Andrew Oporto is a stand up comedian, actor & writer. We talked about performing and making videos during covid, face reading, living in Spain and much more. His new special drops in June!

0:00 Intro

Bilal Zafar is a stand up comedian, actor, and a PES manager on Twitch. We talked about how to get into standup, his new wife, future plans for movies and much more...

Dr. Janja Lalich is a world-renowned expert in cultic studies. She has written half a dozen books on the inner workings of cults and has appeared in countless documentaries. She was also part of a leftist cult for almost 10 years. We talk about her experiences, her books and the future of her work.

Dave Merheje is a Juno award winning comedian. He's starred in Mr. D and the award winning Ramy . We talked about what it was like growing up in Windsor and doing comedy in Detroit. We also talked about what it was like performing in Lebanon and working with Daisy Ridley on Sometimes I Think About Dying  

I Love You Habibi Special: https://www.crave.ca/en/tv-shows/dave-merheje-i-love-you-habibi  

Dave's Latest Set: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgZhon09OB8

2:30 How Dave got into comedy

6:00 Dave's Love for rap

8:30 Dave's first standup show

14:30 Watching someone's stand up journey

16:40 Acting

21:30 Ramy

25:30 Toxic masculinity

30:00 Dave making his own show. Comedy in Lebanon

40:00 Doing stand up in a strip club

48:00 Sometimes I think of dying movie

52:00 Miss education of a fuckboi

Sandy Petersen is a world class video game designer that's worked on iconic games like Doom, Quake, Civilization, Age of Empires Series and Halo Wars. This is his 3rd appearance on the BoredWithNelly Podcast.

Sandy's Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@UCVDIvzRZD39Rv9uR8mqfOBg  

Sandy's Board Game Comapny: https://petersengames.com/

Sandy's Discord: https://petersengames.com/join-the-conversation-on-discord/

0:00 Intro

3:00 Board game convention in Spain

4:20 Spain trip

8:20 Call of Cthulhu

11:20 How To Keep AOE2 Alive

17:20 Balancing AOE in 2023

23:00 Sandy's Board games

25:20 How to make a fun game

33:20 AOE 2 expansions

37:20 How Sandy's company almost went under

50:00 What Sandy plays

57:20 Spielberg making games

1:01:00 Sandy working on AOE2 campaigns

1:03:00 Longest AOE2 game in history

1:06:00 fatslob

1:09:00 Viper

1:10:15 How to fix infantry

1:17:00 AOE advanced mechanics

Edgars "The Bearslayer" Skrivers is a practioner of Shotokan Karate since he was 6 years old. He holds titles such as European Champion, Shotokan World Champion and countless Latvian and Baltic titles. He is the first champion in the 68Kg division in the newly formed Karate Combat association. Some of the associations ambassadors include George St-Pierre, Bas Rutten, and Robin Black.   

Edgars Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5JguSXrjxDUzPhyNRtjszQ

Edgars Fight School: https://fightandmuscle.com/

0:45 Intro

2:15 Injuries and taking a break

4:45 Losing the title. Early Stoppages

9:45 Fighting Bruno Souza

15:00 Plans after Bruno Souza win

19:00 Training during covid in Dubai

22:15 Does Karate Combat need a superfight

25:45 Fighting in other organizations

30:45 Thailand

Karim Bishay is the founder of Zomes which is a company trying to shake up the real estate space with affordable hand crafted dome homes! We talked about his background in growing start ups and where he got the idea for Zomes.  

Interested in your own Zome?! https://www.zomes.com/ 

GooglePod/ApplePods/Spotify: https://anchor.fm/boredwithnelly  

Second Channel: https://bit.ly/3iLDbND

0:00 Intro

2:50 Career Revelation Dream

5:50 Childhood in Egypt

8:50 How to work for a start up company

13:20 Karim's start up

19:20 Dev Bootcamp Startup

20:50 Turning anything into a business

24:50 Zomes: Tiny Homes

32:50 Manufacturing out of California

34:50 Land costs in California

39:50 How you can get a Zome

42:40 The Future of Zomes

Javier Peña is a retired DEA agent that was one of the lead investigators in the manhunt of Colombian drug lord and leader of the Medellin cartel, Pablo Escobar. He is also the co-author (along with his partner Steve Murphy) of Manhunters - How We Took Down Pablo Escobar which can be purchased on DEAnarcos.com. The popular Netflix show, Narcos, is based on his life as a DEA agent in Colombia.

Christie Smythe is a journalist from NYC who is known for her serialized memoir  talking about her relationship with infamous Pharma Bro Martin Shhhhkreli. You can also see her in the 2021 documentary Pharma Bro made by Brent Hodge.  

Check out her writing: https://www.smirk-book.com/

Non-profit: https://www.monadnockvalleygroup.org/

Stefan is a video editor making mostly podcasts clips while trying to become a professional soccer player. He is also my editor and good friend. We talked about how he's managed to switch careers in less than a year from biomed to video editor.

Stef's IG: https://www.instagram.com/stefanmillli/