Stumped.

Professional Mountain Biker Mark Matthews talks about his early beginnings on a bike and his journey to becoming a pro rider. Mark touches on riding in Victoria as a teenager and how he began the early stages of creating a sanctioned jump park in his local community. We discuss the changing MTB industry and how pro riders no longer need to put themselves on the line to win events and being an online influencer is a much more sustainable avenue but involves utilizing more skill sets than just riding the bike. Marks Sponsors:Marin Bikes ShimanoSuntourInsta360KavuLazerPNW ComponentsDelium TiresGodfathers GarageDodge City CyclesNobl WheelsSupport the show

Live from the 2024 12 Hours Of Cumberland MTB race, I sat down with organizers, volunteers and racers to get the full scoop on what the THC is all about!Guests:Dougal BrowneTatiana RigowskiCurtis SaundersJeremy Grasby and Eric HolbeckEdward the Volunteer!Zachary RebbitNoah O' Connell*Due to my lack of decent recording software, once again I have lost some great conversations which disappeared while trying to back up and save the file. My sincere apologies go out to Erica Spizawka, Gene Way and Loic Meier who's recordings did not survive. They were all great conversations and it saddens me not to share them with you all!Support the Show.

It's been a year since releasing any content! Thank you for sticking with me. Here is an episode that I recorded with Chad Pab about a year ago but just recorded the intro today. I'll make more stuff I promise!Support the show

Back in the banjo shop, Amy Muloin makes her second appearance on Stumped and is joined by top notch banjo picker Cluny Macpherson! - They order a pizza. - We talk about the bluegrass and old time music communities. - They play some original songs. - we bond. - It's nice to get back to podcasting again!Check out Cluny's music here: www.clunymacpherson.comhttps://youtu.be/n_kGJWviFqkhttps://youtu.be/IdycJlLVUSohttps://youtu.be/KNCunZJ3W1gCheck out Amy's music and artwork herewww.amymuloin.comSupport the show

Local creative Cumberland musician Joanna Finch joins me for the first podcast in the new studio. - It sounded good I think. - Joanna plays a lot of songs that she wrote. - She has many years of songwriting under her belt and does not define herself to a musical genre. - Joanna has lived in the community of Cumberland for a long time and has lots of knowledge and wisdom of the area. - It was a very entertaining and musical episode!Support the show

Old timey music friend Craig Marcuk brings his unique voice and multi talented-ness to the podcast. He plays lots of his original songs. - He tells me about his history of getting into music. - He talks about his time sailing the west coast on his boat. - He talks about his time living up in the arctic and discovering square dancing. - Instead of just playing a few tunes live, he shows me a few of his recent recordings. - Some of them are less old-timey than what I usually expect out of Craig, especially that last one!!Find Craigs music at:www.onefootchop.comSupport the show

Cam Boyce returns from his worldly travels and joins me to chat about it. - Cam loves to play "gypsy jazz" and we talk about that controversial word. - Cam talks about his time in Serbia and the film he's been involved with these past couple years. - We discuss professionalism in the music business. - I learn about Cams history and his early beginnings getting into music as a child. - We talk about opinions and our opinions about it.Find Cams music at www.fanfaremusic.caInstagram: @fanfare.musicYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hsDcVcrKY4Support the show

OG Stumped Podcast co-hosts Catman and Emmett Chisholm made the trip up the island from Victoria for a visit. - Catman reveals his idea for a 24hr "Porn News" channel. - Kevin Gustafson stops by to drop off his dog, Django before going on a date. - We swap stories about our late friend and legendary wild man Corey Shields. - Emmett promotes his new business "Bespoke Restorations". - We have a laugh about a cheesy pop star from Victoria. -  The nonsense bullshitting continues. - Have a listen if you don't want to learn anything new.Brought to you by Nutty Buttercup Bakery:https://cosmiccrayon.ca/nutty-buttercup-bakerySupport the show

