Chef Chris Holen invites elementary school music teacher Brian Bergman into his kitchen and they make a simple cioppino. They discuss the importance of teaching music to young children and the value of living a balanced life.

There you go. You know, giving energy to all 
the different aspects of life,   you know, feel like it makes a more 
balanced uh more relaxed person. Nope. things that that I enjoy doing, you know, 
practicing like like shooting pool. Yeah. You know, that’s a whole another thing. That’s it’s a 
meticulous thing. If you want to get good at it, you have to do all these you have to practice 
all these shots over and over again. And it’s   that meticulous and it’s it’s it fulfilling. You 
30 years. Yeah. What brings what gets you up in the morning for work? I mean, what what makes you 
what makes you happy? Does it bring you joy? Does it make you happy to to see these kids? I do love 
seeing the kids. The kids at that age especially are very um they’re very uh honest. They’re very 
loving people. They’re very uh like they come in and they want fist bumps and oh Mr. B hey you 
know or Mr. Bergman whatever they’re calling me and they just and they look happy to see me which 
for me works. Yeah because here’s a bunch of kids here’s a bunch of people that are happy to see me 
and I think a lot of people crave that. Oh don’t scratch. Don’t scratch. I came here my first year 
of teaching and a couple of the parents said to me, “Well, you’re sticking around, right?” 
And I hadn’t really thought much about it,   but they said, “Well, we hope you stay, meaning, 
you know, we we think you’re good and we we don’t want our, you know, you to leave.” And 
I really thought about that because it’s like,   wait, this these parents of these people 
didn’t want me to leave. That’s pretty cool. At what point in your life uh did you think 
to yourself, “Hey, Brian, I uh I think you should be a music teacher.” This is this is a 
pinnacle moment. I was in seventh grade and my band director name was Elvin Haley and he was up 
there. He sat he at this time he was a 30 plus year teacher and he was sitting up there in his 
chair, you know, and conducting us and and kind of he had this smile on his face, laughing quite 
a bit and he was a generally happy person and I I looked at him at one point and I went, you know 
what, this guy here’s a guy that has a teaching job. He’s a musician. He’s a real musician. He 
taught us so much. Uh, he’d been my teacher for three years. He’s having a good time. Maybe I can 
do that. Yeah, maybe that’s what I should do. And then I just said, “Well, I guess I’m going to 
become a band director.” And then from there, the road wasn’t straight. Like, you know, 
everyone everyone has bumps in the road, things that happen. took me nine years to get 
through college, but I got through, you know, and a couple of times I, you know, at one point 
I was working I I was actually working in a   steakhouse and and uh I was like, maybe I could 
be a line cook, you know. Okay. And uh and and somebody in there says, “No, follow your dream. 
If your dream is to teach music, then follow that, right?” And I went, “Okay.” Because then I 
realized line cooking or prep cooking or any of that is always there for me if I ever want 
to do it. Fall back. Yeah. Whatever I want to do. So for me that was what I got jazzed about. 
Right. Yeah. And I I felt successful there. Yeah. I would assume that there’s an underlying benefit 
to teaching children, especially smaller children, music early on in their life. Absolutely. What 
sort of do you what’s the measurable outcome of this? Do you know is there a measurable outcome? 
Absolutely. Well, they know they know through research that um kids that study music and through 
school end up, you know, they’re it it actually will elevate the IQ of the kid. It actually does 
that. Okay. Um it it increases the happiness if they’ve got a good music program. I feel like it’s 
the heart of a school. Sure. Elementary school music teacher for the bulk of 30 years. And you 
also play in multiple different Yeah. Uh bands. Tell tell me about that. I’ve always I’ve always 
enjoyed getting together with other adults that have a common interest. I think that if you go 
into a community and you’re new, to have something in common with someone makes a huge difference. 
Some people go to the local bar and find people that like to play pool. Some people will go to 
their church. Some people will go to, you know, a musician will go to um find the local symphony or 
the local band. And that’s where they find their people, their camaraderie. They find their people 
that instantly you have a group of friends and there’s nothing to be said for that. I mean, so I 
see so many people get lost in the shuffle. They get lost in the sauce, if you will. And it’s like 
they don’t have a a group they connect with or a person they connect with. And when you have these 
experiences of, you know, music, that’s what it does for me is it allows me to have this group of 
people that uh are instantly relatable. Yeah. And boy, that really makes a huge difference in life. 
