Damaged Goods Podcast

On this episode of Damaged Goods Podcast, Jake The Snake's guest is on-air personality, radio host, & DJ, Mr. Peter Parker, The Heavy Hitter DJs.  The two discuss what it was like living in & being on Air in Minneapolis in the wake of George Floyd's murder, the challenge of moving from city to city working at new FM radio stations, how Jake sucks at geography yet is a road warrior, re...

On this episode of Damaged Goods Podcast, Jake The Snake's guest is Jake Fraczek aka himself. Yea, solo episode,  discussing why he feels naked without the ability to create, what happens to an artist when they are unable to scratch that itch, people policing other people in Mexico, toughen the hell up, why many people he knows have resorted to new and drastic ways to earn a living as the gov...

On this episode of Damaged Goods Podcast, Jake The Snake's guest is Hip-Hop producer & beatmaker, Vinyl Villain. The two discuss long term exposure VS short term money, why it's important for producers to have DJing experience, why some high-end fancy studios can suck, working with artists like Eto, Crimeapple, Ankle John, & more, why Jake rarely uses his last name, the importance of colla...

On this episode of Damaged Goods Podcast, Jake The Snake's guest is sponsored skateboarder Nate Jackson. The two discuss the social sacrifices a young skater often makes, how skateboarding saved his life, climbing out a dark place & getting back into shape, the companies and shops he has been sponsored by, why skatebaording is expression & an art, scary skate-related injuries,  blacki...

On the latest episode of Damaged Goods Podcast, Jake The Snake's guest is model/nude model/nudist, Leevon Lux. The two discuss censorship, social media cracking down on her pages, what & why they determine allowable content, leaving the Suicide Gilrs after many years, definition of a "sex worker", Onlyfans paying bills, the level of confidence needed to date her, what's under the robes? &...

On this episode, Jake The Snake flies solo and discusses the concept of "patting one's self on the back", virtue signaling, what motivates good deeds, choosing what you support financially, artists being outspoken, being genuine, do we care/need to know what artists think on social issues? How/why Hollywood overcompensates with social statements, & more. Follow Jake @jthes & @damagedgoodsp...

On this episode of Damaged Goods Podcast, Jake The Snake flies solo and discusses the issue of censorship, why the pendulum never swings gently, how cancel culture is a form of censorship, cancel culture working inherently against its intention, when he learned Alex Jones was a disinformationist, why it's important to stand up against censorship always regardless if you agree with what/who is bein...

On this episode of Damaged Goods Podcast, Jake The Snake's guest is author, technician, & speaker Telisa D. The two discuss not only connecting with the readers of your work, but the connection that can be made amongst fellow authors writing about similar subjects with similar experiences, how hot the damn lights on when you're on stage speaking or performing, taking your own responsibility wh...

On this episode of Damaged Goods Podcast, Jake The Snake's guest is DJ, producer, and video & lighting technician, SB The DJ, aka Special Blend. The two discuss why you don't shake hands with Wolverine, embracing your honesty, working live shows in crazy areas of cities w/ crazy streetgoers, why you shouldn't dine & dash, how he has taken DJing to the streets in a unique mobile fashion, im...

On this episode of Damaged Goods Podcast, Jake The Snake's guest is DJ, producer, executive producer & entreprenuer DJ Deadeye. The two discuss why it's important to branch out, the value or merchandise, dealing with deprerssion and what to do when it infiltrates your creativity, why live hip-hop can get a bad rep & what makes a good live performance, the young VS old age gap nonsense with...

On this episode of Damaged Goods Podcast, Jake The Snake shares some movie remakes that actually DON'T suck. It's rare. Jake addresses the catalyst of the remake/reboot trend, denounces some he can't stand, but strives to look at the glass half-full, offereing eight movie remakes that are good. Some are movies that you might not have even known where remakes, while he discusses why he enjoys the a...

On this episode of Damaged Goods Podcast, Jake The Snake's guest is artist Tyler Farmen. The two discuss how & why he got into graffiti, getting jumped into a crew, the loyalty and expectations that come with that, the love of skateboarding, many brushes with the law, coming to a fork in the road with graffiti/life and how to continue as an artist, selling art, curating & running an art ga...

