Havilah Malone is an author, actress, producer, and speaker. She’s written some best selling books, and you’d probably recognize her from a national commercial or two. Havilah was helping out with a gameshow pilot Graham Elwood and I produced called Anything Can Happen. Her productive and positive energy was infectious. It was awesome to have her be part of it. She’s the type of person you like being on set with, which goes a long way in this business.

Sally Mullins is an actress, comedian, animal rescuer, and porn star. Also, she’s in my movie, Left At Wall. She’s hilarious. I met her in the LA comedy scene, and wanted to know more about her origin story. Among other things, we talk about sexuality, different kinks people have, and her experience as a dominatrix.

Curious about Off-Grid Living? Earthships? Chad Riden is a comedian and producer. A few years ago, Chad packed up his life in Nashville, got a plot of land in New Mexico, and built an Earthship for himself. If ya don’t know what that is, don’t worry, we get into it.

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Krish Mohan is a comedian, graphic designer, and mental health advocate. Also, he’s a close friend. He’s in my movie, Left At Wall, and we’ve collaborated on a ton of stuff over the years. This episode hits the themes of creative fulfillment and happiness. Perfect episode to end a year. Please welcome to the show, Krish Mohan.

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Graham Elwood is a comedian, filmmaker, and podcaster. Also, he’s my good friend. We’ve toured multiple countries together, heck, we even toured a different continent. We vent some frustrations about the YouTube space, we go down memory lane, some good ones, some not so good ones. An appropriate December episode.

Jordan Chariton is a Journalist. He’s also one of the reasons I’m still as active as I am in the YouTube space.

Jordan is the co-founder and Head Journalist for Status Coup News, an indie outlet dedicated to on-the-ground journalism.

Status Coup has covered 100s of protests all over the country, they covered the East Palestine chemical spill, and they were the only outlet in the world to cover the UAW strike every single day.

Jordan has been investigating the Flint Water crisis for 9 years and counting. Recently, he published a book on the topic and it’s a bombshell. Full disclaimer, I’m a proud part of the operation over there. 

Courtney Cronin is a comedy writer, stand-up, and producer. She’s written for shows on MTV, TBS, MohrSports, The Chelsea Handler Show, and that’s barely scratching the surface of her resume. Also, she’s pretty much the first working comedian I ever befriended.

Tina-Desiree Berg is a Journalist. Dare I say, one of the most bad-ass ones I know. She goes toe-to-toe with right-wing extremists groups, she puts herself in danger for on-the-ground coverage, and she researches stuff that most people just wouldn’t have the stomach for. As some of you may already know, she’s a friend and colleague of mine. We’ve collaborated in many different contexts, but this is the first time I actually got to straight up interview her and dive more into her origin story.

Franz Nicolay is a musician and author. He performs as a solo artist, he was a member of World Inferno/Friendship Society, he plays keyboards for The Hold Steady, and that’s barely a fraction of his music resume. As a writer, Franz has published a collection of tour essays, "The Humorless Ladies of Border Control", a novel, "Someone Should Pay For Your Pain", and his newest book is called "Band People", an extensive peak under the hood of the lives of session and touring musicians.

Silverio Tucci is an Italian punk rock musician and Socialist. I discovered his band, Lumpen, via Attila the Stockbroker and became an instant fan.

I learned that his family members were partisans. For anyone not in the know, that means they were the people who literally fought the nazis in their communities in Italy during WWII. They’re not mentioned much in history, but they were there, and when it was a fair fight, they usually won.

I consider their story proof that at the end of the day love, community, and compassion triumphs over hate, fear, and bigotry. A reminder I think we could all use right about now. There are some barriers in this episode which is why it’s a bit shorter. I’m limited in my Italian and Silverio is limited in his English, and we also had some connectivity issues. But we both navigate the waters and find common ground between our mutual love for music, family, art and solidarity.

Also, this episode ends with a reflection on the current state of affairs.