The Metal Rhinoceros in Space: Aaron Ryan on a Life of Storytelling

The Metal Rhinoceros in Space: Aaron Ryan on a Life of Storytelling

What does it take to write fifty books and bring them to life in your own voice? This week the conversation runs from a second-grade writing assignment that lit the spark, to the business mindset that turns a hobby into a career, to a candid look at where AI is dragging the voiceover world. We get deep into the creative process, the difference between a pantser and a planner, narrating your own audiobooks, and why consent is becoming the biggest fight in entertainment. Along the way there are detours into Aliens, Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, and Stephen King that any genre fan will love. A wide-ranging, funny, and honest talk about creativity, craft, and protecting what makes art human. Aaron Ryan's Website: authoraaronryan.com [https://authoraaronryan.com/] Want to be a guest on Drink O'Clock? Send us a message on PodMatch here: podmatch.com/hostdetailpreview/drinkoclock [https://podmatch.com/hostdetailpreview/drinkoclock]. Know someone who'd be great to interview? Txt us! [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2035109/fan_mail/new] Support the show [https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/drinkoclock]

What Does Freedom Taste Like?

What if the conversation you weren't supposed to have was the only one worth having? David Deighton, artist and founder of Triptych Dialogue, walks into national parks and asks strangers three political questions. Sometimes they cry. Sometimes they say the worst things he's ever heard. He listens, then asks for one word that ties it all together, and takes that word to someone else: what does freedom taste like? What does corruption taste like? We get into the 14th-century triptych at the V&A that started it all, a plexiglass box at the Grand Canyon that quietly exposes people's echo chambers, French snail-catching, South Street cheesesteaks, and a 40-minute friendship with a DMV guy named Fred. David's coming to Philly this fall to install free speech pieces around the Liberty Bell, and we're plotting a Dalessandro's run. Want to be a guest on Drink O'Clock? Send us a message on PodMatch here: podmatch.com/hostdetailpreview/drinkoclock [https://podmatch.com/hostdetailpreview/drinkoclock] Know someone who'd be great to interview? Txt us! [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2035109/fan_mail/new] Support the show [https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/drinkoclock]

Death Is Just One Dimension Over

What if every great idea you've ever had was whispered to you from somewhere just outside our dimension? This week's guest is a systems engineer with more than 20 patents, a medical device designer behind dozens of commercialized products, and the man who built an IV fluid factory in 18 months, finishing one month before Hurricane Helene knocked out 60% of the U.S. supply. He's also a near-death experience survivor who spent 20 years silently trying to understand what happened to him. We get into the jog that ended with him dead on arrival, the cold ice protocol that brought him back, and the funeral plot his family had already purchased. From there the conversation goes places: consciousness as something separate from the brain, interdimensional beings and the orbs in the sky, the Catholic Mass as a time-collapse event, the three wise men possibly following a UFO, and the ancient pyramids as 19 hertz resonance chambers. We also dig into his debut novel The Weight of a Dog, why a bulldog ended up on the cover, and the hidden gold key on his website that unlocks the science behind the story. Alex Lucio's Website: alexlucio.me [https://alexlucio.me/] Want to be a guest on Drink O'Clock? Send us a message on PodMatch here: podmatch.com/hostdetailpreview/drinkoclock [https://podmatch.com/hostdetailpreview/drinkoclock]. Know someone who'd be great to interview? Txt us! [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2035109/fan_mail/new] Support the show [https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/drinkoclock]

A Brewmaster, His Son, and an Energy Drink That Actually Makes Sense

A guy walks into a hospital gift shop at 2 a.m. while his wife is in labor, reaches for an energy drink, and realizes every option on the shelf was made for a teenager. That moment sparked Mocean Energy. This week I sit down with Tony Vieira, a brewmaster who spent 36 years at Anheuser-Busch, Coors, and Mark Anthony Brewing, where he helped develop White Claw. Tony breaks down the science of hangovers, what it was like building million-square-foot breweries during COVID to meet White Claw demand, and why he and his son Christian walked away from corporate life to build a clean energy drink rooted in Eastern medicine and his Filipino mother's home remedies. Find Mocean Energy at drinkmocean.energy [https://drinkmocean.energy/] or on Amazon [https://www.amazon.com/MOCEAN-Blueberry-Pomegranate-Adaptogens-Sucralose/dp/B0FSDHYS4N/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?sr=8-1-spons&sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9hdGY&th=1]. Want to be a guest on Drink O'Clock? Send us a message on PodMatch here: podmatch.com/hostdetailpreview/drinkoclock [https://podmatch.com/hostdetailpreview/drinkoclock] Know someone who'd be great to interview? Txt us! [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2035109/fan_mail/new] Support the show [https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/drinkoclock]

Love More, Fear Less: How a Pair of Pink Socks Sparked a Global Movement

What if one spontaneous act of kindness at a hotel pool could spark a global movement? That's exactly what happened to Nicholas Adkins, founder of Pink Socks Life Inc. and author of Pink Socks: How a Pair of Socks Became a Symbol of Love and Connection. Nick went from suit-and-tie healthcare CEO to Portland hippie after one week at Burning Man, and that pivot led him to a simple but powerful truth: real human connection is the antidote to the fear-drenched, algorithm-driven world we're all swimming in. Over 300,000 pairs of pink socks later, he's still proving it every day. Find Nick at pinksocks.life [https://pinksocks.life/] and on Instagram at @pinksocks.life. The book is on Amazon, with all proceeds benefiting the Pink Socks Life nonprofit. Want to be a guest on Drink O'Clock? Send us a message on PodMatch here: podmatch.com/hostdetailpreview/drinkoclock [https://podmatch.com/hostdetailpreview/drinkoclock] Know someone who'd be great to interview? Txt us! [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2035109/fan_mail/new] Support the show [https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/drinkoclock]