Loose and Conversational

Welcome to our Drunk Dialing episode.

Recording a podcast with good sound quality is a challenge. Podcasters generally do not record in fancy studios. We have zero budgets and use what equipment we can buy to support our podcasts. Since most podcasts are remote these days, we rely on our guests to also have appropriate equipment.

For this podcast, we toss all of this on its ear. I hooked my cell phone up to my mixer, Jenn and I started drinking and started calling people. We did this all night! We already released one of the calls as a separate episode, and this is our compilation of the first calls.

This episode features our most popular guest ever, Cletus Van Damme, with his wife, Pocahontas. We also call our friends Francois, Lauren, and Sarah. These calls get us to our limit, so we plan to release the other calls in a few days as part two. I enjoyed these conversations as everyone seemed more natural just talking into their phones. I hope you enjoy it too!

Stay loose friends,

J. David Keam

Welcome to a Loose and Conversational Quick and Dirty episode!

Well, friends, I bit off more than I can chew. We recorded with eight different people to make our “Drunk Dialing” podcast. That is going to take me a few more days to put together! So that you don’t forget about us, here is one of the conversations uncut.

This episode features the great Ben Wade. He is the second-best Sales Person at the second busiest farm implement dealer in Saskatchewan’s third-largest city. That’s not all he is. He’s about the most fun you can have in a 20-minute phone call when you’ve both had a few.

OK, trigger warning. At times, this is two guys from Saskatchewan trying to one-up each other with off-colour humour. If that is not your thing, do not listen. The comments are directed at each other and our friend Chris. I give this warning because Jenn was very uncomfortable with the conversation, and I feel it worth mentioning. Some of my favourite parts of this call are her subtle, horrified reactions.

“Drunk dialing” was an episode we did where, instead of worrying about all the technical recording stuff, we just recorded phone calls. I hope you enjoy this Quick and Dirty episode; the complete Drunk Dialing should be out in a few days.

J. David Keam

Jeremy Norrie is a fascinating person.

He currently produces and directs documentaries for Amazon. In this episode, we get loose and let the conversation take off. We could have talked to Jeremy for hours; he is a great storyteller and has lived a pretty exciting life.

We talk about hash, psychedelics and religion, psychedelics in general, Jeremy’s documentaries, Bigfoot, Aliens, life after death and more. We just talked until we ran out of time. Let us know if you enjoy this one because I think it would be great to get him on again. We left an excellent topic hanging at the end there.

Some good news, we think we can start having in-person episodes again soon. We have the next few weeks booked with remote episodes, and we will keep doing them sometimes because we get great guests that are not local. But there is nothing like that in-person vibe, you know? It is an excellent thing that there is a light at the end of this horrible pandemic tunnel.

Stay Loose Friends,

J. David Keam

Let’s talk about psychopaths!

Last week we debuted a new intro song. Shortly after that, my good friend Barrymore Scott sent me a note that mentioned how I had used the same music as his podcast, Coming Up Next Time. My apologies Barrymore, I suppose that’s why it sounded familiar. We have new music again this week; I hope you all like it. Jenn disliked our original music, by the way.

This week’s episode is a great one. While talking about psychopaths a while back, we realized that we didn’t know what a psychopath is. It turns out that a lot of people don’t know. We were very fortunate to find an expert on the subject. Dr. Jan Canty is the host of The Domino Effect of Murder Podcast, which talks about the survivors of murder. She is the author of the book A Life Divided, her memoir where she shares the story of the murder and dismemberment of her husband, Dr. Al Canty, in 1985 by a man who was a psychopath.
Jan is also a clinical psychologist who earned her Ph.D. before her husband’s death. She is an amazing woman with some fantastic insight on the subject.
I hope you enjoy the episode! If you do, please help us spread the word by rating and subscribing to the podcast. You can also like and follow us on Facebook.

Stay Loose Friends,

J. David Keam

We are back after taking a two-week break.

