Episode 22 Mariah Shope
b"12/19/19 Our guest for this episode is our friend and colleague Mariah Shope! She is an integral part of the Los Altos community, and has just completed her undergraduate coursework in Geography at Cal State Long Beach. We intro'ed the show with Jake telling a funny story from his week, getting excited about Star Wars, recapping the most recent Mandalorian episode (spoilers!)and Jake and Jacob giving a recap of their high school group Christmas party (Jake gifted a toilet seat...) and bowling night (0:00-33:25). After we quickly previewed the upcoming football weekend (there are three games on Saturday; 33:25-39:10), we had a very interesting conversation with Mariah about why she doesn't like sports and the psychology behind competition and being a fan of a team, and some of the economics of sports (39:10-57:15). After that, Mariah gave a riveting summary of her life up to this point, covering specifically the death of her father and brother, the abnormal circumstances surrounding both events and the overall mental state of her entire surrounding family, a church community that stepped up to support her through her difficulties in middle school and high school, and how God facilitated her surviving all of her circumstances and getting her to where she is now (57:15-1:39:10). That discussion lead into her telling the story of her entering a dating relationship, and how that unfolded in ways that were extraordinary all on their own (1:39:10-2:03:30). Our last conversation with Mariah was about her desire to study geography and what urban planning looks like as a future career for her, and her favorite bible stories (2:03:30-2:17:30).\\n\\nListen, share, and send us feedback! @frombobsoffice on Instagram and Twitter."