The Honey and Absinthe Podcast

Companies don’t care about their Employees, They’re QUITTING (and you should too) l The H+A Podcast 108 Employees across the country are quitting their jobs because companies do not value them. In a surprising turn of events, Disney employees show their dissatisfaction with Disney for their stance on the Don’t Say Gay bill. We share our opinions on whether or not Disney cares about their employees...

Hollywood doesn’t Care about your Politics (and they never did $$$) l The H+A Podcast 107 In recent pop culture news, Disney is in hot water for their stance on the Don’t Say Gay BIll in Florida. AMC and Regal are charging people more for prime time movie theater seating. Netflix is testing out charging a fee for account sharing and in general the state of the entertainment/arts industry is not do...

Hollywood Can’t Relate To You Anymore, The Batman, Uncharted, Scream l The H+A Podcast 106 In this new post woke era, movie messaging changed quickly. With war, inflation and pandemic recovery on our minds, it’s difficult to watch movies that talk about woke issues. It feels out of touch and obviously pandering. Yet Hollywood continues to make these types of movies that tend to fall flat to viewer...

What Would You Do If It Was Your Last Day On Earth? l The H+A Podcast 105 A fun episode about one of my existential crisis. It seems a lot of people are wondering about their own mortality these days with impending war, inflation and bad news in the air. I share why I decided to take risks and follow my dreams. It’s why I don’t care what other people think when there’s very little time for me to m...

Why BIG Creators Change Their NICHE for SUCCESS (and why you will too) l The H+A Podcast 104 Pick a niche is common advice for new youtubers and content creators, but is it good advice? It helps you grow quickly, but there’s a dark side to that advice. That’s why a lot of big creators on youtube changed their niche recently due to burn out and realizing they’ve built their channel and business up...

Dating Advice I’d Give My Younger Self l The H+A Podcast 103 For Valentines Day, we wanted to talk about dating and advice we’d give to our younger selves. Probably bad advice, maybe some good advice. Hope you had a great Valentines Day and a good february! Weekly Recommendation: The Night House (2020) Directed by David Bruckner BUY OUR MERCH! https://www.honeyandabsinthe.com/ 8 Steps To Launch Yo...

How Do You Even Date in 2022? For 20s, 30s, 40s, and 60s l The H+A Podcast 102 I’m turning 30 this year and realized how lucky I am that I don't have to date in 2022. I’m not sure how to even do it. We talk about what men want and how it differs between their 20s, 30s, 40s, and 60s. We also talk about what women want in their 20s, 30s, 40s, and 60s. Relationships and dating might not seem that imp...

Social Media Is Changing in 2022 Don’t miss your BIGGEST Opportunity l The H+A Podcast 101 It’s so easy to grow on instagram, tiktok, and youtube right now so if you’re not paying attention, your biggest opportunity will pass you by. Instagram reels is paying you for organic reach. Tiktok is now more like instagram with a growing audience of older people in different niches. It use to be incredibl...

Hollywood Is Still Dying - 2022 Predictions (the year everything changes) l The H+A Podcast 100 We make predictions for the state of hollywood in 2022. As streaming services are plateauing, Netflix stocks are dropping, it does not look good for entertainment. Anime movies will become mainstream in the next decade. Gen Z will become the new generation people will focus on and complain about. Politi...

How Do You Trust Anyone On The Internet Anymore? (beware of the grift) l The H+A Podcast 099 We watched Nightmare Alley recently and realized that art imitates life. We talk about our opinions on politics, media personalities, and recent spicy events related to alpha chad grifter Jack Murphy. We update our opinions on who we choose to have a parasocial relationship with and why it’s important to n...

Should Member Berries Be Illegal? (Why I Don't Trust Critics Anymore) l The H+A Podcast 098 We watched Spiderman No Way Home, Ghostbusters Afterlife, Matrix Resurrections, and Licorice Pizza recently and noticed the movies of 2021 were a bunch of member berry movies where the movie critics were very biased and selective about why they loved or hated each movie. It made me realize that member berri...

Why All Creators Should Start A Podcast (make money talking) l The H+A Podcast 096 Not only is making a podcast easier than making a youtube video, it’s also a lot easier to monetize and start making money. But that shouldn’t be the main reason you start one. You don’t realize how bad you sound, look and come across to other people until you try it. You’ll gain more self awareness, confidence, and...

