Chompin’ with Sophie and Jess

You best start believing in podcasts, cause you're listening to one...with the wonderful KP Parker. We talk to KP about Simsbury Connecticut, Gilmore Girls, Spongebob, Halloweentown, Everybody Loves Raymond v King of Queens, SATC, Jo Bros, Winona Rider, Billie Holiday, Breakfast at Tiffany's, Wizard of Oz, Little Miss Sunshine, World According to Garp, Titanic the Musical, Happy Endings, Beetlejuice, Lee Pace, Survivor, Cults, Scream, Turkish Delights, Futurama, Wade, Wristcutters, Atonement, Ever After, Donkey, Brendan Fraser, and the pure joy of Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl. Follow KP @kpparkerthings, go see her perform all over LA, Listen to The Nightly podcast, and always invoke the right to parlay. 

We give today's guest two thumbs way up, cause we're Chompin' with the wonderful Michael Sturgis. We talk to Michael about growing up in Upland California, Disney, The Simpsons, One Saturday Morning, Mario, Mean Girls, Titanic, Oliver, Harriet the Spy, Melancholia, Weekend, East of Eden, Succession, Sound of Music, All About My Mother, A Woman Under the Influence, Housewives, Jayne Mansfield, It Takes Two, South Park, Jamie XX, Joan Didion, Judy, Dakota Fanning, Brittany Murphy, The Blair Thumb. Follow Michael at @michsturg, go see him perform at UCB with Sweet Agnes, and stay out of the woods. 

You will want to listen to and love this episode FOR-EV-ER, because we are talking to the wonderful Monique Moses. We talk to Monique about, London Ontario, Saturday Morning Cartoons, Reboot, Usher, Uhura & Guinan, Leo, NSYNC, Boy Meets World, Love Craft Country, Aurora Stewart de Peña, Dream Girls, Common Side Effects, Past Lives, Charlie Kaufmann, Paprika, The Last Dance, Gong Yoo, Vegas, Rufio, Good Burger, Six Feet Under, Future Clothes, Goofy, Video Essays, and the warm glow of The Sandlot. Follow Monique @nutellacartel, for see her perform at UCB, and don't be an L7 Weenie. 

It's the last pod of the year and we bid farewell to 2025 with one of our favs, it's Itanza Saraz. We talk to Itanza about LA, Recess, Rugrats, Pikachu, Free Willy, B2K, Older Sisters, Love and Basketball, The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Hamilton, How I Met Your Mother, Potomac, Planet Earth, Kendrick, Anne Hatheway, Julia Roberts, Viola Davis, Twilight, The Bear, Euphoria, Grey’s Anatomy, The Devil Wears Prada, La La Land,Mammals, GOT, Chad Michael Murray. Fresh Prince, Jelly Fish and a deep dive into Seven Pounds. Follow Itanza @itanzasaraz, go see her performat UCB, and plan a secret concert for someone you love.

Our guest this week is as curious a cat as there is, it's our friend Orin Calcagne. We talk to Orin about New Jersey, The Office, Howard Stern, Catholic Schools, Ed Sheeran, One D, Jam Bands, Titane, Infinite Jest, Spring Awakening, Task, Hot Rod, Crash, Wicked, VPR, The Staircase, PTA, Lady Gaga, Marc Maron, Shrek, Steve Martin, Bugonia, Roz Naimi, and the wonderful world of the 1998 filmed version of Cats. Follow Orin @orincalcagne, go see any show he does, and be jellicle.

Our guest knows a thing or two about Discipline, Energy, Beauty, and Strength, cause today we're Chompin' with Ren Ye! We talk to Ren about Chicago Burbs, Bambi, Shark Tank, Disney Channel, The Food Network, Guy Fieri, Lady Gaga, Mulan, What Does the Fox Say, Youtube, Tumblr, Minecraft, Fan Fic, Mean Girls, Mob Wives, Now You See Me, Gladiator, Paprika, Ren and Stimpy, The Great Gatsby, Thumper, and the cinematic masterpiece that is D.E.B.S. Follow Ren @bratboybokchoy, book a tattoo with them, go see them in Mommy when you get the chance, and be wonderful.

There are 100 reasons why we're obsessed with today's guest and by the end of the ep you will know and agree with all of them, cause today we're Chompin' with Kale Hills! We talk to Kale about Missouri, Kansas City, BBQ, SNL, Premium Blend, I Love the 80’s, Best Week Ever, Sally Jesse, The Decemberists, Music vs Lyrics, Trunk or Treats, Lil Moses, Mike Mills, Singing in the Rain, 30 Rock, Mad Men, Rectify, School of Rock, Frances Ha, Inside Llewyn Davis, Survivor, Flavor of Love, Are You The One, The Act of Killing, Spellbound, Michaela Coel, Taylor Swift, Howl's Moving Castle, Recess, Edward Gorey, Disturbia, Garden State, Walt Whitman, Rupert, Lizzie Mcguire. Follow Kale @kalehills, go see him perform at UCB, and stay scary.

For us, the sun rises and sets with our guest this week Eva Vives. We talk to Eva about Barcelona, Spain, New York, Rocky Horror, The Godfather, Rebel Without a Cause, Violeta La Bura, Blondie, Bowie, Piles, Marilyn, The Metamorphosis, Billie Holiday, Nicholas Ray, Lawrence of Arabia, Animal Farm, Eve Babitz, Bob Fosse, Pedro Almodóvar, Do The Right Thing, Love is Blind, Laurie Collier, Barbara Koppel, PTA, Tilda, Benicio, The Limey, Ken Loach, Goodfellas, Center Stage, Hedwig, Bashō, Rita Hayworth and the hidden femininity of Heat. Follow Eva at @supervives, watch her work, and give it all you got. 

Welcome to the episode that makes you YOUNG, b/c it's always so refreshing when we talk to our friend Jolie Darrow. We talk to Jolie about New Jersey/Philly, News Paper Guys, Crash Bandicoot, Tony Hawk, The Honeymooners, Recess, Your Guys, Les Mis, Degrassi, Day vs Night, Spinelli, Neapolitan Novels, Hadestown, Mad Men, Phantom Thread, Harold and Maude, Thelma and Louise, Survivor, The Simple Life, American Movie, Nan Goldin, PTA, Hawaii, Goofy Movie, Pinocchio, Bram Stoker's Dracula, The 13th Year, Dick Van Dyke, and M. Night Shyamalan's masterpiece Old. Follow Jolie @joliedarrow, watch her on @highlandparktv, and stay off that beach.  

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, FloorBoys, 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, RedShoes. Follow Sydney @sydney_steinberg, go see her perform at UCB, and just be cool.