Part of the part of the process of this whole uh the show, Brian. Okay. Yes. Is you know, 
learning about you and that, you know, the positive things that you put out in the 
world. Okay. However, you know, I got to know what do you want to cook something that takes more 
than just a couple of ingredients to cioppino. And I have many questions about the process of 
building a cioppino. Well, and and there’s   a secondary motivation and actually it’s probably 
the primary. Tell me about that. It’s the primary motivation. Yeah. My wife, my lovely wife is 
adores seafood. Yeah. And particularly shellfish. And so if we put together something like this 
and I and and we’ve been to restaurants before where she’s ordered it and really enjoyed 
it. All right. When uh whenever we go out,   if there’s if there’s clams, muscles, any of that 
stuff on the menu, that’s more than likely going to end up at the table. All right. In her spot. 
So, all right. We’re making cioppino. That’s going to be great. So, we’ll finish this uh billiard 
game. Absolutely. This beer. Yep. And then we’ll get in the kitchen. Yep. And make cioppino. That 
sounds great. Let’s do that. Let’s do it. My name is Chris Holen. For the past 25 years, I’ve had 
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want to cook and what stories do you want to tell? All right, Brian, welcome to the kitchen. Hey, 
thank you, Chris. I appreciate Hey, good uh good game uh billiard game. Thanks for sharing your 
uh your love of uh brewing beer. That was fun. Appreciate that. You talked about wanting to make 
uh cioppino. I want to make cioppino for sure. And you know, so traditionally, as I understand it, 
uh, Cioppino was created by the Italian-American community, fishing community in San Francisco 
to somewhat, uh, kind of celebrate the, uh, fish harvest with, uh, an influence of Italian 
into it, right? So it consists of essentially aromatics. Okay. Um it consists of aromatics. 
Uh fish there is tomato product. Um stock being clam juice and chicken stock or one or the other 
would be fine as well. A reduction of white wine. Um etc. But we’ll walk we’ll walk through that 
stuff. All right. So you you’re cooking you’re cooking. Is that all right? I went ahead so I went 
ahead and did some prep and um this takes a couple of minutes. So it’s going to take a few minutes. 
So, I did some prep so we can get started on it   uh essentially right away. Okay, does that 
sound good? I’m going to go ahead and fire up the pan. All right. And we’re going to go like 
medium I’ll call it medium plus. Medium plus. How about that? I like that. Not not not medium high, 
but like medium plus. Okay. Yep. Okay. So, Brian, you need to start with a little bit of olive oil. 
All right. So, I use a blended. It’s canola with a with about 25% extra virgin, so it’s not like 
two one way or the other. It’s got a high smoke point. It has good flavor. Um, and it’s not using 
straight extra virgin, which uh in my opinion is kind of wasteful when cooking. Okay. All right. 
So, go ahead and do a little bit of just squirt some in there. I can do that now. I don’t have 
to wait for anything. Okay. I’ll tell you when. A little bit more. Okay. Done. Okay. That’s I 
don’t know. That’s probably like I don’t know.   Couple tablespoons. couple tablespoon. Something 
like that. All right. So, we’re going to let that warm up a little bit in here. So, for aromatics. 
All right. Here’s what we got. And we’re kind of We talked about building it. Absolutely. It’s 
like, yes. Yes. Constructing building blocks of fa flavor. It’s the building blocks of flavor. All 
right. I’ll tell you what. Let’s hit the I’m going   to turn this little bad boy on. Little GoPro as 
we talk about it. I did get an overhead shot which we’re going to show right uh now. What do you 
think? That’s a great time. It’s pretty amazing, right? That shot is unbelievable. It is. It’s 
very clear. You can see what’s there. And come   on. Okay. So, in this order, we did olive oil. 
Aromatics being shallot. Okay. Fennel. Mhm. And I use sweet onion. Okay. We’re going to sweat 
those a little bit, right? Yep. Then we’re going to add garlic. Okay. If we put the garlic in the 
beginning, it’ll it’ll burn, right? Um along with some crushed chili flake. All right. While that’s 
cooking, we’re going to use this guy. Mhm. Tomato paste. Okay. All right. Um, and we’re going to 
kind of cook it all together. Then we’re going to hit it with dry white wine. We’re using pinot 
gris. I happen to have this leftover. I mean, it’s not like you could drink it, I guess, but 
it’s it’s going to be better in the food, I think,   at this point. Perfect like a week ago, I think. 