Is this the END for American Animation? How Creators can Prepare l The H+A Podcast 095 We reviewed the box office numbers for Disney’s Encanto and reviewed the numbers for all American animated movies of 2021. Since we had nothing to compare it to, we also looked at the box office numbers for 2019 and realized American animation is dying slowly. We talk about how the economy will affect artists an...

Is Tiktok the FASTEST Way To Grow On Social Media in 2022? l The H+A Podcast 094 Growing on social media is changing rapidly at the moment. I stopped posting on Tiktok for a year to focus on growing our Youtube Channel. I’ve now come back to Tiktok and realized a lot has changed. Short form content might be the future of social media and it’s important to learn how the algorithm works so you can g...

You Forced Me To Watch Eternals...What Creators Can Learn From This Failure l The H+A Podcast 093 You guys paid for it so I was forced to watch Eternals. The saddest part about Disney’s failure is that this movie actually had potential and didn’t need to fail. We talk about all of the mistakes The Eternals made and how you can learn from them. If you want to torture Vincent (and me…) with Cowboy B...

Disney is FAILING...What This Means For Independent Content Creators l The H+A Podcast 092 Disney movies are losing money, their stocks are falling, and their Disney Plus subscriptions are slowing. Even their consumer product sales are slowing. The signs are there that Disney is failing, but what does that mean for independent content creators. I believe there is a need for more of the individual...

Everyone Is Desperate For Likes, Proving Y’all Are TOXIC l The H+A Podcast 091 I’ve been seeing an escalation of crazy stunts and upsetting behavior from EVERYONE across the board on social media. Most of it is coming from Gen Z, but Millennials and Boomers are participating as well. What do you think is happening? The only optimistic thing I can say about everything that is happening as our cultu...

Entertainment Is Changing TOO FAST, Hollywood Can’t Keep Up (This is how) l The H+A Podcast 090 Millennials are the new boomers and we don’t define culture anymore. Gen Z does and they’re not interested in the Hollywood stuff. Proven by the audience that we saw watching Dune, Last Night In Soho, and No TIme To Die. Instead the younger generation are watching the My Hero Academia movie and shows li...

Why Is Everyone Unhappy in 2021 (and why you shouldn’t be) l The H+A Podcast 089 Every week, I’ve noticed people are leaving LA in the direction of other states. For whatever reason, people are escaping the city signalling that people are not happy. This isn’t unique to Los Angeles and I wanted to talk about why everyone including youtubers and content creators seem to be burntout, in some kind of...

How Postmodernism Is Killing Hollywood l The H+A Podcast 088 What is postmodernism and how can it be killing Hollywood? I talk about how movies are suffering from the application of postmodernism in storytelling and the retelling of beloved characters. Now that we are in a new decade, it seems things are shifting away from the ideals of postmodernism. Everyone no matter if you’re a content creator...

YOUTUBERS are Changing and This is why you should TOO l The H+A Podcast 087 I’ve noticed a lot of creators are changing things up on youtube. They’re changing their niche or doing something different to their normal content. We talk about why this all seems to be happening at the same time while we are also trying to change our content. There are pros and cons to taking this risk and it doesn’t al...

Did I Almost Die Or Was It A Ghost? Living In The Middle Of Nowhere l The H+A Podcast 086 We talk about our ability to work remotely and testing the waters of living out in the middle of nowhere to see how rural we can take it. We share a scary story that happened to us...I’m not sure if it was a human or a paranormal or supernatural experience. The whole experience taught us that maybe we don’t w...

Gen Z don’t want to watch your MOVIES, This Is WHY l The H+A Podcast 085 Millennials and Gen Z consume media and entertainment completely differently. Maybe it’s because we grew up differently compared to the Zoomers. It’s important to understand where the trends are going and why if content creators want to stay relevant. Short form content and relatable internet content is here to stay and anyon...

What you can ACCOMPLISH if you ACTUALLY did what you WANTED The H+A Podcast 084 We recently watched a marathon of Rock Documentaries and realized these types of creatives don’t exist anymore. If they do, they’re working for large corporations telling themselves they HAVE to instead of doing what they actually wanted to do. Even though it is easier than ever in 2021 to make a living doing exactly w...

What are you willing to do to become SUCCESSFUL? The H+A Podcast 083 The definition of success is different for every person. What we are taught as kids is success is money. It is a career or power. Maybe it’s having the right social circle or wearing the right designer things. For me, success is defined as the freedom to do whatever I want in life and I’m willing to pay the price for it. Even if...