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Did you know that Kareem Abdul Jabbar loves comic books and that Tom Hanks collects vintage typewriters. I Once talked to the Governor of one of our 50 states who waxed poetic about shoeing horses. Every single one of us has a passion, and a story to tell--something that lights us up. On this show, I sit down with fascinating people and we talk about the things that really matter to them and to all of us. It might be surprising, it might be funny , it might be deep…It’s What I Really Want to Talk About.
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S1E9 Kent Gilbert Really Wants to Talk About Sumo Wrestling
Reverend Kent Gilbert is an ordained pastor in the United Church of Christ and since 1997 has served as pastor and teacher to Union Church in Berea, Kentucky. Kent has never been much of a sports…
S1E7 John Siuntres Really Wants to Talk About Star Trek
For 60 years now the starship Enterprise and all of its enduring characters have been wandering the galaxy in search of new life and new civilizations. John Siuntres has been on that trek since the…
S1E6 Denise Vargas Really Wants to Talk About Poetry and Living in a State of Wonder
Denise Vargas is the Executive Director of El Hogar in Tegucigalpa, the capital of Honduras. The organization’s mission is to provide children from vulnerable conditions with the opportunity to…
S1E5 Chad Berry Really Wants to Talk About “Place” and How We Carry With Us the Places We are From.
Chad Berry is a husband, a dad and a grandfather. He is the Vice President for Alumni, Communications and Philanthropy at Berea College and holds the Goode Professorship in Appalachian Studies as a…
S1E4 Amy Burkhardt Really Wants to Talk About Prince
Amy Burkhardt is a successful higher ed fundraiser and the host of her own radio show focused on women artists. Since the age of five when her father brought home a mysterious red cloak that just…
S1E3 Dave Marran Really Wants to Talk About the History of Baseball on the White Sox Scoreboard
Dave Marran is a sportswriter and has been a member of the Chicago White Sox scoreboard operations team for decades. We talk about the pursuit of the perfect scoreboard stat, and the evolution of the…
S1E2 Aaron Beale Really Wants to Talk About Watches
Aaron Beale, is a husband, a dad, a craftsman of fine furniture and the Vice President of Student Craft at Berea College, but what he really wants to talk about is watches. We discuss his love for…
S1E1 Jacob Dickerson Really Wants to Talk About MonsterVision
Dr. Jacob Dickerson is a husband , a dad and the Chair of the Communication Department at Berea College. He has a Ph.D in Communication, Rhetoric and Digital Media. His current research examines the…
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What I Really Want to Talk About has published 8 episodes since May 2025, covering topics in Society & Culture.
What I Really Want to Talk About is currently dormant with new episodes weekly. Average episode length is 44m.
