Front and Center

This week on Front and Center, Ritesh Gupta joins the show! Ritesh is the founder of the Useful School: The world’s first pay-what-you-can online design school for people of color. They are on a mission to help POC level up their confidence, craft, portfolios, gigs, wealth, and more. Ritesh schools Alex and Kevin on the school and talks about the useful skills the students gain through the curriculum. After the inspiring conversation, the Front and Center cohort (the three of them) speak on several fast food-related topics that make them question how hungry Kevin was when he cooked up the list of topics, which include: the “Real Cheeseburger”, The Barbie Meal, Chipotle’s Autocado, Logan Paul’s response to the FDA probe, and more!

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We’re so back! Kevin is back from the wild and getting fully back on the internet. Alex fills Kevin in on everything he missed while enjoying his vacation. They discuss the Sphere, Victor Wembayama, Joey Chestnut, the Barbie Rollout, Jonah Hill, Fall Out Boy, Michael Rubin’s party, NBA in-season tournament, Elly De La Cruz, Threads, Colachup, Girl Dinner, Prime, and more!

Alex and Kevin are excited to bring you the 100th Episode of the Critically Acclaimed Podcast: Front and Center! In this episode, the two dudes gratefully reminisce about their favorite moments in pod history before briefly talking about episode 4 of The Idol, The Grimace Shake, Zuck v Musk, MSCHF’s Big Yellow Crocs MSCHF’s Pyramid Chat, and more!

Alex and Kevin sink their teeth into this week's deepest stories! They talk about the shows they’re watching (specifically The Idol), The Submarine, The Dad who faked his death, Spotify parts ways with Megan Markel Prince Harry, The Cleveland Browns Dog Pound Logo, MSCHF Microscopic Handbag, Airheads Shake Factory, and more!

Alex and Kevin welcome Sam Houle to the program! Sam is a Creative Director at the global brand experience firm Siegel+Gale. As a non-binary creative leader, Sam is very outspoken about diversity, equity, and inclusion and continues to advocate for authentic, lasting implementation of these ideas in their workplace. The crew in the stu talks about the We Work refresh, Grimace being back, the Slurpee redesign, Sam’s famous dog, and more!

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Alex and Kevin are at it again! They weigh in on the new Max app, The Idol, Dave season 4, Zuck getting choked out, Apple Vision Pro, Fros-T-Pain Buy You a Frosty, and more!

Alex and Kevin are excited to welcome the Founder, CEO, and Leader of the Rubyverse, Noah Wunsch! Noah tells us about his past life at Sotheby's, his careful curation of Dispatches from The Rubyverse, going on Alex Delaney’s Sound Radio, his favorite acronyms, he lists all 1000 functional benefits of hibiscus water, the IRL, Noah’s favorite NYC spots, stocking shelves at Whole Foods, the challenges of being in beverage, and more! Then the trio of astute fellows goes on to talk about Bot Bar Coffee and automation, the Zaza-R-Us lawsuit, Liquid Death Recycled Plastic Surgery Center, Taco Bell ft. Lebron James vs. Taco John’s and the Battle of Taco Tuesday, and Dickie Berg.

Alex (Long Island native) had the best bagel of his life in LA. Kevin had the best chicken tenders in Georgia. The two come together on this sacred day, MAX DAY, to discuss their trips, meals, summer footwear, Taylor Swift rainwater, Bot Bar is open, Warner Bros. New Logo, Dunkin' getting skinnier, the Wienermobile is no more, the $29 hot dog, The Heinz Remix, Taco Tuesdays, and more!


Shrimps is Bugs
https://knowyourmeme.com/news/redditor-wants-to-cover-up-his-dumb-shrimps-is-bugs-tattoo-commenters-insist-he-keeps-it 

Taylor Swift Rainwater
https://www.entrepreneur.com/business-news/taylor-swift-fans-are-selling-rainwater-from-eras-tour/452731

Bot Bar
https://ny.eater.com/2023/5/22/23729940/botbar-robot-coffee-shop-open-greenpoint

Warner Bros
https://www.creativebloq.com/news/warner-bros-logo-update

Dunkin
https://twitter.com/THEALEXCENTER/status/1660047638203617282

RIP the Wienermobile
https://news.kraftheinzcompany.com/press-releases-details/2023/The-Oscar-Mayer-Wienermobile-Gets-a-Beefy-New-Name-for-the-First-Time-in-Nearly-100-Years/default.aspx

Heinz Remix
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/05/17/kraft-heinz-remix-customizable-sauce-dispenser.html
WATCH THIS https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTREHpWPc/?t=2

$29 Hot Dog
https://ny.eater.com/2023/5/18/23725514/mischa-alex-stupak-midtown-first-look

Taco Bell
https://www.tacobell.com/freeing-taco-tuesday?&&gclid=CjwKCAjw67ajBhAVEiwA2g_jEFbUBrMMcpqw8xiAjGyuzMSfTb4YPT_yHjVARQN2uCd5uNqs_dn3xRoCeTcQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds 

Like two ships in the daytime, Alex and Kevin are in the studio together yet again! The two dudes talk about the NBA playoffs, Succession (spoiler alert), Kevin’s trip, Coco5, Absolut x Ocean Spray, Mr. Beast Neighborhood, Western Union Rebrand, Botbar Cafe, Wendy’s Fresh AI, Sweaty Guy Stolen Valor, The Jacuum, the Sweetgreen Robots, and more!

Alex and Kevin are perplexed by the amount of pasta dumped in the northern New Jersey woods and try to get to the bottom of one of Twitter’s hottest stories, which happens the be the most Jersey story ever. They also talk about the Writers Strike, Zuck and Bezos, Jared Leto bringing back the cat outfit, The Browns Logo competition, L.L Bean taking the month off for Mental Health Awareness, Fall Out Boy’s CRYNYL, the Sundance Rebrand, Minute Maid, https://fckoatly.com/tik-toxic and more!