Vicarious Living

The penultimate OC podcast is officially in the books as Wind & Pipes tackle a few seminal moments from the show: Prom & Sandy Cohen's Man of the Year.

Topics covered on this one went all over the place including finally learning Volchok's first name, Season 1 repetition, stories from our own proms, Anna's dumb 2-phase plan to get Summer back for Seth, K-Pop, The Letter, no prom DJ cameos, drunken prom queens, Volchok hook ups, the truth shall set you free (literally), Volchok v Ryan (mano y mano (again)), you never rip on an Atwood's girl, Marissa & Caitlin boarding school hijinks, Caleb Nichol 2.0: Sandy Cohen, "Dad, why don't you take a seat for a sec", Ryan's Trey PTSD, Seth burns down buildings, multiple forks in the road, and much much more!

Featuring Ryan Philippe Practice Hero Award, hypothetical role play, MCITW (sponsored by Wicklow Wear), and MVP of the Week.

OC superfan and "loyal" listener Car D returns to the podcast studio to discuss a few different blasts from season 1 past. Theresa, Dawn Atwood & Anna Stern all provide season 3 cameos as we dive into episodes 21 and 22 from The OC!

Hot topics on tonight's pod including overproducing podcasts, OC graduation invites, new details from Rachel Bilson & Melinda Clarke's new pod "Welcome to the OC, Bitches", Julie Cooper hates trash boyfriends and bitchy women stepping on her OC turf, coffee cart grand gestures 2.0 (fail), college creeps, Dawn Atwood redemption, tiny cities made of ashes, Chino roots & no one cares, "it's about a girl", chasing summer, Theresa did keep the baby, "confidence Cohen", Kirsten double burns on Sandy (aka Caleb Nichol 2.0), Volchok never goes away plus much much more!

Featuring MCITW (sponsored by Wicklow Wear) and the MVP of the Week!

The OG VL Boys: Wind & Pipes back in virtual podcast studio to go back to the County of Orange and discuss all the happenings from episodes 18 thru 20 in season 3 of The OC!

Fantastic topics to cover on this one including Ryan/Sadie & Volchok/Marissa official hook-ups, Ryan being a "stand behind my girlfriend with my arms draped around her the entire party" guy, wake-and-bakes, your parents hooking up with each other, Marissa going off the deep end and officially signaling the return of "Flask Marissa", the idea of indifference vs anger (Ryan has reached indifference), heartfelt mother-son AA moment between Seth and Kirsten, college acceptance and rejection letters, no time for backups, college admissions scandal on Netflix, bonfires on the beach, sweatshirt parties and what not to do, Sadie is pathetic, Summer/Seth breakup and much much more!

Featuring the Ryan Philippe Practice Hero Award, MCITW (sponsored by Wicklow Wear), and MVP of the Week!

Opening Day 2021 is here and we have the perfect movie to thoroughly breakdown: Disney's Angels in the Outfield! Recurring guest and west coast kid Michelle M returns to dive head first into all the hot topics from this 1994 classic. Some of the main discussions on this one are Mt Rushmore of kids sports movies, comparisons to the 1951 film, Tony Danza's post-game cigarette regiment, weird kid names, Danny Glover's ageless face, Escaping Alcatraz, Dennis the Menace villains, big time actors in first movie roles (Matt McC and Adrien Brody), horrendous parenting, practice hero angels, mustard stains on suits, shitty baseball owners and announcers, Mel's untimely death, and much much more!

Featuring rotten tomatoes game, clips/music from the movie, MCITW (sponsored by Wicklow Wear), Ryan Philippe Practice Hero Award, picking nits, and MVP of the movie.

Becky M drops by the podcast studio to discuss a first for the VL pod: teen fatal attraction. The fantastic film that delivers all we could want and more on this particular topic is the 2002 classic: Swimfan.

This pod got very deep into psychology, sociology, stoicism, and any other philosophy you can think of. Other topics include water coitus, weird things to do if you could stop time in high school, homeschool/ scientology/above-ground-pool stereotypes, chekhov's bobby pin, fantastic game play (pre-crazy), teen forbidden fruits, "tell me you love me", panties in trucks, pager technologies, killing old men, grading ending 1.0 vs ending 2.0, inept cops, getting the girl but losing the swim scholarship, and much much more!

Featuring rotten tomatoes game, player breakdowns, music/clips from the movie, fun facts, ryan philippe practice hero award, and MVP of the Week.

Huge shoutout to Wicklow Wear for sponsoring today's pod! We couldn't make any of this magic happen without you!

Time for a mid-season break from our OC coverage to shoehorn in a fantastic teen drama movie (**TWILIGHT**) with a 2-time podcast returnee: AJB! Big time discussion as we navigate through the murky teen vampire waters splashing all over the Pacific Northwest.

