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! O

WTF is My Country?!

May 31st, 2020 13m 52s

I hit the streets for a "protest" in Oakland. This is actually an episode I made for my new podcast, Out of Trouble, which is yet to be released. I'll be making an announcement on this feed when it is. So the style of this episode is going to

Dan The Cocaine Hurricane

Apr 12th, 2020 48m 22s

Email: [email protected] 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 wi

Audio Poems

Mar 22nd, 2020 24m 41s

Chill Vibes. Beauty. Art. Glorious Distraction. Venmo: @Nik-Harter Email: [email protected]

Find a Grave

Aug 5th, 2019 48m 43s

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 whi

Adult Learner

May 20th, 2019 30m 40s

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

College Dropout Part 1

Apr 21st, 2019 13m 16s

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,

College Dropout Part 2

Apr 21st, 2019 27m 21s

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

College Dropout Part 3

Apr 21st, 2019 22m 14s

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

Moldavia

Feb 3rd, 2019 53m 38s

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

Pan American Unity

Jan 20th, 2019 20m 17s

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 tra

The Search

Dec 16th, 2018 14m 3s

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 peo

The Light Show

Dec 16th, 2018 35m 9s

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

The After Party

Dec 16th, 2018 30m 28s

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

CBD: Snake Oil, or Panacea?

Dec 10th, 2018 20m 48s

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

New Episodes Starting 12/9 (Teaser)

Nov 26th, 2018 1m 37s

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

420 at Hippie Hill

May 21st, 2018 55m 46s

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 take

Deleted Scenes: Nick Valenzuela of Comfort

Apr 23rd, 2018 21m 58s

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.

Deleted Scenes: Robin

Apr 16th, 2018 18m 11s

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

Deleted Scenes: Patrick and Mary

Apr 9th, 2018 39m

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. Th

The First Move

Mar 5th, 2018 56m 19s

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 polyamor

First Hunt

Jan 22nd, 2018 56m 27s

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

Old Dog, New Tricks

Dec 18th, 2017 44m 58s

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 rese

Psychedelic Integration

Nov 24th, 2017 57m 21s

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 d

Oxytocin

Nov 10th, 2017 15m 37s

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 ba