Cold Pod

Ep18 - "Weeknd At Bernie's" Jul 21, 2022

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After a week long hiatus, the boys are back with another solo pod. In this episode we discuss our wild night out, Josh getting Covid from a celebrity, hot gossip, after parties, fashion guys, Kaytranada, Farm Life, Josh's trick to get into any party, The O.C., Cable TV, Austin basing his persona on Seth Cohen, "Woke Survivor", the dark side of Jeff Probst, Nathan Fielder's "The Rehearsal", friends sending demos, making music vs making films, J-Dilla, guitar lessons, emotional beats, imperfect art, Cadence Weapon's new book "Bedroom Rapper", wacky art people from 2010, Cody Caetano's novel "Half Bads In White Regalia", nonsensical conversations and much more!

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UNLOCKED "Absolute Freedom" with Matthew Tavares & Amanda Hicks (Part 2) Jul 14, 2022

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After another wild weekend at Juice one of the boys contracted the infamous Covid-19 virus. We'll be back next week with a new episode but in the meantime we decided to unlock the Patreon only Part 2 of our conversation with Matthew Tavares and Amanda Hicks. ENJOY!

In part 2 of our episode with Matthew Tavares and Amanda Hicks, the combination of wine and hard seltzers started kicking in as we continued our conversation into the hot summer night. We discuss sincerity, pandering to your audience, Mac Demarco, social media identities, multidimensional people, Limp Bizkit, authenticity, crying at a Dirty Beaches show, brutal honesty, self reflection, OCD, intrusive thoughts, shame, Doug Demuro car reviews, respecting the attempt, fidelity as an illusion, narcissism, Kanye West, attraction, freedom and BadBadNotGood.

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Ep17 - "Directors Cut" with Sebastian Back Jul 07, 2022

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Sebastian Back is a Berlin based filmmaker who recently finished shooting his debut feature length film ‘Verona’. Josh and Austin sat down with Sebastian to discuss Verona, “going in cold”, film festivals, finishing projects, perfectionism, getting sick of your work, “Eyes Wide Shut Syndrome”, alchemy, trial and error, Josh scoring Seb’s film, submitting to the process, planning for yourself, separation, rewriting scripts, ambient movies, Abbas Kiarostami, throwaway films, screening parties, film school, Austin’s past as a funeral photographer, the secret project all three of us are working on, Quentin Tarantino, therapy babies, child actors, Gregg Araki, Sebastian researches for his next film on the pod, masculinity, fear, dominance, balance, giraffes, God and much more.

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Ep16 - "Absolute Freedom" with Matthew Tavares & Amanda Hicks (Part 1) Jun 23, 2022

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Matthew Tavares is a musician, producer and founding member of the band BadBadNotGood. Amanda Hicks is a registered hypnotist currently studying her masters in Counselling Psychology who also makes music under the name Mandaworld. On the first outdoor episode of Cold Pod, Josh and Austin sat down with the newlyweds to discuss moving to Montreal, getting randomly attacked on the street, having compassion, recording music together, working at a homeless shelter, Matty’s 88 song album 'Arkive', therapy, unlocking childhood trauma, Thai Massages, training at the Carl Jung Institute in Zurich, the gateway experience, guided meditation, cult leaders, universal synchronicity, creating art for yourself, the music blog era, no longer writing pop music, taping your Grammy’s to the wall, manifesting your dreams, cars, love and much more! Part 2 of this episode is available only on Patreon.

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Ep15 - "Cease & Desist" Jun 16, 2022

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We're back with another Solo Pod! A lot happened in the last couple of weeks and we had to address the elephant in the room. In this episode the boys discuss Dundas West fest, Metz, "bands are back", Toronto’s hottest new venue, pop up shop laundromats, The Royal Cinema, S.H.I.T. / Friction show at EXPO, Josh’s triumphant return to the pit, Karaoke with Anthony, Austin’s favourite bar 'Juice', wasting spiritual energy, video games, gaining acquaintances, working out, Austin’s latest hot takes, Top Gun, Abercrombie & Fitch, Scientology recruitment tactics, sketchy books, “Hell Week”, Cold Pod being discussed in a PR firm’s boardroom, the infamous Cease and Desist and much more!

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Ep14 - "Acceptance Speech" with Gyimah Gariba (Part 1) Jun 09, 2022

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Gyimah Gariba is a Ghana born artist, illustrator and creator of the kids television show ‘Big Blue’. Gyimah sat down with us after ordering a steak to the studio to discuss family, Big Blue, manifesting your dreams, singular focus, life being serious vs. life being funny, Presidents, cops on horses, accessible art as high art, staying humble, theme music, disassociating, living in the moment, unlocking repressed feelings, “Josh on Josh Podcast”, playing both sides, queerness, Bambii, living for fantasy, revealing your creative process, time travelling and much more. Part 2 of this episode available only on Patreon.

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Ep13 - "TMZ" with Madeleine, Lauren & Talvi (TEASER) Jun 02, 2022

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We’re back with a podcast too hot for Spotify! After wrapping up last weeks episode ‘Parental Advisory’ with Talvi, Madeleine and Lauren couldn’t help but join in and keep the conversation flowing. In this Patreon only episode, the gang takes a deep dive into the seedy dating world of Toronto and discusses Madeleines date from hell, mysterious mansion parties, The Powerball, *BEEEEEP*, mixology, teenage crushes, Bernard the Elf, young Toby McGuire, “Ugly Hot vs Hot Ugly”, dating a celebrity, nostalgic smells, age gaps, sleepover questions, skaters and much much more. Plus a very iconic ending that you don’t want to miss! Enjoy this free preview and listen to the full episode on Patreon.

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Ep11 - "Rejuvenation" May 19, 2022

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We’re back with another solo pod. In this episode the boys caught up to discuss Austin’s birthday weekend in Montreal, bottle service, Snack n’ Blues (RIP), Toronto being ‘back’, Charlotte Cardin, Junos, the death of the ‘arms crossed cool guy’, feeling rejuvenated, vice parties, going to the How Long Gone live podcast event, too many dudes at the party, the unreleased ‘Part 3’ of Rob Gordon Pod, Josh maybe getting Covid, Mercury Retrograde, moving ‘slowly and with intention’, Twenty Something’s Austin, SXSW, Imagine Dragons and Foster the People opening for Josh’s old band, flying Porter, Megabus, Adam Sandler, Ethel Cain, Kendrick Lamar and much more!

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Ep09 - "The Death of Magic" with Rob Gordon (Part 1) May 12, 2022

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Rob Gordon is a DJ, musician and one of Canada’s most elusive and influential drummers. Rob sat down with the boys on a balmy Tuesday night to discuss Djing vs performing, Zack Fox, William Basinski, feeling the room, alienation, Erics Trip, drawing a line between yourself and your creativity, non linear performance, nihilistic artists, tension and release, feeling compelled to make good work, Arca, Elysia Crampton, creating your own universe, the death of magic, not having social media, parenting, Rob flips the pod on its head and interviews us, his day job as an exterminator, a TV show staring LA Timpa, spiders, drumming, quitting music, childhood, self realization, duality, reverence and much more!

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