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The Rick Thorne Show
by Rick Thorne
SUBSCRIBE. Hosted by professional bmxer, musician, actor, comedian, tv/radio host, artist and entertainer, Rick Thorne. Listen now to interviews and stories from professional athletes, musicians, actors, designers, artists and entertainers all doing rad stuff and how they pursued to live out their dreams.ENJOY. Stay Rad. @therickthornepodcast @rickthorne @goodguysinblack @cookingwiththethornes
Episodes
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Danny Minnick on The Rick Thorne Show
Pro skateboarder, filmmaker, actor and painter Danny Minnick talks with Rick Thorne about '80s punk and skate culture, the Seattle scene where he met Nirvana and Soundgarden, and how Larry Clark hired him as skateboard cinematographer on Wassup Rockers. He explains how Harold Hunter's death…
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Glenn "PP" Milligan on The Rick Thorne Show
BMX pro Glenn "PP" Milligan joins Rick Thorne to talk about growing up in Gerritsen Beach, Brooklyn, getting his first BMX bike by selling chocolate bars in fourth grade, and riding with the original New York crew at the Brooklyn Banks. He also talks about racing before freestyle, the Malali…
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Mykell Larrin on The Rick Thorne Show
BMX vert pro Mykell Larrin tells Rick Thorne about growing up riding in Racine, Wisconsin, his first contests, and how visualization helps him take on new tricks. He also talks about 15 Armed Forces Entertainment tours, including riding on tanks and water tankers and sleeping in the barracks, the...
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Franco Vescovi on The Rick Thorne Show
Tattoo artist Franco Vescovi joins Rick Thorne to talk about his teenage days in San Gabriel, where his cousins grew up alongside the tattoo artist Freddy who inspired him, the fine-line style that shaped him, and opening his first studio, El Toro Ink House, in Orange County. He goes deep on coil...
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Russell Burke on The Rick Thorne Show
Russell Burke tells Rick Thorne about May 26, 2013, when he dove off the back of a pontoon boat into shallow water at Lake Havasu and was instantly paralyzed with a C4/C5 injury, then flatlined on the medevac flight to Las Vegas. He talks honestly about months of depression, learning acceptance,...
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Jeff Zelinski on The Rick Thorne Show
BMX photographer and rider Jeff Zelinski joins Rick Thorne to talk about competitiveness in freestyle, making the first Animal video for Ralph Sinisi, and how Glenn Losey helped him go from freelance shots to working at Ride and Transworld BMX. He also covers shooting stills versus video,...
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Eddie Jackson on The Rick Thorne Show
Kickboxer Eddie Jackson talks with Rick Thorne about learning to fight, the anxiety and pressure athletes carry, and the difference between amateur smokers and licensed pro fights. He explains why you can't 'play fight' when one shot can change your life, and tells the story of his last…
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Freddy Negrete on The Rick Thorne Show
Tattoo legend Freddy Negrete talks with Rick Thorne about the black-and-gray style that grew out of California prisons, working as a tattoo technical adviser on around 30 films like Con Air and Blood In Blood Out, and how flash and the internet changed the trade. He tells how he gave himself a...
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Frankie Loyal on The Rick Thorne Show
Actor Frankie Loyal talks with Rick Thorne about spending 10 days in the ICU over his birthday and Christmas, and about his late friend Sid Krofft, the legendary puppeteer behind H.R. Pufnstuf, whom he helped move out of his Hollywood home before he passed at 96. He also covers his first acting…
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Ric Diez on The Rick Thorne Show
Comedian Ric Diez joins Rick Thorne to talk about open mics, how the room itself changes a comedy show, and what BMX taught him about knowing his limits. He shares stories from living and performing abroad in places like Thailand, explains why people get stuck in their comfort zone, and gives his...
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Sandy Danto on The Rick Thorne Show
Comedian Sandy Danto talks with Rick Thorne about why he performs in a suit, Bill Hicks and Denis Leary, and the advice he gives young comics about one-liners, storytelling and crowd work. He tells the story of opening for Bobby Lee when two hecklers flashing gang signs started a five-minute…
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Joe Escalante on The Rick Thorne Show
Joe Escalante, bassist for The Vandals, founder of Kung Fu Records and now a manager for Sublime, joins Rick Thorne to talk about the early Orange County punk scene, how he joined The Vandals, and why some people said punk was dead. He also tells how Penelope Spheeris let the Suburbia cast vote…
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Mark "Gonszo" Gonzales on The Rick Thorne Show
Comedian Mark "Gonszo" Gonzales tells Rick Thorne how he got the nickname and why he spells it with an S before the Z, why being original matters in stand-up, and the difference between actors who are funny and real stand-up comics. He shares stories about doing stand-up at a nudist colony, a...
