Ink, Coffee, and Regrets

About Ink, Coffee, and Regrets

A monthly podcast for the curious, the candid, and the creatively unhinged. We dive into writing, reading, world-building, and the weird emotional terrain between author and audience—with sardonic wit, philosophical detours, and zero patience for genre clichés. Come for the craft, stay for the chaos.

Publisher

Samuel W

Category

arts

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

3 Aug 2025

Latest episode

1 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

30 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   1 Oct 2026

   Ink, Coffee, and Radioactive Words: When Everyday Terms Need a Trigger Warning

   This episode of Ink Coffee and Regrets explores how ordinary words become controversial. The host—self-described linguistic spelunker—examines words like master, slave, blacklist/whitelist, oriental, Eskimo, tribe, idiot, moron, hysterical, lame, spaz, and savage, tracing their etymologies, neutral meanings, and how cultural shifts have made some of them socially radioactive. The episode covers technical vs. social contexts, community advocacy and institutional changes, semantic drift, and how social media accelerates language policing. He also shares personal anecdotes from IT and life experiences, offers usage takeaways (e.g., prefer primary/replica over master/slave, allow/deny lists over whitelist/blacklist, use Inuit/Yupik instead of Eskimo), and discusses when words can be reclaimed or should stay retired. Expect sarcasm, historical insights, and practical advice for navigating modern vocabulary without hurting others.

2. 

   15 Sept 2026

   Ink, Coffee, and Making Reading A Habit Again

   The host admits he didn’t read the assigned book and uses this short episode to tackle a bigger issue: the decline of reading in modern life. Referencing a Corbett Report video, he explores how phones and short-form content have replaced visible, social reading.

3. 

   2 Sept 2026

   When the Page Gets Heavy: Remembering Voices Lost Too Soon

   Samuel reflects on National Suicide Awareness Month in this episode titled ”When the Page Gets Heavy,” remembering influential writers who died by their own hand and exploring why their losses matter—from Virginia Woolf and Sylvia Plath to David Foster Wallace, Hunter S. Thompson, and John Kennedy Toole. The episode blends personal moments (the host’s anniversary and birthday), close readings of authors’ legacies, and practical discussion about warning signs of suicidal distress, the therapeutic power of writing, and how friends and readers can offer simple, compassionate presence.

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