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It’s for growers and showers and failures and friends—an interview-style podcast with new episodes every week and blog features sprinkled about.

Freelance graphic designer and independent artist, Aaron McCall, has set out to collect stories, insights, and ideas from artists, writers, photographers, musicians, and a whole mess of other wildly talented creatives. Bad Idea Social Club is a collection of honest conversations, without judgment or filters, about creativity and life and processes and f*cking up and all that sh*t.

11/11/2025

When we give people space to create, we give them space to heal. Funny how that works.

In the season 6 finale, opens up about survival, self-expression, and what happens when art becomes the only way through.

🎧 Listen to S6 Ep10, Courtney Lauer: The Hurry and the Harm now on Apple, Spotify, and pretty much wherever you get your podcasts. This one’s gonna stick with you.

08/11/2025

Just finished editing the season 6 finale with (out this Tuesday, Nov 11). And in that, we just finished editing our LAST audio-only episode. Big things coming for season 7 this Spring!

07/11/2025

And here are the rest of the artists and makers setting up shop at the Bad Idea Social Club Holiday Art Market!

Craig Horky () makes loud art for loud people. Think monsters, music, and middle fingers. And sometimes thunder melons.

Maggie McGuinness () makes soap that keeps it clean, but never quiet. Art made with heart and zero apologies.

Curt Prudden () paints expressively and without hesitation. Abstract, emotional, and impossible to mistake for anyone else.

Joe Matteson () and Taylor Matteson () are brother and sister and are teaming up to bridge their creative expression. He’s being all weird and secretive about what exactly they’re making, but if I had to guess, it’s going to be wonderfully odd and a little unpredictable.

• City Built Brewing Co, Grand Rapids, Michigan
• Saturday, November 22
• Noon - 4:00pm
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06/11/2025

It’s not about the spotlight. It’s about connection.

🎧 S6 Ep9, Jacob Betts: Once a Vagrant is out now on Apple, Spotify, or pretty much wherever you listen to podcasts.

04/11/2025

Silence has a way of showing you who you really are.

Jacob Betts (singer-songwriter, The American Hotel System) opens up about loss, faith, and the defiance it takes to rebuild through creativity.

🎧 Listen to S6 Ep9, Jacob Betts: Once a Vagrant, available now on Apple, Spotify, or pretty much wherever you get your podcasts.

02/11/2025

Here’s the photo mentioned on the podcast—Casey Lambert surrounded by community as he went after a Guinness World Record in 2019 in Owosso, Michigan.

And in 2022, he officially did it AGAIN in New York on LIVE with Kelly and Ryan.

🎧 S6 Ep8, Casey Lambert: The Other F Word is streaming pretty much anywhere you listen to podcasts.

01/11/2025

A few more of the talented artists and makers setting up shop at the Bad Idea Social Club Holiday Art Market!

Nicholas Hartman () is the artist behind Chapel of Ghouls, conjuring dark, twisted illustrations inspired by horror, metal, and the stuff that keeps you up at night.

Scott Millington () shoots the real stuff—faces, grit, and atmosphere. His photography finds beauty in the raw and meaning in the mess.

Daniel Wiltshire () is an illustrator and motion designer exploring Michigan’s shoreline through Mitten State Lights—a series that turns lighthouses into cinematic studies of place and light.

Jenny Hearns () makes illustrations and paintings that live somewhere between weird and wonderful. Equal parts humor, horror, and heart.

• City Built Brewing Co, Grand Rapids, Michigan
• Saturday, November 22
• Noon - 4:00pm
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30/10/2025

“Wrestling is for everybody.”
—Casey Lambert

🎧 S6 Ep8, Casey Lambert: The Other F Word is streaming now on , , and pretty much wherever else you listen.

29/10/2025

🚨 New T-shirt Alert 🚨

This one’s called “Lucky Break” by . The idea is that people will do almost anything to get ahead. The rabbit’s foot says “good luck,” but they never consider the rabbit.

🐰 These babies are up for grabs now!

28/10/2025

Real strength is vulnerability.

Casey Lambert (independent pro wrestler, marketing director) joins aaron_mccall to talk about life in and out of the ring, how strength and vulnerability feed off each other, and how connection shows up everywhere from the crowd to your opponent, and the relationships that matter most. They dig into storytelling in wrestling, learning how to take a hit and keep showing up, and what it actually looks like to lead with empathy in a world that keeps rewarding the cruelty.

🎧 S6 Ep8, Casey Lambert: The Other F Word is out now pretty much whenever you listen to podcasts.

26/10/2025

Some of the talented artists and makers setting up shop at the Bad Idea Social Club Holiday Art Market!

Jacob Rosenburg () is a Detroit-based designer and illustrator making gig posters and design work that balance chaos and control, like order and chaos finally agreed on something.

Aaron McCall () is an artist blending design and emotion into work that’s equal parts clever, gritty, and human. He’s also the host of the Bad Idea Social Club podcast.

Stephanie White () is the baker and creative behind A Little Sugar Co., whipping up sweets that look as good as they taste.

Ray Ann Barker (.paints) is a Michigan-based abstract artist who uses color, texture, and intention to bring warmth, peace, and tranquility into our busy, chaotic lives.

• City Built Brewing Co, Grand Rapids, Michigan
• Saturday, November 22
• Noon - 4:00pm
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25/10/2025

If it’s not a leaf blower, its a cement truck, I guess. Damnit, we need a proper studio 🤣😂

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