Ep. 227: Clear Moral Compass (Ft. Joe Buck)

Ep. 228: Comedy & Tragedy (Ft. Cameron Altman)

My guest is a powerful spiritual entity in human form & one of the kindest souls to join us in our humble Top Shelf Studios, please welcome the first guest to endure our new “hot” lights — Cameron Altman! How would I describe him?? Despite surviving a hellish adolescence fraught with abuse, his positive glimmer — the light he brings the world — continues to shine bright, casting his strong luminous beams of humanity onto anyone willing to hear his story.  Cameron is someone willing to go ‘All-In’ on himself.  Even if going ‘All-In’, once meant crashing out, driving 14 hours to sign up for Kill Tony in an arena, & being pulled from the bucket to follow comedy legend, Andrew Dice Clay.  He was booed off the stage by thousands.. Cameron was born legally blind, but could foresee his name getting pulled on NYE. I fivesee him continuing to find meaning in a sometimes seemingly meaningless world.  I’m grateful for getting to know him & for this hang. Cameron Altman is someone who inspires me to not give up.  You can follow him on Instagram @crosseyedcomic111 EATIN’ smoked chicken wings with Cam is uncut in its full glory for our supporters — Patreon.com/InTALLerable [http://patreon.com/InTALLerable] Only $2 and you will be supporting smoked meat put into the mouths of future guests. Come join the fun & get I will send you our first run of merch: InTALLerable keychains! FO & BW 0:00 — Guest Intro 2:00 — Growing up 3:30 — Following Dice on Kill Tony in an arena 4:30 — Matured Perspective Toward Life 5:30 — Crashing out & driving 14 hours to KT 7:00 — Handled with Grace 8:00 — Bucket of Destiny 10:00 — Timer says: ‘Live’ 11:00 — Born Legally Blind 11:45 — EATIN’ 12:00 — After-Hours Show & Wing Review! 13:00 — Going ‘All-In’ on Cam 14:00 — 7 sets to 7,000 people 15:00 — Living with Roomates 16:00 — Standing up for Women 18:00 — Trying to find ‘Cam’ in the chaos 20:00 — Comedy as a tool to carve out who you are 21:00 — Comedy & Tragedy 22:15 — Finding Individual Purpose 23:00 — You go or you don’t 24:00 — Working in the Cannabis Industry 25:00 — Service Industry 26:30 — Privilege coupled with Uppity-Lens 27:00 — Cam’s Dad 30:00 — Changed name to (allegedly) get inheritance money 31:00 — Mr. Change Your Name // Classic “Cool-Guy” 31:30 — Limited Knowledge of his Lineage 32:45 — Grandma Tutu 33:30 — Not getting to say goodbye 35:00 — Irish People terrible at lineage 36:00 — Cam’s Mom explains what “Snitches get Stitches" means 37:00 — Mentality & Growing up in dysfunctional family 38:00 — Weird Story Time 39:15 — Backward/Reflective Thinking Loop 40:00 — Relationships with Women 41:30 — Importance of Teachers & Growing 42:00 — Not your job to heal other people 43:00 — Crash out spillovers 44:00 — Trying to get some help 45:00 — Figuring it out 45:45 — Trying to make connections & reach out 46:30 — Semi-Pro Comedian Semi-Pro Stripper 47:00 — One Day at a Time 48:00 — From Tears to Hacky Joke 49:00 — If any of us were awake we would be helping each other. 49:45 — ‘Heighting’ 51:00 — Plugs 52:00 — FO & BW

Ep. 227: Clear Moral Compass (Ft. Joe Buck)

