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[BONUS] The Dockweiler Beach Party and South Bay Dive Bar Bus Tour

Emerson Dameron's Medicated Minutes - December 03, 2020 03:00 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratings
Emerson Dameron's Medicated Minutes is taking a holiday break, so enjoy this ten-minute story instead. It was recorded at Drunkalogue, hosted by my friend Janet Quinonez, in January 2020 at The Clubhouse, the home for underground comedy on the east side of Los Angeles. A version appears in the...

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Baking Soda

Emerson Dameron's Medicated Minutes - November 05, 2020 03:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 7 ratings
The beauty of practicality. The complexities of grief. The urgency of the mundane. The joy of breathing. Emerson Dameron's Medicated Minutes is a production of KCHUNG. Music by Visions of the Universe. Inspiration from The Baking Soda Bible. Written, performed, produced, and created by Emerson...

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Hollywood

Emerson Dameron's Medicated Minutes - July 30, 2020 03:00 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratings
Say yes to the universe on Caheunga Boulevard. Find a universe in each life on the Walk of Fame. Join the ranks of the beautiful people. Welcome to Hollywood. Emerson Dameron's Medicated Minutes is a production of KCHUNG, streamed live on Lumpen Radio's Twitch channel. Loops by Chris Rogers. ...

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DTLA

Emerson Dameron's Medicated Minutes - June 25, 2020 03:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 7 ratings
Rage, exuberance, reflection, FOMO, and letting go. Monologues recorded during my last days in Downtown Los Angeles. What is mine to do? Emerson Dameron's Medicated Minutes is a production of KCHUNG, streamed live on Lumpen Radio's Twitch channel. Loops by Chris Rogers. Written, performed, prod...

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Ego Meltdown

Emerson Dameron's Medicated Minutes - May 28, 2020 03:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 7 ratings
Through 2019, I had a premonition that things were going to get gnarly. Then I had an ego meltdown experience. And then the pandemic happened. Hang out with me as I talk through it, reassemble some of the pieces, and consider what might help when everything you believed turns out to be wrong. O...

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Advertisements for Myself

Emerson Dameron's Medicated Minutes - December 05, 2019 15:00 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratings
Thousand-dollar ideas about money, work, relationships, connection, the future of humanity, and other important planning considerations, plus interstitial meditations on loving awareness. Written, produced, and performed by Emerson Dameron. Music by Jesse Spillane. Broadcast live on KCHUNG.

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Los Angeles (Part One)

Emerson Dameron's Medicated Minutes - November 07, 2019 19:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 7 ratings
The first time I moved to Los Angeles, featuring Not For Tourists LA, Mister Blinky, my nightmare open mic, a LARP based on est, and the electric piano that followed me back to Chicago. Plus some interstitial anti-anxiety tips. Written, performed, and produced by Emerson Dameron. Broadcast live...

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Void

Emerson Dameron's Medicated Minutes - October 04, 2019 15:00 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratings
Songs, stories, improvisation, and meditation. The call of the void. This is what's happening - is that all there is? Written, produced, and performed by Emerson Dameron. Music by Jesse Spillane, Ami Dang, and Planetarium Music used with artist permission. Broadcast live on KCHUNG.

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Positive Cynicism EP. 112: The End is the Beginning

Jittery Monkey Podcasting Network » Positive Cynicism - October 01, 2019 10:42 - 1 second ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
After two years and nine months, the weekly Positive Cynicism podcasts are coming to an end on the Jittery Monkey Podcast Network. After a year and a half of having rotating co-hosts, the decision to move the shows to the Positive Cynicism Podcast Network has been made in an attempt to better br...

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Hospital

Emerson Dameron's Medicated Minutes - September 24, 2019 17:00 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratings
The end of a relationship and a change of scene. Music by Jesse Spillane, Ami Dang, Earthen Sea, and Planetarium Music used with artist permission. Broadcast live on KCHUNG. 

