Been a long time, been a long time, been a long lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely time since you guys had another episode of OPES! Today we have Gretchen Menn with us, composer and lead guitarist to the band Zepparella. We talk about all things guitar, making music, and just a bit of the crazy shenanigans happening in the world today. Grab that kashmir sweater, and let us ramble on about the good times and bad times on today's episode!

Gretchen's links: https://gretchenmenn.com/

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This episode is for all you lovers out there. Welcome to another star crossed episode of OPES, the only podcast that has a Valentine's day card for everyone! And today's no different with my guest, Paul Zolman. We discuss his creation of the "Role Of Love", a dice and program about the love languages. But not just the love languages for couples, no, the love languages for your everyday person you encounter. I figured with all the hate currently going on in the world, we could use some love. And if you wish to know more about this Role Of Love program, feel free to check out Pauls website below. Paul was nice enough to give us a 10% discount on any of his fine products. Thats the dice, the program, the journal, everything!

Paul's website: https://roleoflove.com/

Coupon code: Love10

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So no f***kin ziti?? No, but what we do have is another OPES novella. You know what it is, shoes off, off script, and vibes the limit. Today we speak with a former guest I've had, Mr Rome Freeman. Rome came on the show previously for our first novella and today the hijinx continues! We talk about Sopranos, the great American anime, elder ring, and why some Disney characters wear pants.

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Get your passports ready—we're going global! Welcome to another exciting episode of OPES! Today, we’re thrilled to sit down with Hope Walter, a passionate community representative who has hosted over 20 foreign exchange students and currently works with Ayusa Exchange, a foreign exchange school program, dedicated to developing the next generation of global leaders and world citizens. Join us as we dive into Hope’s incredible journey hosting exchange students from around the world, and even explore the ins and outs of becoming a host family. If you'd like to know more, or are interested in becoming a host family, feel free to check out their website below. Or if you'd rather talk to Hope yourself, check out her email right here.

https://www.ayusa.org/

hwalter@ayusa.org

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New year, new me, new episode of OPES coming your way. Today we talk to Dr. JP Anderson, creator of the band Rabbitjunk. We talk inspirations and processes of making music for over 20 years. We also get into video game soundtracks and his teaching career in San Diego. If you want to check out more of Rabbitjunk's merch or music check out their band camp below! https://rabbitjunk.bandcamp.com/ Find us on other platforms here: ⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/opespodcast Support us on Patreon: ⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/opespodcast

Merry Christmas and a HO HO HO HORROR to you! Today we're doing things different this holiday season with an OPES novella. You know the drill, we drop our expectations and just vibe with your yule tide host Tristan. In today's episode I give you 5 solid Christmas horror movies to check out for the season (And a few non horror titles in the beginning for you normies out there). Grab some nog, and settle in for some spine chilling tales that'll even give Krampus a run for his money. Find us on other platforms here: ⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/opespodcast Support us on Patreon: ⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/opespodcast Santa Claus Is Not Coming To Town by Alexander Nakarada (CreatorChords) | https://creatorchords.com/ Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com/ Creative Commons / Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Happy holidays everyone! With everyone getting into the holiday season, I thought it important to release this episode. Today's guest is Arlene Miller, an attorney turned life coach. Arlene's story is that of love and sacrifice, as we get into her story about the struggles she had raising her son as a working mother, to running her own solo practice. Thought this was the kind of love and kindness that we really needed this holiday season, so check it out! Arlene's website: https://www.jewelconsultancy.com/ Find us on other platforms here: ⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/opespodcast Support us on Patreon: ⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/opespodcast

Of all the things I am thankful for, it's that I was able to get Ambrosia's husband, Phillip Johnson Jr., on for an episode to finish out our 2-parter. If you haven't seen the previous episode, be sure to check it out to see how these 2 love birds found each other. Phillip is a godly, artistic, kind, hilarious dude, who just jumps into this episode and gets into all kinds of conversations with me. To preaching, to rapping for God, to counseling others, this man truly does it all. I had such a fun time with this episode I hope you will feel the same as I did recording it.

https://www.anchorwithincounseling.com/meet-phillip

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