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Noble Rot037 - Noble Rot: The Coalition Of The SensibleIn today’s show Chas and David attempt to dispatch the hysterics and find comfort saying the most controversial things; about gender, politics, climate change, and the 1%. Enjoy, our most salacious show yet! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2025-05-191h 17
The Kyle Thiermann Show#384 Your Subjects Are Not Your Friends - Chas SmithChas Smith (@BeachGrit) is a luminous figure in surfing, an adept journalist, and author. Born in San Jose, California in 1976, Smith’s family uprooted and landed in Coos Bay, Oregon where he learned to surf. After studying intercultural studies in undergrad, Smith graduated with a master’s in linguistics, going on to study in Egypt and at Oxford. Following a story he published in Australia Surfing Life about surfing in Yemen in the wake of 9/11, Smith went on to report in Lebanon, Somalia, Israel-Palestine, and wound up a captive of Hezbollah reporting for Current TV. In the early-aughts, Smith work...2025-05-171h 11Noble Rot036 - Noble Rot: You Get A Jumbo Jet! x3In today’s episode Chas and David recount the greatest gifts they’ve ever received and been given, tease apart the difference between bribery and generosity, attempt to understand sexual predilections without kink shaming, and advise for how to foster compassion in a bigot. Enjoy!
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2025-05-131h 21Noble Rot035 - Noble Rot: Cinco De Drink-OIn today’s episode, on one of America’s under appreciated holidays, Chas and David pay homage to Mexico by offering advice to restauranteurs, ranking tacos, designing a granny fight club, and celebrating the greatest cocktail of all time. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2025-05-051h 14Noble Rot034 - Noble Rot: New (Stuff) Has Come To LightIn today’s show Chas and David reassess everything they thought they knew about sexuality, Elizabeth Hurley, the world’s most powerful people, badass dads, Dark Forest aliens, and a fallible God. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2025-04-281h 22Noble Rot033 - Noble Rot: I See Drunk PeopleFrom communion wine to child actor’s Drunk and Disorderly charge, Chas and David recap this week’s biggest booze fueled mishaps and hook-ups while attempting to protect their children from Ivy League influence and the Defense Secretary. Heavy lifting this week! Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2025-04-211h 30Noble Rot032 - Noble Rot: Blue Bore-ginIn today’s show Chas and David survey the most frivolous PR stunt in modern times, fantasize about adventures of the rich, confront their fear of real life nightmares, and attempt to understand their shared childhood depression. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2025-04-141h 04Noble Rot031 - Noble Rot: No RagretsChas, the menace of Cardiff, struggles as he processes a new conflict with a neighbor and weighs the value of regret against Kanye’s lamenting his own children, a B-list actresses dropping her child, and a lifetime of permanent ink. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2025-04-011h 44Noble Rot030 - Noble Rot: Love Is In The AirIn today’s show Chas and David prepare for the shift in seasons by celebrating new found loves, determine what precise amount of PDA is healthy, conclude that DNA privacy is worthless, consider Scientology for the financial benefits, and vow to never give Disney another dollar. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2025-03-241h 11Noble Rot029 - Noble Rot: March MadnessIn today’s show Chas and David feel their blood boil as they negotiate for their inheritance, uncover a murder-for-hire plot, picks sides in a music icon blood feud, and shame the influencer who stole a baby. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2025-03-171h 17Noble Rot028 - Noble Rot: The Power Of The PurseIn today’s episode Chas and David play “Marry, Shag, K!ll” with Musk, Zuck, and Bezos, decide which industry they’d like to oligarch, start preparing how to appease the aliens, and steel themselves to make contact with their fellow citizens. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2025-03-101h 31Noble Rot027 - Noble Rot: Taste The RainbowIn today’s show Chas and David recap how differing their tastes are from the Oscar academy’s, and then power rank hot nuts, lament mealy mouth openings, revel in pillowy goodness of nougat, and identify the exact temp (and alkalinity) to pull the perfect espresso. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2025-03-031h 14Noble Rot026 - Noble Rot: Let's Play DOGEBallIn today’s show Chas and David attempt making efficient cuts in their households and learn along the way the price of quality, the value of loyalty, why men are so bad a finding things, and explain why you should never trust someone who wants to plant a recording device in your home. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2025-02-241h 14Noble Rot025 - Noble Rot: Leaders Of The Free WorldIn today’s show, Chas and David attempt to measure the power of being the leader of the free world, they pay homage to the pioneers, fantasize about wielding the position, and predict the inevitable collapse that follows ultimate power. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2025-02-171h 21Noble Rot024 - Noble Rot: Lifestyle of The Not So Rich and Not FamousIn today’s show Chas and David pull up their bank statements to reveal how much money they spend on food and leisure, what qualifies as an essential expense vs gaudy, and when it’s okay to splurge. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2025-02-1056 minNoble Rot023 - Noble Rot: Welcome To The Rotten's!In today’s show, pulling attention from The Grammy’s, we celebrate our first annual The Rotten’s! Your guide to: the Best Old Person, Best Snack, Best Accessory and why you have carte blanche to eat fast food. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2025-02-041h 11Noble Rot022 - Noble Rot: All By MyselfIn today’s show Chas laments his wife’s departure and attempts to balance a new plan for productivity and indulgence, hopes to leverage Ai without empowering an android takeover, and begs for an open-source solution will end his bitter loneliness. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2025-01-281h 13Noble Rot021 - Noble Rot: Every Generation Has a GapIn today’s show Chas analyzes each generation’s strengths and foibles to identify civilization’s high mark and attempts to pinpoint our inevitable collapse, when was the best era to be alive and whom’s to blame for humanities woes. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2025-01-151h 18Noble Rot020 - Noble Rot: Rest In Peace, Chas Smith and David Lee ScalesIn today’s show Chas and David contemplate a grim reality, plot their funeral, beg for remembrance, and then find inspiration (and grotesqueness) in the new “don’t die” movement. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2025-01-071h 11Noble Rot019 - Noble Rot: Happy Public Domain Day!In today’s show Chas and David celebrate Public Domain day! From Mickey, to Popeye, to Gershwin and Ravel, the boys plot a marketing campaign for world domination fairly using the finest creative IPs. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2024-12-311h 08Noble Rot018 - Noble Rot: Let's Celebrate Pride!Let's celebrate pride! In today’s show Chas and David attempt to deflect personal pride and analyze an upwelling for spouses and kids, they tease apart biblical pride vs vanity, and then clash in a battle royale of Christmas tropes! Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2024-12-241h 10Noble Rot017 - Noble Rot: The History of Everything Except SurfingIn today’s show special guest Matt Warshaw joins to reveal a surprising truth while David shows astounding ignorance and Chas serves the ultimate Christmas reminder, if one doesn’t learn from history then they are doomed to repeat it. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2024-12-171h 16Noble Rot016 - Noble Rot: Momma, I'm In Love With A CriminalIn today’s Luigi Mangione themed episode Chas and David attempt define if and when homicide is justifiable, does social banditry supersede the rule of law, are the wealthy less valuable to society, and will history paint Luigi to be a folk hero or heinous miscreant? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2024-12-111h 07Noble Rot015 - Noble Rot: You Are ForgivenIn today’s show, in light a recent nepotistic pardon, Chas and David determine who else among us deserves ultimate forgiveness? Are you among the great societal offenders and do you deserve unconditional pardon? Learn how to eradicate the scourge and move into a more civilized utopia. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2024-12-021h 18Noble Rot014 - Noble Rot: Let's Talk TransThanksgiving is upon us. Family chats are liable to turn hostile. In today’s show Chas provides a guide for elevating trans talk from contentious to educational, entertaining, and dare I say, jovial! Woke is so 2023 so let’s Transition into a new us. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2024-11-261h 12Noble Rot013 - Noble Rot: New Year, New MeIn today’s show the boys return from the future with precise mathematical insights for much an adult male should attempt nobility and rot; in their fashion, their muscle tone, their hairstyle, and their passionate pursuits. Plus David details how to fake your death and start a new life. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2024-11-191h 15Noble Rot012 - Noble Rot: The Proper Way To Adult BirthdayIn today’s show Chas and David celebrate Leonardo Dicaprio’s birthday with a guide how to avoid the indignities of self-celebration, being sung to at a restaurant, perpetually dating 25 year olds, and explain why Martha Stewart might be the ultimate catch. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2024-11-121h 15Noble Rot011 - Noble Rot: Death and AmusementIn today’s show Chas tamps down the election fervor with a reminder that amusement can, and should, be found in all of life’s pursuits and charts a course to thrive through any political fallout via art, food, and indulgence. Learn how herein! Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2024-11-061h 00Noble Rot010 - Things Laird Hamilton Told Me YesterdayToday’s episode of Noble Rot is brought to you by Laird Hamilton! How to hold your breath for 5 minutes, the virtue of a chaste life, how dogs can sniff out wife beaters, and why there is no such thing as an excuse. Chas and David ascend to alpha male status in todays episode. Behold! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2024-10-3058 minNoble Rot009 - WORK!In today’s show, while our Presidential candidates “work the fry”, Chas and David reflect back on their first jobs, chart how menial jobs led to careers, and identify the moment where youthful enthusiasm to earn shifted to a lifetime of resentful ire. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2024-10-211h 09Noble Rot008 - The Weekend Chats, Live From The Boardroom ShowToday's mega-episode finds Chas and David at the world-famous Boardroom Show. Smith hunkered down in a Weekend Van interviewing a who's who of surfers, shapers, mathematicians, dear listeners, hall-of-famers and doctors while David worked the floor. The conversations are fun, loose and come from every corner of the surf world even though Noble Rot is decidedly anti-surf talk. Rules, however, were made to be broken. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2024-10-141h 53Noble Rot007 - We Can All Be FansIn today’s show Chas and David plot a course of fandom and anti-fandom for food they would tattoo on their temple’s, teams for which they would bleed, clothing brands they would shill to their friends, and they relive the adolescent heartbreak that calloused their heart’s so. Plus Heroes and Zeros! Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2024-10-081h 11Noble Rot006 - The Horror, The HorrorIn today’s show Chas lays the gauntlet and David attempts to navigate the horrifying modern world of potential democracy collapse, a Third World War, invasion of the tax man, and being forced to work until old age. Halloween ain’t’ nearly as frightening. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2024-10-011h 16Noble Rot005 - Gilding The LilyIn today’s episode Devon Howard joins Chas and David to discuss the fine but definitive line of gilding Lillies. From Cybertrucks (Deplorians) to Freak Offs, to commenting on PornHub, how, where, and when is it appropriate to go all in? Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2024-09-251h 01Noble Rot004 - The Ideal Modern ManIn today’s show Chas sets a course, with guidance from one Circe Wallace, to blueprint the ideal modern man. How to: eat phallic food in public, embrace one’s femininity, the allure of the bad boy, and why trauma harnesses the DNA for the ultimate modern man. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2024-09-171h 10Noble Rot003 - The Art of SpeakingIn light of James Earl Jones’ passing and amidst the era of Insta model fame, where hast the art of speaking gone? How to fake an accent, learn a language, seduce a lover, and earn 17 million dollars, all herein. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2024-09-101h 08Noble Rot002 - Merry ChristmasIn today’s show, Chas submit’s his candidacy for president on the platform of shifting Holidates, eradicating society of baggage claim blockers, Brazilian Butt-Lifting his way to First Class, and why you should aspire to owning a 1976 Corvette Sting Ray. Plus Heroes and Zeros! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2024-09-051h 22Noble Rot001 - Rubbing Your Face In ItSurprise! Chas Smith takes use through pop culture's most salacious headlines; an A-List marriage on the rocks over political ideology, public shaming an heiress DJ's mothering, a celeb couple bequeaths their fortune to divorce lawyers, architecting a pop star, and how to protect your kid from becoming a true crime story. Take it all in . . . after dark! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2024-08-301h 03
The Way Out | A Sobriety and Recovery PodcastMusic Saved My Life with Chas Smith, aka Colicchie | The Way Out Podcast Episode 391Chas Smith is not only a person in long term #recovery, he is also a rapper that goes by the name Colicchie! His raw and sometimes gut wrenching, but always inspiring lyrics have touched the lives of so many people who suffer from substance use disorder. Chas talks about his life, fatherhood, his music and his purpose. You do NOT want to miss this kids so #ListenUp.