After a 2 month break from episodes, I bring you one of my best conversations yet. - I joined the multi-talented musician, writer, music producer, engineer, educator and one of the most creative people in Cumberland, Corwin Fox at his studio: Hidden Well. We talked about his book of one sentence stories called "Kill Love" and read a few. - We talked about his podcast with his dad called "The Pa Cast". - Corwin knows a lot of interesting people and has a lot of stories. - We talked about past jobs and share hitchhiking stories. Corwin breaks the world record for most shoutouts on Stumped podcast. - Near the end Corwin revisits a dark place in his past but brings us back to the light with a beautiful song on the banjo.Find Corwin at:https://corwinfoxmusic.com/Instagram:    @corwinfoxmusicBandcamp:    https://corwinfox.bandcamp.com/Spotify:    https://open.spotify.com/artist/1tiPsSrso3NuZhjMsvMLk0Facebook:    https://www.facebook.com/corwinfoxmusic/Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/user?u=5573468)

So stoked to have Juno award nominee for "Comedy Album Of The Year" Shirley Gnome on the show! - Shirley Gnome was touring her wacky and hilarious and musical comedy act across the island and she stopped by the banjo shop for a chat. - We talked about living in shitty houses in Vancouver, growing up in Surrey, and finding "forest porn" while playing in the woods. - She tells a cool story about how she got started as a full time performer. - The people of Vancouver Island have been giving her a lot of weed. Find Shirley Gnome at: shirleygnome.comInstagram, Twitter and tiktok: @shirleygnomeSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/user?u=5573468)

I met this guy passed out in the basement of a Masonic Hall at a music festival. - Good Enough Dave stopped by the banjo shop on his way back to Quadra Island where he lives. - Dave is a great songwriter and has got a soothing falsetto voice and some real nice finger style guitar pickin. - We talk about our Ontario origins and find out that he's from where some of my family is from! - It also led into yet another little conversation about history. - Dave knows a lot about his own family history. - He also talks about the benefits and freedoms of off shore living.Search "Good Enough Dave" on youtube to find more of his music.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/user?u=5573468)

Luke and I lost track of time having so much fun on this 50th episode milestone - Luke opens with an improvised 50th episode banjo song. - We talk about the show Outlander which leads to a conversation about history as requested by our first ever Patreon patron Phil Grey. - Luke shares some excerpts from his poetry book "Wanderings and Ponderings". - We briefly talk about firewood. - Luke closes with an epic banjo punk song.Get baked goods from Mela. message her on instagram @nutty.buttercup.bakeryGet "Wanderings and Ponderings" by Lou Kinglish by emailing: fatbothegreat@gmail.com. You can also get it on Amazon but then they'll take a cut so just email him.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/user?u=5573468)

I travel to Quesnel, BC with Tereza to join her family for the annual Christmas gathering. - Most of Tereza's family, her mom Renata, her sister Krystina, and her two nieces, Zaya and Sophie join me on this episode. - Tereza and Zaya play their songs they wrote over the past few Christmas'. - Zaya plays her fiddle that she got for Christmas. - Sophie plays every instrument at once throughout the entire episode. - It was chaos. - Very much fun.Check out the Nutty Buttercup Bakery on Instagram: @nutty.buttercup.bakerySupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/user?u=5573468)

Fun times and great music with Ryan McNally and return guest Jeremy Pahl(Saltwater Hank)! - They open with a classic tune. - Jeremy talks about his recent work revitalizing his native language with his "grandmas". I fumble through an important conversation with him about Indigenous land acknowledgments. - Ryan talks about living through the pandemic while remaining a full time musician and staying off the sauce for three years. - They play many more tunes.I started a Patreon and you can help support Stumped podcast at:https://www.patreon.com/user?u=5573468Find Saltwater Hank at:https://saltwaterhank.bandcamp.com/Find Ryan McNally at:http://ryanmcnally.ca/https://ryanmcnallymusic.bandcamp.com/Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/user?u=5573468)

The brushing season is over and I'm back in the Comox Valley! - Luke English is back on the podcast as my winter co-host and we brought in our super fun and interesting tree planter friend Roli. - Roli tells us about his rare wolverine sighting while slash pile burning a few years back. - He also talks about his elements collection. - Roli is also a skateboarder, surfer, rock climber, snowboarder and creative artist of many things. What a fun conversation!

