#HMB 359 - The Election 2020 Special

The Homemade Broadcast this week: A quick recap of the last Presidential Debate & then a tale about being attacked for preconceived notions.

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#HMB-sides: Ep. 21: College is for stupid people.

#HMB-sides Podcast this week: Universities aren't about academics, they compete for student's by making their campuses a luxury resort and stick the kids with the bill.

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#HMB-sides: Ep. 11: The Adventures of Sloppy Joe & Snoozy McGee

#HMB-sides: gross workmates, we all have them and this is our tales.

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#HMB-sides: Ep. 6: Call of the Week: Poon Monsoon Goes on a Date

#HMB-sides podcast coming in as hot as some fresh fried chicken out the fryer! “Poon Monsoon” calls in to tell us about his first ever Tinder date involving cleats, fried chicken & sweet sweet lovin’.

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#HMB-sides: Ep. 5: Dogs are an Abomination

America loves dogs but I feel like what we did these creatures is an abomination.

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#HMB-sides: Ep. 4: The Juneteenth Case for Reparations

This week a US House committee heard arguments for and against a Bill to implement reparations in the United States. Here we take a closer look and see if this is even possible.

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#HMB 290 - Don't Get Hammered at a Charity Event

The Homemade Broadcast this week: This week in activist journalism, a drunk lady almost ruins a charity event & happiness shouldn't be your main goal. Get in touch with the show and leave a voice or text message at: (813) 693-2124 & visit HMBradio.com. 

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#HMB 273 - Human Beings are Brilliant Garbage Animals

The Homemade Broadcast this week: why are human beings so bad at going to the bathroom? We’ve been doing it since the dawning of our species and we’re still abysmal at it. I talk about a recent encounter I had in a port-o-potty that will haunt me forever, get into the “Call Out Culture” and I find out my nude pooping habit isn’t so psychotic after all. This obviously is a poop heavy episode, I apologize in advance, I swear I didn’t really plan it out that way but it kinda worked out…

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#HMB 266 - Merry Christmas & Goodbye 2018!

Merry Christmas, gang! Last pod of the year features how the holiday brings out the best and worst in us, why living in Florida may be beneficial to your health & a clip talking about the new holiday dating trend: Scrooge-ing, where you break up with a partner in order to not have to buy them a gift.

I’m going to take a few weeks off from the pod to enjoy the holiday but I’ll still be doing Stay Woke and hopefully will be filling in on some of the other daytime shows so follow me on Twitter & I’ll let you know. Otherwise, I’ll talk to you in a few weeks. I hope you have a great holiday and I thank you much for your support. Check out the pod below & I’ll talk with you next year.

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#HMB 263 - Hangover Week & Gay Stuff

The Homemade Broadcast this week: have you ever had a hangover so bad that it not only ruined your day but ruined your week? Tampa Bay is bad in one thing but good in another & then some gay stuff.

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#HMB 262 - The Juice is Loose

The Homemade Broadcast this week: have you ever accomplished something then wondered if it was worth accomplishing? Tales from Thanksgiving, is O.J. Simpson moving to St. Pete & just because someone has experience doesn't mean they know what they're doing. Join the conversation: CALL/TEXT: (813) 693-2124.

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#HMB 238 - You Got No Soul, Brother...

This one stings a little more. Anthony Bourdain was a guy I watched for many years as I lived vicariously though him as he ate and drank his way through the world. I appreciated his perceived toughness but openness to new experiences and cultures and was grateful I got to at least witness them through the box in my living room. I hope to have a fraction of the experiences he got to have in his life one day. He ended his life last week in a hotel room in France. Strung himself up with a bathrobe belt. What a waste...

