Red Wine Talks by Damon Dominique
By Damon Dominique
Red Wine Talks by Damon DominiqueAug 07, 2021
Turning 30, standing up for yourself & outsider perceptions of the USA
"Big city" FOMO, philosophy degrees, influencing past memories, and psychedelics
Free-spirited *and* financially literate, Paris on the birth certificate, & lucid dreaming
Everyone is moving to Texas, losing your passion, your choices are never permanen
We discuss everything from the idea that maybe the middle class is really the ideal class to raise children to the differences between flowery Southern charm and blunt, but tactless NYC realness to then, the final realization that...hold up, wait — nothing in your life has to be permanent, so if you want to move to Texas, move to Texas...and even if the next day you decide that you actually want to move back to the city you just moved from...then...you are still allowed to do that (although we can all agree that'd be extremely inconvenient)
Gays not driving, Not everyone will like you, Shut Up and Go
Being unf*ckwithable, Ms #SoloTravel, and the Dontcha Wish Your GF Was Hot Like Me concept
Our online image, being funny in French, me roasting Nathaniel Drew
Nathaniel Drew and I disagree on some things, but hey, at least we both enjoy some warm oatmeal for breakfast?
Guest: Nathaniel Drew
Liking bad boys, ages 23-26 being rough, heartbreak, open relationships, & having no clue
Anne is here to say everything no one else would! Do we like bad boys because it brings us drama which then makes us feel accomplished when we get through it? Why do the most life-changing things happen on that gap year or study abroad year? Is it better or worse to be heartbroken in Paris? Again, how is it that sometimes I feel that I, a dude from conservative Indiana, am the most liberal out of all my modern European friends? This is Episode 4 of 6 in the Summer Red Wine Talks series!
Guest: Anne Brandse
Valuing creativity over profit, not giving a f*ck, art school in Paris (The Purple Palace)
It's Friday Night Red Wine Talks with Shayna, the IT girl of Paris!
Guest: Shayna Klee (The Purple Palace)
Comparison, being present vs documenting the moment, making friends
Guest: Fred Stauffer
Black lives matter, social media police, reactivity, systemic racism, reality is an illusion
It’s the Summer Season of what? RED! WINE! TALKS! 6 Fridays in a row, baby! And this time it’s all about the Black Lives Matter movement, how if you’re black outside of the USA you’re not ‘african-american,’ how you have to add a disclaimer to every sentence in 2020, and least importantly, how i thought i would be turning 40 in 20 years.
Guest: Malaika Nasimok
Roasting friends, rejection, moving in with parents, and surveillance in 2020
Y’all asked for extended Red Wine Talks, and especially during this corona quarantine, so I asked my big-headed friend Paul to roast me for 39 minutes straight while we talked about everything from how to turn on a simple light at his house to feeling 100% comfortable in your skin whether you're black, white, gay, straight, etc. CUZ NONE OF US ASKED TO BE HERE ANYWAY. Guest: Paul Eulette.
Being black, nyc, introversion, call me by your name, the afterlife
Are you going to unsubscribe when you hear my unpopular opinion? How do you make friends when you're more introverted? Why did I ever do to Dominique's bodega man for him to hate me? Is there a heaven or hell and speaking of hell, what the hell is the point of life? Am I existential, or am I just drunk? All this and more in this Friday's Friday Night Red Wine Talk with one of my oldest friends from college in New York, Dominique. Guest: Dominique Boyer.
Robots, racism, not using your degree, vegetarianism
Are robots taking our jobs? Maybe they should? Are we all just working our a$$es off, just to keep working our a$$es off and how do we not find that completely LUDICROUS? And yes - that’s a word and not just a rapper. We cover that too. More topics include: Tokyo, being a vegetarian, and how people keep the TV on in the background because maybe, just maybe they’re afraid of actually getting to know themselves or finding out they don’t *really* enjoy their own company? Hmm? Triggered yet? It’s Friday Night Red Wine talks! Guest: Raida Rehouni.
Not wanting kids, getting older, being the “fun one” abroad
Why did the waiter give my pink alcohol drink to Charline? Is it selfish to have kids just so you don’t feel alone when you’re 80? Why is my personality so damn boring when I speak another language? How can I even get mad that —this person didn’t text me, when I do the same thing to some people? So many questions, but what about the answers? LET’S FIND OUT! Guest: Charline Hallebard.
Morality, tinder, youtube fame (Best Dressed Ashley)
How can you get married so young, when you haven't been to a rave yet? Why won't this French dude respond to Ashley's DM? Who is the ultimate judge of morality? Are we just robots living in a society fueled by "productivity?" Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy more cheap red wine for another Friday Night Red Wine Talks - this time, with my girl Ashley from Best Dressed. Guest: Ashley, Best Dressed.
Dating long distance, french men, speaking multiple languages
How crappy is it to date long-distance? What are French men like, really? Does the language we speak frame the way we see the world? And MOST IMPORTANTLY: is there any red wine left? Guest: Rosa Cecilia.
Open relationships, being "too young," denial, jealousy
Are we just playin' ourselves when we act like we aren't attracted to other people when we're in a relationship? Will this red wine give us the answer? ALL THAT AND MORE all on Friday Night Red Wine Talks. No seriously, I wanna hear your opinions below! Guest: Malaika Nasimok.