Uncle (the podcast)

Uncle laments the end of our favorite dollar store.  Topics include: guests, 99 Cents Only stores closing, dollar store beer reviews, Uncle predicted the future, grocery store sales, Powerball tickets, tracking audience numbers, meatloaf cooking video, more social media content, crack room, Party People, local businesses, cannabis dispensaries, YouTuber neighbors, TikTok content, making contact, Cooley, solar eclipse, XXX Vin Diesel, video podcast on streaming accounts, Glenn Beck network Blaze, Pat Gray, JFK assassination, freedom, Lancer Conference, Dallas, Dealey Plaza

Bum Wine Bob returns to the broadcast for an emergency tasting. Thanks to the Street team, we were able to get ahold of MD 20/20 Spiked. Listen to this review to know what to expect from this new offering from the bottom shelf legend.  Topics include: MD 20/20 Spiked, Crack Room Man from Texas, Street Cream, the hood, shady carryouts, test market, DVD rentals, red grape wine, first new flavor in four years, pineapple gold, shot glasses, wine tasting, bottle design, sweet, Stella Rosa, The Grocery Gamblers, Martha Stewart 19 Crimes wine, Southern sweet tea, collecting bottles, chat room, Hard Mountain Dew, produce quarantine, Electric Melon, hangovers from certain drinks, reviews, watermelon flavored drinks, Battle of the Booze Tournament

Uncle has been watching a Superman show, maybe. He also knows how to give an accurate weather report.  Topics include: Superman shows and movies, comic book cinema, bobbleheads, unboxing MD 20/20 Spiked, bum wine, no mail box, Creative Accidents, angry at paper, 20% alcohol, red grape wine, Bum Wine Bob, VHS watch parties, audio clips from daily life, new national podcast to podcast calling system, desert house, Landers, Goat Mountain, unique desert trash, too right, changing details, orange sky, motorcycle clubs, doppler radar, weather report, camping in Sequoia National Forest, Kern River, fishing

Bum Wine Bob, who now could be referred to as our very own bottom shelf drink correspondent, returns to the show. This time he has brought along Pirate Water, Margarita flavored malt beverage. What will the rating be for this new drink?  Topics include: the drinker, cheap drinks, international listeners, podcasting, socials, drink locators, Pirate Water, Four Loko, Roadhouse, contest for starter pack, prize very late in the mail, malt liquor taste, mixers, cocktails, alcohol slushes in PA, Steel Reserve, Super Bowl drinks, St Patrick’s drinks, ratings, spiked MD 20/20, test markets, drink promos

Uncle and sidekick make it through a show by talking.  Topics include: new show with a flag, no calls, chat room, guests, internet famous neighbors, Party People, 1755, colonial America, Ohtani, LA Dodgers, NFL Combine, VHS tapes, thrift stores in Coachella Valley, local store owners, Beef People, Vegas odds

Alt media veteran Alex Ansary is our guest on this broadcast. It’s been a long journey for Alex, and it isn’t over yet.  topics include: Portland, desert off grid living, Colorado, rural living, Facebook mind control, Jack Blood, living in alt media world, homeless life, personal life stories, Christie Aphrodite, Jim Fetzer goes to court, fake ideas go viral, Oracle, American Freedom Radio, radio shows, lost archives, Anthony J Hilder, clique of top names, David Icke, writing a book, hard to find a friend in alt media, controlled opposition is spiritual not monetary, fake psychics, going out in real world to spread info, stores front for cults, big tech, quality over quantity viewers

An unexpected foray into the strange and confusing world of intellectual property and copyright law. Beware the VHS tapes.  Topics include: Detroit Lions, Dan Campbell, dinner discussions, VHS Watch Party on Saturdays, YouTube channel, video cassette tapes, video magazines, horror movies, David Cronenberg, The Fly, Marty McFly, Back to the Future trilogy, Orson Welles, Blues Brothers, musical comedy, copyright and intellectual property law, video games make sharing their product online acceptable, live-streaming, digital media, Winston Conrad, learning to create media, volume of traffic is a commodity, content creation, sports clips, gambling apps NFL sponsors, Super Bowl, Taylor Swift

