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| Ep145 - "Lists Don't Matter Unless You're #1" with Jen Agg | 12 Jun 2025 | 01:26:45 | |
Jen Agg is a Toronto-based restaurateur and author of the national best seller "I Hear She's A Real Bitch". Her newest restaurant General Public was recently ranked #1 on Toronto Life's Best New Restaurants 2025 list. Jen returned to the pod to discuss cultural shifts, her haters having to see her face every time they go to Shoppers Drug Mart, getting snubbed by publications for years, the 2017 Grey Gardens review, the next generation of media, her article about Michelin coming to Toronto, whether lists are important or not, Ontario Wine, Utah drinking laws, food critics, perimenopause, her workout routine, spending winters in LA, California produce, the General Public burger, TikTok food reviewers, Keith McNally, Holt Renfrew, changing the title of her second book, writing in New York, 50/50 Martinis, her secret love of DJing and much more! ---- Join us on Patreon to access all episodes and weekly one on one pods | |||
| Ep144 - "Do West Fest" (Preview) | 10 Jun 2025 | 00:12:26 | |
Listen to the full episode here! We're back with our weekly one on one pod to recap Do West Fest, Josh and Nick hosting separate parties over the weekend, skewers, germaphobes and much more! ---- | |||
| Ep135 - "The DIY Continuum" with Moon King | 18 Apr 2025 | 01:34:46 | |
Moon King is a Toronto based musician, producer and DJ who's most recent EP 'Roses' was released last year on Arbutus Records. Moon King sat down with us to discuss knowing each other for 20 years, our high school bands, working as a session drummer, the Rosedale music program, Spiral Beach, the golden age of Toronto DIY, Montreal overshadowing Toronto in the 2010s, The House of Everlasting Superjoy, Sterling gentrification, the $1 Megabus as a connector for DIY scenes, 64 Augusta, The White House, Phedre, covering The Beastie Boys, Shae Stadium, Silent Barn, Andrew WK, Torn Curtain, when Moon King was a band, playing in an early version of DIIV, the tunnel between 285 Kent and Glasslands, living in Detroit, Doldrums, The Ward, Detroits influence on his later music, Ryan Spencer, learning to DJ with 2lanes, the blog era, getting a bad Pitchfork review, the death of music media and more! ---- Sign up below to access all episodes: | |||
| Ep42 - "Cocktail Hour" with Marlowe Granados | 21 Jan 2023 | 01:12:49 | |
Marlowe Granados is a Toronto-based writer and filmmaker who’s work has appeared in publications such as Harper’s BAZAAR, Nylon, The Cut, and Air Mail. Her debut novel ‘Happy Hour’ is out now. Marlowe sat down with Josh and Austin to discuss becoming an accidental dog influencer, engaging with wildlife, Art Basel, The Crypties awards, fraud, reporters in TV shows, dealing with editors, befriending newscasters, getting verified on Instagram, “Smithfits” parties, Marlowe hating Josh for years because she thought he stole her leather jacket in 2009, fake last names, pre-Instagram ‘It Girls’, her friend cementing someones car door shut, breaking her ankle playing tennis, which Sex and the City characters we are, her dates worrying they’re going to be written about, turning Happy Hour into a movie, Elon Musk’s twitter, meeting the Oppenheim twins, the OG’s of TikTok and much more! ---- SUPPORT THIS PODCAST | |||
| Ep40 - "Constant Change" with Brendan Canning | 15 Jan 2023 | 01:43:50 | |
Brendan Canning is a Toronto-based musician and founding member of the seminal indie rock band Broken Social Scene. Fresh off the heels of celebrating the 20th anniversary of their wildly influential album 'You Forgot It In People', Brendan sat down with the Josh and Austin to discuss their recent show at History, new music, driving between Canadian cities, touring as a DJ with The Tragically Hip, bands that won't break out of Canada, his first band hHead, niche audiences, artists not realizing they're entertainers, older bands dressing better than younger bands, HMV's return policy, the first BSS album 'Feel Good Lost', 'Trucker Speed', the first BSS show, recording 'You Forgot It In People', working as a PA on music videos in the 90s, Pizza Gigi, Indie Sleaze, getting lumped in with The Strokes and the New York music scene of the early 2000's, taking ecstasy for the first time, writing TV jingles, his brief period as a member of the band Len, finding the sample for 'Steal My Sunshine', Len inadvertently helping launch BSS, Norman Wong makes a surprise appearance, 'This Movie Is Broken', living in the same house since 1995, bad music at restaurants, Meryl Streep joining the band on stage in New York, their next album and much more! ---- SUPPORT THIS PODCAST | |||
