This week on High-Dere we come back to the show after a week off and have a euphoric and cathartic experience. In a free-wheeling and cares to the wind episode we got incredibly random with the conversation, bouncing from the comedy project The Real House Witches of Salem County & the current state of Tulpa, to Architecture and then to an ongoing exchange about the semantics of the word Marathon. Star Wars, an update from Podcast Land and two separate stories involving cops round out this in...
Oct 28, 2015•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 55
This week on High-Dere, Ian and Joe back up for a little 54 episode look back on how things have gone in over 1 year of ElfTree Podcast Network. Get a little real with us as we examine how working together has evolved in the past year and what we’ve learned about ourselves and our abilities to get done the things that we’re getting done. And how everyone is allowed to change your mind, learn, and evolve our thoughts, points of view and goals throughout our lifetime. Then we announce the completi...
Oct 14, 2015•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 54
This week on High-Dere we celebrate Ian's 30th birthday and press our luck with a creepy story that we've decided to write and develop into a script. Ian starts the show by taking us through the 1984 story of Michael Larson, the legendary Press Your Luck game show winner, who took home a whopping $110,237 after figuring out the pattern of the game to avoid the bankrupting Whammies… or did he? We take a sharp turn down humanity street by questioning the motives behind those defunding Planned Pare...
Oct 07, 2015•51 min•Ep. 53
"This week on High-Dere we give the world something everyone wants out of a weekly show. Enough episodes to fill a full year!!!! Today Joe brings to the table an article about a particular pesticide present and engineered into BT crops by Monsanto that is actually causing new allergies in people (like gluten intolerance) and literally eating away at our intestines. Dr. Jaydee Hanson’s words walk us through the complex science of GMOs which, like it or not, are already on your plate every day! Th...
Sep 30, 2015•1 hr 29 min•Ep. 52
This week on High-Dere we shout out a lot of podcasts and people we met at Los Angeles Podcast Festival 2015! Live podcast performances and comedians that are all a little bit insane were in abundance at LA Podfest, and we got to experience podcasting in a whole new way. Shout outs and a list of our favorite shows below. Then we learn about the DuPont company and the spin being put on a legal case in which they are being sued for causing cancer due to chemically contaminated drinking water. Real...
Sep 23, 2015•1 hr 30 min•Ep. 51
This week on High-Dere we go Over-The-Hill to episode 50 by talking about a whole bunch of made up stuff and how it can and does cross the line into reality. With a military helicopter escort, Joe starts off with a correction about Dick Cheney that leads us into a fascinating corporate history lesson about Halliburton and the sinister connections that it and so many of it’s key players share behind a shadowy curtain. And then we chat more about Tulpa. We hear what they are, how they got to the w...
Sep 16, 2015•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 50
This week on High-Dere, we examine corporations, governments and thoughtforms that overstep their bounds and are wreaking havoc over the world. We start off talking about the Netflix show Narcos, the story of Pablo Escobar and the struggle against extradition and the DEA. This leads us to chat about the financial industry and black budgets, missing money and the covering up of paper trails, and the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) brought about by the World Trade Organization (WTO). And to wrap i...
Sep 09, 2015•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 49
This week, on a late night (and slightly toasty) episode of High-Dere, we confirm our masculinity by going to a drag show. At the top of the show, we talk about early childhood and 1st grade before we hear some jokes written by Joe in the middle of the night. Then we get distracted by Mario. Then, with special guest Stacey Danger, we talk about Chico’s Angels, an Off Broadway play starring 3 latinas (in drag) playing a very caricature-ish version of Charlie’s Angels. After a commercial break we ...
Sep 02, 2015•59 min•Ep. 48
This week on High-Dere, Ian & Joe decide to move forward, not backward, and interrupt the expected archived shows with a brand spanking new one! After chatting about a few random topics, including the medicinal values of Mary Jane, Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood and the impressive hair of both “The Donald” Trump and “Coco” O’Brien, our heroes discuss some ElfTree business. Fictitious business names, “Going Pro”, some short films and our subscriber numbers; all on this week’s celebratory episode of...
Aug 26, 2015•48 min•Ep. 47
This week on High-Dere, Ian & Joe make an important announcement and then roll an episode from the archives to give everyone a taste of the early days. We hear the creation of Big Bear, a recurring character in our 46 episode run so far. Then we find out that neither of our hosts have been in a real fight. Sibling fights are one thing, but they don’t count. They also reference Simon (Ian’s Brother) and Shelby (Ian & Joe’s friend) for the first time as we hear one of their earliest attemp...
Aug 19, 2015•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 46
This week on High-Dere, Ian & Joe talk about badasses & dead branches with the help of Joe’s new gear purchase, the Suzuki Omnichord. After an impromptu dance off, our hosts talk about old friends from far off lands, handmade furniture and forts, and then dive into past unpreparedness to discuss christian beliefs with anyone who was not a christian. Relationships are all about sharing ideas and open thought. They discuss how scary it can be to make changes in your own life because it usu...