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It Works How and Why: Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions of Narcotics Anonymous - https://www.hazelden.org/store/item/4001?NA-It-Works-How-and-Why-Hardcover
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Smith Xpress ShowSmith Xpress Sports W/ Chas Jones Episode 11 “Justin Fields & The Chicago Bears/Steelers Trade”Tune in as Smith & Chas Jones discuss the Bears & Steelers trade that involved Justin fields for the 6th round pick and much more you don’t want to miss!!!
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Dirty Water: The BeachGrit Podcast featuring Chas Smith and Derek RiellyChas Smith reacts to Ian Ziering's wild street brawl with chubby Latinx biker galsIn the latest episode of Dirty Water, Chas Smith picks apart Bev Hills 90210 star Ian Ziering’s wild street brawl with a gang of “chubby teenage Latinx girls”.
“No actor is more surf adjacent than Ian Ziering (save Keanu Reeves and Matthew Perry),” Smith wrote when news broke of the melee.
“The now 58-year-old got his start on the 90s program Beverly Hills 90210, which was, itself, entirely surf adjacent. After a ten season run, Ziering, who played Steve Sanders, went into C-list purgatory until 2013 when the absurdist Sharknado became a surprise hit. Again, very surf adjacent.2024-01-1407 min
Dirty Water: The BeachGrit Podcast featuring Chas Smith and Derek RiellyChas Smith reacts to Kelia Moniz bringing hammer down on RoxyIn the latest episode of Dirty Water, the celebrated author Chas Smith reacts to Kelia Moniz giving hell to Roxy’s parent company, the Authentic Brands Group.
“The stylish longboarder is a two-time champion, multiple-time cover girl and, most importantly, surf royalty, hailing from the revered Moniz family,” says Smith. “She is, in a word, indelible and has been a face of Roxy for nearly two decades.”
Via Instagram, Kelia Moniz explained how, after Covid, she signed a great contract, the best she had ever had. After ABG completed purchase of Roxy, however the contract was termin...2024-01-1005 min
New Books in Middle Eastern StudiesChas Smith, "Reports from Hell" (Rare Bird Books, 2020)While now a prominent and controversial surf journalist, Chas Smith started his career as a war correspondent in the Middle East. Obsessed with Joan Didion, but really working in the tradition of Hunter S. Thompson, he embarked on a series of often ill-fated reporting trips to Yemen and Lebanon. Smith’s adventures ranged from discovering new surfing beaches on the Arabian Peninsula to being kidnapped by Hezbollah. His experiences are chronicled in Reports from Hell with his trademark wry, self-effacing, and ironic, but also insightful, informed, and even touching, prose. Smith’s previous books include Welcome to Paradise, Now Go to H...2023-04-131h 14
New Books in JournalismChas Smith, "Reports from Hell" (Rare Bird Books, 2020)While now a prominent and controversial surf journalist, Chas Smith started his career as a war correspondent in the Middle East. Obsessed with Joan Didion, but really working in the tradition of Hunter S. Thompson, he embarked on a series of often ill-fated reporting trips to Yemen and Lebanon. Smith’s adventures ranged from discovering new surfing beaches on the Arabian Peninsula to being kidnapped by Hezbollah. His experiences are chronicled in Reports from Hell with his trademark wry, self-effacing, and ironic, but also insightful, informed, and even touching, prose. Smith’s previous books include Welcome to Paradise, Now Go to H...2023-04-131h 14
Analyze and Educate PodcastAEP19: Chas Smith - Surf JournalistThis episode we are joined by Chas Smith, an author and journalist. His work can be found at Surfing Magazine, Vice, GQ, and the New York Times. He has written multiple books including Reports From Hell. Today me and Northern Provisions talk to him about his time in Yemen after 9/11 and in Lebanon during the 2006 war with Israel, which he details in that book. Please consider support our project by donating to us. Ways to donate and other resources here: https://linktr.ee/analyzeeducate2023-03-0344 min
We Do Recover With Jared MillerEP 109 - COLICCHIE aka Chas SmithMusic artist Chas Smith aka COLICCHIE joins Dr. Terry Sellers & counselor Jared Miller to share his story of recovery. Chas starts off by sharing what his life looks like today. A little over a year ago, he started the Pittsburgh Recovery Center. In September, he got engaged to his fiancé Hannah & explains how the bond he feels with his daughter fills the void he previously felt. Chas answered a question from Anthony (a listener) about his why for staying clean & how he deals with the monotony of life. Chas briefly touched on what led up to his time in a...2023-01-2852 min
Self-Funded With SpencerHuman Capital Management 101 - Chas Fields - UKG - Episode 50Chas Fields is Senior Partner at UKG - Ultimate Kronos Group - and is also a fellow podcaster, a public speaker, a change management expert, a volunteer, and a baseball coach. Oh yeah, he's also a really cool dude!
