Breht dies and has a near-death experience, Dave struggles with derealization (and busting), then the boys talk politics and reflect on the election. After that, they discuss types of people they'd like to purge the planet of and different types of human intelligence, then Breht's son joins the show to reveal the TRUE Breht, and it ain't pretty... …

For Halloween David drops a SpOoKy short story about marriage and infidelity.

The Boys are Back in Town (they never left)! Dave gets a new job trafficking people (or helping people who have been trafficked? I'm not sure), Breht talks about his multiple, severe traumatic head injuries (it's not good, folks), and Julian sits in the corner of the Shoeless Shed and shakes his perfectly healthy head disapprovingly for three hours…

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In this fourth edition of our All Too Human interview series, Breht and Dave welcome their old friend from high school, Christian, into the Shoeless Shed to have an honest conversation about his struggles with alcoholism, methamphetamine, and incarceration. This is the first time Breht and Christian have seen eachother in 15 years! With these All T…

David takes a break from being spooky and reads a new story he's written in the genre of science fiction.

David reads another long short story, about a home invasion and the afterlife.

After a tense stand-off in which spurs were rattled, spittoons were filled, and guns were cocked, the boys go into the shed and Breht pretends to be a therapist while it becomes clear that Dave could benefit from a real one... But then: a breakthrough occurs! All while Julian watches on in Silence and waits patiently for his colonoscopy appointment…

A brand new and much shorter story this time from Dave.

This interview originally aired on Rev Left Radio in Feb. of 2021. We are uploading it onto the Shoeless feed because the content dovetails well with things we often discuss on Shoeless! Breht is joined by Dr. Daniel M. Ingram, author of "Mastering the Core Teachings of the Buddha", to discuss what Enlightenment is in the Buddhist tradition, what i…

Originally aired on Rev Left Radio in August of 2021. We are uploading it to the Shoeless feed because the content dovetails well with things we often discuss on Shoeless! Lauritz Marquardt (aka Conscious Development on YT) joins Breht to discuss the spiritual path toward awakening and his experiences on the path. Topics include: Buddhist philosoph…

An audio excerpt from "No Chaser" recorded in treatment, David talks about losing yourself in addiction and discovering yourself in recovery.

Dave gets abducted by aliens and converses with them before being probed, then the boys laugh and cry together. Dave talks about his short stint in rehab and his recent relapse, Breht discusses the relationship between addiction and compulsions, then they talk about jackhammering rocks, why you are not a rock, and why fireworks f****** ROCK! Finall…

David reads his recently written horror short story, "They're in There".

We recorded this episode a few weeks back, and we didnt have an ending. We planned on coming back in and recording a proper ending before releasing it, but things kinda fell apart. Dave has checked himself into an inpatient rehab facility and will be MIA for a few weeks. The moment he gets out, we will record an episode catching you all up on every…

David reads his super spooky story that began as 7 pages and ended at 70 and nearly drove him mad. Okay, not really, that was other stuff but it sounds scarier that way.

This is a rough one. The shoeless boys are going through it. Dave opens up about his recent abuse of DXM, and Breht is in the midst of a bewildering sensorimotor OCD episode. They suffer out loud together and explore the dark depths of addiction, withdrawl, and mental illness. All while Julian sits silently in the corner and listens... Learn more t…

Breht introduces "The Shoeless Sangha", where shoeless listeners can gather once a month with Breht to discuss Buddhism and spiritual practice and meditate together. To join The Shoeless Sangha (and support the show), click HERE Check out the first reading which we will discuss together during our first Sangha HERE Find ALL Sangha Dates and Times f…

The boys return to The Shed to discuss lying, addiction, and why honesty is so important for healthy relationships and self-respect, Breht reflects on his first Passover Seder and argues for the importance of tradition and ritual, and then they have a conversation about what it would be like to exist as a 4th dimensional being... Afterwards, they r…

Originally aired on Rev Left Radio - May 2021 Dr. Judith Grisel, former addict and current behavioral neuroscientist, joins Breht to discuss her life experiences and her fascinating book "Never Enough: The Neuroscience and Experience of Addiction". We discuss how addiction works at the level of the brain and how it feels at the level of experience.…

In this third edition of our All Too Human interview series, Breht and Dave welcome Niko into the Shoeless Shed to have an honest conversation about his struggles with alcoholism. With these All Too Human interviews, we aim to highlight and destigmatize the mental health and addiction struggles of regular working class people in hopes that we can p…

The boys have a lot of fun discussing their fant-ta-ta-sies, jobs that make them want to delete themselves, apprehending romantic relationships through the analytical lens of dialectics, and wrestling with the age-old question of "Are Cigarettes Cool?"... until, unfortunately, the boys get into a huge fight on air and it ends in tragedy. ----------…

Dave vibrates violently and gets rushed to the hospital, Breht drinks Jack Daniels and gets a brutal hangover (which might actually be worse than what Dave went through tbh), and then they talk about alcoholism, depression, meditation, and death (all the Shoeless classics). Also Shoenice makes an appearance? ----------------------------------------…

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Your favorite midwestern dirt bags are back! This time they talk about Dave's experimental Ketamine therapy for depression, give advice to listeners who wrote in about existential crises and bad relationships, discuss Breht's "indictments", and then they absolutely go off the rails while spending time in the shallow end of the pool... -------------…

The Boys get thrown into a reeducation camp by the Poly Mafia, and are issued two high level reeducators from the Ministry of Knowledge, Daniel and Karen, to systematically deprogram them. Together, they disabuse the boys of various misconceptions they have about polyamory, correct them on a wide number of points, and ultimately have an incredibly …

David reads a short story he revised years ago that is semi-autobiographical. TRIGGER WARNING it contains heavy subject matter, involving suicide, but not in graphic detail. If you want to follow along with the story text, head over the the Shoeless Patreon where a transcript will be available.

