Honest Ignorance - Hosted by Matt Cole

I got the chance to sit down with good buddy and hilarious comic Quincy Johnson II. We dive into how he had to move around the US as a kid, getting a degree and teaching in Texas, then finally packing it all up and moving to Hollywood. Oh, and of course we talk a LOT about comedy which makes for another great listen. As always, please LIKE, RATE, and REVIEW :) 

I sat down with local OC comic and buddy Joshua Waldrop in this episode. We talk a LOT about comedy and running shows in OC - he also talks about his first love of watching grown men " Wrasslin' " - it really turns into your basic verbal mouth job conversation, which in all honestly felt GREAT and is a fun listen. As always please LIKE, RATE, and REVIEW

In this episode I sit down with OC comedian Kenny Weber to have a few drinks and chat it up. He shared a bit of his "origin story" about being adopted, living in Texas, moving to Cali and really goes outta his way to be humble about coming up in comedy... hahaha. Yeah no ways that's true. He talks about his time at the Rec Room, burning some bridges, leading a cult and the sacrifices which haunt him to this day. As always please LIKE, RATE and REVIEW

In this episode I sat down with local OC Comedian Gage Flick. We have a few drinks as he tells me about how he used to run an underground fight club and then this episode kind of falls of the rails. We dive deep into OC comedy, comics we like, dislike, I call out a few random people to have quarantine podcast wars. It's a real schet show and another fun episode. As always Like, Rate and Review everywhere possible :)

This is was my first time recording someone who wanted to remain "Anonymous" due to potential career risks, and I was a happy to oblige.  We talked about her broken past, multiple run ins with hardcore drug use and her eventually turning it all around. This episode makes for another great listen, and as always - Please LIKE RATE and REVIEW.

In this episode I sit down with the very funny Neeraj Srinivasan. He tells me about how he immigrated to the US from India, was forced to move all over the United States, how he got his start in comedy. moving to the Portland scene and finally come here to LA. This is another great listen and I think you are really going to enjoy it. as always please be sure to Like, Rate and review this podcast. 

In this episode I sit down with my favorite southern meatball, Anthony Davis. We talk about his upbringing in the south, going to gentlemen school, moving around a bit, finding love online, and a LOT about comedy. It's another great listen and I know you'll enjoy it. As always Please Like, Rate and Review.  

In this Episode I get to sit down with the Albino Rhino himself, Nathan Hurd. Nathan is the reason why I do this podcast, everyday he wakes up is a day lived outside of the daily normal, and we talk it about it ALL. He was adopted, moved around the country, dealing with different cultures, hiding from the sun, and getting into Comedy. As walys Like, Rate and review this episode.

I sat down with the hilarious comedian Anna Zalenzuela for a "Part 1" episode of her life growing up in Central Cali. She talks about a chaotic family life, getting involved with booze and drugs early and finding sobriety by the age of 18. As always please Like, Rate and Review.

  In this episode I sit down with the joyless jew himself, Jacob Trimmer, and we talk about his time working as a driver for an escort company. He talk about the type of girls he had to drive, the clients and situations he found himself in.. oh yeah and getting STABBED! this is another great episode and I'm thankful that he was willing to share these stories. As always please Like, rate and review! 

  In the episode I sit down with a gem of the Central Cali Comedy scene Dave Apkarian and we go DEEP! He talks about being a single Dad, growing up Armenian in Fresno CA, mental health issues,  and a LOT about comedy :) It makes for another GREAT listen and I'm happy that I was able to get him on the podcast.  As always please like, rate and review!

The Honest Ignorance Podcast is back! #3rdTimesTheCharm This is a swap-cast with the Hollingsworthless Podcast cause Jay is lazy AF and didn't want to do podcasts back to back. Must be nice :)  In the episode I talk with Jay about starting comedy later in life at age 36, moving between different comedy scenes, and living almost like a nomad this past year. It makes for another GREAT listen and I'm happy to be back doing this podcast again! As always please like, rate and review.    

Great episode with is week! I meet up with Ramon Hernandez at the Clubhouse to watch some football and have a chat about how he used to be an absolute mess! A world of petty theft, drug use and a fetish for homeless chicks makes for another fun listen! 

Honest Ignorance Ep. 26 This week I sit down with local OC comedian Tim Groeschel! We talk about everything from Boozin'- Drinkin' n Drivin' to Death and Comedy, which makes for another fun episode and great listen! Follow Tim on twitter @ClosedPistachio and you can find me on all social media @MattColeComedy

This week I sat down with local OC comic April Lotshaw to get a "ladies" perspective about going to jail. April shared a few stories about getting locked up along with being 5150'd a while back. It's another FUN episode with a lot of randomness sprinkled in. 