| Ep38 - "The City With No Memory" with Melissa Vincent | 22 Dec 2022 | 01:58:46 | |
Melissa Vincent is a writer, producer, researcher and strategist based in Toronto who’s work has appeared in publications such as Pitchfork, The Fader, NPR Music, The Globe and Mail and CBC Music. Melissa sat down with Josh and Austin to discuss Christmas carollers, coming straight from CBC’s The National to record with us, Nickelback, musical moments on Tik Tok, beating the algorithm, disassociating on the internet, short attention spans, post-humanism, digital self vs physical self, Comic Sans, building your own world, archiving Toronto, passing the torch, gentrification, construction peep holes, disconnected music scenes, moshing, black metal, Blasphemy (band), the Cold Pod universe, the infamous Rob Gordon DJ set at The Little Jerry and much more! ---- SUPPORT THIS PODCAST | |||
| Ep37 - "Puppy Pod" with Lauren Armstrong & Nico | 08 Dec 2022 | 01:09:34 | |
We're back with fan favourite guest Lauren Armstrong to introduce the newest member of the Cold Pod universe, Nico the puppy. In this episode we discuss how a puppy came into our lives, impulse purchases, the Lady Bug Tavern, FOMO, babies vs puppies, dog clothing, fake primitive building videos, urban exploring, Ye on Alex Jones, people who comment on celebrities Instagram accounts, Austin's upcoming trip to Miami, Art Basel seeming like hell, radio hosts, Jean-Luc Godard's 'Histoire(s) du Cinema', Hallmark Christmas Movies, bad CGI, expecting life to play out like a movie as a teenager, a massive announcement about the upcoming Cold Pod x Ace Hotel Toronto NYE Masked Ball and much more! ---- SUPPORT THIS PODCAST | |||
| Ep36 - "Everything Is Hard" - with Basia Wyszynski | 01 Dec 2022 | 01:18:52 | |
Basia Wyszynski is a Toronto-based stylist and actor who’s worked with brands such as Dime, JJJJound and Louis Vuitton. In 2023 she’s set to appear in the feature length films ‘Verona’ (dir. Sebastian Back) and ‘Sorry’ (dir. Adam & Chris Levett). Basia sat down with the boys on a chaotic evening as Josh was settling in to his new life as a puppy owner to discuss fashion shoots vs commercial shoots, returning clothes, hating music videos, working with Drake, poker being unsexy, costume design, astrology, acting, being a child model, 'Pisces Directors', the Balenciaga scandal, her billboard in LA, going to Dov Charney’s mansion, the perfect level of fame, manipulating your way in to roles, online dating, wishing she could meet her drunk self, memes and much more. ---- SUPPORT THIS PODCAST | |||
| Ep35 - "I Hear She's Actually Pretty Nice" with Jen Agg (Part 2) | 28 Nov 2022 | 01:14:00 | |
Jen Agg is a Toronto-based restaurateur and author of the national bestseller “I Hear She’s A Real Bitch”. In part two of our conversation with Jen, we moved on from red wine and charcuterie, cracked open the Coors Lights and discussed performing for her audience, her husband Roland, sexist restaurant reviews, being viewed as a villain, cheap beer, multitasking, the Michelin Guide, Grey Gardens, Top Chef, reality TV, people responding to her Instagram stories, light bulbs, Sneaky Dee’s veggie nachos, Uber walkers, Old Toronto, Dance Cave, Indie Rock, when Trinity Bellwoods was a scary place, becoming a snowbird, her friendship with Anthony Bourdain, her next book and much more! ---- SUPPORT THIS PODCAST: | |||
| Ep35 - "I Hear She's Actually Pretty Nice" with Jen Agg (Part 1) | 20 Nov 2022 | 01:06:31 | |
Jen Agg is a Toronto-based restaurateur and author of the national bestseller "I Hear She's A Real Bitch". Well equipped with a fresh plate of Bar Vendetta charcuterie, Jen sat down with Josh and Austin to discuss the right kind of bottle opener, running restaurants during Covid, staffing issues, cursed locations, Vancouver, what kind of woman Toronto would be, King St, Tequila Tonics, Drake's old restaurant 'Frings', her DM's, purchasing 'cool', putting your heart and soul into something, gatekeepers, The Killers, Gen X & Gen Z vs Boomers & Millennials, normcore, cancelled artists, billionaires, male feminists, the loss of nuance, Google reviews, people's perception of her as a 'bitch' and much more! ---- SUPPORT THIS PODCAST: | |||