The Bois are back at it again, this time they discuss times when they had to "play it straight", past struggles with infidelity, polyamory and monogamy, crazy stories from the boys' turbulent adolescence, and a bunch of other shit. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- https://www.shoelessinsouthdakota.com/…

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The Boys are back in town... Together, they talk about how Dave ruined Breht's wedding, wade into the murky depths of Breht's subconscious, explore the nuances of Kantian epistemology and metaphysics, discuss the hellish prison that immortality would be, speculate on the relevance or irrelevance of one's childhood in relation to their adult issues,…

Breht reflects on death, the afterlife, Spinoza's God, and what it means to be a self-aware sentient being in the blooming, buzzing cosmos...

After recent personal events, Dave revisits and reads an essay he wrote years ago about death and the afterlife.Von Shoeless in South Dakota

The Barefoot Bois discuss their shared experiences with magic mushrooms, update listeners on Dave's progress, read your emails, give you life advice (you are welcome), celebrate the musical brilliance of the Kottonmouth Kings, completely deconstruct the illusion of free will, and finally settle the question of whether or not the US invaded the Brit…

In this inaugural episode of Breht's solo miniseries "Breht on Fire", he explores how hip hop is used by the oppressed (including by a teenager in Gaza) as a medium of expression, talks about anger and rage as repressed heartbreak, discusses the obsessive compulsive disorder he struggled with as a child before speculating on its underlying causes, …

In this inaugural episode of our new solo Dave mini-series here on Shoeless, David talks about growing up with religion, finding Jesus in a forest, and seeing the dead on his way to church...

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In this second edition of our All Too Human interview series, Breht and Dave welcome Tabitha into the studio to have an honest conversation about her struggles with alcohol. With these All Too Human interviews, we aim to highlight and destigmatize the mental health and addiction struggles of normal working people in hopes that we can provide insigh…

Imma be real with you: don't listen to this episode. You will regret it. For the stubborn among you who insist: Dave commits a "tincy, wincy bit" of insurance fraud, Breht humiliates and debases himself for your amusement, and then Dave gets hate-crimed in his childhood bathroom... https://www.shoelessinsouthdakota.com/…

This one is different from our usual episodes, folks. Just give it a listen and find out for yourself... From Lawnmower Phil running (slowly) from cops to Ernest Hemingway pulling the Ol' Kurt Cobain (or did Cobain pull the Ol' Hemingway?) to Julian putting Dave's phone in his ass, this one takes a few weird turns. Enjoy... or whatever it is you al…

B & D are back with a brand new episode! Topics include: Breht getting called a slur in a road rage incident, Dave briefly tangles w/ Russian Breht, marijuana addiction and what it means, nihilism and what philosophy can offer those who struggle with it, doing drugs and crimes as teens, getting robbed by Tree Top, erowid and pillidentifer, huffing …

In this episode, the Barefoot Boys open with an incredibly somber conversation about Dave's recent relapse before launching into random segments like "inventing funny terrorist organizations" and reading bone-chillingly cringe posts from the boy's past. After that, Breht and Dave dissect a skin-crawling interview Bill Maher did with Bella Thorne, r…

In this first edition of our new All Too Human interview series, Breht and Dave welcome "Katie", Breht's sister, into the studio to have an honest conversation about her struggles with alcohol and gambling. With these All Too Human interviews, we aim to highlight and destigmatize the mental health and addiction struggles of normal working people in…

In this inaugural episode of Shoeless in South Dakota, The Barefoot Boys explain the lore behind the show's name, discuss death and what if anything comes after, and then they explore Hindu cosmology and the Block Theory of the universe wherein time manifests as a spatial dimension. Breht also makes fun of what Dave is wearing then Dave explains to…

The one and only Dave Icenogle returns yet again for another multi-hour conversation. He and Breht start off talking about their recent adventures together, then move into a conversation about death and how we deal with it, they then discuss the tragedies and suffering of life and how to come out of them a deeper, more kind hearted, and better huma…

David Icenogle from our various addiction and mental health episodes returns once again, this time to have an open-ended (and humorous) discussion about pursuing your dreams v. having a stable job, the horrific impact of pornography on teenagers, where one should strive to find their sense of self worth, why doing challenging and uncomfortable thin…

David Icenogle (from No Chaser) returns to the show and joins Breht once again to have a frank, open-ended, wide-ranging discussion about their experiences and struggles with mental health. This is not meant as medical advice, nor scientific analysis; it is meant to simply be two human beings and close friends sitting down and discussing their dire…

David Icenogle returns to the show for another super long patreon exclusive where he and Breht talk relationships, their volatile and amusing teenage years, and the complexities and contradictions of online dating before shifting toward an interesting discussion on January 6th and Israel/Palestine based on some of Dave's musings and questions; with…

In this Patreon exclusive, David Icenogle (No Chaser on YT) from our Alcoholism and Addiction episode(s) returns to shoot the shit with Breht. Dave catches us up on his road to recovery and his attendant trials and tribulations, and then asks Breht political questions he has about abortion rights and some of his concerns regarding communism (as som…

David Icenogle returns to the show, this time to patreon exclusively, to discuss his recent relapse, which occurred after the recording of our public episode On Alcoholism in March as well as after more than a year of continuous sobriety. In this long, darkly funny, and heartbreaking conversation, Dave discusses his relapse, the causes behind it, m…

David Icenogle joins Breht to discuss his long struggle with alcoholism as well as his long and rocky road to sobriety and recovery. Together, they touch on many different aspects of addiction, the specific struggle with alcoholism, the difficulties of getting and staying sober, the psychology of addiction, the nuances of AA, how relapses happen an…