TPM Episode 251: Chris "Uncle E" Ernst Part 2, Broadcaster
The Powell Movement
Mike Powell
4.8 • 824 Ratings
🗓️ 8 November 2021
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Summary
Part 2 with Chris “Uncle E” Ernst picks up where we left off, when Uncle E was on top of the world announcing every event that mattered…but things were not as perfect as they appeared. On the podcast we talk about the continued success, the partying, the travel, the double life, the corporate life, getting caught, disappearing for 5 years, and slowly but surely, rebuilding a life and career.
Uncle E Show Notes:
3:30: Red Bull Slackline Event in TN, explain Uncle E, and the difference between Chris and Uncle E
10:00: The X Games, Live TV, Lord of the Boards and getting more emcee work
21:30: Stanley: Get 30% off site wide with the code drinkfast
Peter Glenn Ski and Sports: Over 60 years of getting you out there
10 Barrel Brewery: Buy their beers, they support action sports more than anyone
24:00: Red Bull events, challenging events, and internet comments
30:00: Highlight events, sour on the Gravity Games, and becoming a ski celebrity
37:00: Did success change him, Boost Mobile, and corporate partying
41:30: Dragon: Their glasses FLOAT, use the code Powell15 to save 15%
Alpine Vans: Upgrade your adventure, Upgrade your life
Elan Skis: Over 75 years of innovation that makes you better
43:45: Falling off the face of the earth for 5 years, substances, and problems surfacing
48:00: Rock Bottom, how does he get better, and pinpointing when his problem started
54:00: Inappropriate Questions with Paul Crandell aka LP
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Have a seat on your porcelain throne. |
| 0:02.3 | It's time to talk some shit on the Powell Movement. |
| 0:13.5 | Welcome to the Powell Movement. |
| 0:17.1 | I'm your host Mike Powell, and I'm back from L.A., |
| 0:19.7 | and what an incredible experience I had at the Dead & Company show. |
| 0:23.4 | I should get this out of the way first and foremost. |
| 0:25.9 | While I'm more a fan of the parking lot than the band, I do like the music. |
| 0:30.1 | And there is something so entertaining to me about being around all the hippies. |
| 0:34.4 | I mean, these are no 60s hippies, or even hippies comparable to the last time |
| 0:38.3 | I saw the dead in the 90s. This new breed was way too young to have seen the original |
| 0:43.2 | band in person, but who cares? They looked and acted the part. I think they're known as |
| 0:47.9 | whookies these days, and really, who knows what these kids do when the dead aren't touring. |
| 0:52.9 | My guess is that they're seasonal employees |
| 0:54.6 | that you'll see them at the ski resorts in the winter and in the warm months they'll be at |
| 0:59.3 | summer resorts. But regardless, it was fun being around these people. These people. And while I |
| 1:05.1 | didn't spend as much time in the parking lot as I wanted to, I smelled enough pachuli, I heard so many nitrous balloons, and |
| 1:12.4 | saw more drug transactions go down in open air than I have in my entire life. |
| 1:17.4 | So I guess the big difference from the 90s to today was how open the drug market was, |
| 1:22.3 | was how young the hippies were, and the new singer-gatarist John Mayer. |
| 1:26.4 | I went into this concert unsure of John Mayer for some |
| 1:29.0 | reason. I guess his top 40 music made me think he wasn't going to hold up. But boy, was I wrong, |
| 1:34.8 | that dude can absolutely shred a guitar, and I have a totally newfound respect for him. Aside from the |
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