Damaged Goods Podcast

On this episode of Damaged Goods, Jake The Snake looks back at 2019 with his Best Of's in music, movies, health, & more, talks about The Thugged Out Squirrel who has come back to reclaim his turf and terrify those in his way, including Jake, and why his upcoming book "Quicksand" has him scared also. Follow Jake @jthes @damagedgoodspodcast

On this episode of Damaged Goods, Jake The Snake's guests are Stiz Grimey, on-air personality on Boston's WAAF, MC, & actor, and Johnny Hickey, director/writer/actor of the films Oxymorons and Habitual, which Stiz also stars in. The three discuss the new movie Habitual & it's underlying themes, the opiate crisis in Boston (and nationwide) and how it influenced both of Johnny's movies, drug decriminalization VS legalization, how Stiz transitioned from music into radio & podcast hosting, their takes on the film The Irishman, authenticity in Boston-based movies, & more. Follow Jake @jthes, Stiz @stizgrimey & Johnny @thejohnnyhickey.

On this episode of Damaged Goods Podcast, Jake The Snake's guest is modern merchant, entrepreneur, & international goods trader, Matt Handy. The two discuss how he got started selling fashion wear from being a photographer in NYC, how en ended up with 5,600 of the same Florida Marlins baseball hat, Salt Lake City's pollution problem, seeing firsthand the conditions of sweatshop labor in factories China, traveling internationally importing goods, why he focuses on vintage sunglasses for his business, how patience makes a good salesman, & why Jake and Matt hate contact lenses. Follow Jake @jthes & Matt @handysixdeuce

On this episode of Damaged Goods, Jake The Snake discusses the concept of situational integrity and how people speak up (or don't) for things when its convenient, how he Larry-Davids himself by calling out things people in his personal life are guilty of, how to end up with less friends in your 30's, charlatans posing as artists, and why he isn't invited to most holiday parties. Follow Jake @jthes

On This episode of Damaged Goods, Jake The Snake's guest is music touring veteran Tim Zuchowski. The two discuss the feeling he had after the Marines & how it led to him getting into the music business, working for the heavy metal band Lamb Of God, existing within a bubble, the struggle of people acclimating to "regular life", one-armed swimming tests, bullying then VS now, gas station dick pills & more. Follow Jake @jthes & Tim @backstageninja70

On this episode of Damaged Goods Podcast, Jake the Snake's guest is barber, grooming consultant, businessman, Kevin OGK Kellett. The two discuss the parallels between various counter cultures, the invaluable blessing of traveling for a living, from playing in a Hardcore band to cutting hair for celebrities, creating his new product line BYOGK @shopbyogk, working for others vs working for yourself, building up resentment while working bad jobs & using that resentment as fuel and motivation to start your own ventures, father & son bonding over music, and why stomach tattoos will keep you in shape. Follow Jake @jthes & Kevin @ogkcutyou @shopbyogk

On this episode of Damaged Goods, Jake The Snake's guest is CBD & Cannabis business woman, certified sound & Reiki healer, model, comedian, and all around warrior princess Brittany Tatiana. The two discuss integrity in the Cannabis industry, why CBD products have grown in cost & popularity, why not all are to be trusted, how CBD is best used to heal, improv comedy, how freedom of speech works, why Kamala Harris is a cop, the recent legal backlash against vaping, what makes vaping dangerous, vaping VS Big Tabacco, & more. Follow Jake @jthes & Brittany Tatiana @brittanytatianaxo

On this episode of Damaged Goods, Jake The Snake's guest is musician, songwriter, & producer Kyle McCammon. The two discuss east coast energy VS west coast energy, the different type of satisfaction from performing live onstage to writing & producing music in studio, working on his new project Lean (@lean.noise), techniques to break up long studio sessions and keep your sanity, attending a music conservatory in The Netherlands right out of high-school, why Kickboxing is important, and more. Follow Jake @jthes and Kyle @kylemccammon

On this episode of Damaged Goods, Jake The Snake flies solo, sharing a brief chapter from his upcoming book, Quicksand, and he discusses the concept of people wishing congratulations and happy birthday to other people that they're friends with on social media instead of in real life, his newfound empathy for the hearing impaired, and a horrible story about middle-school bullies. Follow Jake @jthes

On this episode of Damaged Goods, Jake The Snake's guest is comedian, writer, director, Scott Kidd. The two discuss the perils of working for someone else, the riffs between stand up comics versus improv comics, being an EMT with a sense of humor, the fallout of leaving a show he had been a part of for a while, why comedians transition well into acting, hating censorship, musicians taking themselves too seriously, and the three types of people who have mustaches. Follow Jake @jthes and Scott @theScottKidd