On this episode of Damaged Goods Podcast, Jake The snake discusses the complex, and ever present matter of, can you seprate the art from the artist? Do the political leanings of certain music artists change your ability/desire to listen to them? Why he hates Facebook, how everything that is polarizing will politicized, and he shares a chapter from his book, Quicksand, available now. Follow Jake @j...

On this episode of Damaged Goods Podcast, Jake The Snake's guest is musician & engineer, Aziz The Shake. The two discuss taking more control over your creative process, do artists have to speak out on social issues? Professional & collegiate sports and their accountability to their players, the current work Akon is doing in Senegal, teaching yourself new skills & crafts later in l...

On this episode of Damaged Goods Podcast, Jake The Snake's guest is author, journalist, historian, and Bostonian, Dart Adams. the two discuss different writing processes, harnessing creativity when it comes, the journey every artist takes to find their voice, how skateboarding & skateboard videos influneced both of their artistic lives, having problems with publishers & editors, the heart-...

On this episode of Damaged Goods Podcast, Jake The Snake's guest is decorated barber and host of the Shop Talk podcast, Steve Ferreira. The two discuss how their early experiences with college radio impacted them podcasting, the barber as a therapist, imagination as a tool & a weapon, the struggle for social butterflies during this pandemic, the different ways people take in & digest music...

On this episode of Damaged Goods Podcast, Jake The Snake recounts his recent venture back from Mexico to California amidst the inetrnational pandemic, bribing cops, roadside shrines for those who have died on the same path, sleeping in your car adjacent to drug transactions, the Give-A-F@&% Meter, the fascination with the statement and notion of "not giving a....", what it should mean, reasses...

On this episode of Damaged Goods, Jake The Snake flys solo, with a semi follow up to the previous episode, with more stiories of his time in a foreign country, during a pandemic, taking care of ill loved ones, the fear you never knew, the concept of artists having to suffer/endure adversity to create their best art, the unnfair exchange of fans getting this great art while an artists may suffer, a...

On this episode, Jake The Snake flys solo and tells crazy stories on his recent exodus from L.A. to Mexico during the Pandemic lockdown, taking insane precautions, crazy car accidents in the middle of nowhewre, having to be in hospitals during the pandemic, new problems facing his family, corrupt cops robbing him, books/movies to inspire strength, why staying isolated should make you feel proud, &...

On this episode of Damaged Goods Podcast, Jake The Snake's guest is renown photographer Adam Amengual. The two discuss the ways in which the Coronavirus crisis has effected artists, creatives, freelancers, and the self employed, what some measures are that can be taken by both the individuals effected and state & federal officials to help their situation, things do do while self quarantined to...

On this episode of Damaged Goods Podcast, Jake The Snake's guest is DJ, producer, & artist Khari. The two discuss his animated project, the interesting backstory of how/why he got into DJing, working for KSEX radio, being the assistant to a famous porn star, almost getting sexually jumped by Ginger Lynn in the radio studio, why having a trained fighting background is good if your work in night...

On this episode of Damaged Goods Podcast, Jake The Snake's guest is music-touring vet, VIP Coordinator, executive assistant, Courtney Angela. The two discuss what it's like to be on big live-music tours as a woman in a field filled with mostly men, life-hacks to being on the road living in hotels & tour buses, the liberation of quitting, eyebrows, what to NOT do on a tour bus, historical facts...

On this episode of Damaged Goods Podcast, Jake The Snake's guest is director/producer/actor Johnny Hickey. The two discuss what makes his new film, Habitual, more than a horror movie, micro-dosing, how to work yourself our of depressive spells, how he got comfortable and too a step back after his 1st film, Oxymorons, came out, how to reignite that inspiration and motivation, telling the stories he...

On this episode of Damaged Goods Podcast, Jake The Snake's guest is music artist Justin Clancy. The two discuss crazy diets, physical exercise & cardio regiments that help his live performance, Jake's disdain for construction, why Justin doesn't like "recovery" rappers, his feelings on incorporating (or not) his journey of getting clean & sober into his music, not appreciating artists who...

On this episode of Damaged Goods Podcast, Jake The Snake's guest is barber extraordinaire, Ronnie McCoy III. The two discuss how fast things have evolved for him moving from Michigan to LA and how to prepare for what you want next, getting to barber for some artists he has looked up to, hitting the red carpet at the VMAs, why its important to take time away from social media and unplug, how his tr...