Nigel Saunders of The Bonsai Zone YouTube channel is the guest on this episode of Uncle (the podcast). It was a lot of fun talking about bonsai, as well as the not so ancient art of creating online media.  Topics include: Nigel Saunders, The Bonsai Zone YouTube channel, bonsai trees, gardening, art, process, growth, patience, pruning, fire stick succulent, working with your local climate, collecting, Toronto Bonsai Society, designs, Karate Kid, early Howard Stern sponsor, running a YouTube channel, subscribers, long form videos, getting recognized in public, internet fame, networking online, editing, compulsion, tray planting, Ficus, conventions and conferences, public YouTube studios, posting videos, day in the life, advertising revenue very limited, watching videos to relax, automating your own streaming channels, Roku, changing terms of service, podcasts and YouTube channels being taken over by corporate accounts, independent creators, difficulty building up audience now

A lively night of calls, chatting in the crack room, and wild discussion ensued on this episode of the broadcast. Remember, we are live every Friday night, and you can join us.  Topics include: NFL talk, Blackjack live app investigation, chat, Twitch live-stream aesthetic, Love on the Spectrum, autism, dating shows, humor, comedy shows, normal people, dating etiquette, neurodiversity, Trader Jose dark beer, Uncle QR code, Giant Rock, Skinwalker Ranch, VHS watch party, Bowflex video tape, Thighmaster, Suzanne Sommers, Kobe Bryant shirts, MST shirt, Guiness beer, Red Stripe beer, Red Dog beer, Jagermeister girls promoting in bars, Columbus Ohio 

Uncle has found an all new crack room on his blackjack app. There is a lot to talk about there, and even more on this podcast episode.  Topics include: crack room, Black Jack app, too many Big Dogs, games, Detroit Lions, NFL playoffs, time zones, fresh food delivery, VHS watch party, video tapes, thrift store, best words to use, arcade video reel on IG, video games, anons, ASMR project ideas, cooking videos, sauerkraut, bag of meat, ingredients, jalapeno peppers, juicing an onion, Lara, Lunar New Year, Chinese internet, no bad shows      

Uncle's annual New Year's Eve special was a hit again this year. Watch and listen to Uncle, sidekick, Chuck and a whole lot of callers and special guests ring in the new year, 2024. If you missed the live show, we'll see you for 2025. topics include: party, Four Loko, AI generated video, spaghetti, time zones, drinking, partying, Jerald Sanders, resolutions

Blake Lemoine joins Uncle for a fun, and hard hitting exploration of all the big questions. AI may have already passed the Turing Test, but what about the Uncle Test?  Topics include: computers, the word committee, AI development, business, college, military service, Twilight Zone computer, talking to machines, AI romantic partners, journalists, automated podcasts, world population, Republicans, government hour, watch how it works, the Beast, exorcism, Knights of Columbus, Pope, new hat, swords, New Year’s Revolution, show back on Friday nights, Ryan Seaquest, NYE, The Country Club New Orleans, Bum Wine Bob, hot buttered rum, NFL, Army mechanic, startup employment, it works, ghost in a shell, alchemy of soul creation, Phd in Divinity, Star Trek, Bicentennial Man, Pinnochio, Festivus, VHS live-streams, Christmas specials, Die Hard, holidays

Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: A weekly caller, a crisis actor and Uncle walk into a German pub… Topics include: German pub listeners, all internet is fake, all Canadians are crisis actors, interest in comedy, John Travolta Santa, Vinny Barbarino, Welcome Back Cotter, NFL, Uncle’s two teams, The Prisoner, Jason, new Godzilla movie, Canadian Geese, side woman kick, Henry Winkler, Sylvester Stallone, Auld Lang Syne, meatloaf cooking video, Cheers theme song, celebrity call ins, herbs, ingredients, Landers, Joshua Tree seedlings, best swords, New Year’s Revolution intro segments, this year’s show, Unsolved Mysteries, sidekick knows everything