This episode covers what Human Capital Management is, how it works, and how technology is enabling companies to better manager their Human Capital.
We cover topics like the merger of two giant organizations into an even bigger one, managing people through the pandemic, fatherhood, how to be a good person in general, and the future of HCM.
Enjoy!2022-06-2150 min
Surf StoriesBlessed Are the Bank Robbers with Chas SmithIt's the walk up to the teller with a note asking for bills from the top two drawers, no dye-packs or GPS, that had me hooked. Chas Smith's latest work is a biography of his cousin, Daniel Courson, who robbed over 40 banks in two intense runs, one with a long period on the lam. Back it all up to a celebrity status evangelical childhood, and you've got a page-turner. Tyler Bruer guest hosts with Kevin Miller. Enjoy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2022-05-2655 min
Full Trial Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, Law & PoliticsBlessed Are the Bank Robbers: The True Adventures of an Evangelical Outlaw by Chas SmithPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/601336 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Blessed Are the Bank Robbers: The True Adventures of an Evangelical Outlaw Author: Chas Smith Narrator: Chas Smith Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 38 minutes Release date: March 15, 2022 Genres: Law & Politics Publisher's Summary: A rollicking true story of Bibles and bank robberies in Southern California, from a talented and highly praised gonzo journalist. Chas Smith grew up deeply enmeshed in the evangelical Christian world that grew out of Southern California in the late 1960s. His family included famous missionaries and megachurch pastors, but his cousin Daniel Courson was Grandma’s...2022-03-1503 min
Download Latest Full Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, Law & PoliticsBlessed Are the Bank Robbers: The True Adventures of an Evangelical Outlaw by Chas SmithPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/601336to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Blessed Are the Bank Robbers: The True Adventures of an Evangelical Outlaw
Author: Chas Smith
Narrator: Chas Smith
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 6 hours 38 minutes
Release date: March 15, 2022
Genres: Law & Politics
Publisher's Summary:
A rollicking true story of Bibles and bank robberies in Southern California, from a talented and highly praised gonzo journalist. Chas Smith grew up deeply enmeshed in the evangelical Christian world that grew out of Southern California in the late 1960s. His family included famous missionaries and megachurch pastors, but his cousin Daniel Courson was Grandma’s fa...2022-03-156h 38
Smith Xpress ShowSmith Xpress Sports With Motivational Speaker Chas J.Smith Xpress Sports With Motivational Speaker Chas J.
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Smith Xpress ShowSmith Interview Motivational Speaker Chas j.Smith Interview Motivational Chas J as he talks about his life and the life situation that changed his life in 2019 and so much more you don’t want to miss!!!
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Optimize Paleo by PaleovalleyEP272: The Dangers of GMOs & Glyphosate with Jeffrey SmithA 2019 survey of over 3,000 participants noted considerable improvements in the following conditions by avoiding genetically modified organisms (GMOs)... Digestive issues (85.2%) Fatigue (60.4%) Overweight or obesity (54.6%) Brain fog (51.7%) Food allergies/sensitivities (50.2%) Mood issues (51.1%) Memory (48.1%) Joint pain (47.5%) Gluten sensitivities (42.2%) Insomnia (33.2%) Skin conditions 30.9% Hormonal problems (30.4%) Musculoskeletal pain (25.2%) Autoimmune disease (21.4%) Eczema (20.8%) Cardiovascular problems (high blood pressure) 19.8% And while this survey was conducted in a group that may be more sensitive to GMOs, I think it’s important to acknowledge that GMOs do have health and environmental risks. According to Jeffrey Smith, GMO advocate and this week’s podcast guest, novel deve...2021-11-2449 min
Around The Campfire with Leo, Chas, and JackEp. 9 Winging It With The Boys - with Leo, Chas, and JackEpisode 9. Winging It With The Boys - with Leo, Chas, and Jack
Due to a guest emergency, the boys totally improvise this week's episode! Leo, Chas, and Jack get together Around The Campfire and chat about how to properly pronounce things, siestas, and finally saying what you need to say.
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Midlife Surfer: Surf Podcast037: BeachGrit’s Chas Smith, and Nicaragua recapWe are joined by BeachGrit's Chas Smith, author of "Welcome to Paradise, Now Go to Hell," "Cocaine+Surfing" and "Reports from Hell". You can also find Chas on BeachGrit.com and the podcasts The Grit and Dirty Water: The BeachGrit Podcast.
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Produced by Adam Montiel @adamontheair
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The Grumpy Surfer PodcastChas SmithRecorded 17 February 2021
Chas Smith is one of the most notorious and controversial surf journalist thanks to his work with his online media platforms Beach Grit and Lodge Grit. Author of books like Welcome to Paradise, Now go to Hell and Cocaine and Surfing.
To add to all this, he also hosts and co-hosts podcasts Dirty Water with Derick Riley and The Grit with David Lee Scales.
Chas is very open and honest, he also says it like it is.
Father and surfer, on the podcast Adz and Chas discuss a variety o...2021-04-051h 00Around The Campfire with Leo, Chas, and JackEp. 1 [Insert Bear Pun Here] - With Leo, Chas, & JackEpisode 1. (Recorded on 3/20/21)
The boys get the fire started with songs from their lives as we hike deep into the woods with the very first episode of Around The Campfire with Leo, Chas, & Jack.