| Ep34 - "Everybody Wants To Be A Comedian" with Tom Henry | 17 Nov 2022 | 01:19:58 | |
Tom Henry is a Toronto based stand up comedian whos TV special ’66 Jokes’ is available to stream on Crave. Tom sat down with Josh and Austin on a Saturday afternoon to discuss day drinking, Daylight Saving, Comedy Bar, everybody wanting to be a comedian, open mic nights, ‘Laugh Sabbath’, pandemic comedians, freak dreamers, edgy comedy, his dead pan style, joke books, German criticism, '66 Jokes', honesty, polite Canadians, learning to tap dance, audience approval, acting, auditions, the glass ceiling of Canada, the grant system, America, his Covid-era variety show, his old blog, writing his first film and much more! ---- | |||
| Ep33 - "Permanent Comedown" with Raf Reza | 10 Nov 2022 | 01:30:43 | |
Raf Reza is a Toronto-based DJ and producer who released the collaborative EP "In The Grow" with acid house luminary Paul Chivers in 2022. Raf sat down with the boys to discuss DJ programming at Little Jerry, his monthly party "Violent Relaxation", Sunday parties, the calendar system, beatless music, one dimensional parties, second wave purists, trying to find music you don't like, Essex Jungle, "Regional Electro Swing", collaborating with Paul Chivers aka Ramjac Corporation, recording with limitations, Rob Gordon, collectively confusing people, growing up in Tokyo, Scarborough, video game music, getting exposed to western music in London, Dancehall, not believing the hype, good versions of everything, taking your time, chilling as part of the musical process, his latest musical discoveries and much more! ---- https://www.patreon.com/coldpod | |||
| Ep31 - "Morning Pod" with Eva Michon | 27 Oct 2022 | 01:03:48 | |
Eva Michon is an award-winning director and co-founder of Bad Day magazine. Eva sat down with Josh and Austin on a brisk fall morning to discuss her recent trip to Poland, leaving Los Angeles, having a baby right before the pandemic, trying to 'say yes to everything', flakey people, Mississauga, Toronto architecture, driving across the country with a six month old baby, the 'old ' Ossington, the balance between criticism and appreciation, Eva realizes she's had too much coffee, her new tv pilot 'Zabawa', small town energy, bowling alleys, delayed gratification, Bad Day Magazine, Lil Internet accidentally leaving a folder of unreleased music on Josh's computer, Johnny Rotten, her upcoming feature film and much more! ---- | |||
| Ep134 - "The Queen of Ossington" with Chloe Li-Chapman | 11 Apr 2025 | 01:13:14 | |
Chloe Li-Chapman is the manager of Toronto hot spots Bowie and the newly opened Bonitos. Chloe sat down with us to discuss karaoke bars, shot towers, Badiali on a weekend, content creators disrupting service, people who refer to Bowie as a 'Speakeasy', apothecary bars, obnoxious cocktails, Instagram read receipts, people who try to bypass the line by DMing her, The Beaconsfield, industry night, late night food, A&W, Hip-Hop Omakase, Korean BBQ, Nobu, clothes smelling like the restaurant you just ate at, learning to love brunch, Frankies Diner, Queen Star restaurant, the death of Queen West, classic Toronto restaurants, Imanishi, being 'over dinners', Prime Seafood Palace, Foxley, eating alone, Dufferin Mall, Mr Greenjeans and more! ---- Sign up below to access all episodes: | |||
| Ep30 - "Prude Boys" | 13 Oct 2022 | 01:04:04 | |
We're back with another solo pod as Austin prepares for his trip to New York City! In this weeks episode the boys sat down to discuss "Sober October", hanging out and not recording, people branching off into small groups at parties, event photography, Cold Party recap, Josh's trip to Niagara Falls, lottery tickets, casino's, bingo nights, Texas themed bars, Rainforest Cafe having amazing nachos, not liking strip clubs, Alex G, Sex Magazine, blaming your mood on intangible things, hyper local memes, Paramore, random bands going viral on Tik Tok, Kanye West, Lil Yachty's 'Poland' and much more! ---- | |||