I'm sympathetic to mental illness. I was medicated pretty heavily from 6 years old to 16. When I was a boy I tried to do the same thing with a belt, luckily I was a kid and didn't understand the process to succeed in the mission. I've had very close family members take a whole bottle of their medication and thankfully didn't succeed. I'm sure many of us have the same stories. Something is very wrong with our culture. Suicide is up 30 percent since 1999, according to the CDC. Even people who appear to have it all are susceptible. There's always been some romanticism to the act itself. Hemingway and Hunter S. Thompson come to mind off hand. The drive to want to be in control so much that even controlling when and where you leave the planet becomes a paramount in life. It's really the only thing we could control in life if you think about it; no other outside variables. We're just here for such a short time. Can't we grit through 80 years or so? We have forever for the converse...

I don't know, I'm sympathetic to it though. If you don't want to live anymore, why should you have to? It's a shame for the people who loved you and many of them won't be the same because of the act for the rest of their lives. Many taut the trope that we need to spend more on mental healthcare in America. They seem to be ignorant to the fact that people on psychiatric medication is alarming in this country with side-effects including, ironically,  "suicide". I'm definitely not one of those people who hates corporations as much as I probably should but Big Pharma appears to be one of the more nefarious business' out there. Between creating a opioid epidemic and potentially creating drugs that lead to suicide that 1 in 6 American's are on, it may be time to start pointing fingers at the elephant in the room... 

Anyhoo, this week on the podcast I got stood up again by a guest so I'm all by my lonesome talking Wyoming banning Rap after Kanye West's ranch listening party, Hurricane Maria death numbers become a point of contention in the Florida Senate race between Bill Nelson & Rick Scott and Miss America pageant ditches the swimsuits and becomes a "competition". Let me know what you think in the comments below or leave a voice or text message at (813) 693-2124. Check out the pod, here: 

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#HMB 236: See You Next Tuesday, You Lil' Monkeys!

This week on the show I'm all by my lonesome talking about Roseanne getting fired for an alcohol and Ambien fueled tweet & Samantha Bee not being fired for calling the presidents daughter a C-word, while insinuating that she should try to seduce him sexually (gross). Everybody is still mad at everyone down partisan lines & we're all making excuses for members of our "team" who are getting in trouble, oy vey. The Lightning blow another chance to bring home Stanley's Cup and people are talking about maybe firing Coach Cooper.  The Las Vegas Golden Knights are in their first year of existence and have a shot to win it all but Las Vegas casinos may be secretly hoping they don't. All this and more in this weeks The Homemade Broadcast. There's some harsh language I left in for context so if that bothers you, grow up and frig off. OK, let's do this:

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#HMB 236 - Take a Knee, I've Got Some News for You with Tampa News Force (@TampaNewsForce)

Hang on a minute, take a knee. It was kind of a back-burner issue at this point but the players who opted to take a knee during the National Anthem at NFL games are back in the news.  Earlier last week the NFL announced a policy to fine teams whose players opt to take a knee during the ceremony. So, everyone is freaking out again. For the vast majority, it's another tribal issue and you feels a certain way about it based on whether you have a D or an R next to your name on your Voter ID Card. If you're a D, Trump is an A-Wipe and all of a sudden you're worried about rights again and if you have an R next to your name you like the move because these players are disrespecting the country and military and those things rule. Again, however, this is another thing where it's not black & white, nuance exists. I thought a lot about it this week because I see both sides of the argument. I believe that people should have the right to protest peacefully but I also agree that you shouldn't necessarily have the right do it at your place of business. From what I can tell, the kneeling thing started as a statement against a perceived injustice of police brutality against black Americans. Now agree or disagree with the sentiment, it has nothing to do with military or America but that compartmentalized issue. You can't blame the other side for believing it's about bashing America though seeing as the protest takes place during the time when the anthem is played. It's a timing thing. When else would the players have the time during a game to make that statement during a game? They wouldn't, it's kind of the only time. Should they? I mean, look, the bottom line for me is these guys are at work and if the boss says "not on my time" then fair enough. If they're activists outside of the game then there's little the NFL and owners can do about it; so players, save it for interviews and social media and just stand during the anthem. It's apparently part of the job.

