Before we get started I want to tell my sister who sometimes listens to

millennial with my seven-year-old niece that this episode has some cursing in it so

you may want to skip this one. Hello?

Morning Shannon.

Good morning.

How you doing?

Good, how are you?

I first met Shannon in Chicago. How you do? Good, how are you?

I first met Shannon in Chicago, 2015.

He was on stage telling a story about something that happened to him when he was a kid.

I have a story about when I was 12 years old on my way to my Boy Scout meeting.

And I was arrested in a drug raid just in the wrong place.

I'm 12.

It was personal, funny but real.

He has a distinct style and tone that makes being honest look so easy. When Shannon tells a story,

I can immediately tell he's not trying to be someone he isn't.

I want to be this kind of person,

someone who's confident and can own up to who they are in any situation.

After the show, we exchanged business cards and promised to keep in touch and we did a couple of

emails here and there some phone calls from W.B.C. Chicago. And just from the kitchen making me a cup of coffee. This is Shannon

Kate. I started listening to Shannon's show, Homemade Stories,

on learning about his life.

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