Anyway, um, then we’re going to hit it with clam juice. We made We got a little chicken broth. All 
right. and whole peeled tomatoes. I’m going to ask you ask you to crush those. All right. All right. 
Let’s put that away. And by crush, you mean actual crush. Yeah. With your hands. The young young 
kids these days, they crush or smash something by   eating it. Oh, right. So, you’re going to you’re 
not going to eat it. I promise. You’re not going to smash these tomatoes. You’re just going to 
crush them with your hand. All right. Okay. So,   in here, olive oil. Ready? Go ahead. We’re going 
to start. Go ahead. Start with these guys here. Okay. So, shallot, fennel, onion. We’re going to 
kind of sweat them until they’re like a little bit like translucent. Okay. All right. Nice. 
Excellent. All right. And go ahead and grab that wooden spoon. Just kind of give it a little stir. 
Okay. We need to keep a good eye on it. We don’t want to burn anything. If you burn anything in a 
dish like this, the entire dish will taste burnt.   Yes, for sure. All right. Okay. Going to sweat 
those. In the meantime, I’ll tell you what. Let’s open up this tomato paste. So, it’s ready to go. 
You ever seen one of these guys? Oh, yeah. Oh, I don’t think I have. It cuts around the rim. What? 
You just blew my mind. Yeah. So, it’s not sharp, right? Boom. Oh, so these are these are clever. 
I know you could sell those. Yeah, right. I could sell those, right? You probably just sold one to 
me. Hey, so while that’s while that’s cooking,   Brian, I would like to just say one thing. Yeah. 
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doing? Oh, it’s looking really close. Transparent. I think we’re getting there. I think we’re 
almost sweated. Sweated. Sweated. Is that how you say sweat or just plural? I think sweat. It’s 
like It’s like the word cutted. It doesn’t exist. Doesn’t exist. So, sweat. It has been sweat. It 
has been sweat. Okay, let’s do that. Let’s go with it has been sweat. It has been sweat. Let us Oh, 
we need to get a uh Oh, here. garlic. We’re going to do garlic. Mhm. We’re going to do chili flake. 
Okay. And then we’re going to do tomato. All of this. Yeah. Do it. Wonderful. Why wouldn’t you? 
Oh, yeah. Garlic it up. Garlic it up. Chili flake now. Yeah. Do it. Okay. Okay. So, kind of stir 
that in. Turn it all together. Boy, the smells in here. Right. Is it nice? Just off the charts. I 
think I’m going to turn this up just a a hair. I’m not going to smash it up. Not or crush it up. I’m 
just going to turn it up slightly. But either way, we’ll use we’ll use terms like That’s looking 
rad. Super rad. Tubular, dude. Tubular. Yeah, that’s okay. If we’re using squid, right, while 
you’re stirring it, I’m going to just Okay, this is a u a little 6 can. Okay. Okay. I didn’t really 
say how much. All right. So, let’s let’s back that up. Some I’m just kidding. Some we get into this. 
We’re going to do ratios. Okay. So, 6 oz can of tomato paste. What’s the role of the tomato paste 
in this, Chef Chris? It is really going to just It’s going to ultimately make a richer uh broth. 
Okay. All right. All right. There’s that tomato paste. That’s what that looks like. It’s kind of 
coming together a little bit. Yeah. Super nice. Doing a good job. Oh, yeah. Thank you. All right. 
In uh All right. So, Brian Yeah. I am going to I’ll tell you what I’m going to do is I’m going 
to put the tomatoes into a bowl. All right. And I’ll stir that while you crush these real quick. 
Okay. We’re going to be at that critical moment. We’re We’re about Before we burn anything, I’m 
kind of bringing everything together here. just so we don’t have any burns. Okay. So, here’s 
that. I’ll give it a stir. Okay. Let’s do that. Okay. These are whole peeled tomatoes. Okay. All 
right. I picked these up uh just this morning. I just need one hand for that. Story co-op. Oh, 
wonderful. All right. It’s a 28 oz can. All right. And how much of a crush are you looking for when 
you’re doing this? I’ll tell you when. Okay, sounds good. All right, let’s get it. I’ll 
just keep after it here. Keep after it.   You’re crushing it, man. I I hope so. Keep 
it up. It’s looking good. Looks like Oh, it smells fantastic, too. It just You get 
all the odor when the crust happens. Okay,   so I think that’s good. Okay. What I’m going 
to ask you to do now is open that guy and pour in about a cup of white wine. All right. 
