Whistle Pig

Thank you for all that you do! I tried to get unite these crazy kids to give you a beautiful Mothers Day message.. ENJOY!

Welp, I'm sorry this one is late. In this episode, I mumble about people not doing shit, penalizing poverty, restructuring a major organization and forgetting my recording equipment when going to record with a guest. I also go into some thinking ive been doing on consciousness, the soul and how they may be exponential in their ability to elevate.. There is a bit of random clicking in the home stretch that i couldnt quite clean up. Hang in there people. Stay free! 

Heres a short one for ya. Enjoy? 

Happy 1st Birthday to Lillian and also to my late Grandma Carolyn. I needed some time away but I'm back at it and I wanted to test adding the video element for this one. Thanks Jeff! Speaking of Jeff, go subscribe to The Ladder Up Podcast on YouTube! I was recently a guest and had a great time ranting on his platform. 

I immediately get distracted by thoughts of my wife's butt and share some thoughts on the recent assassination attempt while remaining as unbiased as possible. I also toss a few conspiracy ideas out and have a testosterone-fueled vent session about testosterone. 

I return after a month break to wish the United States of America a happy birthday. I read the Declaration of Independence (if you can call it reading) as a reminder to those of us who haven't read it in a while, and so that those that have never read it have an idea of what it means. My wife and youngest drop in momentarily, I toss a few "F" slurrs i chose not to bleep and I go off on something I cant remember. Happy 248th Birthday USA. We are doing our best to #StayFree. Well, some of us   Album art is from Independence Day 2016. My oldest drew this when she was 5 years old. #USA 

Aariyn joins me to record on a boat. In my garage. We talk about youth camp, why living in Michigan automatically makes you a gambler, happiness and ways to find it and being trans, among other things. Also, happy birthday to Aariyn's dad and mom!   National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255 Crisis Text Line:  Text HOME to 741741 Suicide was briefly mentioned, and anytime it is mentioned in this podcast, I want to provide a resource for those who may have suicidal thoughts (or thoughts of any type of self harm) and be in need of help. PLEASE, reach out. 

Michael is a philosophy major working toward his PhD and also son-in-law to Nicho. We discuss AI, morality, truth, ethics, logic, etc. I had several dull moments, but did my best to keep up and we hardly scratched the surface of the sea questions I have. We were very limited in time, but I feel like we could have talked for literal days. I very much enjoyed this conversation and want to thank Nicho for making it happen and Anschutz Cafe for allowing us to record and on such short notice. If youre in the area, stop in to Anschutz Cafe and get a bite to eat, a cold drink, or both. You wont regret it. 

I sit for a short, distracted ramble about Mother's Day, my anniversary, Leonidas' first fish and I can't remember what else. Something about technology, maybe? 

A simple idiot and some of his political thoughts. Oh, also Captain James Cook and Hernan Cortes. I try to paint a picture of life at sea but get lost thinking about the Cortes expedition into Mexico. Good shit

In part 2, Brook'l and I try to explain some nuisances of marijuana to Matt. We also lightly discuss trauma and Matt clears up and elaborates some stories I had heard as a kid. He also talks about speeding to prove a point, falling through a single pane window, and gives me some perspective on parenting. Also, Randall gives us some more vocalizations. This one is full of chuckles  

In this 1st part of a 2 part release, I start off heavy with the sarcasm and trick Matt into slipping a slur. Took less than 2 minutes. We then spend the majority of the 1st hour talking about dogs and poop. We talk about Lucy and Simon but never mention that they were Welch Corgi's. We then get into breeding controversy and even debate a couple conspiracies.  Follow Brook'l on; Twitter: @pleasedontimscared Everything else: lilearthlin  

This one is for my eldest daughter. To Akia: I hope you have a great day on your 13th birthday! I am extremely honored to have been able to witness your journey thus far and am very excited to see as much of the rest of it as I'm able.  I am also very proud of what you've done and who you've become. I hope you listen to this whenever you need a reminder, a pick-me-up or to flex. I love you more than words can describe.    To everyone else: I'm not doing this to make myself look any particular way. I'm doing this because I have the ability and want to have something for her to access whenever she wants and/or needs. Feel free to listen though if you would like.    P.S. I'll change the picture later 

I ramble about Harry Belafonte, recent revelations/realizations, pistols, the insanity of existence, pellet guns and how I am the fish gate-keeper. 

Zach hosts Jake and I at his home yet again for another episode. We talk a bit about hunting, dogs and their shenanigans, ghost stories, future predictions and NDE's. I also share a couple crazy stories (to me, at least) and retell my possible sasquatch sighting.    You can follow/creep on Zach at: IG: Zach_knight313 TikTok: High420days Snapchat: KnightKnight313  

Louie G takes a night off of working on his projects and invites me into his home for a LONG overdue session. We were plagued with technical hijinks in the beginning but we powered through. We bounce all over discussing social media, governmental overreach, anarchy, independent thinking and critical thinking along with a few other things. He even grabs a shovel and helps me dig a little. 

