Welcome to EKA129! Today we are joined by Jake Davis from the San Diego band Ikana! When I interviewed Jake, he was one day removed from playing a show with Jake Langley of Handguns (this was before Handguns pt 2 ) so we had lots to talk about. Ikana have been laying claim to the term Southwest Emo and in this wide ranging conversation Jake Davis makes a strong case for Ikana to be considered THE southwest emo band. We talk his norcal origins, the state of the San Diego scene today vs. when I was involved many moons ago, as well as our favorite local spots for shows and burritos. Also, we talk about Creed more than you'd think?

Either way, Jake was a treat and Ikana are grinding away and I'm excited to see where the rest of 2026 takes them as they navigate writing, recording and releasing music as well as touring. Oh yeah, they do all this in house as well. True DIY spirit. Go listen to Ikana on your preferred streaming service and follow them on social media! @ikanaband

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With multiple new episodes every week, Emo Kids Anonymous is your home for all things emo and everything else. Previous guests include Gary Cioni, Gabe Saporta, Saturdays At Your Place, Kerosene Heights, Cute Is What We Aim For, Origami Angel, Dear Maryanne, sports., Riley!, Ben Quad, Primrose and so many others.

EKA is co-hosted, co-produced and co-created by Amanda Valdivieso and Robb Laffoon, with Catherine Jones (CZB) serving as showrunner and executive producer.

EKA is part of Never A Phase Network, a collective of creators working to keep the scene alive.

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Hosts, Creators & Producers : Amanda Valdivieso & Robb Laffoon

Executive Producer & Showrunner: Catherine Jones (CZB)

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Welcome to EKA128.5, a minisode celebrating the one year anniversary of this program. One year, 128 episodes, countless interviews, silly sketches, memories and magic. When we started this show I don't think either of us would have dreamed of being where we are today and this minisode is a celebration of all we have accomplished in that time. From interviewing our favorite bands to getting to meet eachother in person, adding Catherine to our team, flying to LA for meetings with our boy Minardi and everything inbetween. If you're watching this, thank you. Never did we imagine we would have gotten to do so many cool things in the past year and so much of that is thanks to you, our viewers/listeners/friends/fans/parasocial bullies. Please let us know in the comments your favorite memories and/or guests in show history. Actually, let us know your least favorite too. And seriously, THANK YOU for being so cool. Wether you've been here for one year or one episode, we can't express how grateful we are and how insane it is to have anyone care about what we have to say. Without you, it would just be us. <3

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With multiple new episodes every week, Emo Kids Anonymous is your home for all things emo and everything else. Previous guests include Gary Cioni, Gabe Saporta, Saturdays At Your Place, Kerosene Heights, Cute Is What We Aim For, Origami Angel, Dear Maryanne, sports., Riley!, Ben Quad, Primrose and so many others.

EKA is co-hosted, co-produced and co-created by Amanda Valdivieso and Robb Laffoon, with Catherine Jones (CZB) serving as showrunner and executive producer.

EKA is part of Never A Phase Network, a collective of creators working to keep the scene alive.

Use “EMOKIDS” at checkout and your first bottle of BROTEGE is only $10!

After that you can use “ROBB40” to save 40% forever at brotege.com

Use “EMOKIDS20” to save 20% on Zimo Pouches!
zimopouches.com

JOIN OUR DISCORD! 

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Follow us on other platforms:

Twitter: @emokidsanonpod

Instagram: @emokidsanonymous

TikTok: @emokidsanonymouspodcast & @emokidsclips

Theme song provided by halftimeshow ("hero of roku city")

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Hosts, Creators & Producers : Amanda Valdivieso & Robb Laffoon

Executive Producer & Showrunner: Catherine Jones (CZB)

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Emo Kids Anonymous is a proud part of Never A Phase Network. Please follow and subscribe to stay up to date!

www.neveraphasenetwork.com

Welcome to EKA128! Today we are joined by Dylan Hryciuk, a Canadian Filmmaker who recently released Our Last Days As Kids, a short film that is like Almost Famous and Mid90s took place in the late 2000s with scene kids. Dylan has also made music videos for artists like Spiritbox and Senses Fail. We discuss his filmmaking journey, the difficulties he faced licensing music for the film and more. After a recent run of accolades from TIFF, SIFF and the Moose Jaw Film Festival, Dylan finally gets his biggest accomplishment of all...The EKA Seal of Approval! In all seriousness, Our Last Days as Kids made Robb cry multiple times, so check it out HERE.

