The Intellectuals

We have a kid on our podcast today, Olivia Contreras! She is a senior at Berkeley High School, and is deciding where to go to college next year. We also play Intellectual Pursuit, our fast paced trivia game using an old Trivial Pursuit game from the 80s. Oh, and the artist's name that Olivia liked whose name she couldn't remember is Alice Phoebe Lou.

Our fantastic guest Cheryl Knopp is a brilliant corporate lawyer who is also "not a tool." She talks about her love of soft rock, The Panoramic Jugband, moving from NYC to Westport, CT and her goldendoodle Harley.  

Jeremy Mulder is a gem! He's a brilliant story teller and a creative force. On the pod he talks about riding the subways of life, practicing the ubass in the middle of the night in SF with a baby strapped to himself, Burning Man shenanigans, and two recent projects: his book "Initial Imprint - A Collection of First Memories" and his brilliant narration of Kenneth Grahame's The Wind in the Willows...

This is our first Intellectuals Variety Show! A pu pu platter of entertainment with trivia, a Johnny Joke, shit we want to buy, and a discussion about future guests. Original music by Deacenuts. Leave us a voicemail and we may play it back in a future episode https://anchor.fm/khalua/message

Ricky Lee is universally beloved. We discuss his rag to riches story, from growing up in Queens, to reminiscing a shithole Wendy's on Queens Boulevard, to owing everything that is good in his life to Tony.  

John Szinger went to college with Nick and is a truly interesting person. He's a programmer, a musician, and a renown origami master. We talk about his journey including starting clubs in college to get chicks (not), being a musician, how he got a book deal for his origami designs, and camping with Nick. Learn more about John at zingman.com 

The great Matt Hernandez plus co-host John Amen join our show today. Matt tells stories of flying planes, getting robbed, selling sporting equipment to celebrities, and sexually harassing his future wife.

Former whiskey distiller and overall fantastic human Joseph Overbey joins us on our show. Along with guest co-host Tom Puzak, we talk about how to make delicious booze, how to open up a distillery in Brooklyn, and how to a hydrate a barrel Overbey style.

Bettina has some ridiculously big news to share with our 4 listeners. This is our first scoop! 

Mr. Brooklyn himself, futurist, bon vivant, and brilliant software developer, the great John Dunne joins the boys today. We talk about Oktoberfest, programming, and disgusting shrimp pizzas.  Also, Tony goes on a walkabout and locks himself in while trespassing on private property and rescued with the help of the incredible Swiss Tech Utily Key.

Talya Fisher is our amazing guest today! We talk about her upbringing, her love of uncomfortable conversations, and how to have fun when public speaking.

This is a nerdy technical episode where we talk about the editing process and the tools we use to put this together. Lube not included.

Tal Ariel is a legend. In this episode we talk about his music, reading on the toilet, sweatpants, and fika the Swedish coffee/tea time with cake.  Featuring music by Satya (available on Spotify)

Our first international guest! Matt (aka Bibsy, Bealsey, Mrs. Beasley, ba ba bibsey)  is a lovely chap that lives in the UK. The boys talk about the English language, Las Vegas, and unsurprisingly, a few times having some beers. T? Go on then!

TP and his glorious COVID mustache is on the show today. The boys talk about Pittsburg, Hemingway, and leather bags of wine

John Amen is our first guest! sorry about the technical glitch, you can thank our sponsor for that :( 

Nick and Tony discuss our cover art on Spotify and cooking in log cabins