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There's so many different people. The sunlight is out. I feel awesome. I've been talking on the podcast so much about existential dread and crazy depressing shit, but I swear at my life in this moment. I'm basking in the sun. I'm surrounded by life, surrounded by people. I love it here. Without further ado, let's. Let's start talking to the people around this park. Let's do that. What is your name, man? Russell Whitehouse. We're getting the first and last name. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. Nice to meet you, Russell White House. Oh, Russell, could do me a favor? Just hold the mic up like. All right. Yeah. There we go. How's life, Russell? It's just been chilling. I kind of been, like, floating around. I was just in El Salvador for two weeks. I was just doing photography, videography, hanging out with people. Now I'm back here, I'm kind of waiting for my next job to pick up next month. So I'm just, like, floating around, basically. What. Why specifically El Salvador? Well, it was in the news. It's in the news for lots of things. Some good things, some controversial things, and it's very slept on as a country. They get very few tourists, like, especially non Latinos. So I just thought it would be interesting as well. And it was. Did you know anyone there, or did you just go alone with your camera? Yeah, I just went cold. Yeah, I hit up a few people on Reddit, though. Yeah? Yeah, yeah. I hung out with this guy on Reddit in his hometown, Santa Tecla. Wait, that's so cool, man. So wait, so you just. All right, so you were just like, fuck it, I want to go to El Salvador. I don't know anyone there, but there's this guy on Reddit who seems like he could be cool. You just hit him up and you guys met for the first time in El Salvador? Yeah. What subreddit did you meet this guy on El Salvador? What was. So did you make a post? Like, how did you. Were you like, hey, I'm. Yeah, yeah, like, hey, I'm looking to meet people. Well, I had several different posts. One I was looking for a motorcyclist. One I was looking for, like, a fixer, kind of. And then I made another post. Oh, you're good. Sorry, I was just. I was turning it down a little bit. You have a great. You have a nice projecting voice. Okay, so did you. So you found your fixer? Yeah, yeah, he helped me out with some interviews. I was interviewing people about this political situation there. Okay, do you do. So you do a lot of interviews, like, around. You're, like an investigative journalist? Like, not a lot, because I'm a freelancer, but, like, I try to do what I can, like, pick up stuff. Photography, I write essays, movie reviews, interviews, videography, concerts. I do a little bit of everything. Okay, what. What did you learn when you went to El Salvador? Hmm? Like, do you have, like, could you be more specific? All right, sure, sure, sure, sure. Did you learn anything interesting about the human condition by going to El Salvador? Did you learn anything interesting about humanity? Well, I feel like, the Salvadoreno mindset is, like, I feel like it's been shaped by the trauma of the recent violence that they had. They used to have one of the highest murder rates on the planet for many years. Now it's one of the safest countries in the world. But I feel like there's a little bit of trauma in terms of, like, I feel like the average Salvadoreno has a little bit of, like, shyness around strangers, just being a little cautious a little bit. But at the same time, they're very friendly people, and, like, they. They mind their business. So, like, overall, they. They are great people. I mean, friendly enough that they would show around a stranger from Reddit, you know? Yeah, yeah. The, like, people just randomly come up to me, like old people, especially when I would be hanging around, like, one of the barrios, they would just say. They would just say hi. Like, in the city center, they are more, like, metropolitan, like, more to themselves. Like, in the barrios, I. I felt welcome. I felt safe. Safe, cool. I was in some of, like, the most low income, I would say, barrios in San Salvador, and I never felt in danger. I felt welcome. So it was a great experience. Have you. Is that something you've done before? Just go in RAW to some. Somewhere. Tell me more. Where else have you been? Yeah, we were talking off camera about this hat. I got this hat in Kazakhstan. Yeah. What was it like in Kazakhstan? For a whole month, it was basically the same deal. I just went in raw. Well, technically, I had an assignment. I had to do, like, a few reporting things around their elections. I was supposed to do that for three days, but I love the country so much that I stayed a whole month and I was just, like, hanging around, like, chilling, exploring. And Kazakhstan has the friendliest people I've ever met by far. Wow. Like, incredibly friendly. Even though my Russian is awful. Like, absolutely awful. And, like, the young people in Kazakhstan, like, a lot of them speak some English. We're not, like, fluent, but they are so welcoming, friendly, outgoing. There were multiple times was I, like, at, like, a cafe, and people would just buy me food. Really? Yeah. Huh. It happened a couple times. I didn't ask. Like, one time I was having trouble with the Apple Pay thing, and the guy just paid for it. Wow. Completely unprompted. But yeah, the Kazakh people, extremely friendly, intelligent, hardworking. They have a scholarship program where if they can get into any university worldwide, the government pays for it. So there's a lot of Kazakhs at, like, Oxford, Harvard, usc, all over. So they're very smart people. Very kind people. How. When did you start doing things like this? Like going on adventures and documenting them and meeting folks. Sorry, one sec. I'm just making sure. Great. Okay, continue, sir. Probably like three years ago, I developed like Wanderlust because I started watching a lot of vloggers on YouTube and Instagram. People would go like, all over and like, do different kinds of things, interact with people in different ways. Like you. Like you, for instance. I've watched a lot of your videos. Oh, cool. It was kind of inspirational, like the way you and like other creators, like, interact with like strangers in different environments in different ways. So that, that was like one of the big inspirations to start. Like, like traveling to different places and like doing different kinds of things with strangers. And I'm trying to do more of that. We're playing a little bit of inspiration tennis right now because I'm. I'm feeling very inspired by your stories now. You know, I want to go to check out El Salvador and Kazakhstan and where, where else is on your list, man? All over Africa. Yeah. Yeah. Southeast Asia, More of Latin America. Basically the quote unquote, global South. Yeah. That interests me more than the west because I've been living in the west my whole life. Where are you from? I was born in Colombia, Bogota. But I grew up in New York, so I'm kind of like. They would call me a no sabo kid. I'm pretty like, Americanized. Where do you still live? In New York? Yeah, yeah. And what is it? Say that again. No sab. No sabo. What does that mean, a no sabo kid? Like someone like, born in Latin America, but they grew up in the US So they're pretty like Americanized. Westernized. Like, honestly, that would be like how you classify me objectively. And then so in your travels and in your attempts to. Yeah. Interact with strangers and go crazy places and whatnot, what kind of difficulties have you encountered? What's been like the most. Yeah. Hardest part of doing that for you, other than the travel costs? It would be hard to say. I mean, I haven't really had like any bad experiences traveling. Even like a. I guess not bad, but like, even like emotionally, like cuz, you know, I've gone on, you know, trips like that where you're alone and you know, again, trying to like. Yeah. Interface with, with people and there is like a challenge of, of like putting yourself out there and like having the confidence to do something like that. But it seems like it comes naturally to you. Yeah. I never hesitated. Even in Kazakhstan, where I barely spoke any Russian. I just, like, dove in head first. I never, like, I don't really get homesick or, like, intimidated by, like, foreign environments. I never, like, it never daunted me, honestly. Have you always been like that? Like, when you were growing up, were you pretty good at, like, just going up to people and talking to them and whatnot? Ironically? No, because I was an extremely sheltered kid. The people who raised me were very, like, they sheltered me intentionally. And also in middle school, I was kind of the outcast. But then in high school, it flipped. I accidentally became one of the most popular kids in my high school because I just started, like, going up to people and like, hanging out with people. The football players, the basketball players, the emos. I would just, like, go up to them in high school. And I accidentally became one of the most popular kids in my high school. So that was kind of like the impetus. Also, I started leaving and sneaking out of the house to hang out with friends in high school. So I started becoming a lot more outgoing and adventurous in high school. And your parents, you said they like, kind of, like, sheltered you intentionally, right? Yeah, my mother, she had, like, good intentions, but she was, she's a very paranoid person. Yeah. And when I was a baby, the crime rate in my neighborhood was much higher, so that always stuck with her. So she liked to keep me very sheltered and focused on academics, so I didn't really have any, like, sleepovers. She deliberately kept me out of sports, so I didn't start taking up sports until high school. And also the sports was a good way to meet people as well. She had good intentions, but I was very sheltered until high school, basically. And are your, are your folks over in Columbia? Are they here in New York? Yeah, right now they're in the suburbs. Not, not that far away. Okay, cool. How did, now I'm curious about how do they feel about all these, like, adventures that you're going on. Does your mom get paranoid about you going to Kazakhstan or El Salvador? Yeah, when I told her I was going to Kazakhstan, she was a little hesitant, but I explained that it's one of the nicest countries in Central Asia. I told her this before I left. Like, they have a quarter trillion dollar gdp, low crime, like, relatively, like, good, like personal civil liberties for, like, Central Asia. So I told her this, and she was a little, like, she was a little assuaged. Yeah, I, I, I also, I have that thing where, like, you, you almost kind of like get, get like a hit of adrenaline from telling your mom you're gonna go do something that Makes her paranoid. Like, if you're. If. If whatever you're gonna do, if it worries your mom, it's almost like a signal that you're like, all right, I'm heading in the right direction. Yeah. Kind of an Oedipus type of thing. Because I was so sheltered as a kid, it was kind of fun, like, sneaking out of the house, doing, like, crazy things in high school, and then. So I kind of, like, empathize with what you're saying. Yeah, yeah. Do you still have a good relationship with your folks living out in the suburbs? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Like, we talk about my travels and, like, different things. What's your ultimate dream for this. For this life, I suppose. Well, again, like, you're one of my bigger inspiration, so I want to, like, make what I already do. I make, like, content, but, like, my content oriented around interacting with strangers, going different places. More of that at, like, a bigger scale. Oh, shit. Hold on. The sign. The sign just fell. We're getting a nice, cool breeze of water from the fountain. Yeah, it feels good. It's just enough that it doesn't drench us, but it mists us. That's awesome. So you post on YouTube. Where do you post? Where can the people find you? I want to. I want to shout you out mostly. IntPolicy Digest.org. sorry, slow down. Say that again. IntPolicy Digest.org. that's where most of my content goes. INT. How do you spell that? I N T, P O, L, I C Y, D, I G, E S T dot O, R, G. So and this is like. So you have your own website where you're putting this on like, this. Is this your website or is this, like, a company? Editors there. I don't, like, own it. Okay. So you see work. You work for this website? Yeah, it was more. Early on, I was, like, more into just, like, writing, but now I'm doing more, like, photography and videography. Nice. Nice. Cool, man. Where. If you like your. What's your number one place that you want to go to do videography and photography? Just one, I guess. The top one. Like, the one that you're like, all right, like, if. Like, if you had a week to live, you know, and that you only have one other place that you could go before, you know, where would you go? I guess West. West Africa, Nigeria, Ghana, Senegal. If I had to dream just one. Well, cool, man. Like, I. Like. I'm saying I'm. I'm very flattered to hear that the gecko is. Is an inspiration, because I'm inspired. I'm inspired by you, man. So again, it's inspiration. Tennis. Keep. Keep doing great work, man. Yeah, likewise. Is there anything else you want to say to the people of the computer before we go? Yeah, yeah. Just don't be afraid to explore. Could be, like, a couple hours out. It could be El Salvador. It could be Brazil, Kazakhstan. If you're an American especially, you have the most powerful passport on the planet. That is true. You could go so many places without even needing. Needing a visa. So don't be afraid to explore. What's your name again, man? Russell Whitehouse. Russell Whitehouse. Russell Whitehouse. Thank you very much for talking, man. This was great. I'll. I'm gonna. I'm gonna check out. I'm gonna. I'll re. Watch the footage and check out that website. I really want to see your stuff. Kick ass, man. Thank you very much. See you, Russell. Going on. What's your name, dude? I'm Oni. Oni. Nice to meet you, Oni. How you. I don't know if this is kosher to say, but it, like, we were. I was setting up and, you know, actually, I won't call you out. No, you. Oh, okay. All right. Okay. We were setting up and you came over to me and you were like, hey, man, I've seen your stuff on the Internet. I was like, oh, thanks, man. And then you came back over with an eighth of weed and you gave it to me, and I was like, oh, that's so nice. Do you, like. Do you. Is that. Did you grow that or is that yours, man? It's. It's our brand, man. It's called University AZA420. So my brother, he started a brand called Urban Exotics, and like, like, things has been booming, so now we're just, like, expanding. So now here comes us with the University aza. We're giving back to the students that helped supported us in the beginning. Can you do me a favor? Just hold the mic up? Yeah, There we go. So, yeah, everything is more of, like, great deals and giving back to the communities that help us build this empire in general. But tell me about the. Tell me about the cannabis biz. I'm curious. When did you start getting into it? I mean, essentially, we always been into it as, like, teens and, like, young adults. But, like, really, like, me and my brothers, we started an entertainment business. We started, like, a music group that turned into a label. Cool. Like, so, like, now, like, we peaked at that, and we're expanding from there. Now we're just going to New Ventures and new ways to like, expand what was the music group. It's called Original Nothing and the label is called or Nothing Records. Nice, nice. What kind of music you guys make? A little bit of everything, but like primarily like hip hop, R and B. Like, we have a couple live, live instrument artists like Zachary Durham. He plays the trumpet. We got like, we got M4 on the beats. Like, he's like, good at producing. So everything is like, in house. Cause like, kind of our, like our community. Because Org stands for organized. Oh, there we go. I left the signs. Nope. I need to put some rocks in the bottom of the sun. Sorry. Go ahead. Organize, radiate and grow. So like, we organized with the community because we had a vision. We got the people together, we started grinding. Now we're elevating. We're living better. We're living great. I mean. And so you do the cannabis stuff with your brothers as well? Yes, because I'm more. I'm more of like media and like artist management. And how many. How many guys is. Is it? Two. You have two brothers? Three. Um, the. The founders is. Is my. Me and my other two brothers. Cool, man. Like, like the artistries. We got like at least 12. What's. What's the dynamic between you and your brothers? Because that's a really nice thing to have, you know, be. Be doing business with your family and like, have other people to. Because as you know, the. The entrepreneurial journey. Very lonely one. It's great to have family with you. It's complicated. But tell me more. Like, we're all not. We're all. We're all about the great, the. The uplifting of our self in our business. Yeah, we're all individual people. So like, everybody has their own journey to go on while like, we're building his business. It is times we. Class times we like took breaks from talking. But like, at the end of the day, we always come back from bills for business. And once we come back, we always settle everything out the way and then we come back better. So it's just like as years of like us trying to grow as a business, also us trying to grow as individuals and when our. Within ourselves. So tell me, what would you say is like the number one or even a few different ways in which you feel like this, this journey has grown you as an individual? Oh my God. How hasn't it? Like, for me, like, in like, personally, like, I was more of like the. The knucklehead, the rep arouser. So I was getting trouble. I'm like actually doing Great things. But I'm also getting in trouble. What kind of rabble were you rousing? Stuff around here. Stuff around, like he's. Sure, sure. A lot of trouble. Sure, sure, sure. I did. I went away for a while and like it took that for me to actually understand myself to. And, and that's the crazy part. Like, yeah, it's an unfortunate word, like, you know, get caught up. But like it took that for me to actually sit down and understand myself because I really, I didn't have much to do. I graduated high school early on, college, started a business. All I had to do was work out and just like focus on myself. So now I know myself and I know the things. My likes, my dislikes, my life feeling like things that's, that's core to your mental development. Like I had plenty of ego deaths. I had plenty of moments where I was up and down. But it all comes with experience and also comes with learning. You said you have plenty. You've had plenty of ego deaths. What it, what is. What does an ego death feel like for you? It's a very, very humbling experience. Yeah. A very humbling experience. Yeah. Was this a drug induced ego death or just like a, like a general life meditation? I, I had, I had movements of both like, like taking, silent taking like mushrooms or like, like other psychoactors. But really like going through life and I actually like having to go through your trials and tribulations actually is, is more clear than any other drug than there is. Yeah, yeah. No, people think you can just like take acid and then it'll change, you know, whatever. No, you have to like be in your life. Yeah, yeah. You really do. Like. Yeah. So it's just more like, it's just more of like at times or I'm thinking I'm bigger than programming life knocks me right back down the peg. So it's just like feeling like you can, you can't really be bigger than the program. There's nothing bigger than the program. I would. You know, it's funny, I was thinking about like the concept of the ego death and it's like, I guess for me it feels like the, the full knowledge that like what you understand as the self and what you understand as you is like so small compared to the greater universe that you're a part of. And it kind of. That comes. That's like kind of a scary thing because that your ego and yourself is the only thing you can fucking grasp on to. And if you can't grasp onto that, you feel like you're Falling in endless abyss. And it's just like you're just lost in a source. You don't know what to do. You don't know where you're going. But then you cut, but you come, you come back out of it and you come back into yourself. Yes. And you're a little happier. I, I, at least I, I felt that way after having, like, an ego death. Yeah, I, I'll be honest, because it's, the thing is like insanity or madness is like the attempt to repeat the same actions that's putting you back in that predicament. Right. So, like, if you don't learn for you from that experience, you didn't really like your egos and really isn't dead. It's just in limbo. You just like, like, like, like coddling, like, the truth. You can't coddle the truth of, can't coddle the truth of life. You can't, you can't, like, you can try, you can try to coddle the truth of life. That's being delusional. If I want to be delusional, I just rather play the Sims than be a sim. Well, that's what people do. They, they, they. I say people as if it's not me doing that. I'm total, I coddle the truth of life all the time by playing Nintendo and eating sandwiches and stuff. But is it more of, like, coloring, or do you just, like, you have an outlet to, like, escape? Like, yes, an outlet to escape, like, because coddling, like, when I say coddling is more of like, the, the unacceptance of that truth. You're like, you're either, regardless of, regardless of the situation, you're always going to think this is the right way or this is like, what do you, what do you think? So let me ask you this. When you say, like, coddling of the truth, like, is there a truth or a reality that you feel