Big Questions No Answers

0:0:00 Introduction

0:07:00 The Big Question: Do We Seek Experiences or Do Experiences Seek Us?

0:09:00 Kyle goes for an Adventure and gets more than he bargained for

0:32:00 Do We Attract Some Experiences?

0:47:00 Traumatic Experiences

0:58:00 Dune Discussion

1:02:00 Dealing with Grief while in Lockdown

1:13:00 Kyle the Sommelier

1:30:00 Do Aliens walk among us?

1:37:00 Poison Oak

1:51:00 Memes

2:04:00 Kyle’s Closing Remarks

0:00 How not to share your weed

1:20 Big Question- Do you look at life like you’re playing a role?

8:00 The Role of Art

18:00 How do you respond to the inevitable fact that you are going to die?

30:00 Have you had any odd or recurring dreams in the recent months?

34:00 Freudian analysis of Matt’s Orgiastic dreams

43:00 Being online and getting bombarded with porn

49:00 Zoomers and meme culture

50:30 Doge for Blowj?

57:38 Matt shares a tragically comedic encounter with a man on the Santa Cruz bluffs

1:04:50 Who would you be if you became homeless?

1:11:15 Microsoft Word suppressing artistic freedom

1:17:47 What are the downstream effects of the pandemic going to be?

1:24:30 Pee Break

1:26:16 Matt turns the tables and asks me some questions about my future and my past

1:38:20 Vaccine Homoeroticism

1:42:20 The value of communication and long form conversation

1:55:25 Treeplanting 2.0

2:05 Watch HBO Max’s 123 All  Eyes on Me to see your boi Matt Kropschot in a short film

This week I sat down with my good friend Connor Freitas, Connor is one of the funniest, most light hearted and genuine people I know. He’s done it all, from working in almond orchards to lifeguarding to selling beer across the biggest little city in the US, Reno, Nevada. We talk about all kinds of things from getting COVID to experiencing head trauma to the meaning of life. I guarantee that at some point of the podcast you will either be smiling or laughing out loud. I had a great time recording this one, I hope you all enjoy!

0:0:00 Pooping, Crying, and Freezing

0:1:15 Connor Freitas intro

0:2:30 The Big Question: What’s the first thing you show an alien?

0:4:40 What’s the best part about being an adult?

0:6:05 What’s the worst part about being an adult?

0:7:05 Cooking with Freit

0:9:20 A hilarious story about Connor’s first concussion

0:21:53 Do you think you’d be a different person if you hadn’t had any concussions?

0:26:10 What’s a skill you wish you had?

0:34:40 A rundown of Reno, the butthole of the west

0:39:00 A little COVID talk

0:43:45 What was it like being sick with COVID?

0:52:40 What do you want out of life?

0:57:10 Did you ever think you were going to die when you had COVID?

1:07:57 Are you happy with who you are?

1:18:25 If you could only choose one substance to use for the rest of your life what would it be?

1:27:25 What is the meaning of life?

1:35:15 Closing Remarks

0:0:40 How old do you want to live to?

0:1:30 Bane impression

0:2:00 Shrek Impression

0:3:00 Apples or Oranges?

0:3:40 Deepak Chopra impression

0:5:00 Allan Watts Impression

0:6:55 What’s the job they would have to pay you the most to do?

0:9:30 What is happiness?

0:18:00 A quote from “A Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat”

0:21:00 Chaos looms continually beneath us

0:23:00 What’s the first thing you’d show an alien?

0:25:00 Closing

I sat down with my partner in crime, Elliott Mcbride, we decided to redux our previous podcast to give the people a real rundown of this wild profession, we aim to answer the most frequently asked questions about treeplanting. If you have no idea what this job is about, this should be a decent introduction for what to expect, and how the industry works. I hope you all enjoy.

0:1:35 What is Treeplanting? How does it work? Where does the money come from?

0:4:25 What Kind of Trees Are You Planting? Why Those Species?

0:6:00 How Is The Timber Industry Involved In Treeplanting?

0:9:00 What is the best part about treeplanting?

0:11:45 What is the worst part about treeplanting?

0:14:00 What are three characteristics that every treeplanter should aspire to have?

0:17:30 How much money can you make treeplanting?

0:19:00 Is treeplanting dangerous?

23:50 Where do you shit? where do you sleep? where do you eat?

0:30:00 What’s the treeplanters schedule like?

0:32:00 What do you do on your night off/day off?

0:34:30 Highs and lows of the job

0:45:00 What is tree price?

0:49:00 What’s the worst piece you’ve ever been on?

0:55:00 How do you get into treeplanting if you’re interested?

1:02:00 Elliott turns the tables and asks me some questions