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Bad Bosses & Bad Jobs, Story Time | Hullabaloo

Bad Bosses & Bad Jobs, Story Time | Hullabaloo This one had us crying. In this episode of Hula Baloo, Nikolai and Chad sit down to trade war stories about their absolute worst jobs and most unhinged bosses, and neither of them disappoints. Nikolai gets Shanghai'd into washing dishes at Denny's against his will, survives a summer at Build-A-Bear where he named a T-Rex in a wedding dress T. Ranny, sang London Bridge with two lesbians over a Meowth Pokemon, roasted high school girls until there was a line out the door, and finally quit by telling his wig-wearing manager she should consider a lace front. Chad, meanwhile, gets fired from a record store after running a weekly free-for-all with his crew, then drives a 1984 Audi from New Mexico to Alaska to work at a fish cannery ,arriving in penny loafers and a Ralph Lauren sweater, and ends up squishing six inches of fish guts into a drain for the summer. Two gay men, two generations, two absolutely unhinged career origin stories. "You are inebriated." Allison, manager of Strawberries Records & Tapes, probably 1994. Subscribe for new episodes every week. From us to you at Hullbaloo we love you. #Hullabaloo, #WorstJobsEver, #BadBoss, #FunnyPodcast, #QueerPodcast, #GayPodcast, #LGBTQPodcast, #StorytimePodcast, #BuildABear, #Dennys, #AlaskaLife, #FishCannery, #WorkStories, #CrossGenerational, #GayMen, #ComedyPodcast, #PopCulturePodcast, #CareerFails, #TrueStories, #FunnyStories

Hullabaloo Reviews The Little Prince | Hullabaloo Podcast | Chad & Nikolai

Hullabaloo Reviews The Little Prince | Hullabaloo Podcast | Chad & Nikolai Some books find you at exactly the right moment. That's what happened to Nikolai and Chad this week. In this episode of Hula Baloo, the boys sit down with Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's The Little Prince, one of the best-selling books in human history, and neither of them was prepared for how hard it would hit. Chad called it a 10 out of 10 from the first page. Nikolai gives it a five-star, no-notes, A+. They're both reading it again. They get into everything: the fox and what taming really means, the rose as ego and vulnerability, the snake as the death of childhood, why the book was banned by the Nazis, and the line that stopped them both cold, "What is essential is invisible to the eye." Plus, Nikolai shares the story of his stepmom letting him be a detective as a kid, complete with a hat, a coat, and decaffeinated coffee. It might be the sweetest thing ever said on this podcast. Also: Chad's Italian property drama, Nikolai preparing to live out of a suitcase in Barcelona, and the two of them accidentally walking into a Little Prince hater forum on Goodreads. A reminder that childlike wonder is not something to grow out of, it's something to protect. Subscribe for new episodes every week. From us to you at Hullabaloo, we love you. #HulaBaloopodcast #TheLittlePrince #Podcast #Chad&Nikolai

HullabaLUX | Hullabaloo weighs in on Rosalia’s modern masterpiece!

She sang in 13 languages, broke streaming records in a single day, and got best new music from Pitchfork for the third time. Rosalía is doing something that shouldn't be possible — and Hullabaloo finally sat down to talk about it. In this episode, Nikolai and Chad review LLLUX, Rosalía's fourth album and arguably her most ambitious yet — a sweeping, ethereal meditation on the divine, surrender, and what it means to reach for something transcendental. Chad calls it a 10 out of 10 from the very first listen. Nico gives it a 9.5 and cries every single time track five comes on. They get into how she went from getting booed on a Spanish reality show at 16 to becoming one of the most important artists alive, why LLLUX is the sister album to Björk's Vespertine, the Burghain music video that left Nico and his friend completely speechless, and what it actually means to be a pop artist who refuses to make pop music. Also: Prague, edibles that were basically hallucinogens, Taylor Swift's alleged bot farms, and Chad's S550 Mercedes having a very bad month. Subscribe for new episodes every week. From us to you at Hullabaloo we love you.

Whatever Happened to Baby Jane | Niko gets into Berghain | Hullabaloo Podcast

Nikolai is calling in live from Berlin — and she is bewitched. In this episode of Hula Baloo, Nico walks Chad through the full Berlin experience: crashing industry parties at the Berlinale, falling in love with a city that "fucks better than Prague," and finally getting into Berghain — the most exclusive club in the world — after getting turned away the first time in the freezing cold. Then the boys sit down to review Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? — both the legendary 1962 Bette Davis & Joan Crawford original AND the forgotten 1991 remake with the Redgrave sisters. One is a psychological masterpiece. The other... they made a movie. Also on the table: what makes a great adaptation, the claustrophobia of great storytelling, why Misery owes everything to Baby Jane, the uncomfortable racial politics hiding in plain sight, and why good art always picks a side. Chad gives the original a 5/5. Nikolai gives it a 4.5. The remake gets a 2 and a 2.7 respectively. Somebody had to say it. Subscribe for new episodes every week. From us to you at Hula Baloo — we love you.

It's Hockey. Fucking. Love. | Our Heated Rivalry Review | Hullabaloo

We watched all of Heated Rivalry — and Nikolai barely dried his eyes before we hit record. In this episode of Hula Baloo, a cross-generational podcast hosted by two gay men from Gen X and Gen Z, Chad and Nikolai break down everything: the hockey, the love, the explicit amounts of sex, and why this show — against all odds — has a genuine healing frequency. We get into the power dynamics from episode one, the fantasy aesthetics (those apartments are NOT the apartments of closeted men, honey), the music that made us want to scream, and that final kiss that stuck the landing in a way we weren't expecting. Plus: a deep dive into gay sexuality as connection, the silence from the NHL, yaoi manga, water buffaloes jumping off cliffs, and why the Queer as Folk comparison both holds up and falls short. 10 out of 10. No notes. Well, maybe one note about the smoothie subplot. 🎭 Nikolai is also performing his solo show Fever Dream TV in NYC this April — dates and tickets in the comments! Subscribe for new episodes every week. From us to you at Hula Baloo — we love you. Follow the Chaos: 📸 Instagram: / hullabaloopodcast 🎵 TikTok: / hullabaloopodcast Nikolai :https://www.instagram.com/its.k0lya/ [https://www.instagram.com/its.k0lya/] Chad:https://www.instagram.com/beyondborderswithchad/ [https://www.instagram.com/beyondborderswithchad/] 🎨 Artwork by: @mariiiinamares Music from #InAudio: https://inaudio.org/ [https://inaudio.org/] Track Name : Upbeat Funk Jazz by Infraction