How Mark Spitz Messed Up Mookie Spitz

From bombed Budapest to a basement bookseller, from barking toddlers to Olympic legends—host Mookie Spitz takes you on a brutally honest, hilariously self-aware journey through the strange, loud, and deeply personal story behind his nickname. Born Michael George Spitz, raised in a house of silence, and rechristened with a name that literally means “noisy little dog,” Mookie wrestles with identity, reinvention, and what it means to be heard when no one’s listening.

You'll hear about:

• His Hungarian dad’s deadpan insult that became a lifelong badge of honor
• Getting fired from a bookstore and finding love (and a nickname) 
• Being bullied for “Spitz”… until Mark Spitz won 7 Olympic golds and changed everything
• Why silence = death in Mookie’s universe—and why he posts, podcasts, and rants like his life depends on it

This isn’t just about names. It’s about survival, self-expression, and the paradoxes that fuel the fire of creative life. It’s funny. It’s raw. It’s Spitz at his most Spitz.

Hit play if you’ve ever been nicknamed, misnamed, renamed—or needed to shout into the void just to prove you exist.

Know Thyself & Thy Name

https://mookiespitz.medium.com/know-thyself-thy-name-d8bd3fa84f2b

How Mark Spitz Messed Up Mookie Spitz

https://mookiespitz.medium.com/mark-spitz-messed-up-mookie-spitz-fbb365f589e2