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Introducing Forrestt Runn
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Substance With Style™ is hosted by Luke Hardeman (aka Forrestt Runn), a writer, photographer and general weirdo.
He loves standup comedy and sometimes sings in a band.
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The host
“I’m a city boy from Cali; L.A. is where I reside.”
Substance With Style™ is hosted by Luke Hardeman (aka Forrestt Runn), a writer, photographer and general weirdo.
He loves standup comedy and sometimes sings in a band.
Luke Hardeman (sometimes operating under the alias Forrestt Runn) is a digital media producer, certified specialty coffee barista, and cultural archivist. Raised on a steady diet of 90s VHS tapes, late-night cable, and Los Angeles public transit, he has spent his life reverse-engineering the media and environments around him.
Substance With Style™ is his public operating system.
What you’ll find here
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The long way here
A short timeline
- 1998–1999On-air gig at KDIS AM 710 (Radio Disney).
- 2001–2005Theater nerd and wannabe documentarian at St. Bernard Catholic High School in Playa Del Rey, CA.
- 2005–2006The Posse Foundation sent him to Dickinson College. More theater, another radio gig (WDCV), and dropping out after one semester.
- 2007–2009A wild period in the wilderness of his early 20s. Barack Obama brought hope and change, and he learned what student loan interest rates meant.
- 2009–2011Created Your Proof It Happened, a nightlife photoblog, and wrote for Chicks With Guns Magazine, all under a pseudonym: Markus Eliance.
- 2012–2016Finishing undergrad and creating Forrestt Runn / Group Hug at CSU Channel Islands.
- 2016–2024Odd jobs, with music and comedy writing in between. Explored culinary arts, barista training and latte art, cannabis cultivation, bartending, hospitality, and experimenting with GitHub and app development.
- 2026Substance With Style™ soft-launched.