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Astronomers found an asteroid might get close enough to kiss us on Valentine’s Day 2046 and I think we gotta let it down easy… Recorded LIVE at the Historic Green Mill Cocktail Lounge 03/11/23 Come find me in all your favorite places including my Discord! Featuring “Promises” by the Barrerracudas and a snippy of “The Wasteland” courtesy of Ross Bugden Twitter: Instagram For commissions/scores: bugdenross@gmail.com PLEASE RATE AND REVIEW and as aways: BLACK LIVES MATTER, MASK, VAX and BOOST, eat the rich and save me some sides.

In which I begrudgingly talk about the COVID Lab-Leak Theory gaining traction by a bunch of people butthurt cuz they got banned from Twitter. Recorded LIVE at the Historic Green Mill Cocktail Lounge 03/04/23 Come find me in all your favorite places including my Discord! SOURCES CITED: NPR Scientific American Washington Post Critical Thinking for Strategic Intelligence Featuring “Promises” by the Barrerracudas and a snippy of “The Wasteland” courtesy of Ross Bugden Twitter: Instagram For commissions/scores: bugdenross@gmail.com PLEASE RATE AND REVIEW and as aways: BLACK LIVES MATTER, MASK, VAX and BOOST, eat the rich and save me some sides.

March is here and there’s nothing we can do to stop what’s coming. Thankfully we have an elite team of heroes, protectors, defenders to keep us safe… at the Oscars… For reference: https://www.newsweek.com/oscars-will-smith-slap-academy-awards-crisis-team-1783222 Recorded LIVE at the Historic Green Mill Cocktail Lounge 02/25/23 Come find me in all your favorite places including my Discord! Featuring “Promises” by the Barrerracudas and a snippy of “The Wasteland” courtesy of Ross Bugden Twitter: Instagram For commissions/scores: bugdenross@gmail.com PLEASE RATE AND REVIEW and as aways: BLACK LIVES MATTER, MASK, VAX and BOOST, eat the rich and save me some sides.

In which I tell the tale of the Hanover Facial! You’ll get it when you listen. For reference: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-64664563 Recorded LIVE at the Historic Green Mill Cocktail Lounge 02/18/23 Come find me in all your favorite places including my Discord! Featuring “Promises” by the Barrerracudas and a snippy of “The Wasteland” courtesy of Ross Bugden Twitter: Instagram For commissions/scores: bugdenross@gmail.com PLEASE RATE AND REVIEW and as aways: BLACK LIVES MATTER, MASK, VAX and BOOST, eat the rich and save me some sides.

In which I was asked to be a delegate so that I may address certain concerns we in the Animal Kingdom have since the recent events at the Dallas Zoo. I was humbled and honored to address Humanity on behalf of like… everyone else. For reference: https://www.google.com/search?q=dallas+zoo&sxsrf=AJOqlzXixq9RDZzReQRuQZGD2-6EVF--Bw:1676663435354&source=lnms&tbm=nws&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjTkOODqp39AhVplYkEHQ-eBkYQ_AUoAXoECAIQAw&biw=1440&bih=789&dpr=1 Recorded LIVE at the Historic Green Mill Cocktail Lounge 02/11/23 Come find me in all your favorite places including my Discord! Crafty Beaver, sponsor me! Featuring “Promises” by the Barrerracudas and a snippy of “The Wasteland” courtesy of Ross Bugden Twitter: Instagram For commissions/scores: bugdenross@gmail.com PLEASE RATE AND REVIEW and as aways: BLACK LIVES MATTER, MASK, VAX and BOOST, eat the rich and save me some sides.