Grandpa, Gregg and I start while we wait on Brook'l and Brandon to arrive, at which point the 3 brothers are joined by Brook'l to argue about anything and everything. This is a little window into our sibling dynamic. We argue about technicalities, ways of thinking, and simply just to argue. Brandon's son Jrue even made his podcast debut. This one didn't quite go as I had imagined, but it is organic an I have faith that we will figure this podcasting thing out. The majority of this is an argument fueled by my lack of sleep and me spitting my stupid ideas but as always, I had a great time and very much look forward to the next one.  Also, Gregg was very open and honest about some darkness he experienced and I thank him for his courage in talking about a difficult time and subject because it not only hopefully helped him, but hopefully will help someone else listening at any point in the future. Heres the squirrel castration video: https://youtu.be/FhfRgLLn7EU National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255 Crisis Text Line:  Text HOME to 741741 Suicide was briefly mentioned, and anytime it is mentioned in this podcast, I want to provide a resource for those who may have suicidal thoughts (or thoughts of any type of self harm) and be in need of help. PLEASE, reach out.   Follow Brook'l:  Twitter: @pleasedontimscared Everything else: lilearthlin

Well, we took a stab at redemption . We start off joking about "mud crickets", hear about Jeff's short firearm deer season, cover some things we wanted to address or elaborate on from the previous episode and they let me dig myself a hole. I even get lost recounting how I used to mix a 5 gallon pail of "Jerrell Juice" and spin into a flashback. I love hanging with these guys and can not wait to see where our future conversations take (or put) us.  You can follow/creep on Zach at: IG: Zach_knight313 TikTok: High420days Snapchat: KnightKnight313

Ughhh.. Well, this one is quite cringe on my part. If you need to hydrate or want to play a drinking game, this is a good one. Choose from one of the following phrases and take a drink every time you hear it: "That's what I'm tryina say," "That's the thing," "Here's what I'm sayin," "Here's the thing" or if you're REALLY trying to hydrate/black out "Fuck/fuckin". I was extra vulgar, bullyish, and got very passionate at times. Forced points, lost track of talking points and talked circles trying to find them.. Just overall not happy with my conversational etiquette. I do know I'm not standing alone in the self-reflection pool, but I hope this will be a good example with positive takeaways in one way or another. Thank you for listening and supporting. Follow-up episode coming  You can follow/creep on Zach at: IG: Zach_knight313 TikTok: High420days Snapchat: KnightKnight313

I wasnt gonna post this. I was going to rerecord. I missed alot of things i wanted to say, forgot to mention certain topics, hit a 20 minute ramble, etc. This one was never on the rails. Fucked up my thank-yous IMMEDIATELY and it never recovered. But it euhhh, what it euhhh. I will address one thing I bobbled right off the bat quickly and leave the rest alone: Thank you Zack and Jeff for the continued behind-the-scenes support and and for being great, insightful, intelligent, open, honest, entertaining and respectful guests. 

I sit with my grandpa and Akia in this one. Akia had been wanting to sit down and record with grandpa for a while and we finally made it happen. Akia and I both kind of dropped the ball on this opportunity as she didn't bring her laptop with all of her questions and I hadn't prepared any to assist her in interviewing grandpa. Instead, I ramble and rant throughout the episode. Suprise

I get my mom and grandpa together for this one. Mom has some questions for grandpa, I have a Brian Adams brain fart and we pop a couple Arizona iced teas. I tell about my first memory, hear about grandpas experience with marijuana and even find out about my moms untimely experimenting with Satan's salad. They tell some stories, share some advice, and show extreme patience with my excited ramblings and interruptions. I appreciate them coming on very much and will have to do this again. I love you all. Thanks for the support and patience as I find my groove as a podcaster. And to my siblings, cousins, nieces and nephews... I am willing and prepared to die on the "I was the best kid ever" hill. 

I wasn't going to post this one, but its about as genuine and raw as they come. I finally share about my journey looking for my nephew, try to offer some life positivity, make an attempt at parenting advice and God knows what else. This episode originally was intended to be a check-in with some talking points.. but those blew away in the chaotic wind of chance and circumstance. I hope you find entertainment or take-aways in the content that is sandwiched between my mumbles and rambles. I know this is going to be a rough listen, so I appreciate your patience and patronage, and also apologize in advance. 

