The Life Plot

Welcome back to another plot point in the timeline of humanity. it has been years since I have put an episode out, but I am back with a vengeance for content. on this weeks episode I sit down with comedian and writer Chris Hamilton to discuss our goofy plan to end racism, politics and sports history being side by side and how A.I. will bring people back to the love of humanity and the arts.

it has been awhile since a new episode has dropped and I wanted to come back with a relaxed funny conversation. Brought in Jose Ortiz to chop it up and preview a new podcast we'll be working on together soon. Catch up with Jose Ortiz hereIG: @joselito___IG @streetsaretalking.nycHost: Mario BenitezIG: @wario_benitezTwitter: @wario_benitezShot/Edited by: Matt WatsonIG: @mattwatson__

We're back with another episode coming straight to those eyeballs and earlobes with an awesome guest Leah V. Leah V is a poet and spoken word artist based out of NYC. We sat to discuss similarities of standup comedy and poetry, our time through the pandemic, how bad times filter through art and if there are any subjects in poetry that should not be spoken of.Catch up with Leah V herewww.leahvspeaks.comIG: @leahvspeaksHost: Mario Benitez IG: @wario_benitez Twitter: @wario_benitezShot/Edited by: Matt Watson IG: @mattwatson__

comic, actor and friend Ja-Ron Young returns to discuss psychedelics, standup comedy and the danger of comfort in politics and life..Catch up with Ja-Ron onIG: @jaronly1988 // @unusualculpritsLive monthly at the 6 Pack at britpack comedy showcase.https://6packatbritpack.com/index.html

Welcome back to another episode of The Life Plot. On this episode podcast favorite Lee Valentin returns to discuss the New York Knicks, fight sports, returning to comedy clubs, the future and legal prostitution.  This episode was a lot of fun and we hope you enjoy.Catch up with Lee Valentin here Twitter/IG: @leeovalentin

we're back and for this episode Mario Benitez sits with Jynx guitarist Jerry DeLorenzo. we touch on dope topics like what is intelligence, music venues in New York City, returning to Nu-Metal roots with Jynx and outlooks on music writing.catch up with Jerry and Jynx hereIG: @jerrydelorenzoIG: @wearejynxSpotify : https://open.spotify.com/artist/3nthcaxiFmmeqZun308NSM?si=YBLYE9uLR66a0SBN8OY3ZwShot/Edited: Matt Watson - IG: @mattwatson__Host: Mario Benitez - IG: @wario_benitez Twitter: @wario_benitez

We're back with another plot point to this thing called life. In this episode Mario Benitez sits down with comedian, animator and one half of the Frog Boyz Sean Newman. Sean comes in to discuss how being able to continue creating sketch cartoons helped through the pandemic, the canceling of cartoons / children's stories and past squabbles. Peep Sean and the Frog Boys here...https://www.frogboyz.comIG: @frog_boyzTikTok: @frog_boyzShot and Edited by Matt Watson. IG: @mattwatson_

We're back from the nexus hitting you with a new one. In this episode Mario Benitez sits with standup comedian Jared Waters. The discussion hits on topics such as growing up in the Netherlands compared to America, cartoons, the perception of African Americans in the world, practicing religion righteously and seeing through your visions. catch up with Jared onIG: @mrwaters_Listen to his podcast One Man One Tree and a Hill on iTunes. Anchor and Spotify.

On this episode Mario Benitez sits with Andrea Jones-Rooy, Ph.D. social scientist, comedian and circus performer. Andrea is a social scientist specializing in complexity and host of Ask A Political Scientist on Youtube. She sat to discuss the upcoming election and get at some contributing factors as to why people often vote against their own self interest.  We also discussed the balancing act of academia/professional life versus the life style of a comedian and circus performer. You can check more of her work belowhttp://www.jonesrooy.com/IG: @jonesrooyTwitter: @jonesrooyAsk A Political Scientisthttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSk4eWAHQYnG4CgyGjXnxHw

On this episode Mario Benitez sits with comedian Shari Diaz to discuss starting comedy in North Carolina, transitioning back to her home New York City, camaraderie between her fellow female comedians, producing the Oak City Comedy Festival and other funny topics. Follow Shari Diaz on IG: https://instagram.com/sdiazcomedy?igshid=17ww68oran970www.ShariDiazComedy.comand check out her Tres Betches podcast with fellow comics Jessica Clayton and Trina Alper.

Stewie Vill returns to catch up after six months and get into some subjects that are touchy these days. We spoke about the coddling of American youth, cancel culture, the luxury/quality of life in America compared to the world and whether our goals have shifted due to 2020.peep Stewie here:instagram: @StewieVill // @UnusualCulprits6packatbritpack.com

On this episode i bring in Jose Ortiz (Drummer, Producer, Videographer) to speak about our days spent performing in our former band Fatality. We discuss the ultimate end that came to the band after being blackballed from New York City hardcore scene. This was about the brief rise and hard fall to the project and what elements affected us till even this day. 

