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

Ep. 229: Planting Shade for the Enjoyment of Others (Ft. Lemmy Comedy)

My guest is a Colorado comic who started performing stand up in his 50’s. To some, that might seem “late” to begin a career in entertainment, but for Lemmy, it meant entering the Loveland comedy scene with an arsenal of life-already-lived.  A hidden but huge advantage in crafting his voice & material, because unlike some (or most) open-mic comics getting their start, Lemmy had already raised children, volunteered for years as a mountain firefighter, and could draw from all his lived experience when writing jokes.  Follow Lemmy on Instagram @LemmyComedy — Check out his website https://www.lemmycomedy.com [https://www.lemmycomedy.com] for his upcoming stand-up dates! Hop on Lemmy’s free Patreon for his show B.O.A.T.S. (Based on a True Story), where he reviews different movies all based on true stories, & talks about what the movie got right & where it diverted from the true events. (It’s FREE!) He was gracious enough to drive all the way to Denver to be on InTALLerable, eat our signature smoked chicken wings, and share whatever valuable insight playing the role of “wise one” for this ‘cast.  We talked about how our politicians could use a "spirit of the game” taken in pill form, how important the depth & breath of relationships is for men’s health, especially into their 50’s, and we hear about Lemmy’s pesky Trumpy neighbor.  Sean offers a new-school approach for bridging political divides to find humanity in each other.  Or maybe it’s just drilling down into the madness of others; listen & decide for yourself! A good hang with good people over good chicken.  What more could you ask for nowadays?  For the full uncut EATIN’ with Lemmy, come join us at Patreon.com/InTALLerable [http://patreon.com/InTALLerable] — No matter what tier you are able to support us at, we will send you some of our new first batch of merch (keychains!), and you will be part of the growing group of ‘Heights’, who help make our show possible, so that we can make it InTALLerable.  FO & BW 0:00 — Guest Intro 1:30 — Bourbon, Bikes & Pancreas Pain 5:00 — “Late-in-Life” Firefighter 6:15 — Pancreatitis of the Booze 8:30 — Dr. Says… 12:15 — What’s happening with the Pancreas? 14:00 — Lemmy’s Scientific Sons 16:00 — Marriage & meeting his Wife 18:00 — Manhattan Beach Lifestyle 19:00 — Outdoors 22:30 — Spirit of the Game 24:00 — Paying Taxes (for what?) 26:30 — “Intellectually Pessimistic, Emotionally Optimistic” 27:30 — Depth & Breadth of Relationships 28:30 — Digging into problem of Suicide in America 30:00 — WHY (Guys in their 50’s) 31:45 — Chronic Pain (Emotional or Physical) 33:45 — Ability to be open & honest 35:00 — Therapy & Advice for the Youths 38:00 — Isolation in search of community 39:00 — Substance as a cultural lube 42:30 — State & Local Taxes 44:30 — Lemmy’s time as a Firefighter in Eagle 46:30 — Why roads in Europe last longer 48:00 — How about build some amazing public good?!? 49:00 — Keeping up the facade 51:30 — Praise for Lemmy’s Support 52:30 — Supporters are the Boss 53:30 — Bypassing the Techno-Oligarchs 54:45 — The yard sign was a gift 55:30 — Defining Gaslighting & Honeypotting 56:30 — Trump Guy v. Lemmy 58:30 — Trumpy Neighbor Drama 1:00:15 — Sean’s difference: Wanting to Dig 1:02:00 — Lighting their “bulb” until the fuse pops 1:03:00 — Cycle of Constant Challenging of Ideas 1:04:00 — A source of Optimism 1:05:15 — Politically loony neighbor 1:06:00 — Find common ground 1:08:00 — Voting on Life Impacts 1:09:30 — Colorado best test case 1:10:30 — Concessions are Necessary 1:11:00 — EATIN’ Patreon.com/InTALLerable 1:11:30 — After-Hours & Wing Review 1:13:00 — Fire Insurance 1:14:00 — Sandbox Firefighting Training 1:15:00 — Lemmy Addicted to Comedy 1:17:30 — New Tool: Denverstandup.com 1:18:30 — Crowd of Intersection of peoples 1:19:30 — Weird Laugh “adding” to shows 1:20:30 — Sean in no place to offer advice 1:21:30 — No formulas, No guarantees 1:23:30 — Starting with more life experience 1:24:30 — American-Irish Heritage & Lineage 1:28:45 — ‘Heighting’ 1:30:15 — Plugs for Lemmy 1:34:00 — FO & BW

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