The Mike Herrera Podcast

Mike Herrera
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Mike Herrera sits down with a new guest every week, discussing everything from music to careers to news. It's always something new. Follow online everywhere at @mikeherreraTD

  1. 2d ago

    615 Ryan Holiday (Daily Stoic) | Mike Herrera Podcast

    My guest this week is Ryan Holiday. If you don't know Ryan, he's an author and a friend of mine. He writes about philosophy, strategy, and life. We talk about what it's like being an artist, being a writer, the quirks of it, and how you deal with it. Make sure you guys follow Ryan, and check out the Daily Stoic. Follow Ryan Holiday: @ryanholiday And check out mxpx.com. We've got tour dates. We're on all the Warped Tours coming up. New song, "The Good Days," is out on the Warped Tour comp CD. New album later this year. We're in Milan September 5 for Punkadeka Festival, our only European show. mxpx.com. UPCOMING MxPx SHOWS: Jul 25-26 — Vans Warped Tour, Long Beach, CA Aug 21-22 — Vans Warped Tour, Montreal, QC Sep 5 — Punkadeka Festival, Segrate (Milan), Italy (only European show) Sep 12-13 — Vans Warped Tour, Mexico City Nov 14-15 — Vans Warped Tour, Orlando, FL --------------------- Questions or comments? Leave a voicemail: 1-360-830-6660 Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi1BJ27GDAFodXuDqgYia5g Follow @mikeherreraTD everywhere https://linktr.ee/Mikeherrerapodcast If you like the podcast, subscribe, rate and review on Apple. Produced and edited by Bob McKnight @Producer_Bob Additional production by Christine Hall @shirtsizesmall   Topics: Mike Herrera Podcast, Ryan Holiday interview, Daily Stoic, Ryan Holiday stoicism, The Obstacle Is the Way, Ego Is the Enemy, MxPx, MxPx new album, songwriting process, Find a Way Home, punk rock podcast, Bremerton, Warped Tour 2026, Bon Iver, Springsteen Nebraska, Deliver Me from Nowhere, audience capture

    1h 7m

  2. Jun 15

    614 Summer Slammer

    I'm catching up on your voicemails, podcast stickers are here, and MxPx is on every Vans Warped Tour date this summer and fall. Amelia asked what video games I play, which took me from Pong through Zelda, Skate or Die, Mortal Kombat, Madden, and Tony Hawk Pro Skater. I was a fan before we were ever on the soundtrack. Rich asked which bass got the first Pokinatcha Punk pick guard, so I go through my StingRay history, from the first one I put on layaway to my Sterling by Music Man signature bass. David Herrera (no relation) called asking for some advice for his son who's playing bass at 16: keep it simple, keep it fun, and be consistent every day. Nate's car stereo ate his CD, which got me telling the story of microwaving rejected mixes during Panic and how one of those CDs became the album art. And Frank asked why I switched from fingers to a pick (I smashed my finger in a bus door). --------------------- ON TOUR Vans Warped Tour - every date, summer and fall 2026 - see you at the main stage Punkadeka Festival - Milan, Italy - Saturday, September 5, 2026 Tickets and merch: mxpx.com

    50 min

  3. Jun 8

    613 Music Monday Spring Edition

    613 Music Monday Spring Edition This week is all about Music Monday. Before the songs, a few updates: MxPx is going on the full Warped Tour (Washington DC this weekend) and on Friday I'm playing an acoustic set in downtown Bremerton (June 12 @ 5pm) for the Bremerton fan zone party. Just got back from London and Leeds with Goldfinger too. Catch the live streams on the MxPx YouTube and Facebook, and go to MxPx.com for tickets, merch, and anything else I forgot to mention.   0:00 Introduction 1:04 MxPx Summer Updates: Warped Tour, Washington DC, Bremerton Acoustic Show 3:18 Always Grounded - Rocky Hill 6:28 Nitewake - Cut Me Loose 8:54 Grownup - Let Down 12:15 Lot Lizards - Surprise Party 14:56 Reason to Leave - Out of Control 17:20 Just Happy to Be Here - Autumn's Over 19:07 Pridebowl - Disconnected 21:04 Astillas del Mismo Palo - Cuando un Monstruo Te Habla de Amor 23:17 Suit Yourself - A Million Ways 25:05 Luke Morrow - Hannah 27:25 A New Rhetoric - Flood Lines 29:40 Westnedge - Self Entitled 32:04 UXO.HXC - Animal Kingdom 34:37 King Rexxo - The American Dream 36:43 Stubborn Hearts - Driving with Your Ghost 39:32 The Overtones - Running Around 41:29 Small Steps - Thiccc & Tired 43:21 Wrap-Up, Credits, and a Pacific Northwest Show?