Some of the main topics on this one include Harry Potter comparisons (F You Daniel Radcliff), underrated R-Pattz and Kristin Stewart, R-Pattz beef with the Twilight franchise, Taylor Laughtner's abs, The Fappening, Volchok as a Vampire, the Cullen family dynamic, Edward's Bella saves (in order), want what you can't have, vampire/werewolf peace treaties, out of context vampire talk, Spanish flu similarities to COVID times, vampires playing baseball (who knew), Edward/Volchok final battles for love, and much more!!!

Featuring clips/music from the movie, Rotten Tomatoes, player breakdown, fun facts, Ryan Philippe Practice Hero Award, picking nits, MCITW (sponsored by Wicklow Wear), and MVP of the movie.

Wind & Pipes sit down to dive head first into all the fantastic teen drama from the latest OC episodes: 16 & 17 from Season 3 (The Road Warrior and The Journey). Almost too many dynamite storylines to cover on this one including pulling the band-aid off the Ryan/Marissa relationship, OCPD's confirmation bias that Marissa is a stone-cold killer, fortuitous road trips with ladies, Volchok dogs chasing cars, more fortuitous "washed out roads", motel sexual tension at a 10, Ryan loves drama like Bonnie & Clyde, teaching girls how to golf, Ryan getting ass beat by Johnny's dead beat dad, mutual breakups, Dawn Atwood 2.0, Sandy's New Mexico ties, will Ryan or will he not invite Sadie/Marissa to his bday bash, who knew Volchok had a first name, the cast has no friends, love mixed tapes, estranged parents and much more!

Featuring clips/music from the show, MCITW (sponsored by Wicklow Wear), and MVP of the Week.

We all know tequila mixed with bonfires mixed with teen breakup angst mixed with beach cliffs at night is a recipe for disaster, but that didn't stop Johnny Harper from mixing all those ingredients together in one of the most unfortunate meltdowns in Teen Drama history. The VL Boys sit down to discuss all the latest happenings from Episodes 14 & 15 from The OC Season 3 (The Cliffhanger & The Heavy Lifting).

Other topics on this pod include: only 2 ways to teach ladies how to surf, Ryan finally putting his foot down with Marissa, Caitlin's wedge into The OC's biggest love square, Chili's horrendous and life-threatening "teen advice and logic", James Blunt serenading us magically (and ominously), she's just not that into you!, Johnny telling his lover's boyfriend that he's in love with her (classy yet dumbfounding), "make a decision and stick with it", pre-text handwritten note breakups, grand gestures continue to not work, oh wait sometimes they do work (situational), Sadie introduction = smoke show, Volchok is back!, Ryan eating dry cereal like a serial killer, how to screw up Valentine's Day and much much more!

Featuring clips/music from the show, MCITW (sponsored by Wicklow Wear), and MVP of the Week.

Wind & Pipes are Back to ring in the New Year! After saying goodbye to 2020 we are fully ready for everything to magically turn around as we head into the great and wonderful 2021.

On today's VL pod, we have the re-introduction of the one and only: Kaitlin Cooper! While she's definitely aged 10 years in real life vs 2 years in the show, we are glad she's back to inject some outstanding teen drama right into our bloodstreams.

Other topics include real shitty mother/daughter communication, egregious age conundrums between the OC and FNL, Marissa wanting her cake and wanting to eat it too, Kaitlin's boarding school drama, skinny dipping in the ocean at night, "we're just hanging out", trailer handheld camera shots vs pristine Newport steady cam, Seth smoking weed in really weird ways, Sandy looking to secure hospital bids on good vibes alone, hepta-montages and much much more!

Featuring clips/music from the show, MCITW (sponsored by Wicklow Wear), and MVP of the Week.

Final episode of 2020 as we fittingly cover a Chrismukkah episode from the OC and also say goodbye to this horrendous year! Wind & Pipes back in the virtual podcast studio to hit all the major plot points before taking a little break heading into 2021. Topics covered on this one include Marissa continuing to suck and be the most oblivious individual in human history (buying Johnny a Christmas tree???), peasants with doors that open OUT, adult bar mitzvahs, Johnny's plan to rob 1,000,000 mini marts to pay for his knee surgery, Sandy going full hero mode all episode long, Ryan's hair regression, #freemarissa, Board Meeting to decide if she gets back into school, Sandy's subtle blackmail/hardball approach with Judge Mercer and much much more!

Featuring clips/music from the show, MCITW (sponsored by Wicklow Wear), and Final MVP of 2020 (hint: he wasn't discussed the entire podcast and still brought home the hardware).

Thanks to everyone for listening! It's been a tough year but hopefully we've been able to provide a couple small laughs or silent giggles as you've listened along with us.

Merry Chrismukkah & Happy New Year...See you all on the other side in 2021!