Sounds good. There you go. Pop that right in there. A chunk. Boom. A cup of white wine. 
Cup of white. See that? Yep. That’s That looks like about what’s left here. It’s pretty 
close. Yeah. Oh, okay. All of it. All of it. Okay. We’re going to kind of uh reduce 
this a little bit. Okay. All right. Want me to Yeah. Give it a here. Give it a All 
right. Oh, that looks nice. Keep it up. So, you’re a really methodical person, right? 
You like systematic approach to I do. I do. And   it when you laid all that stuff out, I was like, 
“This is perfect. That’s your jam. I can see what goes in the dish and all these really good quality 
ingredients. You know, it’s going to be tasty. Okay, you’re good. Let’s go with the um let’s 
go with the tomatoes. Oh, okay. You’re going to add the crushed tomatoes, the clam juice, and the 
chicken stock. Okay. All right. There’s a little Yeah, there you go. a little pop topper. Now, you 
know, isn’t that the cutest thing? When I do this,   you know, instantly the next thing I want to do, 
but I should I mean, you could do it. I mean I mean it is from Bahaba. It is a thing. People 
do like there’s clam juice in beer, right? Oh, yeah. You can do that. Clam juice, tomato. Okay. 
It probably like they do oyster stout. Yeah. Right. That’s a thing. They use the liquor liquor. 
I don’t know about clam stout. I’m That’d be interesting. And then chicken stock. And chicken 
stock. It might be hot. Yeah, might be hot. Just pour it right in there. That’s uh equivalent 
amount of clam juice, right? That was an 8 o bottle. The funny thing, I had the hardest time 
finding this u in the store. It was like not   where I thought it would be. Where was it? I had 
to ask for directions. Yeah. Yeah. So, it’s an 8 oz little bottle of clam juice. Would it Was it by 
the other clam products or was it in a different spot? It was They don’t have a lot of clam 
products. It was actually across the aisle and up   from all the other broths, stocks, and soup bases. 
Okay. I don’t know. Gotcha. Interesting. Okay. So, there we go. Let’s turn that up another little No. 
Yeah. Just a little hair. So, it’s we’re going to go like u Brian like a medium high until it starts 
to boil. Then we’re going to turn it down. So, what’s going to happen as this starts to kind of 
thicken and concentrate. We’re going to at one point we’re going to add the clams. Okay. Then 
we’re going to add the prawns. Okay. All right.   Okay. While that happens, in the meantime, I 
decided to go with salmon. Typically in cioppino, you’d use a white fish. Okay. Be like cod, 
halibut, something like this. I have some fresh chinook available. So, I thought I’d cut a little 
tail piece off of that. Nothing wrong with that. Sound good? That sounds fantastic. All right. 
In Let’s heat this guy up. All right. This is going to go a little hotter. It’s going to go like 
medium high. All right. If you would put a little bit of olive oil in there. Okay. You also in 
cioppino, you would cook the fish right in here, right? I thought that we would go ahead and 
sear the fish. Okay. And then put it present it in the dish. Yeah. I think that’ll look really 
nice. Yeah. It’s still going to permeate like in   the flavor-wise. Like we’re not going to get it 
wouldn’t this salmon’s not going to make a huge impact if we put it directly in here flavor-wise 
cuz we already have clam juice and chicken stock   and we’re also going to have prawns and the 
clams themselves. Okay. So, we’re we’re going to put the salmon on top. All right. Okay. I’m 
just going to give it a little a little season. All right. We’re going to let that heat 
up just a little bit. That looks nice. I’m going to give the unders. I gota I got to 
see what it feels like. Yeah, we’re good. Yeah,   it’s hard to tell because sometimes on the top 
you get the liquidy and on the bottom it gets real thick. You got to keep on judging it. Another 
thing when you’re building something like this,   I feel like it’s important to adjust 
seasoning kind of as you as you go at least know where it’s going. So, let’s give 
it a little Oh, yeah. Just give it a little   taste. 100% while we’re while we’re going 
so we know kind of where we’re at, right? What do you think? Is it going in the right 
direction? It’s going in the right direction.   Absolutely. And it and as it reduces, too, 
you don’t want to add too much salt early on, right? Because you can’t take it out. You 
can’t take it out. Yeah. Yeah. So, you know,   it may not need it at all. We’re going to find 
out. You want to get salt to your briney flavor from clams and this way closer to I’ve made 
that mistake with ham dishes and salt too much, man. Ham’s a thing. All right. Good. Okay. So, 
we’re going to turn that down a little bit. All right. Um, go ahead and throw that other 
glove on. Okay. And so, the salmon. Now, we have a minor, I would say, disagreement between 
myself and my Icelandic friends. You know, there’s the presentation side of the fish. Yeah. Right. 
