00:16 – They kick off this episode discovering that they’re all masters of improv Justin talks about the last time they had Amani on, and Armani discusses how much he loved the break that came with Covid. They talk about the laps around their house that developed while working from home, Amani discusses the return of live audiences post Covid, and keeping the comedy show at Tony V’s rolling after a power outage.

23:26 – Amani talks about the comeback of live comedy shows, Justin talks about the number of guys post covid that had long hair, and Amani reflects on the marathons he’s run in the past. He talks about the fantastic places he ran through during the Tacoma marathon, Justin talks about doing the Boot To Boot, and reflects on his first date with his wife.

48:02 – They talk about the powers behind using DNA to solve crimes, Amani shares his love of movies, their importance on him growing up, and the Oscar-nominated films he’s watched this year. He talks about falling in love with the movie Everything, Everywhere, All At Once the second time he saw it, why he loves films, and Jeff expresses his love of Dan Ackroyd.

67:58 – Justin names his top five movies, he and Amani talk about how Pulp Fiction changed cinema, and Amani talks about Quinton Tarantino’s foot fetish. They dive into the hot sauce challenge, Amani names off his top movies, and Justin reads off info on the first hot sauce they’re trying. Each person gives their review of it, Justin talks about his recent visit to Grand Cinema Theater and watching The Wale, and Amani talks about his love of the Seattle International Film Festival.

Thanks, Amani, for catching up; looking forward to checking in with you again soon!

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1:55 – Justin shares the different patron levels GCP offers to those that want to support the podcast through Patreon, gives props to Jason with Castle Security and Protection, and Jeff talks about his recent purchase of a base guitar he found on Craigslist. They talk of instruments each of them have, Scotts want for an electric drum set, and Jeff encourages the team to get together and make a funky baseline for the show intro.

10:11 – Scott brings up a story on YouTube around first amendment audits where a person videotaping in LA was shot, Justin brings up Flatstick Pub opening in downtown Tacoma in late 2019, and the t-shirts and sweatshirts they offer to their supporting Patrons. Jeff gives a shout-out to Puget Sound Pizza’s great job shoveling the sidewalk and street when it snowed, that leads to talk on the recent Snowmageddon, and the challenge of getting around Seattle and Tacoma when it snows.

20:05 – Justin talks about him and his wife getting involved in the community, watching a Subaru crash in the snow, and Scott talks about the fun of driving in the snow when he was a kid. They discuss ideas around getting a GCP station wagon, Jeff covers being recently stuck in Snoqualmie Pass during the storm, and they talk about the post snow tire chains on the road from people that did not put them on correctly.

34:31 – Justin shares his plans to attend Emerald City Comic Con, their plan to have another psychic on the show, and the desire to have a ghost hunt with the psychic and Andrew from Tacoma Ghost Tours at the Union Club. Jeff gives a shout out to Mary Mart, they discuss Mary Mart being open during Snowmageddon, and the friendly and helpful atmosphere Mary Mart has. Scott talks about upcoming guests they are going to have on, other creative ideas the guys have around live streams for the show, and how people can help the show out.

Until next time everyone, thanks for listening!!!

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1:35 – Justin reminds listeners of their Patron account, gives a shout out to Castle Security and Protection, and talks about the upcoming event at the Museum of Glass, Dare 2 Stair, happening on February 24th. Justin talks about turning his wife onto Quantum Leap, Amani suggests the doing a reboot of the show, and they discuss other shows of the 80’s they loved. Amani brings up A Team, the switch up in movies and shows from serious acting in the 70’s to special effects in the 80’s, and Jean Claude Van Damme’s performance in the original Predator.

14:12 – Justin talks about other movies Jean Claude Van Damme’s appeared in, they discuss movies in the 80’s that haven’t held up over the years, and the universal hero formula used throughout the 80’s. Scott talks about It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, walking out of the movie Get Shorty, and Justin talks about what drove him to walk out of the movie Speed Racer. Justin reflects on watching Mach, Scott talks about the movie he was most disappointed in, and Justin talks about the comics he collected in the 90’s.

26:47 – Scott talks about his daughters love for The Watchmen, Justin talks about tha various comic book based things he collects, and they talk about the comic book heroes they love. Amani brings up Marvel Masterpieces, Scott talks about cards where artists made basketball players into super heroes, and Amani reflects on how he felt when he heard Super Man died. The guys talk about recent Marvel Movies that have come out, Justin brings up the Marvel / Fox merger, and Amani and Justin give their review of the movie Logan.

43:35 – The guys talk about rules of people vomiting at parties, Amani discusses the difference between honor and dignity, and they share stories on fights they’ve been in. Amani shares the most common type of people that he found were fighters while working in private security, Scott talks about how quickly fights can happen, and they finish this episode with Jeff sharing info on Otters.

Thanks again to Amani for joining them for another interesting conversation!

Special Guest: Amani Taylor.

