Welcome to episode 19 of The Popko Project Podcast where I’m joined by the band Cuddledrug, who currently reside in Philadelphia but almost all have roots in Northeastern, Pennsylvania. We talk about how the band got started and their upcoming live stream that will take place TODAY at 4 p.m. on their Instagram page. We […]

Welcome to episode 18 of The Popko Project Podcast where I’m joined by the founder and lead singer of the indie/alternative rock band, Gasoline Heart. This was a real honor for me as I’ve been a huge fan of Gasoline Heart for about 8 years now. We talked about the band’s two new album releases […]

Welcome to episode 17 of The Popko Project podcast where I’m joined by Nikki M. Mascali Roarty who served as an intern, staff writer and editor for the Weekender between 2005 and 2012. For those of you who don’t know, the Weekender back in the day was THE BIBLE when it came to arts and […]

Welcome to episode 16 of The Popko Project podcast where I’m joined by Jim Mirabelli, the man behind the wildly popular, informative, and successful NEPA Pizza Review. Jim is an NEPA native who has been doing pizza reviews under NEPA Pizza Review for 9 years now. One of his pizza review videos has recently surpassed […]

Welcome to episode 15 of The Popko Project podcast where I’m joined by The Tribe, a soul and R&B group from Northeastern, Pennsylvania. We discuss their new album called “Language!” which is available to stream everywhere, and how they recorded it during a pandemic. We also get into the history of the band, their new […]

Welcome to episode 14 of The Popko Project podcast where I’m joined by Bridget Chomko who served as an intern for the Weekender in 2007 before being hired full time as a sales rep later on that year. For those of you who don’t know, the Weekender back in the day was THE BIBLE when […]

Welcome to episode 13 of The Popko Project podcast where I’m joined by members of a band called The Robinsonade from Northeastern, Pennsylvania. The band is comprised of Joe Lombardo, Ryan Grutt (also of University Drive, Alma Mater and Retrovai) and Nick Montini and Ryan Whitman (both also members of The Cryptid) They’ll be releasing […]

Welcome to episode 12 of The Popko Project podcast where I’m joined by the man, the myth, the legend, Jim McDonald. Jim is the guy who started the Weekender publication back in 1993. For those of you who don’t know, the Weekender back in the day was THE BIBLE when it came to arts and […]

Welcome to episode 11 of The Popko Project podcast where I’m joined by Sam Chiarelli, a published author from Pittston, Pennyslvania. We talk about his book, “Dig: A Personal Prehistoric Journey”, which was released in 2018 and the upcoming free virtual discussion about it from the North Pocono public library on Thursday, January 21st at […]

Welcome to episode 10 of The Popko Project podcast where I’m joined by a Northeastern, Pennsylvania based musician who goes by the name Telco. Once a trader on Wall Street in New York City, Telco discusses why he left a lucrative career to focus on music, the strategy behind releasing this project, streaming and playlists […]