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Health and movies, health and movies.200:00:02,000 --> 00:00:04,000["Health and Movies"]300:00:04,000 --> 00:00:07,500Ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba.400:00:07,500 --> 00:00:10,000What's up, everyone? It's America+. I'm your host, Cole McCormick.500:00:10,000 --> 00:00:13,000It's another week, another episode. What's going on, people?600:00:13,000 --> 00:00:16,000Happy to be here. Ladies and gentlemen, it's Sunday.700:00:16,000 --> 00:00:20,500September 10th, 323 in the PM.800:00:20,500 --> 00:00:24,000How's it going, everybody? Happy to see you. Happy to be here.900:00:24,000 --> 00:00:27,000Yeah, man. It's another week, man. September, man.1000:00:27,000 --> 00:00:33,000Tomorrow's September 11th, man. It's almost a national holiday tomorrow, dude.1100:00:33,000 --> 00:00:39,000September 11th is on a Monday. The original event happened on a Tuesday,1200:00:39,000 --> 00:00:44,000so we're moving through the cycles. We're moving through the leap years.1300:00:44,000 --> 00:00:48,000And we're moving through the trauma, folks. We're moving through trauma today.1400:00:48,000 --> 00:00:52,000Not really. I don't know. I mean, it's sort of traumatic.1500:00:52,000 --> 00:00:56,000Health and movies, right? We're focusing on health and movies this week on America+, everybody.1600:00:56,000 --> 00:01:00,000Right off the bat, I want to talk about what happened last week.1700:01:00,000 --> 00:01:06,000I spoke with a little guy. Not a little guy. I spoke with a man named Homeless Moses.1800:01:06,000 --> 00:01:10,000Were you there for that, too? Were you there for the Homeless Moses interview?1900:01:10,000 --> 00:01:14,000Dude, were you there for that? I had a blast doing that, man.2000:01:14,000 --> 00:01:19,000I had such a good time talking to Jeff, talking to Homeless Moses.2100:01:19,000 --> 00:01:22,000That man's interesting. That's an interesting guy right there.2200:01:22,000 --> 00:01:29,000And I just wanted to say I'm excited to speak with more people, man.2300:01:29,000 --> 00:01:35,000That is where the show is going. Just speaking with more people,2400:01:35,000 --> 00:01:43,000speaking with more innovators and artists about their process, about what they seek to create.2500:01:43,000 --> 00:01:47,000And I just really believe in that vision. And it's a direction that I want to go.2600:01:47,000 --> 00:01:52,000So today, as an artist, I'll be speaking about my vision.2700:01:52,000 --> 00:01:55,000I'll be speaking about my vision. We're going over Magic Mushroom Fun Time.2800:01:55,000 --> 00:02:01,000I'm going to be sharing just a little bit of more details. Just more details coming up, dude.2900:02:01,000 --> 00:02:06,000Christmas is coming fast. Christmas is coming fast, I'm telling you.3000:02:06,000 --> 00:02:13,000And then just health-wise, I want to do a quick breakdown of just food in my life,3100:02:13,000 --> 00:02:17,000diets in my life, diets in my family's life.3200:02:17,000 --> 00:02:22,000I want to talk about these things because they just relate. They're part of my mission.3300:02:22,000 --> 00:02:26,000Health and movies are a part of my mission somehow.3400:02:26,000 --> 00:02:32,000That's an ongoing discovery, what my mission is.3500:02:32,000 --> 00:02:36,000So we're just doing that, man. We're doing it, man. Welcome to America Plus, dude.3600:02:36,000 --> 00:02:39,000I had a great time last week talking to Homeless Moses.3700:02:39,000 --> 00:02:44,000It was my second interview with an artist, and what I learned from it is...3800:02:44,000 --> 00:02:47,000Let me go to the analytics real quick. I'm trying to go...3900:02:47,000 --> 00:02:53,000I'm trying to pull in all the data that I can, right? I'm trying to learn from these interviews.4000:02:53,000 --> 00:02:56,000Right off the bat, the boosts were pretty good. I got a boost from Adam Curry.4100:02:56,000 --> 00:02:58,000Shout out to Adam Curry, dude. Yes, sir.4200:02:58,000 --> 00:03:00,000Boosting is loving.4300:03:00,000 --> 00:03:03,000Adam Curry is legit for that. He gave me 10,000 sats.4400:03:03,000 --> 00:03:07,000I'll get to that when we get to the value for value, but I just want to say4500:03:07,000 --> 00:03:12,000the difference of the Homeless Moses interview is that I didn't go viral,4600:03:12,000 --> 00:03:16,000but I got organic comeback.4700:03:16,000 --> 00:03:22,000I got Adam Curry to come back and listen without me needing to tag him in something,4800:03:22,000 --> 00:03:26,000because I'm fairly certain that was the reason he listened to Ainsley Costello,4900:03:26,000 --> 00:03:30,000because I tagged him in a tweet, and then he listened.5000:03:30,000 --> 00:03:34,000I think, I think. But I just posted Homeless Moses naturally.5100:03:34,000 --> 00:03:38,000Maybe he saw some boosts, maybe he saw something, but whatever.5200:03:38,000 --> 00:03:43,000I definitely tried to get the message out there, but I didn't directly go to him,5300:03:43,000 --> 00:03:47,000and he returned. So I'm just taking that data in. I'm happy about that.5400:03:47,000 --> 00:03:49,000I think that's a successful week for myself.5500:03:49,000 --> 00:03:54,000As a podcaster, you got the inventor of podcasting coming back to your show,5600:03:54,000 --> 00:03:58,000giving you money. 10,000 sats. Thank you, Adam Curry.5700:03:58,000 --> 00:04:02,000So that was a big encouragement for me this week.5800:04:02,000 --> 00:04:05,000I'm just ready for more artists, dude. I'm ready for more music.5900:04:05,000 --> 00:04:08,000I've been listening to more music.6000:04:08,000 --> 00:04:11,000I'm sorry, I just took some giant hits off my bong.6100:04:11,000 --> 00:04:14,000Ha ha ha ha! Ha ha ha ha! Ha ha ha ha!6200:04:14,000 --> 00:04:17,000Okay, we're gonna be okay.6300:04:17,000 --> 00:04:21,000Everyone's sick at my work, too. Is anyone else sick?6400:04:21,000 --> 00:04:27,000I'm not sick. I'm doing Wim Hof after this, but I'm keeping my body healthy, man.6500:04:27,000 --> 00:04:32,000But everyone else is getting sick, dude. I thought it was gonna be COVID.6600:04:32,000 --> 00:04:36,000They still might bring back COVID, but it looks like it's just a cold,6700:04:36,000 --> 00:04:39,000just a little cold.6800:04:39,000 --> 00:04:43,000So I'm trying to keep my body up and healthy from that, man.6900:04:43,000 --> 00:04:50,000It's a dangerous world out there, folks. It's a dangerous, wild, wild, wild world.7000:04:50,000 --> 00:04:54,000So many diseases, so many issues.7100:04:54,000 --> 00:05:04,000And we gotta like... It's my perspective that we need to just continue to talk about health in normal ways.7200:05:04,000 --> 00:05:11,000That's really what I want. As an artist, I want things to be healthy and equal,7300:05:11,000 --> 00:05:18,000and just everyone get along. We all want the same things. I believe we all want the same things.7400:05:18,000 --> 00:05:23,000And we gotta just talk about health normal, in a normal way.7500:05:23,000 --> 00:05:30,000I don't want to try to come off as an authority within the health sphere.7600:05:30,000 --> 00:05:38,000I want to try to just be a main point of reference for a normal conversation.7700:05:38,000 --> 00:05:44,000You know what I mean? That's what I'm trying... I think that's a healthy way to move forward with all this.7800:05:44,000 --> 00:05:50,000With all the health stuff, with all the story stuff, with everything that I'm trying to promote.7900:05:50,000 --> 00:05:55,000Because I've been posting a lot more, you know? Just putting a lot more tweets out there.8000:05:55,000 --> 00:06:01,000And the thought process of, wow, I'm really supporting something when I post this.8100:06:01,000 --> 00:06:07,000And I'm not embarrassed by anything that I've done, but that's just been on my thought process.8200:06:07,000 --> 00:06:13,000It's been sort of like, alright, I'm talking about this health topic right now.8300:06:13,000 --> 00:06:19,000I'm choosing to post about raw milk. I'm choosing to post about the podcast.8400:06:19,000 --> 00:06:25,000There's just a lot more intention with the messaging. And with posting, of course.8500:06:25,000 --> 00:06:33,000And when it comes to health specifically, there also has to be a really intentional way of eating.8600:06:33,000 --> 00:06:40,000An intentional way of going about conversations that involve talking about food.8700:06:40,000 --> 00:06:47,000And that's been a journey for myself, just speaking