Some minor technical difficulties are no problem at all on the Uncle show. XLR cables grow on trees, just like the oranges in Riverside, CA. It’s a wonderful life, and there is a Revolution very near that will not be televised, but it will be live-streamed.  topics include: call in, international listeners, guests, back to Friday nights next year, New Year’s Revolution, Ochelli Radio Network, mic technical difficulties, Geraldo Rivera, 4 day work  week, beer in shot glasses, business cards work again, Dr Evil, Jerry Springer, Maury Povich, Steve Wilkes, live podcasts, being in a talk show audience, Detroit Lions, finding guests, Florida trip, bad wifi in Landers, Uncle the CPA, making money in real estate, bothering neighbors to be podcast guests, Johnson Valley trouble makers, desert characters, search for Gary Devore, mysterious death, Chase Brandon, Tom Secker, shout outs

After two weeks off, Uncle returns to the airwaves.  Topics include: Firestone Walker Oktoberfest beer, live-streaming channels, @unclepodcast, dollar store has run dry, Survivor Series, Detroit Lions, new listeners, street cream, Dallas Lancer conference, New Year’s Revolution, cooking videos, VHS watch parties

Uncle knows what the kids are into; VHS tapes.  Trash has transformed into treasure once again.  Topics include: NFL talk, Thanksgiving games, LA Rams, MST t-shirt, hawk head, dry fit material, pixelated to perfection, punk aesthetics, mini fridge deal at dollar store, flipping merch at the flea market, phone contracts, clips from daily life, Uncle videos, sandwich wraps, Twitter success with Sluggo Doug, KLOS, no VHS stream this week, tape collections, 3/4 inch video, Warren Commission volumes, library collections and sales, HSCA, wires, analog camcorders, vinyl records, up on the trends, building something new

Bill Viereck is the creator of an art car that has been made to emulate a 747 ferrying a space shuttle. On this show, he joins Uncle for an exciting conversation about all things cosmic.  Topics include: Bill Viereck in Houston, art cars, space shuttle, making cars, models, car too tall for garage, Clear Lake, NASA employees and family members, live events, air show, rockets, car is like the 747 ferry for real shuttle, Mini Clubman, homemade space shuttle dot org, minivan space shuttle, fog machine, defying categorization, First Amendment, Jimmy on the line, lose control with a guest, NFL picks, Apollo moon mission, space knowledge, public domain use of NASA projects, Kobayashi Maru, Star Trek, geekdom spreads in all directions, Mr Spock, Lucille Ball, Mini 905, football helmet stickers, patches, LBJ, Michigan Life, shout outs, VHS tapes

You will definitely want to press the button at Uncle’s YouTube to make sure to catch his next VHS Watch Party.  Topics include: VHS Watch Party With Uncle, VCR, video cassette tapes from thrift store, car factory, country line dancing instructional video, Richard Simmons, Suzanne Powers, Stop the Insanity, Mandala stuff, exercise shows, infomercials, PBS and USA at night, MST t-shirt by Chuck, Cool Spot video game, SNES, MLB postseason, Philadelphia sports events, D batteries thrown on field, Gritty, hockey, NHL divisions, expansion teams

Football is a violent sport, and Ed has had enough of it.  Topics include: call in, amber colored energy, NFL, Crazy Sanders, hearing aid, product reviews, podcast commercial, weird news, Massachusetts crime, hockey, Ontario Reign, NHL, MLB, expansion teams, Ed doesn’t like football, violence, Mets, hockey fights, fans, live games, rule changes

Uncle finally sets the record straight with Colonel Sanders.  Topics include: Crazy Accidents, sidekick is a let down, callers, NFL, Aaron Rodgers, Jets, Big Jerald Sanders, North, South, guns, AR style rifles, desert