Honest Ignorance - Hosted By Matt Cole

     For Episode 19 I had my buddy Chris Dunham over to talk about ..well just about everything! Chris is a hilarious comedian based in the Hollywood area who also happens to be a middle school teacher.      He talked about being a teacher for a bit and then we rambled on for over 2 hours talking about; shooting guns, fantasy football, comedy, random bullshit and about an hours worth of Star Wars dribble (that I edited out). Which makes for a great listen if you have ADD :)      You can find Chris on twitter @ChrisDunhamLive

The Honest Ignorance Podcast is back! I took a 5 month hiatus and am now back.. with a Stolen Episode! I took this Ep. from a podcast I used to be on affectionately named “Them Nutz“ or as some people more accurately called it. “4 comics yell over each other.. The Podcast” It was co-hosted by Myself - Ray Chung - Darius Campbell and few other comics before I joined up. This was a fun listen that for some reason never got released ...which is a shame. I'm happy to finally be sharing this with everyone for 2 reasons ..Jason Gallagher gives some us some great insight on what it’s like to spend time in jail along with some hilarious stories about his time on “the inside” ..and most importantly I got to edit Darius out of about 30% of this episode.   You can find me on twitter @MattColeComedy

For this episode I drove up to Fresno to do a few comedy shows and ran into local Fresno comedian Dave Bressoud. Dave had us over to his house for lunch and we ended up recording this episode there. He has had some serious life experience and is just filled with great stories. He played college baseball, even had family make it to the Pro level. He was an EMT paramedic for ages and has seen some crazy things.I just kinda let him talk and he didn't disappoint! This episode is chalked full of fun stories and makes for another great listen. You can find Dave all over social media Twitter @ComicJustDave

For this episode I met up with my buddy Tom Goss to “redo” his infamous episode. We had originally recorded the first time in my car on the way back from a few comedy show in San Diego - but the sound quality was shit! This time around, Tom reserved room at some shop in Mission Viejo that was as hot as a sauna for us to record in and sweat in… like some serious dude sweat. We talked about a few of the subjects from his first episode; His time in and out of mental help facilities the past 7 years for suicide attempts, and ended up talking a bit about comedy at the end. It made for another great episode..only this time you can sit thru it without wanting to kill…. yourself! :) You can find Tom all over social media and on twitter @gossgoss6

For this episode I drove out to an apartment near Cal State Fullerton to met up with my buddy Dustyn Willoughby. Dustyn is a funny comic here in the OC he does both stand up and improv, which we ended up talking about in details for a bit. What I really wanted to talk to Dusytn about was being a mexican kid raised in an all white and semi racist household. He didn’t disappoint! He opened up, got really honestly, and shared a few a stories that make for another great listen. You can find Dustyn all over social media and on Twitter @DustyWills

For this episode I had one of my favorite local comics stop by my pad, Opeyemi Olagbaju aka Ope. For what turned out to be the longest podcasts I've recorded yet but easily one of my favorites as well. We talked about everything; His origin story, being born in Nigeria, immigration to the US, living in Cali and DC. We also discussed race and culture but mostly talked about comedy. It was by far one of the best convo's I've ever had with Ope and I'm happy I was able to get it recorded. It makes for a great listen! You can find Ope all over social media - Twitter @swankyope

For this episode I drove out to LA to meet up with the OC Roast Battle Champ - Omid Singh. He lives in an 11 person co-op, in Silverlake, which is about as hippie as it gets for LA these days. I wanted to talk to Omid about his upbringing, he's Indian and Iranian, lived in dubai as a kid, finally immigrated over here to the United States and has lived all over the place. He did not disappoint and shared some great stories! We talked about culture, chatted about comedy, and it made for a really hot episode! Literally, HOT like a fucking sauna! I must have poured out a gallon of sweat on his poor couch. On the bright side it added to the ambiance when we started talking about the heat in the middle east. You can also find Omid on social media - Twitter @brownman3000

For this episode I met up with my comedian buddy and tan-ish SJW Derrick Lemos on the patio of a bar in between Ana-Slime and Fullerton. Good ol' 2J's! A place I used to bartend and is still serving 32oz of beer in glass milk jugs. Cause why the F Not!? I wanted to talk with Derrick about growing up a tad confused about culture and race. He's was mexican kid that didn’t speak spanish but was still a few shades too brown to really be embraced by the white kids. This was a fun episode but the surroundings got but frustrating at times: Random drunks dudes smoking and trying to chat it up along with all the sounds of the barrio, screaming birds, police sirens, german oompah music with spanish lyrics, and a damn vacuum that wouldn't stop! I suppose it kinda added all the flavor of a “Latino” neighborhood to make this another great listen! You can find Derrick all over social media. be sure to follow him on twitter @DerrickLemos

For this episode I drove out to Venice Beach to meet up with my buddy and veteran comedian John Tole. I wanted to talk with John about how he is SUPER catholic, but that didn't quite goes as planned. I had a bunch of questions about catholic tradition and ritual, but it turns out John is more of a "hippie spiritual" catholic than practicing dogmatic drone. He's into the 7 chakras, deep meditation and still finds a way to combine that all into his catholic faith. I really like this episode - We had a fun conversation down by a gorgeous beach with a perfect chill breeze surrounded by homeless people which makes for another great listen! You can find John all over social media. follow him on twitter @JohnTole and check out his website johntole.com to pick up all his comedy albums.