as though maybe you personally coddled for a long time and then came to accept, like, a, like a fact of reality? Oh, yeah, I definitely did. What's an example of one? Like, okay, at one point in time, I was a real, I was a real, like, piece of shit. Like, like, oh, I'm like, like, how can I say? Like, more of like my, in, like my, my wording or the things I deflect off the people. Like, it's just more of like, I try to push people away. Yeah, yeah. A coddling, like, coming to terms of like, oh, I've been like, a jerk to folks. Yeah, yeah. And it's like, instead of, like, taking the accountability is more of like, nah, you'll be all right. Or like, you know, I'm just saying this because, like, you know, this is how I am. Like, oh, this is the things I've been through. Yeah. This is my defense mechanisms. Like, yeah, sometimes you gotta. And it took. And it took certain things to happen for me to be like, I can't hold everything in or I can't be the type of person to be like, only give you a part of my life or like, I'm trying to, like, solely trust you, but also give you that same, like, divulginess of information or like, that same reciprocation without having to be like a. Like a Rocky Raccoon in a sense. Like the level bull jerk. Yeah. Oh, yeah, sure, sure, sure. I empathize with Rocket Raccoon only because he's. We're. We're both technically critters. Yes. What did you say your name was again? Oni. Oni. Hmm. Owning. What are you. What are you getting up to today? Only I'm just like, a little bit more promotion for the brand. I'm just, like, also just enjoying the sunshine. Like, just trying to vibe with the people. Like, that's been my new thing. Trying to, like, reintegrate myself back into, like, small talk, casual conversations, meeting new people. Yes. Like, yeah. Trying to bring. Trying to bring down the wall just reasonably enough. Yes. Yes. You don't want to put up too many walls. If you isolate yourself, you'll go crazy. Yeah. You want to interface with people. It's. It's. I think probably the meaning of life is to just talk to folks. Like, even in any way. Even in any small way, like, wave. Waving at somebody or just being like, sometimes like. I'm not gonna lie. I'm like. I'm. I'm like a clothing person. So I see some. My thing. New thing now is I see something I like someone wearing. I. I should say it. Like, yeah. Because sometimes we be so. Like, especially being a brawn bread New Yorker, we're so, like, just like, individualized. Like, we're like, people don't talk to each other. Like, so it's just like, you know, I'm. Peep you from a distance. I might like it, but I'm. It look like I'm just grilling you not. Hey, yo, I'm not gonna lie. That's fire. Would you give that from. Feel me? Like, it's just that it makes a whole day. It makes a whole life. Someone be like, hey, I Like your shirt. Definitely. Oni, is there anything else you want to say to the people, the computer before we go, man? Listen, everything is great. You gotta organize radiant growth. That's it, man. Or nothing. Records organize, radiate and grow, man. What? Two people in a row who have orgs pretty crazy. Crazy. Oni, thank you very much for talking, man. I really appreciate it all. I'm gonna smoke some of this weed that you gave me and I'll let you know how it is. Definitely tap in. Take care, honey. Thank you very much for talking, man. I. I liked that guy. That is true is. I do think the meaning of life is wrapped up somehow in telling someone that you like their shirt. It's very simple stuff. I mean, this. That's why I like doing this is. It's kind of the. It's kind of my own way of getting to interface with the world and get to share it with other people. So let's keep doing this. Keep talking to people. What is. What is your name? I'm Ava. Ava, nice to meet you. How's life, Eva? What's up? Life is beautiful right now. I'm really enjoying the weather. I love being in Washington Square Park. It's the. It's great. There's. I. I love this fucking place, man. I really want to play chess. Hey, what's up, man? I really want to play chess with one of those people over there. I would love to know how to play chess. One game that I wish that they played more out here is Scrabble, because that's something I would say that I'm pretty good at. What's. Give me your all time Scrabble play. What word did you get? Something with a Q. Something in one of the corners that gets you like a triple. Oh, yeah, Triple word for sure. Yeah, yeah, it's all. It's nice to have a cue. So, Ava, what's the meaning of life? You know, recently I've been feeling like in such a crazy time with so much uncertainty, the meaning of life really does become your personal journey of resilience that you face and how you begin to kind of listen to the aspirations that you had when you were younger and pursue them and be yourself despite a world that's kind of in an epidemic of hate. And as. As cheesy as this sounds, I think that a lot of people are scared of coming off as cringe right now because that's something in my generation that has become a massive issue is like this kind of jumping onto hatred every time someone is deemed slightly unconventionally. Quirky or annoying, it's kind of become cringe. And I think that in spite of all of that, you really have to love yourself, follow through with what makes you you and what really interests you and floats your boat. Bro, I've been on a kick for a while. I've been saying this for a while. I think being, like, being annoying, even if you are really annoying is not that bad. You know what I mean? Like, be like, there's so much worse things to be than annoying. You could be insidious or, like, malicious, but just like, being kind of fucking annoying. It's not that bad. And that's the things that we actually deem as, you know, when a woman kind of is annoying in our society, that's what we really, like, pick at and just make into an entire Internet meme instead of the people that are actually causing, like, systemic oppression in our, you know, in our nation. I. Do you feel like people are afraid of. Of being cringe? Like, is that something you experience in your life? So. But I also think that the people that do take risks are the one that do end up with a higher success rate in their lives. Of course. Yeah. But I do, I have noticed that we are in an epidemic of nonchalance. And that's something that I don't agree with. We're in an epidemic of nonchalance. What makes you feel like we're in an epidemic of nonchalance? I think that believing so firmly in trends and hopping onto trends and not listening to what actually interests you or what things actually shape your perception of who you are and what you like. But that's, you know, it's just, I think, something I've noticed anecdotally, I'm not sure how much research based anecdotally it. Well, because we're inundated with, like, so much information and the content that it's like you don't have a second to, like, think your own thoughts. Yeah, Like, I honestly even think that I talked about this in a fucking episode of this show recently. But it's like, yeah, you kind of need to be able to, like, not be ingesting any media so you can form your own thoughts and opinions and observations about life and allow yourself to be bored. It's spooky. I'm a little spooked by it. What, do you go to nyu? I do. I'm an English major. You're an English major? Okay. What? What? Give me a book. You like books? I do like books. The Overstory by Richard Powers is one of my favorite, as well as the series My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante. Super, incredible, incredible book series I'd highly recommend. What do you hope to do with your life, Eva? What's the dream? I've always really been interested in the creative fields. I love to write. I really have always enjoyed film, theater, art, acting. If I had it my way, I would go off and do a million side quests, pursue whatever creative thing I could. But I really enjoy writing poetry. I really think the publishing field is something I'd be interested in. I've done. I did teaching seventh graders for a few years, for some summer internships, but my pipe dream is to be in film, but I haven't really pursued that academically, so I'm not really sure what could come out of it. Oh, well, I'll tell you firsthand, as somebody who, quote, unquote, pursued film academically, that it is. You don't need to do that to make movies. You know, you can make with your phone and everything. Ava, is there anything else you want to say to the people at the computer before we go? Listen to your gut. Oh, we're in a little. We're going. A little splash. Be yourself and continue to question the world around you while you form your own assumptions about other people. Thank you for talking to a Gekko. Eva, I saw you over there smoking a cigar, looking all cool, and I was like, I gotta talk to this guy. What's your name, man? Z20. VVV. Real name? Zogre. Zongre. Zoe. Z O, E. Last name G, I, A, Y. I'm the oldest of eight kids. I'm 32 years old. You're the oldest of eight kids? What. What. What are. What are your siblings doing right now? Do they still live in New York? They still live in New York. They just don't step in the spotlight like I would. See? They don't step in the spotlight. They wouldn't step in. They wouldn't step over here near West 4 for anything. What have you. Have you had other opportunities besides just right now where you've stepped in the spotlight? I had times where I could just stay. Stay in prison, But I decided not to. Huh? What. What did you. So you said you had times where you could have stayed in prison but decided not to? Yeah. What was it that made you decide not to? Word play. And the way I do things on stage. What do you do on stage? Make music. What do you make music about? Almost about everything that comes to mind. It's like, all genres, so it's not rap because they usually see a dark skinned person. They see rap. Nah, I do all genres. I even do. I stick up for the Muslims, the five percenters and everybody else. I even deal with the LGBTQ community. Like I go to the church and I stay there and I eat and they give me, give me food and clothes and this is the first time that I made music in years, you know what I'm saying? On the Voloco app. The Voloco app is free. It's for everybody. My name is Z20VV and I made over 300 tracks. What is it that inspires your music struggle? What kinds of things have you, have you struggled with that have inspired your music? Anxiety, you know, rejection and being the identity that I am. I'm opium, which is something that Playboi Carti is into. They say, they say it's not a sex. When I go to the LGBTQ community, they say, what are you? I say I'm opium. And I respect that they're who they are. But why they don't respect who I am. What do you mean by you are Opium? Opium is my lifestyle. Opium is my sex, my. I don't, I don't, I don't be around female females and all that all the time. I could, I just do straight music and work out all day and I be to myself. I'm