Links to Out of Trouble and my new website nikharter.com and my new Instagram for the Pod. New episodes up every Thursday! Big things to come, stay tuned! Please rate and review if you have a second too, it's super appreciated. Thank you! Other Resources: Movement for Black Lives is a leading organization nationally. Wikipedia page about Defunding …

Email: nik.harter@gmail.com I got into this crazy fucking situation when I was trying to score an interview with this wacko, right, and he makes it a condition of the interview that I join him for a dice game. That's how I end up hanging out with a group of drug dealers and miscreants at a gay bar in the Castro at 10 in the morning on a Wednesday. …

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Dana Galloway reconnects folks with their deceased and estranged loved ones via findagrave.com. On this episode, I accompany her to Cypress Lawn Cemetery on one of her Find a Grave missions, just south of San Francisco. We tour the cemetery while discussing death, burial rituals, and bay area history. Dana shares how she became a grave hunter after…

In the “College Dropout” series we examined why the dropout rate stands at 47%, and how becoming educated is related to becoming an adult. But what if you’re already an “adult” when you go to college? In this episode we answer the question: are you behind in life if you go back to school in your 30s, 40s, 50s, or beyond? How can we can think about …

One out of every two students who attend Community College drop out. Only 1 in 5 will get their degree in four years. Why? I’m Nikolas Harter, and in this three part series produced out of the KCSF studios at the City College of San Francisco, I interview students and administrators, and break down statistics to come to some surprising conclusions …

In Part 2, I explore the personal reasons for why a student might drop out with “F-Everything” Paul Lopez. Paul dropped out of school when he was 18. Back then, he didn’t know what he wanted to do, so he left school and moved up to the bay with his sister to get a full time job. Now he’s back, returning to school at C.C.S.F. at 22 years old. I told…

In Part 3, I’ll share about my personal college experience, and square off with current C.C.S.F. student Brandon Powell. Is attending college about pursuing your dreams? Or making ends meet? Brandon shares some cockroach stories, and we debate what school and life is all about. Why should we value public schools? What’s the purpose of education, an…

This is a non-narrated episode, with no formal introduction or outro. Please rate/review! Moldavia says she has "nine bloods in her." A black bigot who believes in radical multi-culturalism, supports Drumpf, and runs a 'foundation' which works to inspire Americans to learn more languages and cultures, Moldavia herself can say something in over 3,00…

On this episode, we get a special tour of The Pan American Unity Mural with docent Vickie Simms. Vickie has given up her lifelong (30+ years) business career to go back to school and study Art History. We'll hear about what motivated her to trade money for art, and glean lessons from our shared American past, as Vickie tours us through this legenda…

This is episode one of a three-part series about a mysterious truck I spent a month chasing down last summer. This is not educational podcasting, this is pure storytelling fun. So, enjoy! Living in San Francisco, I see weird, unexplainable people and objects on a regular basis. This is the story of what happens when I chase down one of those myster…

Part two of a three-part series about "The Light Show." If you don't know what that is, go back and listen to episode one, "The Search." In this episode, Rich and I talk, drive, and get real. Hold onto your coca cola and cigarettes, it's going to be a wEeiRd and BuMPy ride.

Part three of a three-part series about "The Light Show." Go check out the two episodes before this if you have not already. In this episode, I sit down with MY MOM, and get super Freudian! She enjoyed this story so much when I told it to her last summer, I decided to sit down with her again to discuss all the events that have happened since then, …

Inspired by certain events that occurred on April 20th on Hippie Hill in Golden Gate Park, I venture out into the cannabis world to investigate the new health fade "CBD." What is it, what can it really do, and how do we know we're getting "the good stuff?"

Teaser for a new season of The 38 starting 12/9.

I don't know if you heard--Marijuana just got legalized in California--it's a pretty big deal, and it's cause for celebration for the legions of stoners who live in the state. Or is it? One of the biggest celebrations of this magical plant takes place every year on 4/20 just down the road from my house, at Hippie Hill in Golden Gate Park. On this e…

What's it like being a budding musician in this post-record-label age? Nick gives us an artist's definition of the word "success." Links to Comfort's Soundcloud page, and Facebook.

Number 2 in my 3 part pure-interview series. Featuring Robin, who I interviewed at a small music festival in the CA foothills for my episode "Psychedelic Integration." Robin tells stories of being raised by her brother, milking her goat, doing MDA with her friends' mom, and beating diabetes. OK?

This will be the first of three episodes in a purely interview series: Deleted Scenes. Over the next three weeks I'll be airing some of my favorite interviews--interviews which never made the final cut for an episode--in their near entirety. This week we'll hear from Patrick and Mary, who I interviewed for my previous episode entitled "The First Mo…

Is it harder for young people to find a committed partner? Is the next generation transforming courtship gender roles, or entrenching them in the online space? I hit the streets, go to university, torture my girlfriend, and investigate polyamory to check on the state of modern dating. Music: I Turn My Camera On (John McEntire Remix) by Spoon Water …

My partner’s family, who’s been hunting for generations, takes me along for my first hunt. I get a glimpse into the hunting culture of mountainous northern Nevada, learn what hunting means to one family, and take my first ever shot at a living thing.

On this episode, we meet Michael DeLucca, owner of DD Cycles, and local extraordinaire. Mike's lived in the city 60 years, knows everyone, and has an opinion on everything. Mike's a data guy--he's really into the numbers, so I figured if I researched and compiled some graphs to show him, maybe I could change his mind on some of his more controversi…

From a music festival to a therapists couch, journey with me as I discover the real dangers (and benefits) of mind-altering substances, and meet the professionals helping users process their psychedelic experiences. I speak with the executive director of E.R.I.E. (Entheogenic Research Integration Education), the founder of psychedelictimes.com, a p…

This week I examine the notion that online social interactions could be chemically as fulfilling as in-person interactions. It's been found that oxytocin (the "cuddle chemical") is released after social media use, but can that be believed? I battle with the internet and confer with Dr. Love to decipher the conflicting studies.…

I interview folks on the street about small talk, what it's good for, its pitfalls, and whether or not it's necessary. Topics range from common ice breakers to microaggressions as I seek advice from the bonafide conversation coach, Beacon Driscoll. Musical Credits: ALL CAPS by G Jones and Bleep Bloop, Superstition by Stevie Wonder, Here Comes the J…

I follow the eccentric Joaquin around for a day while he shows me the ins and outs of trash collection, and shares some messages from the galaxy.

With help from the SFFD and the citizens of San Francisco: The Big One, a podcast about earthquake (and disaster) safety in the bay. Musical Credits (in order of appearance): It's Coming Down by Cake, Overload by Fracture, Ephemeral Epiphany by Cestladore, Time To by Analogue Monsta, and Wet Weather (Inside) by Was Legit.…

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