Brick Wit House Comedy Podcast

That's right, I'm back!  Finally!  In the first episode of many months, I'm letting you know where I've been and what I've been up to.  I've even got a guest with a pretty messed up story to tell.  He miraculously survived it and in his only interview about the incident (he even refused the local news stations an interview, so I'm all exclusive and stuff!) he's going to tell us all about it!  It's great to be back and I look forward to getting in touch with all of you again.  Enjoy!

In the first episode of 2019, I got together with St Louis Police Officer, Don Re.  We talked about what the environment in St Louis is like for a police officer after having gained so much media attention over the last couple of years, as well as how he deals with being a cop by writing in his personal blog which you can find at https://donofalltrades.com.  Don is a really interesting guy to talk to and I think ya'll will enjoy our conversation, despite my interviewing ADD which leads Don off track on more than one occasion, so come on in and enjoy the show and let's show Don the love so he'll come back and join me again! Again, check out Don's blog at https://donofalltrades.com and give him a follow on Twitter @The_DOAT I'm looking forward to a lot of great, new things for Brick Wit House in 2019 and I have some great ideas moving forward.  After my move back to North Carolina on the 31st of this month, I'll start putting those ideas in motion. In the meantime, enjoy the show and if you can, help me to support the show in one of the following ways: One time donation via PayPal at my email address brickwithouse@gmail.com Donate through Venmo, first name Brick, last name Withouse. Finally, become a patron of the show by donating monthly at www.patreon.com/brickwithouse.  Coming up very soon, there will be premium content available to all patrons that donate a minimum of $5 per month, including the cooking show I've been talking about for a while now, and also a couple of bonus podcast episodes each month.  I will let everyone know once that premium content goes live, but don't be afraid to get in on it early! Please don't forget to take just a couple of minutes and leave me a 5-star rating on iTunes and any other platforms you listen to me on.  It will mean a lot for the future of the show! Of course, stay up to date on Brick Wit House at all of the following places: My website at www.brickwithouse.comOn Twitter @brickwithouseOn Instagram @brickwithouseOn the Brick Wit House Facebook PageOn the Brick Wit House YouTube Channel Thanks to all of you for listening, and very soon, watching!  I love all ya'll!!

Not only do I have Aris on this week, but I pulled his brother Jason out of the background and got Aris to shut the hell up and let the man talk.  Jason is absolutely fascinating and has been EVERYWHERE . . . like, literally.  It's an hour and a half that gets funny, then serious, then funny again, then serious . . . you get the idea.  Just love the show, for cryin' out loud!

It's another Bonus episode, and why is it a bonus?  Because it's awesome, that's why!  It's awesome because it's got wood.  Tara Wood, you pervs!  That's right, the funniest human to ever grace Facebook.  Zuckerberg should be thanking her.  You should know all the big stories around Tara.  They've been on national television for crying out loud, so I sat down with her and we talked about Tara and what makes her tick.  So if you're not following her on Facebook with the other almost 227,000 people, maybe you should get on that.  https://www.facebook.com/WhatTaraWoodDo/

It's true, Leo got a coloring book and he is so proud of it that he kept showing it to me . . . and then he showed it to the surprise guest we had that came in at the middle of the show!  That's right, ya'll!  We have a guest this week . . . maybe even 2, so crank up those speakers and check us out!

Halfway through the 35 Dollar Challenge and Eric is hungry!  We take our minds off of it a little bit and attack the thing that's been on the news all week.  This episode is a weird mix of both serious and funny, so hop on in and enjoy the show!

It's time for Eric to get his finances back on the track they need to be on despite his bosses weird and inconsistent pay "schedule", so he's biting the bullet this week and coughing up almost his whole paycheck in order to get caught up all at once.  There will be much Ramen and water in his life in the next couple weeks.  Despite all of this, it was Leo who had a stick up his butt in this episode.  Apparently he missed his nap, so come check us out as he finds a way to argue with . . . everything.  Enjoy!  http://www.brickwithouse.com/uncategorized/ep-41-erics-35-dollar-challenge/

It's been a whole year since we started this show and that year began and ended with a hurricane, only this time, it was Leo's problem.  Check in with us to find out how it went since we recorded this show while Leo was in the middle of the storm.  See how Leo is managing, find out why Eric is panicking to get started at another job, and as a special surprise, take a little trip with Eric to the beach for a little mental cleansing.  Thanks for an amazing year, ya'll!!