Well, now that issue is solved, get up and let's get to the goods. Tampa News Force is in the building. It's a fascinating concept trying to make the news entertaining and funny. It's not the Daily Show it's more hitting the streets and just asking people involved, "what's going on here"? It's weird, to be frank but oddly engaging. It's brought criticism from major news outlets like the Tampa Bay Times' Tony Marrero and Howard Altman who thought it was in poor taste and after a brief Twitter spat, John went to confront them and ask why they were upset with what he was doing...as journalists do:

It's just a different spin on news but it's not fake. Tampa News Force is just asking what's going on and trying to also bring some comedic flare to it. I know that most journalists see themselves us some moral gate-keeper but people are sick of it. Go cry on your blog and just tell us what's happening in the world, A-wipes...

I know many are over-worked and underpaid and just miserable people in general. I work in radio, I get it but lighten up would ya? Anyway, Tampa News Force is bringing comedy and journalism together in one evening at the Tampa Improv on May 31st.  You can get free tickets if you enter code "TNF" at checkout. Listen to the podcast with the fellas here:

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#HMB 234 - I'm Offended That You're Offended

It's been a whirlwind week. The thing with time is that there is never enough of it. I got to do some cool stuff this week and got a lot of airtime on The Bone including filling in on the morning show which was a hell of an experience. No one cares though, you still gotta get your stuff done when you say you will so this weeks pod I'm all by my lonesome stuttering and stammering my way though this weeks stories that caught my eye.  This week it's mostly about people being offended- a professor got in trouble for making an old elevator joke and a local journalist finds The James Museum of Western & Wildlife Art problematic for perpetuating stereotypes or some bullcrap.  As we all know, art needs to be totally historically accurate. She caught a lot of flack for the article from readers so I feel bad for kind of piling on but seriously, get a grip, ASAP. Kitsch? Sure, but it's not a problem, it's just tacky art that one person dislikes. Welcome to my life, everyday. Anyhoo, check out the pod below:

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#HMB 233 - Livin' in a canoe down by the river! with Kevin Eckelkamp & Nate Lastinger

I've never really had that drive to push my body and mind to the limit. I exercise just so I can continue to fit into a 36 waist and I'm not happy about having to do it. I admire it though. You have to be a special kind of person to take on a challenge like Kevin Eckelkamp and Nate Lastinger are trying to do. They are trying to beat the world record time of going down the Missisissippi River in a canoe. Kevin's uncle set the record nearly 30 years ago (since broken) and after his passing, Kevin wanted to find a way to honor his memory. He and Nate are going to break the record for him. It's gonna be a grueling slog- battling the elements, wildlife and probably each other at some points during the 2 week trip. It's going to be a voyage that will probably pull them even closer together though in the end. Check out the podcast below to learn more about their journey and visit their website over at RiverRecord.us. You'll be able to follow the trip, track their progress and donate to their journey with a portion of the proceeds going to the American Heart Association.

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#HMB 232 - Nerdy Tech Alert with Joe Davison (@joeygigglepants)

Kanye West, can you believe it?  He's a traitor to many of you now.  Most of you hate his guts now.  He's a pariah, or an Uncle Tom or even privileged.  His crime of course was saying that he liked the president.  No, not the president of Syria or North Korea or anything but the president of America- our president.  This, of course is a sin.  Many on the left side of the political spectrum view it as a sin because politics has become a religion for them.  There is something in human nature that needs a higher power, something to believe it.  They've shunned God and replaced it with the State.  People on the right typically have their Jesus, so they don't have room for another deity in their heart.  Make fun of them all you want, because it's fun, but it's way less detrimental than people who worship the State, because the State is real.  I see this weird hypocrisy everywhere.  The orange Cheeto we have as president now is a racist, sexist, everyhing-ist and they are literally begging to disarm the populace.  They can't seem to fathom how that may be an issue against their main narrative.  My friends walk around with Obama earnings, even now, and lament about the good ol' days with their good pal Barry in office.  He's the dad they always wanted because either their dad sucks or went and got a pack of smokes 25 years ago and never came back home.  Is there anything more off-putting than liking the president?  Maybe wearing a new leather jacket but that's about it.  Did you like your principal too back in high school?  Yuck.  I like that Kanye West came out for Trump because it's sending these dorks into a god dang tizzy.  He's such a big star, probably the most famous person in the world (aside from Trump) and he totally bitch-slapped these parishioners with a few tweets.  He's Martin Luther nailing the reformation directly to these plebes heads and they scorn him for it.  Can you imagine having to apologize for saying something like, "Black people don't have to be democrats."  Well, Chance The Rapper had to earlier this week.  The civil war is here, it's being fought online and those of us who stand up for individuality, free speech and free thought just got a new General.  May he lead us to salvation and vanquish our enemies...although, he will probably end up in the loony-bin.

