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Chris Black is a writer, brand consultant and co-host of the popular podcast 'How Long Gone'. Chris spoke with us over zoom to discuss his new podcast recording device, outsourcing, guys wanting him to roast them, his deep ties to Toronto, hating Montreal, Vancouver coffee shop cults, growing up in Atlanta, American Christianity, Drake, 'Threads', his new GQ column 'Pulling Weeds', Musk vs Zuck, Jawzrsize, incel gum, hostage tape, The Keg, Swiss Chalet, Cancon, Alexisonfire, Nu-Metal revisionist history, New Jersey Emo, industry plants, refusing to use Ad Blockers, the upcoming How Long Gone live show in Toronto, Feist, Imanishi and much more!

Chris Black

Josh McIntyre

Austin Hutchings

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Kacy Hill and Kara Lane are Los Angeles and Toronto based musicians who also host the podcast "Kinda Jaded". Kacy and Kara chatted with us on Zoom about having sibling podcasts, fuzzy microphones, Muskoka, taking mushrooms naked on an island, Robert Munsch, celebrating bbqs, Kacy becoming a beekeeper, Austin's tennis injury, FOMO, cottage hangovers, swimming in polluted lakes, Kacy visiting Toronto as a backup dancer on Kanye's Yeezus tour, meeting Justin Beiber, having dinner with Drake, Kara's first kiss, all inclusive resorts, raising the tattoo age limit to 25, 'Urban Outfitters-core', Kacy's upcoming album, Kara's upcoming EP, getting a bad pitchfork review, artists who delete their albums and much more!

Kacy Hill

Kara Lane

Josh McIntyre

Austin Hutchings

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Sarah Hagi is a Toronto based writer who's work has appeared in publications such as Gawker, The Guardian, Buzzfeed and GQ. She is also the co-host of the popular podcast Scamfluencers. Sarah sat down with us to discuss her home podcasting setup, winning the 'Ambie' award for best entertainment podcast, doing voiceovers for Shopify, 'original content', selling your brand, the Hulk Hogan sextape, the death of Gawker, not getting offered jobs in Canada, men crying to the Adam Sandler movie 'Click', Evan Almighty, 'What if I did this instead?' style movies, still having access to post on Gawker's website, not signing NDA's, dishwasher tabs are a scam, Josh and Sarah's bizarre night out with Julian Casablancas last summer, The Idol, losing the 'I don't give a fuck war' and much more!

Sarah Hagi

Josh McIntyre

Austin Hutchings

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We're back with another solo pod! In this episode we discuss Austin's recent trip to Montreal, The Canadian Grand Prix, Dundas West Fest, EXPO selling only Miller Highlife, Komodo, people referring to us as 'the young one and the old one', Josh's acting debut in a steakhouse commercial, 'Champagne Friends', overnight film shoots, script writing, auditions, The Breakfast Club, The Idol, HBO Sundays, Black Mirror, 'bedroom pop movies', agoraphobes, celebrity hot spot Danny's Pizza Tavern, rewinding The Dare's 'Girls' at a club, sing alongs, generic dance music, the Webb show at Owls Club this Friday, Top Top Projects and much more!

Josh McIntyre

We're back with everyones favourite recurring guest Lauren Armstrong! In this episode we discuss Austin's bday, hoverboards, Liquid Death, Danny's Pizza Tavern, Josh can't stop referring to things as 'Electric!', 9million, 'The Dovercourt Devil', Arizona, the Las Vegas airport, tipping, server clout, Alex from Target, running into acquaintances, quarter life crises, early 20's insecurity, arguing about Kanye, regression in culture, regular bars, Woodstock 99, Urban Outfitters, buying your identity, the new Daft Punk / Julian Casablancas music video, The Dare Pitchfork review, Selling Sunset and much more!

Lauren Armstrong

Josh McIntyre

Austin Hutchings

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MDFF is a Toronto based film production and distribution company founded by Kazik Radwanski and Dan Montgomery. Their latest film 'The Maiden' (Dir. Graham Foy) is currently screening at TIFF Bell Lightbox. Kazik and Dan sat down with us to discuss marketing niche films, distribution, Canadian Art, film festivals, making films that resonate with both domestic and international audiences, shooting in Alberta, regional specificity, meeting at film school, their stripped down process, 'MDFF Selects', DIY screenings at Double Double Land, buying and returning projectors from Best Buy, 'Anne at 13,000 Feet', manual labour, balancing creative and commercial work, skydiving, working with Deragh Campbell, non actors, their casting process, grant writing, pitching films, Kaz's upcoming film, the future of MDFF and much more!

MDFF

Kazik Radwanski

Dan Montgomery

Josh McIntyre

Austin Hutchings

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Sebastien Grainger is a musician who is best known as half of the legendary alternative rock band, Death From Above 1979. After playing four back to back sold out shows at the legendary Horseshoe Tavern, Sebastien came over to discuss post show celebrations, approaching DFA1979 as a new band, Josh seeing them live for the first time in 2003, corporate band websites, message boards, Billy Talent, meeting people on Napster, Thee Oh Sees, living in the beaches in 2001, 'Southern California Spock Haircuts', the lack of space to make noise in Toronto, bourgeois drummers, FM radio, 'Converse Girls and Checkered Vans Boys', small venues vs arenas, their breakup, missing out on the social media boom, the infamous SXSW riot, performing on MTV Live with Fucked Up and almost dying, The Darkness, their origin story, the early 2000's Toronto Mod scene, being viewed as a novelty act, Jack White, his old studio on Ossington, the upcoming 20th anniversary of 'You're A Woman, I'm A Machine', taking ownership of the band, upcoming projects, God, Sebastien's first impression of Josh ten years ago, stage banter and much more!

Death From Above 1979

Josh McIntyre

Austin Hutchings

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We're back with another solo pod recorded at Austin's house for the first (and last) time! In this episode we discuss taking mushrooms at Cirque Du Soleil, travelling carnivals, The Blue Man Group, the new Lakeview Diner, The Keg, Ossington being overrated, gatekeeping bars, Mercury Retrograde (again), Josh getting astrology-pilled, Co-Star vs The Pattern, going out on weekends, blowing up the feed with new music, albums vs singles, playing the long game as an artist, transparent art, recording your process, letting work speak for itself, AI, revenge of the nerds, the death of the cool guy, people who think Elon Musk is cool, rockstars, Austin quitting smoking weed, Vancouver and much more!

Josh McIntyre

Austin Hutchings

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Kat Duma is a Toronto based musician and producer. Her debut album 'Real Life' is out today. Kat sat down with Josh and Austin to discuss short term memory, mastering, rerecording old songs, flow state, 'Demoitis', working with slow tempos, waking up early, making a cohesive album, the pressure of releasing music under your own name, self indulgent interludes, shooting a music video with Kristie Muller, working within your means, trusting your collaborators, Arca, Jesse Kanda, controlling your vision, DJ mixes vs sound collages, her classical music training, learning to play violin with a Kleenex box, strict music teachers, hating brass instruments as a kid, new age music, flute solos and much more!

Kat Duma

Josh McIntyre

Austin Hutchings

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