Remember Being Named Jonah? with Jonah Matranga of Far and onelinedrawing)

This week we are joined by our old friend and musician Jonah Matranga! You probably know him from his musical projects such as Far, onelinedrawing, New End Original, Gratitude and more, but did you know Vanessa and Jonah saw him perform 20 years ago? We also discuss what it was like for Jonah to grow up in Massachusetts, make it big as a musician on the West Coast and what he thinks of Vanessa's recent return to the stand-up stage. We also get into the experience of being named Jonah! Topics we cover include: The parable of Jonah and the whale, the relatively recent uptick in overall Jonahs and the many ways people misspell the name. (Johna?) Finally in a round of CHANGE DOT DORK we discuss the merits of naming a park in Sacramento after The Deftones, more vegetarian options in school lunches and should Apple create an acoustic guitar emoji? Check out Jonah Matranga covering the 30th anniversary of Far's debut album right now and get your tickets to the first ever live edition of HOW DID WE GET WEIRD? at the House Of Blues in Cleveland on 9/25! 

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