Andre's Diaries: Recent Episodes
Andre Johnsen
I'm too lazy to write a diary so I record one instead. I keep most recordings to myself, but I choose to post the less private ones. I often have friends and family on as guests as they're usually involded in the stories or have stories of their own!
Topics; Travel, hobbies and of course lyfe
One of my favorite human's, Jonathan Mylvaganam went on a 10 day silent retreat in Sweden. That is a Vipassana 10 day course of meditiation. ENJOY <3
We’re finally back with a pod and boy this one got deep.
One of my oldest friends and cousin Sarky is one of many young people who got caught up in opiods. He’ll be 4 years sober in February and we finally got a chance to catch up when I was in the States recently. Sarky talks about how it all started, how bad it got and how he got clean. This is his farewell story; open letter. Love you dude
Andre's thoughts:
Growing up in both the US and Norway I’ve experienced the vastly different cultures teenagers have towards alcohol and drugs. In Norway, smoking weed in your teens is quite rare and considered taboo, although drinking alcohol by 16 is considered normal. In the states it is quite the opposite and I’ve always thought this is due to the drinking age being 21 and therefore making weed and other drugs more accessible. In general drugs are much more accessible in the US compared to Norway, especially pharmaceuticals. Pills in particular are something I never saw nor heard of in Norway in my teens or even in college, yet it was a regular thing to see at parties in the US. Opioids are much more addicting than alcohol and other drugs and when the illicit opioid fentanyl was introduced to the US market in 2013 opioid addiction and overdoses dramatically increased (2013 - 2016 +80%).
In 2018 I was left to celebrate Chrismin alone by my dear family. Luckily, Zac was kind enough to invite me to Isreal to celebrate with him while he was on his Jewish Birthright voyage to the holy lands. We visit Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and Bethlehem on Jesus' birthday. We also travel to Hebron in Palestine and Petra in Jordan, one the 7 Wonders of the World.
On our trip we stepped foot in some of the holiest places in the world such as the Holy Scepter where a guy named Jesus was resurrected and floated back to his dad. Temple Mount where a guy named Muhammad ascended back to Allah on his mythical beast Al-Buraq. The Wailing Wall where Jewish people head bang and pray to Yahweh.
Boy oh boy do people love the mystery man upstairs.
Visste du at det finnes nordmenn som har vokst opp på Granca? Hanna droppa innom for å fortelle hvordan hun og hennes tvillingbror bodde 10 år på et hotell på nordmenns mest besøkte øy fra de var 5 til 15 år! Videre forteller hun om livet som skater, veien til å bli jurist, jobbåret i JURK og internshipet hennes på ambassaden i Chile i 2019 under de verste opptøyene i chilensk historie. For en dame og for noen lange setninger.
Lurer du på hvordan du skal forhandle leilighetspris med en selger? Med litt hjelp av Moa, Sondre og meg selv viser Jonathan oss hvordan leilighetsforhandlinger virkelig skal utføres, og det med bare en time på klokken til å close dealen!
Den vakre Karianne forteller meg hvorfor magen hennes har blitt så stor. Jeg hadde åpenbart lite peiling på graviditet og lærte nye begreper som utflod og rier og at prevensjon kan erstattes med en app som tracker eggløsning helt frem til den ikke gjør det lenger!
Hvorfor jeg takket Jesus og ikke Pappa for konfirmasjonspengene kan du høre her. 11 500 spenn fra sida!
Recorded March 31 2020. Hao Han is a great friend and former boss of mine who lives in Beijing. I made him call in to tell me exactly what is going on in China and if they actually have opened Wuhan and the country again, essentially claiming victory over COVID-19.
Ya nevah know what news coming out of China is fact or fiction ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
The government has told us to be mindful of those in solidarity and to talk to our elders during this pandemic. Therefor, I called my 93 year old grandmother to ask about her thoughts on Tom Brady leaving the Patriots and COVID-19 pandemic. Mind you she is a die hard Patriots fan and lived through WWII. Her 91 year old brother also joins the call to inform us that he has fled to Florida to escape the virus. Enjoy.
Recording from 26.September 2019, 5 days after the Oslo Marathon. I talk about why I ran and what I experienced during the race. There are definitely different aspects and chapters to a 42 km race. It was interesting to feel how I my body reacted to food, water, music, the crowd and the pain at different intervals of the race. I am not doing this again.
Opptak ifra 3.oktober 2019, 2 uker etter Oslo Maraton. Mathias og Bendik er i studio for å spise sine ord og erklære meg "unicorn" etter jeg knuste tiden de hadde satt for meg. Aiden ringer inn for si at han er imponert og mener alle løpe et maraton hvis de vil. Tilslutt ringer min onkel ifra USA, Uncle John, inn. Han hadde tidligere revet meg et nytt rasshøl 2 dager før jeg skulle løpe og ba meg om å melde meg av grunnet min minimale forberedelse. Uncle John må også spise sine ord og erklære meg UNICR0N.
*ENGLISH: At 1 hour 36 minutes is when John skypes in
Opptak ifra 20/09/19 dagen før Oslo Maraton. Mathias og Bendik har utfordret meg til å jogge et maraton uten å stoppe på tiden 4t 25m 30s. I dette opptaket får alle gitt sine siste tilbakemeldinger på hvordan de tror dette kommer til å gå.
Andre and Zac discuss the intense party scene in downtown Beijing and what methods can be used for picking up Korean wifeys.
00:01 SOHO and Tattoos
04:10 Traveling China
07:40 BIG CHEESEBURGAH
14:20 Wuodauko and partying
20:00 Tsinghua University Gala and Ball
22:40 Picking up Koreans
31:35 Topics of China; Fake merch and politics
39:43 BYE BITCH
The boys experience Beijing during the 2 week political shut down and search for jobs.
01:40 Forbidden palace with Zee, Korean haircuts, Internet Café with Evan
09:05 Police raid with Daniel the comedian
15:40 Skateboarding at Tsinghua
21:05 Finding Jobs
30:05 The Great Wall of China
37:05 Getting tailored clothes from a potential Chinese molester
41:20 WIFEY
45:48 Visit from Norway
Andre is clueless when arriving in China, but Zac emerges in a SIM card store to guide him through this vast land. Andre gives tips on Shanghai and learns through experimental testing that Chinese have a different way of greeting one another.
2.15 Chinese podcast
9.07 The list and Tsinghua University
14.00 What are you gonna miss?
16.00 Name of podcast?
16.30 How did we meet?
18:30 Don't go to Shanghai
30.30 Tsinghua Uni, mandatory military service, meeting other people, hugs and handshakes
The boys fail their first official recording, but keep it together to give an introduction to the coming episodes.
02:20 Names and "the list"
Andre and Zac found themselves forgetting half the shit they were doing during their semester abroad in Beijing. Therefor they thought it wise to record a podcast to document their experiences and adventures. But can they even podcast?
(First ever recording of what would become the Finding Direction Podcast.)