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Semi-Eloquent With John Huff
by John Huff
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! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episodes
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Pickleball Is My New Crucible
After a few rough weeks on the pickleball court, your humble host confesses to consulting The Inner Game of Tennis to address his mental fragility, and waxes semi-eloquent about pickleball as a crucible for confronting self-consciousness, detachment, getting out of your own way, and new music by...
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The Curious Case Of Angine de Poitrine
On this week's episode, your humble host contemplates the musical phenomenon that is Angine de Poitrine, and waxes semi-eloquent about happy accidents, synchronicity, joyful escape, the Dadaist art movement, and acting on strange creative impulses. Join us on Substack at...
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Four Things You Are Permitted To Quit
On this week's episode, your humble host suggests four ways of withdrawing from modern culture, and waxes semi-eloquent about social media habits, sunk cost fallacy, decluttering, being authentically yourself, and new music by Grace Cummings. Join us on Substack at…
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How To Be Happy Anyway
On this week's episode, your humble host further laments his audience's preference for pancakes over personal development, and waxes semi-eloquent about strategies for coping with difficult circumstances, new music by Chez Kane, and trivia from The Terminator. Join us on Substack. Listen to the...
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What Is Your Anxiety Teaching You?
On this week's episode, your humble host contemplates anxiety, and waxes semi-eloquent about dark thoughts as a catalyst for personal inquiry, separating the thoughts from the thinker, questioning our stories, and real reality versus fake reality, all in the context of the song Monsters by…
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How To Be Less Cynical
On this week's episode, your humble host contemplates cynicism, and waxes semi-eloquent about how cynicism keeps people stuck in life, Greek dog philosophers, how to take responsibility and shift to a more positive focus, and new music by Röxxi Red. Join us on Substack at...
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Oh Tranquility!
On this week's episode, your humble host basks in the glow of a cottage weekend, and waxes semi-eloquent about the tranquility of birdsong, 'reaction' videos, Christian rock from the 1980s, and new music by Shout and DYYA. Join us on Substack at semieloquentpodcast.substack.com. Listen to the...
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Earth School
On this week's episode, your humble host contemplates the idea that we choose the circumstances of our lives before we are born, and waxes semi-eloquent about our Earthly curriculum, finding purpose through facing challenges, what all of that has to do with Dolly Parton and Motley Crue, and new...
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Digital Pollyanna
Attention gentle listener: Your output - creative and otherwise - is a gift! It's been given to you to share and it's a vital responsibility. Waxing semi-eloquent about it on the show this week, along with new intro music, releasing the results of your labour, lyrics by Mr. Big, the "Brill...
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My First Rodeo
On this week's episode, your humble host makes a shocking gig confession, and waxes semi-eloquent about preparing for shows on short notice, answering when opportunity knocks, getting out of your comfort zone, and gaining confidence from doing hard things, plus music by Amanda Keeles, Chris...
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An Adventure in Sweden
On this week's episode, your humble host recounts his recent trip to play a festival in Sweden with Fresh Breath, and waxes semi-eloquent about professionalism under pressure, backline headaches for drummers, staying positive when things go wrong, and mildly obscene hotdogs. Join us on Substack…
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Time Stand Still
On this week's episode, your humble host contemplates living in the present, and waxes semi-eloquent about the pressure Anika Nilles faced (and handled) in her first show with Rush, a poignant throwback from that show to Neil Peart's Ghost Rider, a "chickenwire" gig, and moments of appreciation,...
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A Tiny Lengthening of Light
On this week's episode, your humble host waxes semi-eloquent about the lyrics of John K. Samson, the story of Jonah and the whale, and new music by Love Spells, all in the context of this week's Question of the Week: What is life trying to teach you? Join us on Substack at...
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Life Lessons From A Premier League Title
On this week's episode, your humble host - still basking in that championship glow - offers life lessons inspired by Arsenal's first Premier League title win in 22 years, and waxes semi-eloquent about starting over, building foundations, making bold moves, and trusting the process, along with new...
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The Eternal Optimism of Youth
On this week's episode, your humble host reflects on optimism after attending a wedding, and waxes semi-eloquent about life feeling like a network sign-off video, visiting the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa, war art, the legend of Bonnie & Clyde, and new music by Parker Barrow. Questions of the...
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Intuitive Genius?