This is the last episode from the 2021 brushing crew. - First time Stumped guest Mirek Szucs joins us with returning guests Amos Rosen and Phil Grey. - We are a small crew of 4 while the rest of Sampson Forestry finishes up the contract in Smith, Alberta. 

Join us, 4 tired guys on a work night having a few beers because Catman is leaving in the morning. - Amos intros and outros with some really nice banjo. - Jerry Archibald tells a story about a dinner with his lacrosse team. - Catman is excited for acting school and thinks he can bring something different. 

David Stubbs is from Rossland, BC and is currently riding his old hunk of junk bicycle from Rossland to Dawson City, Yukon and back. - Sean Ennis, our foreman, also from Rossland and good friends with David invited him to stop by our bush camp since we were camped right on the Alaska Highway as he was riding by. He came right in time for our contract end night off. - The next morning in the midst of camp take down, David, Sean and I took a break to chat in the Anal Prowler Linx.

Scott Cook joins me in Drift Pile, Alberta at the end of a great weekend at the first ever North Country Acoustic Music Camp. We talk about the North Country Fair and how it inspired him to pursue a life in folk music. - We talk about our mutual love for Woody Guthrie. - We talk about life as a full time musician over the past 14 years and how it has taken a toll on Scotts health. - Scott plays 3 really good original songs too!Check out scottcook.net to find out where you can see him live and sign up for his hobo travelogue!

As the Brushing Season keeps on I am trying to get all of my co-workers in for a chat. -  We took mushrooms right before hitting record. - Justin Boulet is from Cambridge, Ontario and one of the hardest working MF's on the crew! - Phil Grey is from Prince George and has cool stories from when he ran a business with his dad and brother in the Philippines. - We talk about work a bit and how they are putting in long days since our camp is so close to the block. - We try to pronounce the name of those giant rodents. - The mushrooms kick in a little near the end. - Justin has really cool art go check it out and buy some at justinboulet.ca

As Jerry took off earlier this season to do some tree planting, he returned a couple weeks ago with his buddy Evan. - Somehow we got back on the topic of breast milk again. - They tell me an interesting story about their day off. - We talk about hauling firewood in the Yukon. - They tell me all about the bar in the Yukon that has the "toe shots". - And we may have talked about hypnotism for a little too long.

For the 40th episode milestone, returning guest Amos Mercier joins me in the brushing camp just outside of Hudson's Hope, BC. - We talk about a lot of stuff from work to art to feelings to relationships to current things and life and what not and he plays some tunes at the end. - So much fun! - Have a listen!

It's been a year since Stumped podcast has been launched! So it only seems appropriate to bring on the original podcast co hosts, Catman and Emmett Chisholm, or as they prefer to be called, Chud and Ruben Steventon. - We talk about the Steventon legacy. - We talk about pets and pet breeding. - We talk about girls. - We talk about embarrassing things from high school. - And we talk about a whole bunch of other shit. - We talked for a while, like 2.5 hours. - Most of it is nonsense but damn we had a good time!!

Finally summoning up the courage to do an episode by myself. I play a few tunes on the banjo. - I talk about taking a step back from my foreman duties to becoming just a brusher. - I talk about Scruggs, my trailer home, biking, my banjo and other things. - It's a stream of consciousness episode but pretty fun actually!