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Janet Roth on The Rick Thorne Show
Ukrainian-born comedian Janet Roth tells Rick Thorne about growing up after the Soviet Union fell apart, starting comedy with 20 pages of material, and creating her roast character Valentina. She explains why she actually likes getting roasted, why she fosters dogs and pushes shelter adoption…
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Curtis Fontenot on The Rick Thorne Show
Skateboarder and streamer Curtis Fontenot tells Rick Thorne about aging out of foster care at 19, sleeping in his car, and how a Spider-Man skateboard became his only outlet. He also talks about the Crockett family who took him in, his Crunch Skate Club board collab, livestreaming skating every...
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Cinthya Brasil on The Rick Thorne Show
Brazilian comedian and actress Cinthya Brasil talks with Rick Thorne about myths about Brazilians, standing out as an outsider, and her love of Andy Kaufman. She tells how she discovered stand-up through TikTok voiceover clips after leaving acting school one semester before the stand-up class,...
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Tommy Gelinas of Valley Relics Museum on The Rick Thorne Show
Tommy Gelinas, founder of the Valley Relics Museum, gives Rick Thorne a tour through San Fernando Valley history, from the first Chevy Camaro built in Van Nuys to the Palomino club where Linda Ronstadt got her start. They dig into '70s BMX brands like Redline, rescued neon signs, backyard pool...
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JT Jasinski on The Rick Thorne Show
Musician and online creator JT Jasinski joins Rick Thorne to talk about the running joke that he's Jerry Cantrell's son, getting called Jesus at shows, and his 'Ruining Songs That Sound Like Someone Else' series that built his following. He also covers riffing on trending music news like Dave...
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Cold Forty Three on The Rick Thorne Show
Moyes and Josh of the punk band Cold Forty Three join Rick Thorne to talk about how the band got its name, working as Dodger bat boys, and following tours in their van until they landed on Warped Tour, which they played three years in a row, including two summers as the tour's BBQ band. They also...
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Erik "Smelly" Sandin of NOFX on The Rick Thorne Show
NOFX drummer Erik "Smelly" Sandin tells Rick Thorne how he met Fat Mike in the early-'80s LA punk scene and joined NOFX as a teenager out of Caustic Cause. He talks openly about heroin addiction, getting sober on August 7, 1992, and how the band gave him a reason to get clean, plus 20 years of...
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Greg Dickson of Toxic Energy on The Rick Thorne Show
Greg Dickson of the ska band Toxic Energy talks with Rick Thorne about his radio show days, growing up on heavy metal in Baldwin Park, finding ska, and rehearsing next door to a pre-fame No Doubt, where Eric Stefani let him bring his trombone into their room. He also talks about marketing a band,...
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Jeff Tremaine of Jackass on The Rick Thorne Show
Jackass co-creator and director Jeff Tremaine takes Rick Thorne from the Rockville BMX scene to working at Freestylin' and Snowboarder magazines and running Big Brother magazine from 1992 to 2000. He explains how Jackass grew out of the Big Brother videos with Johnny Knoxville, why they quit MTV,...
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Mike Davenport on The Rick Thorne Show
Mike Davenport, bassist for The Ataris, sits down with Rick Thorne to talk about leaving the band in 2006 to start Versus the World, playing Hellfest to a crowd of about 80,000, and the Santa Barbara scene that also produced Nerf Herder. He opens up about his upcoming memoir This Is Where the…
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Shiragirl on The Rick Thorne Show
Shiragirl tells Rick Thorne how she worked Warped Tour for the Truth campaign in 2003, crashed the tour in a pink RV the next year, convinced Kevin Lyman to let her stay, and launched the Shiragirl stage for female-fronted bands in 2005, the year Paramore played it on their first-ever tour. She...
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Jeff DeChesare on The Rick Thorne Show
Pro street skateboarder Jeff DeChesare tells Rick Thorne how winning the YouTube Skate League (YSL) and landing an inward heelflip down the Santa Monica pier triple set got Street League's attention, leading to wild-card spots at SLS Spot Takeover events in Cleveland and Vegas, and why he's more...