My guest is a city-boy turned high-mountain-man, the founder of the upcoming ‘Trailhead Comedy Festival’ October 8th-10th in Summit County, making his Top Shelf debut — Joe Buck! Joe is a stand-up comic, a morally strong person, a physically strong human, & ⅓ piece of the three-part pie that he & his buddies have built in the mountains: High Altitude Comedy.  Follow Joe @Bad_NewsBuck & check out upcoming shows produced by ‘High Altitude Comedy’ by following the boys @High_Altitude_Comedy — Joe’s Podcast: ‘The Homie Love Hour’ is available wherever you listen or watch pods — Most importantly, go to trialheadcomedyfest.com [http://trialheadcomedyfest.com] & get tickets for the inaugural ‘Trailhead Comedy Festival’ this October!!  We discussed more about his life arc, finding himself, and more, on the EATIN’ with Joe.  So, look around, find some spare change, & head to Patreon.com/InTALLerable [http://patreon.com/InTALLerable] to join the inner-circle. There you will access all the uncut episodes, EATIN’ chicken wings with each of our guests, and now you will get your own ‘InTALLerable’ keychain!   At only $2/month, it’s quite the deal to support independent dream-chasers, keep us ad-free, & put more smoked meat into the mouths of hilarious & entertaining guests.  Our supporters make the show possible, we do our best to make it InTALLerable.  FO & BW 0:00 — Guest Introduction 1:00 — A Busy & Inspired Man 3:00 — Miami to Orlando to Alaska 5:30 — Too big for consumer vehicles 7:00 — Racecar EarthRoamer?? 8:30 — “Learn to Drive” Public Policy 10:00 — Jury Duty 11:00 — Mom on the Versace Case 12:30 — Loose yarn & if we know anything (really) 14:00 — Project Azorian 16:00 — Don’t listen less; temper for your mental 18:00 — Putting on “extra” for others 20:30 — EATIN’ (Patreon.com/Intallerable [http://patreon.com/Intallerable]) 21:15 — After-Hours Show 21:30 — WING REVIEW! 22:30 — Getting back to Joe’s narrative arc 23:30 — Not Classically Trained 24:30 — Kitchens in Alaska 25:30 — Learning to swim & style points 27:00 — Terrified to Fly 28:00 — Got any beer? 28:45 — Will I ever see this sunset again? 31:00 — ‘Karen’ will have to wait 34:00 — Champagne, Water, Snacks, & a shit-eating grin 36:00 — Living Large in the Skies 37:30 — Landing in International Section 39:00 — Help me get to my flight! 40:00 — 24 hours of sun?! 41:00 — We own that hotel 43:00 — Orlando new friends in Alaska 45:00 — “When are you coming back?” 46:00 — Working in Healy, AL 47:00 — Into the Wild 48:00 — Christopher Mccandless died in my buddy’s Bus 49:30 — All services are volunteers 50:15 — Strain on a remote community to "find yourself” 51:30 — Chased Twice by Grizzlies 52:30 — Moose are worse 54:00 — Wild Caribou 56:00 — Joe’s time in Alaska had reached its end 57:00 — Root Cause & moving to Colorado 58:00 — Losing the Great Men in his Life 59:00 — Preacher Path was not for him 1:00:00 — All-or-nothing person 1:02:30 — God in Joe’s Life 1:04:00 — Juxtaposition of Religion & Morality 1:07:00 — How to be on team: ‘Good Moral Compass’ 1:08:30 — Communism 1:09:30 — Joe’s Core Beliefs & Power 1:10:30 — Macro-level position: Humans are Cancer 1:11:30 — Building Public Policy against abuse 1:13:00 — Normalized “bad” in society 1:14:00 — ‘Heighting’ 1:15:00 — Thank you Joe 1:16:00 — Inspiration 1:17:00 — Plugs! 1:18:00 — Inaugural Trailhead Comedy Festival 1:22:30 — FO & BW

Ep. 226: Don’t Talk about “Austin” (Ft. Avery Dauer & Jacob Humphries)

My guests are both stand-up comedians, one returning, and one a new friend of the show.  Avery Dauer aka “Leaning Findance,” graces us for a satire-soaked conversation centered around Avery’s life, the state of comedy, and the rapid onslaught of the news & the world.  He is joined on the couch by our (at this point) old buddy, Jacob Humphries.   Follow Avery on Socials @AveryDauerComedy — Follow Jacob @ChrashCompactor Avery competes in the national Roast Battle League out of Los Angeles (NOT ATX!). He departed back to the bright lights of L.A. with a piece of our hearts and memento from Top Shelf Studios, our ‘Disabled Parking Only’ streetsign.  May it serve his future studio endeavors in whatever way he sees fit.  It’s his sign now.  We lost a microphone off the top, so that’s part of the delay on getting this out to everyone.  So, I had to learn a new skill to salvage the audio.  I guess that’s what failure gets ya. If you want to support the show like Avery & Jacob, while also getting access to the uncut episodes, EATIN’ with our guests, & more bonus content, join us at whatever tier that fits where you’re at in life over at Patreon.com/InTALLerable [http://patreon.com/InTALLerable] No timestamps on this one.  We were too hot on the mic (happens).. discussing everything from using the word ‘Retarded’, to how the greatest country on Earth, the United States of America, seems to be the only country not to care about lists when it comes to hurting innocent victims.  SAD & EMBARRASSING!! (as our President would tweet) Plus you know who is always listening. (ATX) FO & BW