Yeah. Yeah. So, in my brain, and always has been, that I’m going to sear this down first. I’m 
going to turn it over, finish off the fish, have a nice day. Right. Yeah. They do it the 
other way. The presentation is the bottom, which I thought was funny. I mean, to me, the 
skin and they thought what I did was Yeah,   exactly. The skin side. Get the crispy skin. Well, 
this doesn’t have skin. There’s no skin. Yeah, but they would actually The presentation would 
be the bottom, not the top. Wow. I don’t know.   That’s really interesting. That’s a thing. That 
is okay. So, this when you put it in a pan, a hot pan like this. Okay. Put it away from you, 
right? So, kind of Oh, okay. Just kind of gently set it in. And do I put it salt side down or 
no? Salt side down. Yep. Salt side down. Okay.   All right. Here we go. I’m going to capture this. 
Beautiful. Okay. Okay. And give the pan a little shake. Okay. Get a towel. Keep it from sticking. 
There you go. Yeah, you’re good. All right, that you got it. So, you really just need enough 
oil to keep the fish from sticking to the bottom of that looks so good. Right. Give and go ahead 
and give the bottom a little season. Okay. And we’re going to use a spatula now. If you want 
to lose the gloves, you’re okay with that. Yep. Looks great. That’s super nice. All 
right. So, what we’re going to go for is you see the Mhm. Isn’t that nice? Well, it 
doesn’t take very long either, does it? No, it doesn’t. I’ll give that to you. Okay. 
And same. Let go like I don’t know. We’ll   counter. We’ll count to uh 10. How would you do 
that? Is it Mary had a little lamb like twice? And then you make sure you turn it away from you. 
Yeah. All right. So you don’t splash yourself.   Right. About ready. It’s the cooking tip of the 
day. Yeah. Do it. Okay. Here we go. Yeah. Just like that. Done. Oh, that’s beautiful. Really 
pretty. The color on that is unbelievable. This is Well, it’s like uh you know, when choosing a 
steak and picking a filet minion. Yeah. You know, it’s like I feel like you’re cheating. Yeah. This 
is This is Chinook salmon from the Columbia River.   So, it’s almost like you’re cheating. I’m tempted 
to turn it off. It doesn’t get much better, actually. Yeah. I mean, if you um I think or 
take it off. I think you can turn it off. Yeah. Just turn to the right. Yep. Just let it let it 
finish. There you go. Oh, I see. It turns itself   off. All right. Okay. I’m going to turn this 
back up a little bit. Now, typically cioppino 30 45 minutes. Sometimes people go as long 
as an hour for the sauce to Yeah. Yeah. We We don’t want to take that long in this show. It’s 
a little bit much. Quick cioppino. Quick quicker cioppino. So imagine that you, you know, had it 
on a medium and you just waited and maybe just, you know, puttered around the kitchen 
while he’s cooking. We want to get a   little closer to the end result a little 
quicker. We’re going to just turn it up. Should I be taking those out of there? Yeah, if 
you want to. Let’s uh I’ll tell you what. Yeah, why don’t we just put them put 
them right on here? Okay. Okay. And just Yeah, we’ll just set it aside. Okay. Now, how thick do you recall cioppino 
being? Fairly thick or more brothy? It depends on where you order it from. If 
you get it from a restaurant, you know,   um I would I would say you’re pretty close right 
there. I think so. Not that far off, I think. So, let’s go ahead and put in the clams. Okay, here 
you go. Yep. All right, Yep. All right. Get everybody in the pool. So, here’s the deal with 
shellfish. Number one, when you buy shellfish, you probably know this. If they’re open, you don’t 
want them, okay? They’re they’re dead. You want to buy them so they’re still alive. All right, which 
means they’re closed. All right. Right. So, that being said, when you eat the clams, you want them 
to have opened while cooking them. All right. So, you want them to be a little bit open. That sound 
good? Yes. All right. So, these are going to cook, I think, fairly. Yeah. See, they’re already 
opening. Okay. Let’s go prawns. Okay. Okay. Now, I gave these a little score down the 
back and I left the tails on. I feel like the tail adds even more flavor. It’s like cooking 
uh chicken with the bone in. Yeah. It’s just it it just is more flavorful, right? So, 
same kind of deal with that. All right. Bay bay leaves. Yep. Now these That’s a good 
pickup. I probably should have put them in there about five minutes ago. A few. Yeah, that’s okay, 
though. They’ll still impart some flavor. Oh, they’re going to impart some flavor. They’re going 
to be good. All right. I’m going to give that I   want to see what it feels like. So, Oh, this is 
all going to cook pretty quick, Brian. Mhm. So, let’s taste it and adjust flavors. Okay. Okay. 
