Episode 7 – In the Zone with Mike V.

Today’s guest is Mike V. Telling you that he is a musician and a legend of skateboarding doesn’t even begin to scratch the surface of who is, for Mike V is bigger and weirder than any label we can attach to him.

Among the highlights of the day:

Don’t offend Bulgarians

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I speak fast ’cause I really have to pee

After searching long and hard, we have finally found someone who enjoys the word “fuckin'” more than I do

How a Black Flag concert changed his life: “if I was flipping fuckin’ burgers, I was going to do it the way Black Flag would do it”

Skateboarding as the vehicle for a passion beyond words

“I’d rather err on the side of passion” (but Daniele can’t pronounce the word “err”)

About breaking bones

Crabs in a pot: people love it when heroes fuck up

“Fuck yeah I’m over the hill, but at least I’ve climbed the motherfuckin’ hill”

“I’ve been nailed to the cross so many fuckin’ times. Don’t fuck with me”

Comparing the crucifixion scene in Conan (1982) and in Spartacus (1960)

“Age is not a reason to fuckin’ trade in everything that made you who you are”

“When they fuckin’ shovel the dirt on me, that’s when I’ll be done fuckin’ skating”

“Try being a skateboarder in 1984… I became a living, breathing, moving target”

“My first interaction ever with a cop was him beating my ass—for no reason”

Tao and Zen: it’s an attitude toward life, not a profession of belief

About Zen masters who don’t know they are zen masters

The difference between paradox and contradiction

Love and strength: why Mike picked the elephant as a logo. “…beautiful, majestic creature, very social and very loving, kindest, gentlest heart but it will fuckin’ crush you. Don’t fuck with it. It will crush you. Eat a fuckin’ lion for lunch”

“To me, that’s life. Why would you want anything less than that?”

“I didn’t start skateboarding to fuckin’ follow the rules”

Why Mike has a pink sheep tattoo

The trap of embracing an identity—any identity

People are terrified of freedom

Happy birthday to Emily Vallely

“I’m glad you are a nerd”

Mike’s twitter: @mikevallely

In the Zone with Mike V. Dec. 31, 2012 / 1:33:07

Episode 6 of The Drunken Taoist Podcast is out! – Rage Against the Academic Machine, Necrophiliac Ducks and Other Tales

Rage Against the Academic Machine, Necrophiliac Ducks and Other Tales Dec. 14, 2012 / 1:09:41

Episode 5 of The Drunken Taoist Podcast is out! – Chris Odell & Adam Scorgie: Legalize It Already!

Today’s guests are Chris Odell, owner of Datsusara, and Adam Scorgie, producer of “The Union” and several other films.

Among the highlights of the day:

• My nerdy Lord of the Rings winter ritual
• The Hamletic dilemma:  work out or watch “The Union” with a joint and chocolate cake?
• We finally found out why Canadians like our podcast (hint: weed may have something to do with it)
• Somebody get me to Vancouver, please
• You smoked your first joint with your mom?!?
• Our collective envy pours on Adam when we find out that his dad owned a bar and a strip club
• Jesus the hemp grower?
• Adam is a damn communist and needs to be deported
• Ronald Reagan about Marijuana being “the most dangerous drug” in America, and other pearls of idiocy
• Chris & Adam preaching about the wonders of industrial hemp and about the ugly politics of keeping it illegal
• Most doctors are glorified drug dealers
• Newborns look funky because they are drugged out of their minds

Adam Scorgie’s twitter: @AdamScoreG

Chris Odell’s twitter: @DSGear

Chris Odell & Adam Scorgie: Legalize It Already! Dec. 1, 2012 / 1:34:14

Episode 4 of The Drunken Taoist Podcast is out! – Daniele Bolelli and Saving a Bulgarian Virgin

Intro:

We are # 1 on iTunes in Philosophy (or so we were at the time of this recording.) Thank you so much for supporting us!

Please check out our affiliate’s audio books on http://www.audibletrial.com/thedrunkentaoist

I’m teaching a self-defense seminar on Dec. 1 in Long Beach. If you are interested, please check http://www.dgboxinggyms.com/womens-self-defense-seminar/

We have new intro music!

The “I Have a Dream” corner:

How martial arts have saved me from zombies, vampires, my high school teachers and other scary freaks who used to stalk my dreams.

The “Rant of the Day”:

Danish gay penguins.

Scary fundamentalists having issues with Darwin. Paul Feyerabend and the limits of science: certainty is the enemy of truth.

