Hey Listener, this week on What Ya Into? First time podcast guest Matt Farley is on the show to talk about poetry. Topics this week include: Our love letter to The Root Cellar and it’s place in Cincinnati brewing history. Arranging your life around being a poet. Getting up at spoken word open mics. Hip hop artists and poetry. The fear of public speaking. Place, gentrification, and biodome neighborhoods. Making art accessible and being alone. The question of Why? Learning from others’ mistakes. Escapism and therapy. Catching fairy dust. How do you know when your poem is done? Putting cheese on your broccoli. Was your nude model in good shape? Being in play instead of competition. The joy of teaching. The urban Appalachian queer experience. Writing for change. Preparing for the future.
Hey Listener, you're going to need your headgear and some dice this week because Michael Williams from Smiling Demon Games is on the show to talk about creating his own martial arts trading card game: Warrior Within Underground. WYI?’s resident martial artist/nerd Jaimie Filer is the perfect co-host for this episode. This week’s topics include: The spreading of Warhammer 40K to new media. Why are they doing this to the Crow? Playing Magic the Gathering during wrestling tournaments. The journey into no holds barred fighting. Don’t use the time machine. Picking a good walkout song. Looking at fighting like a computer. How do you beat up your friend in a deathmatch? Planning how to fight a guy who knows Kung Fu. Sometimes you learn with a concussion. An oil check leads to a full special meter. Being dudes is making fun of things your friends like. I’m not a mad dawg psychopath. Men that create their fantasyland of toughness. What was the first fight like? Conan. No one wants to fight you so lets get you a pro fight on a card where Royce Gracie and Don Vito will be in attendance. Defeating racism and then getting a weird pep talk from Royce Gracie. Gravity works. Going solo, creating, and pitching the game. The intimidation of MTG. Drawing inspiration from Street Fighter II. Being able to move your character into all of the different worlds of fighting. Creating a system. The importance of creating cool looking stuff.
Hey Listener, grab your gear bag because I’m sitting down with Heather Sampanis (bass/singer) of Alex Kasznel & The Board of Directors and Luke Effler (guitar) of Ten Gauge to talk about being parents that are in bands. Topics this week include: Check out the Company Picnic Music Festival on March 23rd at Oddfellows in OTR (Cincinnati, Ohio). What is it like to be a band that gets a vinyl album pressed? What is a Costumer? BFAs of the world unite! Hailing from a family with musicians. Power chords for children. Life/Band balance. The differences between being a solo creator and someone working with others. Critiquing your friends. Faster and louder. Playing out and being cool with low standards. What’s it like being in the backstage locker room? The tricks of figuring out the name of someone you’ve already met. Pre show rituals. I’m inspiring you, not intimidating you. Tap dancin’ Luke Effler and the karate robot. The heartache of a bad show. Go watch The Greatest Night in Pop.
Hey Listener, did you download your tickets, because today we’re talking being a live sports fan with Josh Wilson from 5th Line. You might recognize him from his work at 16 Lots Brewing or as the guy with the braids in his beard that sits in front of the drummers in the Bailey at FC Cincinnati games. Topics this week include: Beer art and bad ways to die. Beer festivals of yore. Your host loves staying at home. The perks of being a season ticket holder. Things that weren’t designed for the 21st century. Finding your place in the Bailey during the bad times. Which is better tailgates or pregaming at a bar? Wearing body paint is how you impress a girl. Interacting with the bad guys when the come to town. Now that’s a hot ass mascot. Broadway and live wrestling shows. What is the worst thing to pee in at a living sport event? Always making noise. Random video game talk. Stadiums and arenas that we want to go to.
Hey Listener, grab a broom because this week Jack Emery and Thomas Cochill are on the show to talk about the sport of Curling. Topics this week include: The host meets someone that actually listens to the show and it’s weird. It doesn’t matter what you collect, everyone wants variants. Going from soccer fans to season ticket holders. This a very pro Nippert Stadium podcast. Jack loves wordy bands. Finding Curling through the Winter Olympics. Caring for and appreciating the ice. 2 quarries in Scotland. Equipment. Competing on a deteriorating playing surface. The strategy of the game. Welcome to your rookie season. Finding your Yoda. A game with etiquette. The joy of kicking teeth in and the misery of being paired with a team that doesn’t like each other. Husband down. The skills you need to be a good Curler. How do you practice if you aren’t on the ice?