On this week's episode, your humble host - hungry and without caffeine - tells the story of a fun but challenging gig, and waxes semi-eloquent about dueling pianists, the foundational value of jamming with other musicians, memories of a Russian dancer in Berlin, and new music by Europe and The…
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We Need The Real You
On this week's episode, your humble host considers a poignant question about showing up in the world, and waxes semi-eloquent about discouraging gigs, authenticity in an increasingly fake world, how vulnerability allows vulnerability, and creating art as an act of service, all in the context of...
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Cross-Check Directly To The Bladder
On this week's episode, your humble host delivers the poignant, profound, harrowing story of being stuck in a car and desperately needing to use the bathroom, and waxes semi-eloquent about a fantastic Burning Witches show in Toronto, Laura Guldemond's voice, delayed onset exhaustion, and the…
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I Walked Up Two Flights Of Stairs
On this week's episode, your humble host celebrates simple pleasures like being able to walk up the stairs, and waxes semi-eloquent about his history with back spasms, memories of Niagara Falls, Puscifer drummer Gunnar Olsen, and new music by Rowena Wise. Follow the show at www.john-huff.com....
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Lighter Fare
On this week's episode, your humble host attempts to keep it light, and waxes semi-eloquent about new music by Kurt Vile, bleeding for your passions, a thoroughly exciting summer gig, and the Ill-Advised by Bill Nighy podcast. Follow the show at www.john-huff.com. Hosted on Acast. See...
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We Need To Talk About Men's Mental Health
This is a heavy but extremely important episode about men's mental health - a topic that demands more attention and more discussion because an alarming number of middle-aged men are struggling in silence and ultimately choosing to take their own lives. This week I'm talking about some of the risk...
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Follow Your Excitement (Advice From An Alien)
On this week's episode, your humble host considers the channeled advice of an alien entity called Bashar, and waxes semi-eloquent about following your excitement as a means of rediscovering passion, finding direction, and dealing with life changes. Follow the show at www.john-huff.com. Hosted on...
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Eucatastrophe
On this week's episode, your humble host both defines and experiences a eucatastrophe - fundamentally a sudden and unexpected rescue - and waxes semi-eloquent about new music by Klimt 1918, surrendering control, and cultivating a faith that life has a way of working out in the end. Follow the…
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Quit Something
On this week's episode, your humble host extols the virtues of quitting as illustrated by the story of his boutique music publicity agency, and waxes semi-eloquent about letting go of what doesn't serve you, understanding why you can't quit what you know you should quit (hint: it's fear), and the...
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What Are You Spending On Your 'Somedays?'
On this week's episode, your humble host considers a few challenging but ultimately motivational quotes, and waxes semi-eloquent about choosing to spend your time and energy the way you want to spend it, the danger of waiting for 'someday,' having the courage to change what doesn't fulfill you…
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More Life Lessons From Pickleball!
On this week's episode, your humble host considers more life lessons from pickleball, and waxes semi-eloquent about evolving as a player and a person, simplifying both game and life, and putting in the reps it takes to improve at everything from sports to music to relationships, as well as new...
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The Most Cynical Thing I've Ever Seen On A Lyric Sheet
On this week's episode, your humble host indeed laments the most cynical thing he's ever seen on a lyric sheet, and waxes semi-eloquent about being an artist in the digital world, as well as sad songs by Queensryche, Bon Iver, Death Cab For Cutie, Carly Thomas, and others. Follow the show at...
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Opalite
On this week's episode, your humble host returns to the show's musical roots, waxing semi-eloquent about choosing your own happiness with reference to Taylor Swift's video for the song Opalite, as well as new music by Stanley Simmons and Colour Of Fire (with a stop at Laurel Canyon along the…
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An Episode About Pancakes
On this week's episode, your humble host laments that his audience seems to prefer his pancakes to his podcasts, but manages to wax semi-eloquent about pancakes with reference to Otzi The Iceman, Shrove Tuesday, the tradition of Lent, single guy holiday rituals, and the Ghost show in Toronto last...
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Existential Lull
On this week's episode, your humble host kicks off the new year with an impassioned pep talk about low feelings as a catalyst for self-awareness, contemplating what life is asking of you in this moment, and why now is the time to do what your heart longs to do – especially if you're in your 50s....
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Auld Lang Syne
On this week's episode, your humble host observes a podcasting milestone, and waxes semi-eloquent about Auld Lang Syne, wonders and horrors witnessed on New Year's Eve, and incremental accumulation and improvement over time as keys to successful New Year's resolutions. Follow the show at...