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1:33 – They discuss snowpocalypse, Scott shares information on their download numbers, they talk of being put on one of the local Tacoma radio stations, and give props to Castle Security and Protection. Justin explains their new design done by Shroom Brothers, Amani tells the guys about his adventures as a security guard, and Justin shares stores when he and Brogan were security officers. They chat about a recent video online where a man hit young girl after she tried attacking him, Justin talks about local costume visual-ante, Phoenix Jones, and Scott discusses first amendment audit videos.

17:36 – Jeff continues the conversation around audit videos, Justin discusses road rage, and talk goes to crazy videos taken with car dash cams. They talk about school bus stop rules, states that allow motorcycles to be drive between lanes, and chat goes back to snowpocalypse here and in Colorado. Amani talks about not being able to get up hills in Seattle after the storm, and Justin recommends listeners that have some time to kill to search YouTube for Queen Anne Seattle videos.

35:05 – Amani talks about his comedy career, the three weekly shows he hosts, and the crazy things that happen during the shows. He discusses people obstructing the comedy show, cut throat comedian’s, and the fun of hosting open mics. Amani talks about the different types of advice comedian’s in the industry give, they give props out to their other comedian friend, Rusty, and they give props to his restaurant The Church Cantina.

45:20 – Scott mentions the News Tribune no longer being printing in Tacoma, Justin talks about delivering for them when he was younger, and gives a shout out to the podcast Citizen Tacoma. They talk about the challenges newspapers have with going to print in addition to digital, Scott talks about how newspapers are in a way a writing of historical documents, and his recent visit to the Karpeles Manuscript Museum. Amani tells of his love of movies, the movie Dog Soldiers, and Scott talks about in some instances when watching certain movies/shows the need to suspend disbelief to fully enjoy them.

Next week they finish this great conversation, thanks Amani for joining the guys again!

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1:59 – Justin gives his review of the SPICE show, a local benefit event to raise funds for the TUPAC foundation. He gives props to Denetta and Carol, creators of the event, how users can donation to the foundation and events they have coming up. Jeff talks about his dinner after the show at the Harmon Taproom, the guys welcome comedian Amani back, this time as a guest co-host of the show, and they discuss Amani’s love of UFC.

14:50 – Amani gives his review of the most recent UFC fight, Tony’s return to fighting after his 6 month hiatus due to injury, the heavy weight fight, and the brawl that happened post Khabib and Conor fight. They discuss various crowd fights in other sports that have broken out over the years, a return of Joseph Malik for a catch up, Amani fills Joseph in on how he’s involved with GCP and where people can find him in the area.

30:57 – Joseph talks about what’s been going on with his book since he joined them last time, the benefits of independent publishing, and what type of creative process he uses when writing. Joseph talks about learning how to do what most of the characters in the book do in order to write a better book, being a part of a panel at Norwescon discussing celestial navigation, different types of readers that have reached out to him after reading his book, and how he handles negative reviews.

43:18 – Joseph talks about setting out to write a fantasy action thriller hinged on technical details, how his research led to the stories, his recent trip to Ice Land and Sweden, and the deals you can get to fly to Ice Land from Ice Land air. He talks about touring a tower in Belgium, his second book, The New Magic, how it relates to Dragon Tale, and what in his books he has pulled from history.

56:48 – Amani asks Joseph about how he picks the endings of his books, Amani read a section from one of them, and they discuss Wrath of the Khans covered on an episode of Dan Carlin’s, Hardcore History. Joseph tells the guys where people can find his books, him and Scott talk about growing up in Elko, Nevada, the mining boom there in the 80’s, and the recent fire at Lamoille Canyon.

Thanks Joseph for joining the guys again to catch up and filling them in on your latest book!

Special Guests: Amani Taylor and Joseph Malik.

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The show kicks off with Amani telling the guys what he’s been up to with the comedy shows he hosts each week in the South Sound area. He talks about the different audiences at each of the three locations and breaking the news of Prince’s death to one of the regulars at Hangers, one of the places he hosts comedy shows at.

15:08 – Amani gives advice for people wanting to get started in comedy, his month of alcohol sobriety and taking on the one month cold shower challenge. Talk then goes to Tacoma scam stories where people are asking others for money in the area, Justin’s wife’s recent run in with a lady using the strategy of getting people to give by mentioning that those that don’t give her money have the devil in them and homemade ice cream trucks in the area.

29:45 – Discussion goes to conspiracy theories around Big Foot, deaths of famous people, and people behind the flat earth theory. Amani talks about skydiving, volunteering with pediatric cancer patients and helping one of the patients go skydiving for her 18th birthday. He tells the guys what a great experience it was and his plans for doing it again.

44:03 – _******Avengers Spoiler**** (Those that haven’t seen the show but plan to, skip to 52:15)** **_Amani shares where people can find him online and information on the shows he hosts. Talk then goes to the movie Avengers Infinity War, the plot, and what they liked and didn’t like about the movie. The show finishes up with Amani chatting about working at Nintendo.

Thanks Amani for joining the guys to catch up on what you’ve been up to since the last time you guys sat down. We look forward to catching up again sometime soon!

Special Guest: Amani Taylor.

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