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With multiple new episodes every week, Emo Kids Anonymous is your home for all things emo and everything else. Previous guests include Gary Cioni, Gabe Saporta, Saturdays At Your Place, Kerosene Heights, Cute Is What We Aim For, Origami Angel, Dear Maryanne, sports., Riley!, Ben Quad, Primrose and so many others.

EKA is co-hosted, co-produced and co-created by Amanda Valdivieso and Robb Laffoon, with Catherine Jones (CZB) serving as showrunner and executive producer.

EKA is part of Never A Phase Network, a collective of creators working to keep the scene alive.

Use “EMOKIDS” at checkout and your first bottle of BROTEGE is only $10!

After that you can use “ROBB40” to save 40% forever at brotege.com

Use “EMOKIDS20” to save 20% on Zimo Pouches!
zimopouches.com

JOIN OUR DISCORD! 

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Follow us on other platforms:

Twitter: @emokidsanonpod

Instagram: @emokidsanonymous

TikTok: @emokidsanonymouspodcast & @emokidsclips

Theme song provided by halftimeshow ("hero of roku city")

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Hosts, Creators & Producers : Amanda Valdivieso & Robb Laffoon

Executive Producer & Showrunner: Catherine Jones (CZB)

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Emo Kids Anonymous is a proud part of Never A Phase Network. Please follow and subscribe to stay up to date!

www.neveraphasenetwork.com

Welcome to a EKA127.5, a mini episode (minisode) about the future of music festivals. Among other things we discuss the future or not future of When We Were Young, Waterparks and the Vans Warped Tour, plus the financial side of things. Has the over corporatization of the major festivals made smaller ones more appealing? What if we put together our own festival featuring bands from our show and scene? Would that be like, totally crazy or nah? What do you think? Are festivals a little friggity right now or are you happy with things? What are your favorites? Expect a couple of these little bite sized episodes every week (sorry, more of us).

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With multiple new episodes every week, Emo Kids Anonymous is your home for all things emo and everything else. Previous guests include Gary Cioni, Gabe Saporta, Saturdays At Your Place, Kerosene Heights, Cute Is What We Aim For, Origami Angel, Dear Maryanne, sports., Riley!, Ben Quad, Primrose and so many others.

EKA is co-hosted, co-produced and co-created by Amanda Valdivieso and Robb Laffoon, with Catherine Jones (CZB) serving as showrunner and executive producer.

EKA is part of Never A Phase Network, a collective of creators working to keep the scene alive.

Use “EMOKIDS” at checkout and your first bottle of BROTEGE is only $10!

After that you can use “ROBB40” to save 40% forever at brotege.com

Use “EMOKIDS20” to save 20% on Zimo Pouches!
zimopouches.com

JOIN OUR DISCORD! 

https://discord.gg/AyS9QbJz

Follow us on other platforms:

Twitter: @emokidsanonpod

Instagram: @emokidsanonymous

TikTok: @emokidsanonymouspodcast & @emokidsclips

Theme song provided by halftimeshow ("hero of roku city")

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Hosts, Creators & Producers : Amanda Valdivieso & Robb Laffoon

Executive Producer & Showrunner: Catherine Jones (CZB)

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Emo Kids Anonymous is a proud part of Never A Phase Network. Please follow and subscribe to stay up to date!

www.neveraphasenetwork.com

Welcome to EKA127! Today we are joined by Capture This, a pop punk band based out of Denver, CO. A couple months ago we asked who we should have on the show and no band was tagged more than Capture This so we had to see what the fuss was all about. Leah, Zach and Alex were an absolute pleasure to have on and they walked us through the history of their band. From their Craigslist origins to recording at Bill Stevenson's Fort Collins studio The Boiler Room to working with Dan Swank, the story of Capture This is interesting as hell. We spoke about other Denver bands, including friends of the show Relate. as well as 3OH!3 of course. Also, LOLitslea, is that her name? I think we have to book her. Robb also apologized to the city of Denver for past misinformation. Capture This have a midwest run coming up and after that, they have a very bright future we're excited to see where they go.

