What I Really Want to Talk About

About What I Really Want to Talk About

Everyone has a passion and a story to tell. Something that lights them up. On this show we talk to fascinating people about the things that really matter to them and to all of us. Sometimes it’s funny, sometimes it’s deep, every time… we learn something new. It’s What I Really Want to Talk About.

Publisher

Tim Monroe

Category

society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

22 May 2025

Latest episode

25 May 2026

Latest episodes

29 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   25 May 2026

   Graham Griffith Really Wants to Talk About Sense-Making and the Future of Journalism

   Graham Griffith, also known as GG, is an open-source program designer and journalism missionary. He is a media strategist and audio producer who launched the award-winning national radio programs On Point and The Takeaway, as well as being part of the team that created Spotify's Sound Up, GG has developed a unique perspective on podcasting and radio specifically, and journalism in general. We have a deep and broad conversation about what journalism is and where it's going, and how we can all work and gather together to make sense of a complex and confusing world.

2. 

   11 May 2026

   Mike Savage Really Wants to Talk About the FCC and the Future of Public Media

   Mike Savage is the General Manager of WEKU, a public radio service of Eastern Kentucky University. WEKU serves Lexington, and much of Eastern, Northern and Central Kentucky. We dive right into a discussion about the role of the Federal Communications Commission in the light of its threat to pull ABC's broadcasting license in response to a joke Jimmy Kimmel made about the First Lady and the President. We also have a wide-ranging conversation about the current and future state of public broadcasting and the clear need for journalism in the public interest to survive and thrive.

3. 

   1 May 2026

   Tony Crachiolo Really Wants to Talk About a Different--And Better--Kind of Food Bank.

   Tony Crachiolo is the volunteer Director of the Berea Kentucky Food Bank. The organization's goal is that hunger never finds a home in Berea. In ten years the food bank has more than doubled the people they reach and help. Tony and his team have flipped the food pantry paradigm in crucial ways that have allowed the Berea Food Bank to serve many more people and to provide their clients with full, nutritious meals. This was a great conversation with a true community leader.

Who has been a guest on What I Really Want to Talk About

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Bill Littlefield
• Cam McWhirter
• Eric Adelstein
• Kent Gilbert
• Murphy Monroe

Reach and audience

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

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

3 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 25 / 100

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

Quality

38

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

32

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Guest appearances

Does not typically book guests

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