Jul 29, 2015•1 hr•Ep. 45
This week on High-Dere, Ian & Joe get naked with their thoughts and opinions on mobsters, slavery and responsibilities of the awakened. First, they marvel at how the Great Pyramids were built all those years ago, leading them to wonder what our Pop-Up book style society would leave behind after we either die out or the west coast falls into the ocean because of “The Big One” earthquake. We’re certainly no Atlantis. Then we hear about Joe’s fascination with the mobsters who build Sin City and...
Jul 22, 2015•1 hr 28 min•Ep. 44
This week on High-Dere, Ian & Joe freeze their asses off while listening to Jimi Hendrix and talking about many different and delicious types of food. Including a Bratzi! Ian is on Day 7 of his Reset, and it’s going well for him. More energy, but a shorter fuse, which he’s noticing and understanding. He’s cooked all his meals for a week now, and has 2 more to go. AND he’s lost 8 pounds since Day 1. Pretty incredible. Then our heroes discuss the possibility of a Mini Ice-Age on the way, accor...
Jul 15, 2015•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 43
This week on High-Dere, Ian & Joe clean their shits out and see where Ian’s first ever “Clean” show leads them! Ian is on Day 2 of the Ultimate Reset and he’s committed and loving it. We hear how Ian & Joe were dumb and went shopping for the meal plans on the day before one of the biggest cookout day’s of the year, the 4th of July. Then we talk about the meals being made, the physical (and intestinal) changes happening, and the cost of small items like Pine Nuts ($28/pound) and Seaweed (...
Jul 08, 2015•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 42
This week on High-Dere, come with Ian & Joe while they celebrate some progress, draw attention to money scams and hit the ultimate reset button on life, because let’s face it…#Lovewins…or at least it should. On June 26th, the Supreme Court of the United States voted to essentially legalize all marriage across the country. But the interesting part to Ian & Joe about the whole decision is the reasoning people give for why they’re against it. Today, Ian & Joe talk a lot about what it me...
Jul 01, 2015•1 hr 29 min•Ep. 41
This week on High-Dere, Ian & Joe take flight over the proverbial hill toward planet Altair, and into a magical world full of beauty and antagonists of all kinds with author and lover of life, Elijah Schkeiban. After meeting in a coffee shop and randomly being introduced to Elijah’s fascinating David and Goliath tale, Ian & Joe had to have him on the show. They talk about Elijah's 1988 script-turned-2002-book, Bats & Butterflies, and the monstrous task he undertook when, in 2009, he ...
Jun 24, 2015•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 40
This week on High-Dere, Ian & Joe are joined by Shelby (and Martyn briefly in the beginning) to hear the archived tale of Ian’s first 24 hours, and first week in California. Many of our listeners will know by now that when Ian moved to LA in June, 2014, he woke up on his first morning to his Uhaul and (almost everything) he owned having been stolen overnight. Poof, just gone. This is the tale of a very different Ian's first week in LA, how he initially handled this potential trauma, and the ...
Jun 17, 2015•59 min•Ep. 39
This week on High-Dere, Shelby joins Ian & Joe on an Interstellar journey through the world of Awake or Sleeping’s album covers. Joe has a few EPs being released in 2015 and Shelby is in town to do the photography and album artwork for each of the 3 titles. Hear about how they found the studio, gathered the costume elements, and conceptualized 3 covers that fit with the two already in existence. They praise Shelby’s photoshop skills, contemplate having a museum of AoS props, talk about the p...
Jun 10, 2015•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 38
This week on High-Dere, Ian & Joe get passionate and real with their thoughts and opinions, which is pretty much just like any other show. With the reveal of the existence of Caitlyn Jenner, Ian & Joe find themselves entrenched in conversation about identities, ADHD and medication for it, derailing a train, and living in a Dick-less world. And by that, we mean RIP Phillip K. Dick. We hear about mid-air laser projections, Project Soli and then we get motivated by Shia LaBeouf. We hear why...
Jun 03, 2015•1 hr 26 min•Ep. 37
This week on High-Dere, Joe isn’t feeling well so we unwrap an archived episode from the basement days of High-Dere and show you how new and green Ian & Joe were to podcasting. We open with an a-cappella demo of the theme song and jump right in with the executive decision to just use first names, our heroes review a strain of weed right off the bat. Then they dive into the world of Church and how it was to grow up in that world. Vomit Duck was born, which leads to a story of projectile pukin...
