Are We Okay?

Student Anaysa Rodriguez swings by the podcast to talk about Planet Money, Law & Order, constitutional law, Nancy Grace, The Staircase, Serial, The Jinx, dismembering a body in self defense, O.J. Simpson, the JonBenét Ramsey case, active serial killers, growing up in Guadalupe, her Pikachu obsession, trying to change her name to Misty, drawing everything with giant anime eyes, rooting for Amanda Bynes, being dethroned as the baby of the family, becoming Judge Misty, being a skeptical optimist, just wanting to sleep, the boredom of eternal life, Dr. Phil, making bad people famous, celebrities and politics, the unrelatability of Gwyneth Paltrow, things that are... interesting, Bananagrams, Mr. Goobleton, turn signals, and making complete stops.

Musician Johnny Wilson stops by the podcast to talk about *NSYNC's solo careers, old guys who assemble boy bands in blimp hangars, the ghosts of the Backstreet Boys, maybe being a half-human half-alien hybrid created in a lab in New Mexico, seeing every major 80s horror movie before kindergarten, growing up in a fake Truman Show town, the Mandela Effect, casting teenagers in child roles, annoying movie tropes, Minion overexposure, the Pirates of the Caribbean ride, RompHims, internet outrage, Orlando Bloom's penis, his Amazon wish list, wanting the Tastee Wheat, the two different kinds of action movies, why Jackie Chan is all he has left, living in a world of nebulous sin, whether evil exists, white people who ask to touch his hair, the two possible outcomes of playing the Game of Thrones, the Gremlins 2 of Donald Trump, Fast and the Furious audiences, calling his friend a beefcake, the pros and cons of the Pride movement, QUILTBAG, gay dating, wanting to do everything, Fantasy Luv, and his applesauce fire tr

Esotericist Cindy Martin drops by the podcast to talk about demonology, not wasting smiles, speaking Cat, being bullied out of communing with plants, record-breaking kidney stones, memorizing flower names, devoting her early 20s to motherhood, the occult, poison Mini Wheats, her threshold for weird, sleep paralysis, her random enlightenment experience, fortifying your energy, astral traveling, seeing where trees will be, etheric doubles, being stopped by a lord of Karma, the consciousness of plants, naguals, dream interpretation, reading tarot, real and fake psychics, astrological signs, reincarnation, why you might not have a guardian angel, Spiritism, the planes of existence, the smiling man who follows her in the spirit realm, casting your circle, and meeting an alien at a rock shop in Oregon. Find her online at: https://www.facebook.com/ThePaleoPagan/

In celebration of one full year of the Are We Okay? Podcast, photographer and editor of Coyote + Oak magazine, Alli Wallace swings by the podcast to talk about getting trapped in a car at the drive-in, growing up with photographer parents, why she dropped out of Brooks Institute, not saving a baby bird, looking like her adoptive parents, getting to know her biological family, not being good at sharing, Star Trek, starting her own magazine, unpaid creative work, artistic day jobs, getting feedback, Fiddler on the Roof, Tobias Goob, the Overboard theme song, who killed JonBenét Ramsey, and life on other planets. Then we play a round of The Newlywed Game hosted by Weston Scott, answer a handful of rapid-fire questions, and both do the speed round, before Alli and Weston share their Top 5 moments of Are We Okay? Year One! Find her online at: http://www.alexandra-wallace.com/ Find Coyote + Oak online at: http://www.coyoteandoak.com/  

United States mascot Uncle Sam stops by the podcast to talk about his cat, Jinkies, being conceived underneath the Liberty Bell, growing up in Everytown, his impotence, the 1980s, his divorce, his archnemesis, Undertiny Samuels, dating, the period where he only painted in brown, collecting taxes, not eating right, the state of the Union, why he's never chosen a woman to run the country, his favorite thing about each president, his ex-stepson, being bullied by Thomas Jefferson, Forever 21, his Independence Day block party, illegal fireworks, and calling things 'macaroni'. Review your local fireworks laws at: http://www.americanpyro.com/state-law-directory