kind of like, I'm kind of like if, if I was in a party, I'd be more like a bouncer more than partying. Yeah, yeah, yeah. But so you're, so you're watching over the party but not necessarily participating in it yourself. That's majority of time. Do you ever have the desire to participate in the party or you like exactly where you're at in the party? It happens at the same time that I'm protecting the party, but people don't notice it. So that makes me happier. Do you feel, you feel like you're protecting the party? I actually, I am. I don't feel it just embedded because that's just in my past life too. You said like struggling with anxiety and stuff. Is that something you've struggled with your whole life? Yeah, I got. I'm mental health and I'm autistic. What usually like in your life helps you deal with your anxiety? Frequencies. Frequencies. What kind of frequencies? Frequencies. In music. Do you typically feel like when you're making music, does the anxiety kind of go away? It does, it does. But there's always something a catch to music. It actually physically hurts me and my heart. Like it Pumps and all that. So fast. And I feel like every time I do a song, I'm gonna like, you know, fade out or pass out. Really? Yeah. Yeah, really. I feel like I'm gonna pass out every time I do a song. So it's like 300 songs I've been. I go, I'm past 300 songs already. So every time I do a song, I feel like I'm a pass out or like I'm about to go to hospital or something. Can I ask you more about that? Why do you. What is it that makes you feel so. Like what. What is it that gives you such a strong physical reaction when you're making music? The energy that I'm given to the vocal cords and everything. Oh, yeah. So like, I mean, physically, like, are you like really singing Loudly and from my heart and my. Using my mind and my heart. How long you been making music for? I've been making music for a month, making the music. But I've been doing this freestyling for years. Since I was 14 years old. You've been freestyling for years? Freestyling for years, but a whole month I've been making music. I don't want to put you on the spot, but if you so desire, would you want to do a freestyle? Yeah. Can I hear it? My 40 Keyston feel like the bottom I call center Feeling like you leading Kelly dreaming bottle Feel like you reading pulling a signage on my gold Jesus pieces I'm a reptilian so I'm sitting next to the geico my soul sido put ways up in a mido Hit a level cone and swears 30 plus phone nuts I don't got planes with whole stains and the old pains to peel on my drone chains upside down crosses fell losses three sixes fell off in the Coasters three V's that Z20 Vision Coalition feel like somebody get hummy Feeling a dawn vision Thought I would blood a kirk because I was wearing colors Fell off somebody travel hard feeling to these brothers I'm the oldest of eight Feeling like somebody lose a plate this is easy talking about somebody kill loser Grace, that was great. I like that. You, you, you, you. You referenced the reptilian. Because I'm halfway. Or is. Is being half white being half reptilian? Yes. Interesting. What. What else. What else do you know about Reptilians? That they have power too. I have. I have both sides the story. What was I gonna say? Oh, there's bubbles. I'm an Aries too. I'm here at Aries. What Is. I'm not a big, like, astrology guy. What is. What. Like what. What are the traditional traits of an Aries that you identify with? Aries is a God of war. He steps in enemy lines, and he's the first person to ask questions, and. And he's the first person to do stuff and ask questions later. He's in the first enemy lines, and everybody else just falls in place. But every horoscope wants to try to be above an Aries, but it's hard to say that we're the first in the horoscope. We're the main people. Everybody else, we just let y'all. I mean, do y'all do. What are you. What are you most proud of in life? I'm proud of not having any kids right now. Interesting. What makes you feel proud of not having any. Any kids? Because I saw my mom and my father went through. Hmm. Do you. Do you desire to have kids at some point in your life with somebody that. That, That's. That's like. I don't want a normal person because a normal person is aggravation. Like a normal person is gonna do dirty. So I'd rather have a person that's astronomy, you know, I want a very person that's out of this world, you know? Interesting, Interesting. Where do you feel like. Have you ever met a person? Matter of fact, I'm from the Bronx, too. Oh, yeah? Well, have you met. Have you ever met a person that you feel like is out of. Out of this world in the. In the way that you're describing? Not even just like in a romantic sense, but like, even like a friend or a mentor, any. Anything like that? Basically, actually Cooking with Kyra. So one more time. Cooking with Kyra. Cooking with Kyra. Yeah. Cooking with Kaya. Who's. Who's cooking with Kaya? She's. She's on the Internet. She's on YouTube and everything. And she gave me inspiration because she did so many videos. So I started doing my little live me and. And my little Beagle. I'm on Beagle too, so. And I do Vloko, so I've been sharing social media. She started. She. When she started her stuff, I really took a look at it. Not because of her gyrating, her body, because how much social media she has made in her life. Why Voloco and what's the other. What's the other one be? So the Beagle and Biggle, why not just, like, Instagram and YouTube? Because Beagle is where the music is at. This got a billion artists and A billion beats, a billion people loving your stuff. It's. It's passing with people. Like on your Facebook. See, I share my music with Veloco through Face. I've got on. I get on Vloko, do my music. Send madam my music to Facebook. So I got more views. They listening to my music. They. I got people in Nigeria listening to my music right now. So what? So if the people, people listening to this want to find you, they'll find you on Veloco. Yeah, they found me on YouTube too. Okay. And what's, what's, what's the name? Z20VVV. Z20VVV. My first song is called MER and it's called. And then the next song is called Sex Body Respect. I got like 10 songs on there already. I got r4. I got chiropractory videos. Yeah, well, like chiropractor videos. Yeah, there's a guy like, where you're like, no, no, there's a guy, he has a lot of. He does good in chiropractor and people like that, like, you know, cracking backs and stuff like that. Does he crack. He cracks your back? No, he cracks other people's backs. Like. Like. Like famous people. You know what I'm saying? So it's like I network with a lot of people that are already up there, but I don't have to be like, oh, I need their money to be good. I could give somebody a thousand dollars and they rich already because I chill with them because I know what they doing. What's your. What's your ultimate dream in life, man? Where do you. What's your greatest ultimate dream? Is everybody networking with each other? Yeah. Yeah. Everybody network with each other? Yeah. Do you believe in, like a collective consciousness of any kind? Like we all kind of are each other? Yes. A big one. It doesn't matter who you are. It doesn't matter what you wear, who you is, what kind of sex. Y'all show a network with each other because I don't know what. Y'all just walk around each other. Y'all don't want to talk to each other. If I walk around right now, nobody gonna talk to me because they don't want to. They. They see a dark skinned person, they don't open their mouth. But when they see. Even when a white person, they, they. It's the same thing. They just scared. People are just scared all over. It's New York City. People don't know people. If you. Oh, if you talk to somebody right now, they gonna want to. They think it's always some wish a catch behind it. When I'm trying to share this app, nobody want to get on. It's free money on Beagle. You could do a Beagle live right now instead of you scrolling on Facebook for nothing. There's wow apps out here that you can make money on and people out here selling a whatever. All right, I gotta check out Beagle. Beagle. Good on the local if you want to do music. Or you could check out other people's music. There's thousands of people. You laughing, you're laughing. But there's mad people that got music. Got scouts on there that's looking for people. I don't doubt you. I don't. I don't. I don't doubt. I don't doubt you at all. The local app is. Where is that? What's your name again, man? My name is Z20VV. Z20VV. Thanks for sitting down and talking with me, man. I appreciate it. Is there anything else you want to say to the people before we go? Anything at all? I want. I want you to just think about what I said and be positive and God is within you. You know the vibes. God bless you, man. Thank you for calling or calling. Thank you for sitting down. Chatting, man. Hey, folks. 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Is that a recent thing where you've had nothing to complain about, or have you always. No reason. Last few years, my friends, Nico, Adam, I come out, they give me cigarettes, iced coffee. I lay out in the sun with the music. No one got it better than me. I tell you how. What are you doing today, man? You know, I was out in Vegas because my mom passed. She was 90. It's okay. She was 95. She had great grandchildren, lived a long life. So I got together with my brother, my two sisters, my nephews, my niece. We bonded, had a lot of love, family time. And I came back later last week, but I've been like, jet lags, sleeping for days in Queens. So my friend said, come out, party. I was like, yay, summer. What. What do you like to do when you're partying, man? You know, I got friends here for many years. I just hang out. They bring out the guitars, the drums. I get cigarettes, I get coffee. We get weed. We have a party, man. Yeah, look. Yeah. So you said that you have nothing to complain about, but it wasn't always like that. No. I used to just stay in bed with depression for years. But then, you know, one day I woke up, I said, the sun's out. I'm going to get the fuck out. Smile at people, just hang out. So. So I'm very curious about that because, you know, I think a lot of people definitely listen to this podcast who have, like, struggled with depression and whatnot. And you're telling me you just woke up one day and like, what. What was. What's kind of been your process of things? You know, I was young. I was in. See, I was hanging out here in the 80s, but I was doing a lot of acid. So, you know, I flipped out at 17. I was in a psych ward, but they gave me Depakote, which is a medication for manic depression. So I sailed in, I met a girl, we got an apartment, I went back to school, had a good life for many years, but she was on dialysis for three years, so I gave her a kid kidney. Now I was sober for three years. But then when, after the surgery, they said, here, here's some morphine. So for years I was taking the