| Ep29 - "Are You Trying To Be My Manager?" with Kara Lane | 06 Oct 2022 | 01:16:32 | |
Kara Lane is a musician, songwriter and co-host of the podcast Kinda Jaded with Kacy Hill. Kara sat down with Josh and Austin to discuss growing up emo, Myspace Top 8, late night talk show hosts, Lena Dunham, Mississauga, getting married, living in Los Angeles, her previous band K.I.D., fear of being cringe, major labels, going solo, working with Dylan Brady of 100 Gecs, Kara becomes Josh's therapist, being obsessed with Gen Z, self managing, Allo Vapes, ASAP Rocky's fridge, The Used, Photobucket, Olympic power lifting, Las Vegas, her upcoming EP, her Mom and much more! ---- | |||
| Ep28 - "Techno Dystopia" with Tony Price | 29 Sep 2022 | 01:18:14 | |
Tony Price is musician, producer and founder of the label Maximum Exposure. His most recent album 'IBM Contra' was released on New York based label L.I.E.S. Records this year. Tony sat down with the boys on a rainy evening to discuss the origins of his name, Instagram anonymity, Tony and Josh meeting on Myspace, posting your influences, awful book covers, AI generated art, Spotify, the Blogspot era, collecting vinyl, his new album, meeting Ron Morelli, cold calling labels, music videos, Alex Zhang Hungtai, Vangelis, album packaging, 'Lo-fi Beats to Study To', Danforth in the 80's, Actress' album 'Ghettoville', Tony's dad building nightclubs in the early 2000's, Greek Town, throwing parties in Toronto and much more! ---- | |||
| Ep27 - "Let's Not Talk About Inflation" with Kristie Muller | 23 Sep 2022 | 01:15:22 | |
Kristie Muller is Toronto-based artist and photographer who's work you've definitely seen before — she most recently showed her work alongside Kyle Teh in New York, and has shot campaigns for Dion Lee, Kiko Kostadinov & Miaou to name a few. We sat down with Kristie to chat about Tumblr, Blogspot, shooting on film, building forts in Kitchener, 'triangle aesthetics', photographing naked dudes, Indie Sleaze, embracing messiness, people being weird about their Instagram posts, shooting on an iPhone, hating photography, scrapbooking as a kid, Cuba, inflation, kids drinking $20 cocktails, Bistro 422, drinking Four Loko in Fort Myers, throwing parties in Yorkville, 'Glory Hole', 'Ruffles', Remix Lounge, Toro Y Moi, New Yorkers and their 'dinners', EST vs PST, putting together an art show with her dad & more! ---- https://www.patreon.com/coldpod | |||
| Ep26 - "Breakfast At TIFF" | 15 Sep 2022 | 00:57:44 | |
We’re back with another solo pod as we prepare for the first ever COLD PARTY this Saturday. In this weeks episode the boys sat down to discuss the mystery of the missing cats in Josh’s neighbourhood, zoo animals, TIFF, seeing more than one movie in a day, Austin’s night out on King St, cowboy themed bars, Hooters, Josh DJ’ed a TIFF party, bailing on A24, chaperones, ‘Under The Silver Lake’, becoming a meme account, restaurant people following us, Betsy Brown’s 'ACTORS', purging your shadow, COLD PARTY, Mercury Retrograde, we brainstorm ideas for Saturday, Kristoffer Borgli at Houndstooth, hosting a Masked Ball and much more! ---- | |||
| Ep25 - "Crunching Numbers" with MONEYPHONE (Part 1) | 08 Sep 2022 | 01:16:44 | |
MONEYPHONE are Toronto based musicians Enoch Ncube and David May. They recently dropped the first single “Coming Back Around” from their upcoming debut album “World Peace Inside Me”. In part one of this two part episode, MONEYPHONE sat down with Josh and Austin to discuss Faith*MIXTAPE, taking a two year break, starting over, unconscious vibes, learning to appreciate dance music, Aphex Twin, Rainbow Palace, ambient music, Posh Isolation, visuals, album packaging, MCU (MONEYPHONE CINEMATIC UNIVERSE), sharing responsibilities, break beats, collaboration, allowing space to grow, Smiling Buddha, pop music, billboards, taking matters into your own hands, loving the Beatles, elusive artists, promo vs marketing, directing music videos, “pulling a MONEYPHONE”, and much more! ---- https://www.patreon.com/coldpod | |||
| Ep24 - "He's The Boss" with Patrick Holland | 01 Sep 2022 | 01:15:38 | |
