Michael Perry
@sneezingcow.bsky.social
NYT bestselling author, humorist, volunteer FF/EMR. Newest book "Improbable Mentors & Happy Tangents." Owe it all to "Population 485." SneezingCow.com
Episode #296: New free-to-all episode of Voice Mail in which: 1) Otherwise very (very) athletic nephew meets his match on plastic sled, 2) Older writer shows the kids how it’s whoops and, 3) a remembrance of Jerry Apps. open.substack.com/pub/michaelp...
Episode #296: Toboggan Surfing and...
...respectfully remembering Jerry Apps.
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December 28, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Episode #296: New free-to-all episode of Voice Mail in which: 1) Otherwise very (very) athletic nephew meets his match on plastic sled, 2) Older writer shows the kids how it’s whoops and, 3) a remembrance of Jerry Apps. open.substack.com/pub/michaelp...
Gotta keep up to speed on all apocalyptic possibilities. Congratulations to my friend @benjaminpercy.bsky.social on this newsprint novella, a story that literally unfolds. As the son of a paper mill worker, I approve.
December 20, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Gotta keep up to speed on all apocalyptic possibilities. Congratulations to my friend @benjaminpercy.bsky.social on this newsprint novella, a story that literally unfolds. As the son of a paper mill worker, I approve.
Little book is finding its way. (#25 Business Mentoring & Coaching) sneezingcow.com/product/impr...
December 17, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Little book is finding its way. (#25 Business Mentoring & Coaching) sneezingcow.com/product/impr...
Going live 11:10am CT www.wpr.org/shows/larry-...
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December 16, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Going live 11:10am CT www.wpr.org/shows/larry-...
WE'LL DO IT LIVE!!!
December 15, 2025 at 4:05 PM
WE'LL DO IT LIVE!!!
When you want that hand-ground coffee bean flavor but a tad faster.
December 14, 2025 at 3:23 PM
When you want that hand-ground coffee bean flavor but a tad faster.
POP STAR, BABY! Writer on the road. To book Mike visit SneezingCow.com booking page: sneezingcow.com/book-mike/
December 13, 2025 at 5:19 PM
POP STAR, BABY! Writer on the road. To book Mike visit SneezingCow.com booking page: sneezingcow.com/book-mike/
On the road again, packing long johns. Book Mike: sneezingcow.com/book-mike/
December 12, 2025 at 10:48 PM
On the road again, packing long johns. Book Mike: sneezingcow.com/book-mike/
Wednesday, December 10, 2025: Michael Perry joins THE CULTURE BUZZ with John Busbee today at 12:40 PM CT. If you are in the Iowa area you can listen on KFMG-LP 98.9 FM. For those out of ear shot of their radio, the interview will be streaming simultaneously at www.kfmg.org.
Home - KFMG 98.9 FM
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December 10, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Wednesday, December 10, 2025: Michael Perry joins THE CULTURE BUZZ with John Busbee today at 12:40 PM CT. If you are in the Iowa area you can listen on KFMG-LP 98.9 FM. For those out of ear shot of their radio, the interview will be streaming simultaneously at www.kfmg.org.
New music and GO PACK GO!
December 8, 2025 at 1:51 AM
New music and GO PACK GO!
From Mike: I’ve been talking with Peter Anthony Holder since the Population 485 days. He’s up there in Canada.
December 3, 2025 at 6:52 AM
From Mike: I’ve been talking with Peter Anthony Holder since the Population 485 days. He’s up there in Canada.
Adjusting the thermostat, cheesehead style.
December 2, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Adjusting the thermostat, cheesehead style.
Wrote about Hollywood and firefighters and farmers and parrots and sixty-'leven other things including why it's still a hay wagon even when it's stacked with straw, also the hope and power of veracity, thank you Panoptica for publishing it. www.panoptica.ai/baling-in-am...
Baling in America
Mike Perry on the veracity gap: Why Hollywood keeps missing what Middle America already understands about story, community, and the difference between a development deal and actually knowing who you a...
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November 26, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Wrote about Hollywood and firefighters and farmers and parrots and sixty-'leven other things including why it's still a hay wagon even when it's stacked with straw, also the hope and power of veracity, thank you Panoptica for publishing it. www.panoptica.ai/baling-in-am...
Welcome to Michael Perry’s Voice Mail, episode 291. This one’s available to free and paid subscribers alike.
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Mike
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Mike
November 25, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Welcome to Michael Perry’s Voice Mail, episode 291. This one’s available to free and paid subscribers alike.
Link to the episode in the comments.
Forward!
Mike
Link to the episode in the comments.
Forward!
Mike
I had returned from L.A. and was stacking bales on a hay wagon being pulled through a rural Wisconsin field by my recently widowed father when... (Self-conscious about one of the quotes in here, but sometimes Midwestern nice don't get it done.) www.panoptica.ai/baling-in-am...