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The Happy Hour with King HapEpisode 58!!! CHAS SMITH, World famous SURFING author and journalist joins The Happy Hour to talk SURFING AND BEHIND THE SCENES CRAZINESS!!!!Send us a textOn Episode 58 Surfer, Author , Journalist and overall good guy CHAS SMITH joins The Happy Hour. They talk about the crazy behind the scenes drugs, violence and fun that makes up the surfing world. Also when he was held captive on an assignment during a war in the middle east!!!!!Chas is also the Co-Founder of Beach Grit. The world premiere surfing news and entertainment website beachgrit.comThe also talk about the 2 smash hit surfing books Chas has written. Welcome to Paradise, Now go to hell. Also they s...2021-01-2253 min
Let the Words Transport You With Free AudiobookWelcome to Paradise, Now Go to Hell: A True Story of Violence, Corruption, and the Soul of Surfing Audiobook by Chas SmithListen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://hotaudiobook.com/freeID: 429269
Title: Welcome to Paradise, Now Go to Hell: A True Story of Violence, Corruption, and the Soul of Surfing
Author: Chas Smith
Narrator: Chas Smith
Format: Unabridged
Length: 07:12:37
Language: English
Release date: 12-22-20
Publisher: Tantor Media
Genres: History, Sports & Recreation, Biography & Memoir, North America, Other
Summary:
Welcome to Paradise, Now Go to Hell, is surfer and former war reporter Chas Smith's wild and unflinching look at the high-stakes world of surfing on Oahu's North Shore-a riveting, often humorous, account of beauty, greed, danger, and crime.
For two...2020-12-227h 12
The Food Truck ScholarEducational Resources for Food Truckers: Chas KaplanIf you’ve been rocking with me since the first season, you’ve probably heard me reference a mobile food conference called the Columbus Mobile Food Conference and Expo I attended last year and all the information I learned there. When I recorded this interview, I was making plans to hop on the road and go back to that conference to collect more gems, but Covid-19 had different plans. Lucky for me and all of you, the conference (now called Learn Mobile Food) has decided to go virtual and I want to introduce you to one of the founders. Chas...2020-11-1052 min
New Books in Drugs, Addiction and RecoveryChas Smith, "Cocaine and Surfing: A Sordid History of Surfing’s Greatest Love Affair" (Rare Bird, 2018)Surfers are the ultimate bad boys, living the counter-culture life of decadence and hedonism as they travel the world in search of the perfect wave, partying hard along the way. So, it’s not surprising that these social misfits and dropouts created a sub-culture tied to drugs. While most might associate surfing Jeff Spicoli with smoking marijuana in Fast Times at Ridgemont High or hippies dropping acid in late 1960s Hawai’i, Chas Smith argues that cocaine and surfing are much more intertwined. Actually, it’s not so much surfing as the “surf industry”, the fashion industry’s big money market...2020-11-061h 06New Books in JournalismChas Smith, "Cocaine and Surfing: A Sordid History of Surfing’s Greatest Love Affair" (Rare Bird, 2018)Surfers are the ultimate bad boys, living the counter-culture life of decadence and hedonism as they travel the world in search of the perfect wave, partying hard along the way. So, it’s not surprising that these social misfits and dropouts created a sub-culture tied to drugs. While most might associate surfing Jeff Spicoli with smoking marijuana in Fast Times at Ridgemont High or hippies dropping acid in late 1960s Hawai’i, Chas Smith argues that cocaine and surfing are much more intertwined. Actually, it’s not so much surfing as the “surf industry”, the fashion industry’s big money market...2020-11-061h 06
New Books in SportsChas Smith, "Cocaine and Surfing: A Sordid History of Surfing’s Greatest Love Affair" (Rare Bird, 2018)Surfers are the ultimate bad boys, living the counter-culture life of decadence and hedonism as they travel the world in search of the perfect wave, partying hard along the way. So, it’s not surprising that these social misfits and dropouts created a sub-culture tied to drugs. While most might associate surfing Jeff Spicoli with smoking marijuana in Fast Times at Ridgemont High or hippies dropping acid in late 1960s Hawai’i, Chas Smith argues that cocaine and surfing are much more intertwined. Actually, it’s not so much surfing as the “surf industry”, the fashion industry’s big money market...2020-11-061h 06
Ever Forward Radio with Chase ChewningReversing Chronic Disease, Reducing Inflammation and Improving Skin Health Through Whole Food Nutrition and Supplementation with Autumn Smith Join your host Chase Chewning as he interviews Autumn Smith, Co-Founder of Paleovalley and Wild Pastures, wellness enthusiast and mom. Here she will touch on her journey to overcoming acne as well as debilitating digestive and mental health issues with using food as medicine. “Bring back traditional forgotten superfoods into my diet so that we can all live a life that we’re proud of and that we’re inspired by and that we feel capable of doing everything we’ve ever wanted to do." In this episode, Chase delves deep into Autumn’s evolving journey. They discuss mind/ body relationships...2020-09-3054 min
Surf StoriesREPORTS FROM HELL by Chas SmithSolid reporting turned narrative, complete with fashion, religious, cultural, surf critique from Yemen to Beirut to Djibouti, Chas Smith absolutely nails this three part memoir of making his way through radical Islam headwaters, war correspondent dues, and AK-47 peppered line-ups. Pick up his new work and enjoy! Reports From Hell can be found on Amazon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2020-09-091h 02
Expand Your Mind With Our Engaging Free AudiobookReports from Hell Audiobook by Chas SmithListen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://hotaudiobook.com/freeID: 418355
Title: Reports from Hell
Author: Chas Smith
Narrator: Peter Berkrot
Format: Unabridged
Length: 08:05:20
Language: English
Release date: 06-09-20
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Genres: Essays & Travelogues, Travel Tips