You can't have a podcast series about getting arrested without this guest! Real Rich is a local comic that floats between the OC/LA comedy scenes, and most would agree that he is best described as your poor man's (Joey "Coco" Diaz) I knew this was going to be a great episode as soon as he told me "I can talk about jail but I DON'T talk about prison" We talk about his Fame in the Ukraine (youtube tribute) Going to Jail - Comedy Talk - and an off the rails political spiral of hilarity and misinformation. BONUS: My all time Favorite Real Rich clip  "I'll f**k You in the A$$ for fun" LINK

This episode features the very funny comedian Andres Taboada. He sat down to tell me about his time living in the United States illegally and his time spent in Germany and traveling all over the world. It's another great episode and worth the listen! 

It's another spin-off episode of Arrested Ignorance, where I bring in guests that have had some troubles with the law, whether incarcerated, arrested, or just busted doing some illegal stuff. This week I sat down with Jacob Trimmer, a local OC comic known for doing the Roast Battle at the Comedy Store. He shared stories about being arrested a few times, doing some time in jail, getting involved in a race war and he has been stabbed.. yeah! it's makes for another great episode!  

It's been over a year since our last episode and it's good to be back! I'll be doing a few spin off episodes called "Arrested Ignorance" where I bring in guests that have had a some troubles with the law, whether incarcerated, arrested or just busted doing illegal stuff. My guest this week is my good buddy and the hilarious comedian Sean Williams. He talks about the time he spent a day in jail which lead to him committing his first real "crime". 

For Episode 20, I met up with a mutual friend Meilad and his sister Melahat (who are the new sponsors of this podcast!) When we sat down to do the podcast I also found out it happened to be the 33rd year anniversary of when their family was forced to flee from Iran. We talked in detail about that, how their dad was on the run from the Iranian Gov't, how they ended up as refugees and made their way to the United States, and how they are now L I V I N the American Dream. By opening up a medical Marijuana dispensary! Yup We talkin' about weed yo! This was a fun episode and also a first for me, as I was stoned outta my mind while talking with them (sorry mom!) But it makes for another great listen! You can find them on twitter @HandinHandPC or their website HnHpc.org Hand in Hand Patient Care is located in Santa Ana near Tustin and Costa Mesa right off the 55 and Dyer Rd. - Address: 2400 Pullman Street - Suite B **Be sure to mention Matt Cole Comedy or this podcast and get 15% off your purchase!**

     For Episode 19 I had my buddy Chris Dunham over to talk about ..well just about everything! Chris is a hilarious comedian based in the Hollywood area who also happens to be a middle school teacher.      He talked about being a teacher for a bit and then we rambled on for over 2 hours talking about; shooting guns, fantasy football, comedy, random bullshit and about an hours worth of Star Wars dribble (that I edited out). Which makes for a great listen if you have ADD :)      You can find Chris on twitter @ChrisDunhamLive

The Honest Ignorance Podcast is back! I took a 5 month hiatus and am now back.. with a Stolen Episode! I took this Ep. from a podcast I used to be on affectionately named “Them Nutz“ or as some people more accurately called it. “4 comics yell over each other.. The Podcast” It was co-hosted by Myself - Ray Chung - Darius Campbell and few other comics before I joined up. This was a fun listen that for some reason never got released ...which is a shame. I'm happy to finally be sharing this with everyone for 2 reasons ..Jason Gallagher gives some us some great insight on what it’s like to spend time in jail along with some hilarious stories about his time on “the inside” ..and most importantly I got to edit Darius out of about 30% of this episode.   You can find me on twitter @MattColeComedy

For this episode I drove up to Fresno to do a few comedy shows and ran into local Fresno comedian Dave Bressoud. Dave had us over to his house for lunch and we ended up recording this episode there. He has had some serious life experience and is just filled with great stories. He played college baseball, even had family make it to the Pro level. He was an EMT paramedic for ages and has seen some crazy things.I just kinda let him talk and he didn't disappoint! This episode is chalked full of fun stories and makes for another great listen. You can find Dave all over social media Twitter @ComicJustDave