in my own head.8800:06:47,000 --> 00:06:55,000The way I think about and talk about food and health to my own ways, that's been an arc.8900:06:55,000 --> 00:07:00,000I am in a healthier spot than I ever have been.9000:07:00,000 --> 00:07:05,000And a lot of family members of mine, like my sisters and both my parents...9100:07:05,000 --> 00:07:11,000My entire family is healthier today, sort of. And I'll get into that.9200:07:11,000 --> 00:07:16,000My entire family is healthier today than they were two years ago.9300:07:16,000 --> 00:07:19,000And that's a full-on fact, for sure.9400:07:19,000 --> 00:07:25,000If I had the family photos up here, you'd see all of us were like, we just look different, you know?9500:07:25,000 --> 00:07:27,000Even two years ago.9600:07:27,000 --> 00:07:34,000And the main reason for that is because I've just taken a conscious approach.9700:07:34,000 --> 00:07:42,000It's been a journey of the conscious steps of what goes into my body.9800:07:42,000 --> 00:07:47,000The conscious choices of what I buy.9900:07:47,000 --> 00:07:54,000And my understanding of how this thing going in me is affecting my body.10000:07:54,000 --> 00:07:57,000So does anyone else think about that? Is that a good way to think about that?10100:07:57,000 --> 00:08:00,000How does food affect you? Is that a good way to talk about food?10200:08:00,000 --> 00:08:03,000Is that a good way to talk about health, dude?10300:08:03,000 --> 00:08:07,000I'm working in this kitchen, right? And everyone just...10400:08:07,000 --> 00:08:15,000People are taking shots on their breaks, people are just eating Doritos, people are coming in with blunts.10500:08:15,000 --> 00:08:21,000The kitchen life is a low-key unhealthy life.10600:08:21,000 --> 00:08:28,000And it's hard to even talk about some health things that I'm into to them because10700:08:28,000 --> 00:08:32,000they're just as disconnected as anyone else is to the food system.10800:08:32,000 --> 00:08:40,000And there has to be some sort of a personal force, like a personal push.10900:08:40,000 --> 00:08:46,000Like a push from the inside of you to make you actually think about that system.11000:08:46,000 --> 00:08:52,000To make you think about what the food is. Just what is this thing?11100:08:52,000 --> 00:08:55,000What are you really a part of? What are you really eating?11200:08:55,000 --> 00:08:59,000And what are you really supporting, dude?11300:08:59,000 --> 00:09:02,000And that goes into my dad.11400:09:02,000 --> 00:09:08,000And this is something that I really did not rehearse and I really don't know how to even talk about it.11500:09:08,000 --> 00:09:13,000Like I've been trying to just... Up until this point, it's been nine minutes of me just trying to11600:09:13,000 --> 00:09:17,000figure out what I'm going to say about my dad.11700:09:17,000 --> 00:09:20,000My dad's okay, my dad's healthy.11800:09:20,000 --> 00:09:30,000But it's also been a really wild summer because in June he got diagnosed with stage four colon cancer.11900:09:30,000 --> 00:09:38,000And it had gone to his bone, his lower bone, backbone, and his liver.12000:09:38,000 --> 00:09:40,000And a lymph node.12100:09:40,000 --> 00:09:44,000And just like wild fucking news, dude. Wild.12200:09:44,000 --> 00:09:53,000My dad has been unhealthy for quite a while. That can be said plainly.12300:09:53,000 --> 00:10:00,000And a lot of my decisions of my eating habits and my health habits have stemmed from him.12400:10:00,000 --> 00:10:03,000Either directly or indirectly.12500:10:03,000 --> 00:10:09,000And I don't know how to... I've never known how to manage it.12600:10:09,000 --> 00:10:16,000It's always just been me in my head just trying to manage it.12700:10:16,000 --> 00:10:18,000Trying to make decisions.12800:10:18,000 --> 00:10:22,000And growing up... I'm talking about growing up right now.12900:10:22,000 --> 00:10:26,000I should really describe where my brain is right now.13000:10:26,000 --> 00:10:31,000My health choices when I was younger were tied to my dad.13100:10:31,000 --> 00:10:35,000And it's wild how they still are.13200:10:35,000 --> 00:10:40,000And it's wild how now we're in a situation, my family's in a situation where...13300:10:40,000 --> 00:10:48,000They were coming to me for some of the food... like science.13400:10:48,000 --> 00:10:52,000For some of the food things that can help them.13500:10:52,000 --> 00:10:58,000So I guess I should tell the story of what's been going on pretty much.13600:10:58,000 --> 00:11:00,000I've been keeping this in.13700:11:00,000 --> 00:11:03,000I really haven't told many people.13800:11:03,000 --> 00:11:05,000I've told extremely few people.13900:11:05,000 --> 00:11:10,000And my dad's posted about it on his thing, on his Facebook.14000:11:10,000 --> 00:11:12,000And so now I feel comfortable expressing it.14100:11:12,000 --> 00:11:19,000And I think it's an important thing to talk about because everyone in America is sick.14200:11:19,000 --> 00:11:22,000Everyone in America is sick.14300:11:22,000 --> 00:11:26,000Whether it be their bodies, their minds, or their spirits.14400:11:26,000 --> 00:11:30,000They are sick. We are sick.14500:11:30,000 --> 00:11:38,000And we just... I believe if we're moving towards a more beautiful world that's possible,14600:11:38,000 --> 00:11:41,000a more beautiful world that my heart knows is possible,14700:11:41,000 --> 00:11:44,000it's going to require a transformation.14800:11:44,000 --> 00:11:48,000And it's going to require a changing of everything.14900:11:48,000 --> 00:11:54,000A changing of everything. A shift in consciousness.15000:11:54,000 --> 00:11:58,000Something so radically fundamental that it changes everything.15100:11:58,000 --> 00:12:03,000And this past June 2nd, I get a phone call.15200:12:03,000 --> 00:12:07,000I was on break at work.15300:12:07,000 --> 00:12:12,000It was both my parents on the call, which is sort of not normal.15400:12:12,000 --> 00:12:15,000Really not normal.15500:12:15,000 --> 00:12:19,000And my dad was just doing a normal checkup.15600:12:19,000 --> 00:12:23,000And they tell me the news. They tell me he has stage four.15700:12:23,000 --> 00:12:25,000My dad tells me.15800:12:25,000 --> 00:12:29,000And immediately I go into crisis mode.15900:12:29,000 --> 00:12:41,000Usually when something bad happens, I react immediately with instinctual love and compassion.16000:12:41,000 --> 00:12:45,000It's like a crisis mode of loving.16100:12:45,000 --> 00:12:48,000Loving whatever the person is going through.16200:12:48,000 --> 00:12:51,000Loving whatever the person is in that moment.16300:12:51,000 --> 00:12:56,000And I just want to do my best to just be quiet and to just be incredibly still.16400:12:56,000 --> 00:12:59,000As still as possible.16500:12:59,000 --> 00:13:03,000And to be as loving as possible with my words.16600:13:03,000 --> 00:13:06,000And that was a wild thing to go through.16700:13:06,000 --> 00:13:11,000Because I'm literally in some fucking chef's outfit.16800:13:11,000 --> 00:13:14,000I'm in a chef's outfit in Pasadena.16900:13:14,000 --> 00:13:19,000And I just fucking smoked a bowl of weed with my friend on our lunch break.17000:13:19,000 --> 00:13:21,000And I'm in a good mood.17100:13:21,000 --> 00:13:23,000And the sun's shining.17200:13:23,000 --> 00:13:26,000And then I get the news that my dad has cancer.17300:13:26,000 --> 00:13:28,000It's like, what the fuck?17400:13:28,000 --> 00:13:31,000And then I had a moment. Of course I cried.17500:13:31,000 --> 00:13:34,000But I left early that day.17600:13:34,000 --> 00:13:48,000And the best thing that my dad said was that he thinks diet is going to be a huge way to get through this.17700:13:48,000 --> 00:13:49,000And that's what I said.17800:13:49,000 --> 00:13:50,000And I agreed with him.17900:13:50,000 --> 00:13:54,000And my mom said that too.18000:13:54,000 --> 00:13:56,000Everyone was on the same page about diet.18100:13:56,000 --> 00:13:58,000Diet, diet, the food, the food, the food.18200:13:58,000 --> 00:14:00,000Food is medicine.18300:14:00,000 --> 00:14:02,000Food is going to get you through it.18400:14:02,000 --> 00:14:03,000And we know people.18500:14:03,000 --> 00:14:09,000We already have family, friends who passed away already from cancer.18600:14:09,000 --> 00:14:13,000And we know the choices that they made.18700:14:13,000 --> 00:14:21,000And my father's choice has to have been just changing his entire system.18800:14:21,000 --> 00:14:26,000And it's