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On this week's episode of No Substitutes, we are joined by Aaron Thompson, AKA Small Hands, he talks about having a pastor father, growing up with tourettes, his love for music, how he met Owen Gray, the difference between shooting a scene and playing music, and so much more!

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0:00 Small Hands Is Just Like You!

2:10 The Three Ingredients You Need To Be A Performer 

6:18 The Biggest Lesson Small Hands Has Learned In His Career

8:10 Dealing With Nerves Performing vs Playing Live Music

8:50 How Small Hands Met Owen Gray

12:10 People Who Have Helped Small Hands Grow

12:45 What Family Dinner Was Like For Small Hands

15:40 Where Small Hands Got His Musical Taste From

18:54 The Best Meal Someone Has Ever Cooked For Small Hands

21:04 The Life Event That Shaped Small Hands

24:40 The Weirdest Food Small Hands Has Tried

25:40 What Flavor Is Small Hands

26:40 What Bands Small Hands Would Want To Tour With

29:05 Small Hand’s Death Row Meal

30:22 Working On Yourself

32:45 How Being Sheltered At An Early Life Led Him To Where He Is Now 

35:20 What Is More Fun, Shooting A Scene or Playing Music?

36:16 What Food Small Hands Would Serve At A Dinner Based On Himself

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On this week's episode of No Substitutes, we are joined by Agatha Vega! She talks growing up in Venezuela, why she doesn’t like spicy, her regrets in dealing with insecurities, the best food she has ever had, her favorite tattoos and piercings, why she can't shoot horror scenes, and so much more!

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0:00 Agatha Vega Is The Ideal Woman

4:00 The Three Ingredients Agatha Vega Needs 

5:40 Agatha Vega Industry Mentors

7:40 Best Advice To Give A New Performer  

9:40 Agatha Vega’s Favorite Dish From Her Childhood

11:30 The Best Meal Agatha Vega Ever Had

14:00 How Agatha Vega's Best Friend Helped Her Grow

16:35 What Agatha Vega Misses The Most About Living In Venezuela 

17:40 What Are Some Of Agatha Vega’s Favorite Places She Has Traveled

22:00 What Agatha Vega Has Learned About Herself From Traveling 

22:50 Agatha Vega’s Unpopular Food Opinions

25:45 The Life Event That Shaped Agatha Vega

27:15 What Flavor Is Agatha Vega

30:05 What Food Agatha Vega Would Eliminate 

33:40 How Agatha Vega Dealt With Her Insecurities  

36:01 Agatha Vega Favorite Horror Movies

43:00 Why Agatha Vega Can’t Do Horror Scenes

44:30 Agatha Vega’s Tattoos and Piercings 

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On this week's episode of No Substitutes, Lumi Ray talks about her New York trip and gets the roles reversed on her after we have a last-second cancellation, not being able to stick to one profession, being a picky eater, learning how to cook, some unpopular food opinions, the biggest life event that shaped her, and so much more!

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0:00 Live From New York!

2:00 Lumi Ray Can’t Stick To One Profession

4:13 Family Dinner With Lumi Ray

5:20 How Cooks Have Shaped Lumi Ray

7:23 The Life Event That Shaped Lumi Ray

13:19 Lumi Ray’s Unpopular Food Opinions 

15:20 Why Lumi Ray Loves New York

16:30 Lumi Ray Used To Be A Picky Eater

21:50 The First Thing Lumi Ray Learned How To Cook

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On this week's episode of No Substitutes, we are joined by Elly Clutch! She talks about some of the biggest lessons she has learned in her career, how she wants to live in Skyrim, coming up with unique viewing experiences with her partner Jak Knife, her dream wedding, some of her most memorable meals,  and so much more!

