California Cal

Damn Dude Podcast

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California Cal is the charismatic host of The Damn Dude Podcast , widely praised for his authentic and down-to-earth conversations. Known for his unique perspective, Cal blends humor, wisdom, and raw honesty to create an engaging listening experience. He connects with his audience through relatable stories, life lessons, and thought-provoking insights. Cal embodies the laid-back yet driven vibe that people associate with California living. He has a talent for turning everyday experiences into deep reflections, making the podcast feel like a conversation with a good friend who’s unafraid to kee...

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Episodes

Submit And Know Your Roll 27.06.2026 57:15

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the Damn Dude Podcast! This is Season 6, Episode 4! - Land Cruiser for sale - These topics, often trigger people... - Submitting to your man - Submitting to your woman - The Silent and Unspoken "lets get out of here" - Knowing your roll and Standing on it - Kids being kids - Adults wanting kids to be quiet - Chef Fest LOVE ALL Remember to say 3 things you&ap...

Happy 9th Birthday Fordie, Letting our parents exist as they are, Your ladies last Plea, Men living in distraction, Can't eat or sleep w/o weed, She would rather share with another woman 29.04.2026 46:05

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the Damn Dude Podcast! This is Season 6, Episode 3! - Happy 9th Birthday to little Fordie!! - Healing our relationship with our parents and letting them exist as they are. - Putting the mirror of "well that's who/how they are" down to see who they really are, entirely outside of what they did or didn't do for us. - Quit talking about what you're...

Adult Tantrums, Tuning the Ego, Deepest Ayahuasca Lesson & The Onion of Love 09.03.2026 48:34

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the Damn Dude Podcast! This is Season 6, Episode 2! - Adult Tantrums, Lets break this down! - Experiencing "Ego Death"....what I learned about this, the positives and the negatives, and the missing pieces - Tuning our Ego for optimum performance, people often try to kill it or get rid of it entirely, in my experience and observation, we still need it for cer...

DDP 6 Year Anniversary! Happy 7th Birthday Royal!! 2 Special guests pop in, Unlearning & Relearning, Reparenting Ourselves 26.01.2026 36:01

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the 6th Anniversary of the Damn Dude Podcast! This is Season 6, Episode 1! First episode of the brand new season....what have we got in store? - First off, thank you guys for tuning in and making it this far with us along this journey! It's an honor to be with you all who listen from around the world! - Happy 7th Birthday to my son, Royal!! - Being able to recogniz...

I turned 40, 75 Hard being done, Pulled off Christmas for the fam, Trip + Gifts, The absurdities of our trip + how we kept going, New layers of my passion exposed, Guest on the Rosie Rose Podcast 30.12.2025 52:02

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the Damn Dude Podcast! This is Season 5, Episode 6! (In the Episode I keep saying "Episode 7") 🙈 - I turned 40! its a miracle! 😁 - 6 episodes this whole season is pathetic, I need to do more! - Life after completing 75 Hard - I was a Guest on the Rosie Rose Podcast! Go check it out! Link to my interview on the Rosie Rose Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/ep...

75 Hard, Relationship with Weed, What happens when Convenience is King, Counter Practices, no Doom and Gloom 11.11.2025 43:50

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the Damn Dude Podcast! This is Season 5, Episode 5! - #75Hard - Relationship with Weed -When things are too convenient and Convenience becomes King! - When convenience is King, we miss out - Engaging in Counter Practices - Do you or have you ever practiced counter practices? - No Doom and Gloom - Don't let the BS, BS you! LOVE ALL Remember to say 3 things you'...

"That's Good Advice" Featuring Fordie 15.09.2025 45:10

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the Damn Dude Podcast, hosted by California Cal! This is Season 5, Episode 4! We've got a very very very special guest in the house today! In the midst of all the chaos in this country and world, we need a breath of fresh air and some wholesomeness! So we brought on my kiddo, 8 year old Fordie!! Ford has such a kind and pure heart and message, everybody needs to l...

Boundaries and Workability, Transforming Pure Concentrated Chaos into something Manageable 30.04.2025 52:49

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the Damn dude Podcast! This is Season 5, Episode 3! On this episode, we're talking about Boundaries! - Lets define our boundaries. - What is your relationship to your boundaries? - How much flexibility is in your boundaries? - Do your boundaries have layers? - Who is "allowed" past certain boundaries? - How can we create "Workability" in the mid...

Special Dedication Episode: In Honor of the Mother of Yamamoto Boss 17.04.2025 1:36:19

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the Damn Dude Podcast! This is Season 5, Episode 2, and this is a Very Special Dedication Episode! - We've got Yamamoto Boss in the house, for a special dedication episode to his mother who just passed. - This interview is as real and raw as it gets, anyone birthed from a woman, (so everybody) can appreciate this episode in many ways. - What did/does your Mom mean...

