The Loneliness of Becoming

Episode 6 1/2: Learning Life on the Curve

This mini episode is a side road to Episode 6, The Roads We Take Become Legacy. Recorded from a hotel room in London at 4:15 a.m., it’s a short reflection on what I learned while editing that episode—the tech fumbles, missed deadlines, stubbornness, and the reminder that most of us don’t learn on straight roads, we learn on curves. If Episode 6 left you wanting a little more, this is a look behind the scenes at the process and the life curve I’m on right now. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jonathanjournals.substack.com [https://jonathanjournals.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

The Roads We Take Become the Legacy

What does legacy really mean? In this episode of Conversations on the Road, I sit down with an old friend to talk about fatherhood, masculinity, identity, military life, and the paths we take when the lives we were taught to want no longer fit who we are. Sometimes legacy isn’t what we leave behind.Sometimes it’s the road we choose to walk instead. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jonathanjournals.substack.com [https://jonathanjournals.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

Trying to Fit Love Into a Space That Wasn’t Built For It.

This episode is about what I’ve learned, and what I wish I had known—about relationships, especially trying to navigate love in spaces that weren’t necessarily designed with us in mind. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jonathanjournals.substack.com [https://jonathanjournals.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

Episode 4: Learning to Choose Peace

In this episode, I sit down with my friend Robert while in Dallas, Texas. We talk about dating, relationships, and what it means to choose peace at this stage in life. It’s an honest conversation about where we are, what we’ve learned, and what we’re no longer willing to carry . This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jonathanjournals.substack.com [https://jonathanjournals.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

When Influence Sounds Like A Black Woman

In this solo episode, I reflect on my lived experience as a Black American and share some thoughts about how this country often reacts when Black women become visible and influential voices in public life, particularly in politics. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jonathanjournals.substack.com [https://jonathanjournals.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]