Podcast: A Night In The ASYLUM

S4 E5: DNR 3.0, Weed Foods and Bean Bags

Darren and Rafi’s first show without Jen! Oh that makes us DnR (3.0?). Rafi tells us about his first two weed foods: his first was a gummy bear – joyful and laughable. His second was a weed brownie – which resulted in paranoia. Darren’s first experience with pot was sitting in a hearse with about…

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S4 E4: Getting to know Rafi Fuentes

Jen give us an update on her resignation from Company A and how they would welcome her back, if Company B doesn’t work out. Darren has many questions for Rafi about what we learned from his DnR appearance last Thursday Feb 3rd (It Takes Two). Rafi graciously said that he and straight (but swishy) AJ…

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S4 E3: Life Changes for Jen and welcome Rafi Fuentes

Jen shares her resignation experience from Company A, while she prepares to move to Company B (VMWare) – and Darren tries to summarize (and clobbers) what VMWare Tanzu is all about. Jen tries to resign from the Asylum but Darren won’t let go and shifts the Asylum schedule to accommodate the real talent (Jen). But…

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S4 E2: Darren Cuts the Cord

Jen has returned from her 3 week trip to Spain, Germany, Rome, and more! She shares her experiences trying to find a distiller partner for their Gin, ACZU GIN (see www.drinkgoodgin.com) – plus their vacation in Rome. Then Darren gets to the core Topic: why and how he Cut the Cord – cancelling his $200…

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S4 E1: DNR Crossover Show with Derek and Romaine

Derek Hartley and Romaine Patterson spent the evening with hosts Darren and Jen from “A Night In The ASYLUM”. Listen in as they discuss tequila, cruising, gay bars and a few holiday traditions.

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S3 E31: Derek Hartley Guest – Cruising during COVID, and Democracy Under Attack!

Derek Hartley joins the ASYLUM while Jen is missing in action! Darren and Derek talk about their recent experiences cruising during COVID and how the cruise lines are trying to keep everyone safe(r) when traveling aboard a mini-city – and how that compares in safety to something like shopping, theatre-watching and dining in NYC (where…

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S3 E30: Rafi Fuentes from DNR visits The ASYLUM

Derek and Romaine listeners know of Rafi as one of the DNRstudios.com interns. Rafi joins the show today to give us the background on how he became involved in the arts, his hopes, dreams, and the fact that he loves being in front of camera – though he can also write, produce, direct, edit and…

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S3 E29: Recent Cruise and Mexico Trip Experiences

Jen and Darren have been traveling for the past month, for work and business. Their travels started in Texas, when Jen went to see her dad during her birthday, and Darren was in Texas for work – both in the Dallas area only about 15 minutes from each other – but they didn’t manage to…

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S3 E28: Newport RI & Boston Adventures, Travel Vaccines and COVID Boosters

Jen shares her trip details to “Audrain Newport Concours & Motor Week” at Rough Point, Newport RI, where she and Manuel were invited to host a bar area for their brands Aczu Gin (aczugin.com) and Aldez Tequila (aldeztequila.com). Afterwards they headed to Boston where they visited the Cheers Bar and SeaPort, and they also took…

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S3 E27: Thrupples, Travel to Dominican Republic & Bed Shopping

Darren opens the show with an update about his brother-in-law, then talks of his trip with Pat to the Assembly Bar in Philly, while Jen was also in the Dominican Republic with her Thrupple: Manuel and their hunky assistant; partly for business development and as a reward. Darren tips his hat to Jen for her…

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