Patrick Holland (FKA Project Pablo) is a Montreal based musician and producer who’s most recent album ‘You’re The Boss’ was released in July on Sinderlyn. Patrick sat down with Josh and Austin the day after his Toronto show to discuss transitioning from DJing to playing in a live band, confusing your fanbase, getting his first guitar from HOMESHAKE, playing bass in Tops, the Montreal sound, Orville Peck, Michael Imperioli, TikTok, “Good Cringe”, Jeremy Fragrance, drummers, naughty podcasts, Palm Springs, accumulating gear from people who treat your studio as a storage space, The Beatles, being pro-streaming, paying homage to the Jonah Yano mural in Toronto, music videos, bad album art, “Sexual Kung-Fu Coaches”, cult coffee shops and much more. ---- | |||
| Ep23 - "Is This It?" | 25 Aug 2022 | 00:56:37 | |
We’re back with another solo pod as we gear up for a wild run of back to back guests next week. In this episode the boys sat down for an impromptu pod to discuss Josh’s night out at The Strokes concert, bands not being friends, touring, celebrity divorces, chasing success, aiming low, trying to live in the moment, Austin’s mushroom adventure, learning to appreciate nature, psychedelic therapy, thinking someone’s dead when they don’t post a BeReal, stealing ideas, Bar Trivia, someone covering our stickers with missing cat posters, Austin shot a full music video for Josh’s upcoming single without telling him, ‘album mode’, Actors, Catholic Aesthetics, wide angle iPhone selfies and an important announcement about the Cold Pod cinematic universe. ---- | |||
| Ep22 - "Religion Is For Boys" with Lauren Armstrong | 18 Aug 2022 | 01:21:27 | |
We're back with fan favourite guest Lauren Armstrong to tackle some recent hot topics and answer some listener submitted questions. In this episode we discuss Huntsville, "Conspiracy Theory Cottage", Christie Pitts teenagers, witnessing an improv intervention, Houndstooth, NPC's, The Big Carrot, the pomegranate store at Dundas and Dovercourt, Ezra Miller, J.K. Rowling, King St bros, meeting Feist, Sam Buck, liking Nickelback, Ariel Pink, "Slackliner EDM", Cirque De Soleil, Love Island, which reality TV show we'd be good at, Gallery Girls, Hunter Biden, Chet Hanks and much more! ---- | |||
| Ep21 - "The Buckle" with Cody Caetano | 11 Aug 2022 | 01:24:28 | |
Cody Caetano is a Toronto-based writer and author of the national bestseller "Half Bads in White Regalia". Cody sat down with Austin and Josh to discuss the anxiety that comes with writing a memoir, Orillia, memory, gentrification, being Austin's first podcast guest, Boots and Hearts festival, Little Portugal, spiritual concatenation, human error, "Saucetino Hutchings", high school fights, generational trauma, "The Buckle", Wakestock, Much Music's 'disBAND', The Glass Castle, pivoting to fiction, working as a literary agent, Austin becomes Narduar, "Totally Unknown Writers Festival", the importance of teachers, Catholic guilt, video games, screaming in a hardcore band, Cody holds us accountable for our hot takes on poetry readings, Fredricton and much more! ---- | |||
| Ep133 - "Jazzman" with Harrison | 04 Apr 2025 | 01:05:30 | |
Harrison is a Juno nominated musician and producer based in Toronto. His most recent album 'The Birds the Bee's the Clouds and the Tree's' was released in 2023, with a follow up planned for later this year. Harrison returned to the pod to discuss trying to sell his car, learning to leave the east end, Lake Inez, loving his neighbourhood, briefly working as a contractor, writing jingles for Hasbro, appliance music, finding time to create, going viral on TikTok, daily routine content, charcuterie boards, AI Studio Ghibli, rage bait, 'The Harrison Progression', autotune, getting a DM from a famous artist thinking it was about music (they wanted to smash), Jay Versace, Ashton Hall, ice water facials, Othership, Jaleel Shaw, his unreleased house album, learning piano to avoid clearing samples, Toronto as a cliquey city, his upcoming album and more! ---- Support this podcast | |||
| Ep20 - "Silver Lining" with Jonah Yano | 04 Aug 2022 | 01:24:26 | |