Well, its another family episode. I sit down with my grandpa and cousin Brook'l. Grandpa is fresh off a knee surgery and Brook'l is just-a-chillin. She had some questions she wanted to ask grandpa and I was excited for this one and, I'm sure that will come across as blatantly obvious. I even forgot to grab a picture of them together for the episode. Old habits die HARD. Enjoy!   Follow Brook'l on; Twitter: @pleasedontimscared Everything else: lilearthlin

We finally got 4 mics operating in this 4 person podcast. We discuss the Yellowstone super volcano, our dream interview/podcast guests, cannabis and the CRA, and several other topics. We were all over in this one. Heavily sprinkled with rambles and rants (mainly by yours truly). The train of thought left the rails several times. I had a great time. I learned and took away a lot from listening back to this one.  https://thesmokecircleeventsco.com/ IG: Zach_knight313                TikTok: High420days                          Snapchat: KnightKnight313 Find Zach (Senior) on TikTok: PandaInspace National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255 Crisis Text Line:  Text HOME to 741741 Suicide was briefly mentioned, and anytime it is mentioned in this podcast, I want to provide a resource for those who may have suicidal thoughts (or thoughts of any type of self harm) and be in need of help. PLEASE, reach out. 

Grandpa and I sit down before his knee surgery to catch up a bit and later DJ takes over and they tell some hunting stories, stories of varmint control, talk comedians and share their goals for 2024. I hope you find some humor and entertainment in here somewhere. This one is not for everyone.    Also, the rifle stock company that did an air rifle colab was MDT. not MCX.  The MCX is a rifle manufactured by SIG SAUER.. I have been thinking bout that SIG rifle A LOT

I sit down with my oldest for a short podcast. This episode was done as an experiment in life experience and gives a little window into our family dynamic. I am very proud of her for having the courage to get out of her shell, and I am always impressed by her intelligence, curiosity, insightfulness, honesty/bluntness and stubbornness. She says she is interested in doing more in the future, so there may be a possible new semi-regular daddy-daughter series of episodes coming. I hope you enjoy and can take something positive away from this. Go have a long-form conversation with your child(ren), you wont regret it, and neither will they. 

Zach invites me into his home yet again to record and we are joined by his brother Zach (seriously) who later trades places with surprise guest, Pi. You may know Pi as the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter. You may also know it to be an endless, irrational number. The human embodiment of Pi is just as irrational and thus, just as endless in his mystery. We hope you enjoy. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!! IG: Zach_knight313                TikTok: High420days                          Snapchat: KnightKnight313 Find Pi on Snapchat: Flyhighpie Find Zach (Senior) on TikTok: PandaInspace Also, I tried new recording hardware but I couldn't get it to work properly so at times, audio quality takes a slip but I just hope you'll continue to be patient with me as I figure this shit out

I sit down with my grandpa to record after far too long. We talk about some fishing and hunting thangs, winning the lottery, a red fox vs fawn, and I try to get too deep about several things. He shares some wisdom on "wealth" and gives some life advice (which I cant help but add to). We also lightly discuss a bit about the recent loss in the family, his great-grandson and my nephew, Jermaine Jones. I love talking with my grandpa, though I'm starting to feel like I do the majority of the talking. I hope you enjoy and can take something helpful and positive away from this.    Also, if you want to see the video he took of the red fox and the baby fawn you can see it here https://youtu.be/VsA28r7qH4k     

I go mobile and take a trip to Zach's place for this one. We discuss humanity, tell some stories and do some philosophizing. Just a general catch-up session. Much needed and long overdue. IG: Zach_knight313  TikTok: High420days Snapchat: KnightKnight313

Just a few updates and a rambling rant session

I'm back after a few week hiatus and as usual, I don't know what I'm trying to say or where I'm going. This was a somber one. 

Just another off-the-rails solo. Bear with me

I ramble about a recent bachelor party trip to hike Pictured Rocks and give a couple other updates. 

Jeff and I get SARCASTIC in this one. We start with me sharing a bit about Unit 731 and we discuss some CIA and other government operations/experiments. Also a few random sidebars. You can follow Jeff on instagram @ Jblackwell369 I hope it was worth the wait and I apologize for the delay in posting this episode. Got super busy and had an unexpected setback I will address on the next solo. Media script compilation- https://youtu.be/ksb3KD6DfSI  https://www.cdc.gov/tuskegee/timeline.htm  https://clintonwhitehouse4.archives.gov/textonly/New/Remarks/Fri/19970516-898.html    https://millercenter.org/the-presidency/presidential-speeches/march-4-1987-address-nation-iran-contra  https://archive.org/details/towercommission00unit  https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/search/site/Mkultra  https://archive.org/details/OperationAJAX/mode/2up  https://nsarchive2.gwu.edu/news/20010430/northwoods.pdf  Yuri Bezmenov- https://youtu.be/Z1EA2ohrt5Q 

I talk about rocks, issue some shout outs, lose my thoughts, shit on a particular vape and ramble a bit about our mine tour and recent trip to the U.P. for the 4th of July. 