been a really hopeful time.18900:14:26,000 --> 00:14:27,000I've been happy.19000:14:27,000 --> 00:14:36,000Even though it's stage four, the doctors have been incredibly nonchalant, to put it lightly.19100:14:36,000 --> 00:14:41,000Here's the Larry David section of this story.19200:14:41,000 --> 00:14:51,000There's been some odd encounters with doctors and their nonchalantness about the advancement of medicines.19300:14:51,000 --> 00:14:56,000So what I mean by that is my dad, this is like months after the diagnosis, right?19400:14:56,000 --> 00:14:59,000He's doing normal checkups.19500:14:59,000 --> 00:15:03,000He's going through the checkup cycle, you know?19600:15:03,000 --> 00:15:15,000And the doctor, he says, yeah, Kev, honestly, if you could just live a few more years, I'm pretty sure we're going to cure cancer.19700:15:15,000 --> 00:15:17,000The doctor said that.19800:15:17,000 --> 00:15:19,000I'm not fucking around right now.19900:15:19,000 --> 00:15:25,000Folks, I'm not fucking around at all.20000:15:25,000 --> 00:15:27,000I'm not screwing with you.20100:15:27,000 --> 00:15:40,000There was a real moment with a doctor where a cancer patient was told if you could just live a little longer, there's a good chance we can just cure this thing.20200:15:40,000 --> 00:15:45,000What? What? What? What?20300:15:45,000 --> 00:15:49,000And I don't say that to be like anti anything.20400:15:49,000 --> 00:15:51,000Like, it's not even a message. It's not even propaganda.20500:15:51,000 --> 00:15:53,000That's really what happened.20600:15:53,000 --> 00:15:56,000My dad was really told that they could just cure cancer soon.20700:15:56,000 --> 00:16:05,000Like the doctor really believes that technology and medicine is going to like pop up so good, so fast in five years that they're going to just be able to solve it.20800:16:05,000 --> 00:16:08,000They'll be able to cure it right there.20900:16:08,000 --> 00:16:09,000So like that's incredible.21000:16:09,000 --> 00:16:10,000That's cool.21100:16:10,000 --> 00:16:13,000That's that's like hopeful, you know?21200:16:13,000 --> 00:16:19,000Maybe he says that to all of his patients, but that also doesn't seem responsible to say.21300:16:19,000 --> 00:16:21,000Do you know what I mean by that?21400:16:21,000 --> 00:16:26,000I don't think it's a if I was a doctor, I wouldn't say something like that.21500:16:26,000 --> 00:16:32,000If I'm speaking with a cancer patient, I would want to be as real as fuck with them because it's their life.21600:16:32,000 --> 00:16:39,000I mean, there's a degree of like hopeful of like cheerfulness or like joyfulness that maybe like a doctor should bring.21700:16:39,000 --> 00:16:51,000But I don't know, like that just the words he said precisely was in a few years, I really believe we'll be able to cure cancer.21800:16:51,000 --> 00:16:52,000Like that's a doctor saying that.21900:16:52,000 --> 00:16:54,000And they're so my parents are in Arizona.22000:16:54,000 --> 00:17:04,000Arizona has one of the best like 10 minutes away from their from where they live is one of the best world renowned cancer research centers.22100:17:04,000 --> 00:17:09,000And so my dad has access to really good people, some of the best people.22200:17:09,000 --> 00:17:11,000And I'm hopeful about that.22300:17:11,000 --> 00:17:16,000And so I just want to go into a quick thing of like what my dad's been doing.22400:17:16,000 --> 00:17:24,000My dad's eating and my dad's just like focus point on on handling this.22500:17:24,000 --> 00:17:33,000And it's been really, really interesting to see because he's made different choices than other people that we know who've had cancer.22600:17:33,000 --> 00:17:36,000Other people did not choose to eat well.22700:17:36,000 --> 00:17:46,000Other people did not choose their health in terms of fighting the cancer.22800:17:46,000 --> 00:17:50,000And therefore, those people got more sick, more sick and sick and sick.22900:17:50,000 --> 00:17:54,000And right now, in this moment in time, my father is not sick.23000:17:54,000 --> 00:17:56,000My father is strong right now.23100:17:56,000 --> 00:17:57,000My father is good.23200:17:57,000 --> 00:18:00,000I haven't spoken to him in three days, so he might have a cold right now.23300:18:00,000 --> 00:18:01,000I don't know.23400:18:01,000 --> 00:18:04,000It's funny if he's like if he's like dying right now.23500:18:04,000 --> 00:18:07,000He is dying. I don't know.23600:18:07,000 --> 00:18:10,000No, no, no.23700:18:10,000 --> 00:18:12,000Dark humor. America plus.23800:18:12,000 --> 00:18:14,000The empire is falling.23900:18:14,000 --> 00:18:17,000The patriarchy is failing.24000:18:17,000 --> 00:18:21,000Whatever.24100:18:21,000 --> 00:18:24,000The doctor saying that stuff made me really happy.24200:18:24,000 --> 00:18:30,000And the food is he's doing just a normal balanced diet.24300:18:30,000 --> 00:18:36,000It's a normal like he's just he's doing yogurt in the morning like he's doing yogurt and berries in the morning.24400:18:36,000 --> 00:18:43,000He's doing a shake and the shake has like that's like the superhuman shake with.24500:18:43,000 --> 00:18:53,000So I got my dad into the into organ supplements and grass fed grass finished like liver and what else is he doing?24600:18:53,000 --> 00:18:57,000It's liver, pancreas, kidney like it's like a whole blend.24700:18:57,000 --> 00:18:59,000He just bought like more of them.24800:18:59,000 --> 00:19:03,000So he's putting like 12 organ pills inside of the shake.24900:19:03,000 --> 00:19:07,000He's putting a bunch of like fresh orange juice inside of the shake.25000:19:07,000 --> 00:19:10,000He's putting some like coconut oil.25100:19:10,000 --> 00:19:12,000He's putting L.25200:19:12,000 --> 00:19:21,000Thien. He's putting he's like I it's a list of like 12 things and it's been helping his energy.25300:19:21,000 --> 00:19:25,000You know, he says that he has, you know, there's days when he has good energy days when he has bad energy.25400:19:25,000 --> 00:19:30,000But when he has the energy, he's been like going for it.25500:19:30,000 --> 00:19:36,000He really just like he's able to get the task done and and then he needs the rest.25600:19:36,000 --> 00:19:42,000But the food he's he's also been eating a regular.25700:19:42,000 --> 00:19:47,000From my perspective, it seems like he's been eating steak like every other night.25800:19:47,000 --> 00:19:51,000I feel like if not that then then just like a chicken.25900:19:51,000 --> 00:19:54,000But my opinion, I feel like you should eat more steak.26000:19:54,000 --> 00:19:55,000I don't know. That's just me.26100:19:55,000 --> 00:19:58,000I feel like steak is good for you.26200:19:58,000 --> 00:20:03,000But that's regardless. It's all his choice, which I was fully aware of as well.26300:20:03,000 --> 00:20:15,000Like a part of this process has been me just like it's been the family reconfiguring our current roles as son and sister and daughter and wife and father.26400:20:15,000 --> 00:20:18,000And it's like the same role.26500:20:18,000 --> 00:20:25,000But it's now it's been elevated because even my sisters have stepped up and the family is like coming together.26600:20:25,000 --> 00:20:27,000And I just want the family to be even more strong.26700:20:27,000 --> 00:20:30,000Like I want this to make the family stronger.26800:20:30,000 --> 00:20:32,000That's what I told my parents.26900:20:32,000 --> 00:20:38,000Like whatever journey you go on, dad, like I want this to make all of us stronger.27000:20:38,000 --> 00:20:40,000Like you will get stronger from this.27100:20:40,000 --> 00:20:45,000I believe this. And I told him that.27200:20:45,000 --> 00:20:47,000And it's going to require a massive change.27300:20:47,000 --> 00:20:51,000I told him that it's going to require a massive change.27400:20:51,000 --> 00:20:54,000And he knew that he he understood.27500:20:54,000 --> 00:20:58,000You know, my dad's not one to ignore facts.27600:20:58,000 --> 00:21:02,000He knows he knows the real deal.27700:21:02,000 --> 00:21:08,000And from my point of view, he he's made a pretty drastic change.27800:21:08,000 --> 00:21:30,000And the other cool thing about about the cancer research during their research, they they've realized that a really big component to people to people going into remission or either pausing growth or pausing and then reversing growth.27900:21:30,000 --> 00:21:44,000And then sometimes even getting rid of everything has been getting