pills and stuff, and now I just smoke the weed and I'm okay. No anxiety, you know, I said to my doctor, hey, give me some Valium out of it. He's like, nah, you pop them like candy. You Got the weed. You're good. So I see him. He gives me the difficult, you know, it's like, get out of here. Robert, could you do me a favor? If you're talking, like, just hold the mic up, okay? I'll try to apologize for it. So how long you been doing this? I've been doing this for about five years. Okay. And you have a master's in social work? Oh, no, I have a master's in nothing. I'm just a crazy guy. That's cool. I went back to school to be a phys ed major. I was playing a lot of tennis, volleyball, softball. Cool. But then I failed chemistry and need the sciences, so I started hanging out, volunteering with some blind people, met some people in the park. It's an easy life, man. It's a good life. Dude, this is. I truly like, this might be the best park on the whole planet. I. I love this park so much. You know, I'm by. I lived in by Flushing Meadow and Flushing, Queens for years. And I was telling people, it's nice with the Unisphere. They got miniature golf, a lot of land, a lake. But it's not the same city where you got art, culture, you know, music, history, everything down here, you know? So I. Even though it's an hour and 15 minutes by bus and train in a good weather, I'll just hang out in the city all night and party, you know, with my friends. We live large, man. How? I guess tell me more about, like you said. Yeah, like, it's a process, like getting over depression. Like, what. What would you say have been, like, all the different parts of your process, you know? I was alone for many years, but then I met a girl. And she loved me. She wanted the best of me. And then after she passed, I was hanging out in the park all the years, you know, I come down here sometimes. Always. Some music would cheer me up and my friends. And then I met Nico and he hooked me up with Adam and they did my portrait of my Grand Central Station somewhere came over and she was like, yo, you look like a crazy character. I want to put you in a movie. So they put me in an extra with Timothee Chalamet in a movie coming out next year called Marty supreme about some crazy ping pong player that won gold and he was like a character in a village. And they cut my hair, though I had good hair. So like for two days, it was 12 hours a day, just standing around. They dressed me up as a 50s, these peasants. And then they said, don't come in the third day, you get paid. I made like 750 for like three, two days. And then it's coming out. I don't know if I'll get red carpet, but I tell I'm gonna get some popcorn and hang out, man. What's the name of this movie again? What's it called? Marty Supreme. Right? Yeah, Marty Supreme. Did you get to meet Timothy Chalamet? No, because he can't talk to him. But he was in a scene. He ran up a fire escape gate, came down, stole some money. The cops backed up after him, knocked a little watermelon, caught the watermelons everywhere. I'm just hanging out in the street. Fran Drescher and another actress was in the shoe store. I didn't see them, but it was just a lot of fun. And Nico actually was coming through the city on his bike, and he just stopped by, said, well, what? He died? Said, I'm on set, man. He gave me a few bucks of cigarettes. I was like, yo, it's like, good summer. And this summer is going to be great, man. What are your plans for the summer? You know, I don't know. The. Stay out late, enjoy the music, you know, I don't know what to do, man. It's just so good with the good weather because, you know, when it's like rainy and cold, I. I stay in Queens and I sleep and I watch a grass grow. It sucks, man. So I'm so excited to be out with my friends, having a great time. So just. You were. Were you born in New York? Yes, I grew up in Whitestone, Queens. You know it and how. I mean, it's a bit of a loaded question, but how has New York changed over the years? I know it's a loaded question, but I'm curious if you have, like, specific things that you've noticed are really, really different from when you were growing up. You know, in the 70s, I would hang out in Times Square. My dad would take me to and my friends to the movies and stuff. And you'd see people strung out and prostitutes and everything. And now it's all family cleaned up. So that's all different. I mean, I used to go over to Coney Island. My grandparents lived over there. And it was all, you know, dirty, strung out, everything. Now it's like. I went there last year. We went in sort of fireworks, boardwalk. It's good, man. New York's thriving now. Yeah, I. I guess so. I guess I'm actually even more curious about this. What's stayed the Same. It's always lot. There's always something happening, some movement with music or art. It's always on the edge, you know, before the rest of the world gets it. It's always happening in New York, right? You come here, it happens first, man. True. What's. Is there anything about like you said, you said you grew up like, mainly like in the 70s. Yeah, yeah. Born into 70. What it is, what is it about the 70s? Is there any particular aspect of the 70s that you miss the most? The Yankees had a great team in the late 70s. My father and sister would take me and my friends up to the Bronx. We'd get bleacher seats for A$50, get beer spilled all over us. It was great. Reggie Jackson, Ron Gidri. Come on, you know. I know. Yeah. And then the Mets had a run and see, I lived in Queens, near shave. But my dad grew up in the Bronx, so they would always take us to Yankee Stadium. And we had a ball, man, all the time. That's awesome, man. I love. I love that you're fucking enjoy. You seem so happy, man. You. I haven't. I mean, we. We actually. So I ran into you and Nico while I was setting up. And you haven't stopped smiling since I ran into you. I'm glad I tried to put out that vibe. I mean, Adam been doing portraits of me, small ones. He's working on a big one. And he was showing people when I first saw it. I said, oh, no, do I have a grimace? Because I don't want to portray that. And we're doing a survey with people because I don't. Is it a smile or a grimace? I want to portray that I'm smiling. You know, people not only smile, bagman. But that's all I got. What makes you the happiest in life right now? Just a good weather, cigarettes, coffee, friends knowing later on it will cool down. My friends will come out, the musicians. I'll lie around, have a good time. It's good in New York, man. I'm blessed. Yeah. I'll ask one more question. I don't know why, but I've been thinking about this a lot. What are you. What are you the most proud of? You know, my mom just passed and for years I used to bother her and fight with him, be like, ah, give me money, blah, blah, blah. But then the last few years, I went out and saw her and we made peace. And then she called me in the last two months before she passed away, and she was like, hey, are you seeing your friends in the city. Are you volunteering with the blind people? I was like, yeah. And she, my brother said it made her very happy that I'm doing well. So that's it, you know, It's a good life. That's beautiful, Robert. I, I, I love that you'll be hanging out here. We'll get some bud and smoke. You got that right. Yeah, yeah, I'll be hanging out afterwards. Dude. Is there anything else you want to say to the people of the computer before we go? Oh, I don't know. Who got some buds? I got cigarettes, but we gotta get some buds. I got three bucks, man. Yeah, we'll get high. That sounds awesome. Yeah, doing that. I'll see you at the party, brother. Thanks for talking to, man. I appreciate it. Thank you, man. Oh, you're right then. Oh, that was awesome. Hell yeah. I love that. I love that, man. God damn. Is it the simple things? God, I wish I had something more eloquent to say other than I just love this park and I love the nice weather and I love getting to talk to all these people. But that's, that's, that's really it. What's your name? One more time. Fardosa. What's up, Fardosa? I'm just being a gecko. Hanging out. Oh, sorry. For those, that. Can you just make sure when we're talking, if you hold the mic, like right here? Thank you. For those. Yeah, that's great. That's great. Are you, do you live in New York or are you from out of town? I am international. International student from Norway. So I've been here for like one and a half year. Oh, where in Norway? Like nearby the city? Oslo. Okay. I was in Oslo a couple years ago. Really? Yeah. Did you enjoy it? Yeah, it was cool. It was cool. No, it's not. I didn't. You know what? No, that's not a look of, I didn't enjoy. It's a look of. I wish I had a specific. I wish I had an Oslo thing. Oh. I mean, I did. I did a show there a couple years ago. It was a fun time where there's like a wharf area. Wharf? Yeah. War. What is worse? Like, like near, near water and stuff. Like boats and shit. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It was pretty cool. Well, okay, so you've been here for a year and a half now and give me, give me some differences between Oslo and New York. I think the biggest difference is like the people. Because here everyone is like, can do anything you want and nobody gives a fuck. But like, if you do that in like Norway in general, people will not like it. Really? Yeah, they will. Not everyone is like so just introvert in that country. And it's just like you cannot be yourself in a way. That's why the main thing I moved here, because I can like be whatever and nobody would give a fuck. Do you have any specific examples of like, things that you would be comfortable doing here in the States that you wouldn't be comfortable doing in Norway? Oh, like, you know those people that just like talk loudly. Yeah. In the buses and if you did that in Norway, people will hate you. No, they will literally, literally drag you. Like they hit that and just like, if you wear different clothings, they don't like that. A lot of people in Norway have like very specific outfits and if you are like out there showing more skin, then they're not gonna like it. You know, it is, it is cool, man. Like in like you could go be in the New York City subway and somebody could come on there blasting music and then like doing pull ups on the subway train or like spinning around or throwing. And no, and nobody gives a. And it's. There's kind of some beauty in that. Everyone is just kind of minding their own business. I mean, this park is a perfect example of like you could run around here fucking in your underwear and do whatever and there it's such a beautiful, like, there's so much expression going on. Whereas, yeah, you know, places in Asia and in Europe are not as much like that. That's, that's what I love about New York. Like you can do anything and nobody will care. But if you did that back home, you would have backlashes. So what do you, what are you studying? I'm studying acting. Studying acting? Yeah. What's your dream role? Oh, my dream