It Is What It Is

About It Is What It Is

What up! My name is Eli Thompson and I'm a college student at WKU who likes to have a good time. It has always been my dream to have a podcast of my own and to make content that I enjoy. On this podcast, I will have guests who have great stories to share. I'm here to laugh and to make sure we have so much fun in this podcast! This will be super interactive, up-to-date, and full of content that is interesting to hear about whether that be personal stories, Entertainment media, or whatever wild opinions we may have in this podcast. I hope you all enjoy what I have in store.

Publisher

Eli Thompson

Category

comedy · leisure

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

18 Oct 2023

Latest episode

17 Feb 2025

Latest episodes

6 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   17 Feb 2025

   #5 Zeme Markman (Life of a Rising Entrepreneur)

   Listen in as Zeme Markman talks about the fundamentals of starting a successful business and how it all started plus how she got to where she is.

2. 

   2 Oct 2024

   #4 Frat Brothers (Parties, Best Memories, and Living life)

   In this episode I host 4 of my fraternity brothers including our President, both of our social chairs, and our recruitment chair. We dive in with some of the best memories and top parties they have experienced. We also talk about the highs and lows of life and what college has to over. Sit in and listen to some fun topics we have in store for you!

3. 

   22 Dec 2023

   #3 Kayleigh Thomas & Jesse Fulkerson (First Semester Recap, OBX vs Stranger Things, and Opinions on Winter)

   Tune to hear me and my best friends since high school catch up after being across the state at different colleges. We talk about movies, shows, and music. We also dive into our favorite seasons and talk about some Christmas things.

4. 

   4 Nov 2023

   #2 Logan Branford (Logans video game era, Girl Talk from guys, and First date ideas)

   Tune as Logan and I play some fun times we had as gamers. Then we dive into some girl and I ask Logan some juicy questions. Then a Surprise guest comes and joins to talk about if the Super Bowl is overrated. And finally we chat about first date locations.

5. 

   22 Oct 2023

   #1 Maggie Phelps (Maggies Subaru, TikTok Life , and Takes on Kelce and Swift)

   Dive right in as we talk about Maggies love for her Subaru and driving, Why a life of fame is made for her, and our opinions on Taylor Swifts love life and new guy, Travis Kelce.

6. 

   18 Oct 2023

   It Is What It Is: Introduction

   Get to know me and what I have in store for this podcast!

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

200,000,480

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

1 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 19 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

2

Social presence

0

YouTube

93

Engagement

0

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Guest appearances

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