a DNA test, getting the cancer's DNA tested to see if there's any targeted medicines that they can use towards it.28000:21:44,000 --> 00:21:46,000And thank God he did that.28100:21:46,000 --> 00:21:51,000That was like a wonderful two thousand twenty two hundred bucks to get some DNA.28200:21:51,000 --> 00:22:01,000And now he's he's doing targeted, targeted medicine for chemo, target, targeted chemo and targeted radiation, which are two different things.28300:22:01,000 --> 00:22:20,000And, you know, the scary thing whenever it comes to cancers that you always hear about, you know, just people just not doing well, just people getting worse on chemo, people getting sicker on chemo, because, you know, because these things are the generalized chemo is killing all cells.28400:22:20,000 --> 00:22:28,000But we're at we're living in a moment where if you have the money, thank God.28500:22:28,000 --> 00:22:31,000And what a blessing that my parents do have the money.28600:22:31,000 --> 00:22:37,000You can get a DNA test and you can match up your cancer with a medicine.28700:22:37,000 --> 00:22:57,000And right now he's had incredibly little, like pretty much point like he's had like point zero one reaction if there was like if there was a sort of like a percentage like he had like he had hives for like four hours after the first thing after the first round.28800:22:57,000 --> 00:23:09,000And this is like almost this is beginning of August when he when he was first getting chemo. He had four hours of hives and then they went away.28900:23:09,000 --> 00:23:15,000And then from that, you know, it's it's only been the energy thing.29000:23:15,000 --> 00:23:20,000There's really there hasn't been anything else unless they haven't been telling me anything.29100:23:20,000 --> 00:23:28,000But, you know, they've been pretty open with everything that they're doing with me.29200:23:28,000 --> 00:23:35,000And up until now, you know, in this moment in time, my dad has told me multiple times that he feels good.29300:23:35,000 --> 00:23:39,000He feels good overall. He feels up.29400:23:39,000 --> 00:23:41,000He feels energized.29500:23:41,000 --> 00:23:52,000And from my perspective, just hearing him talking to him, it seems as if he has more energy than he did earlier this year.29600:23:52,000 --> 00:23:55,000And it just it's really interesting.29700:23:55,000 --> 00:23:58,000It's super interesting.29800:23:58,000 --> 00:24:04,000One of the suspicious things about about this cancer diagnosis is.29900:24:04,000 --> 00:24:13,000So I had said that he had been just practically unhealthy for a long time and he was pretty big.30000:24:13,000 --> 00:24:21,000And in twenty twenty one, my dad got weight loss surgery and he got the weight loss surgery.30100:24:21,000 --> 00:24:24,000I forget the name of it, but they just shrunk his stomach.30200:24:24,000 --> 00:24:29,000They changed the shape of the stomach to that so that it's like smaller.30300:24:29,000 --> 00:24:37,000And they did a whole test on him and that was in twenty twenty one and they he did not have cancer in twenty twenty one.30400:24:37,000 --> 00:24:41,000And so he's lost hundreds of pounds.30500:24:41,000 --> 00:24:47,000And in the same process, he's somehow developed stage four colon cancer in a matter of two years.30600:24:47,000 --> 00:24:49,000And that's wild.30700:24:49,000 --> 00:24:53,000And he's not vaccinated, unvaccinated, if that matters.30800:24:53,000 --> 00:24:55,000I don't know.30900:24:55,000 --> 00:25:06,000So the thing developed in two years, which is so wild to think about of all the times that I was hanging out with him,31000:25:06,000 --> 00:25:11,000like this thing was growing in him and he was like slowly complaining about more and more pain in his back.31100:25:11,000 --> 00:25:15,000It's just like it's just crazy to think back to all that stuff.31200:25:15,000 --> 00:25:29,000And this is from my perspective, this has put him in a place where he needs to be real about his life.31300:25:29,000 --> 00:25:32,000You know, like this is a wild mortality thing.31400:25:32,000 --> 00:25:42,000My father's going through some crazy mortality crisis right now, just like so many other people, just like all of us will at some point in time.31500:25:42,000 --> 00:25:46,000So he's been doing these.31600:25:46,000 --> 00:25:47,000He's been eating balanced.31700:25:47,000 --> 00:25:48,000He's been doing a lot of protein.31800:25:48,000 --> 00:25:55,000He knows that protein is key to keeping weight on because one side effect is losing weight from the medicines.31900:25:55,000 --> 00:25:57,000So he's eating a lot of protein.32000:25:57,000 --> 00:26:04,000He has like two ounces, like he has like two ounces of organ meat in his shakes.32100:26:04,000 --> 00:26:06,000He has a bunch of fresh fruit.32200:26:06,000 --> 00:26:09,000He had I want him to get on raw dairy.32300:26:09,000 --> 00:26:12,000But like that's that's a whole other thing.32400:26:12,000 --> 00:26:19,000But he's eating so much better than what he's ever had in his life.32500:26:19,000 --> 00:26:22,000And that's been a really big deal.32600:26:22,000 --> 00:26:24,000It's been a really big deal.32700:26:24,000 --> 00:26:36,000And the biggest thing why I was confident discussing this is because we've recently gotten some numbers back, you know, and this isn't like miracle stuff.32800:26:36,000 --> 00:26:39,000But this is really a food.32900:26:39,000 --> 00:26:43,000This is really a big bullet point for food.33000:26:43,000 --> 00:26:48,000So I mentioned the cancer was in his liver.33100:26:48,000 --> 00:26:54,000After he got the DNA tests, the doctor said he wanted to focus on the liver.33200:26:54,000 --> 00:26:59,000The chemo and the radiation is going to focus on the cancer in the liver, which is like everywhere.33300:26:59,000 --> 00:27:06,000It's in like every I guess you have like five lobes in your liver and all five lobes had cancer.33400:27:06,000 --> 00:27:11,000So and he got on a certain blood test or liver test.33500:27:11,000 --> 00:27:18,000You know, he has like the number that shows on the liver test shows that his liver is functioning with a disease.33600:27:18,000 --> 00:27:20,000His liver is diseased.33700:27:20,000 --> 00:27:24,000And it was like at a high, super high number.33800:27:24,000 --> 00:27:27,000I forget the exact number, but it was super high.33900:27:27,000 --> 00:27:31,000And he got that test in like early August.34000:27:31,000 --> 00:27:41,000The most recent test that we got back after about a month, about a month and a week or pretty much just a month of chemo and radiation.34100:27:41,000 --> 00:27:50,000The liver number is now stating that his liver is functioning normally without disease.34200:27:50,000 --> 00:27:59,000That's not a confirmation on any cancer, but the number for the liver, whatever way the test measures it,34300:27:59,000 --> 00:28:04,000shows that his liver is functioning normally as if there's no disease.34400:28:04,000 --> 00:28:09,000And it's only been a month of chemo and radiation and diet.34500:28:09,000 --> 00:28:12,000And that's just like wild.34600:28:12,000 --> 00:28:14,000It's wild.34700:28:14,000 --> 00:28:20,000So even though it's been incredibly anxious, it's also been incredibly calming as well,34800:28:20,000 --> 00:28:23,000because it seems like my dad is on the right path.34900:28:23,000 --> 00:28:29,000It seems like he has a good head on his shoulders and it seems like my family's coming together.35000:28:29,000 --> 00:28:34,000And a part of America Plus is a part of just strong families.35100:28:34,000 --> 00:28:43,000And so I'm just trying to express my thankfulness and my love and my gratitude towards my family.35200:28:43,000 --> 00:28:49,000Like we're sticking together and the mission is to stick together like no matter what.35300:28:49,000 --> 00:28:50,000Like that's what we all like.35400:28:50,000 --> 00:28:57,000We have to have that type of a mindset if we're going to get through whatever crisis we're getting through.35500:28:57,000 --> 00:29:01,000We cannot isolate. We cannot.35600:29:01,000 --> 00:29:04,000We need to come together.35700:29:04,000 --> 00:29:10,000And I hope my dad's like, OK, with me sharing this part, but I really believe that my dad's actually opening up his heart.35800:29:10,000 --> 00:29:14,000I believe my dad is opening up like his like his like energy chakras.35900:29:14,000 --> 00:29:23,000Like my father is seriously