    46 min

  4. Jun 1

    612 Mike "The Pike" Moen - Neutralboy

    Moen is back from the Bremerton woods with Neutralboy's latest Rock Polishing Machine. Vinyl-only. No streaming, no YouTube, no digital. Moen's been living off-grid for a year. No internet, no neighbors, half-mile walk to the end of the driveway. We get into what a year of homesteading has done to his songwriting. Order Rock Polishing Machine at ployrocks.com/neutralboy —— Questions or comments? Leave a voicemail: 1-360-830-6660 Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi1BJ27GDAFodXuDqgYia5g Follow @mikeherreraTD everywhere https://linktr.ee/Mikeherrerapodcast If you like the podcast, subscribe, rate and review on Apple. Produced and edited by Bob McKnight @Producer_Bob Additional production by Christine Hall @shirtsizesmall

    42 min

  5. May 25

    611 No Doubt In My Mind

    No Doubt's been doing their Sphere residency out in Vegas, and man, it gives me FOMO! Telling the whole story of when MxPx opened for them way back in 1997, our first bus tour ever. That bus got stuck on an elevated road and that was the last time we had it. The three feet of stage we had to play on in front of the drums. The British tour manager. The band themselves (always 100% awesome). Plus voicemails: Jason wants to know if Tony Kanal ripped off my look, a longtime fan calls in with a really thoughtful take on the Michael drama and a Wilco rec that gets me going about A.M. and Summerteeth, and a Star Wars debate that Robbie Aaron from Oceans Away calls in to agree on. Upcoming live dates: June 12 - Bremerton, WA - Free Mike Herrera solo acoustic show at Quincy Square (FIFA World Cup 2026 Bremerton Fan Zone Kick-Off Celebration) June 13-14 - Vans Warped Tour Washington, DC July 25-26 - Vans Warped Tour Long Beach, CA August 21-22 - Vans Warped Tour Montreal, QC August 22 - Goldfinger at the Hollywood Palladium, Los Angeles, CA (with The Vandals, The Suicide Machines, Pulley, and sullvn) September 5 - Punkadeka Festival, Milan, Italy September 12-13 - Vans Warped Tour Mexico City November 14-15 - Vans Warped Tour Orlando, FL Questions or comments? Leave a voicemail: 1-360-830-6660 Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi1BJ27GDAFodXuDqgYia5g Follow @mikeherreraTD everywhere https://linktr.ee/Mikeherrerapodcast If you like the podcast, subscribe, rate and review on Apple. Produced and edited by Bob McKnight @Producer_Bob Additional production by Christine Hall @shirtsizesmall

    34 min

  6. May 18

    610 Dose of Nostalgia

    What a week. Heading to the UK with Goldfinger for Slam Dunk Festival, and then we kick off our Warped Tour run in DC on June 14. Come see me Friday June 12, downtown Bremerton, free solo acoustic set in the World Cup fan zone, big screen game starts right after. And September 5, MxPx is headlining Punkadeka Festival in Milan, our only European date this year. Working on a new album too. This one is all voicemails. Jason from La Verne calls in about Moments Like This and his daughters growing up fast. Hannah from Carolina wants to know about Tom Wisniewski being our meet and greet talker, and asks what my dream job would be if it wasn't music. And Josh from Silverdale asks about my dad's career in the Navy, the submarines, aircraft carriers, the Bremerton shipyard. Memories, nostalgia, MxPx nostalgia. Love hearing your stories.     Tour Dates Slam Dunk Festival UK (with Goldfinger) Friday June 12 - Solo acoustic, downtown Bremerton (free, World Cup fan zone) June 13-14 - Vans Warped Tour, RFK Campus, Washington DC July 25-26 - Vans Warped Tour, Long Beach, CA Saturday September 5 - Punkadeka Festival, Milan, Italy (only European date of 2026) Find MxPx tour info, merch, and updates at mxpx.com Questions or comments? Leave a voicemail: 360-830-6660 Subscribe on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/@mikeherreravideo?sub_confirmation=1 Follow @mikeherreraTD everywhere https://linktr.ee/Mikeherrerapodcast If you like the podcast, subscribe, rate and review on Apple. Producing and editing by Bob McKnight @Producer_Bob and Christine Hall @shirtsizesmall