Curator (Harold J. Miossi Art Gallery) and performance artist, Emma Saperstein swings by the podcast to talk about growing up in Pakistan and Uzbekistan, art management, cracking eggs on her head, boxing cow carcasses, strapping people to a hospital bed, Lilly McElroy, collecting and washing random students' underwear, being dragged around in a rucksack, letting people try to tear her in half, exercising her imaginary horse named Snowball, her favorite telenovela about a blind girl, the sibling dysfunction of Arthur and D.W., making money in art, Rivet: An Exhibition on Women in the Trades, nearly losing her boyfriend in a car accident, a benevolent god, and growing up as a Christian in a Muslim country. Find her online at: http://emmasaperstein.com/or follow her on Instagram: @emmalucillesloFollow the Harold J. Miossi Art Gallery at: https://www.facebook.com/haroldjmiossiartgallery/

Musician Kris Chavez (St. Michael, Shawn Clark Family Band) drops by the podcast to talk about living at The Tabernacle, being homeschooled, getting his teeth knocked out with a wooden sword, Ben Ayers' house shows, brewing beer, growing tobacco, taxidermy, heartbreak songs, supporting bad local music, The Brothers Karamazov, what makes humans human, studying rage, getting angry at French fries, his tenuous relationship with his father, predisposition, and playing Skyrim.   Follow him on Instagram: @huck_finnstagram

Rapper B.J. MrClean stops by the podcast to talk about moving from Cincinnati to California, operating satellites, stuff you shouldn't have at a party, easy money, waking up to the Pokémon, how Cincinnati has changed, almost being framed for a bank robbery, too many close calls, working with flowers, handing out mixtapes, how the Central Coast became a hindrance, networking, peaches and cream, and chicks who are bad like Dennis the Menace.    Find him online at: http://www.bjmrclean.com/ or http://fxwdt.bigcartel.com/

Educator Alyssa Brigham swings by the podcast with her dog, Maggie, to talk about Kehlani, Solange, Chance the Rapper, missing the old Kanye, chop up the soul Kanye, learning to appreciate the Central Coast, picking up a Southern accent, racism, the KKK, teaching in a town with one stoplight, Hitler, hatred, letting her dog on furniture, dog park cliques, Texas A&M, "Gig 'em!", not liking children, returns on investments, glowing up, acupuncture, Catfish, waking up with Bell's Palsy, family Tuesdays, restoring a 1968 Mustang with her dad, white vehicles, hoverboarding ath-a-letes, space cows, her jellies, and the Oxford comma. Read about Aggie terminology at: https://www.tamu.edu/traditions/aggie-culture/aggie-terminology/ Info about the Back to the Future Live Read here: https://www.facebook.com/events/300984817002142/

Photographer and musician, Tony Hubert drops by the podcast to talk about his 128GB music encyclopedia, making mixtapes, ADSMR, mukbang, sensual videos, hands-free orgasms, his toenails, the Buddha, right living, Amazon Storywriter, starting a sentence with "So...", Casper mattresses, content monetization, needing an intern, shooting everyone, facing his fear of heights in virtual reality, 2001: A Space Odyssey, mashups, playing the National Anthem while high, Allan Holdsworth, meeting his wife at South Side Coffee, going vegetarian, craving McDonald's Filet-O-Fish sandwiches, low-sodium dieting, crashing a Pentecostal church service, being stuck in the first Chakra, and hummingbirds. Find him online at: http://www.tonyhubert.com/

Cancer diagnostics researcher and knitter, Caitlin Eachus stops by the podcast to talk about older Justin Timberlake, the giant tissue deli slicer, Forensic Files, which cancer treatments are so hot right now, cellular typos, the placebo effect, her doppelgänger niece, genetic obedience, getting a lab coat, her one B in high school, teacher politics, selling ovens and incubators, being voted Prom Queen alongside her future husband, avoiding the words 'boyfriend' and 'fiancé', her Year of Failed Sweaters, the comfort of Catholic church, human evolution, low-sodium diets, mass production, robots that fix your robots, communicating in emojis, and whether cats are aliens.

Musician Ethan Burns (The Ragged Jubilee) swings by the podcast to talk about recording like a million songs at Sound City Studios, being a child actor, learning from Saturday Night Live musical guests, Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century, being homeschooled, wanting to be Robin, playing his first shows, starting his band, The Ragged Jubilee, moving into a house together, recording vocals in the bathroom, how he got his voice, industry b.s., writing songs too quickly, his new album, Pyramid Scheme, how songwriting is like sex, channeling songs, trying to get better at rapping, and whether this is Purgatory. Pre-order Pyramid Scheme at: http://aggravatedmusic.net/ Stream the single "Teenage Dream" at: https://soundcloud.com/aggravated-music-55832489/ethan-burns-with-the-ragged-jubilee-teenage-dream Follow The Ragged Jubilee on Instagram: @theraggedjubilee

Heather Stiller drops by the podcast to talk about Disneyland, working in a funeral home at 19, dead body removals, personal death awareness, losing her best friend, grief counseling, cremation, reeking of formaldehyde, thinking before you speak, not killing any bugs except potato bugs and crane flies, bathing dogs, Heather's Tea & Flower Shop, almost moving to a dinky town in Nevada, money, tarot reading, reincarnation, astral traveling, comfort, The Book of Not Knowing, and Todd's UFO.