After last episodes train wreck, we shoot for redemption and bring in some co workers. - Amos Rosen is my good friend from the old time music community but a rookie to bush work. - Jerry is from the Yukon, owns a planting company called Yeti to Plant, just became a dad, and was even on my podcast last year but I lost the episode. - We talk about finding weed hook ups at local skateparks before it was legal. - We make up RV names that better suit the "anal" travel game. - And somehow we end on getting our Covid vaccination via Jerry's wife's breast milk. Enjoy.

We learn an important lesson on this one. Don't podcast after work. We were tired and not witty and didn't have much to say. Catman made a sad attempt at his anime character, Dayton Fukyama. He bailed 10 seconds in. We talk about nothing for awhile, give some shout outs, talk about boring stuff some more and end early. 

We're back in the brushing camp and my original co-host, Catman is with me and he hasn't changed one bit. - High on oil, he tells a crazy story about an accident during his fall and burn contract this past winter. - He also tells about his cougar encounter. - I call my mom for mothers day but Catman refused to call his mom. - We talk about Scruggs the dog and how good of a boy he is. - Catman announces that he is going to acting school and is also providing a sexual health corner where he answers your questions about sexual health. Email your questions to Catman to lichtijosh@gmail.com and we will read them on the next podcast.

After a month long break we are back with a fun one! Songwriter and host of Victoria's "Hootenanny"  Carolyn Mark joins me with her guitarist Britt Hibbert.  I find my podcast legs again as we shoot the shit, pick some original tunes, talk about farms and eats scones by our top Stumped podcast supporter Mela Saclarides. They were delicious thanks Mela!

As we kick this one off with a beautiful Celtic song by Siarimis, I am distracted with a phone call by Tereza who is lost in the woods! - I am kind of annoyed and may have said some offensive things. - Meanwhile, Luke and Kess continue to educate me on the nature of Irish music tradition. - They play like 8 songs throughout the episode. - I kind of handed over the reigns to them on this one. - Enjoy the guitars and flutes and accordions! - We update Tereza's situation throughout the episode. - She eventually found her way.

Just another day in the banjo shop with Luke and Drew English. - They play tunes together. - We discuss things like the Woodstove Film Festival and the Tree Planting United Film Festival. - Ronny B drops in about half way through. - It's his Stumped podcast debut. - He plays an appropriate original and also tells us about his freshly built recording studio. - We close with a fiddle tune.

Luke English and Craig Doherty unnecessarily bring 4 accordions into the banjo shop. So there is a lot of accordion in the episode, just to warn you. - We chat about playing minor league hockey, Hitch hiker Kai, transient people and more accordion stuff. - We open Misfortune Cookies. - They play more accordion.

We talk about biking for the first half hour at least. - Then we play tunes. - Tereza Tomek joins us with our new puppy Scruggs and plays a tune she wrote. - We open Misfortune Cookies from misfortunecookie.ca. - We call up the original co-host of Stumped podcast, Catman and have a chat with him.

After a month Hiatus from recording we are back in the new year for more podcasting. - Sean Manara from Dodge City Cycles calls with good news about the arrival of my new mountain bike! - we talk about mountain biking for awhile. - Drew and Luke play songs together. - We open Misfortune Cookies. - Don't hold your poop in.

Poplar Dave joins me in the banjo shop. - It's the first podcast where we don't drink alcohol. - We talk about sobriety, how it affects us, and how much we like to drink. - We open misfortune cookies. - Poplar Dave plays a song on the accordion about how his grandparents met in the drunk tank.

Sage Vincent aka Dead Hoofer joins me in the banjo shop to chat about his new album "Coldwater" He plays some songs from it. - Kevin Gustafson is here too and he shares some really cool poems that he wrote. One of them is about his artist friend from Nelson. - We open a new batch of Misfortune cookies from misfortunecookies.ca.

I am back in Cumberland with Amy Muloin and Taze Kozak in the banjo shop to share some original songs. - Amy, a good friend and one of my favourite performers in the Comox Valley brings the groove to a country sound. She is still yet to record her long overdue first album. - Taze, who is in a band called The Wits, lives in Royston with his family and is constantly writing and recording. - His songwriting has the right amount of grit which he smooths out with his golden voice. - Not all his songs have cigarettes in them, just the ones in this episode. - They talk about their creative process in songwriting and the few gigs they've had since Covid hit. - We open misfortune cookies and have a time!

