Episodes
Wednesday Mar 10, 2021
Deacon Michael of Lawrence, KS on Living with Cancer, and Loving People and Reggae.
Wednesday Mar 10, 2021
Wednesday Mar 10, 2021
On this segment we talk about his life with cancer and how that has influenced his outlook on life.
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@nomadikvagabond
Friday Feb 05, 2021
Jeremiah Dirt: Hip-Hop, Homelessness, and Hot Chocolate
Friday Feb 05, 2021
Friday Feb 05, 2021
Greetings wonderful people!! We hope you all have been well. We are extremely excited to bring you this episode with the one and only Jeremiah Dirt, the founding father of the Shadow of the Locust rap collective.
"Definitely never got into beer, I always thought it tasted like pee pee."
We start off discussing beverages as usual and then get into music and his early days experiencing homelessness as a kid and teenager, how the Rasta community in San Diego cared for him during these times, and how he found a love for the Scriptures and reggae music. This also leads us to discussing dreadlocks and the meaning behind them.
"You have an enemy and it's not God."
We also get into how his faith in God sustained him through difficult life experiences: homelessness, abuse, divorce.
"God fixes things."
We move into music discussing his 20 plus year catalog and you get to hear an impromptu debate on who the best/favorite member of the Wu-Tang Clan is!
Thanks for listening and as always be sure to share with your family, friends, and even enemies!
And as always like and subscribe and follow on Instagram:
@brewsbeards
@royalruckusofficial
@nomadikvagabond
and you can find Jeremiah Dirt on instagram:
@jeremiahdirt
@shadowofthelocust
And be sure to hit up
- http://jeremiahdirt.com
- http://shadowofthelocust.com
- http://jeremiahdirt.bandcamp.com
- and http://shadowofthelocust.bandcamp.com
- to get some good music in your life!
Lastly hit up http://royalruckus.bandcamp.com to get more music and fresh gear as well!
The songs you heard were:
Dirt "A Chapter A Day" from the album "Plague" Rescue Records 1999
Dirt "Blunted Edge" from the album "A War to Restore" Syntax Records 2000
Eric B and Rakim "Microphone Fiend" UNI Records 1988
Jeremiah Dirt ft. J. Givens and Illustrate "Feel the Break" from the album Rebel Lion 2018
Peace and Blessings!
- Nomadik Vagabond
Monday Jan 18, 2021
Monday Jan 18, 2021
Greetings world!!! Happy New Year and we pray you're all in good health and bright spirits. On this episode we got the chance to sit down with Quiet Entertainer, a DJ, producer, musician and all around great guy.
"I realized the lockdown took away my only social outlet, which was shows."
We discuss how the pandemic/quarantine/lockdown has changed the way we socialize. Quiet Entertainer takes us on his journey of 100 cups of coffee with 100 people, how the idea came about, and how he changed his original purpose of the plan after one cup of coffee with a friend.
"They were all drinking beer and I just wanted to fit in."
Quiet Entertainer talks about how he hasn't found a beer yet he has liked and also how he got into hard cider and what brands and flavors he prefers, and how he's trying to track down a watermelon flavored cider. (If y'all know of any or got the connections let him know!)
"I'm a pretty good listener, so I default to being quiet."
Lastly we discuss what he has gotten out of the 100 cups conversations and how he has noticed how much people are needing somebody to talk to and what it can mean to just listen.
That's it for this episode... until next time. Peace and Blessings
As always, like share, and subscribe.
- Nomadik Vagabond
You can find us on instagram
@brewsbeards
@royalruckusofficial
@nomadikvagabond
and Quiet Entertainer can be found at
@quietentertainer on Instagram and his music can be found at:
quietentertainer.com
quietentertainer.bandcamp.com
and streaming on Spotify, Apple Music and everywhere else.
Closing song:
Artist: Quiet Entertainer
Album: Dream Sequencer (2012)
Song: Insomniac (remix)
Monday Jan 04, 2021
Monday Jan 04, 2021
On this episode we bring out a favorite interview Chunjay did on a segment of the Pirate Monk podcast a few years back. Chunjay discusses the challenges of tour life, and goes behind the music a bit. They also discuss the Samson Society and the importance of men supporting each other and speaking into one another’s lives, especially during rough periods in life. They also share some Christmas tunes... Thanks for listening and as always like, share and subscribe!