Jonah Yano is a Montreal-based musician who released his debut album ‘Souvenir’ in 2020. Jonah sat down with Josh and Austin on his day off from touring with Clairo to discuss last night’s show at History, dynamics, playing experimental music to a younger crowd, saxophone solos, house shows, tour cancelations, releasing an album during lockdown, Josh getting Clairo-pilled, the tradition of cover songs, Feist, meeting your idols, Paul Thomas Anderson, Kanye West, artist’s trajectories, music videos, poetry, collaborating with MONEYPHONE, music scenes vs friend scenes, calling yourself an artist, his upcoming second album, believing in yourself, rollout plans, losing interest in the affirmative side of being an artist, moving to Montreal, snowbirds, Jonah’s hypothetical ‘Berlin Era’, backpacking through Europe, reflecting on his song with his father, meeting BadBadNotGood, letting his band breathe and much more! ---- | |||
| Ep19 - "Under The Influence" - with Vanessa Campana | 27 Jul 2022 | 01:06:55 | |
Vanessa Campana is a jewelry designer and founder of the brand Voons. Josh and Austin sat down with Vanessa before heading to a karaoke bar to discuss hating your voice, BeReal, the world of influencing, weird brand partnerships, teenage drinking, having a sandwich named after you, Paris Fashion Week, cool teens eating steak frites, one menu restaurants, Jet Bent Lee, Italian dinner culture, etiquette, smoking cigarettes in Europe, vaping, Voons, Lil Miquela, Covid cancellations, The Virgin Suicides, sad girl starter packs, Rick Owens, Hollister Jeans, cool older cousins, strict parents and much more! ---- | |||
| Ep18 - "Weeknd At Bernie's" | 21 Jul 2022 | 01:07:04 | |
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! ---- | |||
| UNLOCKED "Absolute Freedom" with Matthew Tavares & Amanda Hicks (Part 2) | 14 Jul 2022 | 00:59:14 | |
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. ---- | |||
| Ep17 - "Directors Cut" with Sebastian Back | 07 Jul 2022 | 01:12:10 | |
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. ---- | |||
| Ep16 - "Absolute Freedom" with Matthew Tavares & Amanda Hicks (Part 1) | 23 Jun 2022 | 01:08:06 | |
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. ---- | |||
| Ep15 - "Cease & Desist" | 16 Jun 2022 | 01:00:54 | |
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! ---- | |||
| Ep14 - "Acceptance Speech" with Gyimah Gariba (Part 1) | 09 Jun 2022 | 01:13:49 | |
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. ---- | |||
| Ep13 - "TMZ" with Madeleine, Lauren & Talvi (TEASER) | 02 Jun 2022 | 00:02:37 | |
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. ---- | |||
| Ep11 - "Rejuvenation" | 19 May 2022 | 01:05:53 | |
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! ---- | |||
| Ep132 - "Door Girl" with Rhea Singh (PREVIEW) | 28 Mar 2025 | 00:33:06 | |
Listen to the full episode here: https://www.patreon.com/c/coldpod We're back with a new recurring guest, Rhea Singh! In this episode we discuss private Instagram accounts, not following people back, Tony Price's post about DJing not being art, the return of fun, Rhea as a Sex and the City character, DJ's taking themselves too seriously, Nick blending drinks behind the booth, happy hour, Cafe Diplomatico, sangria, food poisoning, Bistro 422, viral tweets, iPad DJ's, Cafeteria, doing door, "I know the owner", getting banned from places, faking stamps to get into parties, WEBB, the bleachers at Loveless, the Bowie mouse not being a mouse, cooking live lobsters, Woody Allen, Prince, Lana Del Rey 2016 Walmart-core, milk, showering with your phone, raves vs parties, owning animals as a form of oppression, reverse cancelations, cultural appropriation in food, Wingstop and more! ---- | |||
| Ep09 - "The Death of Magic" with Rob Gordon (Part 1) | 12 May 2022 | 01:27:52 | |
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! ---- | |||
| Ep08 - "Met Gala Recap" with Lauren Armstrong | 05 May 2022 | 01:09:30 | |
Lauren Armstrong is a graphic designer who works in fashion and music. After collectively watching the cursed Met Gala live stream we had to have Lauren back on the pod for a cultural round up to discuss Cara Delvigne, Austin Butler, Anderson Paak, theatre kids, “Woke Wear”, Hillary Clinton, Sherri Hill prom dresses, Pete Davidson’s tattoo’s, Big Brother, the notes app, Dial Dan, our $100 Patreon tier, downsampling, Grace and Frankie, Selling Sunset, Austin vs New York City, Jimmy Fallon’s dark side and much more! ---- | |||
| Ep07 - "Billionaire Boys Club" | 28 Apr 2022 | 01:12:40 | |