Season 5 is Live! 2025 Introduction of California Cal, Happy to Give Our Kids Money vs Make them Learn the Hard Way, "Pay me back" vs "I gotchu", The Life Scale is back! February Happy Birthdays, Spirituality being Personal, until a Point, Long Term Heali 07.02.2025 1:14:02

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the Damn Dude Podcast, it's a brand new season! Season 5 is Live!!!!! This is Episode 1 of the new Season! - 2025 Introduction, Who is California Cal? Parenting: Lend them a helping hand? Or, Let them learn the Hard way Pay Me Back, vs I Got You! You need help again!? vs I'm happy to help you out! The Life Scale is back! Lets measure! -100 to 0 to +100 - Feb...

Last Episode of Season 4!!! Birthday Shout Outs, Be Authentic or Belong, Spiritual Crazy Talk, Picking up the Energetic Slack for your Partner 24.01.2025 51:29

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the Damn Dude Podcast! This is the last episode of Season 4! This is Episode 24! AKA: E.310! - Happy Birthday to my little brother Alrik (31), and Son Royal (6)! - We can Be Authentic, or we can Belong - Can you ever be Truly Happy if you're not being Authentic? - Spiritual Narcissism - Crazy Talk - Picking up the Emotional and Energetic Slack for your Partner Duri...

Getting Authentic with Life and Death, Plan for this year, LA Fires, Gratitude to the next level, Gratitude in action, Unearthing our Purpose 15.01.2025 45:06

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the Damn Dude Podcast! This is Season 4, Episode 23, aka: Episode 309 - Getting Authentic with Life and with Death - Getting Structured - LA Fires - 5 Year #DDP Anniversary coming up! - Podcasting on a regular schedule! - Purpose, how do we unearth it, and hone in on it? - What do we stand for? Why? - What are our boundaries? - The plan for 2025!!!! - Own it, claim it,...

Special Guest Interview! Putting Sebastian Hernandez on the spot, asking questions he's never been asked publicly! How to Pick the RIGHT coach! Where the right mindset will take us! 06.01.2025 1:20:14

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the Damn Dude Podcast! This is Season 4, Episode 22! Ooooooh Boy do we have a hell'of'a special episode for you guys today!! Many people around the world hire Sebastian Hernandez of Ignite The Spark Within for their own personal coach/mentor. - Sebastian is a World Class Coach, Business man, and Mentors. - Because Sebastian is a personal friend/brother of mine...

We're back! Full blown attack on me my family, spiritually, mentally, physically, emotionally, and reputation wise, Life is turning around 17.12.2024 51:31

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the Damn Dude Podcast! This is Season 4, Episode 21 Welcome back everyone!!!!! Holy sh*t dude, where do we even start!? Since the last episode, it's been absolute HELL and absolute HEAVEN all in the same season! - Being attacked Mentally, Physically, Spiritually - My reputation fully attacked - The status with my kid and current legal standing - Feeling deep, authe...

My Kid getting Kidnapped, False Accusations - All Ruled Out, Court 5 + Times, New/Additional Career, Who I've been Working with, Spiritual Lessons Calling, Shout Outs, Recent Concerts, Learning Curve of Mastery, A Blessing for you All. 25.10.2024 1:15:54

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the Damn Dude Podcast! This is Season 4, Episode 20! - My kid got kidnapped - How I kept my cool and worked from a place of Love, Gratitude, and Doing the right thing - What I did and the steps I took - False Accusations made against me - Cops at my doorstep AGAIN - All cases so far have been beat and dropped via stone cold evidence - CPS/CWS called on me multiple times...

Patiently waiting for the cops to show up...Why Now???, Telling THE truth, Acting in the face of danger, Happy 19th Birthday Nate, Atascadero, Joshua Tree, Good People, Exhibiting Authenticity 07.08.2024 1:02:49

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the Damn Dude Podcast! This is Season 4, Episode 19! - Why am I patiently waiting for the cops to show up at my house....AGAIN? - Current stressful situation.....Catching up on the last few weeks - Always tell THE Truth, not A truth. - Acting in the face of danger.....makes you more useful and attractive - How can we exhibit more authenticity? - Joshua Tree - Atascadero...

Collecting Wins = Confidence, Seek Harmony rather than Balance, Life is a constant variable, The world we're creating for our kids, No Gray Tape Show, Yamamoto Boss Show, Lao Food Fest, Beach Days 05.07.2024 34:24

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the Damn Dude Podcast! This is Season 4, Episode 18, aka Episode 304 - Seeking Harmony rather than Balance - I was a guest on Ignite The Spark Within Podcast talking: Conscious Sexuality - Thank you for having me @IgniteSelfMastery - As humans we can only "balance and spin so many plates", eventually they will come crashing down - I built a world of "spin...

Spiritual Ego Enlargement, School App Rejected, Depth or Face Value?, Fire Fighter Training, More Imagination, + More! 17.06.2024 37:00

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the Damn Dude Podcast! This is Season 4, Episode 17! - Growing a "Spiritual Ego" - Inflating our Source of Ego or our Source of Appreciation - The Healed version of us, also has to shape the Ego, It's never fully gone. - My school application was rejected again! - Approaching life with Depth vs Face Value - Manifesting often requires a lot more Creativity...

What It's like working for Amazon, Setting your relationship Free, Raw Authenticity, OB Street Fair, Yamamoto album release party, Nates Performance, The link between Musicians & Podcasters, Family not Friends 31.05.2024 1:02:23

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the Damn Dude Podcast! This is Season 4, Episode 16!! AKA Episode 302! - What its REALLY like working for Amazon doing Deliveries - @Yamamoto_Boss album release party for new album: Summer Time Boss - Nate & his band @NoGrayTape, absolutely ROCKED THE HOUSE! - OB Street fair - Raw Authenticity - Airing out my whole past with my GF for the sake of more depth, strengt...

You ain't safe quit playin with a Gangsta, Stay Dangerous, Kids soccer game fight, Mothers Day,I Quit my job!, Healed Identity Ego, Puves Day, Yamamoto Performance 18.05.2024 1:03:27

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the Damn Dude Podcast! This is Season 4, Episode 15! - Bitch you aint safe quiet playin with a Gangsta - Stay Dangerous - Woman almost gets attacked by a full grown man at our kids soccer game - I was the only man to stand up and do anything - Not a single man stood up to protect the kids and this poor woman - 2 Chumps almost got absolutely slept in front of a whole cr...

Episode 300!! The power of multiple Contexts/Perspectives to choose from, 9-5 = Auto Pilot for me, Spiritual promotion & the evidence 09.05.2024 41:40

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the Damn Dude Podcast! This is Season 4, Episode 14! Aka: Episode 300!!! This means here at the DDP, we've got over 300 hours of content in there books! Thank you all for your love and support! - Been addicted to my phone lately.....Why? - My "9-5" is bleeding my dry - Any version of life where we don't love it makes us incentive, disconnected, less...

Parenting without shortcuts, Forgetting to give ourselves credit, Nate & his Jeep, Being prepared, Change of heart on a few things, Missing out on life's beauty, A Good relationship requires constant upgrades 01.05.2024 45:24

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the Damn Dude Podcast! This is Season 4, Episode 13! - Happy 7th Birthday Fordie!! - Parenting without shortcuts - Cabin weekend - The WHOLE fambam came out! - Being prepared - Learning navigational skills - Forgetting to give ourselves credit where credit is due - Tuning our perspective to see and take in more beauty in life - Nate and his Jeep! - Change of heart on a...

Telling our kids the truth, Authenticity as our "True North", How to make cool friends: "You mainly listen to music and things your friends made", Catching the little moments, They're always watching 19.04.2024 34:20

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the Damn Dude Podcast! This is Season 4, Episode 12! - Feeling brand new and refreshed feeling - Telling our kids the truth in life - Setting our own and our children's moral compass with Authenticity as our "True North" - "You mainly listen to music or shows that your friends have made, that's so cool!" - How to make cool friends - As a pa...

Yamamoto Boss Interview, A Gangster & A Father Figure, What does family mean to you? 10.04.2024 2:19:56

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the Damn Dude Podcast! This is Season 4, Episode 11! We've got a very special interview with the one and only @Yamamoto_Boss who just so happened to release a new EP Titled: Boss Level 1 - If you've heard any previous interviews, or know Yamamoto from Strength Over Benches, or heard him share on his Instagram, you know he speaks with authenticity, love, and a...

Sacrifice, What are you willing to sacrifice or trade to have what you really want?Royal's new bike, It Takes a Village/It takes an iPad, Everything comes at a cost, often just not up front, 06.04.2024 46:55

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the Damn Dude Podcast! This is Season 4, Episode 10! - The split/shift is happening in major ways - Sacrifice - What are you willing to give up, to have everything you want? - Waking up at 5:30 and getting home at 10pm for work + 8 to 13 miles on foot each work day - It seems many celebrities are willing to sacrifice far more morally than most - Nothing comes without a...