Walter Etc. is the brainchild of Dustin Cole Hayes, who has been creating music (originally as Walter Mitty and His Makeshift Orchestra), writings, videos, and art between Southern California and Portland, OR for over a decade. He co-runs the label and art collective Making New Enemies with Milk Flud, and has worked alongside Jeff Rosenstock and Ian Farmer (Slaughter Beach, Dog/Modern Baseball) in the studio.

Walter's newest album "There There" (self released via Making New Enemies, May 7th 2021) showcases the band's return to a home-recorded and self-produced approach.

On this episode of the Real People Podcast, I sit down with Dustin aka Walter and talk about the new album. We discuss Haye's gift for lyricism, DIY ethos, and Dustin's evolution as a songwriter over the last decade.

Available everywhere you stream anything.

Andrew Ginsburg is a stand-up comedian, champion bodybuilder, and author of Pumping Irony: How to Build Muscle, Lose Weight, and Have the Last Laugh. His TV appearances include The View, Saturday Night Live, The Sopranos, All My Children, As The World Turns, The Guiding Light, and One Life to Live. He currently has four comedy albums available on iTunes and his work has been published in The New York Times, New York Post, Huffington Post, Details Magazine, Muscle & Fitness Magazine, Elle Magazine, Flex Magazine, and Glamour Magazine.

In this week's episode of the Real People Podcast, Andrew Ginsburg & I talk about NYC stand-up comedy over the years, Andrew's career in television, comedy, writing, and he's how managed to blend these ambitions together while being a championship bodybuilder.

Steven D'Arbenzio is a NYC-based artist. You can also think of him as an illustrator, art director, designer, and creative director, but in the end, he is a creator, regardless of the context.

In this episode of the Real People Podcast, Steve and I discuss his incredible paintings and drawings, the universe of characters he created, and where he draws inspiration from when creating art.

check out his site:

www.darbenziocreative.com/painting-drawing

on instagram @sdarbenzio

Will Stein was a rising star at Google when he realized his life's calling was to dedicate himself entirely to the fight against Climate Change. Now he works with Carbon Lighthouse, an environmental organization focused on energy efficiency and renewable energy projects for office buildings, industrial plants, and schools.

Will and I caught up about about all things Planet Earth, and how exactly he made the transition from tech to climate advocate, and why you should do it too.

Justin Garcia is a musician, electric guitarist, and philosophy enthusiast who plays with various live musical acts around Brooklyn, NY and Jersey City, NJ. Currently Justin contributes to the Brooklyn-based artist collective, "The Hau5" -thehau5.com.

Justin and I caught up after an eight-year hiatus and talked about all things music, from his early days as a rock guitarist to finding his jazz inspirations, to leaving academia to become a full-time professional musician.

warning: we also talked a bunch about philosophy.

on instagram @justinguitarcia

Max Dorfman is a NYC-based writer and artist. His latest short story, "The Body" is available right on The Bookends Review - (click to read: http://thebookendsreview.com/2020/06/29/the-body/).

On the very first episode of Real People Podcast, Andrew and Max chat about meeting on a Birthright trip to Israel, the creative process, and pencil drawings!

www.andrewginsberg.com