The Bo and KO Show
Two teachers and writers dive deep into topics of important issues and dialogues happening in the world and our lives. A rotating group of guests and cohosts provide unique perspectives. Season 1 was The First Drafts. Two teachers and writers dive deep into film director's debuts.
In honor of March Madness returning this weekend, Bo and KO sit down with basketball coaches Justin Clymo and Todd Buller about the return of college basketball's premiere event, the role of the college athlete in economics of education and lessons to learn from the college game.
Justin hosts the Contacts and Why Sports? podcasts on every major platforms.
Visit https://www.contactspodcast.com/
Todd hosts Bulldog and Friends on every major platform
HEADLINES: The guys break down major stories around America in TV, sports and politics. Main stories this week include the rollout of vaccinations, Biden's steps and missteps in global diplomacy, Tiger Woods and what traveling is like in 2021.
FOCUS: Kenny and Bo dive into this year's Golden Globes ceremony and predict some of the major categories
831-DOWN: The show concludes with stories happening in Monterey County.
Episode 50 of the Bo and KO welcomes back recurring guest Todd Buller.
In honor of the Sundance Film Festival completing its run as a completely digital film festival for 2021, Bo KO and Todd pick their ideal virtual film festival.
(00:20- 1:02:00)
Later, the three discuss the latest developments with Disney, Marvel and Cobra Kai. We also look at Todd's new podcast, Bulldog and Friends
( 1:03:00- 1:36:22 )
The Teach Out comes from Art Berlanga, who lesson How Winners Think was featured at the Les Brown Power Summit this February. More information on coach’s motivational speaking and life coaching can be found at winwithcoachb.com
( 1:36:37- 1:46:39 )
HEADLINES: The guys break down major stories around America in film, TV, sports and politics (0:00-32:40)
INTERVIEW: Bo and Ko sit down with 831 native and film director Devon Downs to talk about the twists and turns inhis career, the art of collaboration, the evolutions of the industry and what's great about entertainment, even in a COVID world. (33:45-1:35:00)
TEACH OUT: KO dives into two adages we have heard and how it connects to golfer Patrick Reed (1:35:37:26-1:40:20)
831-DOWN: The show concludes with stories happening in Monterey County, including news from Bo's former school. (1:40:255-2:02:00)
Devon Downs is a filmmaker in Los Angeles. he can be found @devondowns on Instagram on Facebook under Kenny Gage & Devon Downs and on his website gagedowns.com
HEADLINES: The guys break down major stories around America in film, TV, sports and politics (0:00- 24:08)
INTERVIEW: Cypress Grove Podcast's own Justin Clymo sits down for an exclusive interview with coach Perry Huang of the Erie BayHawks and WNBA champion Seattle Storm. They discuss Perry's rise in the coaching ranks, growing and adapting to different levels of basketball and the championship experience in 2020. (34:17-1:03:57)
TEACH OUT: Bo looks at how moral tales often reflect reality, just maybe not the full or fair story.(1:04:26-1:08:08)
831-DOWN: The show concludes with stories happening in Monterey County. (1:08;15-1:27:10)
HEADLINES: The guys break down major stories around America in film, TV, sports and politics. (0:00- 24:08)
INTERVIEW: Part of the Education Under COVID series where Bo and KO talk with Monterey principal Tom Newton about how he has led a school throughout the COVID 19 pandemic, adjustments they have made to help students and teachers, distance learning, the importance of collaboration and the influence of coaching. (25:11-1:12:41)
TEACH OUT: Kenny talks about the importance of teaching civility and the narrow line of politics in the classroom. (1:12:52-1:17:10)
831-DOWN: The show concludes with stories happening in Monterey County with updates on the release of more vaccinations. (1:17;15-1:22:27)
Hyperlink to Show Notes- Adam Mahlum
HEADLINES: The guys break down major stories around America in film, TV, sports and politics (00:10-13:33)
INTERVIEW: Recurring guest and friend of the pod Adam Mahlum breaks down what the hell happened at the Capitol, who is to blame, where we go from here, hopes for Biden presidency and a more stable Republican party. (14:14-1:10:04
TEACH OUT: Bo examines education in the 21st century and proposes student creativity and imagination leading to our success moving forward (1:10:30-1:13:40)
831-DOWN: The show concludes with stories happening in Big Sur, Pebble Beach, Pacific Grove, Marina and Moss Landing. (1:13;50-1:32:17)
Hyperdoc for The Bo and KO Show
Bo and KO is reformatted!