Ep. 225: Earning Freedom (Ft. Mom & Kyle)

This episode is dedicated to all the teachers that told me I could amount to whatever I put my mind to.  To my high school teacher Mr. L, who told me to “use my powers for good,” instead of wasting my life becoming another lawyer or banker.  To everyone who implored: “Don’t Stop!” through our earliest episodes, or anybody who told me that whatever this ‘InTALLerable’ thing was — that I should not quit.  To those of you who refuse to quit: on yourself, on life; thanks for not letting me quit, either.   Two hundred twenty-five episodes of InTALLerable is a milestone, so I needed to have someone extra special as my guest.  Folks, I thought it might not happen, and honestly, it almost didn’t.  I am proud to tell you: we got ‘em.  My guests are people I will always look up to, no matter how tall I might grow, or where life might take me, joining us from the Rocky Mountains, please welcome to (not) Top Shelf Studios: my mom & my step-dad, Kyle!   Since we are not in-studio, there were some audio challenges to overcome with this one.  Thankfully, the techno-oligarchs keep giving me new tools.  Nobody expects this show to be perfect, they just expect it to be InTALLerable.  Hope you all enjoy it.   Tell someone that you love them today!! Bonus episodes, EATIN’ smoked chicken with our guests, & more goodies (like an InTALLerable keychain!) for our supporters — Patreon.com/InTALLerable [http://patreon.com/InTALLerable] — Only $2/month and YOU help keep our show 100% ad-free, witholden to nobody, and dangerously steeped in the messiness & hilarity of humanity.  FO & BW 0:00 — Guest Intros 0:45 — Peaceful in the Mountains 1:30 — “Content-Creator” Kyle 3:15 — Hobby turned obligation 5:00 — Buggy for me, not for thee 7:00 — Freedom is earned 8:15 — What is “Freedom?” 9:30 — Realizing an audio error… 10:15 — Less is more (for freedom). 11:45 — Kyle is working his way to ‘Jules’ status in life 13:15 — ‘Need’ & ‘Want’ are different. 13:45 — Why this societal “game” of accruing stuff? 14:45 — Kyle’s path to: ‘Less is More’ 15:30 — His first broke-down Jeep 16:45 — Helping Sean get his first Jeep 18:00 — Buyer’s Remorse 19:00 — Shifting towards ‘need’ 20:30 — “I should have nice stuff too!” 21:00 — Mom wants a hot tub 22:15 — Uncomfortability leads to memories 24:30 — Would not trade the hardship 25:30 — Grow together 27:30 — Beliefs I can stand behind 29:00 — Men’s emotions on display 30:15 — “Third” Meeting Place Missing 31:45 — Presence can’t be replicated 33:00 — Anonymity of Online 34:15 — Understanding others & connection 35:30 — Conveniences over Humanity & Hard 38:00 — Team Human, not AI 39:30 — Shared Hardships Needed 41:00 — Draft men into Communities 42:00 — Upswing in faith? 43:30 — How has Colorado changed in Sean’s lifetime? 46:30 — More Money on Weapons!! 47:00 — Hypocrisy is the cornerstone of it all 48:00 — Gotta get worse before it gets better 49:30 — Money machine go brrrrrrr! 51:00 — “Own nothing, be happy.” (is right?!?) 53:00 — Cycles to everything 54:00 — Cope with humor, say F-it 55:00 — The stuff you own, owns you. 56:30 — Chasing money for money vs. chasing money for freedom 58:00 — “Why are you buying that house?” 59:00 — Find (or make) your own path 59:45 — Sean being a shithead kid 1:00:30 — Becoming a Step-Dad at age 28 1:02:00 — Children make you different 1:03:30 — Grandpa Kyle 1:04:30 — Sappy Sad Sean 1:05:00 — You matter. 1:06:00 — FO & BW

Ep. 224: My Line of Hobby (Ft. Braxton Fuller)