The boys are back with another solo pod! In this episode we discuss Josh’s recent trip to Arizona, oversold flights, 100 gecs, Coachella, Ska, alternate universe music, Sinbad, The Mandela Effect, teenage Austin’s famous twitter account, deleting your feed, rebranding, quiet billionaires, Jay Electronica dating a Rothschild, the everyman, The Kardashians, Robert Altman, tv shows that end prematurely, psychological music theory catharsis, “ambient tv”, closure and much more! ---- | |||
| Ep06 - "Hi, How Are You?" with Anthony Gerace | 21 Apr 2022 | 01:08:54 | |
Anthony Gerace is a Glasgow based collage artist who’s work has appeared in The Guardian, The New York Times, Criterion Collection and The New Yorker. During a recent trip to Toronto, Anthony sat down with Josh and Austin to discuss his Airbnb from hell, The Winchester Mystery House, doors to nowhere, buying a flat, sneaking booze into concerts, moshing, London Ontario, designing album covers, old school art directors, “taking calls”, scoring a movie, Rob Gordon, Ashley MacIsaac, Anthony’s DJ past, realizing obscure music isn’t necessarily good and much more! ---- https://www.patreon.com/coldpod | |||
| Ep05 - "Return To Mid" with Lauren Armstrong | 14 Apr 2022 | 01:53:10 | |
Lauren Armstrong is a graphic designer who works in fashion and music. Austin and Josh sit down with Lauren to discuss being the first female guest on the pod, accidentally becoming a graphic designer, multidisciplinary artists, collaboration, Starbucks, Dufferin Mall, Cable TV, Future Bistro, hotel food, going out early, Kim Kardashian, “meetings”, blind dates, cringe following, Tyler Henry, sleep paralysis, Shoppers Drug Mart music, wheels vs doors, “someone invented this”, West Edmonton Mall & much more! | |||
| Ep04 - "Voidpod" with Kontravoid | 07 Apr 2022 | 01:04:13 | |
Kontravoid is a Los Angeles based electronic musician. His most recent album ‘Faceless’ was released in October 2021. Josh and Austin sit down with the man behind the mask to discuss the origin of Kontravoid, making music as a character, the evolution of the mask, PJ’s infamous YouTube comment, The Coffin Factory, the death of DIY spaces, the hyper localization of Facebook events, online communities, moving to LA, touring alone, Inside The Void 2: Across The Void, Cradle of Filth, B Movies, melodramatic TV of the 2000’s and much more! https://www.patreon.com/coldpod | |||
| Ep02 - "St Patricks Day" with LA Timpa (Part 2) | 28 Mar 2022 | 01:24:52 | |
LA Timpa is a Nigeria-born producer and songwriter, his most recent album ‘Modern Antics in A Deserted Place’ was released in 2020. In part two of our St Patricks Day special, Josh and Austin sit down with Timpa to discuss our ‘not so big’ night out, post running pain, Josh’s first panic attack, exercising in the metaverse, sad music, Austin hiking at night, Timpa’s stand up comedy nightmare, deconstructed live performances, The Batman, walking out of movies, Berlin’s underground nature scene, chakras, Nigerian mysticism, “witchy white girls”, nostalgia and much more! https://www.patreon.com/coldpod | |||
| Ep01 - "St Patricks Day" with LA Timpa (Part 1) | 24 Mar 2022 | 00:45:44 | |
LA Timpa is a Nigeria-born producer and songwriter, his most recent album 'Modern Antics In A Deserted Place' was released in 2020. Josh and Austin sit down with Timpa to discuss the suburbs, green beer, Timpa's love of running, breathing exercises, not listening to music, giving up on school, being put in a box, gen z reactionaries, religion, generational pretentiousness, being forced to create content to stay relevant and much more! https://www.patreon.com/coldpod | |||
| Ep131 - "The Aughts" with Mikey Apples | 21 Mar 2025 | 01:42:20 | |
This episode is free! Sign up at www. patreon.com/coldpod to unlock all episodes! Mikey Apples is a Toronto based DJ, promoter and owner of the iconic club, Bambis. Mikey sat down with us to discuss Mexico City, Indie Sleaze revisionist history, The Klaxons, Nu Rave, Hype Machine, burning cds every week, 'Montreal Brunch House', 56 Kensington / Club 56, gallery parties, Xspace, electroclash, noise shows, Napster, The Manhattan Club, open format parties, skinheads, Yonge St, youth gangs, Focus nightclub, Brendan Canning stealing his old band, managing Crystal Castles, Shack Up, The Queenshead, Nick sneaking into Mikey's parties as a teenager, MySpace, Merok Records, Kevin Shields, weekly parties, the early days of Bambis, James Murphy, Toronto architecture and more! ---- | |||