For this episode I sat down with my buddy Brett As-Is in the upstairs lounge at Hennessey's Tavern in Laguna Beach, right before our very last comedy show there. Brett's a really good comedy buddy of mine and He's one of the few comics I've met that I can say is a completely genuine person. Brett grew up in the "hood" (basically a sh!ttier area of an already sh!tty part of Riverside) and he has an interesting outlook on things because of that. We touch briefly on race and a few other subjects in this episode. We were kinda rushed to do this before the show and I really wish we had more time to dive into some of his crazier stories about his hood life upbringing. But we did manage to cover and talk about a lot of those shenanigans regardless of the time crunch sand this makes for another good episode! You can find Brett all over social media. Be sure to follow him on Twitter @brettasis

For Episode 9 I drove out to a Long Beach apartment with a 3 legged dog to meet up with my comedy buddy Keith Carey and talk with him about being Bi-Sexual. He didn't disappoint! This turned out to be a great episode as Keith opens up and tells some hilarious stories from some of his past and often seedy rendezvous. Keith is a great comedian and an even better joke writer, just a super talented guy - so go check him out on twitter @keithtellsjokes

  For this episode I ended up in the semi safe city of tustin to meet up with my comedy friends Robin Tran and Cate Gary.. aka the OC Comedy "Power Couple".. Cate Gary is one of my favorite comics in the OC, a great joke writer, and a very poignant comic that challenges the status quo... so it should come as no surprise that she is a Feminist (annnnd Boom goes the Dynamite! Just dropped the F-bomb!) and that's what i wanted to talk to her about. Chatting with Cate is always good for some eye opening conversation without trying to label her as the advocate, activist, social justice warrior that she is :) Cate is rather out spoken about feminism and to be fair she is outspoken with just about everything really.Go check out her facebook page (cate gary) and you can lose countless hours trying to keep up with comments and rants on a lot of her posts - also hit her up twitter @Cate_Gary and let her know how you liked her episode!

ROBIN TRAN: Robin (formerly Robert) is a transgender comedian and really one of the reasons I created the podcast - because I am completely ignorant to that lifestyle .. so I was super happy when she agreed to do this episode. I have meet numerous transgender people since living out here in california but I have never gotten to know one before they came out and started going through the transition - in this case from man to women and what it entails. To be honest even after doing this podcast I'm not sure i fully understand it, but I suppose I don't have to as long as I understand it isnt easy for the person going through the transition either. So i was really happy when Robin took the time to answer a lot of my ridiculous questions and give me her personal insight and experience on becoming a transgender person. You can find Robin on twitter @roberttran04 and on Facebook /februaryturk Be sure to comment below and let me know how you liked this episode!

For Episode 06 - I traveled all the way out to the slums of Ontario California to meet up with my comedy nemesis Derrick Murray. :) Derrick is actually a good buddy of mine.. He's a good buddy of mine.. He's a good buddy of mine (I have to repeat that to convince myself) Things get extremely real as Derrick opens up and talks about his mother’s suicide. This episode gets dark, has a few serious moments but it also has some funny stories which really makes for another great episode! If for some reason you want to find Da'Reek Murray on social media you can hit him up on twitter @Drokcomedy Be sure to comment and let me know how you enjoyed this episode!

This week due to all the recent bullshit going on in Indiana and the new law they passed along with that fucking wackado lawyer in Huntington Beach. I wanted to touch on the subject of gay marriage, So I went over to my "non comedian" buddies Kyle and Gary's condo to do just that. Talk about their marriage, about being gay, their careers, sterotypes, pride parades, glitter etc ! I ramble a tad in the intro buit over all this was another fun epiode and a great listen! Be sure to comment below and let me know how you liked it!

  For the 4th Episode I went all the way out to Hollywood to meet up with my comedy buddy Craig Phillip Conant - or the ever gassy Craig Conant :) Craig spent the better part of a decade using and abusing just about every drug there is. He shared some hilarious stoires about a bunch of his drug endused shenanigans and about the few times he got arrested for them. Which he eventually ended up telling us about how he hit rock bottom and his desision on getting sober - going on 19 months for him now! This episode has a few serious moments but is mostly filled with hilarious stories which makes for another great listen! Be sure to comment below and let me know how you liked it. You can find Craig on twitter @CraigConant

    I recorded the 3rd Episode on the road back from San Diego this weekend with my comedy buddy Tom Goss. Tom told me about how he's been in and out of Mental Institutions the past 7 years of his life, and shared a ton of hilarious stories.  Despite having to edit out all the road noise thisturned out to be a great episode. Be sure to comment how you liked this episode or give me some feedback below  You can find Tom on twitter @GossGoss6 

  It's the 2nd Episode! I went all the way out to Pico Rivera to meet up with my buddy DesDelgadillo .. Des is an up and coming comic in the LA area who just happens to be blind. I got the chance to ask him a ton of questions.. most funny a few serious but it ended up being a fun episode and a great listen. Be sure to comment below and let me know how you liked it.   Check out Des on Twitter @DesDelgadillo Website: www.thingsdessays.net

It's the FIRST EPISODE! I'm still trying to get the hang of the recording equipment and editing software. So I invited my buddy Tony Aflano over for what I thought would be a throw away episode, but it turned out to be really good. Tony stopped by my house to tell me about the 4 years he spent picking up dead bodies for a living. This episode gets graphic, it gets gross, but it also gets really funny.  Be sure to comment below and let me how you liked it   BRING OUT YOUR DEAD!