The Comin’ Home Podcast with John Alan

Episode 93: December 6 2020 with guest Øystein Jensen

Øystein Jensen is a physical therapist, personal trainer and the CEO of Corporis. Corporis is an innovative business that covers health and fitness needs for businesses from the design of their in-house corporate training center, to personal training services and physical therapy services.
Øystein visited me at my studio, (masked up at Snoopy's insistence) and we had a great discussion about mental and physical health, business and goals.
Find out about Øystein Jensen and Corporis at http://Corporis.no

Episode 92: December 2 2020 with guest Bradley Staubes

Bradley Staubes is a busy and multi-faceted musician frequently performing all around Oslo and beyond. As a keyboard player, he is the Music Director and Organist at The American Lutheran Church in Frogner. Bradley is one of the busiest freelance organists in the city, and plays over 100 different weddings, funerals, special services and concerts every year. He was director and accompanist for the Yuletide Chorale (Oslo’s English-language Christmas festival choir), and is currently accompanist for Ullern kammerkor and Vestre Aker kammerkor where he has also sung as a soloist.
He was the baritone in the men’s quartet ‘The Barbershop Avengers,’ with performances on the main stage at The Norwegian Opera & Ballet. As a cellist he has played with the Oslo Kammerorkester.
Painting in oils is a passion Bradley has returned to during current lockdowns, after a 25 year break. He is also a lifelong lover of interior design, and the apartment he and his husband Trond share in Oslo was profiled in Maison Interiør Magazine.
Bradley Staubes has recently returned to acting, with a small walk-on part in the first episode of the new Norwegian sitcom ‘Basic Bitch.’

Episode 91: November 29 2020 with guest Steve Hofstetter

Steve Hofstetter is a standup comedian with over 150 million views on YouTube and 600,000 subscribers as well as over 500 million views on Facebook and 500,000 followers. His book "Ginger Kid" was a top 5 pick on Amazon. Steve has also appeared on CBS' "Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson", Showtime's "White Boyz in the Hood", VH1's "Countdown", Sundance's "On the Road in America", and ABC's "Barbara Walter's Special". He is executive producer of "Laughs" on Fox networks.
Steve was driving from Phoenix, Arizona and was on his way to Los Angeles, California when he and I spoke for this episode. We talked about standup comedy, of course, but we also discussed his journalism background, mentorship, dealing with hecklers when on stage, and how politics and comedy juxtapose. I asked Steve about the "Nowhere Comedy Club", which was founded by Steve and comedian Ben Gleib.
Steve also told me a very interesting and revealing story about an incident with Michael Richards, which caused me to reevaluate my judgement of Richards in relation to his 2006 standup performance at the Laugh Factory comedy club in late 2006. The world saw what it saw when an iPhone video was published of him launching into an expletive-laced racist tirade, but Steve's story about something he experienced with Michael Richards before the 2006 incident really moved me and changed my thoughts on Michael' Laugh Factory episode. Listen up folks, and tell me how you feel. 
Much thanks to Steve Hofstetter for sharing his time with me. As Mark Normand would say: "Jews and Blacks!" 

Episode 90: November 28 2020 Solo Saturday (with a lil' bit o' Snoopy)

It's another #SoloSaturday! Today, Snoopy is in my studio with me as we talk about love songs from the 80's, our road trip today, the trouble with Spotify, Snoopy's weirdness and her beautiful accent. Please ignore the long silent parts as Snoopy gives me the famous Norwegian Blank Stare every time I try to be funny.

Episode 89: November 25 2020 with guests from the SEAT organization

SEAT is an independent, nonpartisan organization with no affiliation with the tax compliance industry.  The mission of SEAT is to provide an educational platform for individuals, politicians, governments, academics and professionals about the potentially damaging effects of U.S. extraterritorial taxation on U.S. EXPATS.
Laura Snyder (President)
Laura Snyder is a Paris based lawyer. She is the international member of the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel (TAP) and a member of the Board of Directors of the Association of Americans Resident Overseas (AARO).
Keith Redmond (Treasurer)
Keith Redmond is an advocate for Americans overseas, Accidental Americans, and others who are adversely affected by the United States imposing its tax code on tax residents of other countries. He is the founder of the 7000+ member social media group American Expatriates.
Karen Alpert (Secretary)
Karen Alpert is the founder of Fix the Australia/US Tax Treaty, a group advocating for Australia to stand up to extraterritorial US taxation. She is a finance lecturer at the University of Queensland with experience in the US tax compliance industry.
John Richardson
John Richardson is a Toronto, Canada based lawyer who assists US citizens and green card holders living outside the United States. He works with individuals around the world with respect to problems linked to FATCA and US citizenship, including renunciation and green card abandonment. His website is: http://www.CitizenshipSolutions.ca.

Episode 88: November 22 2020 with guest Inia James

Inia James is an Australian living in Norway.  He is a film maker and producer, video producer, writer, Brazilian Ju Jitsu practitioner and owner of the film production company Who Dares.  
In this episode, we talk about Inia's journey from early YouTuber to film producer. Inia gives some great tips on how to pitch a product to film and tv companies, and we talk about standup comedy, ambition and Inia's Maori roots. He actually offered to teach me how to do a Haka. I have witnesses. Inia had me audition for a sex forum YouTube channel. He has witnesses.