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Drive Me Home For Christmas, Baby!
On this week's episode, your humble host reads another vintage holiday poem, and waxes semi-eloquent about the Battle of Gettysburg, reflecting with gratitude upon 2025, choosing what you want in 2026, and the Chris Rea seasonal classic Driving Home For Christmas. Follow the show at...
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Building A New Life in 2026
On this week's episode, your humble host reads a classic seasonal poem, and waxes semi-eloquent about re-building his rocked foundations and confidence over the past year, stepping through fear into finding new community and experiencing solo travel, and the wonder that awaits us all in 2026 if…
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Don't Forget The Magic (REPRISE)
Your humble host is in a reflective mood this week, and so in lieu of a full new episode, we revisit Episode #206 of what was the John Huff Podcast: Don't Forget The Magic (An Encouragement For 2025). As the year draws to a close it's good and helpful to go back to the beginning to try to…
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Battle Cry Of The Anxious Attacher
On this week's episode, your humble host considers the psychology of attachment styles, and waxes semi-eloquent about how anxious attachment has affected his experience of life, music, rejection, and relationships as a prelude to reminding listeners just how beautiful, powerful, and valuable they...
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A Few Of My Favourite Things
After the vulnerability of last week's episode, your humble host lightens up with an "introductory" episode this week, waxing semi-eloquent about his favourite songs, movies, writers, books, and tv shows, and sharing some personal history along the way. Just in case you were, you know, wondering...
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Drowning Lessons
On this week's episode, your humble host confesses a life-long shame, and waxes semi-eloquent about adult swimming lessons, appearing on the Music City Live tv show, vulnerability as inspiration, Cheers, and pushing through the fears that stop you from experiencing what life could really be.…
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Support LIVE Music
On this week's episode, your humble host encounters AI-generated songs for the first time, and waxes semi-eloquent about new music by Sombr, having the strength to get undressed for someone new, celebrity social media encounters, the Spanish Inquisition, and whether Laura Guldemond of Burning...
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Hide Your Heart?
On this week's episode, your humble host shares insights from a recent solo trip to Mexico, and waxes semi-eloquent about not succumbing to bitterness, staying open in the face of suffering, and the curious recording history of the song Hide Your Heart. Follow the show at www.john-huff.com....
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Joyful Easy
On this week's episode, your humble host offers encouragement to those who are struggling to find joy and purpose, and waxes semi-eloquent about car washes, reframing roadblocks as redirection, the subtle wisdom of Jeff Spicoli, and pursuing what is joyful and easy. Follow the show at...
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Control Your Dinks
On this week's episode, your humble host exploits a dodgy double entendre to share life lessons learned from pickleball, and waxes semi-eloquent about single guy obsessions, waiting for and seizing opportunities, enduring difficult times, and learning to take it easy on yourself when you get it...
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You Get What You Need
On this week's somewhat loose episode, your humble host confesses to being triggered by a song, and waxes semi-eloquent about working from intuition, cultivating faith in the future while honouring the present, and Anika Nilles joining Rush. Follow the show at www.john-huff.com. Facebook…
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Turn Turn Turn
On this week's episode, your humble host goes down another strange Biblical rabbit hole, and waxes semi-eloquent about the connection between the Book of Eccelsiastes and a quintessential 1960s pop song, the legend of Pete Seeger, Silesian weavers, the Red Scare, and simple antidotes to…
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Which Wolf Are You Feeding?
On this week's episode, your humble host considers the parable of the wolves, and waxes semi-eloquent about choosing to focus on things that inspire joy, connection, and community in the context of a weekend gig (which included Taylor Swift, a wedding party, and bowling!). Follow the show at...
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Dopamine Slot Machine
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 real reality by seeing The Darkness in Toronto. Follow the show at www.john-huff.com. Facebook...
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On Suffering And The Book Of Job
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 Satan - and waxes semi-eloquent about suffering as a call to surrender in the context of a difficult...
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H.O.P.E.
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 by Kathleen Edwards. Follow the show at www.john-huff.com. Links: Instagram Facebook Hosted on…
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Martin Luther And Me
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 all of that ties to a glitter-glazed gig in a gorgeous medieval city in Germany. Follow the show…
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I Have Sinned
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, lessons about being patient and having faith that things will work out okay - that you can apply to...
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Introducing ... Semi-Eloquent!
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 last year both delayed and inspired the new direction, and why it's important to not royally screw...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
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!
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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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...
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