Hey Listener, its Part 2 of our sit down chat with Jackie Mellinger and Kelvin aka Mistah_Mojo from Retro Records Podcast about the Gamecube. This episode where are focusing on Nintendo exclusives. Topics this week include: Are you sure it’s Gale and not Veil? Kirby’s Air Ride was made for children and high people. Ain’t no Party like a Mario Party because a Mario Party don’t stop. Mario Kart: I Keep Dat Thang on Me. The fun weirdness of Mario themed sports games. Pikmin is so weird. Making friends and celebrating holidays in Animal Crossing. Trying to figure out where Metroid Prime fits. Cartoony Link vs. serious adult Link. The strangeness of Luigi’s Mansion. The goodness of Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door. Why does Mario need a squirt gun backpack? The perfection of Super Smash Bros Melee.
Hey Listener, get ready to pick up some small discs because Jackie Mellinger and Kelvin aka Mistah_Mojo from Retro Records Podcast are here to talk about the Nintendo Gamecube. Topics this week include: 2024 Oscar talk. Retro gaming, a mixture of childhood nostalgia and sometimes frustrating controls. Life skills. Kelvin was a Nintendo boy. Getting Keanued on Nintendo facts and back when drug commercials were fun. Nuts and bolts of the Gamecube. A very unfortunate release date and Slayer Conspiracy Theories. You want the Dolphin? Was the small disc a mistake? The Gamecube controller. The handle for the party cube. The Mega Man X Collection. Singing the songs on a Sonic soundtrack. Getting hammered to add a new level of difficulty to Super Monkey Ball. Eternal Darkness a cool, odd title for the Gamecube. Playing a fun JRPG with your cousins that makes you grow up quick. Sonic Adventure 2 Battle: Kelvin and Jackie become best friends. Resident Evil 4: zombies(?) in Spain(?), the President’s daughter, and a jet ski.
Hey Listener, set your phasers to listen, because this week Callie Wright from the podcast Philosophers in Space is on the show to talk about Star Trek. Topics this week include: Is it better to be the host or the hosted on a podcast? Microphones are scary. The cast dives into philosophy, religions, and death. From Enter Sandman to being in a band. How people engage in fandom. Trying to find a friend who likes the Enterprise. Teaching a Klingon bonding ritual. Friends. Never cut your hair. Living in a Post Scarcity future. They’re not gay, they’re aliens. Learning about life from Captain Jean-Luc Picard. The Misfits. Riker isn’t a normie? What’s your favorite vessel? Whats up with the shirts? Learning about the culture of Klingons. How do you make an alien language? Stories outside of Star Fleet.
Hey Listener, I don’t think you’ll need your SAG card, because Stand Up Comedian/Creator of Quaint Volcano Jeremy Johnston is on the show to talk about his love of indie movies and film making. Topics this week include: Coming out the gates wobbling. Writing new jokes. You can’t be to cool of a teacher. Being into Jim Carrey and getting a video camera at a young age. Being able to plan how to hurry up and wait. Jarring edit. Shooting films on very obtainable cameras. Video game side quest. People and Permits. Making a movie for $5,000 or less. Find a dentist and ask for money. Video camera talk. Going home safe. Filming in a replica Michael Myers house. They could’ve been weird looking boobs. The gateway drug of anime. Putting more tools in your tool belt. Stealing from Netflix. Not knowing that punk rock is easy. Making a film.
Hey Listener, leave the safety gear and learn how to fall because this week Kleo returns to the show to talk about her journey into skateboarding from quad rollerskating. Topics this week include: Being a Rink Rat and mom’s don’t like alligator pits. Tribalism and skatepark politics. The importance of balance. The complexity of hitting an Ollie. The safety differences between Street and Vert skaters. Check out WYI? Episode 33 Skateboarding is a Flat Circle with Chris Rice and Ryan Malott as the companion episode of this one as we discuss the art vs the sport of skateboarding. How does competition and friendship work in skateboarding? We can’t skate together.Getting credit carded. Yelling at the scooter kids. Blacklist Boardshop shout out. Is Longboarding skateboarding? Going to skateboarding school. The importance of documentation in skateboarding. Being able to roll through the city. Learning the lingo. Going to the spot. Skate Park etiquette tips.
Hey Listener, report to Sector 7-G, because this week’s episode is all about The Simpsons. Sean Jaundice from Voodoo Monkey Tattoos , Church and State and Lavorté, and my why-fife Lauren Bishop sit down with me in a downtown Cleveland Air BnB to discuss one of our favorite television series of all time. Topics this week include: Being the front man of a band. Precious. The Simpsons vs. The Cosby show. The Simpson and COPS the cornerstones of FOX. Which Simpsons character do you identify with? Drop a Stupid on them. The drunks and the stoners are the best side characters. The best and worst celebrity guest stars. That name again is Mr. Plow. Our favorite Simpsons episodes. The neverending rabbit hole of Simpsons merch. Sitting around and remembering TV. The future of the show. More void, less responsibility.
Hey Listener, grab your sunglasses and get ready to wear them at night because Bryce Oquaye and Justin Stewart and are back to talk about the Blade Trilogy. Topics include: Wu-Tang Clan. Go check out Justin’s new free comic book Slaughter Market Sweep and help the Kickstarter for the Kentucky Kaiju Hardcover. The first good Marvel movie and the bad ones that came before it. Blade Dynamite. We are a pro Kris Kristofferson/anti Toby Keith podcast. Blade II rocks, point blank period. Do vampire clubs have to be techno clubs. DEI Vampires. Where do vampires eat if they aren’t at the club? Blade III sucks, point blank period. Bryce has beef with Triple H. We rewrite Blade III. Should Blade exist in the MCU?
Hey Listener, Jeff Rickels and Justin Tyler return for round 4 of talking about the biggest selling system of all time, The PlayStation 2. Topics this week include: We want new SSX and EA Street games now. The world is a safer place without New Jack in it (RIP to a real one). Reliving Tony Hawk Soundtracks beyond 1 and 2. Will Alex the Terrible get to meet Putin? Which Game of Thrones guy was in that Silent Hill? No more demo discs. A potpourri of games that don’t fit into other categories. The PubertyStation.
Hey Listener, Jeff Rickels from Newport Secret Six and Justin Tyler from Cupful Podcast return for round 3 of talking about the biggest selling system of all time, The PlayStation 2. Topics this week include: shredding on plastic guitars. Please EA give us more Street games. Trying to understand the lore of Kingdom Hearts. We’re talking confusing? Hold my Metal Gear Solid. Combos, puzzle solving, and a sex mini game. The swag of Dante. Why didn’t we play platform games back in the day? The Tony Hawk studio makes a Spider-Man game. I, I sand alone. Shadow of the Colossus and Ico, looked good then, but I don’t know how to play them now. Stop me if you’ve heard this one, it’s an open world sandbox. The show abruptly ends and I forgot to record an outro for it. Joins soon for the final installment of this 4 part series on the PlayStation4.
Hey Listener, grab something black to wear because Amanda Frietsch is back on the show. What starts out as a Cincinnati History podcast quickly becomes solely focused on Cincinnati cemeteries with a lot of talk of Spring Grove Cemetery. Don’t worry, she’ll come back to talk general Cincinnati history on a later episode. Topics this week include: Burial trends. When you move people, you’re going to leave some bits and pieces. We're taking our child casket with us. Cemetery Prison Rules. The future of history. The Oddfellows. Not that symbol. Put me in an unmarked grave. Old Mr. Greenbacks. Crypto Bro Folks. Statue money. Getting on a boat to buy a momument. When you replace someone in a band what not to do. Marrying your wife’s lame sister. Mausoleum flex. Spooky graveyard talk.
