Coffee with Idiots

The Idiots like to meet people for the first time on mic during their interviews. Such was the case with this week's guest Riza Ingalls, a student and friend of past guests Andy Carper and Matt McCormick. The guys talk about Ayahuasca and DMT as well as how to stay sane in a world that wants to drag you the other way. Cool talk with a thoughtful guy, but first: toilet humor from Brandon Berry. This episode is sponsored by Loot Crate and GameFly.

Part 2 of first guest Andy Carper's return to the show. In the rest of the interview, Andy and the guys talk career stuff, passion stuff, and heartbreak stuff as they patch over their once damaged friendship. This episode is sponsored by Loot Crate and GameFly.

For the monumental 20th episode, the first guest on Coffee with Idiots, Andy Carper, comes back to redeem himself after being part of what the Idiots consider their least favorite episode. Andy and the guys talk career stuff, passion stuff, and heartbreak stuff as they patch over their once damaged friendship. Andy would be the first to tell you he's a guitar player, so they couldn't get through a chat without talking jam sessions, their musical roots, and the current state of the music biz. It's much more fun than episode one, and that's a promise.

Singer-songwriter David Payne sat down with the Idiots to talk about his upcoming solo EP Cheaper than Therapy. David is the front man of rock band The New Old-Fashioned, and he shares some stories about the Dayton-area music scene and about some of his inspirations. They also talk about David's day job as a barista, and he shares some trade secrets about the black gold. At the end of this interview, David performs a song from the next New Old-Fashioned record as well as the title song from his EP Cheaper than Therapy, available August 19 wherever you get music online and in the Dayton area.

Dayton-area comic and actor Jimmy Mallas dropped in to talk live performance, coffee, and his completely hypothetical trip to a Colorado marijuana dispensary. He also tells the idiots about his day job at a fertility clinic and his passion project: making the male side of fertility a little more comfortable and a little less sticky. This episode is sponsored by Loot Crate and GameFly.

Matt McCormick stopped by for a second round in the Idiots' basement to chat about his recent trip to Mexico where he experienced a psychedelic medicine made from the secretions of a toad. He previewed the 5-MeO-DMT toad milk on his last episode, but he wanted to finish the story of his enlightening trip. They also get into the wonders of meditation, the power of yoga, and the unimportance of coffee mugs.

Knowledge enthusiast and tai chi/yoga/systema instructor, Matt McCormick, stops by the basement so the Idiots could get a glimpse into his interesting mind. They talk about the spiritual medicine Ayahuasca, his various trips to Peru, as well as other mind-bending substances. This episode is sponsored by Lootcrate and Vinyl Me, Please.

Bass guitarist an singer-songwriter, Mike Bankhead stopped by to chat about the writing process, creating his first album, and growing up in Xenia, OH. Plus, he treats the Idiots to a live performance. The episode features clips from Mike's album, Echo in the Crevices, available on bandcamp.com July 1.

Fiction writer and recent WSU grad Juliana Crask is also an advocate for bare arms, bear arms, and the right to arm bears. She stopped in to talk about writing, acting, and growing up in Appalachian Ohio. Brandon admits a stewing frustration he has with one of her significant others, and Tyler reveals a deep yet not well-kept secret. Listen to the Idiots struggle to put their narcissism aside for a respectful interview. Plus, hypothetical nonsense, and Chock Full O' Nuts gets a free plug.

Actor, comedian, radio host, hammer-wielding grizzly bear: Don Smith is everything the Idiots have ever wanted to be. They sit down in a musty basement to talk about anger resolution, horrible bosses, and the time Don was banned from a comedy club for having some damn integrity. Also, Don walks us through some of his past and present acting experiences, including some feature films. Check out The Life on WWSU Radio, on Podbean, or on Facebook.