Jace joins me again to discuss his time in the rodeo world and the reason he retired, his recently rekindled internal drive for self improvement and he tells a several stories including a trip west to do missionary work, an unsolved Ohio mystery, and the time he had a vehicle "abducted" by aliens. We even had a live leak of a UFO video sent in while recording. Per usual, I still rambled with excitement, over-shared and lost several trains of thought, despite my awareness of it. 

Ryan joins me on Fathers Day to record a shorter episode. We tell a couple stories and briefly discuss his upcoming trip to the Netherlands. I even share a piece of what I feel is a first and necessary step to mitigate the homeless crisis, followed up by a thought experiment bordering on socialism. 

Zach and Jeff join me to engage in some conversational chaos. We discuss peer support, we profile Putin (with our limited knowledge and understanding) and theorize the likelihood and reasoning of him launching (or not launching) nukes. We also address Zach's talking cats, what exotic pet we would have and Zach tells us how his uncle tricked his neighbor into picking up a hooker. Audio quality is a little fuzzier than I would like, but I was slacking at my job of monitoring while recording so, I apologize for any listening inconvenience. And also for my terrible retelling of a Jew joke.    You can follow/creep on Zach at: IG: Zach_knight313 TikTok: High420days Snapchat: KnightKnight313  

Its "cousin time" once again as Brook'l and I discuss climate change, whether or not money itself is protection, plutonic relationships and of course, music. Quite a few twists and turns sprinkled throughout this one. Including the absence of a pee break (I'm not sure how we did it). Also, I was trying to think of "Dust N Bones" as my Guns 'N Roses song for work, not "Right Next Door To Hell". Ughhh. Always something. Follow her on; Twitter: @pleasedontimscared Everything else: lilearthlin

Dakota tells me about his blackout at a club, his prerunner build and shares a couple of prerunner stories. We also transfer his turtle phobia from snapping turtles to spiny soft shell turtles. Also included: the usual random tangents. I very much enjoyed our conversation and look forward to the next one. You can follow him on TikTok and Instagram. Peep that truck Insta: @Mirubyrado TikTok: Dakotajohnson400

Drew and I talk about his latest book, alcohol, parenting and O.J. Simpson. I thoroughly enjoyed our conversation and cant wait for the next one. Follow him on Twitter: @Satisfiednerd

Bret and I sit down to catch up over a couple brews, which was FAR past due. He shares his story about his battle with cancer, along with some things to consider should one find themselves in a similar position. We also touch on his career as a diesel mechanic, his outdoor activities and his rise as a content creator on YouTube. Very much enjoyed catching up and am looking forward to the next time we can connect (mic'd up or not).  Follow him on YouTube: @HOMESTEAD_OPERATOR https://www.youtube.com/@HOMESTEAD_OPERATOR    

Zack and I sit and talk about his ghost experience, moth balls and some other things. He even graces us with a sneak peek of a couple bars he has been working on. As usual, I had a great time. You can follow/creep on him him at: IG: Zach_knight313  TikTok: High420days Snapchat: KnightKnight313   Follow his boy The Lost Kid at:  IG: Thelostkidoffical And Aaron Do Guid at: IG: 2goodguid Youtube: 2goodguid  

This was a rough one, lemme tell ya. Another unprepared solo episode. Try to follow along as I attempt to philosophize out loud. 

Grandpa and I talk about his recent fishing trip and close call, our favorite birds, a dream hunt and some other things in between. 

Jake joins me to hang and share some stories over a few brews. He shares a bit about his youth and growing up, along with some stories of mistakes made and lessons learned. We touch on welding, substance abuse and dogs. And what would this podcast be without me needlessly reciprocating stories?  Other than trackable, that is.   National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255 Crisis Text Line:  Text HOME to 741741   Suicide was briefly mentioned, and anytime it is mentioned in this podcast, I want to provide a resource for those who may have suicidal thoughts (or thoughts of any type of self harm) and be in need of help. PLEASE, reach out. 

It gets outdoorsy in this bitch as Jace and I discuss fishing, hunting, trapping and foraging. Not enough time to scratch too deep so naturally there must be a follow up episode (or eleventy) to dig deeper into some shared passions.  Aliens even came up briefly. And I did avoid the "bag of sugar"...sorta

Shes back! And she brought a tall martini. Another fun conversation with my cousin Brook'l. We talk at random and lose track of our thoughts, despite having some notes to help us keep on track. Train left the tracks early in this one.  So fun though Follow her on; Twitter: @pleasedontimscared Everything else: lilearthlin

I talk with Drew about a book he is currently authoring, his writing process and a bunch of random rambles. Briefly touched on the Giza pyramids, aliens, the evolution of education and parenting, as well as global warming theory. As usual, I let my mind and mouth get out of control (I know, I've gotta stop doing that). Follow him on Twitter: @Satisfiednerd