Check them out on the internet.

With multiple new episodes every week, Emo Kids Anonymous is your home for all things emo and everything else. Previous guests include Gary Cioni, Gabe Saporta, Saturdays At Your Place, Kerosene Heights, Cute Is What We Aim For, Origami Angel, Dear Maryanne, sports., Riley!, Ben Quad, Primrose and so many others.

EKA is co-hosted, co-produced and co-created by Amanda Valdivieso and Robb Laffoon, with Catherine Jones (CZB) serving as showrunner and executive producer.

EKA is part of Never A Phase Network, a collective of creators working to keep the scene alive.

Use “EMOKIDS” at checkout and your first bottle of BROTEGE is only $10!

After that you can use “ROBB40” to save 40% forever at brotege.com

Use “EMOKIDS20” to save 20% on Zimo Pouches!
zimopouches.com

JOIN OUR DISCORD! 

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Follow us on other platforms:

Twitter: @emokidsanonpod

Instagram: @emokidsanonymous

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Theme song provided by halftimeshow ("hero of roku city")

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Hosts, Creators & Producers : Amanda Valdivieso & Robb Laffoon

Executive Producer & Showrunner: Catherine Jones (CZB)

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Emo Kids Anonymous is a proud part of Never A Phase Network. Please follow and subscribe to stay up to date!

www.neveraphasenetwork.com

Welcome to EKA126! Today we're joined by Chemical Sun out of Springfield Missouri. This band blends the best of early millennial rock music. Post hardcore, pop punk, emo, even a little butt rock. We talk about the bands origins and writing process as well as the difficulties of parenting (sorry Devon, kinda bit your whole thing). Kevin also owns a merch company that prints garments for many friends of the show, including halftimeshow, Thoughts on Bowling and Dear Cincinnati. We talk about these bands along with their local pal Derek Berry of TRSH.

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With multiple new episodes every week, Emo Kids Anonymous is your home for all things emo and everything else. Previous guests include Gary Cioni, Gabe Saporta, Saturdays At Your Place, Kerosene Heights, Cute Is What We Aim For, Origami Angel, Dear Maryanne, sports., Riley!, Ben Quad, Primrose and so many others.

EKA is co-hosted, co-produced and co-created by Amanda Valdivieso and Robb Laffoon, with Catherine Jones (CZB) serving as showrunner and executive producer.

EKA is part of Never A Phase Network, a collective of creators working to keep the scene alive.

Use “EMOKIDS” at checkout and your first bottle of BROTEGE is only $10!

After that you can use “ROBB40” to save 40% forever at brotege.com

Use “EMOKIDS20” to save 20% on Zimo Pouches!
zimopouches.com

JOIN OUR DISCORD! 

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Follow us on other platforms:

Twitter: @emokidsanonpod

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Theme song provided by halftimeshow ("hero of roku city")

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Hosts, Creators & Producers : Amanda Valdivieso & Robb Laffoon

Executive Producer & Showrunner: Catherine Jones (CZB)

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Emo Kids Anonymous is a proud part of Never A Phase Network. Please follow and subscribe to stay up to date!

www.neveraphasenetwork.com

welcome to the interview I never thought would happen, nor wanted to. When we were joined by Handguns last fall we were expecting a routine interview with a veteran pop punk band. Instead, we were subjected to shenanigans, disrespect and downright unpalatable behavior at the hands of Handguns, most notably Jake Langley. "Never again" we vowed. Amanda was LIVID. Well, here we are six months later and I am sitting down in my living room one on one with Jake Langley to discuss the events that transpired during the worst interview of all time.

