8th Floor Special

West coast pregame podcast before Cesar, Rohan, and Jeremy head into a boy’s night out at Mezcalero DTLA. The bourbon is flowing freely and our loquacious meanderings reflect it. We chat about being ground down by the grind, workshopping a name change to “Eight Friends Sexting,” pitching a tent outside the Netflix offices, grappling with perfection paralysis, catching a piss on the mic, an astute ski metaphor for successful creating, Cesar riffing on mezcal en español, trading coasts with friends, and what you learn from leaving NYC.

8FS On the Road coming to you loud n’ clear from our mobile recording units across southern California. Jeremy, Cesar, and Kaena talk about impromptu Vegas trips, Golden Rule canned cocktails, skipping the $1,912 salad at the Beverly Hills Hotel Polo Lounge, the LA scenes of choice including Mother Wolf, Mel’s Diner, the Varnish, and a Blockbuster pop-up bar, Glass Onion, transcending the “passerby,” transformative, milestone years, praise for Dazed and Confused, and plans for upcoming NYE festivities.

Saying Yes to Life/Boys Who Thrift

In a two-part West Coast special, Cesar and Jeremy chat about where to find western wear, Cesar’s Thanksgiving road trip, trees being sick af, Jeremy’s experience at a South Indian wedding, tacking on vacation mass, saying yes to life (and to retirees when they ask for a dance), shattering life’s monotony, utilizing on the time to grind, and White Sparrow coffee in Tustin, CA. A fashion-centric part two with Kaena, post-thrift spree in the mecca of the Orange circle. We get into our clothing come-ups, the eclectic assemblages and niche curation that is unique to antique malls, coordinated clothes, reinforcement to pull the trigger on a slick piece, the evolution of clothing cuts, refining the collection, and stepping out with confidence.

One final live and in-person pod with the east coast fellas before Jeremy sets off for the west coast. We chat about Rare Earth magnets, Adonis’s upcoming trip to Los Angeles, Public Records’ foggy basement venue, the possibility of a marathon podcast week, human gargoyles, Krispy Kreme X McDonald’s, the bodega beef that the ocky way guy has incited, exorbitant water bottle prices, “topping me off here”, the mental and physical health of our generation, 8FS bingo, unplugging and being present, Tár, hotdog lifesavers, Robert de Niro training for Raging Bull, the earth-shattering Halfthor Bjornssen-Eddie Hall matchup, and the chaos of Bully Beatdown.

After a brief hiatus, a cross-coast pod with Jeremy calling in from the east coast to tap in with Zander, Cesar, and Kaena. We chat about pierced ears and Prince Alberts, Cesar promoting Jeremy’s insta at jazz improv sessions, Kaena grinding for the good grades, Glendale the Land of Milk and Honey, Zander and Cesar harnessing the Power of the Actor, an upcoming NorCal road trip, working the cursed black Friday, holiday flicks (Home Alone 1 vs Home Alone 2, A Christmas Story, and Jingle All the Way), forgetting Ridley Scott movies, the gravity of Linklater films, rainy day movies in middle school, and the trenches of social awkwardness during the summers of our youth.

With a sultry new intro song we welcome back to the pod our west coast compadre, the Baron of Burbank, Rohan C. We chat about vibey lighting setups, Rohan’s near-fatal experience underneath a bench press bar (no weight clips at the 24 Hour Fitness??), some backstory on the finances of Adonis’s MMA endeavor, fitness accountability contracts (that’s right, folx, another gym-heavy pod), the fight or f*ck response, catching a bareknuckle from Mike Tyson, the team effort of keeping the pod afloat, securing a blue chef’s apron for a Carmy Halloween costume, the rise of chefcore and balletcore, Aimé Leon Dore, haircuts, S.A.D., the release of Terrifier 2, and the morality rules that the truly sick horror movies break with impunity.

West Coast branch of @8thfloorspecial getting into it, talking about TikTok bamboozling, the history of drugs in film, Jeremy writing film reviews for incluvie.com (check it out), psychedelics (surprise surprise) and their effect on bugs, the new J. Dahmer series and America’s fascination with serial killers, podding under the influence, Cesar’s new car, Glendale mall gym superiority, a preview of Cesar and Jeremy’s culinary exploits, Kaena ghosting former employers, and Cesar’s Hollywood grind, returning to acting school and agent blasting. Thanks for listening, folks.

Calling in from the east coast with Jeremy, Apollo, and Adonis. We chat about the odd rhythm’s of LZ’s Black Dog, a work event at the Dominick hotel in the west village, sentence enhancers in professional settings, Lent Lessons, Riiottt the fairy and the delusional pursuit of fame, leaning towards authenticity in social media, exposing yourself through venmo payments, leaving childish behaviors in the past, accepting different procreation timelines, and the prospective future of the pod.

Jeremy and Kaena chat with special guest Sean Fisher, an old friend and truly a gentleman and a scholar. We talk about the liberties of an audio-only format, lunch dates at Lil’ Pickle and Ashe Society in Costa Mesa, finding our voice as a podcast, the trailer for the new Mario Bros. film, Jeremy living his Sopranos cosplay, floor mattresses, Chicken Joe as a drug abuse trigger and Sean’s sober October, What We Do in the Shadows, Kaena’s custom shoes, Halloween costumes, Arthur the Aardvark poaching our listeners, and the Queen faking her death.

Jeremy, Apollo, and Adonis meet up on a rainy NYC Saturday to chat about MMA training, the sweet science of fighting, jet ski zooming along the Jersey shore, activities of boyish tomfoolery, Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn, SpongeBob social commentary, the death of Coolio, Apollo’s night at the Nines and a day harvesting apples, Rush, listening to Pink Floyd music stoned, Adonis’s silent disco experience at Firefly, and Dua Lipa’s real name.