Anyhoo, local filmmaker and actor Joe Davison stopped by this week.  He played the "Nerdy Tech" on Stranger Things 2 and has done a plethora of independent movies.  He stopped by to talk about some new upcoming movies that are going into production this summer, a new board game he invented and the Jolt Production School he's apart of happening this May.  Check out the pod:

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#HMB 231 - Creative Loafing Tampa Swapcast with Scott Harrell (@harrellscott)

If there is one group of folks I have more disdain for right now than comedians it's probably the Jews...no, no, no, I'm kidding obviously.  That title would most definitely go to the news media.  I think there has probably always been a bias with journalists, it’s hard to avoid, they are human (I think) after all but we didn’t have google back in “the day” to fact check them.  I know a few journalists personally and most of them write about Harry Potter and comic books and stuff which is a great gig if you can get it but isn’t that just called a blog?  What’s the point of even going to journalism school?  You don’t have to learn how to cite sources to drone on about how Trump is actually Voldemort.  They will talk about “Faux News” at great lengths and then counter an argument with a ThinkProgress.com article with no sense of irony.  They generally think a lot of themselves.  They are the bastion of enlightenment who are put on Earth to inform these plebs of not how it is, but how it should be, and they hold up signs for their social media accounts saying as much.  Most of us have a word for this type of journalism: propaganda.

Workin' 9-5 to get back to their cats.

The snarky tweets to politicians from journalists I follow on Twitter tells me all I need to know about the media-class on the whole.  The political divide is at an all time high.  For every Think Progress there is a Breitbart.  For every CNN there is a FOX News.  It’s a challenge to find outlets who are moderate (if you know of any, please let me know).  A lot of these outlets don’t even write about news anymore but events that happened that they manipulate into a smear against the political party they don’t like, and they usually get it wrong.

Pure propaganda. This was passed by Unanimous Consent: https://t.co/EtkmB1WJwN https://t.co/lf4lueN1xU

— Will Kuncz aka Silly DJ (@home_made_man) April 19, 2018

These outlets post videos taken years back in a completely different country and present it as the current bombing of some other country that the US is bombing today.  It makes me wonder if these people are just insanely bad at their jobs or if they are being intentionally deceitful.  I’m unsure about which is worse.

These outlets are either awful at their jobs or they're being intentionally deceitful...I'm unsure which is worse. https://t.co/yw52ZBDJuq

— Will Kuncz aka Silly DJ (@home_made_man) April 19, 2018

It’s totally unacceptable and they should be held accountable either way.  Though, it’s also important to realize what these people are and recognize there is an agenda.  We have google and we need to use it.  Overall, the responsibility is on us, the public, to be a smarter consumer.  If there’s one place in media where commentary is acceptable though it’s the alt-weekly papers.  Creative Loafing has been a staple here in the bay area for decades and are some of the best at it.  They’re upfront and honest about where they stand and what they are doing.  You have to have respect for that.  It’s a ballsy move to say what you want at the risk of hurting your bottom line.  New Editor and Chief Scott Harrell stops by The Homemade Broadcast to talk about his vision for the paper and how media is evolving. 