Luck and choices.

The “Ask Bolelli” corner:

Fueled by enough alcohol—as Drunken Taoists should be—we answer your questions about the universe. Why grabbing your crotch is the Italian way to ward off evil: grabbing a hold of your sexuality (quite literally) as the best antidote against the braying of priests. Good sex makes you fearless! How to get rid of anger (or at least be in killer shape.) The best way to drink someone’s smile.

The “Storytelling Moment”:

Trial of the Zombie Pope (how a Pope in 897 CE dug up the corpse of a previous rival Pope and put him on trial).

Saving a Bulgarian Virgin Nov. 14, 2012 / 1:01:41

Episode 3 of The Drunken Taoist Podcast is out! – Daniele Bolelli interviews Shannon Lee

Our guest today is the wonderful Shannon Lee, talking about her life and her father’s legacy.

• Coming to terms with being Bruce Lee’s daughter
• Shannon’s work as the head of Bruce Lee Enterprises
• We bow to our one and only god: Pete McCormack, director of the documentary I Am Bruce Lee
• The sordid tale of how the evil Bolelli used his Godfather skills to end up in the documentary (btw, the most glorious 53 seconds in movie history!)
• Why nerdy Asian boys owe their very lives to Bruce Lee
• On nationalism and the wild tale of a Bruce Lee statue built in Bosnia right after the war there
• What makes some people more authentic than others?
• Rebelling against dogma and creating our own path: “That’s the thing I’ve always admired most about my father. It takes courage to walk the path alone”
• “The height of cultivation runs toward simplicity”
• Bruce Lee as the father of MMA?
• Shannon invented Tivo, and Daniele invented Blockbuster
• Gene LeBell and his pink gi
• Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story and killing demons with nunchuckus

The Bruce Lee Foundation website:  http://bruceleefoundation.com/

Shannon’s twitter:  https://twitter.com/BruceLeeLegacy

Shannon Lee: About Bruce Lee, the Tao, Life, the Universe and Everything Oct. 30, 2012 / 1:36:47

Episode 2 of The Drunken Taoist Podcast is out!

The “I Have a Dream” corner: our feature about the weird dream of the month. This one focuses on the joys of having a miniature Dalai Lama as a pet.

The “Ask Bolelli” Corner: Where your questions about the universe and everything get answered! We start easy with a literary question which will lead us into a discussion of Aztec, a book that makes the TV show Spartacus look like something written by frigid Puritans horrified by blood. If there were a prize for the most sex&blood under one cover, this book would win it hands down. Also, cannibalism makes any story more fun.

“The Storytelling Moment”: about Gonzalo Guerrero who was half of the first interracial couple on the mainland of the Americas–a tale of human sacrifice, finding love between the thighs of a tattooed Maya woman, and heroic death in battle. At the end of it, tattooed Mayan women will gently guide you into dream land.

And the “Rant of the Day”: Bolelli vs. Dualism (and relativism too), the enemy of my enemy is my friend, screw Jarred Diamond, “I just want to punch you in the face repeatedly, not because it’s going to enlighten you, but just for my satisfaction.”

Bolelli vs. Dualism Oct. 13, 2012 / 58:55

Intro:

Why we do this, screw overspecialization, realistic optimism, mushroom spores, etc.

Chat with Duncan:

Eating strawberries and Duncan wants his face on sheets of acid. The conversation ranges from the most disgusting stories ever about Duncan and his sex toys (if you are a sensitive soul… sorry!) to slaying vampires, to good porn vs. bad porn, to debating the finer points of Taoist philosophy, to the beauty of paradox. You’ll learn about the hot but evil lady I was flirting with, the tale of Lao Tzu being thrown in jail by an overenthusiastic fan, why Yin and Yang are making out, and the fact that great chefs don’t follow recipes. And last but not least “Rules are for people who are too stupid to live without rules.

Duncan Trussell: Vampire Hunter Oct. 1, 2012 / 1:35:15

Check out this great video animation of a section “The Tigers and the Strawberry” from the Duncan Trussell Family Hour Podcast #30 with Daniele Bolelli.

Daniele Bolelli drops some knowledge with Duncan Trussell.  Audio from the Duncan Trussell Family Hour Podcast.  Animated by Paul Klawiter- www.klawiterstudios.com

Duncan Trussell just posted the second conversation we had for his podcast. I had a blast.

http://duncantrussell.com/daniele-bolelli-in-strawberry-conection/#/vanilla/discussion/embed/?vanilla_discussion_id=0