Spacetrash

In which Cousins Mark and Allie welcome two very special guests to Spacetrash! Owen is my brother and Mark's cousin, and Owen has just married his beautiful bride Heather, making them both official Cousins of Spacetrash! If you tuned in last time you know that these two crazy kids got married in a homemade igloo on February 3rd which was also Owen's 40th birthday. And also that Cousin Reverend Mark presided over the ceremony. How beautiful! Even in a pandemic our family finds ways to stay together and do wild cool bizarre things. What you may NOT know is that Owen and Heather are also exceptionally talented and passionate about renovating their gorgeous new home!! Both with interior design backgrounds and keen eyes for clever ways to brighten and customize any room, they post all about it with lovely fun pictures on Instagram! You can find their tips tricks and pointers at @taylormade_house and follow along! Let's meet them and talk about all things design and home renovation projects as we prepare to welcome Spring!

In which Cousin Allie and Cousin Mark host our first special guest: Cousin Frank! Frank, Allie's son, is a scientist who will soon save us from the COVID-19 virus! We chat about our newly wed Cousin Owen who got married to his beautiful bride Heather in a homemade igloo officiated by none other than Reverend Cousin Mark, the startling news of what is going on in our favorite beach town of Ocean City New Jersey, why you should not shame yourself for procrastinating, the GameStop Reddit Scandal and what it means for the common man, 7 layer dip for Super Bowl Sunday, and so much more! Grab your favorite drink and join us! 

Your favorite cousins are back with FULL COVERAGE of all that is the historic Inauguration of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris! Mark and Allie discuss the feelings we didn't even know we could feel after toppling a dictator, the fashion, the love, the incredible spectacle of Lady Gaga, JLo, Garth Brooks, as well as the show stopping breathtaking beauty and command of Amanda Gorman performing her brilliant poetry. It is a time - brief as it may be - to celebrate how far we have come. We talk everything from Bernie's mittens to finally being able to get back to making art without feeling guilty that we let the world fall apart on our watch. Grab a drink, listen in, come chill with us! 

In which Mark and Allie are finally reunited (virtually!) after the weirdest holidays ever come to a close and the New Year has begun! We missed you all! So far, tho, 2021 has way too many 2020 vibes, what with the current tragic state of the United States. All the while, we creatives have to treat ourselves with the most kindness and find ways to keep our little lights burning in the dark. We talk about our true feelings in this historic moment, Mark's dry January tips, our creative goals for 2021, why creating your own Wordpress blog is massively helpful to improve your writing skills, the incredible relentless talent and gorgeousness that is Miley Cyrus, and so much more! Grab a drink (or don't), take a break, and listen in! 

In which Mark and Allie discuss holiday plans, how to have a successful (and super fun!) virtual table read, the secret to the BEST cookies, the Christmas movies we love and the ones we actually secretly hate, and so much more! Grab some eggnog, relax, and join us! 

In which Mark and Allie chat about being SO over 2020, chilling out and staying home in December, why watching HBO's hideous yet glamorous "The Undoing" is hugely cathartic right now, what will be in Allie's next book, why artists have a hard time looking back at their previous work, Mark's astonishing confession about Spacetrash (!!!), and so much more! It's been A YEAR. Grab a drink and hang out with us as we do and don't discuss it! 

In which Mark and Allie chat about the secret to prolific writing, what we love about staying home for Thanksgiving, why Harry Styles in a dress brings us so much joy. 2020 is a weird kind of positivity. There's so much dragging us down, but when we can talk it out with fellow artists we love and admire there can be magic moments, too. Listen in to this fun and insightful episode for some major Ah-Ha! breakthroughs! 

In which Mark and Allie are exhausted and hopeful and frightened and hopeful, We talk about the US Presidential election and how it is affecting us to wait. And wait. And wait. For Biden to win. We envision life after Trump and life after COVID. The best thing we have and will never lose, though? Each other. Grab a drink, listen in and share the suspense!

In this episode, Mark and Allie chat about all things Election 2020 in the final episode before November 3rd including the massive voter turnout and what it may mean for future elections, how the country became so polarized and ways to think about what that means for the future of the US. We also deep dive into what it means as an artist to be able to express ourselves without fear in a culture that stands at the ready to judge, shame, and cancel us. Wild times, these! Grab your favorite beverage and join us! 

In this episode we talk about The Social Dilemma on Netflix, the benefits and dangers of living in a culture saturated with social media, and what cancel culture really means in the long run. Can the art be separated from the artist? We talk about stand up comedy. We talk about what it's like to have the dual perspective of being artists contributing to the social media scene, as well as consumers. There's so much to think about and we think about it all out loud over cocktails. Join us!