In this episode I talk to my friend, Ella Collier — pop singer and professional songwriter, and the secret voice behind some of the catchiest songs on TV today.

We sat down to chat about the origins of her music career, writing pop hits for shows like Love Island, what it's really like to be a fully independent artist, and the spiritual themes and influences that she weaves into everything she does.

Where to Find Ella:

📲: ⁠@ellacollier 

🎧: Spotify 

🎧: Apple Music

🎬: Don’t Follow Me

🎬: Fiend

🎬: Ice Queen

🎬: Sleeping With Karma

Connect with me:

 📲: ⁠⁠@yeah.iknowaguy⁠⁠

📸: oliviashove.com

Photo by Emile Beaubien 

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In this episode I talk to my friend, Sydney Adams — comedian, writer, and actress known for her quick-witted, short-form internet videos, and now one-half of the Philadelphia-based winery, Pray Tell. 

We sat down to chat about the progression of her comedic style that grew her a following on the original short-form video platform Vine, and later on TikTok, and how she's been able to apply the skills she learned by being on social media to now writing, directing, and starring in short films — as well as a somewhat unexpected pivot into full-time wine making as a day job.

Where to Find Sydney:

📲: ⁠@sydneyrachel

🎬: @hugejerk

🎥: Watch Gas Station Sushi

🍷: Pray Tell Winery

Connect with me:

 📲: ⁠⁠@yeah.iknowaguy⁠⁠

📸: oliviashove.com

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In this episode I talk to my friend Quintin Vomocil, who embarked on a journey unlike any other i've ever heard of, leaving behind his life and belongings in Salt Lake City, Utah to walk alone through the wilderness all the way to Central California.

We sat down to talk about his experiences wandering the desert with nothing but a ukulele and the clothes on his back, the various people, places, challenges, and lessons he found along the way, and his motivations for setting out on such a big unknown adventure in the first place. 

Where to Find Quintin:

📲: ⁠@quintintylervomocil

Other Resources: 

📖: The Comfort Crisis - Michael Easter

Connect with me:

 📲: ⁠⁠@yeah.iknowaguy⁠⁠

📸: oliviashove.com

Photo by Olivia Shove

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In this episode I talk to my friend Riley Stearns — writer and director known for his films Dual, The Art of Self Defense, and Faults, as well as being a talented film-based photographer and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt.

We sat down to catch up and chat about his creative process in filmmaking, how he came to find his signature dry, dark comedy style, his casting choices including the likes of Jesse Eisenberg, Karen Gillan, and Aaron Paul, what it was like to make a feature film in Finland during early lockdown, and what he’s been up to recently, including directing episodes for the upcoming season of The Vince Staples Show.

Where to Find Riley:

📲: ⁠@rileystearns

🎬: Watch Dual

🎬: Watch The Art of Self-Defense

🎬: Watch Faults

Special Offer for Listeners:

Use code YIKAG to take 20% off my limited edition photo zine What’s Behind the Mask? , featuring Riley Stearns among 100 hundred creatives and friends. 

Other Resources: 

📖: ⁠All About Love - bell hooks

📖: The Will to Change - bell hooks

Connect with me:

 📲: ⁠⁠@yeah.iknowaguy⁠⁠

📸: oliviashove.com

🍽️: ⁠My Monthly Menu⁠

Photo by Isaac Harrison

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Content warning: descriptions of violence, child abuse, and death.

In this uniquely important episode, I talk to my dear friend Skyler Carrico — photographer and videographer specializing in 16 mm moving film, acoustical engineer, and one of the world's most devoted Deadheads. 

We sat down to chat about the origins of his creative journey, his unusual day job, his love for the Grateful Dead, and some of his recent travels overseas — including his experience in Bethlehem, Palestine where he spent a few months last year collaborating with Palestinian creatives to help them tell their stories and shine a light on who the Palestinian people truly are.

Where to Find Skyler:

📲: @skalathamus

🎥: Watch Ritual and Rapture

🌐: Substack

Recommended Resources: 

🌐: Electronic Intifada

📖: The Great War For Civilization by Robert Fisk

📖: A Very Short History of the Conflict by Ilan Pappe

🎙️: Noam Chomsky - Manufacturing Consent

🎙️: Norman Finkelstein - What Events Lead to the Current Situation

🎙️: Rashid Khalidi: The Conflict Explained

Recommended Accounts:

📲: Leila Warah - ⁠@leila.shw⁠

📲: Nour Alsaqa - @nouralsaqa

📲: Motaz Azaiza - @motaz_azaiza

📲: Adam Rouhana - @adam.rouhana

📲: Sakir Khader - @sakirkhader

Connect with me:

 📲: ⁠@yeah.iknowaguy⁠

📸: oliviashove.com

🍎: ⁠idksrybye.com

🍽️: My Monthly Menu

Photo by Molly Steele 

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In this episode I talk to the person who has one of the most unique careers of anyone I know - professional helicopter pilot and my friend, Chad Halstead. 

We sat down to chat about his long and winding career that has taken him all over the world - from the start of his journey flying heli's for the Sea Shepherd's Antarctic campaigns, to backcountry firefighting, to returning to the Arctic on an expedition to locate Ernest Shackleton's long-long shipwreck, the Endurance, and how his career has changed since becoming a dad.

Where to Find Chad: 

📲: @anotherhelicopterpilot

Other Resources: 

Endurance by Nat Geo

Sea Shepherd

Connect with me:

 📲: @yeah.iknowaguy

📸: oliviashove.com

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In this episode I talk to my friend Yoshino: host of the Artist Decoded podcast, fine art photographer and visual artist, writer, poet,  world traveler, martial artist, potential future therapist, and a true multi-hyphenate.

We sat down to chat about his journey into fashion and fine art photography, our creative work together, opening his gallery and starting his podcast, his recent world travels including an 800 mile hike along the Camino de Santiago, and the practice of committing to a vision and learning to love the process as you go.

Where to find Yoshino: 

📲: @yoshinostudios

📸: yoshinostudios.com

🎙️: artistdecoded.com

🔮: The Artist Decoded Tarot Deck

Other Resources: 

🌐: Astrocartography

Connect with me:

📲: @yeah.iknowaguy

📸: oliviashove.com

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Photo by William Walsh 

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Hello and welcome to Yeah, I Know a Guy!

I'm your host, Olivia Shove, and this is a podcast where I talk to some of the most interesting people I know from all different parts of my life, who are doing the kinds of things I think you'd probably want to know about.

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