So What Are We Talking About?

We smell what The Rock is cooking on SWAWTApod this week. Our Talent Producer Bailey gives us a rundown of Dwayne Johnson's history, assures us the she and his baby will be named Pebbles, and explains how it will actually go down, if he ever turns up at the office.    Follow Bailey @baileymkircher Follow us @SWAWTApod

Want to know what it's like to live on a cruise? How about to perform on a cruise? If you answered yes, you're in luck! Our guest Joe Pudetti talks to us about his travels while performing on different cruise lines. He tells us guest stories, crazy run-ins with wild animals, and what he is doing, now that he is land-locked!  For relatively speaking, Devon discusses social media jobs and how they are viewed. Boy, does she have some feelings. @SWAWTApod sowhatarewetalkingabout@gmail.com

Spoiler Alert! No this episode is actually about spoilers! This week we are debating the pros and cons of spoilers. Our guest, Stephanie Haller, gives some pretty good reasons why hearing spoilers can actually enhance the story. We explain why we hate spoilers and how it ruins the experience. Will we find a nice middle ground? Yes. Oh but that's a spoiler.   (We also spoil a bunch of stuff too, like Star Wars and The Sixth Sense... sorry)    @SWAWTApod SoWhatAreWeTalkingAbout@gmail.com

This week we talk to Hillel Gruenburg, or should we say Dr. Gruenburg about his passion and religion, Judaism. We discuss his work as a professor,  jewish stereotypes, birthright, bris and Jewish holidays! For Relatively Speaking Devon explains a new start up that wants you to farm and eat worms. No.

This week we talk to Kenny Wassus about creating celebrity content. Learn the process of interviewing celebrities, creating videos, and how creators feel when their stuff goes viral. Kenny reveals how he got his start in the business and dishes on some of his favorite celebrity interviews. We also learn the origin story of 31 Rock staring Sarah Palin.  You can follow Kenny @KGW or find him throwing beer bottles out of the @KGWnews traffic helicopter with weatherman @JimDonovan    You can follow us @SWAWTApod  or email sowhatarewetalkingabout@gmail.com to become a guest!

This week we talk to author of "Witches, Sluts, Feminists", and editor of Slutist.com, Kristen Sollee. We learn about the history of the witch, find our own witchy tendencies and cover the witch in pop culture and the tie in of female portrayal in film.  you can find Kristen @kristenkorvette and @shadowtimeNYC find us @SWAWTApod   About Kristen Kristen J. Sollée is a writer, curator, and educator exploring the electric intersections of art, sex, and culture. She has written for mainstream and academic publications including The Huffington Post, VICE, NYLON, Time Out New York, BUST, The Journal of Fashion, Style and Popular Culture, and Current Musicology; organized dozens of multi-disciplinary music and art events and exhibitions; and lectured at colleges and conferences in the U.S. and Europe on topics as disparate as feminist witchcraft, Japanese visual culture, and the performance of masculinity in 80s glam metal. She is the founding editrix of Slutist, a sex po

This week on So What Are We Talking About, we chat with broadway performer and sommelier Annie Edgerton about finding the right wine for you, wine enthusiasts, and how to sound cool while ordering a glass at a fancy restaurant. She even brings our hosts wine to try  on air! Devon and Ricky also discuss going to art school and odd classes.  Find Annie on her Youtube show: "Broadway Buzzed" and @WineMinxAnnie   You can find us: @swawtapod @loldevon @rickyashroeder  @wshererii @grangerwillson

This week we get hype for the Oscars with Beau Cybulski. We cover the long and sometimes complicated politics of The Academy Award system.  We examine winners and losers of the past 89 years, and make our predictions for this year the 90th annual Academy Awards.  The Best Picture Nominees are: Call Me By Your Name Darkest Hour Dunkirk  Get Out  Lady Bird Phantom Thread  The Post The Shape of Water Three Billboards Outside EbBing Missouri    follow Beau @BeauCybulski for a complete set of posters designed for each Best Picture film past winner follow @MickeyLeeNelson Follow us @SWAWTApod 

This week we talk to Delia Kemph about the sacred art of movie musicals. We cover what music really sounds like and how many minutes make a year (spoiler it's five hundred twenty five thousand six hundred)    Follow Delia @Delia.Kemph  Find us @SWAWTApod Want to be on the show? Email sowhatarewetalkingabout@gmail.com with your topic or your strong opinions about things. 

This week we chat with comedian and writer Louie Pearlman to discuss the most famous foam latex pig in the world.  Editor of Tough Pigs, the premier source for Muppet news, Louie Pearlman runs us through the history of Jim Henson's Muppets, and gives us a glimpse of their future.     

This week on So What Are We Talking About, we chat with maker and influencer Ariel Munzer about owning and operating a very kawaii retail store in Brooklyn New York. Devon and Ricky get into how they reconnected, and we all decide we'd totally bang Jeff Goldblum. Find Ari @kawaii_as_ari and check out Planet Cute @planetcuteshop You can find us: @swawtapod @loldevon @rickyashroeder  @wshererii @grangerwillson  

On the Season 2 Premier of SWAWTApod we talk to Jason Boxer, and answer the complicated question of "does Weezer suck?" spoiler: "yes, but also no, here's why"  You can hear Jason regularly on Story Pirates podcast.    Follow us on instagram and twitter @SWAWTApod Devon @loldevon Ricky @rickyaschroeder Will @wshererii Grainger Wilson, Talent Producer 

The week we talk with teacher extraordinaire Britt Saffer about his role in public education. 

This week in a SWAWTA Short, Will talks with us about what you can do around your house and the basic tools you need to do it. 

Get zen this week with Maddalena Da Beni and Mindfulness.

This week we talk with Gracie Gardner about Birth, Death, and Lamby the dog. 

Comedian Harris Mayersohn joins us this week as we dive into the dark world around CULTS. We talk about Heaven's gate, Jim Jones, Scientology and discuss if we should join a cult. Spoiler: probably. 

NYC's favorite vampire comedian, Spooky Donnie, joins us for a hilarious episode of So What Are We Talking About? Spooky Donnie takes us through his career as a vampire in the entertainment world, his special program for young vampires, and his new book, Laughing All The Way To The Blood Bank coming to a Goodwill near you.

What's this? A guest that Devon and Jaclene don't know! Thankfully/sadly it is not a murder. But it is the lovely Rebecca Frost (writer for Big Shiny Robot, Host on Hello, Sweetie Podcast). She talks to us about COMIC BOOKS. Yes, things get nerdy. From hosting panels at conventions to diversity to tips on how to start getting into comics, we cover it all.  

This week, we talk with Yvette Beauchamp about listening to the universe, accepting the things put in front of us, and ignoring the jetsam and flotsam that we're not meant to have.    We cover jobs, friendships, relationships, and dwellings in this all encompassing conversation about life, the universe, and everything.    We discover that the answer is not in fact 42, but rather an ongoing pursuit of who we are and what we need, to be happy, fulfilled, and challenged.      To be on the show, email us at SoWhatAreWeTalkingAbout@gmail.com  Check us out on instagram and twitter @SWAWTA And for a kick ass burger in manhattan, check out Burger Joint behind the velvet curtains at Le Parker Meridian Hotel near Central Park south.