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#66 A Twenty-Three Year Long Story & Neil Gaiman in New York | The Slade Ham Experiment
The Slade Ham Experiment - October 18, 2023 15:25 - 27 minutesThis week marked the release of Andy Huggins brand new comedy special, Early Bird Special. How we got there is a story that got it's start over two decades ago, and it is s testament to how doing the right thing can lead to even better things for everyone involved. Also, I visited Bard College...
#65 Frequent Flyers, Rude Cops, Current Books, & Celsius vs Fahrenheit | The Slade Ham Experiment
The Slade Ham Experiment - October 11, 2023 14:00 - 29 minutesThis episode is a total potluck laced with a higher than usual amount of blah. I organize my thoughts around a number of things in this one, plus quotes from Robert Greene and and Android tip. I told ya. Random. Please consider telling a friend if you dig the show.
#64 10 Things About Stand Up Comedy I Wish I'd Learned Sooner | The Slade Ham Experiment
The Slade Ham Experiment - October 04, 2023 14:00 - 29 minutesI wrote a piece earlier in the week covering ten things I wish I'd learned sooner when it comes to comedy. I elaborate on all these, but this is the gist of it: 1 ๐ฌ๐ผ๐ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐ ๐๐ต๐ผ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ปโ๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป๐ 2 ๐๐โ๐ ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ถ๐น๐๐ฟ๐ฒ 3 ๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฎ ๐ถ๐, ๐ฐ๐ต๐๐ป๐ธ ๐ถ๐ 4 ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ด๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐น๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ...
#63 Some People I Hung Out with This Week | The Slade Ham Experiment
The Slade Ham Experiment - September 27, 2023 14:00 - 26 minutesI spent the week with friends of mine who are all more talented than me. I hung out with Lou, Brad, & Kevin, and it made me revisit the country music of my past. Hint, there isn't much. ย Please consider telling a friend if you dig the show.
#62 That One Time I Saved a Bird, and Then the Other Time | The Slade Ham Experiment
The Slade Ham Experiment - September 20, 2023 14:00 - 27 minutesSomehow birds keep finding me. I rescued a dove on my way to the store, which makes me remember the macaw that I kept for a while. Plus, being alone, being on Alone, and people who are afraid of being alone. Please consider telling a friend if you dig the show.
#61 Good Grocery Stores & Why You Really Like Suits | The Slade Ham Experiment
The Slade Ham Experiment - September 13, 2023 14:00 - 29 minutesMy neighborhood features a Combat Kroger where there's never any real food and everyone thinks everyone is stealing. More posh grocery stores are an entirely different experience. I used to work in a grocery store myself way back in the 90s. I also bring up some television shows that toy with ...
#60 Oppenheimer, Christopher Nolan, & Just How Unaware I Really Am | The Slade Ham Experiment
The Slade Ham Experiment - September 05, 2023 14:00 - 26 minutesI picked up some surprise sets this weekend alongside Cristela Alonzo at the Houston Improv. Great crowds, and a nice opportunity to finally run some jokes from the special without any pressure. I also caught Oppenheimer, finally! Christopher Nolan is a fantastic storyteller. I try to stay there...
#59 Vintage Games & Me Versus the Insect Kingdom | The Slade Ham Experiment
The Slade Ham Experiment - August 30, 2023 14:00 - 27 minutesI lose it fighting a cockroach, who sent red wasp and fire ant minions before it. ย Burn the world down, I say. I also revisit a previous line of thinking in order to answer a question, which leads me down a road of vintage video games and what I have learned from them. Please consider telling ...
#58 Postmortem from the Weekend | The Slade Ham Experiment
The Slade Ham Experiment - August 23, 2023 14:24 - 24 minutesI taped a comedy special this past weekend which, along with a crazy tour schedule this summer, has derailed my weekly schedule. This is a rambly recount of the taping as I get used to flying the Midnight Spaceship on a regular basis again. You can get a free digital version of my book by sign...
#57 Worst Travel Moments from 20 Years of Exploring | The Slade Ham Experiment
The Slade Ham Experiment - August 09, 2023 15:11 - 29 minutesI try to recall my worst travel experiences from the last two decades. Believe it or not, it's hard. I don't hang on to a lot of the bad ones, and even the ones I do get overwritten with the good from the trip. Nevertheless, it doesn't always go to plan.ย Security in Yemen, ย heartbreak in Aust...
