Maxwell's Kitchen

Maxwell's Kitchen

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Maxwell's Kitchen episodes

  • What is it like to be the first person on the scene to remove a dead body (Tim Beeker)

    Tim Beeker is a lifelong learner, mild provocateur, deep, dark humoured, mild-mannered (most of the time), and always up for deeper conversation regarding psychology, philosophy, and religion. He's a public speaker, writer, photographer, and a voice-over wannabe.

    *This episode has graphic content.*

    In this episode, Maxwell and Tim discuss his role as a decedent remover, transporting dead bodies, MDD (major depressive disorder), hoarders, errors on decedent forms, picking up deceased individuals from the penitentiary, bringing people "home", homeless deaths, identifying personalities, shotgun suicides, having a morbid sense of humor, being an INTP, leaving suicide notes in the room, cleaning up brain matter, going through divorce, having the honor to help victims' grieve in the worst moment of their lives, having a fulfilling job, how this occupation cannot train anyone, on-the-job training, looking for blessings in life, finding hope, making sense of your life, spending all of your time being afraid, wasting precious time, not taking risks, drawing parallels between the rich and poor after a death, pursuing purpose in your life, power and status and wealth don't matter, religion, near death experiences, the afterlife, Jehovah's Witnesses, disowning your own children, focusing on now because now is real, logotherapy, Viktor Frankl, cleaning an individual for viewing, equating a suicide scene to a haunted house, selling life insurance, walking into an episode of CSI, suffocating in a bathtub, bodily fluids that come out after death, water blisters - edema, purging, skin discoloration, rigor mortis, death as an effect on the psyche, and Caitlin Doughty - "Ask a Mortician".

    All production by Cody Maxwell.

    Artwork by Cody Maxwell.

    Opening graphic assets by UlyanaStudio.

    Opening music by Cody Maxwell.

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    2 hr
  • Challenges and rewards from writing and directing stories about your life (Timothy Blackton)

    Timothy Blackton is a writer, producer, director, actor, event producer, and whiskey connoisseur.

    TECHS (short)

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ut24UgZlHdY&feature=youtu.be.

    In this session, Timothy and Maxwell discuss storytelling, Weiden + Kennedy, his film "TECHS", long term projects, writing process, service jobs, adjusting your personality to help someone, fake it till you make it, software company "Coupa", acting in commercials, Christopher Nolan, Judd Apatow, Quentin Tarantino, Helter Skelter, Inglorious Basterds, Lethal Weapon 5, making movies for money, movie theaters after COVID, leaving Nike to develop film career, being a stage manager in Ashland, OR, moving to Los Angeles in 1995, chasing dreams, differences between theater and film, failing is good, always being remembered for your last gig, G. Love and Special Sauce, Zoom calls, Bill Gates, taking drugs for AIDS, Magic Johnson, tying stimulus money to COVID vaccine, Olympia beer, film festivals in The Dalles, OR, Sunshine Mill, owning land in Goldendale, WA, composting toilets, metal detectors, Porsche 911, mid-engine cars, Tesla, kids don't want to get drivers licenses, Disneyland, Florida is open, California is closed, Magic Mountain, Disney Dollars, growing up in San Francisco, being backstage at Peter Frampton and Led Zeppelin concerts, growing up in concert venues, doing stand-up, and feeding off the response from an audience.

    All production by Cody Maxwell.

    Artwork by Cody Maxwell.

    Opening graphic assets by UlyanaStudio.

    Opening music by Cody Maxwell.

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    1 hr 40 min
  • A life of music and art told in hilarious stories from a PhD candidate (Schyler Reis)

    Schyler Reis is a musician, artist, recovering prankster, and PhD candidate in Environmental Science at the University of Oregon.

    theschylerband.bandcamp.com

    In this episode, Schyler and Maxwell discuss bad jobs, newspaper delivery, camp brownies, shower deuces, Oxbox Park in Gresham, OR, upper deckers, tightey whiteys, boxers, ax fights, deputy sheriffs, Lamborghinis, drowning in the Sandy river, quicksand, Lewis & Clark, non-Newtonian liquids, Rockfest, quitting jobs, research foresting, chemists at Christian universities, "Merchants of Doubt", climate change denial, flat-earthers, anti-science, Young Republicans, tribalism, becoming a billionaire from COVID, giving credit where credit is due, Super Bowl loser t-shirts sent to Africa, Ducks vs. Beavers, pretending booze is a pig urine sample, 2020 Tokyo Olympics, sustainable ecosystems, Oregon sun stones, gem stone mines, forest fires, invasive species, Douglas Fir tree bark, ladder fuels, Western Hemlock, clear cutting, normative language, environmental scientists, redwoods, drilling into trees to study and uncover their age, dendrochronology, being in a band, "Reptilian Civilian", pressing 7" vinyl records, and Bandcamp.

    All production by Cody Maxwell.

    Artwork by Cody Maxwell.

    Opening graphic assets by UlyanaStudio.