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0:00 Elly Clutch Is A Social Media Titan

2:50 You Can’t Put Elly Clutch In A Box

7:15 The Biggest Lesson Elly Clutch Learned In Her Career

10:20 What Elly Clutch Wants To Do Next Creatively

11:30 How Jak Knife Has Helped Elly Clutch Grow  

15:10 The Best Meal Elly Clutch Ever Had

18:46 Elly Clutch Wants To Live In Skyrim 

19:40 Elly Clutch and Jak Knife Like To Make Crazy Videos

21:20 Elly Clutch Can Make a Meal Out of Anything in the Fridge

24:50 Elly Clutch Doesn’t Strive To Win Awkwards

28:10 Elly Clutch’s Unpopular Food Opinions 

39:10 What Elly Clutch Likes To Do For Fun

41:16 The Most Important Thing To Elly Clutch

42:42 What Elly Clutch Deserves

46:00 How Elly Clutch and Jak Knife Decided To Get Into The Industry 

50:00 How Elly Clutch Got Proposed Too

51:27 Elly Clutch’s Perfect Wedding

55:20 The Kind Of Show Elly Clutch Wants To Make

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On this week's episode of No Substitutes, we are joined by our dream guest Laurie Woolever! She talks about her new book: Care and Feeding, what it was like working for Mario Batalie and Anthony Bourdain, struggling with imposter syndrome, eating hotdogs for dinner, her favorite family recipe, some of her unpopular food opinions, the most important thing to her right now,  and so much more!

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0:00 Laurie Woolever’s New Book: Care and Feeding

2:42 Laurie Woolever Reslinces    

4:51 Mario Batali Taught Laurie Woolever About Pasta

6:51 Laurie Woolever’s First Day Working With Anthony Bourdain

11:36 How To Decide When To Cut A Recipe 

13:56 Laurie Woolever’s Tip For Homecooks

15:30 What Family Dinner Was Like For Laurie Woolever

19:32 Does Laurie Woolever's Son Know How To Cook?

21:32 Laurie Woolever’s Favorite Recipe From Her Mom

23:35 How Having A Son Changed Laurie Woolever

27:36 Struggling With Imposter Syndrome 

31:42 What Laurie Woolever Learned About Herself When Writing Her New Book

35:27 If Laurie Woolever Could Have One Last Meal With Anthony Bourdain

38:35 Where Laurie Woolever Wants To Take Her Writing Next

43:50 Laurie Woolever’s Unpopular Food Opinions

46:33 The Most Important Thing To Laurie Woolever Right Now

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On this week's episode of No Substitutes, we are joined by Sarah Hyland, She talks about growing up in Louisville, Kentucky, her favorite unreleased episode of Punk’d with Busta Rhymes, how she struggles with being mean, and so much more!

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0:00 Lumi Ray Gives Sarah Hyland New Branding

6:18 Radio and Podcasts Are Changing How We Learn

10:45 Sarah Hyland Learns More About Lumi Ray

21:57 Tried Her Best To Have A Normal Real Job

27:18 Sarah Hyland Can’t Be Mean

30:11 How Doug Stanhope Helped Sarah Hyland

41:10 What Family Dinner Was Like For Sarah Hyland

48:50 Sarah Hyland On The Differences Between LA and Kentucky 

57:20 The Pivotal Moment In Sarah Hyland’s Life

1:11:37 What Sarah Hyland Deserves 

1:16:50 Sarah Hyland's Favorite Moment From Working On Punk’d

1:25:27 Sarah Hyland On Creating Art With Her Wife

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On this week's episode of No Substitutes, we are joined by Jeremiah Tower, he talks about his time working at Chez Panisse, why he wants to ban tweezers from the kitchen, his thoughts on modern restaurants, his disdain for kale, if he could have one more meal with Anthony Bourdain, how he met his husband, and so much more!

