Shit Gets Deep

This week the crew welcomes back returning friend of the show and fellow podcaster TJ The Mayor of Beyond The Tracks Podcast in studio for a conversation that has been a long time coming. The last time the BTT boys were in the house, they were putting out one show per month and were really starting to find their stride. Smash cut to current day, BTT has gone to once a week and made many moves and changes and these fellas are doing BIG THINGS! Join us for a little catch up session to find out what the guys have been up to, and of course we had to get a bit deep with Mr. Mayor. So please, join in on the conversation and ALSO… head on over to Beyond The Tracks Podcast on all listening platforms to hear Just Scott and Tyner The Pirate Chef on their podcast this week. Cheers!!!

Is there an unwritten rule you adhere to without even thinking? Maybe it’s an odd superstition, or maybe you’ve seen something negative happen enough times, you avoid that particular situation all together. Some of them have no rhyme or reason, and make no sense at all. You just keep living that way because it is comforting and easier. Most of us have little lines drawn in the proverbial sand where we blindly make choices based on our own experiences and intuitions. Have you ever thought about them? How did they start? Is there any valid reason behind them, or is it just gut instinct? Today Just Scott and Tyner The Pirate Chef discuss some of theirs and examine a few other examples of these little “life rules” which we use as a road map in an attempt to navigate life in the most stress free, hassle free, Karma free way possible. If you have any of your own unique life rules, send them in to the email [email protected], or to the Phone line via text or voicemail at (510) GET-DEEP. Always looking forward to hearing from you, and hope you enjoy this week’s episode. CHEERS!!!

Ever bet your friend a freeze pop you could throw a ball farther than they can, bet your dad Philly was going to beat New York in the game on Sunday, lost your entire life savings on a trip to a gas station casino in Montana? The desire to gamble is an unexplainable phenomenon which tugs at many of our brains (and wallets) from time to time. Either you’ve got it or you don’t. But what is even more unexplainable is luck. Is it real? Why do some people seem to have it in bushels and other people (like our very own Pirate Chef) seem to take an unbelievable amount of bad beats. Why do we keep coming back to the betting table? The feeling of that win, chasing the dragon of the one time you bet $5 on a NFL parlay and hit for $342 before the 4:05 games even started on Sunday. Of course that is why! So here’s to all the winners, the losers, the lucky ones, and the mushes out there ruining a good game of craps for everyone involved, BON CHANCE!!! And CHEERS!

This week the fellas welcome returning guest and friend of the show Mikey Shumaker into Studio B, because CONGRATULATIONS are in order. Since we last had the opportunity to sit down with him and chat, 8 Mile Vodka… the brand he champions, represents, hypes, has a stake in, AND generally works his ass off for has BLOWN UP!!! Not only have they became the official vodka of the Detroit Pistons, been welcomed into Tiger Stadium, and began a wider distribution of the brand outside of Michigan… they have won Double Gold at the San Francisco Spirits Competition AND won Best of Class Vodka and Best of Class Overall Vodka for 2022 out of all the Double Gold winners. We find no finer way to congratulate the homie, than have him in studio and sip some 8 Mile cocktails and offer a standing ovation. We also figured we would throw a bit of a curve ball Mikey’s way and ask him what he wanted to “Get Deep” about, which led to some great convo on some old school SGD topics we haven’t really brought up in a while. After all was said and done, one thing is obvious… Mikey is going to have to come on back soon and jump right into the deep end for some more thought provoking topics. We, hope you enjoy this weeks episode… Go to 8milevodka.com to get some for yourself, tell em Shit Gets Deep sent ya, and make sure you give a virtual Hi 5 because IT’S A CELEBRATION BITCHES! Cheers!!!

Upon further reflection, last week’s episode was not nearly enough time to discuss Agenda 21 and the controversy that seems to surround this initiative. So we took a deep breath after traveling off into the weeds on tangent after tangent, and tried to refocus ourselves and take another swing at this topic. This week we dive right into the meat and potatoes of the document itself and we discuss a “cliff notes theatresque” list of the core tennants and bullet points of Agenda 21. NOW may we have used an unsubstantiated, non fact checked, non-reliably sourced document to highlight our subject? MAYBE, but you’ll get the point. We do also give you a direct link to the 351 page actual factual document if you’d like to do some light reading on the subject. The fact remains that Agenda 21 is a real thing, and it has been shaping policy and the direction of society since the First Bush was in the presidency. That’s 1992 for you all if you can’t remember that far back. So PLEASE, sit back relax and just appreciate all the hard work the leaders of the free world are doing to ensure you can easily slide right into the THEY LIVE type of future world they have all planned out for us. Remember guys, it is just SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT. That is all, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT…. Its for our own good. If you don’t believe us, check it all out for yourselves. We’re just here trying to make you think. Think for yourself, check out all the facts, educate yourself, and THEN decide if your best interests are being looked our for. Cause WHY WOULDN’T THEY BE??? Agenda 21 Part Deux… CHEERS!!!

