then I was like, ooh, this is really boring.
Because the first season is really boring. It
is. It gets the best. It's like, let me gather
my words before I talk. I think the best seasons
are, like, three to, like, seven. I've been told
that. The reason why I started watching The Walking
Dead is because my little brother, he's the middle
child, Henry. There's three of us. He would always
hide himself in the closet because he needs darkness
to watch shows. Okay. And he would have his iPad
and he would always watch The Walking Dead in
this closet. And I'm like, are you trying to
scare yourself? As everybody does. So I tried
doing that too. I was like, this is boring. You
don't even get scared. You're just like, this
is dumb. It's stupid. Well, yes, but I've always
had this thing in my brain where I'm like, okay,
well, if it's like a show, then it's not real
besides ghosts. But we've already talked about
ghosts. Oh, my God, we could do that again. We
could. We'll have another. We'll have a spooky
episode on this one. We had our class project.
We did our little. uh podcast together we talked
about ghosts because we share a lot of interests
if you guys couldn't tell already by now which
is so which is a really good thing because it's
really easy to connect with people yeah because
there's always one or two things that you for
sure mesh with we have about 20 yeah five hundred
yeah um but yeah i don't know You can do a ghost
episode. Maybe, again, if you guys have stories,
especially ghost ones. Ghost stories. Literally
anything. We just want to hear from the community.
We want to hear your stories. We want you guys
to be heard. But, yeah, because both of us are
very fond of Supernatural. You'll probably learn
that more as you learn about Harper. I don't
think I mentioned that. in my my first episode
my debut um you're just a really cool person
what i'm just a really cool now that i like paranormal
oh i thought you said something about that i'm
the same and i'm like yeah i'm a really cool
person i like no you're not just kidding that's
why you're here um because you're not a cool
person that's why you're here um no um But yeah,
no, if you have stories, we want to hear them.
We want to get you on the podcast because this
is just, it's a fun place to be. You know, we
want to talk about things that we like and we
want to hear your guys' stories and we want to
connect with you. We just, you know, it's going
to be fun. Honestly, we got so off topic and
this podcast has been over an hour. Well, I think
an hour now probably. Yeah, probably. Cutting
things out. But might as well just, like, cut
the end and put it at the front so they can get
to know me. They can actually get to know you?
Yeah. And then they can hear our jabber. Yeah.
Yeah. That's what I'm here for. Do you want to
wrap it up or do you want me to? I'll say my
final words and then I'll let you wrap it up
as the new host. I'll let you do your thing.
Okay. But, yeah, so. Yeah, I'll be behind the
scenes for every episode because I'm the one
editing them. So you'll see me around. You'll
probably see me on social media, on the Messenger,
like the Instagram. I think we have a Facebook
and Twitter. I think we have everything pretty
much now so far, which is really cool. So, yeah,
make sure to follow those. Yeah, it was fun talking
to you guys. I'll be back on the podcast if you
guys like me, I guess. We do, yeah. I say we,
and we all do. Yeah, I'll be here. I'll be around.
Don't be afraid to message the messenger. He'll
be reading your comments. I'll be reading your
comments, your lovely comments, hopefully. He's
the one who gets the hate mail directly, by the
way. I will. It always goes to my... It's the
only thing I get in my inbox. Everything else
goes to spam. I only get hate mail. No. Yeah,
I will leave it up to Harper now. Okay. All righty.
Well, this has been the Messenger podcast. Name,
work, and title. Like, in work in progress. And
it's been Harper and Zach. Yay. This has been
the Messenger podcast. Working title. Working
title. We'll get it by then, hopefully. We're
between like two names right now. By episode
three, we'll know. That's just me manifesting.
No, we will. We have to by that point, I feel
like. I feel like if we don't have an actual
name by episode three, I might be in trouble.
Maybe. But yeah, so it's fun. And this is your
new host, Harper, signing us off. Bye -bye. Bye.