The Comin’ Home Podcast with John Alan

Episode 96: December 17 2020 with guest Fredrik Walmann

Fredrik Walmann is a singer/songwriter.
I talk with Fredrik about his incredible new audience on Reddit, where he's had over one million viewers of his live solo acoustic performances. We also talk about Fredrik's plans for success in the future (He says twenty-five thousand streams of his upcoming single will be a good start.), and the power of self-promotion.
You can find Fredrik's first single release everywhere you listen to music on 15 January 2021. 
@fredrikwalmann 

Episode 95: December 14 2020 with guest Caroline Ināya Hargreaves

Caroline Ināya Hargreaves has a Master of Science degree in International Development and Humanitarian Emergencies from London School of Economics, and a Master of Arts degree in International Relations from University of St. Andrews. She is an artist, eco-therapist and educated quantum healer from the Gilalai Institute for Energy and Consciousness, and has a background working for the Norwegian government in the fields of diplomacy, peace processes, sustainability and strategic communication.
Go to Caroline's website at norwegiansage.com for information about her amazing work with forest therapy and pathfinding.
Today I spoke with Caroline in my studio about how people can find release, clarity and peace in life through connecting with nature, using forest therapy, and sometimes just taking ten minutes to breathe. 

Episode 94: December 9 2020 with guest Doctor Les Jones DBA, MBA, BGS

Doctor Les Jones is a former police officer and has a Bachelor's in General Studies Concentration, Master's in Business Administration with an Emphasis in Healthcare Information Systems, and a Doctorate in Business Administration and Leadership Concentration. He also breeds English Bulldogs. Les is currently an Adjunct Instructor at Kent State University and and Adjunct Professor at the historically black liberal arts college Knoxville College.
Doctor Les Jones has an inspiring life story. We talk about how he rose from a 1.9 grade point average to a 3.8 average, as he became the first in his family to ever go to college. The road was not paved in silk for Les in any way, either. His childhood was influenced by abuse, neglect and drug abuse in his household, and he was sent away from home at the age of fifteen to go to school alone and basically raise himself. 
Please listen and enjoy his story as he tells it to me. 
You can read Les's doctoral thesis HERE.

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!"