Our guest today is a real ACE, and that is no BACKHANDED compliment,

Are you excited for today's episode....IT DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU'RE EXCITED FOR TODAY'S EPISODE CAUSE WE HAVE A PERFECT GUEST IN AHSOHN WILLIAMS AND YOU'RE GONNA LOVE IT. Woah, sorry for yelling there. We talk to Ahsohn about San Bernardino, Home Alone 2, VHS’, Ashley Judd, Nick Kids, Courage the Cowardly Dog, Judge Mathis, Ricki Lake, Hardcore, Power Rangers, Donatello, Linkin Park, Britney, Ludacris, Keenan, Sapiens, Parks and Rec, Orange County, Rush Hour, Chimp Crazy, Living Single, Family Guy, Lords of Chaos, The OC, Travis Barker, and the perfection of The Rock's Top 10 It Doesn’t Matter Moments. Follow Ahsohn @ahsohnmadeit, Go see him perform at UCB, Listen to Pseudo, and you do matter. 

You best start believing in podcasts, cause you're listening to one...with the wonderful KP Parker. We talk to KP about Simsbury Connecticut, Gilmore Girls, Spongebob, Halloweentown, Everybody Loves Raymond v King of Queens, SATC, Jo Bros, Winona Rider, Billie Holiday, Breakfast at Tiffany's, Wizard of Oz, Little Miss Sunshine, World According to Garp, Titanic the Musical, Happy Endings, Beetlejuice, Lee Pace, Survivor, Cults, Scream, Turkish Delights, Futurama, Wade, Wristcutters, Atonement, Ever After, Donkey, Brendan Fraser, and the pure joy of Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl. Follow KP @kpparkerthings, go see her perform all over LA, Listen to The Nightly podcast, and always invoke the right to parlay. 

We give today's guest two thumbs way up, cause we're Chompin' with the wonderful Michael Sturgis. We talk to Michael about growing up in Upland California, Disney, The Simpsons, One Saturday Morning, Mario, Mean Girls, Titanic, Oliver, Harriet the Spy, Melancholia, Weekend, East of Eden, Succession, Sound of Music, All About My Mother, A Woman Under the Influence, Housewives, Jayne Mansfield, It Takes Two, South Park, Jamie XX, Joan Didion, Judy, Dakota Fanning, Brittany Murphy, The Blair Thumb. Follow Michael at @michsturg, go see him perform at UCB with Sweet Agnes, and stay out of the woods. 

You will want to listen to and love this episode FOR-EV-ER, because we are talking to the wonderful Monique Moses. We talk to Monique about, London Ontario, Saturday Morning Cartoons, Reboot, Usher, Uhura & Guinan, Leo, NSYNC, Boy Meets World, Love Craft Country, Aurora Stewart de Peña, Dream Girls, Common Side Effects, Past Lives, Charlie Kaufmann, Paprika, The Last Dance, Gong Yoo, Vegas, Rufio, Good Burger, Six Feet Under, Future Clothes, Goofy, Video Essays, and the warm glow of The Sandlot. Follow Monique @nutellacartel, for see her perform at UCB, and don't be an L7 Weenie. 

It's the last pod of the year and we bid farewell to 2025 with one of our favs, it's Itanza Saraz. We talk to Itanza about LA, Recess, Rugrats, Pikachu, Free Willy, B2K, Older Sisters, Love and Basketball, The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Hamilton, How I Met Your Mother, Potomac, Planet Earth, Kendrick, Anne Hatheway, Julia Roberts, Viola Davis, Twilight, The Bear, Euphoria, Grey’s Anatomy, The Devil Wears Prada, La La Land,

Our guest this week is as curious a cat as there is, it's our friend Orin Calcagne. We talk to Orin about New Jersey, The Office, Howard Stern, Catholic Schools, Ed Sheeran, One D, Jam Bands, Titane, Infinite Jest, Spring Awakening, Task, Hot Rod, Crash, Wicked, VPR, The Staircase, PTA, Lady Gaga, Marc Maron, Shrek, Steve Martin, Bugonia, Roz Naimi, and the wonderful world of the 1998 filmed version of Cats. Follow Orin @orincalcagne, go see any show he does, and be jellicle.

Our guest knows a thing or two about Discipline, Energy, Beauty, and Strength, cause today we're Chompin' with Ren Ye! We talk to Ren about Chicago Burbs, Bambi, Shark Tank, Disney Channel, The Food Network, Guy Fieri, Lady Gaga, Mulan, What Does the Fox Say, Youtube, Tumblr, Minecraft, Fan Fic, Mean Girls, Mob Wives, Now You See Me, Gladiator, Paprika, Ren and Stimpy, The Great Gatsby, Thumper, and the cinematic masterpiece that is D.E.B.S. Follow Ren @bratboybokchoy, book a tattoo with them, go see them in Mommy when you get the chance, and be wonderful.

There are 100 reasons why we're obsessed with today's guest and by the end of the ep you will know and agree with all of them, cause today we're Chompin' with Kale Hills! We talk to Kale about Missouri, Kansas City, BBQ, SNL, Premium Blend, I Love the 80’s, Best Week Ever, Sally Jesse, The Decemberists, Music vs Lyrics, Trunk or Treats, Lil Moses, Mike Mills, Singing in the Rain, 30 Rock, Mad Men, Rectify, School of Rock, Frances Ha, Inside Llewyn Davis, Survivor, Flavor of Love, Are You The One, The Act of Killing, Spellbound, Michaela Coel, Taylor Swift, Howl's Moving Castle, Recess, Edward Gorey, Disturbia, Garden State, Walt Whitman, Rupert, Lizzie Mcguire. Follow Kale @kalehills, go see him perform at UCB, and stay scary.

For us, the sun rises and sets with our guest this week Eva Vives. We talk to Eva about Barcelona, Spain, New York, Rocky Horror, The Godfather, Rebel Without a Cause, Violeta La Bura, Blondie, Bowie, Piles, Marilyn, The Metamorphosis, Billie Holiday, Nicholas Ray, Lawrence of Arabia, Animal Farm, Eve Babitz, Bob Fosse, Pedro Almodóvar, Do The Right Thing, Love is Blind, Laurie Collier, Barbara Koppel, PTA, Tilda, Benicio, The Limey, Ken Loach, Goodfellas, Center Stage, Hedwig, Bashō, Rita Hayworth and the hidden femininity of Heat. Follow Eva at @supervives, watch her work, and give it all you got.