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#HMB 229 - Ku Ku for Racist Jokes with Zac Townsend (@smacktownsend)

First, I talked a bit about radio and podcasting with Creative Loafing Tampa earlier this week.  Check that out HERE.  Otherwise, another week and more comedians getting into trouble for making a jokes.  This one was even a bit more unusual since it was Esther Ku, a Korean woman who got scolded for making jokes about...Asians.  Yes.  Not kidding.  I wish I had 1/8th the confidence these people have who point these things out.  Humorless buffoons who are suddenly experts in comedy.  Of course, this is just a micro-amount of people who are really upset but the story gets picked up by the media which half point out it's absurdity and the others are oddly amplifying the cries of offense of the joke and those white's bold enough to defend her.  Of course, you will never convince these people that an attempt of humor is hyperbole and comedians should just stick to making fun of safe targets: airplane food and white men.  Genius!  This week, Zac Townsend stops by and we talk this crap and some other stuff.  Listen below and tell a friend about the show, would ya?  Thanks and I like you more than a friend.

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#HMB 227 - Kick his ass, Seabass! with Sebastian Coolidge (@sebastiancoolidge)

Would you rather, if you had to choose: get walked in on the bathroom or walk in on someone in the bathroom?  I’ve asked numerous people this over the past few days and while the answer varies, the reason for their choice is the same: “it would push the embarrassment on to the other person”.   I’ve had both of these situations happen to me; they’re both humiliating in different ways.  If you get walked in on, it’s the exposure type of embarrassment.  They’re seeing a part of you that they probably would never see but also in the most vulnerable position you can be in.  If you walk in on someone in the bathroom, there is an underlying perception of being a voyeur and a creep.  Sure, it was an “accident”, psycho.  You didn’t know someone was in here?  Yea, okay Deviant Don.  So, if you have to choose to be walked in on or to walk in on someone, what would you choose?  Leave a comment below or leave a text/voice message on the #HMBradio line (813) 693-2124.

The question itself is a great ice breaker.  Interviewing people I know a little bit or not at all is tough.  I’m always afraid I’m going to say something off-putting, which I do a lot and lose the guest.  Then the podcast is weird and tedious trying to win them back and trying to get them to open up a bit.  It happens rarely and most of it is my paranoia but it can happen.  I think it’s a good way to start cold with someone you don’t know.  It will lower their defenses and get them thinking about the question at hand as opposed to sitting across a table from some dude they don’t really know in his apartment and wondering if they (me) are going to murder them.  I know that by saying I’m trying to lower their defenses sounds like that’s what I’m trying to do but I swear, I’m not. 

This week on the podcast, prolific St. Pete muralist/artist/designer Sebastian Coolidge stops by.  I always admired Sebastian and liked his story.  He moved here to St. Pete from Kansas City…uhhh…Kansas?  No, Missouri?  Uhm…one of those places to pursue art and was one of the first to just ask for a wall.  It was on the now defunct Freshly Squeezed store across from The Bends on 1st Ave N.  He went and asked the owners if he could paint a mural on the store and they said, “OK, sure”.  That spawned more and more business that wanted him to paint something on their businesses and now that’s his job now: painting.  I always love to see someone making a living from what they like doing.  That’s really all you can ask for in life, the American Dream.  Check out the podcast below:

The #HMB airs Sunday's on Radio St. Pete @ 6:15PM & Monday's at 10:15PM or on demand via Stitcher (http://bit.ly/2wuLR7a) or iTunes (https://goo.gl/xKN5OY) Leave a voice or text message for the show @: (813) 693-2124 or hit me up on our Facebook page or on twitter.  Don't forget to tune into Stay Woke with Anna Hummel & myself weeknights after the Johnny B Show at midnight on 102.5 The Bone.  The Homemade Broadcast is brought to you in part by our sponsors: Taphouse 61 , Truvy Salon & Spa & Homemade Podcasts.  We like them more than a friend.