Leo got his laptop back, but we haven't been real good at getting episodes out.  We explain why that is going on and what is being done to try to make it better.

Leo took off and went to New York, and he told me about it after he had already left, in case you were wondering how organized we are.  Anyway, karma got him back for his transgression and he ended up leaving his laptop in New York, so he had to do this episode with the Skype app on his phone!  So his audio quality is awful.  Skype as only Fisher Price can bring it!

It was a weird week, and this episode proves it.  Recorded before my first open-mic, but released after . . . It DID NOT GO WELL.  It is what it is.  Stand up (pun intended), dust off and try again.  Prepare better next time.  Oh . . . Leo has a house!!  Congrats, Dude!!

Quite possibly the greatest thing to happen to Brick Wit House, I got to talk to Dan Cummins . . . I mean, I chilled with him for a couple nights ahead of time and then he let me interview him for the show.  I apologize that I went all Fanboy as hell, but man, I was so stoked!!  Enjoy the interview and for all that is holy, stick around for the interview with Jared Waters afterward.  The entire night was AMAZING!!  Except for my open mic set.  That was bad.  SOOOOO bad.  We'll talk about that later.

In our first podcast recorded "out on the road", I spat in the face of TSA and packed all my recording equipment into my carry-on luggage and defiantly dragged it through airport security.  Much to my dismay, nobody cared.  So I ended up at my brother's house in North Carolina, unscathed and ready to record a show, which we did.  My brother, my son and I gathered together up in his office while my sister-in-law stayed downstairs trying to recover from the excitement of having us all there.  At least that is what we tell ourselves.  No Leo for this show, just family doing what our family does . . . laugh at really dumb stuff, and compare notes on our daily lives.  And NEW THEME MUSIC!!

This one is a little lazy, and maybe not as edited as I would like.  It's been a horrible week and I just wanted to get this episode up, so please pardon me if this goes awry.  You'll have some fun for sure!

So many boobs! Big boobs, small boobs, bouncing boobs, naked boobs all over the place!  ALL of the boobs!  You definitely do not want to miss this episode.  It's unlike anything we have ever done before and it is completely unprecedented in all of podcasting history! Also, none of that is true.  100% click bait. Did it work?

Have you ever had to re-evaluate your life?  Is it because you listen to this show?  We hope not, but there are other reasons and Leo and I are talking about them here.  You'll also get to hear what is involved in living in a rich apartment building in downtown Saint Petersburg, Florida, and it isn't always as pretty as you would think.

It's not as exciting as it sounds.  Or maybe it is.  Either way, it was a thing that happened and we're talking about it.  Find out how Eric tipped his waitress a day later and why you should be very picky about where you get your burgers, because whether you want to believe it or not, there are superior burgers and their prices will tell you if they are the ONE.

Leo and I talk about how to not be offensive in the most offensive way possible.  It's what we do and it's the world we live in.  Hang out with us, we had a pretty good night and we got kinda deep into our offensive world.  Or is it?

We're back and Leo is struggling through some big changes, some have already happened and others are still to come.  Join me as I watch him drink his stresses away and try to work some things out in his head.  Find out what my son did for his Father's Day contribution this weekend.  It was a whole lot more than I did!

We're getting into how the comedy set is progressing, and I know that the title of the episode suggests that there might be a Jew joke.  There isn't, but my dad has inadvertently written my closer and it's DARK.  Also listen to me repeatedly refer to Tropical Storm Alberto as Alejandro and NEVER correct it! Our ability to be wrong is the majority of our charm.

It's Eric's history, a little bit.  Leo wanted to bring my 15 minutes of minimal fame to light so we talked about it.  How it started, how it ended and how all of it resulted in simple poverty and disappointment. Ironically, a lot like this podcast is going! Perfect!  

We grabbed hold of our responsible side and recorded, edited and released on schedule!  This week (The title is German, obviously.  It means "overtime".)  we're talking about our experiences as Uber drivers so you drunks can get a feel of life on the other side.  Very little about it was good, and we're more than happy to tell you about it.  Also, Zach from Dan's Fans in St. Pete agreed to do an intro for us!  I'm sure he's regretting it already.