like working through some real manifesting power, like God working through his body.36000:29:23,000 --> 00:29:37,000Shit, dude, like he told me my mom told me a story of him getting getting an MRI scan and he got emotional while he was thinking about how grateful he was for the doctors.36100:29:37,000 --> 00:29:52,000My father had a moment where he was almost brought to tears where he was so thankful for the people around him and for the medicine and for the moment in time that he was given this illness.36200:29:52,000 --> 00:30:02,000He was thankful for his family and he was my dad was brought emotional, whatever that means.36300:30:02,000 --> 00:30:20,000And I heard that and whenever you do any research on any Joe Dispenza manifestation thing, the key to that is conjuring up those emotions and conjuring up that gratitude for what has already been given to you.36400:30:20,000 --> 00:30:37,000And so it brings me with great. It fills me with great hope that my dad's able to channel that healing energy that is gratefulness that that is gratitude that is love that is hope.36500:30:37,000 --> 00:30:50,000And just turn all that towards himself, you know, turn all that towards his own life and he I just see a bright path for that man.36600:30:50,000 --> 00:31:06,000And so if you're if anyone around you is sick, if you're sick, I guess this is just an opportunity for if we are trying to live in a healthier world, if we're trying to build healthier systems in our bodies, you know, just think about the food.36700:31:06,000 --> 00:31:27,000Think about the source. Think about the protein. Is it pure animal protein, or is it some something commoditized and fake and filled up with with inflammatory oils and sugars, you know, and also think about how like we need when it comes to like mental health36800:31:27,000 --> 00:31:36,000like we didn't have a broader conversation about that but the whatever trauma that we go through, you know, that's going to affect the way the way that we eat.36900:31:36,000 --> 00:31:48,000So just think about the way you eat when you're sad. Think about the way you eat when you're happy. Think about the way you eat when you're stressed, you know, and and and really just just take note of it.37000:31:48,000 --> 00:31:58,000Just take note of it and see. Try to identify an unhealthy pattern in your in your own life.37100:31:58,000 --> 00:32:04,000Because that's, that's gonna be like the biggest, the biggest thing that can help you out you know.37200:32:04,000 --> 00:32:21,000My dad's going through just like oh it's like a tidal wave of change. But you can just go through like light, you know, light river, light river bumps in the river. You know what I mean?37300:32:21,000 --> 00:32:29,000There's a way to handle it you know there's a way to handle your body, and even when you're sick, you know it's about the health, it's about the diet.37400:32:29,000 --> 00:32:42,000And it's about the family. You know, it's all, it's wild how the how everything is interconnected. I'm not even doing a good job explaining, explaining the whole story.37500:32:42,000 --> 00:32:54,000Like, it's just wild how everything is connected like I feel more love for my father in this, in this moment you know I feel more love for my family.37600:32:54,000 --> 00:33:11,000And it inspires me. And my dad still encourages me for my dreams. My dad still helps me out. And he's still running a business.37700:33:11,000 --> 00:33:25,000And so like I just have a lot to live up to. I have a lot, like I have, it's like big shoulders. It's like, it's like, it's like some football thing. It's like it's like your big brother with like football pads.37800:33:25,000 --> 00:33:33,000It's like, it's like and then you're the little brother and you got to wear the football pads next. It's like there's like some big shit going on here.37900:33:33,000 --> 00:33:43,000Like my dad's done some real shit with his life, dude. Like he's had, he's, he's lived the wildlife and he's currently living a good life.38000:33:43,000 --> 00:33:53,000He's currently getting healthy, man. I don't want to see him get healthier. And he's got, he's got more things to do. He's got, he's got, he's got more people to save, man.38100:33:53,000 --> 00:33:58,000After he saves, after he saves himself, my dad's going to save other people.38200:33:58,000 --> 00:34:08,000Before, I remember, I remember like during he was getting the surgery, my dad said, so my dad's been thinking about selling his company, right?38300:34:08,000 --> 00:34:15,000And him and I have talked about like, like, what does he want to do? Like after the company is sold theoretically.38400:34:15,000 --> 00:34:22,000And he's like, you know, he said, I thought about volunteering for FEMA.38500:34:22,000 --> 00:34:30,000Okay, dad, volunteer for FEMA then go for it. That'd be sick. He said, he said, oh, not volunteer.38600:34:30,000 --> 00:34:38,000He said, he said he would want to drive a truck. He would want to drive a FEMA truck, one of the trucks that goes and delivers the supplies.38700:34:38,000 --> 00:34:46,000He would want to be that guy. I'm like, well, that's fucking cool. Like dad, like go for that. Totally go for that.38800:34:46,000 --> 00:34:56,000And ever since we had that conversation, it sort of like changed my perspective on him. You know, I know that my dad, when he was my age,38900:34:56,000 --> 00:35:03,000or no, when he was in high school, he wanted to be a firefighter, but he couldn't because he's flat footed and has asthma.39000:35:03,000 --> 00:35:11,000So he's like, damn, like he wanted to be a hero. And then like, he's like, oh, no, flat feet.39100:35:11,000 --> 00:35:19,000But this is his moment, you know, whenever you're, whenever you are faced with the crisis, this is your hero's journey.39200:35:19,000 --> 00:35:32,000And maybe it helps you thinking, thinking about it like that, as if you are the hero of the story, you know, but, or maybe it helps you think about it a different way.39300:35:32,000 --> 00:35:47,000Maybe it helps you put it whatever way. I don't even know how my dad's thinking about it. All I know is that my dad's focused on eating well and doing what he needs to do and staying true to his responsibilities.39400:35:47,000 --> 00:35:57,000And that inspires me right now. So, man, like if anyone else is going through an illness, if anyone else has cancer, like shout out to you, like fuck cancer, right?39500:35:57,000 --> 00:36:05,000Fuck cancer. Give me a fuck cancer. I don't have that jingle, but we got to get it.39600:36:05,000 --> 00:36:13,000But shout out to families, man. Shout out to, shout out to my sister, shout out to my mother, shout out to everyone in my family, man.39700:36:13,000 --> 00:36:19,000It's crazy. It's crazy. And this is life on earth. And I love it. I love it. I love it.39800:36:19,000 --> 00:36:31,000I remember writing down, okay, I'll have this last point on this whole like sad cancer thing, and then I'll move on to like, to what we're, to the value for value, because I've been talking for way too long.39900:36:31,000 --> 00:36:40,000I remember writing down after I heard the news, I will seek the duality in this.40000:36:40,000 --> 00:36:54,000I'm really like, I have always been seeking the duality throughout the summer. And even though it's incredibly negative, you know, I still see real hope and I see real positivity and I hold both of those things in my heart.40100:36:54,000 --> 00:37:07,000And it's appropriate to, you know, it's some inside out. It's that Pixar movie inside out, you know, it's that, it's that mix of the good and sad, the happy and sad memories, like those are important.40200:37:07,000 --> 00:37:18,000The mixed memories are what make you more mature, holding on and like moving through these balanced emotions.40300:37:18,000 --> 00:37:29,000Or like just seeking balance is what's helping me grow right now. I know that. And helping my family grow, helping my father grow, you know, my father's not even grown up yet.40400:37:29,000 --> 00:37:32,000You know, my, my dad's still growing up.40500:37:32,000 --> 00:37:35,000You know, he's going through all this.40600:37:35,000 --> 00:37:40,000But shout out to my dad, dude. He's healing. He's healing. I believe that. I believe that he's healing.40700:37:40,000 --> 00:37:50,000And he says that the goal is to kick cancer's ass. Like simple as that, dude. Like nothing else to say, bro.40800:37:50,000 --> 