This interview is unsanctioned, unauthorized and uncensored. Neither NAPNET nor EKA LLC endorse or approve of this interview. However, I am a believer in begging for forgiveness before asking for permission so here we are.

Laffoon vs Langley. Round 2. Live and in person.

Viewer discretion is advised.

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With multiple new episodes every week, Emo Kids Anonymous is your home for all things emo and everything else. Previous guests include Gary Cioni, Gabe Saporta, Saturdays At Your Place, Kerosene Heights, Cute Is What We Aim For, Origami Angel, Dear Maryanne, sports., Riley!, Ben Quad, Primrose and so many others.

EKA is co-hosted, co-produced and co-created by Amanda Valdivieso and Robb Laffoon, with Catherine Jones (CZB) serving as showrunner and executive producer.

EKA is part of Never A Phase Network, a collective of creators working to keep the scene alive.

Use “EMOKIDS” at checkout and your first bottle of BROTEGE is only $10!

After that you can use “ROBB40” to save 40% forever at brotege.com

Use “EMOKIDS20” to save 20% on Zimo Pouches!
zimopouches.com

JOIN OUR DISCORD! 

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Follow us on other platforms:

Twitter: @emokidsanonpod

Instagram: @emokidsanonymous

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Theme song provided by halftimeshow ("hero of roku city")

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Hosts, Creators & Producers : Amanda Valdivieso & Robb Laffoon

Executive Producer & Showrunner: Catherine Jones (CZB)

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Emo Kids Anonymous is a proud part of Never A Phase Network. Please follow and subscribe to stay up to date!

www.neveraphasenetwork.com

Welcome to EKA 125! Today we are joined by Mitchell Jay aka Mitchell Kinn aka Mr. Yummy himself. When Berkeley from Thoughts on Bowling came on our show a few months ago and hinted at the identify of their new singer I went full tinfoil hat, so when they announced Mitchell as the new vocalist I knew we had to get him on the show to learn more. We dive into how he became the new frontman for one of emo's hottest new bands as well as the wild and weirdly theatrical road he took to get there. As a vocal coach who works with the singers of some of your favorite bands like Arm's Length and Hot Mulligan, Mitchell is an expert at the instrument that is the human voice and he was nice enough to give us a little lesson on how to sing like Patrick Stump. Straight up, this might have been Amanda's favorite moment on the show, it was magical. I'm very excited to see what the future holds for Thoughts on Bowling with Mitchell on the mic because if there performance at Burn Bright is any indication, they're about to hit a whole new level. See you fellas next month in Pomona!

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With multiple new episodes every week, Emo Kids Anonymous is your home for all things emo and everything else. Previous guests include Gary Cioni, Gabe Saporta, Saturdays At Your Place, Kerosene Heights, Cute Is What We Aim For, Origami Angel, Dear Maryanne, sports., Riley!, Ben Quad, Primrose and so many others.

EKA is co-hosted, co-produced and co-created by Amanda Valdivieso and Robb Laffoon, with Catherine Jones (CZB) serving as showrunner and executive producer.

EKA is part of Never A Phase Network, a collective of creators working to keep the scene alive.

Use “EMOKIDS” at checkout and your first bottle of BROTEGE is only $10!

After that you can use “ROBB40” to save 40% forever at brotege.com

Use “EMOKIDS20” to save 20% on Zimo Pouches!
zimopouches.com

JOIN OUR DISCORD!

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Follow us on other platforms:

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Theme song provided by halftimeshow ("hero of roku city")

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Hosts, Creators & Producers : Amanda Valdivieso & Robb Laffoon

Executive Producer & Showrunner: Catherine Jones (CZB)

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Emo Kids Anonymous is a proud part of Never A Phase Network. Please follow and subscribe to stay up to date!

www.neveraphasenetwork.com

Welcome to EKA124! Today we are joined by Cam, Gardner and Will from Primrose, an emo band from Maine (not to be confused with an emo band called The Maine, who they had a strong message for!). The fellas took us through the history of Primrose, from Cam and Gardner recording the record in their pandemic pod with two mics, to expanding the band, to recording Sad In The Northeast! We talk about The Office, Drinking Out of Cups, and what The Maine have to do to rightfully claim the state. Who is the president of emo? who fills up their cabinet? We uhh, weirdly took a stab at this and I think we did okay? Go stream Primrose's newest single Pissing Contest (i'm losing) on all your favorite platforms or whatever.