Ok, so we took a little too long of a break, so we kinda made up for it by recording a little bit too long of an episode.  We dug into a post of mine from the Opticynicism Blog and gussied it up a little bit, or made a mockery of it.  One of those.  Enjoy!

This is quite possibly, the most excited I have ever been to get into stand-up.  Find out about my night at the comedy club last weekend, hanging out with Bobby from Find The Stone and just how sincerely stoked I am to make this happen.  This was not only one of my most favorite shows, but the most fun I have ever had preparing for it.  It was truly an amazing experience!

It probably comes as no surprise that both Eric's and Leo's mouths can easily get them into trouble, but their sarcastic tendencies may prove to also be effective weapons when necessary.  Find out exactly how!

Leo is back this week and Eric got himself an Amazon Dot, so we decided to screw with Alexa.  Ok, so we didn't really screw with her, we mostly just played a game with her, but we plan on screwing with her in the future, as well as with Siri.  Come on in and listen as we give birth to a possible new segment which shall be named later.

Leo's not here, so Eric played around . . . and it worked.  Well!  We found new stuff to talk about, with new people and it was just . . . fun!  Kick it with Eric and his brother and their best Bro.  It's weird, and that's how we like it.

Sorry we had to skip a week, but we're back and we brought trouble with us.  That's right, we brought Alanna back and she's as feisty as ever.  Eric is gonna tell of his Marine Corps boot camp experience and why being in a gas mask is not the kind of funny you would expect, but it got a laugh anyway.  Hear all the gory details about Alanna's recent past in addition to the boot camp tale.  Kick back and enjoy the chaos!

This episode is a little shorter than we normally do, but it's still a big deal to us . . . it's the first episode we recorded with the new Zoom H6!  We talk about the ups and downs of our week, do an odd little comparison between Alexa and Siri, and tell you a little bit about some new stuff my brother has put out.  It's the Big TWO ZERO!

We broke out the old stories in this one, and we may or may not have had a behind the scenes debate about what "central" means, but in any event, we brought the tales of our National travels and the places we had the most fun . . . or committed the worst crimes . . . or drank the most.  One of those.  Or all of those.  Anyway, kick back and enjoy one of our longer episodes where we reveal the really seedy people we actually are.

Marilyn Manson lost his marbles . . .and so did we, a long time ago. It's a new show and we tried to drag it out of the depression zone from last week.  We might have, I don't know, but Leo's probably a racist and we'll let him prove it in this episode!  GIVE US FIVE STARS, DAMMIT!!

We love being funny, truly, we do.  This week we took a pause and took a look at a much more serious subject.  We got a little bit angry, a little bit political and a whole lot of not funny.  It's still good, just not for the laughs this time.  Stop killing our kids.  We love you!

This week was . . .well, horrible, and I'll express that, but given the title, it had it's "ups".  The title actually has precious little to do with what we talked about, but we did discuss the future of Brick Wit House and how we want to move forward and how we want you to help us do it.  Tune in . . . kick back and enjoy!

We are in need of professional, psychological help . . . which is not really a secret at this point, but in this episode, we're gonna tell you exactly why.  Delve into why we're totally screwed up and will proudly continue to be so, on this weeks adventure into our dark, twisted minds.  Also, you get to vote for stuff.  It'll be fun . . . really.

Finally, I got someone to actually come into the studio and record a show with us and put that other microphone to use that I bought 4 months ago.  Aris, of the Find The Stone Podcast, that we have talked about and plugged so many times is finally here!  I strapped a set of headphones on him, slapped a Yuengling in his hand and we had at it.  It was a hell of a lot of fun and we hope he'll come back and do this again, many more times.  Listen, enjoy and send us some positive words so Aris will come back and join us again!

It's been a rough week, and it hasn't been made any easier by the morons we have spawned.  Now that I think about it, it wasn't made any easier by the idiot that spawned me.  Find out why I blocked my own father on Facebook . . . 3 days after his own mother died.  Yep, we've reached a whole new level of a$$hole in the dad department.  Come in and enjoy my anger and Leo's rising BAC.  You won't be sorry.  Or maybe you will, I'm not sure yet.

