Adrian is joined by the returning champion and political scientist at the University of Hawaii, Manoa, Jairus, to talk about his book, Savage Ecology: War and Geopolitics at the End of the World. After spending just a little bit of time lamenting about their lives after 40 yrs on this planet, Adrian confesses to Jairus that he has been listening to more Alex Jones lately. That naturally spirals into lamenting other bizarre realities of the world today, including white nationalism around the world. They eventually get to talk about the main thesis of Jairus’ book, which is at least as uplifting as white nationalism. Thankfully, Jairus is able to end on a slightly more hopeful note for humanity than Adrian is, but it still isn’t pretty. …..oh well….still some damn good pod. Enjoy!!

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Adrian is happy to welcome one of the comedians, Shane, over to his new house. They don’t nerd out for toooo long on Adrian’s new vinyl flooring and things quickly get fun. After Shane tells us about his fascination with serial killers, he tells us a little about how he got started in comedy and the changing societal sensitivity levels he’s noticed since starting in comedy. One of Shane’s “fun” day jobs include being a funeral director and he shares some of the fascinating aspects of being a good funeral director.
That naturally takes a hard turn into the afterlife. …Shane’s in particular. Shane tells us what it’s like having a liver disease that I’m not even gonna try to spell and how he’ll likely die without a liver transplant. …so real light shit. Shane explores those ideas more in his comedy album, Not Ready To Die, available now, so check it out. Don’t worry, they end on a hopeful note, and Shane does ask Adrian to please podcast from his funeral if things don’t end so great.

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Adrian is joined by one of the luthiers, Kilin. Don’t worry, Adrian didn’t know what a luthier was either. We get to learn more about Hawaiian music history and ukuleles than you ever knew you wanted to know. Kilin, an amazing musician in his own right, has dedicated the last several years to learning the history of his favorite guitar, the Martin Dreadnought, and its relation to Hawaii. We learn about some of the ole timey Hawaiian musicians that took Hawaiian music out to the world and how that shaped popular American music more than many people may know. Kilin was so inspired by his research that he started his own non-profit organization, The Kealakai Center for Pacific Strings, to bring more Hawaiian music and its history to the community.

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