Bored With Nelly

T.J. Laramie is a mixed martial artist. He got into the UFC through the Contender series when he was only 22. We talked about his MMA journey, mental health battles and so much more.  

T.J IG: https://www.instagram.com/tjlaramie/

0:00 Intro

0:45 When TJ started MMA

3:30 First MMA competitions

9:00 Importance of multiple disciplines

13:50 Singing with TKO

17:00 Finding your stride in the sport late

22:40 Leaving TKO

26:00 UFC and contender series

29:40 Winning contender series & UFC contract @ 22

34:00 Mental health & Internet hate

40:00 Free agency

45:00 Building someone up in the UFC

47:00 TJ's viral video with his ex

50:00 Canada's extreme left. Censorship

Both of these guys have been guests on my pod before so if you haven't seen those episodes check them out. This episode we just had some drinks and talked about Burning Man. Don't take it too seriously.  

Sik Saleem is a talented content creator. The co-host/editor of Karlee Steel's Glass Up podcast. He is also a clip editor for Tony Hawk's HawkvsWolf Podcast, Andrew Schulz's Flagrant 2  and The Jason Ellis Show.  

Milos Savic holds the record for pole vault for Serbia. He has a master's degree in film making and has won $75,000 on Ellen's Game of Games TV show. He is a renaissance man.

Sultan Malik is one of the best personal trainers in NYC. He served 14 years for armed robbery in a max-security prison, seven of which were spent in solitary confinement. We talked about what life was like growing up in New York, how he made it thru prison and his incredible life transformation since he got out.  

Sultan's Linktree https://linktr.ee/sultanphyzique

Valerio is a content creator and game designer at GOALS. We talked about what it's been like to design a football video game from scratch and how they hope to beat EA.

Stallion's YT Channel:  https://www.youtube.com/c/StallionSama 

Stallion's Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/stallionsama Stallion's 

Fifa pod: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCokq3AbrkgEOueHFmLPrwpg

0:00 Intro

3:14 Is Italy Going To Qualify For The World Cup?

5:00 The Dark Side Of Football 

12:30 Valerio Is Creating A New Football Game And Gives Some Details

16:28 What Previous Football Video Games Have Been An Inspiration

17:36 Nelly And Valerio Talk About How Bad FIFA Has Become 

21:57 Does Valerio Feel Like Marketing And Licensing Will Be A Bigger Obstacle For Their Game Over Gameplay

27:19 Where Did The Idea For This New Game Come From?

28:40 Do Majority Of The FIFA Community Believe FIFA Had Scripting 

31:05 Is Valerio Involved In Just The Content Aspect Of the Game Or Does He Contribute To Gameplay As Well?

33:44 Has The Team Behind The Game Started To Market It?

34:33 What Does Valerio Have Planned For The Future?

39:16 Nelly Talks About His Transition From A Full TIme Engineer To Full Time Content Creator 

47:40 Nelly And Valerio Talk About How Much Freedom Remote Work Has Given Them And Never Returning To An Office Job Again

52:37 Nelly And Valerio Discuss Not Focusing On Money And Doing Something They Love

59:09 Outro

Ricar Giachini (@Rickyslapstick) makes comedy videos on IG, Tiktok and YouTube. We talked about working a Metro, comedy, and all kinds of other random shit. 

Ricky's IG: https://www.instagram.com/rickyslapstick

Ricky's YT: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCh52XGyKt4CzK1EorGcIllg

0:00 Intro

1:37 What Does Rick Do Outside Of Creating Content

2:41 What Is Rick’s Long Term Goal

3:15 Where Were Rick’s Parents From?

3:45 Rick Grow Up In What City?

6:06 What Was Life Like Growing Up?

12:02 When Did Rick Start Making Content?

13:30 Have Any Of Rick’s Videos Been Taken Down On Social Media Platforms?

14:40 How Did Rick Create His First Couple Videos

17:41 What Does Rick Think About Live Stand Up Comedy

19:56 Nelly And Rick Talk About Woke Culture And How Its Affecting Comedy 

23:47 Nelly And Rick Discuss The Show Kenny Vs Spenny

26:16 Rick Tells Us About His Most Recent Acting Gigs

29:17 Rick Talks About Going To Acting School In Vancouver 

33:19 Rick Discusses The Difficulties In Creating A Relatable Character 

35:00 Rick Explains How He Gets Paid To Be A Hype Man At Parties

40:05 What Is OWOL Productions?

42:25 Does Rick Pay Website To Boost His Social Media Presence?

45:50 What Does Rick Think He Needs The Most Help With When It Comes To Creating Content 

48:13 Nelly Talks About Some Of His Most Messed Up Video Ideas

52:06 Nelly Tells Rick What He Thinks His Best Type Of Content Is

56:40 Outro

James Blick, along with his wife Yoly, run a Youtube channel called Spain Revealed. He has created hundreds of videos on experiencing Spain as a local. From travel guides, to tips on renting in Spain, tapa bar experiences and so much more.  

Spain Revealed: https://www.youtube.com/c/JamesBlick 

https://www.spainrevealed.com/

Coss Marte is a former multi millionaire drug kingpin turned legitimate millionaire businessman. In 2009 he was sent to prison where he served 4 years and came out with a brilliant business called Conbody. It’s a “prison style” bootcamp that hires formerly incarcerated individuals to teach fitness classes. You might have seen him on countless media outlets from Ellen to multiple Ted Talks to Vice documentaries and so on…   

https://conbody.com/ 

https://www.instagram.com/conbody/

0:00 Intro

2:30 Coss Give Us Some Details On The Upcoming Docu-Series About Himself Being Filmed

3:30 What Was It Like For Coss Growing Up?