role is to be the main lead in every movie. Hold on, hold on. The main lead in every movie? Yeah, that's my dream role. In every movie. Every movie. Even like shitty. Like, even like YouTube videos. Like every movie. I love YouTube videos. I'm trying actually to become those YouTube influencers nowadays. Okay, what do you want to make a YouTube influence about? Like, daily life, you know, vlogs. I love that. Okay. I don't like when people like look down on those YouTube videos. I find that so funny when people like put themselves out there. And I like, I adore that. I guess, like you there is. And it's funny because I was just talking to someone else about this about like, like people have a adversion to being cringe. Oh, people have an aversion to being cringe. People have an aversion to putting themselves out there and it's like, why? There's no real point. It depends. Like, what do you find cringe? What do I find cringe? There's very little that I actually, maybe there is a little bit that I find cringe. But I thought like, like, like I don't like like drama YouTube people or like people who like all their like content is about like this. Oh yeah. Person or whatever. People that just like hate on other people. Yeah. But I do find people that put themselves out there. Yeah. I love those people. Even though if other people find it cringe. Them. Yeah. But if they like, like those coupley videos. I don't like those videos. Which videos? Those people that are pretending to be a couple on YouTube. Oh, sure, sure, sure. Well, okay, actually, I'll say this. I don't know if I find. I don't know if cringe is the right word, but I don't, I don't like people who like, like, like family vlog. Oh, no, I hate that. Yeah, no, I do 100 believe that people that below 18 should not be online posting. You know, those family people are like five year old, those children. Yeah, I don't like that. Although I. So I first started doing YouTube in 2008 when I was 10. But that was different because when I. In 2008, if you were making YouTube videos, nobody would, I mean, maybe, but like nobody would see them. Like the, the algorithm and the way that things worked back then was not the way it is now because you could be 10 years old fucking around on TikTok and just go viral like that fucking like the Rizzler. Like, I think like, like, like, like the Rizzler is like. It's kind of fucked up, you know, like the whole thing is like, you know, I don't know, just like there's something weird about like whoring out like a nine year old. Yeah. And then the fact that the people find it like cute watching 9 year olds make videos is just gross to me. What? Okay, so what. Who's your, as an actress. Who's your like favorite actor? Yeah, yeah. Right now it's because I just finished you. So I have to say. Ben Badgley. Who is that? The guy on Gossip Girl, you know? Okay. Ben Batchley. Yeah. He played like Dan Humphrey and he's like playing Joe Goldberg. He did such an amazing job on you and I 100. You should watch it. You will literally love it. All right. Such an amazing. I'll check that out. What's. What's. Let me see. Well, in the future, do you see yourself going back to Oslo or you're going to stay here? No, I'm going to stay here. I love New York. I want to live here for the rest of my life, so I'm going to stay here. Rock and roll, man. Yeah. What's. Where do we go when we die? Ooh. The thing is, I am. I am Muslim, so I already know where I'm going. Tell me more. So either hell, heaven or hell. Yeah. Or. So I. If you're a good Muslim, of course you're going to go to, like, heaven. If you die, there's. There's two options. You go to hell or you go to heaven. So if. If you get a. An egg and cheese sandwich at the bodega, and then you. You take a bite, you look, there's bacon on it. Are you going to hell? Oh, no, no. That's not how it works. The thing is, you cannot control something that you don't have control over. Okay? So if you eat something that you don't know, like, if you eat pork by accident, that's okay, but you don't. You don't have to, like, punch yourself in the face ten times or something like that. So dramatic. Okay. Like, if you do something by accident or, like, you don't intend to do it, that's totally, totally fine, you know, like, go to hell for it. Hold on, I have to sneeze. Like, okay, I might be completely making this up right now, but I'm. I'm. I grew up Jewish. And, like, there's all these, like, rituals where, like, you're carrying a Torah around. And I think there's some shit where, like, if you drop the Torah, you have to, like, kiss it a thousand times. Or like, if you drop, like, a Sidor, you have to kiss it a bunch of times. Like, you have to, like. I don't think you have to, like, tongue it or anything like that. But there's also the same. If you drop the Quran, you have to, like, kiss also. Yeah. Like, three times. I think it's just to just show respect, you know? Okay. Oh, but. Okay, so. But if you eat, like, if I'm like, hey, you should have some bacon. Oh, if you tell me to have some bacon and then you have it. No. Okay. And then if you have it, you would go to hell. No, no. I'm gonna say no if I have it knowing it's bacon. That's a different story. Okay. What do you think hell is? Like a place of torture. A place where you're gonna hate it. You're just gonna be tortured like eternity. A place you just not gonna like it, basically. Do you think hell is, like, personalized or it's like one like. Because, I mean, I guess across the board, getting like a pitchfork up the ass is an unenjoyable experience. But like, if hell is probably personalized because there's some. There do exist. You know, we're in New York City. There do exist people who. Heaven is getting a pitchfork up the ass. So it's got to inherently. Because everyone experiences different pleasure and pain. Yeah. Be personalized. Right. Or do you already. What do you think? You think it's across the board gonna be personalized? Okay. Because there's some people. There's something that you can like, get, like your health. If we have the same hell, there's something that you can tolerate that I can't tolerate. So they have to like, torture you much more to tolerate that. What's your. What's your personal hell? Oh, I don't. I don't like being burned alive. I think that's so scary. Yeah. That's why I was, like, getting burned alive for eternity. I would hate that. Well, you know what? Being trapped alone in an. In an empty room with a. With a constant ringing in my ear. Damn. For eternity. That would suck, right? That would suck. Eternal ringing. You can never sleep this eternity. Oh, God, that sounds horrible. Okay, what's your personal heaven? Oh, my. Oh, personal heaven. I. First of all, I want to be rich. So hopefully I am rich, it's successful, and I have anything and everything I want in life. Okay, so your personal heaven would be being very rich. Yes. What do you want to do with all your money? I would, to be honest, I would just go, no, everybody's gonna be rich in heaven anyways. But if I had. Oh, that's a very good question. Hold on. You know, hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on real quick, because this is. What's interesting to me is you. You. You desire to be rich, but you haven't even thought about what you would do with the money. Because if you. Because being like, just having the money. The money isn't anything. Unless if you're like, what's the point of the being the rich if you haven't thought about what you would do with the money? I mean, like, I would take care of. I mean, my family also will be rich. That's the thing. I don't know. You don't know. This is your ultimate dream. And you don't know. Okay, okay, I'll change it. I will say happiness. Okay. I would wish to be happy for the rest of my life. What makes you happy? Being rich. Fair enough. You know what? What? Not even, like, you don't have anything. You're not like, oh, I want a Simpsons pinball machine in my apartment. I want to have a penthouse. Not a penthouse. Yeah. How are you gonna get rich with, with acting? I hope so. I, I do a little bit of tick tock. So I hope to be rich by the, by next year. Well, you have to be rich by next year. You're gonna need a lot of tick tock views. I know, but I'm gonna make it. I feel like I'm gonna make it. If I put my mind into something, I'm gonna. I'm gonna make it. Okay, so. So you subscribe to the Muslim faith and you said that you know where you're going to go? Yeah. Where are you gonna go? Person. I am a good person. I do pray five times a day, so I'm gonna go to Jannah. You pray five times a day? Yeah. How do you make time for that? It's just five minutes. Is it like when you pray five times a day? Are you like, like, like how detailed does the prayer have to be? Can you just like, mentally be like, all right, we're good, or do you have to like, do a whole thing five times? I mean, you have to do the whole thing. Also before that, you have to do this, you know, like the water thingy. What's the water, what's the water thing you do? You wash your hands, you wash your face, you wash your hair, you wash your feet and then you pray. But it just takes five minutes of your day. And then all of them combined, it's 25 minutes. I feel like you have time for God for 20. Do you have to roll out the mat and everything? Yeah, yeah, roll out the mat. I have to cover my hair and stuff. But you have time, 5 minutes, 25 minutes day for God. You have time for that. So when did you start praying five times a day? Like, how old are you? I, I was born Muslim, so I have been doing that my entire life. I have a lot of respect for. Because I don't think. I, I don't even. I. Sometimes I'll skip a day of brushing my teeth. You know what I mean? Like, I don't like to do anything consistently, let alone, well, to do anything consistently once. Like, if you, if I had to, you know, like, I'll Go to the dentist and they're like, you have to floss twice a day. And I'm like, you. I'm not doing that. Floss. You live a different kind of life than me. If you're. If you're asking me that, that's. That's wild. You floss every day? No, I brush my teeth every day. You brush your teeth twice a day? Yeah. You brush your teeth twice a day. You pray five times a day. You floss once a day. It's also called, like, being disciplined, you know, if you're disciplined, you can do anything, you know? Do you work out, the exercise? Yeah, I work out every day. Okay. Every day? Yeah. You work out every day. You pray five times a day. You brush your teeth twice a day. That's the bare minimum. It's a huge. It's a huge thing. No, it's not. What is the one thing that you do every day? Check Instagram and cry. I do that too. We have something in common. You're out of your mind, dude. Anything. What else? Give me some other. What else do you do every day? Probably do my work. You know, schoolwork and stuff. You'll be successful, I hope. Yeah, because you have this. You have discipline. You have the thing. I feel like you're gonna be successful, though. Look