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A gonzo ride through war-torn Yemen as only Chas Smith, the award-winning author of Welcome to Paradise, Now Go to Hell and Cocaine + Surfing: A Sordid History of Surfing's Greatest Love Affair, could provide. Follow Smith and his misfit band of merrymakers as they search for the true origins of Al Qaeda and endeavor to ride the unsurfed waves of...2020-06-098h 05
Looking Sideways Action Sports PodcastEpisode 122: Chas Smith - Trash ProseFull episode and Show Notes - www.wearelookingsideways.comThis week’s guest is Chas Smith, surely the most notorious surf journalist on the planet right now thanks to his work with Beach Grit, books like Welcome to Paradise Now Go To Hell, and podcasts like Dirty Water and The Grit with David Lee Scales.Along the way, Chas has come to personify a particular type of surf writing trope - the tough-talking, hard-drinking alpha who is forever storming out of trade show interviews and picking literal and metaphorical fights with his peers and contemporaries.2020-05-061h 18Looking Sideways Action Sports PodcastEpisode 122: Chas Smith - Trash ProseFull episode and Show Notes - www.wearelookingsideways.comThis week’s guest is Chas Smith, surely the most notorious surf journalist on the planet right now thanks to his work with Beach Grit, books like Welcome to Paradise Now Go To Hell, and podcasts like Dirty Water and The Grit with David Lee Scales.Along the way, Chas has come to personify a particular type of surf writing trope - the tough-talking, hard-drinking alpha who is forever storming out of trade show interviews and picking literal and metaphorical fights with his peers and contemporaries.2020-05-061h 18
Swell Season Surf RadioAuthors Jamie Brisick & Chas SmithIt's a doozy of an episode with Legendary author, and surf scribe Jamie Brisick. We discuss the life under lockdown in L.A., how the surf world is reacting to the pandemic and empty Malibu. Then we get an opportunity to talk with the surf worlds provocateur gonzo journalist and author, Chas Smith. We get into a great exchange over herd immunity, police overreach and a plan to bring back MCD. All that and a whole lot more... Song: Heaven is FallingBand: Bad ReligionThe episode is broken into two chapters for each interview. 2020-04-302h 00
Wave Pool MagChas Smith: Surf blogging's bad boy weighs in on wave poolsChas Smith is a smart guy. Originally from California, he moved to Oregon and commenced his surfing career at age 10. He earned a bachelor’s degree in intercultural studies (1998) and a master’s degree in linguistics (2001) from Southern California’s Biola University; Smith’s studies included semesters spent studying Arabic in Egypt and English at Oxford University. That short bio is taken from Matt Warshaw's Encyclopedia of Surf, check it out: https://eos.surf/entries/smith-chas/Chas and I discuss a wealth of interesting subjects surrounding his life and wave pools. Here are some of my quest...2019-11-2138 min
Rare Bird RadioChas Smith in conversation with Kristin CaseyChas Smith the author of Cocaine + Surfing and Welcome to Paradise, Now Go to Hell (It Books, November 2013), which was optioned for television by Fox 21 (Homeland and Sons of Anarchy) with producers at Television 360 (Game of Thrones) and a finalist for the PEN Center USA Award for Nonfiction.
Chas began his writing career as a foreign correspondent, penning pieces for Vice, Paper, and Blackbook, amongst others, from Yemen, Lebanon, Syria, Somalia, Azerbaijan and Colombia which led to a brief career as a war correspondent for Current TV.
After being kidnapped by Hezbollah during the 2006 Israel-Lebanon war he transitioned to surf...2018-08-3142 min
The Boardroom Podcast006 – Chas Smith: Cocaine + SurfingIn today’s episode of The Boardroom, Scott chats with surf industry provocateur, Beach Grit co-founder, and author of the new “Cocaine + Surfing: A Sordid History of Surfing’s Greatest Love Affair”, Chas Smith. From greatest rock n’ roll drummers, to the hypocrisy of surf media, to the oxymoron of “surf journalism”, the boys discuss the … Continue reading "006 – Chas Smith: Cocaine + Surfing" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2018-08-021h 16
The Boardroom Podcast Archives - Surf Splendor006 – Chas Smith: Cocaine + SurfingIn today’s episode of The Boardroom, Scott chats with surf industry provocateur, Beach Grit co-founder, and author of the new “Cocaine + Surfing: A Sordid History of Surfing’s Greatest Love Affair”, Chas Smith. From greatest rock n’ roll drummers, to the hypocrisy of surf media, to the oxymoron of “surf journalism”, the boys discuss the …
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The Boardroom Podcast Archives - Surf Splendor006 – Chas Smith: Cocaine + SurfingIn today’s episode of The Boardroom, Scott chats with surf industry provocateur, Beach Grit co-founder, and author of the new “Cocaine + Surfing: A Sordid History of Surfing’s Greatest Love Affair”, Chas Smith. From greatest rock n’ roll drummers, to the hypocrisy of surf media, to the oxymoron of “surf journalism”, the boys discuss the …
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The Joe Praino Podcastjpp3: CHAS SMITH On Cocaine & SurfingJoe sits down with surf journalist Chas Smith to talk about his new book Cocaine + Surfing: A Sordid History of Surfing's Great Love Affair. Follow Chas... Twitter: twitter.com/trashprose Instagram: instagram.com/surfjournalist Blog: BeachGrit.com Support the show at: patreon.com/joepraino This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit joepraino.substack.com/subscribe2018-07-201h 24
"Working " Progress Podcastepisode 3 FT chasBlaize , malc , Jay guest host Chas2018-07-0355 min
Rare Bird RadioChas Smith in conversation with Joe DonnellyChas Smith the author of Cocaine + Surfing and Welcome to Paradise, Now Go to Hell (It Books, November 2013), which was optioned for television by Fox 21 (Homeland and Sons of Anarchy) with producers at Television 360 (Game of Thrones) and a finalist for the PEN Center USA Award for Nonfiction.
Chas began his writing career as a foreign correspondent, penning pieces for Vice, Paper, and Blackbook, amongst others, from Yemen, Lebanon, Syria, Somalia, Azerbaijan and Colombia which led to a brief career as a war correspondent for Current TV.
