Jason Yamas's guest appearances

Jason Yamas

The Addiction Podcast-Point of No Return

Mean Book Club

John Edmonds Kozma's Unimpressed Podcast

OwlTail

Jason Yamas is a queer writer producer, director, and actor. With the publication of Tweakerworld, he intends to shine a bright light on the worsening epidemic of crystal meth in the LGBTQ+ community. He holds a BFA from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts and is currently working on his first novel. You can find him on Instagram @jasonyamas. He lives in Los Angeles and is represented by Laura Usselman at Stuart Krichevsky Literary Agency. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/unimpressedpodcast. https://plus.acast.com/s/unimpressedpodcast.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jason Yamas is a queer writer producer, director, and actor. With the publication of Tweakerworld, he intends to shine a bright light on the worsening epidemic of crystal meth in the LGBTQ+ community. He holds a BFA from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts and is currently working on his first novel. You can find him on Instagram @jasonyamas. He lives in Los Angeles and is represented by Laura Usselman at Stuart Krichevsky Literary Agency. Become a member at <a href="https://plus.acast.com/s/unimpressedpodcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://plus.acast.com/s/unimpressedpodcast</a>. <a href="https://plus.acast.com/s/unimpressedpodcast" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">https://plus.acast.com/s/unimpressedpodcast</a>. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Author Jason Yamas: How Meth Affects People in the Gay Community

Alex Michaelides

This NYT bestseller was recommended by TWO fans: Barbie Steele and Gillian Tobin. They told us The Silent Patient was a snooze and was written by a failed screenwriter. How could we resist? We are joined by author Jason Yamas (Tweakerworld) who assured us that although this book wasn’t literature, it was certainly “literary.” Mean Book Club is four ladies (UCB, BuzzFeed, College Humor, Impractical Jokers) who read, discuss and whine about NYT bestselling books that have questionable literary merit. It's fun. It's cathartic. It's perfect for your commute. New podcast every other Tuesday! Here’s the Season 15 reading list: Divergent by Veronica RothThe Silent Patient by Alex MichaelidesAn Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank GreenWrong Place Wrong Time by Gillian McAllisterOne Day in December by Josie SilverLessons in Chemistry by Bonnie GarmusNovember 9th by Colleen HooverHotel New Hampshire by John IrvingSend any future book suggestions to meanbookclub@gmail.com! Follow us on the socials @meanbookclub!Check out @Jasonyamas on instagram and buy his book Tweakerworld here: https://amzn.to/3MuhjbhRate, like, subscribe, and check out our Patreon page at patreon.com/meanbookclub to become a true patron of the mean arts.CREDITS: Hosted by Sarah Burton, Clara Morris, Johnna Scrabis, &amp; Sabrina B. Jordan. This episode was produced and edited by Sarah Burton. Thanks to WombatNoisesAudio for the music under the summary. Special thanks to FSM Team for our theme song, "Parkour Introvert." You can get both songs here: https://www.free-stock-music.com

This NYT bestseller was recommended by TWO fans: Barbie Steele and Gillian Tobin. They told us The Silent Patient was a snooze and was written by a failed screenwriter. How could we resist? We are joined by author Jason Yamas (Tweakerworld) who assured us that although this book wasn’t literature, it was certainly “literary.” Mean Book Club is four ladies (UCB, BuzzFeed, College Humor, Impractical Jokers) who read, discuss and whine about NYT bestselling books that have questionable literary merit. It's fun. It's cathartic. It's perfect for your commute. New podcast every other Tuesday! Here’s the Season 15 reading list: <ul><li>Divergent by Veronica Roth</li><li>The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides</li><li>An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green</li><li>Wrong Place Wrong Time by Gillian McAllister</li><li>One Day in December by Josie Silver</li><li>Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus</li><li>November 9th by Colleen Hoover</li><li>Hotel New Hampshire by John Irving</li></ul>Send any future book suggestions to meanbookclub@gmail.com! Follow us on the socials @meanbookclub! Check out @Jasonyamas on instagram and buy his book Tweakerworld here: <a href="https://amzn.to/3Muhjbh" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank">https://amzn.to/3Muhjbh</a> Rate, like, subscribe, and check out our Patreon page at <a href="http://patreon.com/meanbookclub" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">patreon.com/meanbookclub</a> to become a true patron of the mean arts. CREDITS: Hosted by Sarah Burton, Clara Morris, Johnna Scrabis, &amp; Sabrina B. Jordan. This episode was produced and edited by Sarah Burton. Thanks to WombatNoisesAudio for the music under the summary. Special thanks to FSM Team for our theme song, "Parkour Introvert." You can get both songs here: <a href="https://www.free-stock-music.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.free-stock-music.com</a>