    Opening music by Schyler Reis & Reptilian Civilian, AKA RepCiv.

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    1 hr 49 min
  • Inside the cannabis industry and what it takes to make your life healthier (Brandon Hoover)

    Brandon Hoover is a husband, father, and cannabis aficionado.

    This episode takes us through weight loss, deciding to change your life, high fructose corn syrup, the fast food generation, heart disease, bulimia, hydroponics, growing cannabis, victory gardens, store bought tomatoes vs. home garden tomatoes, pesticides, russet mites, money laundering, used car salesmen, hiding weed in a diesel tank, FBI raids, the cannabis industry having to operate on cash only, cigarettes on airplanes, the 90's, BB guns, cults, Frost/Nixon, and the Trump children.

    All production by Cody Maxwell.

    Artwork by Cody Maxwell.

    Opening graphic assets by UlyanaStudio.

    Opening music by Cody Maxwell.

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    1 hr 45 min
  • Working with a convicted murderer and learning survival skills (Antonio Bevacqua)

    Antonio D. Bevacqua (Tony) is a dude dad, musician, skateboarder, and grill master.

    Tony and Maxwell get into an old story of a friend that committed a murder, the Oregon Convention Center, COVID, false positives on tests, wearing a mask on a treadmill, skepticism, humans evolving around viruses, ant colonies, super species, humans fusing with Artificial Intelligence (AI), colonizing mars, robots having humans as dogs, learning to exist in the woods, TRACKERS, digging holes for shelter, Bear Grylls, Naked and Afraid, Dazed and Confused, social media, social justice warriors, Jackass, Bryce Dallas Howard in Black Mirror, Alternative rock becoming mainstream, and cam girls.

    All production by Cody Maxwell.

    Artwork by Cody Maxwell.

    Opening graphic assets by UlyanaStudio.

    Opening music by Cody Maxwell.

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    2 hr 7 min
  • What is it like to travel the world many times while working for the Navy (Greg Gustine)

    Greg Gustine is a dad to two wonderful daughters, grandpa to three grandkids, world traveler, businessman, and mentor to many in 38 years of civil service to the Navy and their families, he resided in Hawaii for 33 years, 5 years in Sicily, and 12 years in Charleston, SC.

    In this episode, Greg and Maxwell discuss playing golf left-handed, the Vietnam war, getting drafted by the government to serve in the war, living in Hawaii, windsurfing, buying a house on the North Shore of Oahu, Lars Ulrich, Kelly Slater, road-trippin through Europe in the 70's in a Volkswagen bus, hostels in Zurich, having to cut your hair to get into Morocco, Italian culture, the Mafia, Egypt, Pearl Harbor, and Cinque Terre.

    All production by Cody Maxwell.

    Artwork by Cody Maxwell.

    Opening graphic assets by UlyanaStudio.

    Opening music by Cody Maxwell.

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    1 hr 41 min
  • What is the 27 Club and why did America think slavery was acceptable (Leaf Treeson)

    Leaf Treeson is an audio engineer, musician, and beverage aficionado.

    In this episode, Leaf and Maxwell discuss the 27 Club (Jim Morrison, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Kurt Cobain, Amy Winehouse), as well as Shannon Hoon, Bradley Nowell, Elliott Smith, Bob Dylan, Neil Young, and the Beatles. There is a discussion about slavery in the South, how Southern slaveowners used the Electoral College, That Thing You Do, Justin Beiber, and how to end a podcast.

    All production by Cody Maxwell.

    Artwork by Cody Maxwell.

    Opening graphic assets by UlyanaStudio.

    Opening music by Cody Maxwell.

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    1 hr 28 min
  • What is it like to be an Army Ranger and learn to fly aircraft (Ian Dimmick)

    Ian Dimmick is a husband, father, brother, son, and uncle.

    Ian and Maxwell discuss attending Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, the military, math (3 x 2 = 6), participation trophies, restricted words, GPS, water balloons, smashing windows, youth, and consequences.

    All production by Cody Maxwell.

    Artwork by Cody Maxwell.

    Opening graphic assets by UlyanaStudio.

    Opening music by Cody Maxwell.

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    1 hr 57 min
  • Saving a drowning victim and battling substance addiction (Kasey McCabe)

    Kasey McCabe is a father, brother, and friend......out of the depths of Hell and reborn in the fire of life.

    In this episode, Kasey and Maxwell discuss Venmo, youth, cliff jumping, the time Kasey saved a life, fatherhood, drug addiction, liberal vs. conservative, politics, and the upcoming 2020 general elections.

    All production by Cody Maxwell.

    Artwork by Cody Maxwell.

    Opening graphic assets by UlyanaStudio.

    Opening music by Cody Maxwell.

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    2 hr 1 min

About Maxwell's Kitchen

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Given the name of a 1980's 3rd place rodeo contestant, Cody Maxwell has found an interest in having non-sensical conversations with people who are smarter than him. After amassing tens of views on…