- HEADLINES: The Show starts with the guys touching on the major headlines of the times, including what happened in Washington DC this week, the Georgia runoffs, back to school plans for California and the Chinese Vaccine (1:14)
- INTERVIEW: Head Coach Art Berlanga comes on to talk everything related to his upbringing in the 831, journey to success and building a program/culture with the Gonzales football program (17:41)
- Kenny takes on the first TEACH OUT segment, where he looks at this week and critiques the idea of the Zero Sum Fallacy. (48:54)
- 831-DOWN: The guys end the show with ongoing stories in the 831, a tribute and a glimmer of hope for 2021. (55:04)
The Bo and KO Show Present: Education Under COVID
This special episode, Bo Buller speaks with former 831 high schoolers and university students about the adjustments and struggles with education through the lens of distance learning. Both guests speak on their perspective growing up in the 831, the changes distance learning has created for an education and personal perspective, and their hopes for their generation.
This episode features Josue Gil-Silva, the 2019 Valedictorian at Alisal High School and second year at Stanford University. Bo and Josue talk the importance of basketball in their upbringing, Josue's life path growing up and thriving in East Salinas, what he is accomplishing at Stanford and correcting past missteps in life.
Bo and Josue also discussed his family's nonprofit Gil Basketball Academy, and the donation project Monterey County Gives which you can visit at montereycountygives.com
The Bo and KO Show Present: Education Under COVID
This special episode, Bo Buller speaks with former 831 high schoolers and university students about the adjustments and struggles with education through the lens of distance learning. Both guests speak on their perspective growing up in the 831, the changes distance learning has created for an education and personal perspective, and their hopes for their generation.
This episode features Gonzales 2020 Valedictorian Isabel Mendoza, who is currently a freshman at Santa Clara University while working for the city of Gonzales. As a senior, Isabel led the Gonzales Youth Council, who studies mental health and the effects the pandemic was having on the psyche of youth in her community.
Isabel's study can be found here on page 13 of the Monterey County Board of Supervisors on August 18th.https://monterey.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?view_id=5&clip_id=4044&meta_id=618743
Our second episode feature Josue Gil-Silva, the 2019 Valedictorian at Alisal High School and second year at Stanford University.
Bo and Josue discussed his family nonprofit Gil Basketball Academy, and the donation project Monterey County Gives which you can visit at montereycountygives.com
NBA Preview Part II with Christian Swanson (00:22-34:55)
TENET (2020) Review (36:00-1:15:00)
Bo and KO return talking about the big film and television news from Warner and Disney (00:20-36:25)
- What can we expect?
- What does it mean for cinema and local movie theaters?
Then, Christian Swanson joins the pod to talk about what to expect in the NBA this season. (37:28-1:16:00)
The podcast is sponsored by Brick and Mortar. Use the discount code CONTACTS at checkout.
The podcast is also promoting donations to Monterey County Gives during this holiday season. For more information, go to montereycountygives.com for more information.
Kenny and Bo have a conversation with documentary filmmaker Daniel Troia about his award-winning new film We're All In This Together. They discuss traveling the world, panhandling, biking across America and the human spirit.
Trailer for the award-winning We're All In This Together
Trailer for Daniel's 2016 film Two Wheels to Freedom:
Election recap, COVID updates with Bo and KO (00:30- 35:04)
Guest Todd Buller (35:34- 1:20:17)
Actor Michael Ralph aka @hackerishgolf on Instagram, Twitter and Youtube
Ky is at @kyoncourse
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Clare Fox (00:39-30:58)
Cesar Ayon (31:02- 1:00:00)
Gabriela Chavez (1:00:44- 1:32:27)
The boys (1:32:42- 2:04:38)
Film Recommendation: Totally Under Control on Hulu
Book Recommendation: Divided We Fall by David French
In lieu of a Bo and KO Show Episode, take a listen to a member of our podcast network's premiere show Why Sports?
Hosted by Justin Clymo, Why Sports? a podcast designed to highlight the value of athletics as a foundation for any career path.
Through interviews with professionals across industries, we discuss the impact of being part of a team, competition, learning to fail, and how these lessons transcend athletics into the workplace.
Episode 1 is here and available anywhere you listen to podcasts.
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Bo and John break down the last decade of football by picking a fantasy-style roster composed of student-athletes who impressed them over the last ten years on the offensive side of the football.
John covers all the positions and much more in-depth on his website.
