Not So Random House

Enjoy this amazing premiere of season 2 of Not So Random House! Here we explore some new exciting changes coming your way! Remember to stay fresh. Also follow us on instagram at @NSRHPOD OR Email us with questions, concerns, compliments or otherwise at NSRHPOD@gmail.com

Nick Ole is a young aspiring amateur professional, who has worn many hats during his 37 years on this good planet we like to call earth, although he has only had one official job. Originally born in Fiji, he moved to the European Union at the ripe old age of 12 to pursue his passion of becoming a traveling salesman. Although not what he envisioned, he made a small fortune selling corn flakes, accu...

Dr Eliot Ignatius Rather, a self proclaimed Public Intellectual and Thought Leader, was born the youngest of 5 in Wamsutter, Wyoming, on his parent's goat farm. Young Eliot's agricultural skills never flourished, so to speak, so he tried his hand at education. He succeeded greatly, according to himself. He theoretically received honors at New Oslo State University A and M, double majoring...

Phstephaneigh Q. is an accomplished musician, fashionista and pogo sticker. She first discovered her passion for music as a youth who loved to wander in the woods, listening to all the happy little creatures sing kumbaya. She dreamed of one day replicating the wonderful music that she heard and chose to pursue that passion by learning to play the didgeridoo. After her childhood, she matriculated t...

Rukiye Vilja grew up in Springdale, Utah. A gifted musician, she decided to give up a career in music in order to pursue something a little more lucrative, namely philosophy. However, her deep love for and knowledge of music never truly left her, and she has leveraged her talents to become an amateur writer. Nearly famous titles of hers include “Changing the key: Re-thinking how we re-think our li...

If the year is already kind of old, is it still happy New Year?? Find out by listening to this episode! Email your responses to the questions to: NSRHpod@gmail.com

Doctor Betty Won’t is an acclaimed psychologist, artist and counselor. She was originally born in Persia, modern day Iran, but moved to Canada when she was just a wee lass. Growing up she always had two distinct passions: painting and counseling others. Her love for painting inspired her to create abstract pieces of art bearing ambiguous titles such as, “Rain, Moon, SunShine'' and “Buenas días noc...

Dr. Lucille MacGillicuddy, aka the "Theologian to the Common Man" was born in Arizona, Dr. MacGillicuddy moved in her 20s to the ancient Babylonia, located in modern-day Iraq, to study the physical evidence of a global flood and Noah's Ark. In the process, and following a near-drowning experience after she tried to construct an ark of her own but failed to convert cubits from metric to imperial, s...

Agatha Noelle is an up and coming entrepreneur and ukulelista. As a child she always wanted to start her own business, and when she learned about the perilous situations and rampant obesity that faces many gray squirrels, she knew that she had to do something. Now her business, Girls Helping Squirrels, sells women’s clothing and donates 50% of its proceeds to this noble cause. Originally born and...

Professor Andres Kumbaya is an acclaimed psychologist, musician and former professional corn hole player. Originally from Olivia, Minnesota, known as the corn capital of the world, he grew up picking corn and throwing bags. He matriculated to Minnesota Agricultural University where he played Division 1 Corn hole, but quickly realized how much more fun it was to spend his time probing his classmate...

Professor Virginia Maryland is a dutch professional bronze sculptor and architecture enthusiast originally from Wyoming, Delaware. She has a deep passion for all things from the middle ages. She has written a plethora of books dealing with a number of topics, including “The Black Hole: My Obsession with the Dark Ages and Why You Should Have One Too”, “A Short History of Paper Mache Sculptors and T...

Here is the second part of our deep dive into the ancient lost art of Q & A!! Please enjoy my discussion of lithography, cartography and legacy!

A little Q & A with yours truly, where we take on an important question from a listener and seek to answer it. Included also in this episode is a wonderful history lesson on the ancient art of Q and A as well as an explanation into the question "What if names didn't exist?" Enjoy!

Enjoy the first ever episode with a returning guest, as we take on the hard questions, like “How do children defend their childhood?” and “How do children deal with trauma?”. In addition to this, you will have your mind opened to the wonderful life, work and mission of Maurice Sandak, as well as our guest’s views on patriarchy and petty arsonry. Enjoy!

Jerome Scarlett is a prodigious thinker, builder and Home depot employee who has deemed himself as a dilettante of many arts, including creating his own blog “Logs and Vlogs”. Most recently he has gained the attention of many for his peacemaking work through his blog, where he has striven to bring together two opposite sides for meaningful and civil conversations. This talent was displayed clearly...

John G. Scrugs is a well known (by those who know him) farmer and current owner of the Scrugs almond milking business. Born in southeast Nowhere Oklahoma, John  grew up around almond and almond milk, as his family had been in the business for many years after the entire town became lactose intolerant in 1869. He attended the world renowned agriculture university Verts à Collier in Paris, Idah...

Bernard Jenkins is an avid scientist, thinker and author. Growing up in a small town in Western Montana, Jenkins attended Rippermore High school and then eventually matriculated to the University of St. Pepperdine, or as it is more commonly known by the locals, the Harvard of Nevada, with a double major in social sciences and philosophical presuppositions. Since then, he has made a name for himsel...

Enjoy the first episode of season 2 with my friend Gregory Ulysses M. C.  Danforth III! I hope that you enjoy his wonderful insights and our in depth discussion of this classic, attempting to answer the question "Why was the caterpillar so very hungry?" among other things. If you have any questions or comments, please let me know by emailing them to NSRHpod@gmail.com . Thank you!!

Please enjoy this wonderful episode with the incredibly logical Dean Vider, as we discuss industrialization, the color green in literature, and the cold war through the lens of the Dr. Suess classic, Green Eggs and Ham.

Please enjoy this episode with your host, Luke Hodge, as I tackle some of your questions, and tell you a little bit more about the idea behind Not So Random House.  If you have any other questions or feedback that you would like me to answer in a future episode, please email it to NSRHpod@gmail.com . Enjoy!

Please enjoy this lovely analysis of Goodnight Moon with the prodigious Dr. Mitchell Chatoyant. This episode is a little longer, because there was so much buried literary treasure in this novel that we had to take more time to do it justice. Anything less would not have been right.

Enjoy this Episode of Not So Random House where we discuss the themes and messages of The Rainbow Fish (1992), by Marcus Pfister . Featuring my dear friend, and acclaimed biologist, writer and sculpture, Doctor Evo L. Ushun.

Please enjoy the pilot episode of Not So Random House as I analyze P.D. Eastman's 1961 classic, Go, Dog. Go!, with my friend, the esteemed Dr. William M. Butler C. B. Hastings