where you are right now. Well, I guess success is. What is success to you? What is success to me? I guess success is. I don't know. I. I wish I had an answer to that question. The idea of success for me is constantly evolving. I mean, I think, look, if you, you know, have enough money that you're not worried and you have enough friends and family around you that you're not worried and, you know, all that lame shit. You know, that's a. That's interesting answer. Yeah. You know, a Simpsons pinball machine would be cool. Wow. But they're getting up there in price. They're like, I need to check that out because I have no idea what you're talking about. What do you mean you don't know? What? You don't know the Simpsons? No, I know the Simpsons. The show? Yeah. Oh, so it's based on the show? Yeah, it's the Simpsons Pinball machine. Yeah. Oh, okay. This whole time I was like, what the fuck are you talking about, dude? What's your name again? My name is Fardosa. Fardosa. Fardosa. I hope to be seeing you in every movie. Yes, you will. You guys will see. Is there anything else you want to say to the people of the computer before we go. I hope to see you guys on my Instagrams and social medias. Yeah, I hope to see you. I. I hope I actually don't see you on social media only because in my ideal version of life, I've thrown my phone in a landfill. And it's. It's in. It's a dolphin. It's inside of a dolphin or something. A dolphin ate it. Isn't that your phone? Huh? Oh, this? Oh, yeah. Well, that's. That's a can. That's a phone that I use as a camera. Ah. Interesting. Interesting. You're a very interesting guy. You're a very interesting guy. I'm so glad I met you. I'm glad. I'm glad. I'm so glad I met you. For those. I'll see you around the universe. Okay, Gekko. Is that your real name? My name is Lyle Fardosa. Very nice to meet you. I'll see you around the universe. 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That dude's been flexing behind us like the entire interview. Is he still. Yeah, he's still there. This guy there? He just. He just left. Whoa, that guy's ripped. Yeah, dude, that could totally kick my allowed to cuss here. You say Whatever you want. Oh, yeah. That dude could totally kick my ass. Just like 100%. Yeah. How does that feel? Cuz I also, like, I think like, in. In olden days or whatever, like, you had to be ready to protect yourself from like, other, whatever tribes that were gonna kill you or like lions or whatever. But we've evolved past that where, like, it's totally fine to just be weak, you know? I totally agree that there's this debate going online right now about the gorillas and shit. Gorillas versus a hundred men. Where are you on this? Yes, there's a debate going on online about could a hundred men kill one gorilla? But that does. Does that debate, like, what shape are these guys in? So here's the thing. Everybody's assuming it's a silverback gorilla, right? And I was just arguing with my roommate about it this morning. Like, it is a very heated debate. There are people going on for hours, talking, talking about this. I personally think the gorilla would like, like, like, rip anybody apart. Even if assume all 100 people are attacking at the same time. There's no way logistically. A hundred people cannot attack one thing at a time. No. That would require, like, everybody working towards one common goal. And as I highly doubt that's going to work in this society right now. Sorry, I was messing around with my ones and twos. Yeah, I guess it would require everyone be at a common goal. Yeah. Well, you know, even. Even, like, coordinated 100 people today. Can they, like. Okay, obviously, like, people have been able to sedate a gorilla before in history, but they have tools. This is a conversation about. There's no tools. No, no. You have to use your bare hands. If it's a hundred of that guy, I think. I think we might have not. No, no, no. 100 of that guy probably could do it. I don't. I don't. I don't see it, man. I gotta be like, I just. I hope Mr. Beast doesn't, like, catch on to this because we're screwed if that happens. A hundred of me couldn't do it. I think 100 geckos might be able. They got a shot there. You know, y'all can climb up walls and shit. I feel like this sh. There's a shot. What do you think about all day, Peter? Honestly, I work at Trader Joe's right now. I just recently moved to New York. All I'm thinking about is how much I hate my master's program, and I'm just trying to find a better job. Why do you hate your master's program? I don't even know where to start with that one. I guess it kind of stems down to. I just want to make sure I got sustainability for my family because I'm a first generation. Cool. And, like, I got a ton of family kind of depending on me, making sure I do everything in, I guess, the safest way possible. You've got a ton of. Where is your family? So I'm Egyptian, but a lot of them reside over in Los Angeles. Okay. And they're. And you're the first generation to go to college, so are they. Are they counting on you to, like, hook them up? Well, I got a brother. Shout out. My brother Mark. He is. He's actually doing pretty well. He works in the er, so, you know, no pressure at all, but it's going pretty good. I studied engineering, but I also work in film and TV when I can. Okay. So if things don't work out for you, that your brother can hook everyone up. Oh, I'm praying I get to mooch off of him as soon as he finishes his residency. Yeah. Hell yeah. Yeah. Okay. So, I mean, look, as long as I. As long as one of the other brothers look at someone in the family is doing something sensible, why not go study tv? That's such a good. Yo, can I get. I'll get my mom on the line and see if you can convince such a convincing argument. And honestly, I think you might be able to win that argument. I'm not gonna lie. But what got you to New York? If you don't mind me asking, what brought me to New York? Yeah, the truth. Well, so I was living in Los Angeles for a. Well, I grew up in Baltimore, and then I started doing this in my mom's basement in Baltimore for. I did that for, like, a couple years, and then I moved out to Los Angeles for a couple years. And then, you know, I always wanted to be in a big city because I love, like, this. I love, like, I get it being. Being around tons of people and being able to do whatever I want. And, you know, and, you know, New York's close to Baltimore, so it's kind of a perfect place for. For me to live. So that's, like, the main reason I came here. It sounds like it's a really good situation for you, and I feel like you're doing pretty well. Oh, thanks, man. Yeah. No, no, New York. New York has been. Has been nice. The only problem with it is it's, like, uninhabitably expensive. Yes, sir. Yeah, I know it. It's like twice as Expensive as anywhere else on the planet that you could go to live. I I why is a water bottle $3 right now? I3. It was 3. Where are you getting 3? It's at least 5. You're going to do it for 5? What kind of water bottle? My brother in Christ. It was not a Saratoga. It was literally just a. Like a Aquafina probably. You ever seen those Visco water bottles? Visco, Visco, Visio. You guys know what I'm talking about. Voss. Voss. Okay, Voss. I don't know why I said Voss. Ones you like. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I've seen them. I don't, I don't get it. I like Fiji water, but that's just me treating myself. But like that's. They all taste if you. There's. I bet it does not taste the same. Is my favorite. Thank you. I I bet there's no one on the planet. There's a guy over there with a cat on his shoulder, which that's majestic as fuck. Oh my God. So awesome. Hold on. There's a guy with a thing. We're gonna get dmca. That's fine. Who cares? Why do they. It's honestly such. It's dystopian that they even make Fiji water, isn't it? It's dystopian that water is not a human right. Any chance you saw that UN meeting? I've seen no UN meeting. There are meetings. I'm too busy watching videos ranking all the WarioWare games. I'll break it down for you. There's two countries that decided water was not a human right. Who? Oh God. One is the United States and the other one is Israel. And all of the other ones tried to make water a human right. And water is not a human right. Great time to be alive. Am I right, man? Water is a well, okay? At least. Is Diet Coke a human right? I wish, brother. It would. It would definitely make my life easier. That'll take. Which one do you think will be easier to pass? Like making Diet Coke a human right or making water human right? Considering Coca Cola has a lot of like pockets in higher end lobbies. I'm pretty, I feel like, I'm pretty sure Coca Cola could probably get it passed faster because they would make more money out of it, sadly. Well, would they make. I guess they would make less money if it was a human right. Oh, no, no, brother. You think Coca Cola is everywhere. It would get even worse. Like I'm pretty sure the second they can access our dreams, we're going to be getting Commercial, commercials as we sleep. Do you think that. Do you think that that's the future we're heading towards? I got. I hope not. I work. I studied computer engineering. I do a lot of hardware and software work. And yeah, they assume all these tech guys really like, have like such high intellect that they should be making these political decisions. And I truly don't think so. But the tech guys are like, they're like thanos, where they're like, I have gotten to a point of intelligence where I have decided that we should eradicate half the human race. And I am so smart that I should be allowed to do it, dude. But the thing is, we gave them this intelligence to make them think that they're this smart. Everybody just assumes, oh, I don't know how to code, but these guys do so boom, automatically I'm going to have faith that these guys should make the decisions. You should have seen. Do you remember when Mark Zuckerberg went to Congress and you saw him drink a water like, like a fucking alien? He's just like, yeah, he has done a lot of like lizard ass shit. Yeah, dude, it's, it's, it is what it is. I wish I had a better answer. Again, I'm only 27 and I just want to work on movies. I gave up working in tech. It's too depressing. But you know what? The crazy. You know what? I have these sort of like, I have no set in stone philosophy. Of course I think it'd be crazy too, but I have this weird thing where it's like, look, I. First of all, I mean like Mark Zuckerberg and like all the like, whatever guys who are like destroying the planet. It almost. I have like a weirdly. And this might be defeatist, but I have a weird thing where I'm like, oh, everything that's happening is what was supposed to happen. Like, like the downfall of human society. Like, whatever happened is what was supposed to happen because it happened. So that's the idea of if free, if we do we really have free will. Yeah, I wonder about that. Yeah, I, you know, I'm Coptic Christian. I'm a very like my