Topics include:
- His time in Washington (2:15- 9:25)
- The Pandemic in a nutshell, and the role of government during this crisis. (9:35)
- Why are other countries seemingly doing better than the U.S.? (11:34-32:40)
- Vaccination (33:00- 46:48)
- Socialized medicine (46:50-1:01:30)
- The single biggest change or evolution in public health care that needs to happen (1:01:53-1:05:41)
- the San Diego Padres. (1:05:42-1:12:50)
A few of the many articles by Dr. Kaplan discussed on the podcast:
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2020-09-21/covid-vaccine-anti-vaxxers-deniers
https://www.theregreview.org/2019/05/07/kaplan-21st-century-cures-act/
Bo and KO are joined by Breaker alumni and current Mental Skills coach for the Dallas Mavericks organization Mike Franco. Mike breaks down the findings from his podcast Mental Buckets, what makes sports so important to a growth mindset. We also dive into what players and coaches can do to maximize themselves in competition and life outside of the athletic arena.
Mike Franco also is working on a program called Train the Mind.
You can find Mike at @MentalBuckets on Twitter. He is the Host of Mental Buckets podcast with @upbtraining.com
You can find our show at @TheBoandKOShow on Twitter and on Facebook!
Bo and KO are joined by recurring guests Kylee Bonneville and Thatcher Weldon as well as our buddy Stuart Kelly (@stuartkellygolf) to discuss golf after the restart, trends going into the US. Open, Winged Foot.
Each person then chooses six golfers for their team- and the team that earns the most collective money at Winged Foot this weekend wins the prize.
You can find Ky at @kyoncourse on Instagram and Twitter
You can find Stuart at @stuartkellygolf on Instagram
You can find Thatcher on a pop tennis court in Bakersfield and at Bakersfield Pop Tennis on Youtube.
Bo and Kenny discuss a variety of topics in current news and take questions from dedicated listeners
Bo and Kenny discuss a variety of subjects including their ongoing series on the importance of sports, the upcoming NFL season and most anticipated movies in the next 12 months.
Kenny and Bo sit down with educator and pop tennis enthusiast Thatcher Weissman to talk about tennis and the subset sports of pop tennis and pickleball. The three discuss where racket sports are at in 2020 and the potential they have to grow especially in a post-COVID era.
Bo and Kenny are joined by Social studies teacher and Breaker alum Adam Mahlum to discuss the ways in which Adam and Bo integrate current events and analysis into their social studies classes, what is going to happen next and how we inform others about history. They also dive into ideas of secession, equal rights, media bias and the most impactful years in American history.
Bo is joined by Art Berlanga to talk about the life and legacy of Chadwick Boseman, what his performances meant to underrepresented groups and how to improve your surroundings.
Later Ken, Bo and recurring guest Todd Buller break down the iconic film year of 1982.
Ken and Bo sit down with the preeminent Monterey County sportswriter John Devine to talk about the uncertainty of sports, the influence of Twitter to cover sports, the importance of sports journalism on a community, and sports being an extension of the classroom.
Kenny and John covered sports together at the Monterey Herald and now both have high school students athletes. We look at the past present and future of prep sports in our area.
You can follow John on Twitter @JohnJDevine
You can follow the show on Twitter @TheBoandKOShow
Instagram rising star Ky Bonneville talks about building a brand, reaching out to others, changes in golf, how COVID has affected everything and where golf is going moving forward.
Later Ky, Ken and Bo discuss an important element of professional sports, having someone to root against.
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Bo and Kenny sit down with a former player and student at Pacific Grove High School to address some of the topics we have been discussing surrounding sports and culture-building. The trio dive into social issues, reform, the election, stepping out of your comfort zone, and the importance of being pushed into challenging situations.
- Also the time Jessica's JV team became the toughest competition for the 2014 MTAl champion Breaker varsity.
Jessica tweets from @JessyNatale22.
The podcast is @TheBoandKOShow on Twitter and Facebook group is The Bo and KO Show- formerly the First Drafts podcast
Kenny sits down with his former coach and colleague Todd Buller to talk about his 31 years at Pacific Grove and how sports in school have changed since entering coaching in 1983.
Topics include:
- Going from coaching in the NorCal semifinal in 2005 to coaching a twenty-player Freshman basketball team in 2006.
-It’s all about where you place your energy.
- Giving up your jersey in a playoff game
- Why some of the best experiences these two coaches had might not be the teams you remember.
- Is the education system flawed, and can it be fixed?
- Will football exist in 10 years?
- The effectiveness of local coaches like Art Berlanga, Dan Powers, Jose Gil, and Buck Roggeman
Bo sits down (via Zoom) with Coach Art Berlanga to talk about high school sports, community, how to coach in 2020, memories coaching together, and the impact that sports and coaches can have on your life.
