We’re back with another solo pod as we gear up for a wild run of back to back guests next week. In this episode the boys sat down for an impromptu pod to discuss Josh’s night out at The Strokes concert, bands not being friends, touring, celebrity divorces, chasing success, aiming low, trying to live in the moment, Austin’s mushroom adventure, learning to appreciate nature, psychedelic therapy, thinking someone’s dead when they don’t post a BeReal, stealing ideas, Bar Trivia, someone covering our stickers with missing cat posters, Austin shot a full music video for Josh’s upcoming single without telling him, ‘album mode’, Actors, Catholic Aesthetics, wide angle iPhone selfies and an important announcement about the Cold Pod cinematic universe.

Josh McIntyre

Austin Hutchings

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We're back with fan favourite guest Lauren Armstrong to tackle some recent hot topics and answer some listener submitted questions. In this episode we discuss Huntsville, "Conspiracy Theory Cottage", Christie Pitts teenagers, witnessing an improv intervention, Houndstooth, NPC's, The Big Carrot, the pomegranate store at Dundas and Dovercourt, Ezra Miller, J.K. Rowling, King St bros, meeting Feist, Sam Buck, liking Nickelback, Ariel Pink, "Slackliner EDM", Cirque De Soleil, Love Island, which reality TV show we'd be good at, Gallery Girls, Hunter Biden, Chet Hanks and much more!

Lauren Armstrong

Josh McIntyre

Austin Hutchings

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Cody Caetano is a Toronto-based writer and author of the national bestseller "Half Bads in White Regalia". Cody sat down with Austin and Josh to discuss the anxiety that comes with writing a memoir, Orillia, memory, gentrification, being Austin's first podcast guest, Boots and Hearts festival, Little Portugal, spiritual concatenation, human error, "Saucetino Hutchings", high school fights, generational trauma, "The Buckle", Wakestock, Much Music's 'disBAND', The Glass Castle, pivoting to fiction, working as a literary agent, Austin becomes Narduar, "Totally Unknown Writers Festival", the importance of teachers, Catholic guilt, video games, screaming in a hardcore band, Cody holds us accountable for our hot takes on poetry readings, Fredricton and much more!

Cody Caetano

Austin Hutchings

Josh McIntyre

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Jonah Yano is a Montreal-based musician who released his debut album ‘Souvenir’ in 2020. Jonah sat down with Josh and Austin on his day off from touring with Clairo to discuss last night’s show at History, dynamics, playing experimental music to a younger crowd, saxophone solos, house shows, tour cancelations, releasing an album during lockdown, Josh getting Clairo-pilled, the tradition of cover songs, Feist, meeting your idols, Paul Thomas Anderson, Kanye West, artist’s trajectories, music videos, poetry, collaborating with MONEYPHONE, music scenes vs friend scenes, calling yourself an artist, his upcoming second album, believing in yourself, rollout plans, losing interest in the affirmative side of being an artist, moving to Montreal, snowbirds, Jonah’s hypothetical ‘Berlin Era’, backpacking through Europe, reflecting on his song with his father, meeting BadBadNotGood, letting his band breathe and much more!

Jonah Yano

Josh McIntyre

Austin Hutchings

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Vanessa Campana is a jewelry designer and founder of the brand Voons. Josh and Austin sat down with Vanessa before heading to a karaoke bar to discuss hating your voice, BeReal, the world of influencing, weird brand partnerships, teenage drinking, having a sandwich named after you, Paris Fashion Week, cool teens eating steak frites, one menu restaurants, Jet Bent Lee, Italian dinner culture, etiquette, smoking cigarettes in Europe, vaping, Voons, Lil Miquela, Covid cancellations, The Virgin Suicides, sad girl starter packs, Rick Owens, Hollister Jeans, cool older cousins, strict parents and much more!

