Episode #161 ft. PNW Nils "Still in Pursuit"

Salt of the Streets Podcast

Saturday November 18, 2023 -This is our last show for this year, but we will be back with another full episode on January 13, 2024 and plenty of other content until then on our YouTube and Patreon. Thank you for listening!- Don and Offie are joined on the final episode of the year by the great PNW Nils. We had him in to talk about his life, his music and the way he views the world. He unfortunately had leave about halfway through the show. Topics include; Part 1; LMAYT; Decriminalizing drugs, the effects of drug use and addiction on America; (0:22:45) Changes in Bremerton since 2013 (& the way these changes are mirrored in other towns and cities); (0:49:00) Finding and chasing your passion/guiding principles, being a cog in the machine; (1:10:30) Part 2; (1:26:00) The magical cleanup of San Francisco; (1:28:00) Stoicism, the pros and cons of a stoic lifestyle; (1:32:30) Nils' views on guns, gun culture/politics and responsible ownership;(1:51:15) -Music- Status of Upper Left; (2:01:00) Production Process (tools, song process start to finish, deciding when a song is finished); (2:02:00) -Politics- Voting (participation and the process); (2:36:00) Presence of the government in daily life, government shutdown (2:39:00) Power and role of the President the modern U.S. (2:47:30) Israel/Palestine, Foreign Policy; (3:11:00) Part 3; (3:26:30) Guns Guns Guns (Illinois AWB, ghost guns, pistol brace ban, CA magazine ban); (3:30:00) "A Letter to America" and its embrace by the left; (4:42:00) Part 4; (5:03:00) Grab Bag Our theme song is written, produced and recorded by Upper Left. Our show is executively produced by Zeke Gaeta You can become a Patron at patreon.com/saltofthestreets All of our podcasts and the audio versions of our pre shows all originate on SoundCloud but can immediately thereafter be found ANYWHERE you can find a podcast. After we livestream the preshow on our Youtube Channel it joins all of our other videos on that same page. Subscribe, rate and review to help us get our name out there. T-shirts are available and can be purchased through our email or Facebook. $20 local and $25 shipped in the US. Subscribe, rate and review to help us get our name out there. After you rate and review us, send us a screenshot and you will get $5 OFF YOUR FIRST T SHIRT! If you would like to support the podcast in another way we have Venmo @SaltOfThe-Streets and CashApp @$saltofthestreets