Ube Island Podcast
In 1992, a little boy was born in the Bay Area, California. As this little boy grew up, he made poor decisions like watching MTV and BET. He re-downloaded Cam'ron's "Oh Boy" mp3 file because the version he downloaded had bad words. He couldn't buy Kanye and 50 Cent's first albums, so he asked his older sister's friend to burn him a copy. He forced his mother to buy him Air Force 1's at Hilltop mall; not because of Nelly, but because he saw Justin Timberlake wearing it in his "Rock Your Body" music video. He broke his older sister's Justified CD...
UBE SPORTS #5 - “Inoue/Fulton & Spence/Crawford thoughts, Realistic Ohtani predictions, USWNT goes for a 3-peat”
An extremely casual boxing fan’s take on the two big fights this week. An Ohtani fanboy’s take on where he should go next season. A casual casual Women’s Soccer’s fan take on the USWNT’s chances to win the World Cup.Â
Boxing Boxing Boxing (2:07)
Ohtani leaving Angels (20:30)
USWNT Women’s World Cup (39:30)
Ube Sports #4 - “I was wrong, Jokic is better than Embiid. Nick Nurse saving the Sixers. Dodgers LGBTQ Pride controversy”
Setting things right, I gotta show love.
Apology to Jokic (2:50)
Nick Nurse (29:30)
Dodgers and Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence (36:10)
Ube Sports #3 - “Embiid let Philly down, Harden disappears, Tatum breaks record, LeBron’s chances, Sixers final thoughts”
Being real about the Sixers latest collapse.Â
Topics:
Where does this Sixers loss rank? (1:42)
Embiid’s disappointing performance (15:45)
Harden disappearing (36:45)
Sixers future and brutal discussion (39:35)
Props to Boston (46:20)
LeBron and the Lakers (48:44)
Ube Sports #2 - “The Bloodbath that is the Warriors-Kings series, is Embiid being locked down?, understanding Russell Westbrook”
Talking about the NBA playoffs so far. The insane Kings-Warriors series so far. Embiid's lack of scoring. Russell Westbrook and Kawhi winning game 1 against the Suns.
Kings-Warriors playoff series (1:22)
Embiid’s MVP performances? (24:08)
Russell Westbrook/Kawhi (33:31)
Ube Sports Bites #1 - “Ohtani vs. Trout WBC, Embiid’s MVP chances, Ja Morant is not a role model”
Sportz yall. Talking about the almost perfect World Baseball Classic. Drooling over Ohtani’s superstardom. Why Embiid won’t win MVP regardless. And Ja Morant is not a role model.Â
World Baseball Classic (5:30)
Ohtani’s superstardom (23:15)
Embiid’s MVP chances (33:25)
Ja Morant (50:10)
EP 101 / “what ever happened to my school bullies?”
Bullying is still a big problem throughout the planet. Why does it still exist? What causes it? As someone who was bullied, and also became a bully, I can explain why.Â
my bullies (12:50)
becoming a bully (43:46)
conclusion (53:17)
Talkin Bout Music #1 - “acoustic follies, songwriting is hard, music theory is key, guitar solo approaches”
WELCOME to the first episode of the new series: "Talkin bout music"
A new music discussion series on the Ube Island Podcast where we... talk about music.
For the first episode, I'm just talking about recent music revelations in my musical journey. I recorded 3 new acoustic guitar jams, so let’s go over them! And apologies for audio issues, might be too low in volume at times. My fault, booo me
EP 100 / “SUPER BOWL was rigged rant, i didn’t jinx the Niners, NBA is getting boring, Rihanna’s halftime show”
Trust me, it was all scripted.
I didn’t jinx the Niners (12:20)
Super Bowl review (20:35)
Rigged rant (31:05)
Rihanna’s halftime show (49:05)
NBA is getting boring (54:00)
EP 99 / “Life updates, BIKE BOYZ, rapping, rooting for the Niners as a Rams fan?”
2023 is getting weird.
not quitting podcast (1:30)
new bike (12:10)
rapping (20:02)
rooting for niners? (31:00)
Rams Pod wk 18 - “END OF THE ROAD, McVay retiring, Geno Smith, Jared Goff appreciation”
THE SEASON IS OVER. McVay might retire but I'm still here. Shout out to Jared Goff, most under appreciated player ever.