@Coachaberlanga on Twitter
@Firstdraftspod on Twitter
Coach speaking life into stakeholders for the first day of school: https://twitter.com/coachABerlanga/status/1293246970035712000
Kenny and Bo begin the newly formatted- The Bo and KO Show by discussing athletics, the role it plays in society and education, what has evolved and where the 2020 Coronavirus pandemic plays a part in it's future.
Bo was a former athletic director and current teacher and coach
Kenny has been a coach, teacher, sports journalist and activities director for the last 23 years.
Season FINALE
The boys talk about Tarantino, how Reservoir Dogs (1992) gets made, the influence of Harvey Keitel, our favorite scenes and lines.
Later Kenny discusses his filmgoing relationship with Tarantino's films. The boys rank his films. They create their perfect hesit team out of Tarantino characters and much more!
The guys dive into several topics including: The Auteur Duo: Wes Anderson and Owen Wilson (0:05-11:55) What makes a “Wes Anderson” film? (11:57- 20:50) Why collaborations are key to Anderson’s success(20:52- 28:30) Why we think Wes Anderson gets such creative freedom? Why doesn’t he go ‘mainstream’? (28:32- 35:49) Bottle Rocket’s creation, favorite scenes and favorite lines (36:17-1:03:57) Owen Wilson vs Luke Wilson (1:04:00-1:10:20) Owen Wilson Desert Island (1:10:21-1:21:13) and a preview of our season 1 finale- RESERVOIR DOGS (1:21:13-1:23:50)
1:38- 20:40 Making The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
20:55 -24:00 What’s the next best Darabont film; The Green Mile be The Mist?
25:07 30:10 How the Shawshank Redemption became one of the highest ranked movies ever
30:10- 1:17:52 Best scenes
1:17:54 1:24:20 Favorite lines
1:24:21 - 1:41:02 Themes of the film
1:41:43-2:01:00 Our Top 5 favorite prison movies
0:12-9:00 1999 Top Five review and corrections
9:10-22:50 How Being John Malkovich came to be
23:10-28:13 John Cusack, the unconventional leading man.
28:14- 36:35 Cameron Diaz, the superstar A-lister and forgotten great actress
36:36- 48:00 MALKOVICH!!
39:00- 45:15 Being Forrest Whittaker? Jeff Bridges? Willem Dafoe! Benicio!
48:03- 54:45 The undeniable emergence of Catherine Keener
55:21- 1:20:39 BEING JOHN MALKOVICH’S essential scenes
1:20:40-1:25:09 Favorite lines
1:25;43- 1:36:45 Metacinema defined and examples
1:36:55-1:59:15 The importance of art house cinemas and our favorite memories at the Osio Cinemas
1:59:20- Double features for Being John Malkovich
Support the Osio Cinema in Monterey here: https://www.osiotheater.org/donate
Ken's Top 5
5.South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut
4. The Matrix
3. Fight Club
2. Election
1. Being John Malkovich
Bo's Top 5
5. Austin Powers
4. The Iron Giant
3. The Talented Mr. Ripley
2. The Matrix
1. Fight Club
Ken and Bo jump into director Sam Mendes and his historically significant debut, what it meant as an achievement in film history both commercially and critically.
Then they look at the best scenes and lines from American Beauty (1999), the controversy around lead actor Kevin Spacey, can you separate art from the artist.
Then the guys recommend two films to pair with American Beauty, Bo recommends a pioneering film in queer cinema (But I'm a Cheerleader) while Ken gives us a classic (Lolita)
Ken and Bo dive into what made 90's independent cinema so unique, Danny Boyle and his influence in the UK and abroad, the debuts for Boyle, writer John Hodge and actor Ewan McGregor, dream double feature with Shallow Grave and much more!
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Topics: Kenny and Bo discuss the future of the film and movie theater industry (1:18- 17:30) the Cannes film festival lineup (17:55), background on writer-director Alex Garland (21:00- 31:34), Ex-Machina deep dive (32:10-1:19:20) . Then, Kenny and Bo compare two first watches, for Kenny it's Sunshine (2007) . For Bo, it's Under the Skin (2014)
Bo's Top 5* (Post 1990)
- Remember the Titans
- He Got Game
- Creed
- Moneyball
- Waterboy/Happy Gilmore
Kenny's Top 5
- .Hoosiers
- Major League
- Caddyshack
- Moneyball
- Slapshots
Todd's Top 5
- Hoosiers
- Remember the Titans
- The Natural
- Moneyball/ Brian's Song
- Miracle
Primary film: Michael Clayton (2007)
Comparison films: Z by Costa-Gavras (1969), No by Pablo Larrain (2012)
