What happens when two people who grew up in a very strange corner of Los Angeles look back and realize just how bizarre their upbringings really were?

They start a podcast, of course.

I'm Ashley Johnson.

And I'm Talas and Jaffe.

Before we became the internet people we are today, we spent our childhoods as working actors, appearing in shows like growing pains and films like Mr. Mom.

In our podcast, Weird Kids, we're diving deep into our unique upbringings, our friendship

with each other, and all the delightfully odd interests we still carry with us today.

In each episode, we get to share stories of our youth, the things that bring us joy, the

problems that we face,

and occasionally the friends we've collected along the way.

If you're a misfit, an outcast, or just a weirdo who loves all things nostalgic and

unconventional, come take a seat at our table.

Each week, we'll be releasing previously members-only episodes on YouTube and all major podcast

platforms, with new episodes dropping exclusively and ad-free on beacon.

Welcome back to Three Black Halflings. I am Jasper William Cartwright, and with me today, as always, we have...

Luanda Unati Lois now, but everybody calls me Unati. And Jeremy Cobb, but a lot of people call me Marcus, which is my middle name because they think I'm my dad. I don't know why, especially when I was younger. It was very strange. Honestly, I feel like it was maybe a racial thing. I feel lied to. I didn't know their name was Marcus. Yeah, and that's my dad's name. And a lot of these people knew my dad when he was younger. Again, mostly white people. And they, because I had an afro when I was younger, they would just call me Marcus without realizing that my name was Jeremy because I looked like my dad. So they just were like,'s that's him that's it very strange that's that's weird okay okay yeah um well

but yeah some people call me Marcus hey up Marcus hey uh should we start the show yeah okay

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I don't know why

I never I never I barely leave it in

I think I've lifted in once

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