The Reddest Beard Podcast

This is the final segment of my interview with Amer Zahr. Check out the previous two episodes to make sure you hear the whole thing! You're going to want to hear it all.

This particular story, and this particular guest, comes from that time in my life, about 6-7 years ago. I was working as a “campus advocate” for the Zionist Organization of America, Michigan Chapter - and I’d like to point out that I was a contractor and not a full time employee because they didn’t really have a lot of money in their budget for me, and I was paid on the conditions that I would improve the profile of the ZOA from being a hard-right Jewish and Israeli group and help spread the good word about Zionism across college campuses and raise money from younger generations. Hilariously, I made more friends on the “other side” of that debate arena than I did in my own “Jewish community” while in that role.

Part one of my interview with Amer: This is a storytelling podcast where I’ve shared stories from my many lives lived and hats worn, and I’ve had guests on to do the same. This season is focused around guests sharing their experiences and getting their voices out there. I think it’s important for us all as humans to share our stories with one another. My guest this week is, well… I’ll let him introduce himself… but one of the more interesting stories I have from a period of my life that not many people expect to hear about involved an ultra-conservative political fundraising group, a comedian, a guy that supports a group that I was told were terrorists, and an open political discussion and panel event with about 2 or 3 hundred people that weren’t necessarily going to be as receptive to this whole situation I engineered as I was.

Season 1 finale of The Reddest Beard Podcast. I thank all of my listeners for their love and support so far. I tell the story of a conversation that changed my outlook on my life. I share the good things, and the bad, from the last year.

We talk about holidays in Indonesia, spontaneous tattoos, and how he may have drank booze out of a gas can. He also tries to set the record straight on getting him to move to China. Check it out.

This is a two part episode where my friend and guest Nick Lappen chats with me about life abroad - what it's like to be away from home, the "cultural iceberg", our "waterfall incident" and much more. Check it out

Ever get into a cab or rideshare and wind up with a feeling that something just isn't right? Wait for the plot twist at the end...

I used to work in the city of Detroit as a security guard on government project housing. Life could get a little, weird, sometimes... **Language Advisory Warning**

Have you ever heard a song, seen a movie, or read a book that altered the course of your life? I have. For me the first and the biggest one was...

I was about 14 years old when a professional jazz musician dragged me on stage with him at a tiny night club and let me jam with him...

Ever wanted to just pick up and go? Feeling like you need a change? This episode tells my story of exactly how I got my friend to do just that.

Storytelling is a human tradition. But, what made me decide to start a platform to share my piece of the human experience? Give it a listen and find out