Why are our precious little millennials growing up to be entitled little turds?  Because doctors tell us it's good for them, and because the parents almost don't need to be present to feed them.  They do, however need to be present in order to not grow up with a flat head.  We'll talk about that with my friend and also nurse, Liz . . . as much as we can at least, until Leo and I manage to take the conversation completely elsewhere.  As we do.

You know how some comedians feel about following big acts?  Nobody wanted to come up after Sam Kinison, and with good reason.  You just can't follow that up.  That's how we felt doing this episode, because Alanna is a tough act to follow, but we gave it our best shot . . . even though Leo tried going sober for this weeks show.  Lesson learned.  We have to find the perfect BAC for Leo from now on.  I'm thinking a nice, cool .08 would be just about perfect.

Ok, so I promised this on Christmas . . . then again on New Years Day . . . so is Jan 2nd close enough?  It's here, it's EFFING crazy and never have we more gone off the rails making an episode.  We had a couple of special guests on this show and one of them may have been hitting the holiday whiskey and it was NOT Leo.  Come on in and find out how we put Eric's editing skills to the ultimate test.  Happy Holidays, ya'll!

Leo and I are turning back the clock to the 1980's in this episode.  We're talking about the music, the bands and what we can do to keep it alive.  Eric is also going to have a chat with a ghost from his past, so you really don't want to miss this episode!

After overcoming several technical issues by way of tearing everything apart and putting it back together again a different way, we are BACK!  Hopefully to stay on a regular basis again.  Find out what happened and what we did to fix it.  Eric also goes off on another extended rant so you may want to put your phone down, drive the car and just listen.  As a final touch, Eric is going to share one of his favorite recipes that he can still make despite the fact that his new apartment doesn't have a stove, and it's DE-licious!  So good to be back!

The second half of the two and a half hours I spent with Alanna from WhiteGirlsBeLike.com and man did we have a good time.  We could have gone on for hours more but I guess we'll just have to have her back again in the future.  Speaking of the future, tune in and find out just what the future holds for White Girls Be Like!

We've been teasing you repeatedly, but now you're finally getting the happy ending . . . it's the Alanna interview!  The magical mind behind "White Girls Be Like . . ." hopped on Skype and entertained me (and now you) for two and half hours.  So much so, I had to break this up into two episodes.  Settle in for your morning commute or afternoon of ignoring work and find out what the future holds for White Girls Be Like as well as for Brick Wit House because she's gonna be a regular!  Sorry guys, she's taken, I've seen him myself and he looks to be a happy dude as well he should be.  Find out what makes her tick, why she says "like" a lot and what it sounds like to be nervous about being on our sad little podcast.

At least we hope the third move is a charm.  This is the episode that was not to be . . . mostly because we told everyone it wasn't going to happen.  Fortunately, we changed our mind and pieced something together, so stop on in and find out about the best boss in the world and the worst "landlord" in the world.  While this episode does take on a serious tone for a little while, we're still just who we are.  Find out why Eric is moving, yet again . . . and find out why Leo needs to keep his day job.

We recorded this episode on Friday night just like Leo wanted and you'll figure out exactly why Eric didn't want to do it on Friday night by the time you are 10 seconds into the episode.  He's CRABBY and he is pretty much going to hate on everything, but SoundCloud is going to be the main target of his ire.  Strap in, it's going to be an interesting ride!

We're back again for Episode 3 and we're making excuses for why we didn't publish an episode last week.  Eric moves.  A lot.  We'll tell you why and how he can help you sell your house in just a couple of days . . . . but only if you move to Georgia.  Just for extra fun, find out why Leo has a little Indian man up his butt.  Really.  Apparently, nothing is off limits.

We're back! Hurricane Irma is just a memory and we're going to tell you how it went down here in Tampa during the storm and why the hurricane shelter may not have necessarily been the safest place for everyone in there. Find out how the shelter experience leads us into talking about our experiences with Social Anxiety and why Eric may not be a sufferer of said anxiety, but is just mean spirited.  Laugh with and at us as we stumble through the horrible diagnosis.

Come get to know us in our very first episode of Brick Wit House where we will introduce ourselves, tell you about how we met and came to be the people that we are now.  This episode is off the cuff and completely ad-libbed as we recorded it in the face of Hurricane Irma because that big nasty lady decided she wanted to make her appearance right when we planned on making episode 1.  We weren't going to allow her to take that from us, so here we are!