type of orthodoxy. He's like a very, very old school type shit. And it's very hard to kind of grasp the idea that we, we. We do have free will. And I'm. I wish I was smart enough to have that answer, but I don't know. Well, I don't think it's a question of being smart. I don't think anyone. There is no, like, I'm sure somebody's got it right. There's like 8 billion people. Somebody. Somebody's got to be in the basement being like, there's fucking it. There's no. You can't scientifically prove or. I mean, maybe I. I'm also not smart enough to have an answer. I'm not smart either, brother. I just sat down to talk to a gecko. Yeah. But it's like, I read something that said, like, some smart science philosophy douche guy said something where he was like, there almost is no free will because you do what you do because of how. Because of who you are. And I do believe that. And who you are is kind of in your control. That's the. It's all. It's up for debate, I think it is. But. But also, we're kind of genetically from our parents, so, like, the first 18 years, you're kind of getting a lot of what they like to. That to you. Your dad's a superhero. He's like one of four people you've ever met. Yeah. And that's either really good, really bad, or like, fucking your therapist is gonna tell you. Like, I'm not too sure where, like, somebody could stand because I know people can change. Like, I've seen it. Totally. I believe that too. And like, a lot of. A lot of people don't even believe that. And I do think a lot of the choices we make are based off the experiences we've had. Some people have had a very privileged life, and they don't really understand what a struggle is, or they have no reason to kind of look into politics because it doesn't affect them directly versus somebody who's struggling, who actually needs to see the change happen fast, but they don't have the connections needed to make that happen. You know, it is true that, like, yeah, your experiences make who you are, and you can't. You can't exactly choose your experiences. Yeah. So I guess, I don't know, sometimes like it. You know what, you know what it is? My, my, my. My philosophy on whether or not there is free will or determinism depends on how lazy I'm feeling that day. Because. Because if I'm feeling lazy and I don't want to do anything, I relinquish the guilt by being like, well, I was never going to do anything anyway. And then if I'm feeling motivated, I'm like, no, we have free will. I can change. We can change this. No, I agree. It also. Yeah, it's also a mind state thing. I think you're right. I can totally see that happening with a lot of different people. And people get self motivated all the time to try to make stuff happen and maybe that's cause change. I don't. I'm not too sure. I don't know either man. Do you. Do you think that it's possible that we can like 180 everything that's going on right now in this world? 180. Well it's not a. That's like that saying that we can. 100. 180 everything that's going on is like saying that there's like. All right. It's to say that everything going on is some kind of mathematical equation.120 like not everything but just like one little like fucking just. But again it's like. Well you can't put like numbers on it. That's true. You know, it's like every this. There's no. It's not like everything going on is not a mathematical equation. It's just. It's. It's this intangible weird goo that neither of us can understand because we're not supercomputers or even. I don't even know if a supercomputer can understand it. Oh God. Do you like to smoke weed and play video games? Do smoke weed. Sorry mom. Yeah, no, I mean it's a good way to help with your anxiety. It's either that or Zoloft or. Oh yeah, bro. My, my. I was okay. Let me tell you something. I started taking Zoloft five weeks ago. For the past five weeks I've been like, this sucks. I'm getting off of it. I'm talking to my psych today. I'm telling him he's an asshole. An atheist. Cheaper. And then today I was like, you know what? He was right. And Zoloft spin. I don't know if it's a Zoloft. I don't know if it's the weather, but I'm feeling good today. And today is all we got so that sun man. Peter. Even no geckos could get Zoloft. That's amazing. Oh we have. That's what we run on. Peter, is there anything else you want to say to the people the computer before we go? It's been a pleasure. And yeah, my name is Peter. As me and I'm definitely gonna look this up whenever this airs, I hope. Cool. What is this on by the way? It's on YouTube and Spotify and stuff. Oh, cool. Well, it was nice meeting you Peter. Pleasure. I'll hopefully I'll see you in whatever the afterlife is. Hell, yes, man. I believe Gekkos can go to heaven. Later, brother. What, am I gonna be back in the park? I don't know. On every nice day. What's your name? My name's Jules. Jules. My name is Lyle. Nice to meet you, Jules. Dear God, Jules, what do you want to talk about? I'm no. Anything, honestly. I just wanted to talk about whatever you wanted to talk about. All right. I want to talk about. Oh, you want to talk. Let's talk about food, man. Oh, I love food. What's your favorite food? We don't have to do anything crazy. Dang. Like, I really like food. Maybe sushi. French fries are great. I was supposed to fast today. I woke up today, and I was like, let me fast. No, don't do that. Why would you do that? Well, to lose weight, because you don't want. Food is. Food is tricky because it's a vice, and it's a pleasure. I was just talking about this on the podcast yesterday of, like, I'm curious what your take is. Is fat. Being disciplined with food and exercise feels good, but indulgence, as we know, also feels good. Yeah. So I don't know where to toe the line necessarily. So I have, like, pretty big food allergies, and, like, not eating specific foods is, like, annoying and hard, but, like, I also really love eating food, so I think eating is better, honestly. Yeah, eating is better. Guys, what's your name again? Jules. Jules. Jules. What's. Who are you? I'm Jules Robin. Okay. I'm from la. I heard you say you were from la. I'm not from la. I lived there for a little bit. Oh, Jules, can you just keep the microphone? Oh, sorry. Sorry, guys. Oh, that breeze from the fat. The wind. It's kind of a little nice thing, though. It's really fucking nice. Do you live here now or are you in town? I go to nyu. Okay. How's. Are you freshman? Yes, I am. Oh, shit. All right, so you're, like, new to. What are you, 18? I'm 20. 20. Okay. So you're. How's being a. How's being 20 at NYU? That sounds fun as fuck. It's awesome. New York is awesome, especially with the weather. I honestly, like, literally, when it was cold outside, New York was, like, horrible. It's disgusting. It's disgusting when it's cold. But now that the weather's nice, like, I love it here. What do you study? I take a business. Okay. Do you hope to be a. Be a business person? Yes. What kind of Business you want to do? I want to work in healthcare. Okay. You know, I don't think I'd be, like, the most amazing doctor, so. So I feel like I could help in, like, a business aspect, you know? You want to raise those insulin prices? No, I want to lower them. Okay, but you make more money if you raise them. That's better. It's better. Hold on. Okay, look, humanitarian. It's better for business if they. If they go up. Yeah. But God willing, I will have a husband, and I will not have to worry about being the primary caretaker in, like, the money sense. Okay. So. So I'll be able to put the insulin prices down. So I will pray that you have a husband who has a good job so that insulin prices can go down. Yes, I'll keep the insulin prices down. Vote for me for healthcare and a really, really good husband. It's just gonna live on the Internet forever. But hold on. When you get in, like, business classes, are they not, like, all right, here's how we're gonna make everything cost more money so that we can do more business? No, actually, right now, I'm in, like, a microeconomics class. Shout out to Issachar Biguni, your awesome teacher, and we learn all about how, like, global warming sucks and how, like, the CEOs need to, like, work harder on, like, keeping, like, the economy, like, leveled out and, like, helping out with, like, the city and everyone who lives in it and the people who. And all this money that they have, obviously. Money that they have, and now they just have to, like, help everyone out at the bottom. Like, my classes are awesome. I love them. Nice. What. What's the best thing you've eaten here in New York? I eat a lot here. It's like, there's so many food places. There are best. That's a hard question. I don't know if that's possible. What about pizza? I don't. I'm not. I'm not a. I'm not a pizza person. You don't eat pizza. I don't even. Do any of you not eat pizza? You don't eat pizza. Oh, you eat pizza with a fork and everyone eats pizza. No one doesn't eat pizza. Man doesn't eat pizza, guys. I don't say it proudly. I'm not gonna lie. I don't say proudly. Like, that's not. I don't know. It's never like, been, like, the whole. Like, the whole situation for me. But I'm also. I'm also gluten and dairy free. Also embarrassing. There's a lot of gluten and dairy. Yeah. Yeah. So, like the sauce? I don't know. I don't. I don't, like, feel the need to drink tomato sauce on, like, the days of the week. This is incredibly anticlimactic. But this conversation has made me very hungry. And I think. I think. I think I'm done interviewing for the day. All right, I think I'm gonna get. I'm glad. I'm going to smoke some of the weed that the guy gave me earlier and go eat something. Go do that. Julie. Jules. Jules, Jules. Bring us home, Jules. Anything else you want to say to the people at the computer? We love you, we love New York, and seasonal depression is real. And I hope you're feeling great today. It sure goddamn is. Have a good one, Jules. Thank you very much for talking. Thanks for having me. See you around the universe. Bye, folks. This has been being a gecko at Washington Square Park. Let me know in the. I'm curious. Let me know in the comments if you guys like the IRL episodes. I love doing them. They're my favorite ones to do. Between the Geck mails and the in studio ones and the These ones, I love. I love doing this stuff. I love getting to meet people. I hope that you guys get to enjoy. Oh, we have a. What? I got this from someone in the park. Oh, I wanted to pass it on. Oh, let me see. It says, fuck, forget, repeat, and there's a QR code on it and it's two guys kissing. I will be scanning this QR code when I get home. Yeah, let me know in the comments of Spotify or YouTube if you like these episodes. I don't know. I feel I take a lot of enjoyment getting to meet all these people that I just wouldn't have been able to meet if I. If I weren't dressed as a gecko in the park. So I hope that you're enjoying vicariously meeting them through this podcast. Thank you all for listening. 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