Malorie Bryant is a standup comedian, actress and producer who sat down to discuss if New York City is really dead, growing up as a mixed race woman in America, finding comedy after pursuing musical theater and various other dope subjects. Catch up with Malorie Bryant here:www.MalorieBryant.comcheck her produced shows here:www.MadLoveComedy.comand on social media @MalorieBryant

Joe Hill is a stand up comedian, host, producer, writer and Bronx New York native currently generating a buzz on the NYC comedy scene. He sat down to discuss the importance of helping others, art spaces for individuals like ourselves, pivoting with the time to continue creating and how to continue attacking goals. Check out Joe HillWWW.ThisIsJoeHill.comIG: @ThisIsJoeHilland his mixtape Who The F**k Is Joe Hill on all streaming platforms.

Other than being a good friend, Shodo is an actor, host and comic who sat down to catch up on the things that been on our minds these last few months. This conversation went from speaking about living in big cities compared to the suburbs to our experiences with psychedelics to how we look at dating while trying to achieve big goals. 

Ja-Ron Young is an actor, standup comedian and fellow Unusual Culprit member. He returned to have a discussion about the last four months since the Covid-19 pandemic hit America and everything that followed. 

Co-host Joel Daness sits down to discuss returning to his motherland of Guyana, current democratic primary race and the possibility of our simulated reality going haywire.Follow Joel Daness on Instagram: @The.Unreal.Joel

Lee Valentin returns for the TLP podcast’s 25th episode. Lee is a fellow Unusual Culprit and standup comedian who came in to have a free form conversation. We ended up hitting a lot of interesting subjects that have been on our minds as well as just being goofy. He helped me kick this podcast off and it was great to see how our mindsets have evolved in just 25 episodes. Follow Lee on Twitter:@LeeOValentin IG:@LeeValentin and Unusual Culprits on all social media @UnusualCulprits

Lexi Calderon is an actress and model who sat down this episode to discuss growing up in a predominantly white area of Florida as a mixed girl, the way Latinos are viewed throughout America, the freedom of film compared to comedy and the different attention brought about from both acting and modeling. check out her film The First Time Club on Amazon Prime and give a follow on social media.Instagram: #LexcCalderon

Fellow comedians/animators Frog Boyz Sean Newman and Jesse Vandenbergh sit down this episode to talk about what delivery method for comedy is the most free, what to keep in mind during the cancel culture era, the process for creating cartoons and the similarities and differences between standup comedy, sketch comedy, improv comedy and cartoons. Be sure to check them out at: FrogBoyz.com And on social media: FB: @FrogBoyz Instagram: @Frog_BoyzTwitter: @Frog_Boyz

Lauren Ashcraft is a standup comic currently throwing her hat in the race for a congressional seat in New York City's 12th district. she is challenging corporate democrat Carolyn Maloney with her progressive platform. Myself and Joel Daness sat to discuss why she is running, ideas to move ahead and what seems to be a key root to a lot of problems in this country, money in politics. check her out on all social media @VoteAshcraft and on her website LaurenAshcraft.com

Comedian Hayley Beacon sits down to discuss doing standup comedy on each coast, comedy competitions, the effects of the political climate on comedy, ultimate goals and some random goofy subjects as well. She was in town from San Francisco California and it was dope to chop it up. Check her on all social media @HayleyBeacon

Rafael Espinal is a NYC Council member representing the 37th District, which includes parts of Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brownsville, Bushwick, Crown Heights, Cypress Hills, and East New York in Brooklyn.In 2011 he was elected as the representative of the 54th New York State Assembly District, becoming the first Dominican elected into state office in Brooklyn and the youngest member of the entire state legislature.”Today he’s running for the position of NYC Public Advocate, on a mission to make New York “A Livable City” a place where you work to live, not live to work. https://www.rafaelespinal.nyc/Twitter: @RLEspinalInstagram: @RLespinal

Mason Youngblood is PhD student in Animal Behavior and Comparative Psychology at the City University of New York, studying cultural evolution in songbirds and humans. His focus is on how cultural and organic evolution interface through sexual selection, and how cultural transmission mechanisms shape population-level diversity. He is also a musician and a DJ, he goes by Callosum and has a new EP out titled MoonWake. You can check out his music at soundcloud.com/Callosum-1 and read his published work at masonyoungblood.com

as we close out one rotation around the sun and begin another host Mario Benitez recaps his 2018. Follow The Life Plot on Instagram @TheLifePlot.

Fellow unusual culprits Lee Valentin, Ja-Ron Young, Juan Escalante and Stewie Vill sit to discuss traveling, the balance between laughs and points of interest, goals, language and classes to take while in enrolled in Boricua College.