    32 min

  7. May 11

    609 Fourth Corner Punk Fest - Jesse Goodwin

    Sat down with Jesse Goodwin, who runs Fourth Corner Punk Fest in Bellingham, Washington. Pennywise, Bouncing Souls, Suicide Machines, and The Vandals are headlining July 18 and 19. Jesse walks through the lineup (also playing are Good Riddance, Authority Zero, Bad Cop, Bad Cop, Diesel Boy, Bite Me Bambi, The Dollheads, War on Women, and Piñata Protest) and to talk about how he ended up running a punk festival. We get into year one at Evil Bikes (Face to Face, Strung Out, Teenage Bottlerocket, Guttermouth), the workload nobody warns you about, why Bellingham gets overlooked by touring bands and the ticket-bot mess we are all dealing with. Fourth Corner Punk Fest is July 18 and 19 at Evil Bikes in Bellingham, WA. All ages. Tickets and info: https://www.fourthcornerpunkfest.com/   Questions or comments? Leave a voicemail: 360-830-6660 Follow @mikeherreraTD everywhere https://linktr.ee/Mikeherrerapodcast If you like the podcast, subscribe, rate and review on Apple. Producing and editing by Bob McKnight @Producer_Bob Additional Production by Christine Hall @shirtsizesmall

    38 min

  8. May 4

    608 Star Wars Lore and More

    May the 4th be with you. Brand new episode 608. Got into Star Wars this week - the original trilogy versus the prequels. Four, five, six are the movies I grew up on. That's the trilogy, will die on that hill. Tried to explain what an Ewok was to my kid the other day. Best I could do was little baby bear with a blaster. Pretty proud of that one. Plus a Bob Dylan show at the KeyArena that made me rethink changing up melodies live, and a bunch of tour dates coming up. Voicemails this week: - Jonah from Orange County on how we pick a set list from this deep a catalog - Jerome from Los Angeles on Death Cab for Cutie, Ben Gibbard, and "Move to Bremerton" on Dawson's Creek - Angie with a wild message - Rich with sticker giveaway and cross-promo ideas - Aaron from Florida on being at Tony Sly's very last show MxPx songs in the conversation: "Set a Fire," "One Zero Zero," "For Always," "Stay Up All Night," "Let's Ride," "Secret Weapon," "Not Today," "Ready to Rage," "Move to Bremerton," "Southbound." Bands and artists that come up: Death Cab for Cutie, Ben Gibbard ("I Will Follow You into the Dark"), They Might Be Giants, Pearl Jam, Joey Cape (Lagwagon - Trashed), Tony Sly (No Use for a Name - More Betterness), New Found Glory, Pennywise, Descendents, NOFX, Rancid, Operation Ivy, Bayside, Bob Dylan. Where we'll be: - Goldfinger at Slam Dunk Festival, UK - two shows - Solo show at the World Cup fan zone, downtown Bremerton, WA - June 12 (Friday, 5 p.m., 4th Street) - MxPx at Warped Tour Washington DC - June 14 - Pacific Northwest show, end of August (announcement coming) - MxPx headlining Punkadeka Festival, Milan, Italy - September 5 - More Warped Tour dates through the summer - Goldfinger tour dates at goldfingermusic.com Chapters: 0:00 May the 4th + Star Wars Rant (Original Trilogy vs Prequels) 9:58 Tour Dates: Slam Dunk, Bremerton World Cup, Warped Tour, Punkadeka Italy 12:49 Voicemail: Jonah from Orange County - Picking the Set List 16:53 Voicemail: Jerome from LA - Death Cab, Dawson's Creek, Ben Gibbard 19:48 Voicemail: Angie - The Sweetest Save 20:40 Voicemail: Rich - Stickers and Cross-Promotion Ideas 26:19 Voicemail: Aaron from Florida - Tony Sly's Last Show 33:24 Politics with Bob and Sign-Off --------------------- Subscribe on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/@mikeherreravideo?sub_confirmation=1 Questions or comments? Leave a voicemail: 360-830-6660 Follow @mikeherreraTD everywhere https://linktr.ee/Mikeherrerapodcast If you like the podcast, subscribe, rate and review on Apple. Producing and editing by Bob McKnight @Producer_Bob and Christine Hall @shirtsizesmall --- Join our Text list by texting MXPX to 844-923-0900

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Mike Herrera sits down with a new guest every week, discussing everything from music to careers to news. It's always something new. Follow online everywhere at @mikeherreraTD

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  • Creator
    Mike Herrera
  • Years Active
    2013 - 2026
  • Episodes
    300
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2013
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    The Mike Herrera Podcast

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