- Nomadik Vagabond
You can find us on instagram at:
@brewsbeards
@royalruckusofficial
@nomadikvagabond
And you can find the Pirate Monk podcast wherever you listen to podcasts. And to find out more about the Samson Society visit samsonsociety.com
Thursday Dec 10, 2020
Thursday Dec 10, 2020
Welcome to another episode!! This week we talk with newly dubbed crew member Alexandra Craig, about dealing with the loss of her husband John “J-Qwess” Craig to cancer. He was also a friend of Chunjay’s, which makes this episode extra special. Listen as you get the deeper meaning of the dandelion, how to cope with loss during the holidays, and especially how to hold on when it gets tough. Forgive the recording glitches, we zoomin in 3 times zones and trying our best!! Hope it blesses y’all!!
✌🏼 Nomadik Vagabond
You can find us at:
website: http://brewsbeards.com
@brewsbeards on instagram
@royalruckusofficial on instagram and facebook
@royalruckus on twitter
@nomadikvagabond on instagram
@alexandracraig524 on instagram
@alexandra_hope_craig on TikTok
@candidcraigs on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/thecandidcraigs
Tuesday Dec 01, 2020
Chunjay Interview
Tuesday Dec 01, 2020
Tuesday Dec 01, 2020
Greetings people!!!
Last week you got to get to know Nomadik Vagabond more. This week we turn the tables and Nomadik take the helm and interviews Chunjay. You might learn some things about him you didn’t know and maybe some things you already knew. As always thanks for listening, subscribe, rate, review.
Peace and Blessings,
Chunjay and Nomadik Vagabond
Find us on instagram:
@brewsbeards
@royalruckusofficial
@nomadikvagabond
Ending song from the Royal Ruckus “Summer of the Cicadas” album. Song title, “Lost Boys” featuring Cookbook and Eligh.
Monday Nov 16, 2020
Nomadik Vagabond Interview
Monday Nov 16, 2020
Monday Nov 16, 2020
Greetings!
This week in the first ever zoom-cast. Chunjay interviews new co-host Nomadik Vagabond. Listen in as you hear how he got on Chunjay's radar and what led him to being on the podcast. You'll also hear Nomadik's journey through life and spiritual seeking, as well as how he came to love hip-hop, and how reggae led him to the Orthodox church. Along the way you'll hear some fun banter and maybe some things you didn't know.
Shouts out to Soup the Chemist, Fortside brewing, Jamey's homemade kombucha, and all the people tuning in!
You can follow us on Instagram at:
@justjamey
@nomadikvagabond
@royalruckusofficial
@brewsbeards
Peace,
Chunjay and Nomadik Vagabond
Sunday Nov 08, 2020
We're back! Let's get into the joys and Shipwrecks in Royal Ruckus songs...
Sunday Nov 08, 2020
Sunday Nov 08, 2020
Hey folks,
It's been more than a minute since I've checked in and said hello.
I'm sorry for my absence, but I've got to be honest, the things I've been doing have been quite excellent. For example, I got married, and that is incredible and required my full attention for quite some time!
And sure, there have been difficulties—my, oh my, haven't we all?
This was a chance I had to feature some of my music, explain a few things, and hit some highlights from our history. This is the first episode with my boy Nomadik Vagabond, and I think that's quite remarkable. Enjoy.
Shout outs to CookBook, Soup the Chemist, Nomadik Vagabond, Johnny Bishop, OffRoadHipHop, DJ Sean P, Joey the Jerk, Pigeon John, and plenty of others!
Stay healthy!
