The Brighter Side

Ed, Amber, and Eddie are joined by Carolina Hidalgo of the LPN fam and Greg Stone of The Rad Dudecast to celebrate the Fourth of July and the things that make us happy about The United States of America! Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of The Brighter Side ad-free. Start a free trial now on Apple Podcasts or by visiting siriusxm.com/podcastsplus . Hosted by Simplecast, an...

Pie fights, toasted buns, and friendly birds. This week we focus on the things that make us happy. Playing us out is Hot Fun in the Summertime ! Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of The Brighter Side ad-free. Start a free trial now on Apple Podcasts or by visiting siriusxm.com/podcastsplus . Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about...

Ed, Amber, and Eddie take on crime, defunding police, CHAZ, and anarchy. Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of The Brighter Side ad-free. Start a free trial now on Apple Podcasts or by visiting siriusxm.com/podcastsplus . Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Hey Yo Brighter Siders. It’s Hoopagoogoonunudoodoo time! Ed and Amber are joined by Difficult Women , Katy Frame & Marie Cecile Anderson, for our favorite game of finding joy inside the hot closets of our mind. Look inside! Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of The Brighter Side ad-free. Start a free trial now on Apple Podcasts or by visiting siriusxm.com/podcastsplus . Host...

This week Amber, Ed, Eddie, and Seena have a tough conversation. They work on promoting black voices, companies, art, and anything else we can do to stop racism. Playing us out this week is Vic Mensa - “Shades of Blue” part of Ed’s These Are Black Voices playlist. Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of The Brighter Side ad-free. Start a free trial now on Apple Podcasts or by...

This week the gang is joined by the newest members of the LPN Family, Brooke Van Poppelen & Andrea Wallace hosts of Side Work for a special Restaurant themed Hoopagoogo! Tip your servers and bartenders well so they won’t have to poison their areas! Playing us out this week is Black Joe Lewis - Skulldiggin part of Ed’s Murderfist Music Playlist! Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new epis...

Amber, Ed, and Eddie play The Reminiscing Game! The rules are simple: Each player tells a memory out loud and the other players rate it on a 1 - 10 scale. The score is averaged out and they have to drink for that many seconds! Make sure you fart into the toilet and love yourself, you beautiful babies. Aunt Patty, this blitz is for you! Playing us out this week is Funkadelic - No Compute part of Ed...

On May 1st, your precious hosts Amber Nelson & Ed Larson joined Holden McNeely on his 12 Hour Marathon Stream for Covid19 relief. By the end of the stream he had raised $12,000.00 for World Central Kitchen ! More about World Central Kitchen at WCK.org . Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of The Brighter Side ad-free. Start a free trial now on Apple Podcasts or by visiting si...

Amber, Ed, and Eddie are joined by LPN Alums but Hoopagoogoonubies Andrew Short and Callie Short. Listen to all of Ed Larson's Playlists on Spotify including this week’s song Thee Headcoatees - Davey Crockett Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of The Brighter Side ad-free. Start a free trial now on Apple Podcasts or by visiting siriusxm.com/podcastsplus . Hosted by Simplecas...

Amber, Ed, Eddie, Seena, and Jackie take turns giving you the positivity and love you deserve, you beautiful babies. Playing us out this week is Death in Vegas - All That Glitters part of Ed Larson's Spotify Playlists ! Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of The Brighter Side ad-free. Start a free trial now on Apple Podcasts or by visiting siriusxm.com/podcastsplus . Hosted b...

This week Amber enlightens us to the good of libraries, Eddie entices us with his favorite fairy tales, and Ed takes us on the best spring break imagination can buy. Allen Toussaint - "Everything I Do Gonh Be Funky" plays us out. Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of The Brighter Side ad-free. Start a free trial now on Apple Podcasts or by visiting siriusxm.com/podcastsplus...

Amber, Ed, and Eddie talk about their zodiac signs and wonder if their personality traits really do correspond to the constellations. Jam out to Ed Larson's Be Good To Yourself playlist and Fernando's Brighter Side 2020 playlist. Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of The Brighter Side ad-free. Start a free trial now on Apple Podcasts or by visiting siriusxm.com/podcastsplus...

This week Amber talks semi-aquatic capybara and the parental role bending seahorse while Ed talks about orcas. Ed is later joined by Julie to talk about abortion resources to get people the help they need in this changing political climate. Katy Frame "Optimistic Apocalyptic Plan" Playing us out is Connie Smith "Gentle On My Mind" Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of The Br...