6:20 Coss Tells About How He Started His Grow Dealing Business

8:45 Where Did Coss’s Cocaine Come From? 

10:25 Does Coss Think Its Harder To Deal Drugs Now Than It Was In The 1990’s-2000’s

11:52 Do The Cops Not Care About Drug Dealers In New York?

13:50 What Amount Of Volume Was Coss Able To Move 

14:32 How Did It Feel To Go From Poverty To Wealthy 

15:32 Did Coss Ever Figure Out A Way To Clean His Drug Money & Did He Have A Mentor 

17:38 Does Coss Miss His Old Lifestyle

19:18 How Did Coss End Up Getting Caught

23:35 After Coss Was Arrested Cops Drove His Car To Taunt Him

25:00 What Were Coss’s Thoughts After He Got Arrested? Was Coss A King Pin?

27:12 How Did A Cheating Governor Save Coss’s Life

29:29 Coss Tells Us About How He Was Able To Take 10 Hits Of Acid While In Jail

31:50 Coss Tells Us About His Multiple Trips To The Worst Prison In America, Rikers Island 

34:06 How Was Coss Handling His Prison Sentence Mentally 

34:42 Coss Discuss His Visit To The Prison Doctor And The Bad News That Came With It

39:07 How Was The Food At Rikers Island?

40:37 How Does The Commissary Work In Prison?

41:35 How Does Coss View Other Countries' Detention Systems?

43:40 Where Did The “Con Body” Business Idea Start From?

45:45 How Did Coss End Up In Solitary Confinement

52:55 Did Coss’s Family Ever Turn Their Backs On Him Because Of His Crime?

54:05 Coss Talks About How Supportive His Brother Was While He Was In Prison

55:31 Coss Discusses Issues With Hiring Ex Cons 

56:41 How Was Coss Able To Grow His Business?

57:50 What Is Con Bud?

58:32 Outro

Julie is a French teacher and probably the biggest Novak Djokovic fan on the planet. She's flown all over the world to watch Nole play. She's even played with him and just recently Novak gave her his racquet which he used to win Wimbledon. We talked about her passion for teaching and our shared love for Nole.

If you wanna see her videos with Nole: https://www.instagram.com/ndjokofan/

0:00 Intro

2:00 Julie Gives Us A Little Background On Her Life

3:30 Where Did Julie’s Love For Teaching Come From?

5:46 How Did Julie Learn English?

9:35 What Did Julie Enjoying Doing As A Child?

12:39 When Did The Love For Novak Djokovic Start?

16:40 When Did Julie See Novak Djokovic Live For The FIrst Time?

22:06 What Was It Like Meeting Novak Djokovic?

32:02 Nelly and Julie Discuss How The Media Portrayed Novak After The COVID Vaccine Incident 

34:49 Which Live Event/Match Has Been Julie’s Favourite 

38:51 Julie Talks About Her Experience Attending The Belgrade Open Tennis Tournament

42:43 Novak Invited Julie To Attend His Private Training Sessions

44:30 Julie Talks About The Time She Played Against Novak On The Court 

55:30 During Wimbledon Novak Gave Jule His Match Racket 

59:32 Julie’s Plans To See Noak During The Olympics Were Destroyed By COVID 

1:00:36 Outro

Steve Murphy 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 Javier Peña) 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.

Steve's Book: DEAnarcos.com

Steve's Podcast: https://gameofcrimespodcast.com/

Dr. Anne Chappelle is a Toxicology Board certified regulatory professional and an expert in chemical evaluation and risk assessment. You might have seen her on Wired as she answered common questions about poisons and poison control. She is also the host of her own podcast called Adverse Reactions.

Society of Toxicology:  www.toxicology.org

Society of Toxicology of Canada:  https://stcweb.ca/

Adverse Reactions Podcast:  https://www.adversereactionspodcast.com/

Careers in toxicology:  https://www.toxicology.org/careers/toxicologist/becomeTox.asp

Canadian Careers in Toxicology:  https://stcweb.ca/studying/

What can you make as a toxicologist:  https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1091581820910378

Where Dr. Chappelle Works:  https://www.trinityconsultants.com/safebridge-regulatory-life-sciences-group

0:00 Intro

3:17 When Did Anne’s Love For Toxicology Start?

4:50 What Did Anne Know About Toxicology Before Choosing It As A Career Path 

6:05 What Is The Difference Between Toxicology and An Environmental Engineer?

7:12 Is Toxicology A Career Path With A Lot Of Opportunity?

8:22 What Was A Typical Day Of Work For Anne When She First Started 

10:04 When Did Toxicology Regulation Start To Become Standardised?

15:21 Has Anne Done Any Research Into The Opioid Crisis?

17:56 During Anne’s First Couple Of Jobs What Was Her Main Focus

25:04 Did Anne Ever Run Into Issues With Companies Trying To Bend Certain Regulations 

28:00 Anne Discusses Issues With Online Documentation, Are They Credible?

31:32 Nelly and Anne Discuss The Rise In Allergies In The West

37:52 What Is The Hype Behind With GMO/Non GMO Products 

41:31 Anne Brings Up The Topic Of Side Effects And New Drug Production

42:58 Nelly and Anne Discuss Natural Medication That Can Be Used To Manipulate Individuals/Kill

47:50 What Are Anne’s Thoughts On The Use Of Chemicals For Harm/Protection 

52:06 Occupational Safety And Anne’s Daily Fight To Keep Everyone Safe

55:29 Anne’s Talks About Her Goal To Expand Science Communication 

56:45 Outro