My friend and boss Pat Bryson and I are sharing a slanted log cabin at Canim Lake Resort while we finish off the fall brushing contract. - We chat about our current living quarters and the inspiration we get to build a log home every time we stay in one. - We have conversations about helicopter work in the silviculture industry and the typical old guys hunting that we run into on bush roads. - We both want to be healthier, more disciplined, better people who aren't mount breathing. - Pat is an advocate of poo gloo. - It was a super chill relaxing conversation.

After a short break of settling back into bush work life, I am now brush cutting near 100 Mile House, BC. - My co-workers are adrenaline junkies! - Rossland, BC power couple Sean Ennis and Alice Newman hang out and we talk about their life skiing and paragliding around the mountains. For questions and comments and feedback about Stumped email:lichtijosh@gmail.com

Things get weird and nonsensical in the banjo shop as the super chill and zen Millennium Mike pops in to play the flute and promote local business. - Eventually, local hip hop personality Joelius Alt brings the hype energy with mad beats. - He tells us about his hardcore lifestyle. - Then I had to kick them both out to make room for my friends Luke English and Joel Fox who had arrived. - More nonsensical conversations. - We open misfortune cookies and discover our fate.

Dan Espeseth and Sean Manara of Dodge City Cycles join me in the banjo shop. - We talk all things mountain biking in Cumberland. - I learn about their lives on two wheels, the beginnings of the bike shop, the United Riders Of Cumberland (UROC), and the rapid growth of the Cumberland trails network and community over the past 20 years. - we talk about trail etiquette, how to not be a dick, and their opinions on E-bikes. - We open misfortune cookies from misfortunecookie.ca. - beers and spliffs happened.For more info about the bike shop and the Cumberland MTB community visit:dodgecitycycles.comunitedridersofcumberland.comFor questions and feedback on the podcast email lichtijosh@gmail.comFor your own batch of misfortune cookies go to misfortunecookie.ca

Wow I can't believe this is our 20th episode! - Amos Mercier and Risa Schorno join me as we shop talk about their new jobs as tree planters! - Its super fun because they're both good friends of mine, they're both killer musicians, and they both have quite a bit of life experience compared to most rookie tree planters. Amos, an eccentric, van living musician and poet talks about his previous life as a church pastor and how he did not tolerate rookie "hazing" from second and third year planters.Risa, innately musical, improvisational and always flying by the seat of her pants in search for adventure, gives us perspective on going tree planting while being away from her son, Zakai.They tell me about their bush camp romances. Amos and Risa collaborate on two insanely beautiful original songs. - I join them on the end by butchering an old classic.

The first podcast in the banjo shop! - Cumberland resident, children's performer, tree planter and musical improvising genius Luke English joins me. - We talk about his Early Childhood Education program and how kids are way more fun to hang out with than adults. - He loves when performances go terribly wrong. - He makes up songs on the spot and also plays an original that will be featured in the upcoming CBC documentary "One Million Trees". - He turns the interview on me and we talk about the banjos I am currently building. - I think this podcast is becoming more and more music themed.For questions, comments and feedback email lichtijosh@gmail.comCheck out the Stumped Podcast Facebook page and give us a like!