May 20, 2015•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 36
This week on High-Dere Ian & Joe marvel at the supernatural, the manipulation of people through marketing and needless birthday gifts. Do werewolves exist? Ask Lon Chaney Jr. That’s what our heroes begin this week’s show with. This leads them to ask about other mythical creatures and people who apparently don’t age, like Keanu Reeves and Nicolas Cage. What if the The Fast & The Furious was made in the 1940’s, but set in 2015? They remember that Mother’s Day just passed, which leads to a ...
May 13, 2015•57 min•Ep. 35
This week on High-Dere, Ian & Joe discuss how art is made, with the most honest of intentions. After starting the show with Maddie, they wonder how would be the most enjoyable way to demolish a building, given a blank check to do so. They talk about the documentary “The Death of Superman Lives: What Happened?”, the bizarre notion of a Nicolas Cage Superman, and the Kevin Smith Q&A afterward. Then they move to people, and how generations have changed. People almost need someone now that h...
May 06, 2015•1 hr 21 min•Ep. 34
This week on High-Dere, Ian & Joe find themselves in the observers seat of a few different kind of experiences, and tell you all about it! Joe finds himself the very passive observer of a tense text message string throughout the show! This leads our heroes to discuss the mis-interpretive nature of text messaging, and how people need to chill out! Joe then remember’s he hasn’t texted someone back in about 4 hours, prompting them to shout-out Lifehouse, Scott Stapp and Scott Speedman all at on...
Apr 29, 2015•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 33
This week on High-Dere Ian & Joe check out, and they explore potential alternate realities with the Oculus Rift. How would they be able to handle an earthquake or California falling into the ocean through an Oculus Rift while dealing with perception vs. reality. The Oculus Rift is notorious for messing with your equilibrium. Ian & Joe come up with a plethora of different applications and situations on the fly, geared around Oculus Rift with no research or confirmation beforehand, so they...
Apr 22, 2015•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 32
This week on High-Dere, Ian & Joe have technical problems right from the beginning. But then they prove that they do know what they’re doing, and now they wrap their mind around how baffling people can be! They start off by inviting Pierce Brosnan on the show. Then they wonder how places like Guitar Center, Fry’s and Micro Center are still around?!? Does anyone else remember Bawls? We do! SHOUT OUT!!! Then, very importantly, they invite Daft Punk to submit a cover of the High-Dere theme song...
Apr 08, 2015•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 31
We wander through being Dirty Thirty, the City of Ba’dass, Paul McCartney, Dylan’s career, Chappie, confirming that Rupert Grint is indeed a ginger, Peter Brady’s vocal puberty, the horrible compositing in the last Harry Potter films, Multiplicity, our heartbreak that Zayn left One Direction…and then our derailment to swing back around to Morals, Terrence Mallack and what rights a director has to alter his own work, how it is to be an actor, school busses without seatbelts, car crash videos, can...
Apr 01, 2015•1 hr 23 min•Ep. 30
Discussing the anomaly of the Dewey Decimal System in libraries, we fall into a pit of uncertainty of how to interpret art and how artists remember hidden messages in their work, high paid spokespeople such as ‘Flo’ of Progressive and Justin Long of Apple, The Ghostbusters and what the Statue of Liberty is made of, Ian’s fear of heights and how laying next to Michelangelo while he was painting the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel would be too much to handle and Joe digs through his foggy memory ban...
Mar 25, 2015•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 29
After a night of music, low notes and impressive wire work, we talk about the successful tale of the misunderstood Wicked Witch of the West, Elphaba (Jennifer Dinoia), her friendship with Good Witch Galinda (Chandra Lee Schwartz) and the road she went down in order to find her true self. But, because it’s High-Dere, we bounce around from topic to topic, like the diversity of downtown Hollywood, old-lady names (like Glinda and Elphaba), ‘Green Man’ style body suits, the inhabitants of Oz’s rough ...
Mar 18, 2015•1 hr 25 min•Ep. 28
We chat about the acting and character preparations of The Dude, the impressive but younger geared Marvel Experience and ICE! exhibits, the funky accent of Bill Murray in St. Vincent, the awe of self-publishing a book, keeping and documenting memories via old-school photos and albums, the versatility and tenacity of our planet, our memories of the library and the fresh inky smell of the books, and the harmful nature of toxins people inhale on a daily basis… And as a tenacious treat, we chat abou...
Mar 11, 2015•1 hr 29 min•Ep. 27
On this very special memorial episode of the show, Ian discusses what it was like to have been influenced by a fairly unexpected person and how he remembers their friendship growing up. From Ian's earliest memories of Walter teaching him how to properly build stage sets and a backyard deck to watching him raise Pyrenees dogs, Ian witnessed Walters battle with cancer, sharing unforgettable moments including their last tangible interactions before his passing and what it means to cherish "life aft...
Mar 04, 2015•1 hr 32 min•Ep. 26
