Before Now and After Podcast

25/07/2024

Summertime and the riffing’s easy. Randy’s on the microphone ciphering comedy. All the people in the world will agree that we’re qualified to represent the LVC. Me from SD. We're gonna run to the party and laugh till the cadence it gets harder.

23/07/2024

For episode fourteen of the Before Now and After Podcast, step into the world of Tierrasanta Trivia from JP’s Pub.

21/07/2024

We are living in unpresidential times. Let’s discuss them together over laughs, libations and a cerebral labyrinth designed by your demented trivia dungeon master Randy Villarba. See you at JP’s Pub for episode twenty eight of Tierrasanta Trivia.

18/07/2024

I started the podcast Before, Now and After back in 2020. Last night I resurrected the project for episode 13. I shot the sh*te with San Diego comics Fedwon Somo and Corey Ryan as we waited for our spots at Imperial Steakhouse.

22/06/2024

Smoking a cigarette on a childhood canyon’s edge, I asked God for a sign I’m doing everything correctly. Give up. Everything. Staring at the brightest moon in recent memory, a childhood friend appears from the dumpster.

I give him my warm and dry hoodie to keep. I grab all the edible food in my refrigerator and come back to feed him. I light another cigarette as he opened up about the evils the world has hijacked his ability to be the being he knows he is deep down beyond the broken human that just Oscar the grouched me in the we small hours of the morning, when Tierrasanta is fast asleep.

This man found the same peace I found in silence. That allowed him to find clothes, food, drink and my love and attention to provide the space for him to recollect his divinity.

He found himself for ten minutes. Said what he needed to do to pull himself out of this dumpster. It happened as I was passively killing my myself with each unnecessary inhale of a smoke that no longer serves me. An American Spirit that no longer needs to be explored.

21/06/2024

Way to be supportive, Lou.

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19/06/2024

Happy San Diego Day. If you didn’t know it that was today, it’s because you’re a transplant. You are the reason cost of living is so high. You are the reason the Rockets, Clippers and Chargers left. You are the reason most San Diego natives leave our home. Why is it San Diego Day you ask? Ask me again, instead of looking at the date and figuring it out for yourself.

26/12/2023

If God came down on Christmas Day I know exactly what he'd say. He'd say "Oi!" to the punks and "Oi!" to the skins, but "Oi!" to the world and everybody wins!

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04/06/2020

We’re headed across the pond in the heart of the German Alps to catch up with my bruddah Timo Wolf on the latest episode of Before Now and After. Deep in the heart of the Allgaü of Germany, we hear about life in the mountain town of Bad Hindelang. We reminisce of our days in California playing football (soccer) and snowboarding road trips. We also discuss the past couple months of social distancing and Covid 19 in Germany.

04/06/2020

We’re checking in on my auld Orange County stomping grounds as my friend Jacob Trimmer joins us in this episode of Before Now and After. He is a stand up comic, host of the Let Them Fight Podcast. We catch up on comedy in the OC, suffer a little PTSD recalling our respective bombings on Roast Battle at The Comedy Store and even talk a little Star Wars gaming and D&D.

12/05/2020

In the latest Before Now and After, I check in with my bruddah John Gilligan up in Summerlin. We sat down to talk about a little of everything: comedy shows on pause in Vegas, the last 50 days of quarantine, Nevada entering phase one of reopening, UFOs and even the kitchen sink.

12/05/2020

We broadcast with my good buddy John Gilligan in this episode of Before Now and After. He is a stand up comic and handyman here in Las Vegas, working with Bonkerz Comedy Club, Las Vegas Live Comedy Club and runs the mic at ReBAR. As Las Vegas enters Phase 1 of opening the city and lifting some restrictions, we discuss the past fifty days of his quarantine and the extra steps his family had to take social distancing.

We broadcast with my good buddy John Gilligan in this episode of Before Now and After. He is a stand up comic and handyman here in Las Vegas, working with Bonkerz Comedy, Las Vegas Live Comedy Club and runs the mic at ReBAR. As Las Vegas enters Phase 1 of opening the city and lifting some restrictio...