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Día de los Locos Festival, Live from Bullhead City, Arizona, on The Rick Thorne Show
Rick Thorne heads to Bullhead City, Arizona, for the first Día De Los Locos Festival and talks with the bands backstage. He catches up with The Ghostwood Murder, Miles to Nowhere, Talking Bombs, Jason DeVore of Authority Zero, and Frank and George of Voodoo Glow Skulls, who explain how the…
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Tania Estrada on The Rick Thorne Show
Comedian Tania Estrada, crowned the Latin Queen of Comedy, talks with Rick Thorne about structuring bits for bigger laughs, dealing with hecklers, and what she learned working with comics like Paul Rodriguez. She breaks down how club shows really work, from seating to networking, and talks about...
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Tony Donaldson on The Rick Thorne Show
BMX photographer Tony Donaldson tells Rick Thorne how he went from riding a Schwinn Predator in the early '80s to writing to Super BMX and moving to LA 37 years ago to shoot freestyle. He explains why riders hate newspaper photographers, what working at the magazines was like, and tells the story...
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Dave Nourie on The Rick Thorne Show
Flatland pioneer Dave Nourie tells Rick Thorne how winning novice led Bob Haro to call two weeks later and sponsor him, and how five years on the road with the Haro team, sometimes riding for 1,500 kids, taught him showmanship. He also talks about alternative school, working JT sales, advice from...
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Colin "Scummy" Morrison on The Rick Thorne Show
Freestyle motocross pioneer Colin "Scummy" Morrison takes Rick Thorne back to the first ramp-to-ramp jump show in Vegas in 1998 and the hard-partying Metal Mulisha years. He talks openly about riding through injuries on pills, rehab in 2012, secretly relapsing and being high while interviewing...
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Jamario McClain on The Rick Thorne Show
Comedian Jamario McClain, a former college defensive back who walked on at Cerritos College as a receiver before switching to safety, tells Rick Thorne about football, NFL dreams, and why you have to be a little psycho to play. He talks about working cruise ships, why clean sets open more doors,...
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Doah Lee of Doah's Daydream on The Rick Thorne Show
Doah Lee of the reggae band Doah's Daydream tells Rick Thorne about growing up in Hawaii, leaving home at 17, the door-to-door solar job she calls the worst she ever had, selling Xerox copiers, and quitting her medical device sales job to go all in on music. She talks about moving to San Diego,...
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Handren Seavey on The Rick Thorne Show
Freestyle skier turned comedian Handren Seavey tells Rick Thorne how a Tahoe comedy gig got him back to skiing for free, and explains mogul skiing, trampoline training and summer glacier skiing at Whistler. He looks back on the early days of halfpipe skiing, when he competed in X Games qualifiers...
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Clayton Graul on The Rick Thorne Show
DIY skatepark builder Clayton Graul talks with Rick Thorne about building skate spots around Los Angeles, from cops thinking he was building a house to an off-duty cop in the Hollywood Hills. He explains how the Cornside DIY came together, how growing up with Burnside shaped him, finding and...
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Sebastian "SeaBass" Fowler on The Rick Thorne Show
BMX rider and comedian Sebastian 'SeaBass' Fowler tells Rick Thorne about riding his BMX bike from San Diego to New York, racing to make a Kill Tony taping in Austin along the way. He covers the headwinds, mountain lions the night before the show, cops giving him opposite rules about the…
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Jeremy Wray on The Rick Thorne Show
Pro skateboarder Jeremy Wray joins Rick Thorne for an extended conversation about contests, the original kickflip, and diffusing run-ins with security guards. He explains his famous 1997 water tower gap, and how photographer Daniel Harold Sturt bet him a couple hundred bucks he couldn't run and...
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Kanya Sesser on The Rick Thorne Show
Adaptive skateboarder, athlete and model Kanya Sesser tells Rick Thorne about her rare time in prosthetics on a TV set, coming within one second of the London Paralympics in track, and shooting an LA 2028 Olympics commercial. She also talks about skating against able-bodied skaters, riding Circus...
