Building Hollywood's Nightlife (Sober) with Brent Bolthouse
Often called the nightlife maven, Brent Bolthouse is responsible for some of the hottest A-list parties in Hollywood and the iconic Neon Carnival, Coachella’s exclusive, invite-only after-party. In this episode, Brent walks us through the journey of how he went from working at a gas station to creating The Bungalow in Santa Monica, one of California’s most popular bars. This is not just the story of how one man’s journey to sobriety built Hollywood’s nightlife, but a story of finding enlightenment in unexpected places, of the power of gratitude to reshape our lives, and of being in the right place at the right time. This is a story that will make you believe that anything can happen in this life.
“Last year I was pumping gas in Sherman Oaks, and this year, I’m running the nightclub where the Beastie Boys are DJing and Robert Downey Jr is in line.”
Black Friday deals! (3:00)
Brent’s backstory (10:00)
Surrender, transcendence, and what happens next (26:30)
The Chinese finger trap: when your efforts become the problem (39:00)
Disc slips that derail your life plans (44:00)
The second spiritual experience (48:00)
Deals with Italian loan sharks (58:30)
The Coffee House is the stuff of legend (1:05:00)
If you’re bad at managing businesses, hire a manager (and other hard lessons) (1:10:00)
You don’t know the whole story unless you know the whole story: the danger of assumptions (1:15:00)
Hollywood stories: The Who in the backyard, nights at the Roxbury, DJ Johnny Depp (1:20:00)
How The Bungalow came to be (1:26:00)
Collaborations with Lois Laynee, starting with Brent’s son (1:34:45)
Resources for Infant Educarers (1:47:50)
Let’s hope the Hindus have it right: how to embrace the coming energy shift (1:53:00)
Anti-aging: death denial, or life extension? (1:58:00)
Ayahuasca, shamans, ignorance, and magic (2:02:00)
Chakras, ten-foot walls, and gratitude (2:12:00)
Biblical interpretation and fake news (2:16:20)
We don’t know what he knew: Einstein, science, religion, and truth (2:20:00)
Fruit? It’s just sugar (2:26:45)
“You don’t necessarily have to cause a riot, but if you can get tens of thousands of people to shift their consciousness into a space of gratitude, things can happen."
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