00:37:53,000And I think that's valuable, man. I think it's super valuable.40900:37:53,000 --> 00:37:57,000And with that, folks, we are going to head on into the boost.41000:37:57,000 --> 00:37:59,000We're going to talk about movies in a minute.41100:37:59,000 --> 00:38:11,000The boost, folks, America Plus is a value for value show. That means that I put, I put love, loving energy and hard work into this show.41200:38:11,000 --> 00:38:21,000And I do it because I just want to connect to you. And this is about putting as much value as I can on the internet and you showing me that value yourself.41300:38:21,000 --> 00:38:29,000Mainly through the form of Satoshi's, which are little bits of Bitcoin. You can do that through PayPal as well if you want to do dollars.41400:38:29,000 --> 00:38:39,000If you have found any value in what I'm talking about today or any episode, send me some support. It really helps me out.41500:38:39,000 --> 00:38:49,000The entire concept of value for value for me is I'm growing my online presence through my podcast and right now mainly Twitter.41600:38:49,000 --> 00:38:59,000And I'm growing my online community and I'm making short films. I'm making little movies as I go along, as I grow.41700:38:59,000 --> 00:39:07,000And the idea is the better those movies are, the more feedback I get on what people are interested in in those movies.41800:39:07,000 --> 00:39:15,000You know, I keep experimenting with genre and storytelling and stuff like that. And I'm working on one right now. It's coming out Christmas.41900:39:15,000 --> 00:39:25,000Your support goes towards these projects. Your support goes towards me continuing this podcast and continuing to seek more connection.42000:39:25,000 --> 00:39:33,000That's the real big thing. I think I'm on a path that is innovative for the modern artist.42100:39:33,000 --> 00:39:42,000I believe other artists, other people who want to make things and connect with people can do something similar to what I'm doing.42200:39:42,000 --> 00:39:51,000Even though there's all these strikes and we got all these different apps. There's so many apps that you can do art on.42300:39:51,000 --> 00:39:59,000What's the real way? What's a practical way? So I'm trying to be a more practical, valuable solution.42400:39:59,000 --> 00:40:07,000Example, a more practical, valuable example of how someone can do it value for value style.42500:40:07,000 --> 00:40:12,000And with that, we're going to be reading some boosts today. We're going to be reading some supporters of last week.42600:40:12,000 --> 00:40:23,000Let me go to the activity real quick. So last week was, it was number 86, the Homeless Moses interview.42700:40:23,000 --> 00:40:29,000It's like an hour and a half, good 90 minute thing. I'm trying to load up Fountain as Fountain's loading.42800:40:29,000 --> 00:40:38,000I gave Homeless Moses 55% of the boosts, which I think is important. I'm unable to connect to Wave Lake right now.42900:40:38,000 --> 00:40:46,000I don't think anyone's able to connect to Wave Lake. I'm waiting on my hosting company to set up the value for value music split kit.43000:40:46,000 --> 00:40:57,000So up until I have that wallet switching technology available to me, I'll just be reaching out to people and asking people to make a Fountain account.43100:40:57,000 --> 00:41:04,000By the way, if you didn't know...43200:41:04,000 --> 00:41:10,000I'm getting boosts from like all modern podcasting apps and right now Fountain is just like my favorite one, but there's other ones.43300:41:10,000 --> 00:41:16,000There's Podverse, there's Podfans, there's so many others. Like you can even boost me on the podcast index.43400:41:16,000 --> 00:41:22,000I think somebody did that like last week or something. Somebody really boosted me on the podcast index.43500:41:22,000 --> 00:41:27,000Or boosted someone. I forget who. I forget who it was. Anyway, I saw it.43600:41:27,000 --> 00:41:34,000And got a few supporters from last week. We're going to go from the lowest to the highest.43700:41:34,000 --> 00:41:40,000These people saw value in last week. They saw value in the interview. They saw value in the connection with the artist.43800:41:40,000 --> 00:41:50,000The first one comes from at Shannon P. What up Shannon? My girlfriend. She sends in 300... 300... I can't talk today.43900:41:50,000 --> 00:41:58,000300... 303 sets. 333 sets.44000:41:58,000 --> 00:42:03,000She says, loving these interviews. Keep them coming. Yes.44100:42:03,000 --> 00:42:07,000Boost. Yes ma'am. Yes ma'am I will. I will keep them coming.44200:42:07,000 --> 00:42:21,000This next one comes from at Joel W. He sends in 999 sets. He says, Love Bomb Boost. Yeah baby.44300:42:21,000 --> 00:42:27,000And now, as the French say, it is time for Le Boost.44400:42:27,000 --> 00:42:36,000Got another one from Joel W with a 3333 sets. He says, great interview, great music in addition to the freedom sells.44500:42:36,000 --> 00:42:45,000He mentioned, check of Derrick Brose's website. And then he gives me a website. The Consciousness...44600:42:45,000 --> 00:42:52,000What is this? Oh my god. The Conscious Resistance dot com.44700:42:52,000 --> 00:42:59,000He is, in my opinion, one of the best journalists of our time. Alright, Joel. I'll do that.44800:42:59,000 --> 00:43:01,000Boostar. Thank you Joel.44900:43:01,000 --> 00:43:07,000And then we got another one from Homeless Moses. He gave a comment. He said, thanks for having me on.45000:43:07,000 --> 00:43:10,000Homeless Moses, thank you for coming on dude.45100:43:10,000 --> 00:43:19,000And then this last one, the biggest one of the week, comes from Sir Adam Curry. The Godfather... The Podfather himself.45200:43:19,000 --> 00:43:32,000Adam C. 1999 sends in 10,000 sets. And he says, nice to hear... Nice to hear Homeless Moses speaking about his music. Yes.45300:43:32,000 --> 00:43:34,000Boosting is loving.45400:43:34,000 --> 00:43:40,000Now real quick, I feel like I got Adam on like a wine night because this boost is so misspelled.45500:43:40,000 --> 00:43:57,000He spelt nice as N-I-C-W. That's nice. And then he says, to hear. T-O-N-H-E-A-R. No space. Ton here.45600:43:57,000 --> 00:44:07,000H-M speaking about his... And then he finishes it. So it's like, weird Adam. Like, did I... How many glasses of wine did you have, Adam?45700:44:07,000 --> 00:44:13,000How many glasses of you and the Keeper down when you boosted me, dude? Like, are you just drunk boosting me, dude?45800:44:13,000 --> 00:44:16,000Come on, bro. Do it more.45900:44:16,000 --> 00:44:28,000Whoo, folks. Thank you for donating to the show, everybody. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, Shannon.46000:44:28,000 --> 00:44:38,000I'm going on a date with Shannon, but we got a double feature tonight. Super hyped about that, dude. We're seeing Legally Blonde and 10 Things I Hate About You at Quentin Tarantino's Theater.46100:44:38,000 --> 00:44:48,000So I'm just trying to record this and get to that theater, man. Shannon, let's go. Let's do this thing. Joel W. Thank you, man. Thank you. You're the most consistent guy out there.46200:44:48,000 --> 00:44:55,000You just are. Simple as that. And you have a sub stack. Like, subscribe to his sub stack, people. Like, go for that.46300:44:55,000 --> 00:45:05,000And then just last thing on Adam Curry, like, I love you. You're my mentor from afar, sir. You're my mentor from afar.46400:45:05,000 --> 00:45:24,000And with that, what I want to talk about now is my movie, my short film, Magic Mushroom Fun Time. When it comes to the value that I'm making, I'm trying to tell the story of me tripping on mushrooms and me going through some psychedelic experience46500:45:24,000 --> 00:45:37,000and just like crazy things are happening in my head while this new world is forming. That's really the main concept for the film.46600:45:37,000 --> 00:45:48,000And I have the music. I've talked about the music. I haven't shared the music yet, but I'll say this. One of the songs is from Homeless Moses.46700:45:48,000 --> 00:45:55,000One of the songs in my short film that I'm posting on Twitter is from Homeless Moses. So get ready for that one.46800:45:55,000 --> 00:46:08,000The other one is from, I forget the guy's name, I think it's called DJ Yo. Yeah, I'm pretty sure it's DJ Yo. You'll have to guess which songs. I guess that'll be a surprise.46900:46:08,000 --> 00:46:19,000Those are the two main artists that I'm pulling from for V for