James Burks is a stand-up comedian, self-taught glass artist and business owner residing in the Appalachian mountains.

https://www.instagram.com/firebeardglass/

https://www.whitecrowsnest.com/

Josie Beers talks about growing up in rural PA, shooting guns, wrestling and transitioning from rock bands to stand-up comedy. All the music in this episode is Ryan (drums) and Josie (telecaster) jamming for the first time, right after this convo. It was a good time.

https://www.instagram.com/josiebeerscomedy/

Petey Smith-McDowell is a stand-up comedian, writer and maker of hilarious memes.  He runs a great weekly show at Asheville Music Hall.

In this episode, Petey shares stories and a wealth of experience performing comedy since he was a teenager in the 2000s, moving to NYC and writing scripts and sketches.

https://www.instagram.com/peteysmithmcdowell/

https://www.instagram.com/petey_parker/

Emily Keebler is a musician, songwriter, builder and handyman.  Her band THE GOLDZ just released a new instrumental EP called ONE-INCH-PUNCH.  Check it out wherever you stream music. The soundtrack to this episode features music from The Goldz' One-Inch-Punch.

https://www.instagram.com/the_goldz_band

https://www.facebook.com/thegoldzband

⁠https://thegoldz.bandcamp.com/album/one-inch-punch⁠

⁠https://open.spotify.com/album/03AOcSfRAoDgeygO7n5Ppc⁠

Deep convos and silliness with Ryan's longtime buddy, Gavin Conner. Gavin is a songwriter, frequent collaborator and podcaster. Check out Gavin Conner's songs and his ALL CURE podcast The Holy Hour!

https://gavinconner.bandcamp.com

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-holy-hour/id1073013033