Artist Victor Roman sits down to discuss his exhibits WWW and SENT, the toll on society living through digital platforms, New York City upbringings, metal and hardcore music in the early 2000's and other dope shit. peep Victor on Instagram: @VictorromanStudios Www.VictorRomanStudios.com

Joel Daness returns to The Life Plot and we get into 9/11, our experiences with church and religion, the state of the societal structure, futurism, Colin Kaepernick, Nike and the evidence for reality being a simulation.Peep Joel onInstagram: @The.Unreal.Joel

Zilla Vodnas sits down to discuss representation, perceptions of latinos in America and how to tackle different audiences in comedy. Peep Zilla on Instagram: @GhostFaceZilla 

The TJ Squared podcast hosts Trinidad, Julio Rivera and Julio Diaz sit down to discuss competition within comedy, freedom of speech, consequences for said speech and the “mathematics” of standup comedy.

Fellow unusual culprit Juan Escalante sits down to discuss being the youngest in the Unusual Culprit's, the World Cup, Soccer in America, democratic socialism and why Americans tend to vote against their own interest. Check Juan onTwitter: @NerdwichInstagram : @NerdwichInstagram: @UnusualCulprits

Unusual Culprit Stewie Vill sits down to discuss act outs in standup sets, bombing, the murder of Lesendro Guzman-Feliz, hecklers, the boundaries in pc cultured comedy and the 6 Pack At Britpack comedy showcase. Peep Stewie on Instagram: @StewieVill 6packatbritpack.com

Mandella Eskia A.K.A BlackZeusx sits down to discuss the focus on attention rather than artistry, approaching audiences in music and comedy, the Black God Pantheon, Bury Me In Gold Vol 1's lyrics and his content for Vol 2. Check Mandella Eskia on Instagram: @Blackzeusx Bandcamp and Spotify: Mandela Eskia

Producer, Director and creator of New Needle Productions Louie Cortes sits down to discuss independent filmmaking, Screenplay writing, production management, his new feature, violence in movies and video games effect on children and the similarities between timing in horror and comedy.Check Louie onInstagram: @NewNeedleProductionsTwitter: @NewNeedleProd

Standup comedian and future PHD historian Jessica Fleischer sits down to discuss what people will look back upon from current society, British history, American history, freedom of speech, roast battles in New York City, standup comedy and where we could be headed in the future. Peep Jessica onFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/29471Roast Battle: https://youtu.be/UZpPytXuMQw

Owner of Kromagnon Kristen Luong sits down to discuss transitioning from biology to fashion design in a career, the similarities and differences of art and science, business goals in the fashion industry and the hardest part of going from learning and repeating to having creative freedom. Check out Kristen's line onInstagram: @KromagnonNYCFacebook: @KromagnonNYCwww.Kromagnon.com

comic and fellow Unusual Culprit Ja-Ron Young comes in to discuss growing up in Philly, the disconnect to history and its fallouts, the cult of personality and power given to celebrity, Michelle Wolf's WHCD set and more. Peep Ja-Ron onInstagram:@Jaronly1988Instagram:@6packatbritpack

Whang! Creator and Jynx guitarist comes in to talk about the heavy metal scene in New York, mixing of music cultures, becoming a Youtube personality, video game secrets and the Me Too movement in the metal scene. Link with Justin Whang onYoutube.com/whangwhangwhangInstagram:@JustinWhangYTTwitter:@JustinWhang

Tamer Kattan sits down to discuss touring in states that lean right, meeting opposing ideas in the middle, origins of laughter, Egypt after the Arab Spring and events in life that lead to taking the stage as a stand up comic.Look for Tamer on Twitter:@TamerKattan Instagram:@TamerKat

in this episode Joel Daness comes in to discuss the significance of Stephen Hawking's work and his warnings left behind for humanity. we get into Joel's environmental studies and whether we can save the conditions on earth for mankind or if it is ultimately doomed.Follow Joel on Instagram:@The.Unreal.Joel

in this episode Melissa Diaz and i discuss psychedelic trips, hope from the sciences, conspiratorial thinking and building an hour for the stage.Peep Melissa Diaz on Twitter:@MelsMissing Instagram:@Mels_Missing FB:@MelissaDiazComedian

Shodo sits to talk about pursuing a career in acting and starting modeling at a later age. We speak about our progress in our fields, because we started around the same time and also dive into the fetishizing of submissive asian women. Check Shodo on Instagram:@Sho_Do_Me

Guest Lee Valentin sits down for the first episode and we get into balancing life, divorce, marriage, telling jokes, real love and the creation of sex dolls. Check out Lee on Twitter:@Leeovalentin Instagram:@LeeValentin