Bad Brownies

We've got a good one for you today, and it is a time capsule of sorts (as will be many of our upcoming episodes) as it was recorded nearly a year ago! It is fascinating to see how mine and other's views change through time and it was clear as I edited this episode that I feel like an entirely different person than the Drew that recorded this episode. With that in mind, please listen through the filter of your December 2020 selves, as best as possible, and enjoy!

This episode was recorded back in December 2020, in person...

Wow, that was yet another long break in between episodes. I really must sincerely apologize to all of you listeners, I keep making and breaking this promise of one episode a week. I don’t believe in excuses here, so I will leave that there, but what I will say is that it has been very interesting to look at myself in the mirror and say I want to work on this project but then not follow that up with actions. I’m sure many of you listeners have found yourselves in perhaps similar situations, and what strikes me is t...

Este episodio fue grabado a fines de noviembre de 2020, en persona, utilizando el estudio móvil Bad Brownies en las Islas Galápagos. Para este episodio, me reuní con nuestro buen amigo, el increíble y talentoso Santi, y fue un placer absoluto poder grabar una hermosa conversación con él. Una nota sobre el audio de hoy: durante los primeros 8 minutos, más o menos, nos acompañó en segundo plano el ladrido del perro de un vecino, y aunque fue molestó durante el proceso de edición, es un recordatorio del encanto de vivir la vida en el pueblito is...

This episode was recorded this weekend, in person in the Bad Brownies Studio in Houston, Texas. In this episode Viomar and I sat down to record another update episode of the ongoing Drew and Viomar saga. We will probably be doing updates like this every 3 or 4 episodes as life is moving fast and we want to record as much as possible for posterity’s sake. During the conversation we talked about our time in Ecuador that we spent finalizing our K1 visa process, a belief that we discovered we share in that we are where we are supposed to be...

This episode was recorded back at the end of November 2020, in person using the Bad Brownies mobile studio in The Galapagos Islands, Ecuador in the front garden (or dog garden as I learned it was called) of our delightful guest. In this episode Viomar and I sat down with our good friend, artist and local fixture, Sarah Darling. During the episode you may notice some random machine noises from construction near Sarah’s house. Luckily we were also joined by many lovely birds and they made their presences known in a much more please manner than the machines. During th...

In this episode Viomar and I sit down with our good friend and tattoo artist, Leser Genez. During the episode you may notice a faint buzzing sound in the background… That would be the sound of Viomar getting a tattoo from Leser while we both ask him questions about his work and his life. During the conversation we talked about his unbelievable Bad Brownie that almost prevented him from becoming a tattoo artist, the concept of impermanence, some sage advice from his mom, and much more. Y ahora en espanol. En este episodio, Viomar y yo nos sentamos con nuestro bu...

This episode is a continuation of my conversation with Adrian Gibson from last week. As I mentioned in the intro last week, we talked about where creativity/ideas come from, some beautiful insights from the lives of Adrian’s parents, how a psychedelic experience helped Adrian change one of his Bad Brownies, and much more. Just a heads the conversation, like last week, does contain foul language and discussion of drug use. I found this conversation to be incredibly enlightening and I hope you will as well. Please enjoy the termination of this conversation with Adrian.

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**Take a break from watching election results roll in and check out this conversation with Adrian**

In this week’s episode I welcome my dear friend, illustrator, writer, tattoo artist and new dad, Adrian Gibson onto the show. I want to express gratitude to Adrian and his beautiful wife, Natalia for letting me have a couple of hours of time during a special time in their son’s first few months on this planet. Our discussion was wide ranging, and we talked about his life story leading to entrepreneurship, marriage, and parenthood, the difficulty in pursuing creative ende...

In this week’s episode I welcome my absolutely incredible fiancé, Viomar, back on for the second time. It is truly a dream come true to get to record a conversation with her, like this, knowing that it will be one of many many more in the future. During our discussion we talked about life in the transition to online teaching, the difficulty of being apart from our loved ones, the crazy story of how we got to be together right now, and much more. Stay tuned to the end for a special Bad Brownies announcement that I hope you...

In this week’s episode I welcome my delightful sister, Emily, back on for the second time. It was so much fun to get to record a conversation with her, that in many ways is just like an everyday conversation we might have while going on a walk or just hanging out. During our discussion we talked about memes and internet memes as a subset of them, the beauty that was the social media platform Vine, how corporations are capable of coopting internet culture to sell us things, and much more.

Before beginning the episode, I have a...