The SOB Podcast

Are the kids being educated or indoctrinated?  Joe and Shannon discuss the purpose of the public education system in the United States and how it has changed over the years.

The prison system has become big business in America.  Joe and Shannon talk about how the war on drugs and for profit prisons have filled cells and ruined families across the country.  They share their experience visiting a level 5 maximum security facility for years.

Shannon talks about her experiences dating wealthy and powerful men and how they differ from some widely held misconceptions and Joe talks about being collateral damage from his mother's choices.  They also discuss how and why smart women (and men) can make bad choices, and how they can break unhealthy patterns. 

Shannon and Joe talk about the fake nemesis - what is it, how and why is it created, and the pros and cons of having one (which you probably do whether you know it or not).

The ex husband with a past in porn will forever have a label, no matter how much time or how many good deeds come to pass.  Joe and Shannon talk about how people that go through alternative experiences process them differently, and how the United States believes in punishment in perpetuity and prays for redemption never truly granted.

Is rap appropriate for kids?  Does grunge make you depressed? Does metal provoke violence?  Joe and Shannon talk about the wide range of music genres they both listen to, the band member roommates of the past, favorite concerts and their favorite Beatle.  

Physical and financial limitations meant movies and tv were the staple of entertainment for Joe growing up. He and Shannon talk about what content is appropriate for kids, ask if sex or violence is less harmful, and how much should censors allow overall?  How much do vicarious experiences shape us as people?

Shannon makes Joe completely uncomfortable by explaining how running strip clubs and bachelor parties led her to running a less legal, private service that catered to clients with fetishes.  She shares some of the clients' requests and how they were handled, including how she met her second husband.  Joe remembers his babysitter that, unbeknownst to him at the time, was a dominatrix.  

Shannon explains how her first husband exposed her to gentlemen's clubs, how she worked in her first one illegally, and how she used her business and management skills in clubs all over the county.  She explains the structure of clubs to Joe, who claims to have never been in one.  She also explains how bachelor parties work outside of a club – and how she helped organize a network of private entertainment.  

Joe takes the lead and talks about holidays then and now, good and bad, real and fake.  He and Shannon remember some of their holidays, including some they would rather forget, and talk about the difficulty of having traditions with no traditional family. 

Walter was the friend of the family that made them each other's enemies so he could have control - particularly over the women. Shannon tells how she was manipulated and how she learned to manipulate, and how that relationship has affected family dynamics and life for her and Joe.

Shannon and Joe talk about their multiple moves from modest to mansion and the life circumstances that prompted each one.

Shannon talks about some of her own procedures and their results. She shares her experiences including undergoing surgery in an office after hours - without general anesthesia, how she traveled to Costa Rica for another elective surgery, and how her first plastic surgery in 1993 has continued to create health complications. Joe basically judges her vanity throughout the whole episode.

Shannon and Joe talk about how the events and aftermath of one high school party in 1988 changed life forever, and what the ramifications of that night have been.

If you saw drugs wash up on the shore, would you take them?  Would you confront burglars to keep your kid safe? If you were doing a life sentence and your Con Air flight was being hijacked, would you go along with it or stop it?   Shannon and Joe discuss these real scenarios (and their outcomes) and throw out some hypotheticals for the sake of discussion.

Shannon and Joe discuss the fires that occurred in their home as kids! How lucky they are. This is a great episode! Listen in for all the fun.

Shannon gave birth in 1992 and went through what is believed to be the first legal open adoption in the state of Missouri. Joe grew up with - and interacted with - a sister that lived a different life 20 minutes down the road. Hear about the impact - positive and negative - that decision has had on the people involved, the court system, and society in general.

Should anything go in comedy, or should community standards apply? Should comedians push limits or stay marketable? What responsibilities come with freedom?  Does having a public life or platform make you a role model? 

Hear about when Shannon was modeling and training tigers, and the one time it went horribly wrong for the model and horribly right for the tiger. The story leads in to a discussion with Joe about other animal vs human incidents and the ethics of wild and exotic animal interaction and ownership. 

Joe's best friend as a 7 year old kid was a 73 year old retired bookie and jewel thief named Hobo. Hear stories about Hobo and the Rat Pack, Little Frankie and Shawna the Long Legged Witch, and the time Joe held up a top level mob meeting with his love of pie. 

Shannon Livingston and Joe LoBosco share their stories and perspectives on living with and staying alive around the Chicago and KC mob, and how those experiences have influenced their morals and views on life.

Shannon Livingston and son, Joe Lobosco, talk about their new podcast, living with the Kansas City MOB, Cannabis - black market to legal market, running strip clubs and bachelor a party service, Joe's stripper babysitters, training tigers - and when it went wrong, Joe's brain surgeries, regularly visiting maximum-security prison's, math lessons at the racetrack with film director ex-husband, playboy model daughter, professional gambler mother and the games in her basement, libertarian lawyer father and his 58-year-old law practice, Shannon being born in the bathroom of her parent's office as a secret love child, Shannon's childhood home burning down 3 times (and smouldering once).