This week the fellas decided to do something a little different, a little sketchy, and perhaps a little bit dangerous. They decided to poke at the bear… the “they” that seem to be in charge of the narrative, the rules, the things we see and hear, AND the direction in which society is headed. And its ALL for our well being… just blindly trust “them”. Well, at least that’s what we have been told thus far. Part 1 of a 2 part series on the handbook to a sustainable future for generations to come (no sarcasm in that statement we promise). AGENDA 21!!! If you’ve been paying attention at all to current events and add them all up, or perhaps just been keeping eyes on the world leaders and elites since the late 80s early 90s, you may have heard this term thrown around. But what is it really? At its best, its base tenants are a plan to ensure our safety, sustainability and, longevity of society going forward into the uncertain future. At its worst it is a conspiracy theorist’s wet dream of a dystopian future with everyone enslaved to serve our benevolent lizard overlords. This week we take a deep dive into Agenda 21 and theorize about what it is, and why the elites and world leaders find it sooooo important that we move society in this particular direction. Sustainable Development, sustainable development, sustainable development, say it one more time sustainable development… That’s what its all about, sustainable development. We promise it is just sustainable development. Cheers!!!

Our inner monologue, the voice inside our head, the conversation we have with ourself, OR the odd comments that seem to come from somewhere else that just pop into our heads, everyone has their own unique version of this phenomena. This week Just Scott and The Pirate Chef have a discussion about just that. What do you spend your time thinking about when you are alone? Is there a dominant subject matter? Or is it just random thoughts strung together by seemingly nothing? ALSO intrusive thoughts…. Who has them? We now know, The Pirate Chef certainly does, and as goes with intrusive thoughts some of them are DARK! Not that we’d expect anything less of him. Regardless of the subject matter of the chatter, it seems like the dialogue that takes place internally within our heads is just a part of who we are. It is almost a constant in our lives that most of the time we probably don’t even consider, since it’s just a fact of life. Today we examine the subject and try to figure out why sometimes it seems to come from somewhere else instead of from within. Cheers!!!

This week, the fellas spend some time recapping their recent race/weekend getaway on one of the beautiful Lake Erie Islands… AKA Put-In-Bay. It also may or may not have had something to do with the reason we missed recording last week and contributed to our 80% of the time ALL the time promise. Good times were had by all, and we all made it back in one piece. Slightly haggard, slightly sunburnt, slightly stoopid, and slightly more piratey than the last time we hit the water and raced the annual Toledo Yacht Club Mills Cup Race. Also for all you Roller Coaster lovers out there, Tyner The Pirate Chef has just returned from a trip to the best Amusement Park ON THE PLANET!!! Cedar Point… America’s Roller Coast. The place just gets better and better with each passing year (except for the spinny rides, those can kick rocks). Cheers!!!

Maannnn, I've been putting off writing this for quite some time. It took so long for us to address our propensity to procrastinate, that this episode should have happened somewhere in the 60-70 episode range. Today the boys finally faced the issue that The Pirate Chef claims to be one of his biggest shortcomings. Procrastination is an interesting subject. It can really be a problem if it is a chronic occurrence. Some people never do it, some do it constantly. Regardless it has probably affected all of us at one point in our lives. If you put off listening to this episode, we get it. Just promise that you'll get to it eventually... Cheers!!!

Comedy Chaos… This week the fellas explore a subject that at its core is meant for one thing, to make us LAUGH! If that is the case, then why oh why do so many people get offended by comedy in certain cases? Its happened plenty of times in the past, but nowadays seems to really be magnified and more and more has found its way to the forefront of news headlines and talks around the water cooler. We hypothesize that maybe just maybe, it is because comedy does such a good job of pointing out the intricacies of life, and that someone with a bit less thick a skin may feel a joke hit way too close to home… so LIGHTEN UP!!! Laugh a little, and join us this week to realize that life is a joke… and it's on us. CHEERS!!!