Baling in America
Mike Perry on the veracity gap: Why Hollywood keeps missing what Middle America already understands about story, community, and the difference between a development deal and actually knowing who you a...
www.panoptica.ai
November 25, 2025 at 6:04 PM
I had returned from L.A. and was stacking bales on a hay wagon being pulled through a rural Wisconsin field by my recently widowed father when... (Self-conscious about one of the quotes in here, but sometimes Midwestern nice don't get it done.) www.panoptica.ai/baling-in-am...
...and after I said it would never happen... (also #Montaigne) Episode #291: Cats in the Office open.substack.com/pub/michaelp...
Episode #291: Cats in the Office
...despite me.
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November 23, 2025 at 5:32 PM
...and after I said it would never happen... (also #Montaigne) Episode #291: Cats in the Office open.substack.com/pub/michaelp...
Once I was backstage with a friend whose friend was playing drums for Elvis Costello and Billy Bob Thornton's band was the opener. Billy and I talked and and he gave me his guitar pick and the next morning he announced he was getting divorced from Angelina Jolie but I had nothing to do with that.
November 19, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Once I was backstage with a friend whose friend was playing drums for Elvis Costello and Billy Bob Thornton's band was the opener. Billy and I talked and and he gave me his guitar pick and the next morning he announced he was getting divorced from Angelina Jolie but I had nothing to do with that.
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It’s real! The first issue of The End Times started showing up in mailboxes today. For a limited time, you can still subscribe: badhandbooks.com/preorders/th...
November 19, 2025 at 2:46 AM
It’s real! The first issue of The End Times started showing up in mailboxes today. For a limited time, you can still subscribe: badhandbooks.com/preorders/th...
A few weeks back, Mike joined The Passion Pod, an inspirational storytelling experience featuring unique guests that are also pursuing careers based on their passions hosted by Chris Johnson in Eau Claire, WI.
You can watch or listen to the episode. Links in the comments.
You can watch or listen to the episode. Links in the comments.
November 18, 2025 at 5:02 AM
A few weeks back, Mike joined The Passion Pod, an inspirational storytelling experience featuring unique guests that are also pursuing careers based on their passions hosted by Chris Johnson in Eau Claire, WI.
You can watch or listen to the episode. Links in the comments.
You can watch or listen to the episode. Links in the comments.
From Mike: Not only did Andy Andrews and I talk about the new book, but we revealed how the new book came about only because Andy and I were stranded at sea. Very dramatic.
Listen to Mike visit with his friend and fishing partner, Andy Andrews as a guest on The Professional Noticer.
Listen to Mike visit with his friend and fishing partner, Andy Andrews as a guest on The Professional Noticer.
November 17, 2025 at 7:27 AM
From Mike: Not only did Andy Andrews and I talk about the new book, but we revealed how the new book came about only because Andy and I were stranded at sea. Very dramatic.
Listen to Mike visit with his friend and fishing partner, Andy Andrews as a guest on The Professional Noticer.
Listen to Mike visit with his friend and fishing partner, Andy Andrews as a guest on The Professional Noticer.
Nurses, cowboys...writer? www.tiktok.com/@sneezingcow...
New book out called Improbable Mentors. Go check it out at www.sneezingcow.com #newbook #mentor #wyoming #cowboy
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November 16, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Nurses, cowboys...writer? www.tiktok.com/@sneezingcow...
I mean, nursing school was fine, and the writing thing is nice, but clearly I coulda scored a full ride to engineering school.
November 12, 2025 at 9:20 PM
I mean, nursing school was fine, and the writing thing is nice, but clearly I coulda scored a full ride to engineering school.
Always good to visit with Andy...and this time we have a fish story. (A fish. As in, One. Single. Fish.)
Michael Perry is back on this week’s show! Hear the story behind Improbable Mentors & Happy Tangents—a funny, heartfelt book sparked by a fishing trip gone sideways.
Watch the full episode on YouTube: youtu.be/_rH--7Fh5FM
Grab a signed copy from SneezingCow.com today!
@sneezingcow.bsky.social
Watch the full episode on YouTube: youtu.be/_rH--7Fh5FM
Grab a signed copy from SneezingCow.com today!
@sneezingcow.bsky.social
Improbable Mentors and Happy Tangents with Michael Perry
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November 12, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Always good to visit with Andy...and this time we have a fish story. (A fish. As in, One. Single. Fish.)
Improbable mentors now available in audiobook format. sneezingcow.com/product/impr...
Improbable Mentors (Audiobook) - SneezingCow.com
Michael Perry's Forty Acres Deep Audiobook is a telling of the grim reality of loss, struggle, pain and hope in rural farm life.
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November 10, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Improbable mentors now available in audiobook format. sneezingcow.com/product/impr...
Turning down Oprah? You won’t hear many interviews with Mike as far-ranging as this one: Michael Perry Joins Jim O’Shaughnessy on his Infinite Loops podcast.
Video and audio links in the comments.
Video and audio links in the comments.
November 8, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Turning down Oprah? You won’t hear many interviews with Mike as far-ranging as this one: Michael Perry Joins Jim O’Shaughnessy on his Infinite Loops podcast.
Video and audio links in the comments.
Video and audio links in the comments.