What Ya Into?

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?