Tony Weaver Jr.

Wheels Off with Rhett Miller

Rhett Miller

Music, Performing Arts, Arts

4.9 • 609 Ratings

🗓️ 11 May 2021

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Writer Tony Weaver Jr. joins Rhett from his home in Atlanta, Georgia to discuss the creative projects that he’s working on, including a new graphic novel series called “Weirdo.” Tony tells Rhett about his intent to provide hope and guidance for young people through his storytelling, and how stumbling into poetry convinced him to become a writer. The two discuss navigating times of uncertainty, optimizing for mental health, and the importance of self-acceptance. Tony Weaver, Jr. is an award winning writer and educator creating diverse stories that make young people feel seen and valued. After recognizing the impact that media stereotypes had on students in his community, Tony embarked on a journey to create new media narratives that would challenge the status quo. Wheels Off is brought to you by Osiris Media. Hosted by Rhett Miller. Produced by Rhett Miller. Co-produced by Kirsten Cluthe in partnership with Nick Ruffini (Revoice Media). Editing byJustin Thomas (Revoice Media). Music by OLD 97’s. Episode artwork by Katherine Boils. Show logo by Tim Skirven. Upcoming episodes of Wheels Off include The Doors’ John Densmore, author Lily Brooks-Dalton, Lord Huron’s Ben Schneider, Liz Phair, Pete Yorn, and more. Revisit Season One of Wheels Off with Rosanne Cash, Rob Thomas, Will Forte, Lydia Loveless, Allison Moorer, Ted Leo, Paul F. Tompkins, Jen Kirkman, and more. This podcast is available on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, Pandora, or wherever you get your podcasts. If you like this podcast, please leave us a rating or review on iTunes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to Wheels Off, a show about the messy reality of the creative life. I'm Rhett Miller.
0:06.7	That's when they got wheels off. We started up and we ain't gonna stop. Oh, I said like you,
0:13.9	like it, not. That's when they got wheels off. Tony Weaver Jr. is a 27-year-old CEO.
0:27.1	He is the founder of Weird Enough productions, where among many other things, they created a comic strip called The Uncomons, a comic series that features a group of superheroes that focuses on inclusivity representation.
0:48.8	He is living – this is a word that I used multiple times in this because it's a word that I feel like describes Tony really well.
0:58.7	He does what he does very intentionally.
1:04.3	He's not, like me, I'll write a song and I'll just be like, oh, I'm going to write a song.
1:09.4	I don't know what it's about.
1:10.5	There's a song. I don't know what happened. I was in a fog. And I can't speak to
1:16.2	his process, although he does describe it a little bit during our discussion. But I do know that
1:23.8	what he does, he does it with great care.
1:29.3	It's so surprising to hear so much wisdom coming out of a 27-year-old,
1:34.5	and yet here he is, Tony Weaver.
1:36.8	He's really special.
1:38.5	I'm so glad that I got to speak with him for Wheels Off.
1:41.6	I'm so excited to hear what he does next. The series of memoir-ish
1:47.7	middle-grade graphic novels I think that he's making right now called Weirdo. It's going to be
1:53.6	very cool. I'm so excited to have Tony be a part of Wheels Off. Please welcome to Wheels Off, Tony Weaver, Jr.
2:08.2	Welcome to Wheels Off, Tony Weaver, Jr.
2:10.7	Thank you so much for joining me.
2:12.4	Hello, thank you for having me.
2:14.7	This is great.
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