#56 The Shemagh, Two Weeks in Canada, and Knowing the Stakes In Advance| The Slade Ham Experiment
The Slade Ham Experiment - August 02, 2023 15:00 - 27 minutesI just got back from touring the new show for two weeks in Canada. I talk about what went wrong at one of the shows, then get sidetracked by my Uber ride home. Momin, my driver, was from Afghanistan. He might have convinced me to permanently add the shemagh (a scarf that is everywhere in the Ara...
#55 The Writers Strike, Houston Heat, & AeroPress Coffee | The Slade Ham Experiment
The Slade Ham Experiment - July 19, 2023 14:00 - 24 minutesStrikes are interesting. The writers and actors are all off the clock and I am looking for opportunities. Also, Houston heat sucks and I try out the AeroPress but am not completely convinced. You can get a free digital version of my book by signing up for my twice-a-month newsletter full of al...
#54 Threads, Comedy Specials, & a Reminder to Put Your Glasses On | The Slade Ham Experiment
The Slade Ham Experiment - July 12, 2023 14:23 - 23 minutesI explain my strategy for choosing a special over TikTok, plus why I won't get on Threads. And if you're trying to figure out the best way to see the world, might I suggest the right pair of glasses? You can get a free digital version of my book by signing up for my twice-a-month newsletter fu...
#53 Wedding Websites, Confusing Jobs, & Consolidating Information | The Slade Ham Experiment
The Slade Ham Experiment - July 05, 2023 15:00 - 27 minutesThe SCOTUS weighs in on websites, I count down the jobs whose purposes I don't understand, and I discuss how we reduce most things in life to key words or ideas, and then never revisit them. Am I rambling? Maybe, maybe not. Come find out. You can get a free digital version of my book by signin...
#52 Palo Duro Canyon, a Russian Coup, & Submarine Jokes | The Slade Ham Experiment
The Slade Ham Experiment - June 28, 2023 15:00 - 27 minutesI just got back from Colorado, which included a road trip through Texas and a stop at Palo Duro Canyon State Park, where I got to help a guy light a fire. Also, Russia has an afternoon coup that ended with all the excitement of a baby shower (read: none). Also also, people seem to be making a lo...
#51 Bad Feature Acts and The Top 5 Properties I Want to Make into Movies | The Slade Ham Experiment
The Slade Ham Experiment - June 21, 2023 16:23 - 24 minutesI don't mean to vent, but where else would I do it? Let me get that out of my system and then follow me to my Top 5 Favorite Properties that I would like to see done properly. Some are video games, some are 80s cartoons, some are none of the above. ย That's a lot of somes. ย Just get in here alrea...
#50 My Top 5 Movie Soundtracks and Why Matt Rife is Awesome | The Slade Ham Experiment
The Slade Ham Experiment - June 14, 2023 14:00 - 29 minutesPeople are all worked up over Matt Rife (mainly bad comedians, tbh). Who is he and why am I completely on his side? Also, I dip into my Top 5 movie soundtracks. I bet yours doesn't make the list. What did I skip? What's your fave? Let's spend a half hour together. You can get a free digital ve...
#49 Kickstarter Success, Bad Movie Reviews, and The Right Social Cause | The Slade Ham Experiment
The Slade Ham Experiment - June 07, 2023 14:00 - 25 minutesI cover the final details of my now-succesful Kickstarter campaign, including why I am making a special this way in the first place. I also get too worked up over what I'm supposed to be focused on vs what other people care about. And then a fact about movie reviews sends me off on another spi...
#48 Unusual Tea, Sisu the Movie, and Why the Japanese Treat People Better | The Slade Ham Experiment
The Slade Ham Experiment - May 30, 2023 21:01 - 29 minutesItโs a jumbled grab bag of an episode as I go through a number of things that caught my attention this week. I tell you what I learned after discovering a new tea. I talk about the Japanese approach to customer service and hospitality. I talk about why I did not like the new movie, Sisu. Then, a...
#47 The Perfect Saturday Morning | The Slade Ham Experiment
The Slade Ham Experiment - May 24, 2023 14:00 - 28 minutesI spent my Saturday morning the perfect way: watching cartoons and eating cereal. I get into the specifics of what I watched, but also spin down a road of nostalgia, not just for the shows themselves, but for HOW we used to watch TV and why we're bored by it all now. Also, my Kickstarter is li...