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Anthony Amorello on The Rick Thorne Show
Comedian Anthony Amorello tells Rick Thorne about working security at pandemic drive-in comedy shows at the Magic Castle, taking a security guard job at The Comedy Store, and becoming the door guy, which Frank Castillo called getting into the Ivy League of comedy. He also talks about growing up…
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Comedian Jay Washington on The Rick Thorne Show
Pro wrestler, actor and comedian Jay Washington talks with Rick Thorne about the history behind last names like Washington and Freeman, what makes a true headliner, and how he got into wrestling. He remembers his first gimmicks, a Zulu-warrior costume and then the tag team Rage and Trauma…
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Rachel Sterling on The Rick Thorne Show
Actress, comedian and former Playboy model Rachel Sterling talks with Rick Thorne about agents shaving years off her age, adapting fast to survive, and how she became a dancer in 1993 at Santa Barbara's 101 Cafe to get back at a boyfriend who said a strip club was 'no big deal.' She also opens up...
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Amanda M. Terry on The Rick Thorne Show
Makeup artist, actress and model Amanda M. Terry tells Rick Thorne about doing hair, makeup and special effects on Guns of Redemption, helping with effects on The Gunslingers with Nicolas Cage, and filming westerns in Cave City, Kentucky. She also opens up about losing her dad to cancer in 2018…
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Jorge Casillas of Voodoo Glow Skulls on The Rick Thorne Show
Jorge Casillas of Voodoo Glow Skulls takes Rick Thorne back to the band's late-'80s start in Riverside with his brothers Frank and Eddie, backyard parties, and early shows at Spanky's Cafe and Gilman Street. He tells how the band's record store and venue hosted early Fat Wreck Chords bands like...
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Quinton "Rampage" Jackson on The Rick Thorne Show
Former UFC champion and Pride FC star Quinton 'Rampage' Jackson talks with Rick Thorne about sponsor deals like Boost Mobile, fighter pay, CTE, and his Orange County team. He tells the story of his first MMA fight, taken against the Memphis champion on three days' notice, where a rigged weigh-in...
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Ben Crockett on The Rick Thorne Show
BMX rider, musician and author Ben Crockett tells Rick Thorne about living with polycystic kidney disease, which doctors found after a crash at 16, and how being too scared to throw a half barspin turned into his own switch-handed toboggan trick that made BMX Plus. He also talks about his 10…
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Greg Hetson on The Rick Thorne Show
Circle Jerks guitarist Greg Hetson tells Rick Thorne about his first punk show, the Dickies and Middle Class at the Whisky in July 1978, his short run in Red Cross playing with the Germs and Black Flag, and forming Circle Jerks with Keith Morris, who was then in Black Flag. He also explains how a...
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Tokyo Hiro on The Rick Thorne Show
Tattoo artist Tokyo Hiro tells Rick Thorne about tipping, working as a highly sensitive person, and a crazy Mark Mahoney story from the Shamrock Social Club. He looks back on getting tattooed as a teen in Japan, the Bob Roberts flyer that made him save up and fly to LA, the Hannya mask design...
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Jim Lindberg of Pennywise on The Rick Thorne Show
Pennywise singer Jim Lindberg tells Rick Thorne how the Sex Pistols, Black Flag and the Hermosa Beach scene turned him into a punk kid, and how Pennywise grew up on early Epitaph. He explains why Warped Tour mattered, from watching the Plain White T's play to nobody before 'Hey There Delilah'…
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Sumthing Strange on The Rick Thorne Show
The band Sumthing Strange, formed in 2020, joins Rick Thorne for a loose, funny conversation about their '80s alternative-inspired sound, Jim Morrison comparisons, and one member's move from Philly to California. They talk about what their live shows are like, catchy songwriting from Depeche Mode...
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Bill Allen of RAD on The Rick Thorne Show
Bill Allen, who played Cru Jones in the BMX cult classic RAD, tells Rick Thorne about his first movie, a never-released Kentucky film that was also George Clooney's first, living in Rosemary Clooney's guest house, and meeting Lou Diamond Phillips in acting class in Dallas. He talks about the…
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Joel Jimenez on The Rick Thorne Show
Comedian and musician Joel Jimenez tells Rick Thorne about growing up in LA's Frogtown neighborhood and running the Marsh Park skatepark for 10 years. He talks about his band Mad Peaceful, living with panic disorder, jiu-jitsu injuries, and how he went from theater and improv to Kill Tony, where…
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SUBSCRIBE. Hosted by professional bmxer, musician, actor, comedian, tv/radio host, artist and entertainer, Rick Thorne. Listen now to interviews and stories from professional athletes, musicians, actors, designers, artists and entertainers all doing rad stuff and how they pursued to live out their dreams.ENJOY. Stay Rad. @therickthornepodcast @rickthorne @goodguysinblack @cookingwiththethornes
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