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0:00 What You Need To Become A Chef

2:50 Jeremiah Tower’s Favorite Meal At Chez Panisse

5:15 Jeremiah Tower’s Favorite Bay Area Restaurants

8:15 Jeremiah Tower’s Advice For New Chefs

9:50 Why Jeremiah Tower Loves French Chickens

12:15 How Being An Architect Helped Jeremiah Tower In The Culinary World

13:57 People Who Have Influenced Jeremiah Tower 

15:40 Best Homemade Meal

17:40 Jeremiah Tower Does Not Like Kale

20:20 The First Meals Jeremiah Tower Learned To Cook

22:20 Jeremiah Tower’s Unpopular Food Opinions 

26:05 Are Restaurants Changing For The Better Or Worse?

30:42 One Last Meal With Anthony Bourdain

36:50 The Most Memorable Meal Jeremiah Tower Ever Had

41:30 The Moment That Inspired Jeremiah Tower For His Restaurant 

43:40 Jeremiah Tower’s Food and Wine Festival 

45:00 How Jeremiah Tower Met His Husband 

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On this week's episode of No Substitutes, we are joined by Isiah Maxwell! He talks about being raised by women, some of his mentors, the major turning point in his life, how he became more financially literate, the best place to eat Caribbean food in LA, how he is always ready to pop, and so much more!

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0:00 Isiah Maxwell Is A Horror Movie Fan

2:10 The Three Things You Need To Be A Male Performer

4:15 Some of Isiah Maxwell’s Mentors

5:30 Early Career Advice To Performers

8:40 People Who Have Influenced Isiah Maxwell The Most 

11:40 Isiah Maxwell Was Raised By Women

15:04 The Best Meal Isiah Maxwell Has Had

17:35 Isiah Maxwell’s Unpopular Food Opinions

19:50 Isiah Maxwell’s Hobbies

29:45 The Moment That Changed Isiah Maxwell

34:20 The Most Important Thing To Isiah Maxwell

37:40 Learning To Be Uncomfortable 

40:20 How Isiah Maxwell Got His Voice

40:30 Who Isiah Maxwell Relates To The Most

48:13 Isiah Maxwell’s Favorite Hiking Spots

50:50 Isiah Maxwell’s Favorite Part About Traveling 

52:45 Isiah Maxwell’s Favorite Books

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On this week's episode of No Substitutes, Lumi Ray talks about filming the podcast again after a couple of months' break, filming episodes with dream guests, and her goals for 2025, we get a look into the inner workings of the podcast, Lumi Ray talks about not wanting people to feel Left Behind, and so much more!

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0:00 The Most Nervous Lumi Ray Has Ever Been

6:45 No Substitutes Goals for 2025

16:25 Podcast Rant

19:40 Fan Questions: Where does Lumi Ray See herself in 5 years?

22:10 Would Lumi Ray Be A Jedi or a Sith?

23:14 What Is The Saddest Meal You Ever Had?

30:40 Guests That The Fans Want

35:17 Behind The Scenes Of No Substitutes

59:30 Lumi Ray’s Random Encounters

1:07:28 It’s A Redhead Thing

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On this week's episode of No Substitutes, we are joined by Jasmine Pierce, we talk about her amazing writing career, how cute American football is, her favorite memories working on SNL, the annoying part about eating in LA, the craziest Christmas party guest list, what Kim Kardashian is like, and so much more!

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0:00 Jasmine Pierce and Lumi Ray’s Crazy Uber

8:25 Football Is Cute

11:05 The Three Ingredients You Need To Be A Writer

20:45 Jasmine Pierce On Working With Kim Kardashian On SNL

24:30 Jasmine Pierce On Writing for Big Mouth

28:00 What Jasmine Pierce Family Dinner Was Like

32:35 The Annoying Part About Eating In LA

38:35 Why You Shouldn’t Date Comedians

39:05 The Best Advice Jasmine Pierce Received

47:00 Dealing With Imposter Syndrome

49:26 Jasmine Pierce’s Comfort Food

51:25 Jasmine Pierce’s Unpopular Food Opinion

54:25 Jasmine Pierce Wants A Feast

56:00 The Most Important Thing To Jasmine Pierce Right Now

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