Out of Trouble

Latest Episodes
13. Fate
The season 1 finale. In this episode, I find a bike abandoned on the street, brush it up and give it to a piano-playing stranger, Josh. I meet Josh outside the Russian orthodox church by my house where he’s playing box piano for people walking by.
12. Microphones
Microphones are magical, almost holy objects to me. They represent the world listening in and allow folks to feel heard. In my experience, they allow people to open up and be vulnerable more often than they cause people to shut down and clam up.
11. A Mysterious Hum
What would you do if a mysterious ethereal tone started emanating through your whole neighborhood? Wouldn’t you hop on your bike and not get off until you figured out what it was? In this episode I track down a mysterious hum that suddenly began blanke...
10. Voice Memos
A collection of notes, voice memos and poems, cut together with music and The Blue Angels. I even embarrassingly attempt to sing. It’s pretty special. A lot of the material is from when I was rediscovering being single a couple years ago.
9. Responsibility
Walking with Mom to Alexander Hamilton’s grave in New York. Talking with Gary about JGAF (joy gratitude appreciation and forgiveness) and atonement. This episodes about microphones in odd places. Hearing things you’re not supposed to. Rain sounds,
8. WTF is My Country?!
It’s the first weekend after George Floyd was killed. Outraged, I attend a loosely organized protest in Oakland, California. Little did I know this would not be a typical, sing songs and chant and listen to uplifting speeches, protest.
7. J.G.A.F.
There’s a connection between 9/11 and a brutal assault by a group of Chicago Police officers. They both caused a sort of amnesia in their victims, the U.S.A. and my deranged homeless friend Gary. Both events made their victims paranoid, angry,
6. Lost (stuck)
Being lost and being stuck are kind of the same thing. When you’re stuck you’re in between two points but can’t go forward. When you’re lost you don’t know where you are and you’re trying to find your way. In both cases, directionless.
5. N.R.E.
New Relationship Energy. Colloquially known as “The Honeymoon Phase.” I talk with an ex-girlfriend and a friend about my new relationship, and all the butterflies. My ex thinks I’m “rehashing my co-dependencies” by dating my coworker during the Covid19...
4. Skaters, Rise Up!
I attend a Juneteenth skate-protest (Kicking for Freedom) with some number of hundreds of skaters taking over Mission street from the Ferry Building to the SOMA skatepark. We roll slowly through downtown, block traffic,