Chunjay aka Jamey Bennett
Sunday Nov 03, 2019
Sunday Nov 03, 2019
Elissa Bjeletich on having kids, writing books, and losing an infant
On being a podcaster
On treatment for daughter’s cleft palate
On being an author and speaker
On converting to Orthodox Christianity
“There is a lot to be said by just showing up.” - Jamey
On infant death
“Why would this happen? Why would God give you a gift like that and take it away?” - Elissa
“That was the worst period of my life, obviously. It was so dark and so hard.” - Elissa
Life as a frame tale
“These things can destroy us or they can make us stronger. And that’s not always entirely up to us, but for whatever part of it that is up to us, we have to choose that and actively take that path of growing stronger.” - Jamey
“Why not me?” - Elissa
Find her on: elissabjeletich.com
Royal Ruckus: @royalruckus @royalruckusofficial royalruckus.com
On the Unexpected Joy EP: http://song.link/unexpectedjoy
Adam Buxton Skit
"Gangsta Gangsta" (Clean) by NWA
Monday Oct 14, 2019
Monday Oct 14, 2019
Basil and Nicole Roccas join Jamey Bennett (Chunjay of Royal Ruckus) to discuss podcasting, what it means for a Christian to doubt God...
Basil raps for us.
On Podcasting. Finding and creating content for podcasts. Deciding to start a new podcast.
Basil and Nicole explain what their podcast, Help My Unbelief, is all about.
On anxiety attacks.
“Things like doubt and struggle are not something we have to move beyond or conquer in order to have an authentic Christian life. It’s really about learning to live with hope and creativity and meaning sort of in the paradox between faith and doubt.” - Nicole
“Help me live for you with my unbelief, and surrender myself to you in my doubt.” - Nicole
Different types of belief and unbelief: PRIDE or HUMILITY.
“Your pictures of God are always too small, because God is infinity.” - Nicole
On Jamey’s personal wrestling with doubt.
Song: “I Sent You (These)” by Royal Ruckus from Unexpected Joy EP
“We’re all kind of in the same boat here, whether Christian or non-Christian, religious or non-religious, we’re all facing some of the same struggles and difficulties in life, and just trying to make sense of things. And here, in this Christian world, we are saying we see something very special in this historical figure—but something that is greater than a historical figure, something that breaks through and transcends that. The story we tell is almost too absurd to be made up.” - Jamey
“I don’t always have the faith. I don’t always feel like I could be ‘that guy’ to stand strong to the end. But I know people who have, and I know people who grasp that. And I find strength in that.” - Jamey
“How can you see Christ until you see Christ in others around you?” - Basil
On graduate school and insecurities around expertise.
Melinda Johnson interrupts us about a coffee cup.
“Faith is sort of the same way. I don’t think we ever arrive. If anything, the further in we get, the bigger God seems—the bigger the chasm seems between us and God on the one hand, and yet, the closer he seems.” - Nicole
Basil discusses the Eastern Orthodox idea of a “fool for Christ.”
Basil and Nicole encourage Christian listeners to not be embarrassed of their faith in Christ, nor of their doubt.
“The sort of natural counterpoint of being a human is struggle and doubt, and that’s a part of faith, it’s not separate from faith.” - Nicole
Help My Unbelief Podcast
https://www.ancientfaith.com/podcasts/helpmyunbelief
https://www.facebook.com/helpmyunbeliefpodcast/
Time Eternal Podcast
https://www.ancientfaith.com/podcasts/timeeternal
https://www.facebook.com/time.eternal.afr/
Time and Despondency Book
https://store.ancientfaith.com/time-and-despondency/
Closing
“I think he’s known for edgy stuff.” - Basil on Snoop Dogg
ROYAL RUCKUS STUFF
This Podcast: http://brewsbeards.com
Website: http://royalruckus.com
Listen to the new RR record: http://song.link/unexpectedjoy
Dig deeper: http://summerofthecicadas.com
Shout Outs: Ancient Faith Ministries, Podcast: Time Eternal, Time and Despondency: Regaining the Present in Faith and Life (book, audio book), Help My Unbelief Podcast, Fr. Stephen Freeman, Essential Writings by Metropolitan Anthony Sorouzh, Xavier Naidoo, Bone Thugs N Harmony, Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth, Snoop Dogg, AncientFaith.com.
Fr. Stephen Freeman’s podcast episode: