There is NOTHING complicated about how wonderful today's guest is, cause it's Sydney Steinberg. We talk to Sydney about San Diego, NYC, Kitchen TVs, The Exorcist, Psycho, The Talented Mr. Ripley, Floor Boys, King of Queens, The Beach Boys John Stamos, Hocus Pocus, Practical Magic, Paddington 2, Neil Diamond, 101 Dalmatians, Gone Girl, Halloweentown, The Hills, An Inconvenient Truth, Bugs, Mary Oliver, Bring It On, Jude Law, Phantom of the Opera, It’s Complicated, Red Shoes. Follow Sydney @sydney_steinberg, go see her perform at UCB, and just be cool.
Our guest this week has what it takes to be America's Next Top Chompin' Guest, it's Danielle Diamond. We talk to Danielle about growing up on San Diego, Book Shelves, Cameron Crowe, Duck Diamond, Survivor, Disney, Lizzie McGuire, Full House, The Jetsons, The Cheetah Girls, Pop Singer Girl, Titanic, In Cold Blood, Fleabag, Notting Hill, The Jinx, Spy Kids, The Base of the Cake, Fleetwood Mac, Pablo Neruda, Grease, Stuffed Animals, Sea World, Timon and Pumbaa School of Rock and Cycle 6 - Episode 6 of America's Next Top Model: The Girl with Two Bad Takes. Follow Danielle @danielleediamond, book her while you can, and Bling It On.
Hot pod coming through with one of Hollywood's top chillers, it's true sweetie Wyatt Fair. We talk to Wyatt about Orange County, GTA, It’s a Wonderful Life, David Lynch, Coen Brothers, Project Runway, Star Fox, Steve Windwood, Ty Segall, The OC, The Killers, Radiohead, Painting Walls, Dead Man, Neil Young, The Fantasticks, Off Broadway, Sarah Ruhl, Curb, Claire Denis, Phantom Thread, T-Sandy, Sherman’s March, Robert Pattinson, Kelly ReichardtCandy Corn, Cowboys. Follow Wyatt @malibusmostwyatt, go see him perform in LA, and (long pause at least 3 minutes) be real.
Ever wish you had something to do? Well with Benny Wayne Sully on Chompin', now you do. We talk to Benny about life in Trafalgar, Lego Star Wars, Garage TVs, Xbox 360, Degrassi, All That, Aaahh!!!! Real Monsters, The Eagles, Weird Al, Checks, Ebay, Heath Ledger, South Dakota, Imrpov Nation, Dave Malloy, Annie Baker, Mr. Burns, Anime Strange Darling, Wall-E, Gimme Shelter, Taskmaster, Gosling, Wonka, Monster House, Benny the Jet, The Band, T.S. Eliot, Benson Boone, It Came from Trafalgar, Milo, Phoebe Cates, Henrin Rizowsky and the ball of mischief that is The Cat in the Hat. Follow Benny @thedoophus, see him perform around LA, and go Scream and Run.
Today on the pod we have been graciously welcomed into Gabby Sandoval's dollhouse, and it's the place to be. We talk to Gabby about the San Jose to Connecticut pipeline, Acquired Fears, SATC, True Confessions, Silence of the Lambs, Eternal Sunshine, Yoshi, Brink, The Used, The Osbornes, Ani DiFranco, KOL, The White Stripes, Lilly Munster, Charlie Chaplin, Ginger Rodgers, Betty Davis, Vanities, Babs, CD’s, Little Foot, Fleabag, Adams Family Values, Indie Sex 101, Kiki, Casper, Steel Magnolias, The Saddest Movies of All Time, Party Girl, Gus Gus, Christopher Lloyd, IFC, Blue Valentine and the true beauty of Welcome to the Dollhouse. Follow Gabby @mrgabysandoval, go see her perform all around LA, and be indie.
It's a true huge stuff kind of episode today, and that's cause we're Chompin' with the one and only Ariadne Vickers-Davis. We talk to Ariadne about Tallahassee, Yoga, Auditions, Libraries, Fred and Ginger, Shirley T, Wonka, Jackie O, Attics, Trading Places, ABC Family, Anne Hatheway justice, Yugioh, Romantasy, Jennifer Grey Curls, Chorus line, SATC, Philadelphia, Bridget Jones's Diary, S-Town, Tom Hanks, Pride and Prejudice, Inception, WB Yeats, Clueless, Dumbo, and the beauty of The Star Trek: The Next Generation episode The Inner Light. Follow Ariadne @ariadnevd, sign up for her workshop, and tell them of us... my darling.
You may hate Mondays in a general sense, but not one when we're Chompin' with David Brown, you simply cant. We talk to David about Boise, Bound for Glory, The Grapes of Wrath, PBS, Red Wall, James Bond, The Simpsons, Cali Facts, Def Leppard, Slytherins, NSYNC, Shakespeare, In the Heart of the Sea, Cabaret, Bat Boy, The Tempest, Six Feet Under, The Act of Killing, Jane, Schoenburn, Falling in Love Like a Romantic TV Drama, Adam Curtis, PTA, The Land Before Time, Nirvanna: The Band - the Show - the Movie, Jared Hess, Elliot Page and the layers and levels of Garfield: His 9 Lives. Follow David @davidschedule, go see him perform in LA, and find whatever dings the loudest.
Our guest this week has also been described as the 411 for fun, it’s Edgar Momplaisir. We talk to Edgar about NYC & McAllen TX, SVU, Wayne Head, The Departed on Youtube, Studio 60 v. 30 Rock, Plain White Tees, Don Draper, Mad Men, Shani Davis, Britney Spears, Donald Glover, Jesus Christ Superstar The Wire, Children of Men, The Conversation, If Beale Street Could Talk, Love is Blind, Hoop Dreams, Adam Curtis, Benihana, Men in Black, Cruella, Alex Garland Walt Whitman, Grand Budapest Hotel, Do The Right Thing, Girls, Donkey, Fran Drescher, PTA, and just how good Community is. Follow Edgarn @edgar.momplaisir, see him perform at UCB, and go have yourself a day.
Our guest this week will have you saying, "Bad Andy, Great Guest," cause we're Chompin' with Andres Parada. We talk to Andres about all things Tubac AZ, The Simpsons, Arthur, The Pest, John Leguizamo, Happy Gilmore 2, Spam Days, Booker T. & the M.G.'s, Weird Al, Carrot Top, Superman, Korn, SNL, I Love Lucy, Romeo + Juliet, Dancer in the Dark, The Office, Tommy Boy, Gummo, Survivor, Home Improvement, Miyazaki, Steven Universe, Adventure Time, Aaahh!!! Real Monsters, Beavis and Butthead, Bad Andy, Sylvia Plath, Gambit, Tweedy, Claire Danes, JCDV, and the wonder that is Bjork's Medulla. Follow Andres @andresparadacomedy, go see him perform at UCB and Groundlings, and embrace your impulses.
If there is anyone we know who can make it from Laurens, Iowa, to Mount Zion, Wisconsin on a lawnmower, it’s our bud Tyler Parker. We talk to Tyler about Fort Gibson, Car TVs, Spy Kids, Saved By the Bell: The College Years, Little Giants, The Big Green, Xenon, Say So/Point of Grace, Miranda Lambert, Troy Aikman, The Flintstones, The Borrowers, TMNT, Where the Red Fern Grows, Oklahoma, The Sound of Music, Friday Night Lights, Barry Hannah, Joe Pera, Apollo 11, The Apartment, Laguna Beach, The Kardashians, Sam Shepard, Wright Thompson, 70’s Bars, Home Alone, Bing Bong, Oklahoma Breakdown, War Horse, The Davis Theater, and the pretty little moments in The Straight Story. Follow Tyler @tparker30, get his book A Little Blood and Dancing, read him on the Ringer, and always look at his shoes.
We interrupt this program to bring you, Tarek Ziad. We talked to Tarek abut St. Petersburg, Disney Economics, Regional Politeness, Animal Planet, SpongeBob, Avatar: The Last Airbender, Friends, Seinfeld, Finding Nemo, Aladin, Eat the Night, MMORPG's, I Hate Suzie, The Banshees of Inisherin, Digimon, The Worst Person in the World, The Queer Ultimatum, Gallery Girls, Daughters, Yorgos Lanthimos, Coraline, Ghibli, Satoshi Khan, Mitski, Robert Frost, I Will Swallow You, The Florida Project, Moonlight, Macy Rodman, Lopmon, Lassie, and the levels of Courage the Cowardly Dog. Follow Tarek @tarekaziad, Read his Substack (Perfect Information, Go see him perform in LA, and Return the Slab.
When troubles up in the 305 there is only one man who can eliminate violence to achieve world peace, and that man is Artoun Nazareth. We talk to Artoun about Englewood NJ, Magic, Monk, The USA network, Lost, Scrubs, How I Met Your Mother, Wanted, Bon Jovi, Chitty ChItty Bang Bang, Hercules, KPop Demon Hunters, Spiderman 2, Tony Shalhoub, Mistborn, Hamilton, Pan's Labyrinth, Paddington 2, Survivor, The Barkley Marathons, Nic Cage, Tampopo, Shrek Soundtrack, David Blaine, The Matrix, John Travolta, Selena Gomez, and the hidden gem that is Miami Connection. Follow Artoun @artounnazareth, go see him at UCB, Watch The Promised Land on Youtube and go find your dragon sound.
Of the many wonderful things you can say about our guest today, Meat Bar, at the top of the list is that...they blend. We talk to Meat about Chico, Nasa TVs, The Nanny, Ernest, Dog Breeds, Blockbuster, Hoobastank, Nell, Moulin Rouge, Reservation Dogs, Muriel's Wedding, The Little Hours, Female Trouble, The Simple Life, Julio Torres, The Little Rascals. Cat Food, Maggie Simpson, Meatloaf, She’s All That, Romeo + Juliet, Teletubbies, Mr. Bean and the astonishing performance of Marisa Tomei in My Cousin Vinny, Follow Meat @meat_bar, Donate to Mona's Go Fund Me at www.gofundme.com/f/help-mona-and-her-family-survive, Keep an eye out for Sugar Mud, and find your inner positraction
It's not every day that you get to Chomp with the generation talent that is Lily Sullivan, but today....we do. We talk to Lily about Chicago, Telluride, Ski PE, Italy, Jeans, Full House, Audrey Hepburn Cosplay, A Walk to Remember, Out Cold, Bridget Jones’s Diary, Raffi, Boas, JLD, Powerpuff Girls, The Inner Game of Tennis, Oliver, RHONY, The Sixth Sense, Triangle of Sadness, Love on the Spectrum, Aubrey Plaza, Hotels, Carrie, Home Alone, Eddie, Ethan Hawke, and the cozy comfort of Seinfeld. Follow Lily @lilyyily, see her perform, watch her stuff, and try to be one of Frank's guys.
It's here, it's happening, it's huge, it's us Chompin' with the wickedly talented EJ Marcus. We talk to EJ about Portland, Salmon, Grey's Anatomy, The Price is Right, Kesha, Balto, Scrubs, Now and Then, Gypsy, Annie Baker, The Summer I Turned Pretty, Brokeback, Whip It, Nat Geo, Bioluminescence, Catherine O'Hara, Amy Sedaris, Greece Content, Common Side Effects, Cheaper by the Dozen, Twilight and the ritual that is The Family Stone. Follow EJ @ejhavingfun, go see him perform in LA and New York, and go have some fun.
This week we got a real hot pod, but in terms of content and overall temperature, with the wickedly talented Caroline Cotter. We talk to Caroline about Summit New Jersey, Marathons, The Monkees, Rugrats, Mel Brooks, Plus One, Tractors, Snowmen, Meeko, Tweedy Bird, Esmeralda, Magazines, Pioneer House Oh Caledonia, Starstruck, Bring Her Back, Moulin Rouge, Jamie Demetriou, Arcane, Baby Girl, Harriet the Spy, Coyote Ugly, The Cheshire Cat, and the wonderland that is The Pagemaster. Follow Caroline @cotterpoop, for see Woof, And (Wednesday, 9/10 at UCB, 7PM) and stay cool babes.
We are thrilled and delighted to be Chompin' with the dulcet tones of Shannon Sheridan. We talk to Shannon about Cincinnati, Siblings, High School Theater, Sleep Overs, Desperate Housewives, Shark Movies, Made, The Counting Crows, Freddy Krueger, Zac Efron, Stick It, Mean Girls, Stone Bitch Blues, Barb and Star, Raw, Summer House, Sandra Bullock, Nancy Meyers, Cartoon Sandwiches, Angry Beavers, Taylor, Carol, Glee, Miss Honey, and the hidden gem Saved! Follow Shannon @shansheridan1 and @third.base.comedy, and get out there and Stick It!
Our guest this week can ride a horse, write a book and make you laugh, it's the one and only Charlie James! We talk to Charlie about San Diego, British TV, Hugh Laurie, Bones, Ellen, Glee, Hermione Granger, Goldie Hawn, Status and Culture, Veep, Wicked, Harold and Maude, Beetlejuice, Roy Anderson, I Saw the TV Glow, Queer Ultimatum, Gypsy Rose, Jessica Bones, Paul F Tompkins, Charlie Day, Rats, Fry and Laurie, Reality Bites, and the winding road that is Dally Boy. Follow Charlie @malecowgirl, go see him perform, buy I'm Just a Little Guy on August 26th, and go to the book launch at The Dynasty Typewriter 8/30/25!
No you're not dreaming, it's really happening, Anna Salinas is on Chompin! We talk to Anna about Sarasota, Peewee, The Circus, Cheaters, Rachelk Ray, Full House PBS, Hippos, Warped Tour, Yellow Card, Cruella, Zombie Cheerleaders, Hayden Christensen, Josh Hartnett, Lizzie McGuire, Disney Princesses, Cynthia Erivo, The Leftovers, Spirited Away, Pick Me Princesses, The Bachelor, Siesta Key and the dream like wonder of Undone. Follow Anna @badcomixbyanna, read her cartoons, Go see her perform with Menudo, and dream baby dream.
The next guest up to the mic is fixing to serenade you with the his siren song, you know him, you love him, it's Carlos Orlando. We talk to Carlos about The San Fernando Valley, VHS Movies, Gus Gus, I Love Lucy, Fox, Married with Children, WWF, Javier, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Batman, Bill and Ted, Malcolm Gladwell, Oklahoma, 24, Born in East LA, Face Off, The Bear, Tiny Toons, Pulp Fiction, Walton Goggins, Christina Applegate, and the gift that is Karaoke. Follow Carlos @carlosorlandope, Go see Menudo the 1st Fridays of every month at UCB at 5:30, and get up there and SING!