In this episode, Shaun Northcoast joins us to talk about some conspiracy theories. Conspiracies are a big topic; we manage to scratch the surface and have fun doing it. 

Here are links to many of the plots that we touch on to help you read more about them if you’re interested. Enjoy the trip down the rabbit hole.

• 9/11
• Skull and Bones
• Rosicrucians
• The Illuminati
• Reptillians
• PizzaGate
• Qanon
• Carrying capacity of Earth
• Hollow Earth
• Bill Gates and eugenics

Did you ever watch Breaker High? Well, do we have a treat for you!

None other than Max Ballard himself, the one and only Scott Vickaryous, joins us. Listen while Jenn fan-girls all over him.

Scott and I met when he briefly dated my infamous acquaintance Joanna, but there’s always been something I really like about him. When you listen, you’ll see he is one of those rare types that doesn’t come along often, and it was great to chat with him.

I’ll add that we welcome an important person back to the podcast, although you’ll have to listen closely to catch her. Welcome back Amie, we missed you!

Stay Loose,

J. David Keam

When I first thought about doing this podcast, I immediately thought about today’s guest. It is a thrill to get him on the show.

Kevin Birch is a Chef, an entrepreneur, and an all-around great person. He is half of the team behind chefsearth.ca, which he founded along with his wife. Kevin and I worked together, briefly, six years ago, and I can’t think of a time when it wasn’t fun. He is a man of insight and depth too. He has given me great advice that has had a profound impact on my life.

Join us as we get caught up. It’s been a while since we last spoke. Also, maybe it’s just me, but this guy has a great voice!

Oscar Wilde said, “a dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world.”

There are many ways to interpret this, but I like to think that he was saying, oftentimes the punishment is also the reward. Sometimes bad things happen but they are also good things, and vice versa.

Either way, this was supposed to be a great podcast. This episode was going to be our chance to finally talk to an OnlyFans content-creator. The Loose and Conversational Podcast has questions about this website, and we were finally going to hear from someone in the know.

Then our guest didn’t show up.

We had a bad feeling when an email and then a text went unanswered. We still went ahead and got ready. 5 pm came and went, and no guest arrived. What were we to do?

We poured ourselves a little Pink Whitney and recorded anyway. Like Seinfeld and some of our earlier episodes, this isn’t about anything. Just two pals having a few drinks. It was fun though. It kind of got us back to why we started this podcast. Fun, loose conversations.

A word of warning. I do manage to offend Jenn at one point. I even considered taking the offensive part of the podcast out. You see, I was commenting on a phrase that was common when I was young. It was a different time, and I acknowledge that it is inappropriate now. I decided to leave the offensive word in the podcast. There is just something dishonest about ignoring the shadows of the past. I know this is not how people feel today. I apologize if you find it in poor taste.

But honestly, a lot of this podcast is done in poor taste.

Stay loose.

J. David Keam

Travis Ridgen is a goalie for Varberg HK, a Division 3 hockey team in Sweden.

We sat down with him during his cross-country search for open ice and grey market games of shinny. Sweden has started to lock things down a bit too, and they don’t have division 3 hockey anymore. Travis is back in Canada, but he is not just sitting on his ass. He is travelling this country by train and creating content on YouTube.

This podcast is exactly what you would expect if Jenn and I sat down with a twenty-something hockey player. Travis is a real character, and it was fun to shoot the shit with him for a while.
Enjoy the podcast and make sure you check out Travis’ YouTube channel.

Stay Loose friends,

J. David Keam

Ten episodes ago, we pledged to keep politics out of our podcast.

We felt there were other podcasts out there that talked about politics already. We didn’t want to create any division or have arguments.

Well, maybe just this once. As the sun sets on old Donald Trump, we wanted to talk to someone that supports the old sod. We ended up with a somewhat amicable discussion about not just Donald Trump, but maybe the death of conservatism in North America.

We hope you enjoy it!

Stay Loose,

J. David Keam