Under The Influencer

This week: Whether you like it or not, it's pumpkin spice season. We taste a variety of seasonal treats. The Trader Joes pumpkin drop. Why does every Trader Joes employee want to know our plans? A Boar's Head omen. The wine and cheese karen. Shopping with an ice cream cone in hand. That one black and white photo of a buffalo. A dark Target conspiracy. The barren wasteland of CVS self checkout. Pumpkin flaps return! Teeny tiny pretzels. A pumpkin spice wine tasting. Have we grown out of the VMAs?

This week: Cinematic psych groove band Soft Cuff is in the house. Starting a band after riffing in the studio. The T-shirt shops of Clearwater. Band name R&D. The curse of Rod Stewart. Band interview etiquette. Profoundness in silence. Spotify daylist themes. The specificity of genres. Doof Doof music. Sam's never-ending fear of the dance circle. Roller rink politics. Fomo marketing. Mildred's howling hour. The night Max got so high he thought he was going to explode. Categorizing your vinyl collection. The art of sampling. Stuffed animals.

This week: It’s snack time. Max does a blind sweet tea tasting. specific ice dilution. Mukbanging in the car. The mystique of drinking root beer out of a glass bottle. Sam's villain era. The laws surrounding boneless wings. When coke had coke in it. Chicken in a biscuit. Self-checkout etiquette. A journey around the world with the new Lay's chips flavors. The best imitation krab. Chinese fig Oreos are very demure. Cucumber TikTok. Edible essence.

This week: Finding fame dancing on TikTok. Gen alpha language. Falling for the Barbizon scam. When being plus-size comes in and out of fashion. A call with Meta. Accidentally inviting all your contacts to Threads. Turning Tiktok dances into a career. When brand deals flop. Targeted ads. Clapping back at the haters. Recreational outrage. Thriving through a lipedema diagnosis. Max explains BRAT summer. The financial burden of the TI-85 calculator. Manifesting Meghan Trainor. Are trappers cool?

This week: Taking 12 trips in 12 months with travel writer Jen Ruiz. Writing the book people want to buy. The typical south Florida birthday party. Hiker math. Digestible stories. Going on your first book tour. Airport reading. TedX talks. Finding legitimacy in being a “travel blogger.” The money dam. Finding the big cheese. Overcoming the fear of solo travel. Cruise lines as a retirement plan. Staying price loyal over brand loyal. The cold pink refrigerator in the the desert.

This week: We're stuck in the house with Hurricane Debby outside. Max's falling palm tree incident. Directing water. Finding artistic inspiration while school is closed for weather. Port wine cheese. A thrilling post-storm bike ride in Old Northeast. Recapping the annual family reunion. Taking the family pressure away from the holidays. Cooking chicken marsala for 25 in a hotel room. Cannoli cake. Being the scorekeeper. Hopscotch.

This week: A look at the events of 2024 so far. The unstoppable force of BRAT summer. A proper election fight. A Cup Noodle crisis. When making a salad causes a meltdown. The Paris Olympics are GAY gay. Happy horses. Pumpkins in July. Being triggered by back-to-school shopping. Jansport backpacks as a fashion accessory. Trapper Keeper art. Sam’s jelly bracelet incident. The year of pop girlies. Kesha’s free! Jumping from child star to adult star. A TikTok recap of the past 6 months. The flopping of Katy Perry.

This week: A look back at a few highlight conversations with early guests of the show. Danielle’s piccolo. Little Debbies and sasquatch with John Senning. Alexia Gonzalez’s latin pop girlie beginnings. The horse girl fantasies of St. Pete Mood Board’s Bryant Nardozzi. Being on the front lines of the St. Pete Rising comment section. Chad Mize’s early inspirations. Pirating music with Jayda Abello. A poetry reading by Gloria Munoz.

This week: Cleaning out our google drive of hot takes. Reading through Sam's angry hate comments. Tasting Cup Noodles new s'mores flavor. A bubble gum conundrum. A mysterious donut factory in Queens. Max's sauce intuitions. Flats or flaps? Backstreet Boys deep lore. The open book boy hair part. Bad breath at Pollo Tropical. Pick-me behavior in the comments. The Zaneissance. Sam's side part dilemma. A hack for food blog recipes. Upsetting dog mom culture. Artificial flavors.

This week: Tampa Bay Food bloggers Darren and Danessa join us to chat about the local food scene. A proper South Tampa Gasparilla. Florida kids in a snowstorm. Becoming an elite Yelper. the impact of positive reviews. Max's white square aesthetic. A viral rat video. Sam's tiktok haters. The blurry line between influencing and advertising. The need for more diverse food options in town. Ask the locals. Tortilla fingers. Combat camera photography. Hidden gems around town. Pencil sharpener trauma.