The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides - with Jason Yamas

Jason Yamas is a queer fiction and nonfiction writer making his prose debut as author of Tweakerworld: A Memoir (Unnamed Press, 2023).  Meet Jason: a college educated documentary film producer, cat parent of two, and was one of San Francisco’s top drug dealers.  After Jason’s world fell apart in LA, he moved to Berkeley for a fresh start with his kid brother. Just one problem: his long-closeted Adderall addiction had exploded into an out-of-control crystal meth binge. Within weeks, Jason plunged into the sprawling ParTy n’ ’Play subculture of the Bay Area’s gay community. It is a wildly decadent scene of drugs, group sex, and criminals, and yet it is also filled with surprising characters, people who continually subverted Jason’s own presumptions of the stereotypical tweaker (slang) A person addicted to methamphetamine. Soon Jason became a dealer on the pretense of researching this tweaker world for a project that would carry him, like a life raft, back to the shores of a normal life. But his friendly entrepreneurial spirit and trusting disposition disarmed clients and rival dealers alike. The money began to roll in as demand increased to frightening levels. Suddenly, Jason was in control of the entire crystal meth market for San Francisco’s gay community, even as he was nodding off behind the wheel of his car, or walking down the sidewalk. As friends and family worked frantically to steer him towards recovery, Jason resisted, chasing something else: a sleepless nirvana fueled by sex, drugs, and the Tweakerworld.  With painful honesty, Jason Yamas has crafted a landmark narrative that is not just a personal account of addiction, but a portrait of a vulnerable, largely undocumented community of people who, for many reasons, have been marginalized to the point of invisibility. Prior to his foray into literature, he produced documentary and narrative films such as Jonathan Caouette's Walk Away Renee (SundanceNow) and Stephen Winter's Jason &amp; Shirley (Criterion). He produced charity arts and music projects in Detroit with the late great songwriter Allee Willis ("September", The Friends Theme, The Color Purple.) His self-directed and produced feature Not Me, Murphy premiered at the MIX NYC Film Festival. He's currently writing his first novel and pursuing acting training at the Sanford Meisner Center. He holds a BFA from NYU, Tisch School of the Arts in Drama and has performed in and directed in the experimental downtown New York theatre scene. With the publication of Tweakerworld, he intends to shine a bright light on the worsening epidemic of crystal meth in the LGBTQ+ community. Intro and Outro music by: Decisions by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100756 Artist: http://incompetech.com/

Jason Yamas is a queer fiction and nonfiction writer making his prose debut as author of Tweakerworld: A Memoir (Unnamed Press, 2023).  Meet Jason: a college educated documentary film producer, cat parent of two, and was one of San Francisco’s top drug dealers.  After Jason’s world fell apart in LA, he moved to Berkeley for a fresh start with his kid brother. Just one problem: his long-closeted Adderall addiction had exploded into an out-of-control crystal meth binge. Within weeks, Jason plunged into the sprawling ParTy n’ ’Play subculture of the Bay Area’s gay community. It is a wildly decadent scene of drugs, group sex, and criminals, and yet it is also filled with surprising characters, people who continually subverted Jason’s own presumptions of the stereotypical tweaker (slang) A person addicted to methamphetamine. Soon Jason became a dealer on the pretense of researching this tweaker world for a project that would carry him, like a life raft, back to the shores of a normal life. But his friendly entrepreneurial spirit and trusting disposition disarmed clients and rival dealers alike. The money began to roll in as demand increased to frightening levels. Suddenly, Jason was in control of the entire crystal meth market for San Francisco’s gay community, even as he was nodding off behind the wheel of his car, or walking down the sidewalk. As friends and family worked frantically to steer him towards recovery, Jason resisted, chasing something else: a sleepless nirvana fueled by sex, drugs, and the Tweakerworld.  With painful honesty, Jason Yamas has crafted a landmark narrative that is not just a personal account of addiction, but a portrait of a vulnerable, largely undocumented community of people who, for many reasons, have been marginalized to the point of invisibility. Prior to his foray into literature, he produced documentary and narrative films such as Jonathan Caouette's Walk Away Renee (SundanceNow) and Stephen Winter's Jason &amp; Shirley (Criterion). He produced charity arts and music projects in Detroit with the late great songwriter Allee Willis ("September", The Friends Theme, The Color Purple.) His self-directed and produced feature Not Me, Murphy premiered at the MIX NYC Film Festival. He's currently writing his first novel and pursuing acting training at the Sanford Meisner Center. He holds a BFA from NYU, Tisch School of the Arts in Drama and has performed in and directed in the experimental downtown New York theatre scene. With the publication of Tweakerworld, he intends to shine a bright light on the worsening epidemic of crystal meth in the LGBTQ+ community. Intro and Outro music by: Decisions by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</a> Source: <a href="http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100756" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100756</a> Artist: <a href="http://incompetech.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://incompetech.com/</a>