Hey Listener, grab your spandex and get ready to time travel back to the early 90s, because this week Ben Frietsch returns to the show to talk about rewatching WWE’s RAW from the first episode. Ben is also rewatching WCW’s Monday Nitro. Topics this week include: Faux physical media video games. That was your host’s phone alarm, not yours. What is WWE Monday Night RAW and it’s future on Netflix? 80s Wrestling. Welcome to the NEW GENERATION! Reflecting on Golddust. Everyone has a job. Live from the Grand Ballroom in Manhattan Center Studios in New York City. Trying to explain what the Undertaker is. The ladder math. Do you cancel the show when a man dies? The Montreal Screwjob…again. A rough time for Southern Rasslin. The early years of Nitro and the Dungeon of Doom. The Outsiders change everything. Ben knows more about Bill Goldberg than ChatGPT. Crow Sting. The Luchadores and cruiserweights. Black t-shirts for everyone, but Glacier. There is no Attitude Era without ECW. The future?
Hey Listener, what’s old is new again, as we’re back in the world of vinyl with a twist. Brad Schadler from Sessions Vinyl Room and WYI?’s record expert Luke Effler. Topics this week include: Dungeons and Dragon is OKish. People that take karaoke to seriously. Using as many senses as possible to enjoy an album. Are we returning to the world of singles or are albums here to stay? Being on the other side of the counter. Make the shop your apartment. I care enough about something to want to physically own it. Having kids and the impact on what you listen to. How do you buy things that you’ve never listened to? Wear make up and never age. Record Store Day. Do you get to go full Pawn Stars? Soundtracks. Not being able to remember Rachel Leigh Cook’s name. Amazon and the internet. King Records. Your first concert.
Hey Listener, grab some sunscreen, water, and ear plugs because this week Alicia DeVore and Billy DeVore from The New Nasty Boys podcast are back on the show to talk about Music Festivals. Topics this week include: Billy can’t breathe. Adding sex to everything. Billy DeVore has a new Comedy Special coming out soon. The delicious foods that exist in T-Mobile Park in Seattle, Washington. Missing beer drops of yore. The scorpion and the frog of music festivals. Classic drunk girl move. Turning 21 at Bonaroo. It’s all about the line up. A 3 Day Rotating Festival. All my homies hate KEMBA Live! Why does it always rain for Tame Impala? No showers, all smells. You always get your beers in a tall can, it’s in the 2nd Amendment. Bring your own food. Sneaking in ninja booze. We all miss MidPoint. Taking the wrong drugs at the wrong time. Soggy boxer shorts. The do’s and don’ts of festivals. Making magical moments. Las Vegas Sphere talk, a recurring bit on the show.
Hey Listener, grab your dual shock controllers because this week on What Ya Into? Jeff Rickels from Newport Secret 6 and Justin Tyler from Cupful Podcast are on the show to talk about the Playstation 2. This is the second in a multi-part series about the Playstation 2. Topics this week include: Pulling back the curtain. The House that Rockstar built. Sony, give us Walking Dead of Anarchy 2. Innovative edge lords and getting X-Pac heat. 3 guys who aren’t really into RPGs talk RPGs. The realism of Gran Turismo and the absurd amount of Super Cars that you can drive. Playstation 2 racing games soundtracks welcome to early 2000s nu metal, hiphop, and punk rock. 51:34 minutes in and the host decides not to pause the show after a drink spill, but the boys go deep into the world of butt rock. The weirdness of Japanese fighting game characters. The show turns into it’s own Dragonball podcast. Making lore for your gory murder fighting game. Hip Hop + Pro Wrestling/MMA + Video Games. The importance of WWE Smackdown: Here Comes the Pain. Pressing pause for now, but we’ll be back in a few weeks with Part 3. The Memory Card shortage. Escaping into the past.
Hey Listener, grab your memory cards because this week on What Ya Into? Jeff Rickels from Newport Secret 6 and Justin Tyler from Cupful Podcast are on the show to talk about the Playstation 2. This is the first in a multi-part series about the Playstation 2. Topics this week include: How old were you in life when you played a PS2. Sony continues to bet on the right format while creating an entertainment system. Launching a system in new markets year after year. A 13 year system. Better controllers, online gaming, and the importance of the Grand Theft Auto trilogy. The ability to do whatever you want as a guy named Claude. GTA’s AM Radio stations and music. The evolution of the series vehicles. Hot Coffee.