8th Floor Special

8th Floor Special

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8th Floor Special episodes

  • Episode 45: Return of the Rohan

    Rohan joins us from the west coast for a very special episode. We chat about his return to the land of his youth, the evident boy band commonalities in our physical appearances, henny magik, a DumbPhone proof of concept, the timeless resonance of Before Sunrise, the nothingness of death, local Costcos, being turned away from a private food truck on a public street, church🙏, soda alternatives, mint tins and Ibiza ZYN, the 9 second club, the great decline of creativity, AI coming for the C-suite, and rediscovering our collective human purpose.

    51 min
  • Episode 44: Apollo’s Very Special Birthday

    In which we acclimate to sensitive new headphones and discuss birthday dinners, sniping the last economy ticket on a flight, Easter bonanza tug-o-wars, a yogurt-gate scandal in a shared fridge and the ensuing case for reparations, new benches, the power of munching raw garlic, the new papacy, the cursed age-old question of gorillas vs humans, pulse-checking chatGPT’s gaydar, and arguments against steroids.

    38 min
  • Episode 43: Back to our Roots

    An old one that got locked away for too long. Apollo, Adonis, and Jeremy talk ass-tral projection, Central Park jogging, Hot Dog guys, dogs in the city, sacrificing doom scrolling for Lent, Conclave and Heretic, Lamborghini baby strollers, updating your LinkedIn profile pic, ending the party, various forms of gym motivation, an upcoming trip to Oahu, Adrien Brody’s Oscar speech, and NYC’s Rat Czar declaring progress in the war on rats.

    45 min
  • Episode 42: From Beyond the Grave

    We are so back. In the long-awaited, hotly-debated, possibly-faded return episode, Jeremy, Apollo, and Adonis shake off the dust and reach for those podcasting training wheels to discuss the lost 8FS tapes, our new audio interface, Vday lobster pasta, sabotaging cooking content, seeing The Nude Party at Ridgewood’s TV Eye, accidentally donating to good causes, smol girl energy, Victorian handkerchief dropping, and memorable bathroom interactions. Thanks for bearing with us.

    19 min
  • Episode 41: West Coast Reunion
    Kaena, Cesar, and Jeremy getting experimental with the very form of the podcast from the Boyle Heights Bungalow. We cheef up and chat about Kaena's trip to the shooting range, reaction content in an audio-only medium (8FS Reacts coming soon), being slutty for scented candles, bounce house Darwinism, Cesar's coffee table bowl of Smoothie Skittles, rebranding as “white chicks with a pod,” fate’s inertia, mindfuck espionage, becoming Costa Mesa cultural historians, Long John Silvers, and plans for our 100th episode spectacular.
    27 min
  • Episode 40: Slapback of the Century
    Jeremy, Cesar, and Kaena hop on the mic for a pulse check before Jeremy flies out west. We chat about recognizing small town merch, hats v beanies in the gym, living on Hawaiian Time, an abominable snowman loose in Costa Mesa, our parallel universe lives as teachers, receiving words of support from drunken elders, Saint Patrick’s day cruising and green beer, Chris Rock’s slapback, EEAaO and The Whale at the Oscars, Cesar’s PSA debut, the “hungover hot girl hike to the Hollywood sign,” spotting a wild Imperioli at Urth Café, and Jeremy’s new film newsletter (check it out at https://filmsforyourconsideration.substack.com).
    39 min
  • Episode 39: Slight Return
    Back in the saddle on the east coast with Apollo, Adonis, and Jeremy and a lot of ground to cover. We chat about our trip to Savannah, GA, meals ranging from mid to exquisite, taking in the dives, parks, and hospitality of the south, the abundance of egg salad sandwiches and lack of green juices, the nuance of open container laws, losing our minds (and balance) at a burlesque variety show at The Slipper Room in LES, the lasting mental alterations of certain drugs, wrestling with your ego, and sussing out the Costa Mesa podcast scene.
    37 min
  • Episode 38: Getting Chat GPT Faded than a Hoe
    Jeremy, Cesar, and Kaena reconvene over a bi-coastal Zoom. We chat about the inherent annoyance of bad ads and the lack of creativity behind them, dissecting Wall-E conspiracies (overrated movie, btw), faces sucked into phones, Joey Diaz’s filmography, Kaena popping his Duffy boat cherry, American Bar lobster bucatini, an upcoming trip to Savannah, GA, Fulcrum’s ego death, treating yourself with za, the power of script annotations, asking ChatGPT for jokes and turkey recipes, and cosmically serendipitous living situations in LA apartments.
    35 min
  • Episode 37: Baby we’re back
    A much-delayed east coast reunion with Jeremy, Apollo, and Adonis. Our mics are swiveling just enough to capture our convo about the mild NYC winter, landing on travel plans to Savannah when NOLA proves obscenely expensive, the politics of education (and grocery store aisles), the ubiquity of Coca Cola, beauty and novelty, scamming insulin to lose weight, three white chicks investigating death on a podcast, a lover’s spat with Adonis’s work husband, taking $5 or doubling it and giving it to the next person, apologizing in your love language, the financial benefits of the church of 8FS, and Gaspar Noe’s genius.
    42 min
  • Episode 36: A Moment of Clarity
    An impromptu, open-door, “morning after” recording with Cesar, Zander, and Jeremy. Lots of passing automobiles in the background and even more spiritual exploration. We get into the nature of confidence and its relationship to vulnerability, ego death as an actor, destroying an old self to create a new one, mountainous analogies, bearing any amount of suffering as long as it has meaning, giving your homies uppies, leaving benevolent impressions on earth, and classic western films
    34 min

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A conversation spanning coasts east and west, bouncing between LA/OC and NYC compadres. Here to toss around thoughts and discuss movies, culture, music, life, the future, and the past. With a rotating…