V. And then I was going to reach out to a friend of mine to do some original music. I think I would like to have some original score as well.47000:46:19,000 --> 00:46:34,000So we're doing that. And what I want to share today is how I'm going to be actually making this thing. Whenever I've spoken about the process of making the short film, I've always said that I'm going to be getting the images beginning mid-September.47100:46:34,000 --> 00:46:48,000And now it's pretty much mid-September. And I've had to figure out what AIs do I want to use? What do I want to create with Blender? What do I want to film live action?47200:46:48,000 --> 00:47:08,000Along with that, I've also decided to try to combine these different aesthetics. I do want to combine animating on Blender with live action stuff, with AI stuff. And I want to cut between all of that. And I want to edit all of that together, even though it might not look the same.47300:47:08,000 --> 00:47:23,000It's my mission to make it look cohesive, to make it feel like a real thing, to make it feel like a world, like a universe, like a real experience. So I'm excited for it, man. And I've been going through the AIs and pretty much I didn't have to do...47400:47:23,000 --> 00:47:46,000I was really just wasting time. I could have just picked the AIs at any moment. I'm using Gen2, which has been around for a minute already, from this company called Runway. Runway Gen2. That's a super innovative text-to-video, along with image-to-video AI.47500:47:46,000 --> 00:48:03,000And then I'm also... I'll be using Mid Journey. I've already used Mid Journey. I just haven't been paying for it for the last few months. But pretty much the workflow is going to be... I create an image for Magic Mushroom FunTime within Mid Journey.47600:48:03,000 --> 00:48:21,000I refine the prompts and I get that down to an image that I like. And then I bring that over to the image-to-video AI, and then I just pop that in, and then I create movement within that thing.47700:48:21,000 --> 00:48:34,000And most recently, the video AI, they created the ability to move the camera. So that's a big thing because now I'm able to match the shot. So now we're talking about movies, right?47800:48:34,000 --> 00:48:56,000Whenever I say match the shot, what I'm talking about is... Imagine there's a couple walking in a park. And now imagine an immediate new scene of an animated version of that exact scene, in the same way.47900:48:56,000 --> 00:49:12,000Just like animated, okay? I'm talking about... That's what a match shot is. So I'm excited about this new AI stuff, about being able to move the camera, because I can compose an image to my likeness.48000:49:12,000 --> 00:49:26,000I can create an image that I think is perfect, and then I can put it in this machine, in this thing, and it can create movement, and then I can manipulate that movement more.48100:49:26,000 --> 00:49:38,000And right now it's only left, right, forward, backward. Which is... How many do you need? If those are my restraints, that's okay.48200:49:38,000 --> 00:49:50,000If you watch a Chris Nolan movie, his camera is always pushing in. If you see the Avengers, their camera is always sliding to the side.48300:49:50,000 --> 00:50:01,000So it doesn't take a lot to make your movie look dynamic. It just takes some very subtle movements, and you just need to know how to frame it right.48400:50:01,000 --> 00:50:08,000And that's been one of the biggest things that I've realized as well. It's mainly about... Oh! I have fucking... Dude, I totally... I have clips. I have clips, dude.48500:50:08,000 --> 00:50:13,000I don't know how long this episode is going to be, but I got clips to share with you.48600:50:13,000 --> 00:50:29,000So as I'm talking about AI, I've always been confident about AI. It's been interesting seeing the discussion online about how some artists take it in, how some people react to it.48700:50:29,000 --> 00:50:38,000Some people are super disgusted by it. They think it's not art at all. But all you got to do is just do your damn research and try to create something,48800:50:38,000 --> 00:50:44,000and you'll realize that it's just a new way to make something. It's a new way to express yourself.48900:50:44,000 --> 00:50:51,000And then along with that, it's also just a faster, more efficient way to make something. It's simply more efficient.49000:50:51,000 --> 00:51:03,000And I've been... I was listening to a few podcasts, and I heard our friend John C. Dvorak, co-host of the No Agenda show.49100:51:03,000 --> 00:51:10,000I got a couple clips of him just talking about AI. The first one is him talking about mid-journey.49200:51:10,000 --> 00:51:17,000This is the first time I heard him even mention anything about AI. But here's... It's just like 20 seconds.49300:51:17,000 --> 00:51:26,000Him just talking about what... like how he thinks AI is actually going to take people's jobs, especially mid-journey.49400:51:26,000 --> 00:51:32,000There's a product out there for you artists who are worried about losing work because you're going to lose work.49500:51:32,000 --> 00:51:45,000I think it's going to kill more artists than it will kill coders. Is the product mid-journey? It's just a stunning art generator.49600:51:45,000 --> 00:51:50,000It's stunning. It's stunning, dude. He can't say... He doesn't have anything else to say about it.49700:51:50,000 --> 00:51:59,000So mid-journey is like top tier, dude. I think mid-journey can beat Adobe on some level, even though Adobe is Adobe.49800:51:59,000 --> 00:52:05,000But mid-journey is something else. When you really play with these tools, there's something special about mid-journey.49900:52:05,000 --> 00:52:11,000There's something magic about it. I don't know what it is, but I think it's cool. I think it's cool, man.50000:52:11,000 --> 00:52:20,000And to Dvorak's point, the reason I play a Dvorak clip is because he's a boomer. He's of the boomer generation.50100:52:20,000 --> 00:52:28,000And it's really powerful to have a boomer A, experiment with new technology, and B...50200:52:28,000 --> 00:52:35,000I mean, he's always discussed tech and business, but in this moment in time, it's important.50300:52:35,000 --> 00:52:42,000And it's really important that he sees that this new way of making images is the future. It just is.50400:52:42,000 --> 00:52:51,000And it's going to be taking jobs. I do think it's interesting that he goes the route of it will affect artists more.50500:52:51,000 --> 00:53:01,000It is going to take away artist's jobs before it takes away someone else's job, some sort of coder's job, possibly.50600:53:01,000 --> 00:53:10,000So that's interesting. And now here's a clip of him on no agenda. So on no agenda, exactly him talking to Adam Curry.50700:53:10,000 --> 00:53:19,000And this is him talking about just his general thoughts on AI, how AI is just slowly continuing to creep into everyone's life.50800:53:19,000 --> 00:53:24,000We're pushing against AI. Adam blocked it. And we're losing. I think we're losing.50900:53:24,000 --> 00:53:29,000And we're going to lose because it's the future. Yes, unfortunately.51000:53:29,000 --> 00:53:37,000I feel so sorry because I've been looking at this a lot. For people who do spot art and other kinds of artists, I mean, they'll be using the AI.51100:53:37,000 --> 00:53:48,000But I remember back in the day when I had... and I collected a lot of graphical art, in other words, illustrative art, people that do drawings and they sell in the magazines.51200:53:48,000 --> 00:53:54,000And I have a pretty substantial collection of it because I would find the artists and say, what do you do? Or visit them.51300:53:54,000 --> 00:53:59,000You go to visit a lot of artists and they have drawers full of art. They're just glad to give it to you.51400:53:59,000 --> 00:54:05,000Yeah. But those guys who used to do all the drawings, they've moved to computers and now it's not quite the same.51500:54:05,000 --> 00:54:13,000And then once they went to computers, then they went so they could get this better because you can do comps faster when you have an art director says, oh, I like it, except the background should be red.51600:54:13,000 --> 00:54:18,000Well, with a computer, you just push a button, boom, it's red. So all the artists moved to computers.51700:54:18,000 --> 00:54:25,000And so they stopped being artists per se in terms of the... and now with this, this is the end.51800:54:25,000 --> 00:54:34,000Yeah. And it's hard to just get that one great piece. I don't know. I mean, it's exactly what I expected it to be.51900:54:34,000 --> 00:54:38,000You know, it's all going to be, okay, that's great. It's all going to kind of feel the same.52000:54:38,000 --> 00:54:41,000It's all going to be better than average.52100:54:41,000 --> 00:54:44,000Yeah, exactly. We did already...52200:54:44,000 --> 00:54:51,000In the hands of artists who know how to pick good art and will have a sense of composition, which is the main issue with most art.52300:54:51,000 --> 00:54:54,000They may excel. They may excel.52400:54:54,000 --> 00:55:01,000But they'll just be using it and they'll be touching it up. They'll be touch up guys. Used to be the lowest of the low.52500:55:01,000 --> 00:55:04,000We did like this a lot though, Nessworks. Don't get us wrong. We appreciate it.52600:55:04,000 --> 00:55:09,000That's a nice piece. I liked it a lot. I thought I liked the way it was. I liked everything about it.52700:55:09,000 --> 00:55:14,000Okay, yeah. I'll stop it there. So he talks about composition. That's the key word. That's the biggest key word.52800:55:14,000 --> 00:55:23,000Composition. That's what it comes down to when you're trying to make a good image, a compelling image, and trying to tell a good story.52900:55:23,000 --> 00:55:31,000You know, just how you shape things, how you place things, how you light things, you know, how you move the camera.53000:55:31,000 --> 00:55:36,000You know, where... How is it framed up? How is it framed up?53100:55:36,000 --> 00:55:40,000That's super important. Super important for a movie and a story.53200:55:40,000 --> 00:55:47,000And anyone who's using AI and understands that can make something incredible.53300:55:47,000 --> 00:55:59,000And I think I have an eye for that. I believe with my past short films, I believe I have a little seed of the ability to make a compelling image.53400:55:59,000 --> 00:56:05,000I know what should be on the screen. I know what the story should be seen as.53500:56:05,000 --> 00:56:08,000I feel like I know that, man.53600:56:08,000 --> 00:56:17,000And as I get the subscription set up and as I get all the images beginning, you know, it'll be...53700:56:17,000 --> 00:56:26,000I'm excited to have this opportunity to be a chance to be able to sort of just let my imagination really go wild.53800:56:26,000 --> 00:56:31,000Because if I'm doing something psychedelic, man, you know, that's limitless.53900:56:31,000 --> 00:56:37,000If I'm doing something psychedelic, like that's... That is the whole new world.54000:56:37,000 --> 00:56:42,000So I'm excited to see where this goes, man. I'm excited to get lost in this process.54100:56:42,000 --> 00:56:46,000You know, I'm going to be... I'm getting the unlimited versions of everything.54200:56:46,000 --> 00:56:52,000And so that means I'll have, you know... The plan is to have an abundance of footage.54300:56:52,000 --> 00:56:56,000I'm gathering an abundance of images and I'm gathering them.54400:56:56,000 --> 00:57:01,000And then I'll be like putting them... I'll be syncing them up with the music.54500:57:01,000 --> 00:57:03,000And I'll be filming live action stuff.54600:57:03,000 --> 00:57:08,000And I'll try to figure out like what's a good moment for like a hallucination.54700:57:08,000 --> 00:57:12,000What's a good moment for like a cute moment in live action.54800:57:12,000 --> 00:57:18,000Like, you know, like it's going to be this like fun little like ditzy bop thing.54900:57:18,000 --> 00:57:23,000And there's going to be a certain story that's told and then the energy will change.55000:57:23,000 --> 00:57:25,000And then it's going to go into another song, you know.55100:57:25,000 --> 00:57:29,000And that's where the Fantasia-esque-ness comes in.55200:57:29,000 --> 00:57:32,000Of the multiple music sources.55300:57:32,000 --> 00:57:35,000Like we're trying to move through something here, man.55400:57:35,000 --> 00:57:41,000We're trying to hold multiple things at once here.55500:57:41,000 --> 00:57:45,000So it's super important to me and I think I'm in a good position to do it.55600:57:45,000 --> 00:57:47,000I'm in a hopeful position to do it.55700:57:47,000 --> 00:57:53,000And I just think it's possible because my perspective on all the AI video, you know,55800:57:53,000 --> 00:57:56,000it doesn't really matter how good or realistic it is.55900:57:56,000 --> 00:58:00,000You know, all that matters is, is it interesting?56000:58:00,000 --> 00:58:02,000Is it an interesting image?56100:58:02,000 --> 00:58:04,000And is the sound good?56200:58:04,000 --> 00:58:06,000That's really all it is.56300:58:06,000 --> 00:58:08,000It doesn't matter what it looks like.56400:58:08,000 --> 00:58:10,000I just need to make sure the sound is okay.56500:58:10,000 --> 00:58:13,000And the music's amazing.56600:58:13,000 --> 00:58:15,000And so I can trust that already.56700:58:15,000 --> 00:58:20,000And so as the music, as the foundation,56800:58:20,000 --> 00:58:23,000I know I'm stepping on firm ground.56900:58:23,000 --> 00:58:25,000And these images will just bring it to life.57000:58:25,000 --> 00:58:29,000These images will bring it to more flourishment.57100:58:29,000 --> 00:58:31,000And I'm excited to share that process with you.57200:58:31,000 --> 00:58:34,000I'm really excited to share that with everyone.57300:58:34,000 --> 00:58:37,000And I just want to continue to get that message out there, man,57400:58:37,000 --> 00:58:43,000of you being free to express yourself.57500:58:43,000 --> 00:58:47,000You being able to tell the story that you want to tell.57600:58:47,000 --> 00:58:52,000You being able to own your world and own your voice.57700:58:52,000 --> 00:58:55,000You know, that's what I'm with podcasting.57800:58:55,000 --> 00:58:57,000This is how I own my voice.57900:58:57,000 --> 00:58:59,000My movies.58000:58:59,000 --> 00:59:02,000That is how I own my dreams and my hopes58100:59:02,000 --> 00:59:06,000and the things that I want to push forward into the world, you know?58200:59:06,000 --> 00:59:10,000Like, you got to find that thing for you.58300:59:10,000 --> 00:59:12,000You got to find that balance for you.58400:59:12,000 --> 00:59:15,000You got to find...58500:59:15,000 --> 00:59:18,000You just got to find that fight, you know?58600:59:18,000 --> 00:59:22,000Because right now I'm trying to handle health in movies.58700:59:22,000 --> 00:59:25,000I'm trying to handle negative and positive.58800:59:25,000 --> 00:59:30,000I'm trying to handle animation and live action, AI in real life.58900:59:30,000 --> 00:59:34,000You know, I'm holding these different things.59000:59:34,000 --> 00:59:37,000And so maybe it's time for you to figure out what you need to hold.59100:59:37,000 --> 00:59:41,000Hold valuable, just hold above you.59200:59:41,000 --> 00:59:44,000Like, you got to figure out what you're holding.59300:59:44,000 --> 00:59:46,000Like, what value are you holding?59400:59:46,000 --> 00:59:48,000What value are you giving?59500:59:48,000 --> 00:59:50,000And hopefully this is valuable to you.59600:59:50,000 --> 00:59:52,000So, again, I encourage you to send me a boost.59700:59:52,000 --> 00:59:55,000Send me some money, send me some dollars.59800:59:55,000 --> 00:59:57,000Help me make this thing, man.59900:59:57,000 --> 00:59:59,000Help me tell this story.60000:59:59,000 --> 01:00:01,000Like, this is a big deal.60101:00:01,000 --> 01:00:03,000This is going to be a fun thing.60201:00:03,000 --> 01:00:05,000And I'm focused on it.60301:00:05,000 --> 01:00:11,000And a part of all this is going to be connected to my reputation.60401:00:11,000 --> 01:00:13,000And I'm ready to put my reputation on the line.60501:00:13,000 --> 01:00:15,000I'm ready, you know...60601:00:15,000 --> 01:00:18,000I feel as though I'm ready to step into this.60701:00:18,000 --> 01:00:20,000I'm stepping into the upgrade.60801:00:20,000 --> 01:00:22,000I'm stepping into more...60901:00:22,000 --> 01:00:25,000Speaking to more people and connecting with more people.61001:00:25,000 --> 01:00:27,000I'm stepping into this.61101:00:27,000 --> 01:00:29,000So, I'm ready for this value to be sent to me.61201:00:29,000 --> 01:00:31,000And I'm ready to be supported.61301:00:31,000 --> 01:00:34,000And I'm ready to be on top of my game.61401:00:34,000 --> 01:00:36,000So let's do this.61501:00:36,000 --> 01:00:38,000That's America Plus, bitch.61601:00:38,000 --> 01:00:45,000MUSIC