Our guest returns to Top Shelf Studios, ready to tell us more claustrophobic stories from his line of hobby: cave-maxing.  Braxton Fuller is the Editor in Chief of Rocky Mountain Caving, a non-profit quarterly journal of caves and caving. He is an MA Candidate at the University of Denver Korbel School of International Studies, the Editor at Large for Mooreposts.com [http://mooreposts.com] — an international security journal, and one of the last people capturing the undisturbed beauty of caving on film photography.   Subscribe to Rocky Mountain Caving by emailing Braxton @ editor@rockymountaincaving.com [editor@rockymountaincaving.com] The print edition is $35/Year (quarterly issues) and they have a digital edition for even less (but trust me, you will want to hold it in your hand & display it on your foyer table, so go for the print!)  Follow Braxton — @BraxtonAF on Instagram  We were joined for this episode by fill-in-production-extraordinaries, Jesse & Ashley, who seemed equally as flabbergasted by Braxton’s tales of the underworld.  From encapsulated Gypsum lightning (perhaps) forming helictites, to Mike Frazier’s immeasurable impact on the caving community & on Braxton’s passion, we mine around a deep philosophical question: Why do we dig?  Of course we cover the SpeleOlympics & wonder how the heck a lady managed to set the record for fitting through the “Squeeze-box” (only five inches!?!). We learn that there is an elite force of ‘Cave-superheros’ (NCRC) on call 24/7, ready to respond & rescue people that are stuck or injured in caves worldwide.  The NCRC has saved lives, including perhaps their most miraculous story: Mark Dickey’s rescue after developing appendicitis nine days into an expedition caving endeavor in Turkey.  Patreon.com/InTALLerable [http://patreon.com/InTALLerable] for EATIN’ with our guests — only $2/month helps keep our show ad-free and unbeholden to who or what we can talk about at TSS.  You get each episode, uncut, in its full glory, as well as older “vaulted” episodes, and other bonus goodies.  Join now & get your hands on some of our new hand-made InTALLerable merch! FO & BW 0:00 — Guest Intro 1:00 — Rocky Mountain Caving 2:00 — Helictites in ‘Silent Splendor’ 5:00 — Philosophical Cave Question of ‘beauty’ 6:30 — Mike Frazier’s Impact on Caving & Braxton 9:30 — The Cost of Exploration 10:30 — Bill Stone (self-funded deep-caver) 12:15 — Mike Frazier’s perspective on Beauty 13:15 — Braxton is oozing (w/ gypsum) 14:00 — Sexual nature of Caving 16:30 — Braxton would be our “house-caver” 17:30 — Claustrophobia 20:00 — Caving is corporeal 21:30 — Nothing matters, so everything matters. 23:30 — Embarrassing system & leaders 25:00 — Hats off to Intelligence Ops 27:30 — ‘Life Insurance’ (Allegedly!!) 29:45 — No consequences?! 30:30 — In their interest for community to dissolve 33:00 — Connection with new people 34:00 — Braxton’s Patreon Promo 34:45 — EATIN’ 35:00 — After-Hours & Wing Review! 38:30 — Last appearance & Baxton’s ‘Lake of Fire’ Story 39:30 — Caving through Boiling Water 42:00 — Cave-Maxxing 43:00 — SpeleOlympics & the “Squeeze Box” 45:00 — Deepest Confirmed ‘Dye-Trace’ on the planet 46:00 — Cave-Mogging & Expedition Caving 48:00 — The Greatest Game of Exploration on Earth 50:30 — Continuing the work of Mike Frazier in Oaxaca, Mexico 52:15 — NCRC (cave super-heroes) 52:45 — Mark Dickey’s Expedition Caving appendicitis rescue story 54:00 — Body-Passed the entire way 56:30 — Technology in Caving 57:45 — Performance-enhanced caving? (LiDAR) 58:45 — Why we dig. 1:00:00 — “Motivating the Rock” 1:01:30 — Argument with a fellow Caver 1:03:30 — Ruining the most fun thing.. 1:06:30 — “White-Nose” Syndrome in Bats 1:08:00 — One of the few film cave photographers left 1:09:00 — How to shoot Film in caves 1:10:30 — Are gay people better at caving? 1:11:30 — ‘Rule of Threes’ 1:12:30 — West Virginia will save America 1:14:00 — Moment of Gratitude 1:15:00 — Who is Braxton Fuller? 1:15:30 — Plugs for Caving 1:16:15 — FO & BW