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The Set Breaker

By: Mike Kim
  • Summary

  • People are set in their ways? Nope, not here. We'll break that. Go beyond the laugh. Get Deep.
    Copyright Mike Kim
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Episodes
  • Ep 107: This Mortician Prepped 4,000 Dead Bodies
    Apr 1 2024
    Juan Cias has been a Mortician for 18 years and seen 4,000 dead bodies. We talk about embalming bodies, sewing limbs back together, sickening crime scenes, smell of decomposing bodies, beauty of death, "hot" corpses, Mike's grandma passing, & more.

    Time Stamps:
    0:56 - we live and we die
    1:51 - how many dead bodies has Juan seen?
    2:49 - the emotional story behind the people passing stays with you
    5:42 - stories of seeing violently mangled bodies
    6:59 - Juan got into funeral directing to see crazy things
    8:21 - some police are scared to move dead bodies
    9:36 - the most horrible crime scene with a homeless person
    11:52 - what decomposing bodies smell like
    13:02 - decomposing body vs farts
    14:31 - the embalming process is tough
    15:32 - sewing up process of the corpse
    19:32 - the difference between coroners, embalmers, and morticians
    21:20 - death gets people turned on
    23:33 - how Juan got started in standup comedy
    25:26 - Juan goes to therapy for seeing so many dead bodies
    27:01 - death changes your outlook on life to not take things personally
    28:32 - mike shares a moment he had when is grandma passed
    30:19 - respecting the corpse & middle age isn’t accurate
    34:48 - old people are scared of morticians
    37:11 - seeing “hot” corpses
    39:48 - rise in fentanyl = rise in death rate in younger population
    41:32 - dating is hard as a mortician
    46:58 - don’t end your life- you’re hurting those around you
    50:27 - mike wrote down all the ways he could end himself & got lazy
    52:28 - Juan believes he’ll be alone forever- but he has his friends
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    59 mins
  • Ep 106: A Prison Guard Turned Comedian Tells Truth About Prison Life
    Apr 4 2023
    Josh Higuera was a corrections officer for 7 years & stationed in gunatamo bay & victorville. We talk about pranking prisoners, treat prisoners with respect, losing a parent, weird prison rules, gay comedians turning straight comedians gay, cooking in prison cells, becoming a comedian after working in prison, and more.

    Time Stamps:
    0:21 - Josh was stationed in Guantanamo Bay & Victorville Federal Prison
    1:29 - being a corrections officer (C.O.) puts you in a dark place
    3:04 - prisoners don't act like what you see on TV
    4:24 - some COs bullied prisoners
    7:56 - blood doesn't squirt when you get stabbed
    8:53 - A gang leader saved 30 COs lives
    11:18 - an inmate got the literally teeth kicked out of his face
    14:01 - easiest prison job
    16:62- why you should treat prisoners with respect
    19:08 - Josh loves his kid but used to hate kids
    20:19 - Cuban prisons don't have medical resources for serious injuries
    23:06 - Josh started standup comedy at the same time he was in the academy
    25:11 - redefining success & happiness & losing a parent
    27:43 - growing up with an abusive father
    30:00 - why do Josh & Mike do standup?
    34:54 - protective measures against your body degrading
    38:28 - Josh tries to guess what Asian Mike is & Japanese is aggressive
    39:24 - Arabic sounds aggressive
    40:33 - favorite Korean foods
    42:56 - Mike shot a short film with food poisoning & sh*t himself
    44:16 - balancing comedy & being a single father
    49:20- in prison child sex traffickers are accepted vs. child molestors
    51:29 - Josh's first day as CO saw 2 buff convicts blowing each other
    57:44 - do some prisoners turn gay or always were gay?
    1:01:38 - some straight comedians are secretly gay or just desperate
    1:06:13 - catching a prisoner with a knife in his butt
    1:09:36 - pranking the prisoners
    1:14:24 - allowing prisoners to cook in their cells
    1:19:44 - catching an illegal gym in prison
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    1 hr and 27 mins
  • Ep 105: Preggo Rihanna & Bootie Washing
    Feb 23 2023
    Today we talk about Rihanna's Super Bowl performance, intermittent fasting, eye infections, facing fear of dancing, flushing toilet with feet, white dude's don't wash their butt, & more.
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    39 mins

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