Cold Pod Josh McIntyre & Austin Hutchings
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Josh McIntyre and Austin Hutchings discuss the deep corners of pop culture, music, art and everything in between.
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Ep97 - "Friendship Lounge" with WEBB (Preview)
WEBB is a Toronto based musician, producer and founding member of the band Goodbye Honolulu. His debut EP will be dropping this summer. WEBB sat down with us to discuss ‘Rosedale style guys’, ‘post-everything’, working with your close friends, expanding your inner circle, coming from a gigging band background, releasing music at a rapid pace, collaborating with the members of Goodbye Honolulu, Petra Collins, people thinking he was dating Selena Gomez, Rookie Mag, Tumblr, being chased by paparazzi in Manhattan with Selena, smoking weed with the Fyre Festival guy, becoming a solo artist, autotune, the first WEBB show, stage fright, throwing up before shows, not performing with a drummer, Ruby Tuesdays, embracing TikTok, allergies, garage rock, the downfall of Burger Records, discovering electronic music, My Chemical Romance, sampling in rock music, Dean Blunt, making a music video for every song, growing up on the set of SAW, film bros and much more!
WEBB
Josh McIntyre
Austin Hutchings
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Ep96 - "Chaotic Spring" (Preview)
We're back with another solo pod! In this episode we discuss chaotic spring, the vibes being off, Austin getting told to give up on filmmaking, director cameos, AI generated music tools, 'Her' (2013), M. Night Shyamalan's 'The Village', wanting to start a commune, digital nomad's, Hub.Life Instagram account, 'Falling Down' (1995), voyeurism, gimmicks, artists rejecting technology, purists, the dangers of pursuing 'cutting edge', Andy Warhol, Cindy Lee's new album 'Diamond Jubilee', returning to form, skinny jeans, medieval basics, Queen St making a comeback, Jacob Collier vs Rick Rubin, Vampire Weekend, Josh finding his old music blog, 'Civil War' (2024), getting emotional watching Keeping Up With The Kardashians and more!
Josh McIntyre
Austin Hutchings
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Ep95 - "Shitposting" with Rhea Singh (PREVIEW)
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Rhea Singh is a Toronto-based arts and culture writer who's work has appeared on Billboard, CBC and BlogTO. Rhea is also the founder of our favourite Instagram account / website Cunt Mag. Rhea sat down with us to discuss being on the other side of an interview, shitposting, Instagram addictions, Absinthe, natural deodorant, Miller Highlife, Chat GPT, learning to code from using Tumblr, astrology, 'Hyperclub', summer 2016, brand activations, Petra Collins, hating live music, Lana Del Rey, Bambi's, frat parties, anonymity, polyamorous relationships, Cat Marnell, pirating audiobooks, expensive parties, internet fragility, calling in vs calling out, the death of shame, cigarettes, Grimes at Coachella, egotistical DJ's, karma, ketamine, millennial gatekeepers, passing the torch, Cafeteria, 'creatives', gateway parties, 'Money is Tight' parties, insecurity as an excuse, Vice Magazine, Bunz Trading Zone, Gen Z vs Millennials, 'Skibiti Toilet' and much much more!
Rhea Singh
Cunt Mag
Josh McIntyre
Austin Hutchings
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Ep94 - "Staring At The Sun" (PATREON PREVIEW)
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We're back with another solo pod! In this episode we discuss the solar eclipse, everyone posting the same selfie wearing glasses, astrology, 'The Disappearance of Rituals', community, Y2K fear, the Mayan calendar, doomsday preppers, Thermal opening for Crushed in Toronto and Montreal, Patati Patata's poutine, mid level bars, reunions, fragility, 'Before Sunrise', the Curb Your Enthusiasm finale, Mercury Retrograde, superstitions, driving through a blizzard, Kat Duma's new music video, Clothesline From Hell, Djing at Bowie in a Kanye mask, Austin getting compared to Adam Driver, millennial's loving 'Sex and the City' vs Gen Z loving 'Girls' and more!
Josh McIntyre
Austin Hutchings
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Ep93 - "Boronto" with Bruce LaBruce (PATREON PREVIEW)
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Bruce LaBruce is a Toronto based artist, filmmaker and writer. His latest film 'The Visitor' premiered earlier this year at the Berlin film festival. Bruce sat down with us to discuss Toronto being boring, disaster capitalism, 'No Skin Off My Ass', Sam The Record Man, Yonge Street's seedy era, 'Going Down The Road' (1970), bathhouses, when the city felt glamorous, speakeasy's, The Gun Club, rich kids, condos, living in a squat in Regent Park with Fifth Column, the late 80's Toronto hardcore scene, skin heads, 'lively' mosh pits, falling in love with a Hustler, seeing Nirvana at Lee's Palace, Kurt Cobain calling 'No Skin Off My Ass' his favourite film, 'Hustler White', Rusty, McG, working at Just Deserts in the 80's, The Kentucky Fried Five, his friendship with John Waters, 'Skin Flick', his essay on Camp, Cassavetes Vs Altman, his mentor Robin Wood, film twitter, Eyes Wide Shut, Isabelle Huppert, Gen Z's relationship with sex, porn, his Instagram account, his old Exclaim! column, his infamous TIFF parties, bad DJ's, 'The Visitor', his upcoming book 'The Revolution Is My Boyfriend', the origin of his infamous pose and more!
Bruce LaBruce
Josh McIntyre
Austin Hutchings
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Ep92 - "Real Friends" (PATREON PREVIEW)
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We're back with another solo pod! In this episode we discuss our two year anniversary, corporate DJ gigs, The Juno's, artistic intentions, monthly listeners, the Canadian film industry, Brad Troemel's 'Hipster Report', the illusion of cool, insecurity, Mubi, the death of the 'Vimeo Staff Pick', the curse of nostalgia, maintaining old friendships, living in the moment, dark hometown energy, synchronicity, viewing Toronto through a tourist's lens, Bambi's, legacy Toronto businesses, Low Bar, McSorely's, Bar Italia, TikTok bands and more!
Josh McIntyre
Austin Hutchings
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