05/05/2020

I had a chat with my longtime friend Lori Balog on this episode of Before Now and After. Lori is a Workforce Development Initiatives Program Manager for Ford Motor Company in Michigan. We talk about her family’s experience social distancing just outside Detroit. We go over what their state deems essential versus non essential and navigating the fine balance of working from home, while quarantining with her husband and two teenage kids.

05/05/2020

Dan Marganski and I had a chat on Before Now and After. We catch up on life in Chicago, the comedy bar scene and to the new evolving market of medical and recreational cannabis.

02/05/2020

My friend Yoshi-Obayashi had a chat on Before Now and After about being social distanced away from his usual home... the road. We talk about how his tour plans halted, experimental medical testing and what he’s doing out in Arizona to make use of his free time.

01/05/2020

Learning the foundations of film and story back in the suburbs. I reach out to my auld childhood friend Kevin Estey on the latest Before Now and After to stroll down memory lane and find out what things are like living in New Zealand.

30/04/2020

On the latest Before Now and After, I catch up with Kevin Estey, a childhood friend on the other side of the globe in Wellington, New Zealand. Kevin is the Animation Lead at Weta Digital: an Animator, Visual Effects Artist, Previz Artist, Photographer, Director, Father, and a poor excuse for a Handyman. We catch up on decades that have gone bye. Spanning from our childhood to continuing to chase our dreams today. We talk about New Zealand manhandling Covid 19 in five weeks, the differences between Aussies and kiwis and even reminisce about how a legend Matt Groening remembered two geeks holding comics in a hallway at a comic con in the eighties.

29/04/2020

The human drum David Butterfield throwing down a solo with his band The Routine at Seven Grand in North Park. Check out the interview I had with Dave on the first Before Now and After Podcast.

27/04/2020

Freddy Correa and I dive into what’s been going on in Vegas the past couple months on the latest Before Now and After Podcast. We discuss everything from the importance of family, life as a comic in the time of social distancing, breakdown Mayor Goodman’s interview and even our first ever memories as children.

Touching base with my bruddah Freddy Correa. Freddy is a regular at the LA Comedy Club at The Strat and host of the Thanks For The Invite Podcast. We catch up on what’s going on here in Vegas, the importance of family and the palpable energy of live performance. Season 01 Episode 07 - Recorded on ...

26/04/2020

I recorded the latest episode of Before Now and After with the homie Freddy Correa. We catch up on what’s going on here in Vegas, the importance of family and the discuss the palpable energy of live performance.

25/04/2020

Six episodes of Before Now and After up for your listening pleasure. I check in on friends in Arizona, California, Illinois and Iowa from my home studio in Nevada. We catch up and discuss the difference of social distancing in our states.

24/04/2020

Checking in on my buddy Jim Pine for episode six of the Before Now and After Podcast. Jim is a stand up comic and regular at the Mad House Comedy Club in downtown San Diego. We talk about his guerrilla Open Space comedy mic, the importance of a healthy immune system and acceptance of change.

19/04/2020

My childhood friend Sarah Scull joins us for the latest episode of Before Now and After. Sarah is an Editor for the Creston News Advertiser in Iowa. We go over the juxtaposition of California living to the slower pace of life of a small Midwest town. We also talk about how the current events are continuing to effect the print publication industry.

14/04/2020

Checking in on my buddy Dan Marganski in Chicago, IL on the latest episode of Before Now and After podcast. Dan is a stand up comic and host of the Two Tracks Podcast.

Dan Marganski joins us for Episode 3. Dan is a Southern California stand up comic and host of the Two Tracks Podcast. Dan is currently living in Chicago, IL. We dive into how this whole thing effected his workplace and the comedy show he was producing. We also discuss the state of legal cannabis in....

13/04/2020

Had a great chat with my buddy Dan Marganski on the Before Now and After Podcast podcast over the weekend. We check in on how his move to Chicago from California has been treating him. We discuss how this whole thing has effected his comedy, work and the access to medical cannabis in the Midwest.