The Brighter Side

This year is going to be more intense, expensive, and stressful than ever. Let your old pals Amber Nelson and Ed Larson help you get through the madness. Be good to yourselves.   Kevin MacLeod ( incompetech.com ) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of The Brighter Side ad-free. Sta...

This week Amber and Ed talk about something that is very near and dear to their hearts, Saving Money. These two survived on $20 for their entire 20's. Check out the tricks of the trade. Kevin MacLeod ( incompetech.com ) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of The Brighter Side ad-fr...

Happy Eat Too Much Food Week! Amber & Ed Hooped it up with TikTok phenom Leah Rudick & her amaro loving husband David Bly. You deserve this. Be good to yourselves and don't yell at your family too much. Kevin MacLeod ( incompetech.com ) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of The Br...

Last week on The Brighter Side was so dark we had to lighten it up this week and have Amber and Ed talk about some beautiful vacation spots. They start off w/ nice spots to visit in Cambodia & Indonesia as an apology of sorts for last week's barrage of terror. Then we go party all over The Iberian Peninsula. You love it. Kevin MacLeod ( incompetech.com ) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribu...

SPOILER ALERT: There is no Brighter Side to this. It's a fact that there have been many genocides on this earth. Some are talked about, some are not. Amber and Ed decided to talk about two that were kind of swept under the rug a bit, and try and figure what can make people so evil. Kevin MacLeod ( incompetech.com ) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License creativecommons.org/lic...

This week Amber and Ed give some pointers and brighter sides to be extremely Sleep Deprived. Insomnia is very real, no matter how many damn sheep you count. Get some rest, be good to yourselves. Kevin MacLeod ( incompetech.com ) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of The Brighter S...

Boo! Said the ghost that was forced to haunt Andy Dick's house. It's The Brighter Side's Halloween Special. Listen to Amber and Ed tell some super spooky jokes, Ed's all time Halloween Movie rankings, and some scary stories from their pasts. Life can be scary no matter how positive you are. Kevin MacLeod ( incompetech.com ) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License creativecommon...

You want babies? Well we got em! Not one but two brand spanking new LPN babies are now in the mix, so Ed and Amber brought in Holden McNeely, Lexie Robbins, Cosmo Fujiyama-Ghaznavi, & Seena Ghaznavi to come in and dish on how it's going, how it went, and what they're excited for in the future. Kevin MacLeod ( incompetech.com ) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License creativecom...

This week Amber and Ed invite Ed’s betrothed Julie Rosing in to talk about what’s going on in Texas with the SB8 Heartbeat Bill and all the other new crazy laws in Texas. Also if you are woman in need of a good women’s clinic try Julie’s website ineedana.com , it is the most comprehensive search engine for women’s clinics there is. Kevin MacLeod ( incompetech.com ) Licensed under Creative Commons:...

No one wants to do it, but if we don’t we’ll die and our teeth will fall out, yet we still don’t want to do it. What up with that? Listen as Amber and Ed talk each other into taking better care of themselves. And you should too. Kevin MacLeod ( incompetech.com ) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen...

Hoopagoogoo ya dang babies. We got some married people that are gd models of humanity Evan & Shongee Jones. Amber and Ed help them find the Brighter Sides to fingers getting switched with toes, fashion, and HBO MAX not being the service we deserve. Kevin MacLeod ( incompetech.com ) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 Subscribe to SiriusXM...

Moving, no matter how much it can possibly make your life better, it is stressful as all hell. It can break your mind, wallet, and soul. So Amber and Ed are here to tell ya why it’s going to be alright. Kevin MacLeod ( incompetech.com ) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of The Br...

Danger? Danger is my maiden name. Amber and Ed deliver a very “Do Not Try This At Home” episode, telling stories of times they did some really dumb stuff but it all worked out fine. That’s what happens when you’re cool as ice. Kevin MacLeod ( incompetech.com ) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen t...

On this diary edition of Brighter Side, Ed and Amber reflect on their experiences and futures involving Stand Up Comedy. Now that things are opening back up they are faced with some interesting decisions. Kevin MacLeod ( incompetech.com ) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of The...

Time to put the cocaine back in the Coca-Cola and travel back in time to the dry, dusty, lawless land of the Wild West. Ed and Amber break down what it was like living then, and even snack on some old fashioned canned peaches. Kevin MacLeod ( incompetech.com ) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen t...

We’ve all been feeling it and it’s very overwhelming, between the news, being surrounded by death, and everyone’s general attitude it’s been a tough one lately. Listen to Amber & Ed talk about times in their lives they’ve felt Helpless or Hopeless and how they got out of it. Kevin MacLeod ( incompetech.com ) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/b...

This week we got a Abe Lincoln's Top Hat - Brighter Side crossover episode. Amber & Ed have Fernando & Travis Irvine over to have a Politicagoogoo time! Listen to them find rapid fire brighter sides to The Afghanistan War, The Bush Family, and Obama marrying Trudeau. You love it. Kevin MacLeod ( incompetech.com ) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License creativecommons.org/licen...

Well it happened. Amber and Ed both got Covid. Separately. The same week! But they survived to tell the tale on The Brighter Side and look into the positives of surviving this crappy virus. Stay safe, Respect others, and please please please stay safe. Kevin MacLeod ( incompetech.com ) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 Subscribe to Siri...

This week Amber Nelson & Ed Larson are giving you an insight to some of their earlier episodes from when they were just little optimistic babies. Enjoy guests such as Kevin Barnett, Seena Ghaznavi, Michael Che, Ben Kissel, Sean Patton, Holden McNeely, Neil Constantine, and more! Kevin MacLeod ( incompetech.com ) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License creativecommons.org/licens...

Oh you know you love it. You're all about that Hoopagoogoo life. This week Amber and Ed invite over Becky and Danny to find the positives to being the last person to know you're being cheated on, getting your throat slit, going to a 9/11 themed BBQ, and more. Put it in your brain. Kevin MacLeod ( incompetech.com ) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License creativecommons.org/lice...

Amber and Ed talk about things they're into that other people aren't, things they don't like that most people do, things they've grown out of, and stuff they've grown to love. Kevin MacLeod ( incompetech.com ) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License  creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of The Brighter Side ad-free. Start...

Do we really need to grow up? Is staying young and being able to never lose the ability to play not growing up, or in fact growing up better than those who can't? Who knows. Either way Amber & Ed got some amazing comedians on the Brighter Side this week who are still WELL in touch with their inner child. Evan Williams and Mike Lawrence show Amber & Ed how to play again. Kevin MacLeod ( incompetech...

The popular game that all the children and asylum patients love, Hoopagoogoo is back to keep you positive NO MATTER WHAT! This week Amber & Ed have their very dear friends Jason Saenz and Erin McGown to get to the bottom of some very important issues, mostly about poopoo, but important never the less. Be good to yourselves. Kevin MacLeod ( incompetech.com ) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attr...

Oh yeah it's Summer baby! Come on out of that A/C and sweat your damn monkey off. You love it. We all love it. Summer is the perfect aphrodisiac and mood killer at the same time. So we brought in the sexiest Tote Boy we could find, comedian/friend Jason Burke to talk to us about how his long heiny likes to summer, also Ed shares some of his Summer radio show, and Amber gives some handy bathing sui...

Despite the facts that they have worked at them for decades combined, Amber & Ed are Bar aficionados and are ready to be able to go back to them, so listen here for their love song to bars, dives, and lounges. Kevin MacLeod ( incompetech.com ) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of...