Who drops their "Year in Review" episode in mid-February? Well, people who work in the Alberta energy industry for one. Okay, that's a cheap cop out. Time is precious and time management is something I'm going to be working on in 2024, as my co-host and most awesome homeboy, Lucas Orich and I discuss in this wrap up to 2023 episode.

We are so very grateful for all our guests, all our subscribers, watchers, listeners, and everyone who had given us the encouragement to keep on going in this endeavor. What started out as an experiment on whether we could hold a coherent conversation, tell some stories, and most importantly, get other people who are way more interesting than us to tell theirs, has been a success thanks to all of you.

A few corrections from this episode before people climb into the comments and disembowel us for our errors:

- "Freedom of Speech - Just Watch What You Say" was an an album released in 1989 by rapper Ice-T, who has always been an inspiring figure in my writing since a very young age.

Check out the song "Freedom of Speech" here:
https://youtu.be/mAlomEBNomA?si=bt-kOKpUyiX2Tr3S

- "One Day After" is the sequel to the bestselling novel "One Second After", written by William Forstchen, not "Forsythe". My apologies to the author and a huge "Thank you!" for writing such compelling content and characters who are struggling to survive in a post EMP apocalypse world."

Check out his books here:
https://us.macmillan.com/author/williamrforstchen

- More Ice-T content? Yes! With Slayer! From the soundtrack to the movie "Judgement Night" circa 1993, the song "Disorder" is fucking thrash gold! Ice-T's lyrics were always topical, speaking to broad themes. Say what you want about the man, he is the OG in my humble opinion.

Listen to this absolute banger here:
https://youtu.be/kbKcL7q8RJU?si=hlKA2kj5As1oLwzz

We hope you enjoy viewing and listening to this podcast as much as we did making it. If you do, please Like and Subscribe!

The piece I read on this episode, "Push" is available in my collection "Children of The New Unknown".
You can find it on my website at www.hokusgrey.com or on Amazon. https://a.co/d/bm6e0YC

You can find me on social media under @hokusgrey on IG, Twitter (X), and FB.

You can find Lucas Orich on IG as @lucasorich, on X (Twitter) as @hobo_withashotg, or behind the gun counter at Barton's Big Country in Grande Prairie, Alberta.

He is also Training Director for Barton's Back Alley Range, offering firearms courses and safety training. Hit them up and get some top notch training and experience!


We have so much more coming in 2024.

Come see.

- DJR