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Positive Cynicism EP. 111: Wonder Why; Georgia Satellites/Dan Baird

Jittery Monkey Podcasting Network » Positive Cynicism - September 24, 2019 08:00 - 1 second ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
You got a little change in your pocket, going jing-a-ling-a-ling? Following up last months twofer, @chadsmart and @MikeDeKalb are back for another one-two punch of One Hit Wonders starting with the Georgia Satellites band’s hit of 1987 and ending with their lead singer Dan Baird’s solo hit of 19...

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Positive Cynicism EP. 110: Debate Me

Jittery Monkey Podcasting Network » Positive Cynicism - September 17, 2019 08:00 - 1 second ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
With another Democratic Debate in the books, @chadsmart and Brandon Cooley are back to discuss their take away from what was said and who didn’t get a say due to controversial qualification standards. Not only do they discuss the perceived front runners and the most shocking (and disappointing) ...

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Positive Cynicism EP. 109: The NFL’s Broken Moral Compass

Jittery Monkey Podcasting Network » Positive Cynicism - September 10, 2019 08:00 - 1 second ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
With the 100th NFL season starting @chadsmart and Eric Bennett take time before kick off to discuss the way troubled players are rewarded with big money contracts. Using Antonio Brown’s cross country transition from Oakland to New England as a starting point, they debate what players would have ...

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Positive Cynicism EP. 108: Random Discussions

Jittery Monkey Podcasting Network » Positive Cynicism - September 03, 2019 08:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
As Hurricane Dorian had Florida in its sights, @TheTravisYates was busy prepping his house to withstand the storm and trying to keep his family safe. Since he was unavailable to co-host his regular monthly episode of Positive Cynicism, @chadsmart recruited @my123cents host and one half of the ne...

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Lifegaurd

Emerson Dameron's Medicated Minutes - August 28, 2019 15:00 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratings
From pancreatic disease to rescuing bees. Music by Jesse Spillane, Ami Dang, and Earthen Sea, used with artist permission. Recorded bits performed at Nervous and Choose Your Own Religion. Broadcast live on KCHUNG.

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Positive Cynicism EP. 107: Wonder Why; Kajagoogoo and Limahl

Jittery Monkey Podcasting Network » Positive Cynicism - August 27, 2019 08:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
For the first time in the history of the Wonder Why series, we’re looking a two One Hit Wonders. Kajagoogoo hit the charts in 1983 with the single “Too Shy.” Two years later, after being fired from the band, Limahl charted with the theme song to the film, “The Neverending Story.” @chadsmart and ...

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Positive Cynicism EP. 106: Hunting for Answers

Jittery Monkey Podcasting Network » Positive Cynicism - August 20, 2019 13:44 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
Does an artist or a company have a moral responsibility regarding the content they release to the mass public? Universal Pictures recently cancelled the release of the motion picture “The Hunt” due to mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton. On this episode, @chadsmart and @TheTravisYates discuss t...

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Positive Cynicism EP. 105: Too Much Information

Jittery Monkey Podcasting Network » Positive Cynicism - August 13, 2019 08:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
The age of the internet has provided easy access to more information than is probably necessary. This is true when it comes to pop culture. @chadsmart and Eric Bennett discuss growing up prior to the internet when you’d find out about a movie by seeing a trailer in the theater a few months befor...

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Positive Cynicism EP. 104: Cynical Politics

Jittery Monkey Podcasting Network » Positive Cynicism - August 07, 2019 10:20 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
Another month, another round of trying to make sense of the political landscape. Originally the discussion was to center around the second Democratic debate and President Trump’s tweets regarding Baltimore and Representative Elijah Cummings. Unfortunately, that recording was unusable due to bad ...

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Positive Cynicism EP. 103: Wonder Why; Len

Jittery Monkey Podcasting Network » Positive Cynicism - July 30, 2019 08:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
It’s the last stop on the throwback to 1999 month of Positive Cynicism. Jumping in the time machine, @chadsmart and @MikeDeKalb head to great white north to check out a brother and sister who team up with a hip hop crew. The group known as Len burst onto the scene in the summer/fall of 1999 […] ...

