At Least It'll Be a Good Story with Peter von Kahle

Sit down with Peter von Kahle as he explores the journeys that have shaped remarkable people - theologians, musicians, comedians, therapists, authors, and people across every discipline. Each conversation reveals one powerful question: How did you discover what you were truly meant to do? From the theologian who questioned everything to the musician who found their voice through failure, from the comedian mining darkness for light to the therapist who healed themselves first - these are the stories behind the expertise. The unexpected pivots. The moments that redirected everything. The mentors who believed when nobody else did. The risks that paid off. The failures that became foundations. If you've ever wondered how someone became passionate about their calling, or you're searching for your own path, these conversations will surprise you, challenge you, and remind you that every life worth living is a story worth telling.

At Least It'll Be a Good Story with Peter von Kahle is a comedy podcast hosted by Unknown Host, with 10 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

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  Episode #10

  I Effing Knew It with Cali Ryan

  Aug 6, 202648 min

  Cali Ryan was a dental hygienist and mom of four who posted online for ten years with nothing to show for it — then one 20-second video about finding out she was having twins went viral, and now she's an accidental influencer with a manager and a lot of twin moms in her DMs. Her husband's reaction to the twin scan is the title of this episode. Cali and I grew up in the same church, were in show choir together (we were the stars), and I filmed her wedding nine years ago after nearly being diverted to Venezuela. We get into: the professional case for flossing, told through an analogy I'll never recover from. The witching hour that starts at 6:30 a.m. Four girls, one vasectomy, and a daughter who wants to be called Snake Bite. Crying in the Joanna Gaines section of Target. Instagram jail (I was told my behavior was "too erratic and out of control"). The hard first year of marriage and the changes that rewrote everything. And the question Cali's still answering: what do you call yourself when the identity keeps changing? Stick around after the outro music for the lollipop incident, Texas Roadhouse fresh off a C-section, and the thing I learned from YouTube the day my first son was born. Still not sponsored by Sonicare. Follow Peter on Instagram. Follow Cali on Instagram. Follow the show on Instagram.

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  Episode #8

  You Have to Give Two Weeks at a Driving Range with Tom Pounder

  May 19, 20261h 2m

  Tom Pounder was Peter's youth pastor at Cedar Run Community Church starting in 2003. He's still one of Peter's closest friends, which is what this episode is actually about — when did the kid you were trying to keep out of trouble become the friend you grab sushi with every month? Tom and Peter go deep on the Seinfeld-inspired driving range break-in (which Tom, it turns out, worked at), the infamous Boston mission trip Peter wasn't on but everyone won't stop talking about, the night they got a Christian band to play a New Year's Eve party that turned into weeping worship, and the time someone called the church to try to get Tom fired. Tom shares his story too — how a mission trip to Alabama building a barn for abused and abandoned teenage girls changed his life, why he wasn't smart enough to be a computer major, what it was like being a divorced pastor with four young daughters, and what cleaning out his late dad's house in Gettysburg taught him about his brothers. Also discussed: whether Brady Shearer is Canadian, why a church stage somewhere in Peter was lucky enough to grow up with in his youth group. Huge in Nairobi, as always. Episode 8. Follow the show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/atleastitsagoodpodcast Follow Peter on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vonkahle Follow Tom on X/Twitter: https://x.com/tapounder?lang=en

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  Episode #7

  I Was Highly Successful Twice with Adam Henry

  Apr 29, 20261h 38m

  Adam Henry had 31 jobs before he turned 26. Now he's a sheriff's deputy training new recruits and he's hoping this one sticks. Adam is a friend from book club. We've known each other for years and I still learned more about him in this conversation than I had in all that time combined. We get into all of it - the Christmas tree farm, the overnight call center, getting his tie cut in half on his first car sale, going to kindergarten twice ("I was highly successful twice"), and somehow ending up wrestling a drunk driver awake in his own barn at 6 in the morning. Along the way there's a lot: his dad fighting a fisher cat at midnight with a grilled cheese in his hand, my chicken farming, a turkey that faked her own death, a $10 mini horse Adam paid for on Venmo, the police academy that has a few fake stores, and a long debate about how each of us would want to be found dead in a way that would keep police guessing for decades. Mine involves a pie. His involves a Christmas tree box. Also: how Adam built a men's book club through Craigslist ads, used bookstore solicitation, and a Twitch Discord. The 12 Days of Christmas as a labor analysis. And the Backstreet Boys vs. 98 Degrees ad-lib debate that closes the episode. Have a listen. And shoutout to Nairobi.

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  Episode #6

  Therapy: All Made Up with Claire von Kahle

  Apr 10, 202658 min

  Peter's little sister Claire is a licensed therapist — which means this episode was always going to turn into a session. Within the first two minutes, they're debating whether an Instagram therapist named Shannon knows what her handle looks like to the rest of the internet. From there it's childhood chaos (the Von Kahle kids once taped every doorway in the house and called it Tape Day), their dad's emoji-only birthday texts, and the question Peter probably should've thought harder about before asking on mic: "What is a therapist?" Claire explains therapy speak, calls Peter a suppressor to his face, and shares the story of walking into her own therapy session already crying and telling her therapist "I'm fine." Peter opens up about his five-year-old son Royal's anxiety — including the lunch where Royal looked up from his pizza and asked, "Hey, if mama dies, I don't need to go to school anymore, right?" They also cover EMDR (invented by a woman watching birds in Central Park — "we're making it all up, but it works"), IFS and parts work, the hermit crab graveyard, why therapists are always working themselves out of a job, and the tension between faith and feelings. Peter was prom king. Claire was better at basketball. They end on a conversation about names that's quieter and more honest than either of them expected.

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  Episode #5

  With Former NFL Cheerleader Melanie Tatum

  Apr 3, 202656 min

  Melanie Tatum was a Baltimore Ravens cheerleader - not once, but twice - and she never tells anyone. I'm not even sure how I found out about it. She was a gymnast her whole life who thought she had no chance of making an NFL cheerleading roster but wanted to give it a try. So she taught herself to fly. Went to grad school. Then she taught herself to dance. And she made the cheer team both times on her first try. This episode is a conversation about a world most people know nothing about: what NFL cheerleading actually looks like from the inside. Melanie talks about the tryout process — hundreds of people show up, and at the end they send you down a hallway where your number is either on the wall or it's not. She talks about game day — rolling a full-size suitcase through Baltimore from Fed Hill in matching outfits six hours before kickoff, getting ready in a locker room with metal lockers and a laminated name tag on a magnet to make it feel homey. She talks about the pay, the rules (if a player gets on your elevator, you get off), and why she has a take on the cheerleader pay debate that might surprise you. Then the conversation goes somewhere neither of us planned. Melanie talks about losing a pregnancy, losing her spot on the team, and trying to figure out what God was doing in all of it. It's honest and real and it's the heart of the episode. We also talk about Baltimore, doing the Ray Lewis dance at her wedding, high school prom kings and homecoming court, and an unexpected shoutout to Switchfoot. This is At Least It'll Be a Good Story. Follow the show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/atleastitsagoodpodcast Subscribe to the show on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCW4wuIX4axfG8eMbrmrWgGw

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