After being kidnapped by Hezbollah during the 2006 Israel-Lebanon war he transitioned to surf...2018-06-0553 min
Surf Splendor Archives - Surf Splendor196 – The Grit! with Chas Smith, December 6, 2017In today’s episode of The Grit! David and Chas discuss what price would be required for them to sell-out to traditional surf media, why Wade Carmichael will dominate 2018, they implore Joe Turpel to learn how to Omoplata, and discuss the ethics of telling someone to “suck a dick”. Take the candy! FOLLOW UP Surfrider …
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The Grit! with Chas Smith012 – The Grit! with Chas Smith, December 6, 2017In today’s episode of The Grit! David and Chas discuss what price would be required for them to sell-out to traditional surf media, why Wade Carmichael will dominate 2018, they implore Joe Turpel to learn how to Omoplata, and discuss the ethics of telling someone to “suck a dick”. Take the candy! FOLLOW UP Surfrider … Continue reading "012 – The Grit! with Chas Smith, December 6, 2017" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2017-12-071h 44
Surf Splendor012 – The Grit! with Chas Smith, December 6, 2017In today’s episode of The Grit! David and Chas discuss what price would be required for them to sell-out to traditional surf media, why Wade Carmichael will dominate 2018, they implore Joe Turpel to learn how to Omoplata, and discuss the ethics of telling someone to “suck a dick”. Take the candy! FOLLOW UP Surfrider … Continue reading "012 – The Grit! with Chas Smith, December 6, 2017" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2017-12-071h 44
Surf Splendor012 – The Grit! with Chas Smith, December 6, 2017In today’s episode of The Grit! David and Chas discuss what price would be required for them to sell-out to traditional surf media, why Wade Carmichael will dominate 2018, they implore Joe Turpel to learn how to Omoplata, and discuss the ethics of telling someone to “suck a dick”. Take the candy! FOLLOW UP Surfrider … Continue reading "012 – The Grit! with Chas Smith, December 6, 2017"
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2017-12-071h 39The Grit! with Chas Smith009 – The Grit! with Chas Smith, October 27, 2017Today’s episode is engineered with auditory sensitization systems with hollow fiber ear canal mapping designed to enhance inner cochlea stimulation! Don’t miss it! Oh, and David and Chas discuss Zach Weisberg’s hurt feelings, JJF’s secret power, and which style of tattoo is the new Tramp Stamp. Enjoy! TURMOIL IN SURF MEDIA! Stab punks The Inertia Click … Continue reading "009 – The Grit! with Chas Smith, October 27, 2017" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2017-10-271h 30Surf Splendor Archives - Surf Splendor191 – The Grit! with Chas Smith, October 27, 2017Today’s episode is engineered with auditory sensitization systems with hollow fiber ear canal mapping designed to enhance inner cochlea stimulation! Don’t miss it! Oh, and David and Chas discuss Zach Weisberg’s hurt feelings, JJF’s secret power, and which style of tattoo is the new Tramp Stamp. Enjoy! TURMOIL IN SURF MEDIA! Stab punks The Inertia Click …
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The post 191 – The Grit! with Chas Smith, October 27, 2017 appeared first on Surf Splendor .2017-10-271h 25Surf Splendor009 – The Grit! with Chas Smith, October 27, 2017Today’s episode is engineered with auditory sensitization systems with hollow fiber ear canal mapping designed to enhance inner cochlea stimulation! Don’t miss it! Oh, and David and Chas discuss Zach Weisberg’s hurt feelings, JJF’s secret power, and which style of tattoo is the new Tramp Stamp. Enjoy! TURMOIL IN SURF MEDIA! Stab punks The Inertia Click … Continue reading "009 – The Grit! with Chas Smith, October 27, 2017" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2017-10-271h 31Surf Splendor009 – The Grit! with Chas Smith, October 27, 2017Today’s episode is engineered with auditory sensitization systems with hollow fiber ear canal mapping designed to enhance inner cochlea stimulation! Don’t miss it! Oh, and David and Chas discuss Zach Weisberg’s hurt feelings, JJF’s secret power, and which style of tattoo is the new Tramp Stamp. Enjoy! TURMOIL IN SURF MEDIA! Stab punks The Inertia Click … Continue reading "009 – The Grit! with Chas Smith, October 27, 2017"
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2017-10-271h 25The Grit! with Chas Smith005 – Grit! with Chas Smith, August 27, 2017Today’s episode of Grit! was recorded at Album Surf in San Clemente, California where Matt Parker generously loans Chas an asymmetrical board and explains he design theory and why it’ll help Chas shred harder than ever. David and Chas then discuss purchasing and reviving the greatest surf brand of all time, whether or not puka … Continue reading "005 – Grit! with Chas Smith, August 27, 2017" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2017-08-271h 31Surf Splendor Archives - Surf Splendor183 – Grit! with Chas Smith, August 27, 2017Today’s episode of Grit! was recorded at Album Surf in San Clemente, California where Matt Parker generously loans Chas an asymmetrical board and explains he design theory and why it’ll help Chas shred harder than ever. David and Chas then discuss purchasing and reviving the greatest surf brand of all time, whether or not puka …
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The post 183 – Grit! with Chas Smith, August 27, 2017 appeared first on Surf Splendor .2017-08-271h 26Surf Splendor005 – Grit! with Chas Smith, August 27, 2017Today’s episode of Grit! was recorded at Album Surf in San Clemente, California where Matt Parker generously loans Chas an asymmetrical board and explains he design theory and why it’ll help Chas shred harder than ever. David and Chas then discuss purchasing and reviving the greatest surf brand of all time, whether or not to puka … Continue reading "005 – Grit! with Chas Smith, August 27, 2017" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2017-08-271h 31Surf Splendor005 – Grit! with Chas Smith, August 27, 2017Today’s episode of Grit! was recorded at Album Surf in San Clemente, California where Matt Parker generously loans Chas an asymmetrical board and explains he design theory and why it’ll help Chas shred harder than ever. David and Chas then discuss purchasing and reviving the greatest surf brand of all time, whether or not to puka … Continue reading "005 – Grit! with Chas Smith, August 27, 2017"
