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1005. - Kurt Vile

How Long Gone

October 7, 2026

Kurt Vile is a musician from Philadelphia. His great new record, Philadelphia’s been good to me, is out now.

Speakers Chris Black, Jason Stewart, Kurt Vile

TopicsSociety & Culture

Chris Black (0:18)

Good morning, Einstein, it's Chris Black. I'm back in New York City. Fall is falling, it's chilly out there.

It's not stopping guys from working out shirtless, of course, but I would think twice. I mean, it's not the case if I was on the bars right now.

Jason Stewart (0:31)

Me being currently shirtless, I disagree wholeheartedly with my whole bare chest.

Chris Black (0:37)

Well, that bird chest is different. I'm surprised you can go outside. Well, you're inside, that's the difference. And it's also a hundred degrees.

Jason Stewart (0:44)

Yeah, today's episode is recorded indoors, thank you. But I have that one episode where I was in Greece on the island of Hydra, that was a shirtless pod. But I had to put the shirt back on because it was getting too sunburned.

Chris Black (0:57)

Oh, that's a... Who's ever said that in the history of podcasting?

You might be the first guy to ever say that.

Jason Stewart (1:02)

It's either me and Steve Aoki, that's about it.

Chris Black (1:05)

Dude, at the top it's just us. I mean, sometimes, you know, that's what happens.

Jason Stewart (1:08)

Yeah, we both... As soon as the red button comes on on the camera, we start recording, it's time to disrobe. And I don't know if that's a learned behavior from our previous pasts in Hollywood's deep corners, you know, the Valley, all the adult industry. You know, I see a red dot and I say, is it time where I start disrobing?

Chris Black (1:31)

Oh, so you see, when I see a red dot, I reach for my hip, you know, I think somebody's got that, got the thing on my forehead.

Jason Stewart (1:38)

I got it.

Chris Black (1:38)

Now I'm a little more careful. I come from a different place than you do.

Jason Stewart (1:41)

Chris, well, I mean, we're from different blocks. You're from a much more rough and tumble zone six. Yeah. I'm from a place where if you see the red dot, it's too late. Okay.

And also, how do you see a red dot on your forehead? It's literally on your forehead. It's where your eyes are. Bro, it was a joke.

Chris Black (1:58)

All right. God damn it. It was a fucking joke. All right. Maybe I was looking in the mirror or something. I don't know, dude. Like God.

Jason Stewart (2:03)

Hey, look in the mirror, Einstein. There's a red dot on your forehead.

Chris Black (2:06)

Sometimes real killers make you look in the mirror before they do it. You know, that's just, that's something I've experienced.

Jason Stewart (2:11)

Real killers say, get ready with me while I murder my ops.

Chris Black (2:16)

Hey, get ready with me as a 24 year old murderer in Compton. I'm going to get rid of my ops today.

Jason Stewart (2:21)

Yeah, I've got one hand on the stick and then one hand on my right foot so I could lift it up so you could see it in the bathroom mirror. It's a new wedge that I've got that I'm still not sure about. I might return it. I don't know. Let me know what you guys think in the comments.

Chris Black (2:34)

Let me know what you guys, let me know. I have an extra banana clip. What do you guys think? I got it in purple this time. I don't know. I'm kind of thinking I like red better.

Jason Stewart (2:42)

Am I becoming that girly whose clip is purple?

Chris Black (2:46)

The thing is, is that we're joking. This is probably, there's probably some, there's probably, this video exists.

Jason Stewart (2:51)

There's somebody who does this in real life, has been forwarded this episode of How Long Gone, and is currently actively plotting to kill us.

Chris Black (3:01)

Get ready, get ready with me to go murder my ops. Is that, that something along those lines exists.

Jason Stewart (3:07)

If it hasn't happened for realsies by people who definitely attended the Complex Convention this weekend, it has happened, it is being on, it's on a mood board somewhere in Druski's content creation studio.

Chris Black (3:20)

Imagine, imagine like a young black guy with dreads, but he's wearing one of those things to keep his hair at his face while he does his makeup. But he's just kind of tucking his, tucking his strap in. I mean, this is good. This is a good idea.

Jason Stewart (3:32)

The sound of the fingernails across the cold steel of a Glock nine like this.

Chris Black (3:38)

There's definitely like a redneck version of this where it's like, get ready with me to go kill a 12 point, you know, and it's like not as fun because it's a deer, not a person.

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