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Positive Cynicism EP. 102: Everything’s Racist

Jittery Monkey Podcasting Network » Positive Cynicism - July 23, 2019 11:08 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
July was supposed to be a month of reflection on 1999. This week, the time machine got jammed from all the political news coming out of Washington. Instead of going back to see what lessons could be learned from 1999 for today’s political scene, @chadsmart and Brandon Cooley simply try to make s...

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Positive Cynicism EP. 101: 1999 Cinema

Jittery Monkey Podcasting Network » Positive Cynicism - July 16, 2019 08:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
Reflecting on 1999 and how it has shaped 2019 continues with a look at the movies of 1999 and how some of the biggest films of that year helped shape the current state of cinema today. Using Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace as a jumping off point, @chadsmart and Eric Bennett trace the […]...

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Positive Cynicism EP. 100: Wrestling with 1999

Jittery Monkey Podcasting Network » Positive Cynicism - July 09, 2019 08:00 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
We’ve reached 100 episodes!! Since it’s a milestone episode, @chadsmart has invited @my123cents host @kevinhunsperger to fill in on co-host. Together they discuss professional wrestling scene of 1999 and the similarities to the professional landscape in 2019. Where there once was WWF, WCW and EC...

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Positive Cynicism 99: Looking back at 1999

Jittery Monkey Podcasting Network » Positive Cynicism - July 02, 2019 10:39 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
July 2019 on the Positive Cynicism podcast is all about celebrating the 20th anniversary of 1999. The first episode examines the social events of the year as well as events of the ’90s as a whole that led to 1999. In a bit of shocking revelation for @chadsmart, the 90’s saw the rise in cynical [...

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Positive Cynicism EP. 98: Wonder Why; Skee Lo

Jittery Monkey Podcasting Network » Positive Cynicism - June 25, 2019 08:04 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
This month on Wonder Why, @chadsmart and @MikeDeKalb hit the Santa Monica Pier for some skeeball while discussing the Wishfulness of Skee Lo’s 1995 hit. While Skee Lo may have wished he was taller, a baller, or he had a rabbit in a hat with a bat, maybe he should have wished for more success […]...

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Positive Cynicism EP. 97: Play Gloria

Jittery Monkey Podcasting Network » Positive Cynicism - June 18, 2019 09:54 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
Deviating from the normal schedule, instead of talking Politics this week, @chadsmart is joined by @MikeDeKalb for a discussion about the 2019 NHL Champion St. Louis Blues and their theme song “Gloria.” After completing the Quest for All 31 NHL Arenas in March with a game in Boston, Chad and Mik...

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Positive Cynicism EP. 96: Bingeing and Purging Television

Jittery Monkey Podcasting Network » Positive Cynicism - June 11, 2019 08:00 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
In the age of easily watching episode after episode of a TV show, binge watching has become an almost preferable method of viewing. On this episode of Positive Cynicism, @chadsmart and Eric Bennett discuss their habits with binge watching as well as the effects watching so much TV at once has on...

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Positive Cynicism EP. 95: Sports and Role Models

Jittery Monkey Podcasting Network » Positive Cynicism - June 04, 2019 09:37 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
Why do we as a society value athletes and celebrities as role models? Is this idolization warranted or unjust expectation? On this episode of Positive Cynicism, @chadsmart and @TheTravisYates examine how athletes with discipline or criminal records get rewarded with new contracts. How fans still...

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Positive Cynicism EP. 94: Wonder Why; Carl Douglas

Jittery Monkey Podcasting Network » Positive Cynicism - May 28, 2019 11:05 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
Everyone was podcast listening. The latest edition of Wonder Why goes back in time to the early 1970s to a time when dance clubs were popular and martial arts were experiencing a rise in popularity. Combining these two elements, Jamaican singer/songwriter Carl Douglas created a chart topping sma...

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Positive Cynicism EP. 93: Poli-ticked Off

Jittery Monkey Podcasting Network » Positive Cynicism - May 22, 2019 01:47 - 1 second ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
*There is some static in portions of the audio. Hope it’s not too distracting.* Before recording this episode which focuses on politics, host @chadsmart came to the realization that due to the political climate, he didn’t want to talk politics. What’s the point? Our political discourse is so fra...

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