A Fireside Chat
This is a podcast about life, love, pop culture, and everything in between. A conversation is a powerful thing, so let's have one around the fire.
- Update frequency
- every 8 days
- Average duration
- 82 minutes
- Episodes
- 352
- Years Active
- 2013 - 2025
Vintage Episode: A Fireside Rant 2
This is an old episode from our first season. For a while on Wednesdays, i was doing a seperate top 5 list podcast where i would count down and rant about what was on my mind. This episode is the to…
Stephthelyricist Part 2
It's part 2 of my conversation with Stephanie Kong aka Stephthelyrcist. This week we discuss more of Stephanie's amazing struggles growing up and trying to fit in. Steph talks about some of the worst…
Stephthelyricist Part 1
This is part one of my nearly 4 hour conversation with Stephanie Kong aka Stephthelyricist. Stephanie met with me to talk just weeks before going to Nashville to perform for the heads of major record…
Faye Donaya Haymond Part 2
In Part 2 of my conversation with Faye we discuss what it was like having one her parents practice mormonism and if she still practices it today. She debunks some common myths about the religion, the…
Faye Donaya Haymond Part 1
This week I"m joined by Faye Haymond who writes under the name of Donaya Haymond. She is a talented writer who at the age of 23 has already published 5 novels. In part 1 of our conversation Faye tel…
Speaking Out: A Girls Story of Love and Suicide
This is a repost of an episode from our first season, and it's one of the most important ones we've ever done. An anonymous friend joins me to talk about the struggles she encountered the night her b…
Nick Romeo Part 2
It's part 2 of my conversation with Nick Romeo. Nick talks about the first band he started as a kid his love for animals and what he would like to see changed in our society. We then close out the co…
Nick Romeo Part 1
Nick Romeo is an author, poet, musician, photographer, and so much more. He tells me what inspires him to create his art, how he balances being involved in 3 different bands, how he makes meaningfu…
McSoss Part 1
It's part one of a great two parter. Ian Sharpley and Paul McGinty from McSoss join us to talk all things comics and pop culture. In part 1, we discuss their origin story. How they met, how they g…
McSoss Part 2
In part two of our conversation with Ian Sharpley and Paul McGinty from Mcsoss we discuss what the huge boom of comic book culture might mean and where they think comics will be in a few years. We al…
Season 3 Premiere Spectacular!!!
It's the Season 3 Premiere! This week I tell you why a bad case of writers block made me step away for a few weeks. Some fun work stories about my inability to eat my lunch without a fiasco, and we…
Vintage Episode: Storytime
This was the fourth episode I ever recorded. Lots of great stories and a fun trip back in time to 6 months ago. I feel like i was such a young podcaster at that point. Please enjoy and continue to…
Movies Roundtable Part 2 : Least Favorite Movies of all Time
It's Part Two of our Movies Roundtable. This week i'm joined again by Tiffany Moore (@tiffanymthinks), Ian Sharpley (@soss), Dominic Yosi (@serebrius), Desiree Gonzales and Joe Saxman. We count dow…
Movies Roundtable Part 1: Guilty Pleasures
Joe Saxman, Ian Sharpley (@thesoss), Dom Yosi (@serebrius), Tiffany Moore, and Desiree Gonzales join me and they each brought along a list of their top 5 guilty pleasure movies of all time. We count…
The Tragedy of Bullying
Joe Saxman and Ian Sharpley join me as we have an open conversation and try to make sense of the recent school stabbings here in PA. We discuss bullying, cyberbullying, and offer some ideas on how t…
Biting Off Moore Than You Can Chew
Tiffany Moore for the Moore Than You Can Chew Podcast stops by for a great conversation. We discuss her Podcast and her inspiration for it. We talk about the postives and negatives of podcasting and…
Vintage Episode: Moonshine On My Shoulder
A great vintage episode this week. Tiffany Moore from Moore Than You Can Chew and Joe Saxman stopped by for a good old fashioned roundtable conversation while we drink homemade Moonshine. This conv…
Mike Holzshu Presents: "The Clown Joke"
It's finally here. Mike Holzshu takes over the podcast this week to tell us a story. A story about a man. A man who loved clowns. To say anything else would be to ruin the fun. This is the infam…
Middle Class Rage
In this weeks episode, I decided to turn the microphone on, drink a bottle of wine and vent. I tell you all about my last day at my job and why I won't miss most of those people at all. Then I vent…
The Last Stand of Evil Dave Wannstedt
Every great saga must have a final chapter and this is ours. Before we get to that, I tell you why it shouldn't matter if someone's sexual preference is different than yours, I forget how old I am, …