New spin. Thank you. All right, let’s do it. Just a little more seasoning. Yeah. You want 
to see a little more salt? There’s a little   more salt in there. Yep. Going to need 
some Going to need some of that in there. Okay. And I think another thing we might do. Just 
a little bit. I think another thing we might do, Brian, is go ahead and add about about a third 
of that parsley. Okay. Okay. Just chuck that right as it is. Okay. As it is. And we’re going 
to save the rest for garnish. So that’s going to impart a little flavor in the overall dish. 
Absolutely. And the rest will be for garnish. Holy moly. That just the smells coming out 
of here. That looks pretty good. Wow. I’d eat that. Oh, that is And look at those clams. 
The way they’ve opened up. I think this is I think we’re getting pretty darn cooked. I 
think we’re pretty much there. All right,   let’s flick it off. Okay. What I was thinking is kind of finishing this off like like tuck in the salmon. Remember we were talking 
about like presentation wise. Oh, and the Yeah.   Here. I’m going to I’m going to do one then 
you do the other one. Okay. So, let’s just Oh, like that. What do you think? Yeah. Is that all 
right? Okay, we got a little bit of everything. Mhm. That looks pretty darn good. All right, here you go. And I’ll clean that up. 
We got to get a picture, right? So, what do you think? Exciting. Oh, this is just this 
is so beautiful. Those prawns aren’t super big, so they didn’t take long to cook. The clams, 
it’s pretty hot. Oh, bay leaf. So, that didn’t take too long. That in there? Yep. Well done. Like 
that? Yeah, that’s beautiful. All right, that is Yep. Okay, so let’s take this fish. You got it. 
Okay. and kind of just lay it on there. Okay. Okay. I also I also thought how interesting to put 
a uh we had I had a couple of oysters available that I thought I’d put on there raw which you 
could they’re going to cook a little bit, right? Yes. All right. And then on the top, you got 
to garnish it. Oh, got to garnish it. Little   more parsley. Okay. Oh, see, I’m a I’m 
a parsley guy. I love lots of parsley. Wow. Just really You want to uh Can you 
pick that up? Yes. like that’s Oh man. Brian Bergman, elementary music school 
teacher, home brewer, billiard player, and semi-professional chef. Hey. All right. Awesome. All right. Let’s uh let’s have 
a taste. Okay. see what the finished product. This is when we can get into the 
tastes like, right? It’s going to be an   age-old question of do I use a spoon 
or do I use a fork or both or do I use my fingers? The answer is absolutely. 
All right. All the things. I like it. Oh, yeah. The seasoning is right. The salmon 
has a little bit of a crisp to it. Yeah. It just really sets it off. That’s beautiful. 
And I think I like that it didn’t fall apart, right? The salmon. Yes. Yeah. Yeah. Cuz 
it would be real easy to lose the crisp   if the salmon got put in the broth, right? You 
wouldn’t have as the effect wouldn’t quite be the same. I’m going to do I’m going to do a 
multitude of things. Got to check this. I’m going to use my fingers. Oh yeah. I’m going 
to get salmon, prawn. I got to get a clam. A clam and a tomato and a parsley. That’s 
good. I know, right? You got to get Oh, the bite with the parsley. It is an interactive 
though. You kind of don’t have a choice. So,   you got to eat it with your fingers. Yeah. 
