A2z Podcast

We met Allison while interviewing historian Sarah Bellian. She tagged along and we actually ended up nerding out with her for nearly an hour before we started our interview with Sarah. We became fast friends and would say this is one of our favorite episodes thus far. She's studying freshwater mussels in the Village Creek, a spring-fed stream that is a part of the Big Thicket ecosystem. We talk about these animals and how they're being effected by climate change events and civil engineering projects.

Justin Thompson is an old buddy of ours from back at Silsbee High School. He's also a stand-up comedian, having once made it onto Last Comic Standing and opened for a laundry-list of greats.  This episode we mostly talked about movies, but we got into how he started in stand-up and the state of comedy today. Be sure to follow Justin on Instagram @justin_thecomic and YouTube: X-Ray Nerd  

Director Wyatt Cagle and Screenwriter Gordon Scott Williams came by the studio to talk about their short film "The Example". "The Example" takes place in Beaumont, Texas during the 1943 race riot event. You can find this movie on Amazon and if you're a Prime member it is FREE TO WATCH. http://a.co/e8HYTLq You can also visit http://Examplemovie.com for interviews, music videos, and more extra content.

Here's the second edition of A2Z Movie Night! Our first return guest Mr. Tim Postlewait of Thirsy's fame stops by the studio to watch 1990s cult classic Tremors starring Kevin Bacon and Fred Ward. If you like what you hear, please remember to share it with your friends!

Teej Rodman is a good friend, local artist and dj, but he's also just announced his candidacy for City Council in our small town of Beaumont, TX. He's got a lot of ideas and wether they are good or bad is up to you as his constituent (if you live here anyway)

We sat down with our good buddy and head bartender of our favorite bar, Tim Postlewait to talk about a movie that we all know and love; John Carpenter's The Thing. We delve into everything around the movie as it plays in the background, so feel free to watch along with us! If you like what you hear please feel free to subscribe, like, or comment and let us know what you think!

Josh Briggs is another good friend of the show. He's actually our guest from Episode Three, Caitlin Lydic's main squeeze. Josh joined the Army in 2003 at the height of the War on Terror. He had seen some shit and lost a lot of friends. It's no wonder that he, like many many other soldiers during that time eventually developed PTSD. Poor mental health and an inadequate VA then led to drug-use and temporary homelessness. These are some of the topics we speak on in this episode. We're quick to characterize this as a "bummer" episode, but it's not so much that as it's very revealing of what our soldiers have to go through. Josh does a good job of keeping it as fun as he can too. Please be sure to leave some comments, likes, reviews on any of our podcast hosts. iTunes, Google Play Music, Stitcher, Spotify, Soundcloud, Youtube, and many many more.

Sexually-explicit material warning! Caitlin works retail, but not the typical clothing store, well, you probably shouldn't wear the clothes she sells in public. She works a sex shop. We talked about what that's like and how it's changed her views.

Sarah Bellian is an Historian and curator at The Museum of The Gulf Coast in Port Arthur, TX. We had an AWESOME time hanging out and talking about vice and corruption in the Southeast Texas area, but we also touched on her Four Rules of History and how to apply them. You can find out more about the museum @ http://www.museumofthegulfcoast.org/  

Trevor Batson is an old friend of both of ours from different areas of his life. With Zach it was through music and with Aaron they met on the mats. He's also a politically-minded individual so we obviously talked about that a bit toward the end. You can check out his band Killawatts at https://www.facebook.com/Sourmashrockstexas/ Also, go and check out Texas Punishment Crew BJJ @ tpcjiujitsu.com

Will Young​ is a dude of many interests. He’s an amateur astronomer, you should follow his page Deep Sky Dude​ as well as his Youtube at https://goo.gl/LXmCnt He's also a glassblower and helps run a group called Torch Talk​ where they host a popular live youtube webcast every Tuesday at 10p central. He also released a rock album for a top-selling dirty novel, that his wife wrote. Leave a review on any of our social media or podcast apps from now until February 1st to be entered for a chance to win a shotglass made by Will!

Our good friend Jake Hooker came by the house and hung out for a few hours. Jake's a musician, artist, and all around good dude who tours as a guitar tech with Instrumental-punk rockers Daikaiju. We talk about books, zen, relationships, Friday the 13th Part Five, and why everyone talks funny. Enjoy.