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Indie Games and Adventure Time with tenlung

This episode of Rock For Initiative brings in Berry from tenlung for a wide-ranging conversation on indie games and the Cartoon Network shows that helped to shape who we are today. We start with Berry's journey into Twitch streaming, from an early faceless persona to a community built around disc...

Crooked Teeth

Crooked Teeth is building a version of alternative rock with no guardrails. Tyson reveals how a Green Day obsession, DIY touring, and a love of massive hooks turned a vision into a project that’s opening for The Matches and has played with bands like Motion City Soundtrack. He breaks down the inf...

Warhammer 40K and the Philadelphia Eagles with Carly Cosgrove

This episode of Rock For Initiative brings in Lucas from Carly Cosgrove for a deep, deep dive into the tabletop war game Warhammer 40,000. We start with Lucas's history with the hobby, from painting miniatures as a kid to rediscovering his old models and getting into kit bashing, the art of combi...

Episode 265 | Ken Newman Musician/Advocate/Blanket the Homeless

In this episode I talk to Ken Newman, musician, advocate, and founder of Blanket the Homeless. Ken tells me the story of adopting his son, the ways he learned to advocate for his son, his current relationship with son, and lots of story of being a dad. A lot of this episode is Ken being extremely...

Will Pugh (Cartel) returns

For our second Four Chord Music Festival preview episode, we're delighted to welcome back Will Pugh to the podcast. Cartel's new album 'Learning How To Cope' has just landed, it's a fantastic listen! Will tells us all about how it came together, and how it feels to release an album for the first...