Semi-Eloquent is a dose of positive talk in what can seem like a negative world. Join your humble host – drummer and podcast veteran John Huff – for weekly explorations of personal growth, music, history, spirituality, and what happened yesterday, with occasional trips down the existential rabbit hole. It’s all about inspiration, encouragement, and trying not to screw it up along the way. Welcome to the show!
This week, your humble host contemplates exiting the digital world, and waxes semi-eloquent about his struggles with phone addiction, doom scrolling, toxic social media, AI, and plugging back into re…
On this week's episode, your humble host presents the "Semi-Eloquent" translation of the Biblical story of Job - the honest, wealthy man who becomes the tragic pawn in a weird bet between God and Sat…
On this short episode, your humble host shares The H.O.P.E. Technique, and waxes semi-eloquent about starting the day with intention, self-regulation, making optimism your foundation, and new music b…
On this week's episode, your humble host uncovers a connection to Protestant reformer Martin Luther, and waxes semi-eloquent about purgatory, indulgences, and Luther's unexpected revolution - and how…
On this week's episode, your humble host confesses to committing a musical cardinal sin, and waxes semi-eloquent about how the universe can sometimes deliver profound micro lessons - in this case, le…
Not a new podcast - a renewed energy. On this week's episode, your humble host formally introduces Semi-Eloquent, and waxes semi-eloquent about the origins of the rebrand, how his life falling apart …
On Episode #231, your humble host contemplates gratitude in the context of Ozzy's farewell, and waxes semi-eloquent about good health (and how easy it is to take it for granted), the Back To The Begi…
On Episode #230, your humble host withstands another round of back pain to wax semi-eloquent about ... well, back pain, plus reassessing priorities, dealing with difficult situations (i.e. break-ups)…
On Episode #229, your humble host is triggered by Kathleen Edwards into a reflection on the past year, and waxes semi-eloquent about the phases of coping with a break-up, facing rather than avoiding …
On Episode #228, your humble host shares an unnerving joke by Echo, and waxes semi-eloquent about the balcony scene in Cyrano de Bergerac, President's debut at Download Festival, marketing the Beatle…
On Episode #227, your humble host gives some back to the music lovers, and waxes semi-eloquent about controversial buzz band Sleep Token, President, Ghost, hip singing, and his theory on why anonymou…
On Episode #226, your humble host reads from his elementary school report cards, and waxes semi-eloquent about how your true essence - the fundamental you - has been there from the very beginning (bu…
On Episode #225, your humble host reflects on his experience of anxiety in 2020, and waxes semi-eloquent about surrender, learning to cope, and how things can and do get better in time. He also offer…
On Episode #224, your humble host presents part two of his whirlwind solo trip to Berlin, and waxes semi-eloquent about Rembrandt's Woman In A Doorway, meeting Ghost transport drivers, premium concer…
On Episode #223, your humble host recounts the first part of his whirlwind solo trip to Berlin, and waxes semi-eloquent about arguing with ChatGPT, hotel selection, how travel allows you to be a diff…
On Episode #222, your humble host contemplates the inevitability of death in the context of Ghost's new album Skeleta, and waxes semi-eloquent about doing things that bring you joy, sharing that ener…
On Episode #221, your humble host shares further memories of Berlin as he prepares to return to the city, and waxes semi-eloquent about the Berlin Wall, the Brandenburg Gate, solo travel as a step in…
On Episode #220, your humble host tells stories about being in Berlin ahead of a potential return to the city, and waxes semi-eloquent about tour characters, road sickness, and new music by Ghost -- …
On Episode #219, your humble host celebrates the sixth anniversary of the podcast, and waxes semi-eloquent about the reasons why it can be hard to focus on a project, identifying and facing fear, get…
On Episode #218, your humble host answers listener questions, and waxes semi-eloquent about who he's proud of this week, doing the work to be great, using his story as inspiration, manifestation, mov…