Vanessa Campana

Josh McIntyre

Austin Hutchings

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After a week long hiatus, the boys are back with another solo pod. In this episode we discuss our wild night out, Josh getting Covid from a celebrity, hot gossip, after parties, fashion guys, Kaytranada, Farm Life, Josh's trick to get into any party, The O.C., Cable TV, Austin basing his persona on Seth Cohen, "Woke Survivor", the dark side of Jeff Probst, Nathan Fielder's "The Rehearsal", friends sending demos, making music vs making films, J-Dilla, guitar lessons, emotional beats, imperfect art, Cadence Weapon's new book "Bedroom Rapper", wacky art people from 2010, Cody Caetano's novel "Half Bads In White Regalia", nonsensical conversations and much more!

Josh McIntyre

Austin Hutchings

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After another wild weekend at Juice one of the boys contracted the infamous Covid-19 virus. We'll be back next week with a new episode but in the meantime we decided to unlock the Patreon only Part 2 of our conversation with Matthew Tavares and Amanda Hicks. ENJOY! 

In part 2 of our episode with Matthew Tavares and Amanda Hicks, the combination of wine and hard seltzers started kicking in as we continued our conversation into the hot summer night. We discuss sincerity, pandering to your audience, Mac Demarco, social media identities, multidimensional people, Limp Bizkit, authenticity, crying at a Dirty Beaches show, brutal honesty, self reflection, OCD, intrusive thoughts, shame, Doug Demuro car reviews, respecting the attempt, fidelity as an illusion, narcissism, Kanye West, attraction, freedom and BadBadNotGood. 

Matthew Tavares

Amanda Hicks

Josh McIntyre 

Austin Hutchings

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Sebastian Back is a Berlin based filmmaker who recently finished shooting his debut feature length film ‘Verona’. Josh and Austin sat down with Sebastian to discuss Verona, “going in cold”, film festivals, finishing projects, perfectionism, getting sick of your work, “Eyes Wide Shut Syndrome”, alchemy, trial and error, Josh scoring Seb’s film, submitting to the process, planning for yourself, separation, rewriting scripts, ambient movies, Abbas Kiarostami, throwaway films, screening parties, film school, Austin’s past as a funeral photographer, the secret project all three of us are working on, Quentin Tarantino, therapy babies, child actors, Gregg Araki, Sebastian researches for his next film on the pod, masculinity, fear, dominance, balance, giraffes, God and much more.

Sebastian Back

Josh McIntyre

Austin Hutchings

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Matthew Tavares is a musician, producer and founding member of the band BadBadNotGood. Amanda Hicks is a registered hypnotist currently studying her masters in Counselling Psychology who also makes music under the name Mandaworld. On the first outdoor episode of Cold Pod, Josh and Austin sat down with the newlyweds to discuss moving to Montreal, getting randomly attacked on the street, having compassion, recording music together, working at a homeless shelter, Matty’s 88 song album 'Arkive', therapy, unlocking childhood trauma, Thai Massages, training at the Carl Jung Institute in Zurich, the gateway experience, guided meditation, cult leaders, universal synchronicity, creating art for yourself, the music blog era, no longer writing pop music, taping your Grammy’s to the wall, manifesting your dreams, cars, love and much more! Part 2 of this episode is available only on Patreon. 

Matthew Tavares

Amanda Hicks

Josh McIntyre

Austin Hutchings

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We're back with another Solo Pod! A lot happened in the last couple of weeks and we had to address the elephant in the room. In this episode the boys discuss Dundas West fest, Metz, "bands are back", Toronto’s hottest new venue, pop up shop laundromats, The Royal Cinema, S.H.I.T. / Friction show at EXPO, Josh’s triumphant return to the pit, Karaoke with Anthony, Austin’s favourite bar 'Juice', wasting spiritual energy, video games, gaining acquaintances, working out, Austin’s latest hot takes, Top Gun, Abercrombie & Fitch, Scientology recruitment tactics, sketchy books, “Hell Week”, Cold Pod being discussed in a PR firm’s boardroom, the infamous Cease and Desist and much more!

Josh McIntyre

Austin Hutchings

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