Chompin’ with Sophie and Jess

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.