Corvus, and Camelus, and Ursidae, Oh My! This week Amber talks Crows and Camels, while Ed talks Peregrine Falcons and Bears. We love nature and we love you, beautiful babies! Playing us out today is Chicago - “Does Anyone Really Know What Time It Is?” Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of The Brighter Side ad-free. Start a free trial now on Apple Podcasts or by visiting siri...

Humans have been using music to escape the cold, stark world since before we were even writing things down. Amber and Ed, being humans themselves, decided to do the same. In this episode Oldest Known Melody , Plainchant , Guillame de Machaut , El Grillo , Antonio Vivaldi , Haydn : Sonata in F Major , Schubert : Symphony No. 5 in B-flat Major Closing us out this week My Morning Jacket - One Big Hol...

You know that finding the Brighter Side in these cloudy times is our specialty! Amber and Ed were joined by Fernando and Julie, then by Eddie later. We talk about what we are each doing to keep our minds sharp and immune systems healthy throughout the free time at home. Keep looking out for each other and loving each other while we all get through this together. Playing us out this week is The Sta...

This week Amber, Ed, and Eddie tuck in and read from some of their old journals to revisit on poems, sketches, and scribbles from times past.  Playing us out this week is The Cowmen "Preacher". Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of The Brighter Side ad-free. Start a free trial now on Apple Podcasts or by visiting siriusxm.com/podcastsplus . Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz c...

Amber, Ed, and Eddie are joined by Emily Fleming and Steve Hernandez to play a few rounds of a school themed Hoopagugu. Play and laugh along with us! Sending love to all the teachers, students, weird kids, new kids, jocks, nerds, stoners, and ditchers of the world! Taking us out today is Eric Claptop "Change The World" Send us a STAMPED self-addressed envelope to get your own Brighter Side Sticker...

Amber, Ed, and Eddie talk with a New Jersey Public School Civics teacher to find the silver linings in the constant comparison to private school, school metal detectors, and school lunch debt. Playing us out this week is Hiss Golden Messenger - "I Need a Teacher". Send a self addressed stamped envelope to The Brighter Side c/o LPN POBox 470 North Hollywood, CA 91603 to get your own Brighter Side s...

Amber, Ed, Eddie, are joined by Sasheer Zamata and Lindsay Boling for a few rounds of The Brighter Side's own Hoopagugununududu. Play along with us! Taking us out this week was "I'd Rather Be With You" by Bootsy Collins. Follow us on Twitter @BrighterSideLPN and Instagram @thebrightersidelpn . Send us a STAMPED Self-Addressed envelope to get your own Brighter Side sticker! Brighter Side c/o LPN PO...

Amber, Ed, & Eddie are joined by Leah Bonnema and Travis Irvine to give us the Brighter Side of Corona-virus and bus rides. Stay beautiful and healthy, we love you babies! Playing us out this week is Cypress Hill - Insane in the Membrane Want your own FREE The Brighter Side sticker? Send us a self addressed stamped envelope and we will send one out to you! [WHILE SUPPLIES LAST] Brighter Side C/O L...

Thanks for checking out The Brighter Side, a cynics look at optimism. We try to find the positive light in this horror show we call Earth, so spark one up and join us in the positivity Follow The Brighter Side on Spotify to get new episodes as soon as they come out Too Cool, Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/...

Amber, Ed, Eddie, and Brighter Side Alum Seena Ghaznavi talk about the Iowa Caucus, Iran, and being in jury duty on a Murder Trial! Be better to yourself and you will be better to the whole world! We love you beautiful babies! Want your own FREE The Brighter Side sticker? DM us on Twitter, Instagram, or send us a self addressed stamped envelope and we will send one out to you! [WHILE SUPPLIES LAST...

Amber, Ed, and Eddie are joined by Matt McCarthy to talk about the semi-aquatic egg-laying mammal, the platypus. Warning: This episode contains an excerpt from Philomena Mackinnon's "Taken by a Horny Platypus" and graphic descriptions of platypus anatomy. Be nice to each other out there! Taking us out today is The Cowmen "Danger". Follow The Brighter Side on Spotify to get new...

It’s the first Hoopagoonudo of the 2020 year! Amber, Ed, and Fernando are joined by Maggie Maye and Sam Ike for laughs and silver linings. Be good to yourselves ya beautiful babies! Playing us out today is Fine Young Cannibals - She Drives Me Crazy The Brighter Side PoBox 470 NoHo, CA 91603 Listen to The Brighter Side free on Spotify! Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of Th...