In which, I deliver a sermon in praise of plant-based enlightenment. For reference: https://apnews.com/article/psychedelic-churches-ayahuasca-5101fe47fe9a6e28de686272ed96ff46 Recorded LIVE at the Historic Green Mill Cocktail Lounge 02/04/23 Come find me in all your favorite places including my Discord! Crafty Beaver, sponsor me! Featuring “Promises” by the Barrerracudas and a snippy of “The Wasteland” courtesy of Ross Bugden Twitter: Instagram For commissions/scores: bugdenross@gmail.com PLEASE RATE AND REVIEW and as aways: BLACK LIVES MATTER, MASK, VAX and BOOST, eat the rich and save me some sides.

In which I go deep into Splash Mountain… heh. For reference: https://www.travelandleisure.com/disney-splash-mountain-closing-date-tiana-bayou-adventure-6836920 Recorded LIVE at the Historic Green Mill Cocktail Lounge 01/28/23 Come find me in all your favorite places including my Discord! Featuring “Promises” by the Barrerracudas and a snippy of “The Wasteland” courtesy of Ross Bugden Twitter: Instagram For commissions/scores: bugdenross@gmail.com PLEASE RATE AND REVIEW and as aways: BLACK LIVES MATTER, MASK, VAX and BOOST, eat the rich and save me some sides.

Are you a Human? Please select only the squares that are my Birdcast. Congrats! You’re real cuz you’re here. Unless its the future and you are a robot in which: Hey! Do something cool! Like lasers or something. Anyway, I was assigned the story of CHATGPT this week and here it is, totally by me, 100% organic and also Gluten Free so you can bring your friends. Recorded LIVE at the Historic Green Mill Cocktail Lounge 1/21/23 Tix for TeeHee’s Des Moines, IA Feb 3rd 9:30pm Come find me in all your favorite places including my Discord! Featuring “Promises” by the Barrerracudas and a snippy of “SOLO ACOUSTIC GUITAR” by Jason Shaw http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Jas... Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 PLEASE RATE AND REVIEW, VOTE VOTE VOTE! And as aways: BLACK LIVES MATTER, MASK, VAX and BOOST, DOWN WITH THE SCOTUS!

In which I can say for a fact that I know what it’s got to do with the price of eggs, PeePaw!! For reference (and courtesy of my good pal Kim Bellware, find her on Twitter @bellwak): https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/01/10/egg-prices-avian-flu-inflation/ Recorded LIVE at the Historic Green Mill Cocktail Lounge 1/14/23 Tix for TeeHee’s Des Moines, IA Feb 3rd 9:30pm Come find me in all your favorite places including my Discord! Featuring “Promises” by the Barrerracudas and a snippy of “SOLO ACOUSTIC GUITAR” by Jason Shaw http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Jas... Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 PLEASE RATE AND REVIEW, VOTE VOTE VOTE! And as aways: BLACK LIVES MATTER, MASK, VAX and BOOST, DOWN WITH THE SCOTUS!

Back and at it, baby! I’m alive! It’s the FUTURE! And I got words… specifically the Top 10 Banished Words of 2022 according to Lake Superior State University. For reference: https://www.lssu.edu/traditions/banishedwords/ Recorded LIVE at the Historic Green Mill Cocktail Lounge 1/07/23 Come find me in all your favorite places including my Discord! WRITE CLUB Jan 17th 2023! Featuring “Promises” by the Barrerracudas and a snippy of “SOLO ACOUSTIC GUITAR” by Jason Shaw http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Jas... Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 PLEASE RATE AND REVIEW, VOTE VOTE VOTE! And as aways: BLACK LIVES MATTER, MASK, VAX and BOOST, DOWN WITH THE SCOTUS!

It’s the Future! It’s Now! It’s 2023! But here’s a little something from last year (which was like, two weeks ago), when me and Jennifer Betancourt survived our annual watch of the Star Wars Holiday Special. Plug the tree back in, sip some hot drinks and keep the holidays goin on with us for one more week. Cuz we watched this again so you don’t have to. You’re welcome. Come join the Discord! Come find me in all your favorite places! Featuring “Music Inspired by Star Wars and Other Galactic Funk” by MECO and a snippy of “SOLO ACOUSTIC GUITAR” by Jason Shaw http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Jas... Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 PLEASE RATE AND REVIEW, VOTE VOTE VOTE! And as aways: BLACK LIVES MATTER, MASK, VAX and BOOST, DOWN WITH THE SCOTUS!

