Blue Eyes Crying By The Chips – Details, episodes & analysis

Friends. We. Are. BACK. I say that a lot. It remains true. Today, I'm happy to bring you my conversation with Ted Leo!

We talk about Tolkien-punk, Alex Lifeson, the time Ted Leo had his front licene plates stolen and a beautiful story about getting pulled over by the cops and crying to Thin Lizzy.

You can find Ted Leo on Twitter and Instagram, Patreon and on his website, tedleo.com


You can find me, Niko Stratis, on all social media platforms @ Niko Stratis. I tend to use Twitter the most, or my newsletter, Anxiety Shark.

Our theme song is by Augusta Koch of Gladie, find Gladie on Bandcamp HERE

Show artwork is by Amanda Wong, check out her INCREDIBLE work HERE

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We're back! Some say it couldn't be done! And yet, here we are! We're back with new episodes, releasing on a semi-regular basis for as long as I can before I burn out! THRILLED to be joined by my guest on this episode, Dan Campbell of the Wonder Years and today with a new record with side project Aaron West and the Roaring Twenties! I tell Dan about crying listening to a song of his, i misremember the name of it, we start an airline business, he's crying at a concert, and he tells me the name of his future dream Weakerthans tribute comp. It's all here

You can find Dan Campbell on all social media platforms like Twitter and Instagram

Buy In Lieu of Flowers, the new record from Aaron West and the Roaring Twenties HERE

You can find me, Niko Stratis, on all social media platforms @ Niko Stratis. I tend to use Twitter the most, or my newsletter, Anxiety Shark.

Our theme song is by Augusta Koch of Gladie, find Gladie on Bandcamp HERE

Show artwork is by Amanda Wong, check out her INCREDIBLE work HERE

Leave a review on Apple Podcasts! Tell your friends! Help me get the word out about this show, it really, really helps. 

Okay, love you, see you next week.

We took a week off, we are back on, it's Blue eyes Crying By The Chips with my guest, writer Jaya Saxena!

We talk about names, we talk about crying, we talk about memories, we talk about crying, Jaya makes a good two genders joke. This one has it all!

Find Jaya on Twitter, Bluesky and Instagram

You can find me, Niko Stratis, on all social media platforms @ Niko Stratis. I tend to use Twitter the most, or my newsletter, Anxiety Shark.

Our theme song is by Augusta Koch of Gladie, find Gladie on Bandcamp HERE

Show artwork is by Amanda Wong, check out her INCREDIBLE work HERE

Leave a review on Apple Podcasts! Tell your friends! Help me get the word out about this show, it really, really helps. 

Okay, love you, see you next week.

Hey friends.

Today's episode is an all-timer! It's Maris Kreizman! Maris and I talk about crying playlists, musical theatre, a petition to make Whitney Houston the most famous person from New Jersey, Harry Nilsson and so much more!

You can, and should, follow Maris on Twitter, or Bluesky and listen to her podcast

You can find me, Niko Stratis, on all social media platforms @ Niko Stratis. I tend to use Twitter the most, or my newsletter, Anxiety Shark.

Our theme song is by Augusta Koch of Gladie, find Gladie on Bandcamp HERE

Show artwork is by Amanda Wong, check out her INCREDIBLE work HERE

Leave a review on Apple Podcasts! Tell your friends! Help me get the word out about this show, it really, really helps. 

Okay, love you, see you next week.

Hi friends. So excited for you to hear this week's episode, with my guest, writer and comedian Josh Gondelman! We talk about the Roadrunners artistic period, personal yearbooks, and the song "Chicago" by Sufjan Stevens.

You can find Josh on Twitter and Instagram, subscribe to Josh's newsletter That's Marvelous HERE

You can find me, Niko Stratis, on all social media platforms @ Niko Stratis. I tend to use Twitter the most, or my newsletter, Anxiety Shark.

Our theme song is by Augusta Koch of Gladie, find Gladie on Bandcamp HERE

Show artwork is by Amanda Wong, check out her INCREDIBLE work HERE

Leave a review on Apple Podcasts! Tell your friends! Help me get the word out about this show, it really, really helps. 

Okay, love you, see you next week.

Thrilled to be joined by the amazing and talented Emily St. James for our first long player of an episode, about amongst other things being the kind of billionaire leftists like, fictionmania, transition and Taylor Swift. This was such a fun conversation with Emily, and I really hope you love it. A real emotional journey that covers all the best emotions life can muster.

You can find Emily on Twitter and Bluesky

You can find me, Niko Stratis, on all social media platforms @ Niko Stratis. I tend to use Twitter the most, or my newsletter, Anxiety Shark.

Our theme song is by Augusta Koch of Gladie, find Gladie on Bandcamp HERE

Show artwork is by Amanda Wong, check out her INCREDIBLE work HERE

Leave a review on Apple Podcasts! Tell your friends! Help me get the word out about this show, it really, really helps. 

Okay, love you, see you next week.

We are BACK! Episode 4, with my guest Rax King, one of my favourite writers, a great podcaster with her show Low Culture Boil and one of the funniest people on the internet.

You can follow Rax on Twitter and Instagram , subscribe to her Patreon

You can find me, Niko Stratis, on all social media platforms @ Niko Stratis. I tend to use Twitter the most, or my newsletter, Anxiety Shark.

Our theme song is by Augusta Koch of Gladie, find Gladie on Bandcamp HERE

Show artwork is by Amanda Wong, check out her INCREDIBLE work HERE

Leave a review on Apple Podcasts! Tell your friends! Help me get the word out about this show, it really, really helps. 

Okay, love you, see you next week. 

Today's guest is none other than the writer of "Crying In The Grocery Store", the theme song for this show Augusta Koch of Gladie!

We talk about crying, we talk about posturing in music scenes and the difference in processing emotions after we got sober and Augusta tells me a story about crying to a song by a band a lot of people have assumed would show up in this show. There are some solemn vows made to abide by viral Twitter campaigns that I expect us all to live up to.

You can find Gladie on Twitter and Instagram

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Hi hi

Welcome back for episode 2 of Blue Eyes Crying By The Chips, very thrilled to be here with my guest Sadie Dupuis of Speedy Ortiz, Sad13, her book of poetry Cry Perfume  and more. We talk about crying, I propose at least one business idea. It's a good time.

Speedy Ortiz has a new record out now, that you should buy. It's called Rabbit Rabbit and you can find it on Bandcamp HERE

Follow Sadie on Twitter and Instagram

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Okay, see you all next week for more. 

OH hi

Look, people have been asking me. Niko, when is V/A Club coming back? It's not. But we're using the feed for something new.

It's a new show, by me, it's called Blue Eyes Crying By The Chips, it's about the beautiful songs that we love and the places we have cried listening to them.

join us every Friday for season one of a show I already love and want to do forever, 

My first guest is my friend, writer and podcaster Elamin Abdelmahmoud. He's the host of Commotion on CBC and the author of the lovely and brilliant book Son Of Nowhere.

You can follow him on Twitter HERE
You can find Commotion on CBC HERE or your podcast platform of choice

You can find me, Niko Stratis, on all social media platforms @ Niko Stratis. I tend to use Twitter the most, or my newsletter, Anxiety Shark.

Our theme song is by Augusta Koch of Gladie, find Gladie on Bandcamp HERE

Show artwork is by Amanda Wong, check out he INCREDIBLE work HERE

Okay, that's it. See you next Friday.