Editor (Cal Poly Magazine), writer and trivia host, Larry Peña stops by the podcast to talk about hosting weekly trivia nights, obsessively surfing IMDB, creative team names, obscure presidents, the Kennedy assassination, division, political fandom, media hostility, coming from a long line of talkers, drawing the cast of Cheers, being obsessed with Dawson's Creek, snuggling and tickle fights, playing in a band, putting out a quarterly alumni magazine, how he's not a journalist, Seventh-day Adventism, biblical literalism, and Pixar movies. Find him online at: https://brainstewtrivia.com/ or https://magazine.calpoly.edu/

Photographer Jeremy Ball drops by the podcast to talk about Esbjörn Svensson Trio, being sheltered from worldly music, arguing like a lawyer, how one room of his house became a school in the Eighties, learning to forget his Apostolic upbringing, secretly watching Howard the Duck, judging not, having an affair with a married woman, putting all of his clothes into a few trash bags one Saturday morning, serving watery soup, finding a woman who loves coffee, marrying her, and starting a photo business with her.  Find him online at: http://bottlebranding.com/or follow him on Instagram: @bottlebranding [Donate to Angelina's relief fund at: https://www.gofundme.com/angelina-and-dans-fire-relief-fund]

Graphic designer and letterer, Sadie Rogers swings by the podcast to talk about why she eats soup, being limited to a ten-color palette, her mom painting E.T., putting dog food up her brother's nose, finding out she was pregnant and accepted to Cal Poly on the same day, going to school with a newborn, hiking the John Muir Trail, being hit by a falling tree, becoming a better mom, and the coolest bowl anyone has ever given her. Find her online at: http://www.sadieadesign.com/

Holiday rabbit, candy distributor, and aspiring collegiate drummer, Elwood "Easter" Bunny hops by the podcast to talk about his band, The Floppies, his home in Mobile, Alabama, Cadbury Creme Eggs, Peeps, running a trailer park with his mother, Hot Bench, Glenn Miller, becoming the Easter Bunny in 1997, delivering eggs, shooting up, giving back to Jesus, having the shelves stocked by February, his thick glue-like saliva, and his big surprise for the most well-behaved kid each year.  Find him online at: http://easterbunny.com/

Artist Neal Breton drops by the podcast to talk about The Ragged Jubilee, working for Kung Fu Records, starting his own record label, clean living, becoming a painter, getting fired four or five times, fox women with knives, taking a brain vacation, Raymond Pettibon, colors, making art that people want, pretending that every painting is his favorite, The Granite State, having a 'night watchman' dad, bothering the guy who created The Tick, bleaching his hair until it fell out, Stuckey's Pecan Log Rolls, buying a bass with his pencil box money, and his time at The Establishment. Find him online at: http://www.nealbreton.com/  or follow him on Instagram: @nealbretonart

Mixed media artist Mallory Caloca stops by the podcast to talk about coconut oil, studio art, letting go, learning to draw a woman's neck, playing computer games, having an epiphany in Joshua Tree, being yourself, her bout with Guillain–Barré syndrome, Canadian maple sticks, David Bowie's death, and the Cristero War. Find her online at: https://www.etsy.com/shop/MalloryAnnMakesMagic  

Musician and aspiring filmmaker, Sam Cole swings by the podcast to talk about comic books, the 27 Club, making short films, starting a podcast, being the quiet person in a group, making a music video, The Circus Starts at Midnight, how we met, Two Wimps in Wigs, eagermeek, Saint Anne's Place, living in a house that got everyone sick, King Cole, Warp & Woof, flashy drummers, being homeschooled, questioning things, the American two-party system, the Facebook feed echo chamber, and living in a haunted upstairs apartment. Find him online at: https://thecircusstartsatmidnight.bandcamp.com/ or https://www.facebook.com/thecircusstartsatmidnight/ Watch the official music video for 'Step Right Up!': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxLAFm1PDiM