We Are Scientists are a New York based indie rock band founded in 2000. The group has had lots of notable success from being featured in countless press, touring across the world, playing several of major music festivals, and performing on late night television. The band comes on the podcast while driving to their first tour destination in support of their new album "Qualifying Miles". Below are timestamps to a variety of topics that were discussed throughout the interview. Thanks for listening!

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3:29 Covering Stone Temple Pilots and Radiohead songs 

5:15 Audio of WAS covering “Creep” by Radiohead 

7:06 Thoughts, feelings, emotions writing their new album “Qualifying Miles”

9:28 Experimenting with different genres 

10:28 How many songs were written for each individual album?

11:33 “There are were definitely at least 80 songs cut from Qualifying Miles”

13:23 Coming back to Baltimore for the first time in 15 years

15:57 What was it like signing with Virgin Records for their debut album?

17:02 The story behind their success in the UK 

19:25 Memories of touring w Arctic Monkeys, Kings Of Leon, and Muse 

23:33 Playing The Gap retail store in Time Square

25:43 Reflecting on the moment being able to leave their full time jobs for music 

28:27 “The person that took the cover art photo for With Love & Squalor was a coworker of Chris’”

29:15 Did they have a guide or mentor for their band in their early days?

33:19 Working with The Lonely Island and how they met them and Producer 

34:27 “Ariel Rechtshaid was our manager’s roommate and he was like my roommate will record some demos for you and those demos are how we got signed essentially”

35:50 Reflecting on Brain Thrust Mastery reissue tour

38:35 What drives them during the challenging times to keep them going 25 years later?

39:40 Something they still hope to do in their music career that they haven’t done already

42:16 The best and or most strangest gifts they’ve ever received by fans

45:05 Does mortality play a role in the band’s life? If so, how?

47:51 Comparing Polar, Trader Joe’s, and La Croix seltzers

David created Dirty Projectors in the early 2000s in Brooklyn, NY. The project has released 10 studio albums, several EPs including the 5EPs series, and 1 live album. They most recently released their latest album Song of the Earth on April 6th, 2025 and David's first film score for The Legend Of Ochi on April 25th, 2025. The band has been featured in countless press, has performed major music festivals, and has toured across the world. David is truly an incredible person and I'm very grateful to have interviewed him. Learn more about Dirty Projectors in the links below.

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Mark Briscoe is a professional wrestler in AEW and Ring Of Honor. Mark is a former ROH world champion, former ROH tag team champion holding the tag titles for a record of 13x with his brother Jay Briscoe, and is in the ROH Hall Of Fame. Mark has also held tag team titles in other promotions including Total Nonstop Action (TNA)’s Impact Wrestling, CZW, GCW, New Japan Pro-Wrestling, and much more.  Learn more about Mark Briscoe in the links below.

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Citizens! are an indie pop band founded in 2010, based in London. The band has released 2 full length albums Here We Are and European Soul. They have been featured in several major publications, have toured across the world, played major festivals including Glastonbury with their previous band Official Secrets Act, and worked with Alex Kapranos of Franz Ferdinand on their debut record. Learn more about Citizens! in the links below.

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Orange Cassidy has been with AEW since the beginning, debuting at their 2019 event Double or Nothing and has played a huge role with the company as a wrestler and a producer. OC has had notable success from being a two time AEW International Champion, as well as holding many other championships from other wrestling companies. He was ranked as the Most Popular Wrestler of the year in 2020 by Pro Wrestling Illustrated and ESPN named him wrestling's male breakout star of 2020 as well. Learn more about Orange Cassidy in the links below.

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Listen to the entire episode to hear my product review of EBoost.

Cults are an indie pop band founded in 2010, based in New York. The band has released 6 full length albums including their latest album “To The Ghost” (counting Motels). The band has been featured in countless press, has played major festivals, and are currently on tour with Vampire Weekend which is so amazing and awesome. Learn more about the band in the links below.

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Dogjoy are a two piece band based in Truth or Consequence, New Mexico that started in 2020. Their music has been described as electronica, synthwave, and avant-garde pop. They have two full length albums, two EPs, a handful of singles including their latest single release titled “Video Tapes”. Notable features the band has had include having their songs featured on Netflix series Cobra Kai, a 711 commercial, a Monster Energy Motocross Reel, and an independent short film titled Reed Between The Lines. They’ve performed Sidepony music festival in Bisbee, Arizona in 2023 and recently performed Santa Fe Portalsfest in New Mexico 2024. Jasmine starts at 1:45 into the show and KK starts 25:50 into the show. Learn more about the band in the links below.

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Listen to the entire episode to hear my product review of Fraser Tea⁠ and hype for Gala After Dark hosted by The Greenway Foundation on September 13th, get $10 off this event by using promo code EXPERIENCE.

Tycho (Scott Hansen) is an electronic, ambient, chillwave artists based in San Francisco that started in 2002. He has 7 full length albums and most recently released his latest album "Infinite Health" on Mom + Pop Records. Tycho has been nominated for two Grammy's and annually performs Burning Man since 2012. Learn more about Tycho and listen to his new album in the links below.

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Works Drugs are a dream pop, new wave, synth band from Philly that started in 2010. They have 20 full length albums and countless singles and a handful of EPs. The band has had lots of notable success from being featured in major publications including The Guardian, Daytrotter studios by Paste Magazine, WXPN, and so much more. They’ve performed festivals including SXSW, CMJ, and have opened for bands including Peter, Bjorn, and John, Two Door Cinema Club, Maps and Atlases, The B52’s, and even shared the same lineup as The Flaming Lips, Kings Of Convenience, and Band Of Horses. Check out the band in their links below.

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Vicky is an indie, pop musician based in LA. She released her debut single Are We Ok? In 2022 and has since released a handful of other singles and two full length albums including one that was just released May 10th, 2024.

Vicky has had notable success touring with Mac Demarco, playing with Anderson .Paak, performing on Tim Heidecker’s Office Hours show, and being featured in NPR, Spin, Clash Magazine, NME, and even has her albums sold at Urban Outfitters. Check her out in the links below.

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Listen to the entire episode to hear my product review of Drink Weird and hype for Let's Go Music Fest