For my penultimate Birdcast of 2022, I got the gift all children ask for and I’ve been askin for since I was a wee chiclet: STABILIZED NUCLEAR FUSION! Santa came early this yes …and so did I. Happy Holimassdays, Humans! One more to go and we’ll close it out. For reference: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-12-21/nuclear-fusion-energy-breakthrough-tests-world-s-largest-laser-star-trek-style Recorded LIVE at the Historic Green Mill Cocktail Lounge 12/17/22 Come find me in all your favorite places including my Discord! Featuring “Promises” by the Barrerracudas and a snippy of “SOLO ACOUSTIC GUITAR” by Jason Shaw http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Jas... Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 PLEASE RATE AND REVIEW, VOTE VOTE VOTE! And as aways: BLACK LIVES MATTER, MASK, VAX and BOOST, DOWN WITH THE SCOTUS!

In which: I uncover the secret to everlasting youth! Turns out it’s just being from South Korea. For reference: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/dec/09/all-south-koreans-to-become-younger-as-traditional-age-system-scrapped Recorded LIVE at the Historic Green Mill Cocktail Lounge 12/10/22 Last show of 2022 is Chicago Underground Comedy at the Beat Kitchen Dec 20th 9pm! Come find me in all your favorite places including my Discord! Featuring “Promises” by the Barrerracudas and a snippy of “SOLO ACOUSTIC GUITAR” by Jason Shaw http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Jas... Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 PLEASE RATE AND REVIEW, VOTE VOTE VOTE! And as aways: BLACK LIVES MATTER, MASK, VAX and BOOST, DOWN WITH THE SCOTUS!

So ok… Pardon the eruption but I got a Dickensian tale for you. A festive holiday poem of the two volcanoes that erupted in Hawaii in 2022. It’s a total yuletide banger. For reference: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hawaii-volcanoes-eruptions-mauna-loa-kilauea-sacred-event/ Recorded LIVE at the Historic Green Mill Cocktail Lounge 12/03/22 Come find me in all your favorite places including my Discord! Featuring “Promises” by the Barrerracudas and a snippy of “SOLO ACOUSTIC GUITAR” by Jason Shaw http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Jas... Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 PLEASE RATE AND REVIEW, VOTE VOTE VOTE! And as aways: BLACK LIVES MATTER, MASK, VAX and BOOST, DOWN WITH THE SCOTUS!

In which I find out about the San Francisco Police Department giving robots license to kill and had to go to therapy about it… and by that I mean drink and yell about it in public. For reference: https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-63816454 Recorded LIVE at the Historic Green Mill Cocktail Lounge 11/26/22 Come find me in all your favorite places including my Discord! Featuring “Promises” by the Barrerracudas and a snippy of “SOLO ACOUSTIC GUITAR” by Jason Shaw http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Jas... Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 PLEASE RATE AND REVIEW, VOTE VOTE VOTE! And as aways: BLACK LIVES MATTER, MASK, VAX and BOOST, DOWN WITH THE SCOTUS!

So here’s a bonus ep cuz it’s that time of the year! Happy Giftmas! I got to ask the great Isi the Scribe what the hell I am and also what he is and we got into it! Species on species, the summit of the year so you’re welcome, Humans, find someone else to eat! Follow Isi on all things cuz he kinda does a lot! Brought to you by Jeppson’s Malört: The Official Birthday Shot of All 8 Billion People Come see me at the Chicago Reader UNGala Nov 30th 7pm Come find me in all your favorite places: https://linktr.ee/ChadtheBird Come see THE MARK OF KANE running thru Dec 4th at CityLit Theatre Chicago (it is, in face, LIT) Featuring “Promises” by the Barrerracudas and a snippy of “SOLO ACOUSTIC GUITAR” by Jason Shaw http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Jas... Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 PLEASE RATE AND REVIEW, VOTE VOTE VOTE! And as aways: BLACK LIVES MATTER, MASK, VAX and BOOST, DOWN WITH THE SCOTUS!