Well, yeah, because you got to move the shells out of the way, right? Oh, yeah. Here we 
go. Oh, are you going in? You going in? I’ll do an oyster. All right. All right. There 
we go. Cheers it up. Cheers. All right. That’s beautiful. Oh, it’s a briney is it? It’s 
It’s briany. Slightly briany. It is. So, wow. So, Brian, we talked about all the stuff. Uh, is 
there anything else you want to like talk about or add to the conversation? You know, I brought 
a few interesting instruments that you might be interested in hearing and that maybe some viewers 
might like to hear. What you want some free   entertainment? Come on. Yeah, absolutely. 
you. Okay. I understand you play tons of different instruments. Yeah. And you maybe brought 
something a little obscure. I brought some Oh. Oh, obscure. Okay. Yeah, I can do obscure. 
That’s That’s uh That’s probably my middle name. Awesome. Awesome. Tell you what, we should 
eat this while it’s hot. Yep. And then we’ll uh we’ll get into that. Okay. Sounds good. And you 
can share. So, I understand your wife came with   you. Yes. Are you going to pass the pass? This is 
my wife, Jenny. You’re going to pass the spoon, my sweet wife. I want to make this for 
you at home, too. But now you get this   version right here, which is professional. 
There you go. You can try it. Yeah, do it. Very nice. All right. Is that restaurant quality? 
Would you would you order that from uh Oh, yes. From Chez Brian. Chez Bergey, of course. 
She Bergey. That’s right. Super. All right. Sounds really good. So, you can have this. All 
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watching. We’re going to be right back with   Obscure Instruments and Brian Bergman. All right. 
It sounds really good. So, Brian, tell me tell me about this instrument. Well, this instrument is 
a is kind of obscure. It’s a valve trombone. The valve trombone, the trombone usually you you 
change the pitch with a slide, but the valve trombone allows you to get a similar straight uh 
straight through sound, a really a tromboneish sound using valves. A lot of the valved 
instruments are conical rather than cylindrical. So the conical, the sound grows and it’s it it 
envelops you, but a trombone sound is cutting and straight out. And so this gives you best of both. 
If you want to have that cutting sound but then still play valves. The other thing that helps with 
it too is if you don’t have room for your slide, you’re in a tight space, you could just sit there 
and do this. And so it works pretty well. U this one used to belong to a good friend of mine, Bob 
Joiner, who was a just an amazing player in the Astoria tuba quartet and the North Coast Symphonic 
Band, North Coast big band around here. And any of those people if you’re watching will know exactly 
who I’m talking about. And uh this was his. So   it’s very special to me. So I I think I’ll play 
a little nostalgia tune for you. Okay. Anyone who knows it. All right. Ladies and gentlemen 
on a Valve trombone. Yep. Brian Bergman. Okay. [Music] King of the road. Nice. Well done. That That’s 
fairly obscure. So, do you have anything more obscure? More obscure? What’s like Oh, yeah. 
I’ve got I got a good one for you. Let me let me go off camera for a second. Get it. That 
sounds good. If you’ve never seen one of these, this is a nose flute. You might wonder, how 
do I make a tone on a nose flute? I’m actually blowing nose air into it. Not nose hair, nose 
air. And then as you blow the nose air into it like that, you get a sound like that. Yeah. 
Now it the changing the pitch is from the inside of your mouth. So like that to make 
it jump. I would offer it to you to try, but that’s super gross, dude. That’d 
be pretty weird. Yeah. And like some   my students say, “Can I try it?” You 
know, the little kids. And I’m like, “No, dude. You he don’t want my germs and I 
don’t want yours, so it’s okay.” So anyway,   this is a nose flute. So I could play a song for 
you. In fact, I brought myself an accompaniment. So you’re going to this this other slightly 
obscure instrument. It’s not that obscure. It’s   a ukulele, but it’s it’s a baritone ukulele. 
So it’s the bottom four strings of a guitar. So it plays pretty easily for a guy like me 
that doesn’t play guitar, but I can play it.   It works really well. But I didn’t bring a pick. 
So I have uh I have a substitute. This will work just like that. Now, if I wanted to play a song,   I could Oh, I I could play this and that 
at the same time. Okay, here we go. Ready? That’s not going to work. All right, here we go. Put this down for a 
sec. This is fascinating. Nose flute baritone ukulele. So folks, uh, thanks for joining us on 
the show today. What do you want to cook? Catch up on all the episodes. Subscribe to the channel. 
Brian Bergman on nose flute and ukulele. Thanks for joining me. You bet. Thank you, Chris. I 
appreciate it. Take us home, man. All right. [Music] a boo [Music] a boo [Music] a boo [Music]

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