Jeremy Pahl aka Saltwater Hank is from the Gitga'at First Nations community near Prince Rupert, BC. He's a singer/songwriter, fiddler, banjo player and all around great folk musician and solid dude. - This is our first music themed episode! - Catman is not here but a Catman imposter tries to fool us at the beginning. - Jeremy talks about his career transition from tree planter to musician and how the summer of COVID has affected how he makes his living. - He tells a great story about getting fired from a fish cannery for playing fiddle on the clock...now that's great timing. - He plays songs and tunes for us. - We open misfortune cookies and find out how and when we die.Find Jeremy Pahl's music atwww.saltwaterhank.comGet your misfortune cookies atwww.misfortunecookie.ca

Luke Tasker from England is our latest addition to the brushing crew and he joined us to finish off the season. - Emmett Chisholm joins me as co-host while Catman sleeps. - This is our last episode of the season before Emmett and I leave in the morning for home. - We talk a lot about wasp nests, hands down the worst part of silviculture. - We also learn about Luke and his life as an athlete and the time he and his buddies circumnavigated the whole island of Great Britain in a row boat!!Check out Lukes row boat journey on instagram @thecommonoars raising money for the Nuvasive Spine Foundation. www.nuvasive.com Email lichtijosh@gmail.com with questions or comments about the podcast!

This is our last episode of the brushing season!! Pat Bryson opens this episode with us. - We talk about beer, brushing, the family, current issues, and running a business. - I put my foot in my mouth a bunch trying to recover from saying awkward things that could be offensive and then Pat leaves - Catman educates me on trap music artist, Young Thug aka SEX and how he relates to trap lines, the fur trade, and the story of the Mad Trapper. We discuss metaphors in fairy tales. Tereza Tomek pops in with a phone call!Email your questions and comments to lichtijosh@gmail.comCheck out www.sampsonforestry.com for more information on Pats brushing company!

On this episode we celebrate our 1000 total downloads milestone! Thank you to all the listeners who have tuned in we're gonna keep going so I hope you keep listening and tell your friends! - This is our last episode from the camper trailer before moving to hotels to finish the season. - After Crispy Bolognaise and I shoot the breeze for a bit, our crew members came in one by one to tell us the rose and thorn of their season... So the best and worst part. - We close with our crew member Christopher making his podcast debut! We learn about making the move from his homeland, Uganda to Regina, Saskatchewan in 2016.

We open this one by advertising Kelowna comedy's David Kopp and his Misfortune Cookies! Get your misfortune cookies at www.misfortunecookie.ca - Jordan Van Spronsen returns and we get into a conversation about video game music and how animated Zelda fairies were a turn on for us when we were kids - We read fan mail responses to our last episode about the ethics of the porn industry - We check in with our mental health - We close by acting out an improv scene.

This was a difficult conversation to have for me but I felt it had to be had. This might not be everyones cup of tea but this episode is about porn and how it affects our lives and relationships with others. I am going through some issues in my personal life with this topic and I need to talk about it more openly so lets dive in on the podcast! Emmett and Catman are with me and it was a great conversation!

This was a fun one! Tereza Tomek is here for a short visit after finishing her planting contract North of Prince George - We decided to wear sunglasses - We do a shoutout shootout - Tereza tells us about the illegal things our legal advisor Julia has done - We discuss Catman's future career in porn as "Chris" - Emmett joins the chat and tells us about his dog Nancy, and her romantic weekend with another dog - We confess our rage issues at work - Tereza wants to make clear that the moose in her story was in the ditch, and not on the road.

Catman opens up with a depressing but deep and honest confession about his life hardships and mental health lol! - We read a letter from Stumped legal advisor, Julia about an issue with the Queens visit last week. Pretty serious stuff - We answer listener questions from my friend Taylor from the Appalachian Trail - Catman's craft corner discusses a paper hat - Our co-worker Roger joins in at the end and we take a close look at a news article about a guy with a penis on his arm.

Big #10 milestone episode as the Queen of England joins us for a quick visit to talk about her crown land we are currently working on - Co-worker, experienced bushman, but rookie brush cutter, Andre joins Catman and I for the chat - We answer some important questions from my friend and banjo building mentor, Patrick David Sawyer of Pisgah Banjos from Asheville, NC - We celebrate 10 episodes with some podcast stats, things we're proud of and things we can improve on - We close things down with a little shop talk with the boss.