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2017-08-271h 26The Grit! with Chas Smith004 – Grit! Chas Smith, August 10, 2017In this gargantuan sized episode of Grit, David and Chas discuss why Derek Reilly left Stab and co-founded Beach Grit, whether it’s okay for a 35 year old dad to skateboard, SUP’r fist fights, Drugs vs Booze, 360s vs 540s, why you should never wash your jeans nor tie your shoes, and things get really … Continue reading "004 – Grit! Chas Smith, August 10, 2017" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2017-08-102h 02Surf Splendor004 – Grit! Chas Smith, August 10, 2017In this gargantuan sized episode of Grit, David and Chas discuss why Derek Reilly left Stab and co-founded Beach Grit, whether it’s okay for a 35 year old dad to skateboard, SUP’r fist fights, Drugs vs Booze, 360s vs 540s, why you should never wash your jeans nor tie your shoes, and things get really … Continue reading "004 – Grit! Chas Smith, August 10, 2017"
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2017-08-101h 57Surf Splendor004 – Grit! Chas Smith, August 10, 2017In this gargantuan sized episode of Grit, David and Chas discuss why Derek Reilly left Stab and co-founded Beach Grit, whether it’s okay for a 35 year old dad to skateboard, SUP’r fist fights, Drugs vs Booze, 360s vs 540s, why you should never wash your jeans nor tie your shoes, and things get really … Continue reading "004 – Grit! Chas Smith, August 10, 2017" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2017-08-102h 03
Talkin' Sh*t with Eddie IfftEpisode 468: "Somebody Shoot Him" with Chas Smith and Yoshi ObayashiChas Smith joins Eddie Ifft and Jason Auer at The Townhouse this week and Yoshi is back! Chas talks about getting kidnapped in Lebanon and his book Welcome to Paradise, Go to Hell. Yoshi updates us on his medical labs and gives porn editing tips. They guys also talk about parenting styles, crazy Australian serial killers, and how dumb surfers are. Visit www.BlueApron.com/ifft for you 2 free meals from our sponsor Blue Apron! Don't forget - rate and review Talkin' Shit (aka "Talkins Hit") on iTunes or your favorite podcasting service! Follow the...2016-06-301h 36Surf Splendor Archives - Surf Splendor111 – Derek Rielly & Chas Smith: BeachGritHumorous, irreverent, sensational, speculative, BeachGrit has quickly become one of our favorite destinations for anything surf. Albeit often superficial, BeachGrit provides something that surf media has long avoided: gossip! Blood feuds, backroom deals, million dollar corporate buy-outs, BeachGrit provides the parking lot fodder that was previously only privy to industry bros. Oh, and they have opinions! “They” are Derek Rielly and Chas Smith, …
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The post 111 – Derek Rielly & Chas Smith: BeachGrit appeared first on Surf Splendor .2015-12-071h 06Surf Splendor111 – Derek Rielly & Chas Smith: BeachGritHumorous, irreverent, sensational, speculative, BeachGrit has quickly become one of our favorite destinations for anything surf. Albeit often superficial, BeachGrit provides something that surf media has long avoided: gossip! Blood feuds, backroom deals, million dollar corporate buy-outs, BeachGrit provides the parking lot fodder that was previously only privy to industry bros. Oh, and they have opinions! “They” are Derek Rielly and Chas Smith, … Continue reading "111 – Derek Rielly & Chas Smith: BeachGrit"
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2015-12-071h 06Surf Splendor111 – Derek Rielly & Chas Smith: BeachGritHumorous, irreverent, sensational, speculative, BeachGrit has quickly become one of our favorite destinations for anything surf. Albeit often superficial, BeachGrit provides something that surf media has long avoided: gossip! Blood feuds, backroom deals, million dollar corporate buy-outs, BeachGrit provides the parking lot fodder that was previously only privy to industry bros. Oh, and they have opinions! “They” are Derek Rielly and Chas Smith, … Continue reading "111 – Derek Rielly & Chas Smith: BeachGrit" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2015-12-071h 12Surf Splendor Archives - Surf Splendor072 – Chas Smith: Beach Grit!In today’s episode of Surf Splendor, we chat with writer Chas Smith. Author of “Welcome to Paradise, Now Go to Hell”, co-founder of BeachGrit.com, friend of Eddie Rothman, enemy of Mick Fanning, Middle East war correspondent, his resume is tapestry of controversy! Gratefully, Chas really engaged in our conversation and offered insight into his past …
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Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2015-01-271h 36Surf Splendor072 – Chas Smith: Beach Grit!In today’s episode of Surf Splendor, we chat with writer Chas Smith. Author of “Welcome to Paradise, Now Go to Hell”, co-founder of BeachGrit.com, friend of Eddie Rothman, enemy of Mick Fanning, Middle East war correspondent, his resume is tapestry of controversy! Gratefully, Chas really engaged in our conversation and offered insight into his past … Continue reading "072 – Chas Smith: Beach Grit!" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2015-01-271h 42
At The Hops -Beer & Music PodcastLipstick - Greg Troyan and Stephen SmithGreg Troyan and Stephen Smith lead Nashville’s premiere glam rock band Lipstick, and on this week’s episode they join Chas E and Mike Mitchell for some more original music and beer tasting. Greg Troyan had a vision to create a rock experience that embraced the sounds of classic rock and evolved the hair rock phenomena into a more current sound. Together with musical parter Stephen Smith (also of Regdar And The Fighters), they have created Lipstick, which is more than just a musical experience - it’s an entire theatrical show. Greg and Stephen give us a killer...2014-11-1100 min