| Ep130 - "Fear And Loathing In Toronto" | 14 Mar 2025 | 00:32:30 | |
Listen to the full episode here: https://www.patreon.com/c/coldpod We're back with another solo pod! In this episode we discuss the return of super spreader events, long movies, making elaborate dinners alone, trying to buy vegetables on Dundas, Bernhardt's, Imanishi never changing their menu, waiting for friends to text first, Charlotte Day Wilson at Holt Renfrew, partying in Yorkville, Bay Street Video, dressing down, signature cocktails, everyone at the bar being employed by Drake in some capacity, Nick's days working on the set of Degrassi, the American booze ban, auditioning for commercials, living in an alternate timeline, fear of flying, possums, daylight saving, Toronto's 'Bohemian Grove', Mickey 17, Walton Goggins and more! ---- | |||
| Ep129 - "Backstage Raver" with HVN | 28 Feb 2025 | 01:27:52 | |
This episode is Free! Listen to the uncut version at https://www.patreon.com/c/coldpod HVN is a Toronto based DJ, promoter and co-founder of the party Dancing For Heaven. Their upcoming party with Bassvictim is happening in Toronto this Saturday at Cafeteria. HVN sat down with us to discuss Twisted Iced Tea, Toronto yachts, new age polyamory, Kleinburg Ontario, suburban swingers, post-Brat, being authentically inauthentic, pandemic raves, throwing parties at the Chinatown Mall, hunting for new spaces to throw parties, clubs vs DIY spaces, Hyperclub, evolving out of scenes, main character syndrome, the greenroom as a sanctuary, getting banned from Pep Rally, cellphones on the dancefloor, never getting pigeonholed, CD booklets, Sade, girls with gay boyfriends, Tony Price selling records out of his trunk, charades at the afters and more! ---- | |||
| Ep128 - "Fast Food Nation" with Lauren Armstrong | 21 Feb 2025 | 01:11:05 | |
THIS EPISODE IS FREE! We're back with everyones favourite recurring guest Lauren Armstrong! In this episode we discuss getting shadow banned, soup vs chowder, serving smoked fish at parties, Nick visiting Montreal for the first time in ten years, Dic Annes, the Tom Green documentary, Cinnamon Bun Oreos, the return of McDonalds, Quiznos, Panera Bread, fast food vs fast casual, Tim Hortons 'Hot Smoothies', vegetarians who love Taco Bell, getting bullied for ordering a Filet-O-Fish, Long John Silvers, 'Charged Lemonade', Burger King's Whopper, Wendy's salads, In N Out, Waffle House, The White Lotus season 3 and more! We also cold call Lisette Dunin-Markiewicz, Justin Leon, Brittany Shepherd, Eric Farber and Lauren's parents. ---- SUPPORT THIS PODCAST | |||
| Ep127 - "Valentines Day" with Noelle Perdue | 14 Feb 2025 | 00:54:53 | |
Listen to the full episode here: https://www.patreon.com/c/coldpod Noelle Perdue is a writer, artist and porn historian who's work has been featured in Wired, The Washington Post, Pornhub and Brazzers. Noelle sat down with us to discuss living in a converted shed, condos, Montreal, writing porn scripts, parody porn, 'The Pizza Guy' and 'The Plumber', comedians working in porn, not trusting Only Fans, Tumblr banning explicit content, tech companies profiting off of sex workers, studio ownership of porn, AI porn, chat bots, food mess fetish content, 'gooning', creators not realizing they're participating in fetish content, 'trad wives', candy addiction, the shame of pleasure without purpose, lack of porn education, obscenity law, 'Bridgerton', and more! ---- | |||
| Ep126 - "Cold Calling" | 31 Jan 2025 | 01:07:53 | |
THIS EPISODE IS FREE! We're back with another solo pod with full time co-host Nick Marian! In this episode we discuss 'The Alberta Clipper', GT Snow Racers, shopping carts (CKY), 'Urban Cow Tipping', east end guys with goatee's, hockey bros, asking for salt at a Jamaican restaurant, charbroiled burgers, The Museum Tavern, The Oscars, the final stretch of Dry January, hating New Years, Super Bowl parties, we cold call our friends Uma and Kontravoid to find out their celebrity crushes, Jon Hamm's dick imprint, not following your friends on social media, bus-limo hybrids, 'The Rusty Knot', food photography, Donna's, Shazam, shooters vs shots, MGMT and more! ---- SUPPORT THIS PODCAST: | |||