On This episode of Damaged Goods, Jake The Snake's guest is model, entertainer, & dancer, Audrey Rose. The two discuss porn sobriety, what happens when people's sex tolerance gets shot, her first time working in a strip club, getting roasted at standup comedy shows, putting the vitamin in the ice cream, crazy fetishes & requests clients have made to her, & kicking men in their balls for money. Follow Jake @jthes & Audrey @audreyrose265

On This episode of Damaged Goods, Jake The Snake's guest is Hip-Hop artist, author, & adjunct professor at Roger Williams College in Providence, Rhode Island, Jon Hope. The two are also joined by fellow artist & founder of The Shooters Club LA, Roger McKenna. They discuss publishing his first book "One Hundred Miles Per Hour in a Parked Car", strategic persistence, what it's like to have your students be fans of your music, acquiring coffins & guns for a video shoot,  "job-shaming" in Hip-Hop & why aspiring rappers would hide their regular jobs from fans, and is cheating part of The American Dream? Follow Jon Hope @jonhopepvd, Roger McKenna @listentoroger & Jake @jthes.

On this episode of Damaged Goods, Jake The Snake's guests are Allee Futterer & Niko Giaimo of the band The Astronots. The three discuss having to keep things secret in the music business, recording their latest album in a remote location with coyotes, cats on leashes, driving the wrong way on one way streets, having a jazz background, having to play the trumpet while dressed as a clown, what makes a good manager, dating musicians, the downside of networking & more. Follow Jake @jthes & The Astronots @Theastronotsband

This is one of the realest, rawest, deepest episodes of Damaged Goods Podcast I've ever done, and I am very excited to release it. My guest is Jena Covello, creator & CEO of Agent Nateur an all natural holistic wellness brand. She opens up real for real, and shares some powerful stuff about sourcing the ingredients for her products herself in France, her first experiences with Ayahuasca, auto immune disease & diets that help combat it, her experiences with the Kabbalah Center in Los Angeles, & more. Follow Jake @jthes & Jena @jenacovello @agentnateur

Jake's guest on this episode of Damaged Goods is Britni Peterson, who shares her experience working as a production coordinator in television. The two discuss what percentage of the talent on a TV set has plastic surgery, the epidemic of fake booty implants, being raised Mormon, traveling to other cities as a young teen to visit people she just met online, the evolution of tattoos, being friends with Eric Andre, & being sober and straight edge her whole life until just recently deciding to experiment. Follow Britni @ohdangbrit & Jake The Snake @jthes. 

On this episode of Damaged Goods, Jake the Snake's guest is the incomparable and relentlessly hilarious host of The Artful Ramblings of Allegra Scarano, Ms. Allegra Scarano herself. The the two discuss the dark, painful, yet nearly unavoidable element of relationships, cheating, and how to help make yourself cheat proof. The two share tips, ideas, and manners in which to conduct yourself where you can keep your partner loyal, keep the spark alive, and maintain a healthy form of communication and understanding, while sharing some of their personal missteps and successes. Follow Jake @jthes & Allegra @allegrascarano (Twitter) @allegrahelen (Instagram). 

On this episode of Damaged Goods, Jake The Snake's guest is producer, mixing & mastering audio engineer Matty Harris. The two discuss transitioning from Hip-Hop to pop music, from partying all night in the studio to getting sober, hitting a roadblock with production & deciding to focus his energy elsewhere, using Youtube to expand his own business, Mix and Master My Song, getting robbed at gunpoint in recording studios, & more. Follow Jake @jthes & Matty @mixedbymatty @mixandmastermysong

On this episode of Damaged Goods podcast, Jake shares "Urine Trouble", a chapter from the book he is finishing, and also discusses freedom of speech, the equality of it, the perils of censorship, how to deal with opinions & perspectives you don't agree with, & why the phrase "Slippery Slope" should be taught in school. Follow @jthes.

On this episode of Damaged Goods, Jake The Snake's guest is DG podcast alum, and infamous guitar tech & Queens NYC native Warren Lee. The two discuss martial arts training for children, how he came to work for the band Slayer, the changes he has seen New York City undergo, the struggles of being a father while traveling the world on tour, smoking cigarettes at 6 years old, the origin of nicknames, and the danger that exists for the wrong people who make their way to stage right during a Slayer show. Follow Jake @jthes & Warren @wlee718. 

On this episode of Damaged Goods, Jake The Snake discusses the Wedding Industry, marriage, current divorce rates and marriage trends, how many do you need to attend a year, how do you decide which ones to spend money & time to go to and which to not, the the joy & hassles that weddings can bring, & the truths you may not want to hear, but should. Follow Jake @jthes & Damaged Goods @damagedgoodspodcast.