#46 How to Launch a Successful Kickstarter | The Slade Ham Experiment
The Slade Ham Experiment - May 10, 2023 14:00 - 29 minutesIf you're launching a Kickstarter, I cover quite a few of the basics in this episode. There are also tips on how to front load your campaign, what to expect, and how to get started if you've never launched one before. I'm 70% funded on my current campaign right now. It's my third one. Hopefull...
#45 Causes I Don't Care About | The Slade Ham Experiment
The Slade Ham Experiment - May 03, 2023 15:00 - 27 minutesI had an absurd conversation with a man who was visibly upset about something a beer company did. I tried to explain my current philosophy to him to no avail.ย I also explain some of the pitfalls to launching a Kickstarter campaign for a comedy special. I also fight against a marauding brigade...
#44 Performing for the Military in Djibouti, Kenya, Niger, Qatar, & Egypt | The Slade Ham Experiment
The Slade Ham Experiment - April 26, 2023 15:00 - 29 minutesI just returned from another tour for the military, this time in Qatar, Djibouti, Kenya, Egypt, and Niger. Many of these were return trips, and they brought plenty of adventure with them. I'll have a full Slade Runner episode up featuring footage from the trip, but for now, here's a verbal descr...
#43 Tod Waters - Junker Designs, Art, and How to Put the Pieces Together | The Slade Ham Experiment
The Slade Ham Experiment - March 31, 2023 16:33 - 56 minutesMy guest is Tod Waters, musician, visual artist, and rock n roll clothing designer whose work you can find under Junker Designs. His style is distressed and repurposed, reminding you of the steel and metal, and the grit of the streets here in Houston.ย Performers such as Motley Crรผe, Poison, J...
#42 My First Day Back from Vacation | The Slade Ham Experiment
The Slade Ham Experiment - March 29, 2023 15:00 - 23 minutesI return from Japan to the most American welcome imaginable. It's my version of Alexander's Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (a fantastic children's book if my kid brain remembers anything at all).ย At best I might say something useful in the middle of it all, and at worst perhaps you...
#41 Finding Your Place in the Entertainment Industry (w/ Jason Salmon) | The Slade Ham Experiment
The Slade Ham Experiment - March 15, 2023 15:00 - 1 hourMy guest today is comedian and actor Jason Salmon. Heโs been the face of NAPA auto parts, and nabbed roles in Orange is the New Black, 30 Rock, as well as the hit game Red Dead Redemption 2 and Comedy Centrals โA Cowboy Explainsโ As for comedy, his Dry Bar Special has raked in half a million v...
#40 How to Buy a New Phone | The Slade Ham Experiment
The Slade Ham Experiment - March 08, 2023 16:00 - 24 minutesI've avoided the prodding to buy a new phone for the last two years, but sometimes there's no avoiding it. My phone drew its last breath just as I get ready to depart for a series of overseas trips. T-mobile never ceases to frustrate me, but Marc at the store in 5th Ward made a diving catch to...
#39 Why Okinawans Live So Long | The Slade Ham Experiment
The Slade Ham Experiment - March 01, 2023 15:19 - 29 minutesI'm going to Japan for most of March. It will be my fifth time visiting the country, but my first as just a tourist. I revisit my previous trips in this episode, recounting some of my favorite experiences both on and off stage, but then I get to what I really came for - why the people of Okinawa...
#38 The Worst Name You Can Give a Child | The Slade Ham Experiment
The Slade Ham Experiment - February 22, 2023 16:00 - 25 minutesA new niece prompted me to go down a rabbit hole of names, not just in America but around the world. New Zealand ranks up there, but the most egregious offenders are all right here in the good ol' US of A. ย Elon, Beyonce, and Kanye, of course, but oddly-named children of all sorts come up in thi...
#37 How to Apply the 80/20 Rule to Reduce Noise in Your Life | The Slade Ham Experiment
The Slade Ham Experiment - February 15, 2023 16:00 - 26 minutesI'm in the process of reintegrating myself into social media and it's forced me to contemplate what "noise" I allow back into my life. ย The Pareto Principle, or the 80/20 Rule as we call it in the Americas, is an interesting distribution pattern that permeates almost everything we do. I'm using ...
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