Jesse Parent is a local slam poet. For those of you who just *recoiled* a bit at that descriptor, first off? How dare you. Second, I will make you a bet: if you're not ugly crying by the end of this episode (spoiler alert: listen for the soft sound of my tears hitting the mixer), I'll quit being the producer of this show! *pssst there's an announcement forthcoming about that, btw Please enjoy this amazing episode with a wonderful human being, Jesse Parent, and go find him on all the socials and dot.com things at jesseparent.com