Check out Primrose on the internet here!

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With multiple new episodes every week, Emo Kids Anonymous is your home for all things emo and everything else. Previous guests include Gary Cioni, Gabe Saporta, Saturdays At Your Place, Kerosene Heights, Cute Is What We Aim For, Origami Angel, Greywind, sports., Riley!, Ben Quad, The Click Five and many others.

EKA is co-hosted, co-produced and co-created by Amanda Valdivieso and Robb Laffoon, with Catherine Jones (CZB) serving as showrunner and executive producer.

EKA is part of Never A Phase Network, a collective of creators working to keep the scene alive.

Use “EMOKIDS” at checkout and your first bottle of BROTEGE is only $10!

After that you can use “ROBB40” to save 40% forever at brotege.com

Use “EMOKIDS20” to save 20% on Zimo Pouches!
zimopouches.com

JOIN OUR DISCORD! 

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Follow us on other platforms:

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Instagram: @emokidsanonymous

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Theme song provided by halftimeshow ("hero of roku city")

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Hosts, Creators & Producers : Amanda Valdivieso & Robb Laffoon

Executive Producer & Showrunner: Catherine Jones (CZB)

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Emo Kids Anonymous is a proud part of Never A Phase Network. Please follow and subscribe to stay up to date!

www.neveraphasenetwork.com

Welcome to EKA123! Today I am joined by Kieffer and Joe from Tequila Mockingbird and we are celebrating the release of their new album "You Always Felt Lost", available as of today March 13! I knew this was going to be a special episode before we started because these mfs have been raved about in multiple episodes. If a band is from Michigan and they've been on our show, chances are they not only know TM, but they've probably played a show at Kieffer's house, also known as The Goblin Zone. In this interview we talk all about the Goblin Zone as well as all of the other infamous house show venues in Michigan that we have heard about on the pod. From the Church of Elvis Presley to the HOG house, this interview left me wishing I lived in Michigan (never thought I'd say that). We also dive into the origins of the band, their current and past favorite bands, and the making of LP1. These two are some of my favorite guests in show history, I hope you appreciate this interview as much as I appreciated taking part in it.

With multiple new episodes every week, Emo Kids Anonymous is your home for all things emo and everything else. Previous guests include Gary Cioni, Gabe Saporta, Saturdays At Your Place, Kerosene Heights, Cute Is What We Aim For, Origami Angel, Greywind, sports., Riley!, Ben Quad, The Click Five and many others.

EKA is co-hosted, co-produced and co-created by Amanda Valdivieso and Robb Laffoon, with Catherine Jones (CZB) serving as showrunner and executive producer.

EKA is part of Never A Phase Network, a collective of creators working to keep the scene alive.

Use “EMOKIDS” at checkout and your first bottle of BROTEGE is only $10!

After that you can use “ROBB40” to save 40% forever at brotege.com

Use “EMOKIDS20” to save 20% on Zimo Pouches!
zimopouches.com

JOIN OUR DISCORD! 

https://discord.gg/RTG7McNt

Follow us on other platforms:

Twitter: @emokidsanonpod

Instagram: @emokidsanonymous

TikTok: @emokidsanonymouspodcast & @emokidsclips

Theme song provided by halftimeshow ("hero of roku city")

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Hosts, Creators & Producers : Amanda Valdivieso & Robb Laffoon

Executive Producer & Showrunner: Catherine Jones (CZB)

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Emo Kids Anonymous is a proud part of Never A Phase Network. Please follow and subscribe to stay up to date!

www.neveraphasenetwork.com