In which: I was asked to give a toast to the 8 billionth person born and I took an edible cuz crowds give me anxiety. Recorded LIVE at the Historic Green Mill Cocktail Lounge 11/19/22 Brought to you by Jeppson’s Malört: The Official Birthday Shot of All 8 Billion People Come see me at the Chicago Reader UNGala Nov 30th 7pm Come find me in all your favorite places: https://linktr.ee/ChadtheBird Come see THE MARK OF KANE running thru Dec 4th at CityLit Theatre Chicago (it is, in face, LIT) Featuring “Promises” by the Barrerracudas and a snippy of “SOLO ACOUSTIC GUITAR” by Jason Shaw http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Jas... Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 PLEASE RATE AND REVIEW, VOTE VOTE VOTE! And as aways: BLACK LIVES MATTER, MASK, VAX and BOOST, DOWN WITH THE SCOTUS!

Ok so, just got back, I’m a little groggy, still a little foggy from the open bar but here’s my coverage of the event of November! Much love to the Hunter/Bojanowski fam! For reference: https://www.today.com/food/people/aldi-super-fans-get-married-grocery-store-rcna56767 Recorded LIVE at the Historic Green Mill Cocktail Lounge in Chicago on 11/12/22 Brought to you by Jeppson’s Malört: The Only Drink I’ll Serve at Your Wedding Come find me in all your favorite places: https://linktr.ee/ChadtheBird Come see THE MARK OF KANE running thru Dec 4th at CityLit Theatre Chicago (it is, in face, LIT) Who is Pinball Jen? You gotta come find out: Featuring “Promises” by the Barrerracudas and a snippy of “SOLO ACOUSTIC GUITAR” by Jason Shaw http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Jas... Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 PLEASE RATE AND REVIEW, VOTE VOTE VOTE! And as aways: BLACK LIVES MATTER, MASK, VAX and BOOST, DOWN WITH THE SCOTUS!

Ok so… Elections happened, adventures and journeys and such so yeah: I’m droppin this warning on a Monday cuz there’s been a lot goin on, didn’t wanna overload your anxiety. The holidays are nigh! And ye are not ready… Recorded LIVE at the Historic Green Mill Cocktail Lounge in Chicago 11/05/22 Go see WRITE CLUB on Tuesday November 15th 7:30pm in Chicago! It’s the goodz! Follow me here for all the Chadventures: https://linktr.ee/ChadtheBird Brought to you by Jeppson’s Mälort: Aiding in Social Distancing since the 1930’s Featuring “Promises” by the Barrerracudas and a snippy of “SOLO ACOUSTIC GUITAR” by Jason Shaw http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Jas... Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 PLEASE RATE AND REVIEW, VOTE VOTE VOTE! And as aways: BLACK LIVES MATTER, MASK, VAX and BOOST, DOWN WITH THE SCOTUS!

So ok… I was assigned the death of Jerry Lee “The Killer” Lewis and his questionable past. So I did what I could. Never meet your heroes, I guess, cuz they’re humans. VOTE IN THE MIDTERMS! Homework: https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2022-10-28/jerry-lee-lewis-myra-gale-brown-third-wife-book Recorded LIVE at the Green Mill Cocktail Lounge in Chicago 10/29/22 Brought to you by Jeppson’s Mälort: Aiding in Social Distancing since the 1930’s The Patreon is LIVE and we need money.  Featuring “Promises” by the Barrerracudas and a snippy of “SOLO ACOUSTIC GUITAR” by Jason Shaw http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Jas... Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 PLEASE RATE AND REVIEW, VOTE VOTE VOTE! And as aways: BLACK LIVES MATTER, MASK, VAX and BOOST, DOWN WITH THE SCOTUS!