Difficult to Please

S2E6! JV and Erwin talk about being on Spotify and flex on the podcast. LOL. Their main topic is sports fandom, and the investment into it. Erwin brings up the ROI of being a fan, and JV talks about how fandom seeks into e-sports. THE ULTIMATE TIE-IN TO OUR E-SPORTS EP. Also sucks to be a San Diego fan. No over/under this time. Maybe we killed it?  Articles mentioned: UC Berkeley: Cost of Bei...

Difficult to Please Season 2, Episode 5! We talk about the life post-Rhonawin wedding and then get into artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics. Erwin brings up AI because computers can beat humans in StarCraft, therefore robot takeover. They mention Kai-Fu Lee, the man pushing AI in China. JV breaks down what that means for the future like autonomous cars, universal basic income, and whack-ass...

Difficult to Please Season 2, EP 4! We talk about the world of e-sports and how folks are making money of playing video games. Erwin is really confused and conflicted on how e-sports makes so much money. JV knows wassup and helps break it down for him. E-Sports is the future. 🔥Takes This Ep: E-sports will be mainstream and take over physical sports. E-sports athletes will never make NFL money.

Difficult to Please Season 2, EP 3! We address BTS, the K-POP group, because BTS is youth culture. We can’t hide their influence on youth culture, even if we don’t know what is going on in their videos or why BTS is super poppin. We don’t discuss K-POP as a genre besides Erwin’s washed rants about the K-POP video countdown on international channel back in 1999. It’s really about BTS’ hold on youth...

Difficult to Please Season 2, EP 2! We back...again. When you think you're going to get 4 episodes in a 2 month period, YOU GET ONE. JV and Erwin talk about the elephant in the room...the creative process and why we didn't record for two months. They also bring you a new segment named Over/Underrated. Hot Takes🔥 This Ep: The little things matter throughout the creative process You a creative? Be...

Difficult to Please Season 2! We back. The boys catch up after 6 months without an episode. The main topic at hand this episode are trade offs aka sacrifices in your 30s. Sacrifices in our 20s? what's that mean? Hot Takes🔥 This Ep: Time, money, energy. Pick 2 JV hasn't been traveling We're going to make money off t-shirts again 😂 Intro/Outro by

Difficult to Please Episode 10, the season finale! After 6 months of bi-weekly episodes the first season of Difficult to Please comes to an end. The boys reflect about their first year into their thirties and their venture into the Difficult to Please podcast.

Difficult to Please Episode 9! This is the SOLD OUT episode. Erwin and JV talk about Complexcon and JV's rant about resellers and how the consumer culture changed streetwear. Erwin talks about going to see Blackstar and how JV should embrace the Marie Kondo method. Hot Takes This Ep: - Instagram changed streetwear in 10 years - Resell clothes to get your money up and your time back - Marie Kondo s...

Difficult to Please Episode 7.5! or is Episode 8? This is the TL;DR (too long; did not read) episode. Erwin and JV talk about episode that never happened (because of technical difficulties), fake news, and ending October with concerts. Hot Takes This Ep: - Education and gun control reform are hard af  - Fake news = chain letters, but that's the point of memes - Blackstar > N.E.R.D

Difficult to Please Episode 6! Erwin and JV talk about JV's Indonesian adventure (not the same place as Malaysia), filtering friendships in your 30s, and going analog aka unplugging. JV finishes off the summer in another country with a 'friend.' They both talk about how hard it is to maintain friendships in your 30s. Then how hard it is to commit to going analog aka unplugging?

Difficult to Please Episode 5! A lot of shouting! Erwin and JV catch up since Ep4 and talk about the solar eclipse, the events in Charlottesville, and the Los Angeles Chargers. Interesting enough, JV connects the dots between the eclipse and the amount of weird stuff happening at the hospital. There's also the topic of what happened in Charlottesville and principle of free speech. Did the white su...

In episode 4, the JV and Erwin get kinda serious this time. The talk about how tough it is in California to afford a home and get out from under your parents' roof. On the subject of bills they tackle the issue of how Net Neutrality would make life hell for streaming. They also talk about Erwin's European vacation and how we shouldn't wear the same clothing as a 24 year-old.

In episode 3, the Difficult to Please boys talk about how does one define a millennial. Erwin says 9/11 is integral to being old millennial while JV says knowing what life is like without a smartphone. The core truth about millennials: they're entitled because they don't understand the struggle of downloading media files from KaZaA with a 56k modem. They also talk music from a decade ago and givin...

In episode 2, JV and Erwin talk about a millennial's worst nightmare-- budgeting. What happens to your paycheck at the end of the month? Is it enough to buy domestic airfare though? Join your hosts JV and Erwin as they venture into how to budget for travel and the good things in life like an adult.

JV and Erwin step up to the mics in the their first episode which covers a variety of topics like transitioning into being a 30 year old (How does one do it???), the Scarlett Johansson-led Ghost in the Shell and the original 1995 Anime film, and how Virgin America delivers a dope experience (RIP).