People We Love

Colorado's own and Libertarian Party Congressional candidate for Colorado's 3rd District, James Wiley is running in 2024 against incumbent Republican Lauren Boebert. James is a passionate firebrand with professional experience in technology, finance, and marketing. Growing up primarily in Kazakhstan with his family on a post-Soviet missionary journey, this is where James learned many life skills and lessons from his unique life experience. He loves his family and in this episode tells me all about them, and especially the huge impact James' dad Ron has had on him.

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Singer, performer, copywriter, and more Juliet Annerino is originally from Chicago, and growing up in a smart family with four siblings, she has been an intellectually curious person and quite the avid reader since she was a young child. A fan of all things the arts and philosophy, Juliet always has loved music, as has performed the Great American Song book at venues all over the world. Juliet herself has a way with words and we dig into many topics, including her admiration for someone else who had a way with words, philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche.

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Today we have Watertown, Massachusetts' own, comedian Chris Keene. This half Armenian former musician of the band Mean Creek tells me all about how playing music and writing songs helped him establish an identity growing up. Always a creative person, music lead to acting and then to stand up comedy. And we get into all – music, comedy, and little politics. And Chris tell me all about his admiration for the legendary late comedian, Bill Hicks.

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Aledo, Illinois' own, podcast host, musician, entrepreneur, and much more, Dan Smotz was fun to chat with. Growing up with a pastor dad, it wasn't too long before Dan went from being pretty sheltered to being into all sorts of secular music, tattoos, and conspiracy theories. We cover the many hats Dan has worn over the years, and cover his political journey and creation of The System of Down podcast. He also tells me all about the special relationship he has with his high school bandmates in The Dawn Retreat, who he recently reunited with as they celebrate their most recent album release, Crown of Horns.

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Mt. Lebanon, PA's own podcast host and much more, John Odermatt grew up right outside Pittsburgh and tells me all about his home run derby, football playing childhood. High school led to Penn State, to the West Coast, and eventually back to the Pittsburgh area where he met his wife. A father, a land investor, a health / wellness entrepreneur, a podcasting meme analyst, and more, this was such a fun conversation with, and Lions of Liberty's Finding Freedom's own, John Odermatt. twitter.com/JohnOdermatt, instagram.com/peoplewelovepodcast, instagram.com/adamchoit, twitter.com/adamchoit, peoplewelovepodcast.com

Pacoima, California's own, comedian Arthur Hamilton tells me all about playing sports, to watching Dragonball-Z as kid, to his eventually appreciation for psychedelics. Though originally from LA it was out in Phoenix, Arizona where Arthur first dove into standup comedy. Since then it's been a journey, and Arthur Hamilton talks about so many comedy friends and comedy influences along the way, including the one and only icon and legend, Dave Chappelle. instagram.com/comedianarthur, instagram.com/peoplewelovepodcast, instagram.com/adamchoit, twitter.com/adamchoit, peoplewelovepodcast.com

Dwight Pryde is a Texas raised, Los Angeles based up standup comedian / writer with a flair for taking a negative situation or event, and turning it into a FUNNY negative situation or event. A proud father himself, Dwight is no stranger to tragedy and loss, having lost both his mom and dad. Beyond family, he also tells me about two very special relationships he developed in LA with entertainment industry veterans, his former acting teacher, Dustin Felder, and comedy producer, Cassie Dang, both who've also sadly passed. Dwight's story is an inspiring one, and it's inspiring how he's always able to find the humor in everything.

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Today's guest is Joel, also known as Infinite Zeal Syndicate on Twitter. And that's where we originally connected. Just a really supportive guy, I was curious about the man behind the account. Turns out Joel is a family man originally from New Jersey, now living in South Carolina. We talk family and having a twin sister, we talk not caring about school, and we talk politics. But in addition to his entrepreneurship with IZS, Joel tells me all about his longtime friend since childhood, comedian Billy Hockman, and how Billy has truly inspired Joel to pursue his own creative goals that much more. https://twitter.com/_InfiniteZeal, http://instagram.com/peoplewelovepodcast, http://instagram.com/adamchoit, http://twitter.com/adamchoit, http://peoplewelovepodcast.com

Today we have Cleveland, Ohio's own, HEXcellerate. This Twitter aficionado is currently working in tech and wears several hats, which include being a music producer and a cohost on the Golden Showers Sunday Stream with Forest Mommy. A firearms enthusiast and defender of the Second Amendment, "Hex" credits Colion Noir, Maj Toure, and his dad for helping push him with his training and education.

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These days Adrian Malagon is the Chair of the Libertarian Party of Contra Costa County, the LP Mises Caucus, and was just newly elected also as the Chair of the Libertarian Party of California. Back in the day though, Adrian recalls being a good student but a subpar student, who eventually found his way into sports and band. Mostly raised by his loving grandparents Aurora and Abraham, Adrian gives lots credit to author/podcaster Tom Woods and Angela McArdle for his inspiration into political activism.

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