For this episode I met up with my buddy Tom Goss to “redo” his infamous episode. We had originally recorded the first time in my car on the way back from a few comedy show in San Diego - but the sound quality was shit! This time around, Tom reserved room at some shop in Mission Viejo that was as hot as a sauna for us to record in and sweat in… like some serious dude sweat. We talked about a few of the subjects from his first episode; His time in and out of mental help facilities the past 7 years for suicide attempts, and ended up talking a bit about comedy at the end. It made for another great episode..only this time you can sit thru it without wanting to kill…. yourself! :) You can find Tom all over social media and on twitter @gossgoss6

For this episode I drove out to an apartment near Cal State Fullerton to met up with my buddy Dustyn Willoughby. Dustyn is a funny comic here in the OC he does both stand up and improv, which we ended up talking about in details for a bit. What I really wanted to talk to Dusytn about was being a mexican kid raised in an all white and semi racist household. He didn’t disappoint! He opened up, got really honestly, and shared a few a stories that make for another great listen. You can find Dustyn all over social media and on Twitter @DustyWills

For this episode I had one of my favorite local comics stop by my pad, Opeyemi Olagbaju aka Ope. For what turned out to be the longest podcasts I've recorded yet but easily one of my favorites as well. We talked about everything; His origin story, being born in Nigeria, immigration to the US, living in Cali and DC. We also discussed race and culture but mostly talked about comedy. It was by far one of the best convo's I've ever had with Ope and I'm happy I was able to get it recorded. It makes for a great listen! You can find Ope all over social media - Twitter @swankyope

For this episode I drove out to LA to meet up with the OC Roast Battle Champ - Omid Singh. He lives in an 11 person co-op, in Silverlake, which is about as hippie as it gets for LA these days. I wanted to talk to Omid about his upbringing, he's Indian and Iranian, lived in dubai as a kid, finally immigrated over here to the United States and has lived all over the place. He did not disappoint and shared some great stories! We talked about culture, chatted about comedy, and it made for a really hot episode! Literally, HOT like a fucking sauna! I must have poured out a gallon of sweat on his poor couch. On the bright side it added to the ambiance when we started talking about the heat in the middle east. You can also find Omid on social media - Twitter @brownman3000

For this episode I met up with my comedian buddy and tan-ish SJW Derrick Lemos on the patio of a bar in between Ana-Slime and Fullerton. Good ol' 2J's! A place I used to bartend and is still serving 32oz of beer in glass milk jugs. Cause why the F Not!? I wanted to talk with Derrick about growing up a tad confused about culture and race. He's was mexican kid that didn’t speak spanish but was still a few shades too brown to really be embraced by the white kids. This was a fun episode but the surroundings got but frustrating at times: Random drunks dudes smoking and trying to chat it up along with all the sounds of the barrio, screaming birds, police sirens, german oompah music with spanish lyrics, and a damn vacuum that wouldn't stop! I suppose it kinda added all the flavor of a “Latino” neighborhood to make this another great listen! You can find Derrick all over social media. be sure to follow him on twitter @DerrickLemos

For this episode I drove out to Venice Beach to meet up with my buddy and veteran comedian John Tole. I wanted to talk with John about how he is SUPER catholic, but that didn't quite goes as planned. I had a bunch of questions about catholic tradition and ritual, but it turns out John is more of a "hippie spiritual" catholic than practicing dogmatic drone. He's into the 7 chakras, deep meditation and still finds a way to combine that all into his catholic faith. I really like this episode - We had a fun conversation down by a gorgeous beach with a perfect chill breeze surrounded by homeless people which makes for another great listen! You can find John all over social media. follow him on twitter @JohnTole and check out his website johntole.com to pick up all his comedy albums.

For this episode I sat down with my buddy Brett As-Is in the upstairs lounge at Hennessey's Tavern in Laguna Beach, right before our very last comedy show there. Brett's a really good comedy buddy of mine and He's one of the few comics I've met that I can say is a completely genuine person. Brett grew up in the "hood" (basically a sh!ttier area of an already sh!tty part of Riverside) and he has an interesting outlook on things because of that. We touch briefly on race and a few other subjects in this episode. We were kinda rushed to do this before the show and I really wish we had more time to dive into some of his crazier stories about his hood life upbringing. But we did manage to cover and talk about a lot of those shenanigans regardless of the time crunch sand this makes for another good episode! You can find Brett all over social media. Be sure to follow him on Twitter @brettasis

For Episode 9 I drove out to a Long Beach apartment with a 3 legged dog to meet up with my comedy buddy Keith Carey and talk with him about being Bi-Sexual. He didn't disappoint! This turned out to be a great episode as Keith opens up and tells some hilarious stories from some of his past and often seedy rendezvous. Keith is a great comedian and an even better joke writer, just a super talented guy - so go check him out on twitter @keithtellsjokes

