Cold Pod

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HVN is a Toronto based DJ, promoter and co-founder of the party Dancing For Heaven. Their upcoming party with Bassvictim is happening in Toronto this Saturday at Cafeteria. HVN sat down with us to discuss Twisted Iced Tea, Toronto yachts, new age polyamory, Kleinburg Ontario, suburban swingers, post-Brat, being authentically inauthentic, pandemic raves, throwing parties at the Chinatown Mall, hunting for new spaces to throw parties, clubs vs DIY spaces, Hyperclub, evolving out of scenes, main character syndrome, the greenroom as a sanctuary, getting banned from Pep Rally, cellphones on the dancefloor, never getting pigeonholed, CD booklets, Sade, girls with gay boyfriends, Tony Price selling records out of his trunk, charades at the afters and more!

HVN

Josh McIntyre

Nick Marian

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We're back with everyones favourite recurring guest Lauren Armstrong! In this episode we discuss getting shadow banned, soup vs chowder, serving smoked fish at parties, Nick visiting Montreal for the first time in ten years, Dic Annes, the Tom Green documentary, Cinnamon Bun Oreos, the return of McDonalds, Quiznos, Panera Bread, fast food vs fast casual, Tim Hortons 'Hot Smoothies', vegetarians who love Taco Bell, getting bullied for ordering a Filet-O-Fish, Long John Silvers, 'Charged Lemonade', Burger King's Whopper, Wendy's salads, In N Out, Waffle House, The White Lotus season 3 and more!

We also cold call Lisette Dunin-Markiewicz, Justin Leon, Brittany Shepherd, Eric Farber and Lauren's parents.

Josh McIntyre

Nick Marian

Lauren Armstrong

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Noelle Perdue is a writer, artist and porn historian who's work has been featured in Wired, The Washington Post, Pornhub and Brazzers. Noelle sat down with us to discuss living in a converted shed, condos, Montreal, writing porn scripts, parody porn, 'The Pizza Guy' and 'The Plumber', comedians working in porn, not trusting Only Fans, Tumblr banning explicit content, tech companies profiting off of sex workers, studio ownership of porn, AI porn, chat bots, food mess fetish content, 'gooning', creators not realizing they're participating in fetish content, 'trad wives', candy addiction, the shame of pleasure without purpose, lack of porn education, obscenity law, 'Bridgerton', and more!

Noelle Perdue

Josh McIntyre

Nick Marian

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We're back with another solo pod with full time co-host Nick Marian! In this episode we discuss 'The Alberta Clipper', GT Snow Racers, shopping carts (CKY), 'Urban Cow Tipping', east end guys with goatee's, hockey bros, asking for salt at a Jamaican restaurant, charbroiled burgers, The Museum Tavern, The Oscars, the final stretch of Dry January, hating New Years, Super Bowl parties, we cold call our friends Uma and Kontravoid to find out their celebrity crushes, Jon Hamm's dick imprint, not following your friends on social media, bus-limo hybrids, 'The Rusty Knot', food photography, Donna's, Shazam, shooters vs shots, MGMT and more!

Josh McIntyre

Nick Marian

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Tamara "Solem" Al-Issa is a Toronto based artist and ceramicist who's upcoming show "The Character Series" opens January 29th at Cry Baby Gallery. Tamara sat down with us to discuss bar hopping with 22 year olds, seasonal depression, seeing Toronto through someone else's eyes, gin shots, the Wade lofts, home renovations, landlords installing speakers into walls to evict tenants, living with a rat for eight months, working from home, her studio doubling as a showroom, her 'blue period', quitting her day job, selling out, micro celebrities, navigating brand partnerships as an artist, light sculptures, the stick-and-poke to ceramicist pipeline, her 14 foot tall Christmas tree, going viral on YouTube in 2008, never deleting things off the internet, her unreleased album, the comments section and more!

Tamara "Solem" Al-Issa

Josh McIntyre

Nick Marian

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Prince Batrick is the founder of the hardcore record label 11PM Records. Patrick sat down with us to discuss Rev, The Black Eagle, the opposite of dry January, 'full timers', people who only go out on Halloween and New Years, Richmond's alcohol laws, getting into hardcore, Gwar, Municipal Waste, Best Friends Day Festival, getting moshed into a lake, Screaming Females, moving to New York, interning at Panache, 285 Kent, Mac Demarco, Pharmakon, the New York Punk Scene, train yard shows, Toronto being more like London than American cities, diversity, artists relying on brands and the government, Richmond cops, DIY raves, Toronto summers, pretentious DJs, fun music vs cool music, only releasing records on vinyl, The Cock (NYC), serial killers, Peter Gatien and more!

Prince Batrick

Josh McIntyre

Nick Marian

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We're back with another solo pod to kick off the new year! This weeks episode is co-hosted by friend of the show Nick Marian. We discuss new years resolutions, pepper spray, candy addiction, Dry January, anger management, learning to drive in your 30s, road rage, quitting smoking, Iggy Pop, ZYN, ketamine, hating music, Bret Easton Ellis' The Shards, bringing back the term 'poser', Joy Division, The Golden Globes, dating apps, King St being cheaper than Ossington, Cherry's High Dive, 905ers, country bars, Jeremy Strong, Justin Trudeau, the return of skinny jeans and more!

Josh McIntyre

Nick Marian

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This episode is Free! We're back with our annual Year In Review episode with everyones favourite cultural critic Lauren Armstrong! In this episode we discuss our favourite music, movies and TV shows of the year!

Cold Pod 2.0 starts next week!

COLD POD BEST SONGS OF 2024 PLAYLIST

Lauren Armstrong

Josh McIntyre

Austin Hutchings

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We're back with another solo pod! In this episode we discuss Doritos Spicy Tropical Fusion, cilantro, popcorn addiction, day drinking, UK pub culture, gallery hopping, watching movies alone, balancing introverted and extroverted phases, FOMO, djing hardcore shows, the nu metal revival, The Bridge, Tokyo Police Club, forward momentum in art, trying to having meaningful conversations in a club, maximalism, pre drinking, the Survivor finale, Mike White, Keith Mcnally, Love Actually, The Family Stone, having a birthday close to Christmas, making art to reach 'just one person', Luigi Mangioni, handshakes and more!

⁠Josh McIntyre⁠

⁠Austin Hutchings⁠

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Andre Edwards-Roderique aka R-oderick is a Toronto based producer / DJ and half of the electronic duo Ebony with Jordan Gardner. Andre sat down with us to discuss good sound systems, noise shows, 751, Bass Mentality, bad sound at art parties, Room Party, The Queenshead, Zeds Dead, ear plugs, Pharmakon, The Social, The Ossington, All Souled Out, Liberty Village in the early 2000's, Rusko, SBTRKT, Drake's goon security, spam promo, J Dilla, Ras G, Odd Future, meeting Jordan Gardner, the first Ebony party at Bambi's, Riz Ahmed being a fan of Ebony, Bicep, Legowelt, sample clearances, bootleggers, Combo Breaker, Dirt Rave and more!

R-oderick

Josh McIntyre

Austin Hutchings

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