  For this episode I ended up in the semi safe city of tustin to meet up with my comedy friends Robin Tran and Cate Gary.. aka the OC Comedy "Power Couple".. Cate Gary is one of my favorite comics in the OC, a great joke writer, and a very poignant comic that challenges the status quo... so it should come as no surprise that she is a Feminist (annnnd Boom goes the Dynamite! Just dropped the F-bomb!) and that's what i wanted to talk to her about. Chatting with Cate is always good for some eye opening conversation without trying to label her as the advocate, activist, social justice warrior that she is :) Cate is rather out spoken about feminism and to be fair she is outspoken with just about everything really.Go check out her facebook page (cate gary) and you can lose countless hours trying to keep up with comments and rants on a lot of her posts - also hit her up twitter @Cate_Gary and let her know how you liked her episode!

ROBIN TRAN: Robin (formerly Robert) is a transgender comedian and really one of the reasons I created the podcast - because I am completely ignorant to that lifestyle .. so I was super happy when she agreed to do this episode. I have meet numerous transgender people since living out here in california but I have never gotten to know one before they came out and started going through the transition - in this case from man to women and what it entails. To be honest even after doing this podcast I'm not sure i fully understand it, but I suppose I don't have to as long as I understand it isnt easy for the person going through the transition either. So i was really happy when Robin took the time to answer a lot of my ridiculous questions and give me her personal insight and experience on becoming a transgender person. You can find Robin on twitter @roberttran04 and on Facebook /februaryturk Be sure to comment below and let me know how you liked this episode!

For Episode 06 - I traveled all the way out to the slums of Ontario California to meet up with my comedy nemesis Derrick Murray. :) Derrick is actually a good buddy of mine.. He's a good buddy of mine.. He's a good buddy of mine (I have to repeat that to convince myself) Things get extremely real as Derrick opens up and talks about his mother’s suicide. This episode gets dark, has a few serious moments but it also has some funny stories which really makes for another great episode! If for some reason you want to find Da'Reek Murray on social media you can hit him up on twitter @Drokcomedy Be sure to comment and let me know how you enjoyed this episode!

This week due to all the recent bullshit going on in Indiana and the new law they passed along with that fucking wackado lawyer in Huntington Beach. I wanted to touch on the subject of gay marriage, So I went over to my "non comedian" buddies Kyle and Gary's condo to do just that. Talk about their marriage, about being gay, their careers, sterotypes, pride parades, glitter etc ! I ramble a tad in the intro buit over all this was another fun epiode and a great listen! Be sure to comment below and let me know how you liked it!

  For the 4th Episode I went all the way out to Hollywood to meet up with my comedy buddy Craig Phillip Conant - or the ever gassy Craig Conant :) Craig spent the better part of a decade using and abusing just about every drug there is. He shared some hilarious stoires about a bunch of his drug endused shenanigans and about the few times he got arrested for them. Which he eventually ended up telling us about how he hit rock bottom and his desision on getting sober - going on 19 months for him now! This episode has a few serious moments but is mostly filled with hilarious stories which makes for another great listen! Be sure to comment below and let me know how you liked it. You can find Craig on twitter @CraigConant

    I recorded the 3rd Episode on the road back from San Diego this weekend with my comedy buddy Tom Goss. Tom told me about how he's been in and out of Mental Institutions the past 7 years of his life, and shared a ton of hilarious stories.  Despite having to edit out all the road noise thisturned out to be a great episode. Be sure to comment how you liked this episode or give me some feedback below  You can find Tom on twitter @GossGoss6 

  It's the 2nd Episode! I went all the way out to Pico Rivera to meet up with my buddy DesDelgadillo .. Des is an up and coming comic in the LA area who just happens to be blind. I got the chance to ask him a ton of questions.. most funny a few serious but it ended up being a fun episode and a great listen. Be sure to comment below and let me know how you liked it.   Check out Des on Twitter @DesDelgadillo Website: www.thingsdessays.net

It's the FIRST EPISODE! I'm still trying to get the hang of the recording equipment and editing software. So I invited my buddy Tony Aflano over for what I thought would be a throw away episode, but it turned out to be really good. Tony stopped by my house to tell me about the 4 years he spent picking up dead bodies for a living. This episode gets graphic, it gets gross, but it also gets really funny.  Be sure to comment below and let me how you liked it   BRING OUT YOUR DEAD!