Austin Sessions

After a two year hiatus, we're back with the fantastic, sweet, funny Jackie Kashian! This episode was recorded almost 2 years ago but life got in the way of art. Now we're stoked ti finally put it out into the ether. In this episode we talk about Jackie's podcast The Dork Forest (and podcasting in general), comedy festivals, things called books, and more!

Author and speech writer John Morton is our guest this week along with special guest Lucas Molandes! We talk about getting old, hanging with Marc Maron, working the Austin podcast circuit, his new book Fire the Pretty Girl, and more! Follow them on twitter @JMoAustinTx and @lucasmolandes. 

We're back this week with New Skye Pictures co-founder Felipe Adams. In this episode we talk about traveling, religion, his web series Meet Mr. Ginger, and more! To listen, subscribe to Austin Sessions on iTunes or listen on Stitcher.

Lauren and Daniel from the folk duo Lowland Hum return to Austin with their new EP Four Sisters! We got to catch up, talk about their appearance on NPR's Tiny Desk Concert, touring, their new projects, and more! Follow them on Twitter @lowlandhum and Facebook.    

Filmmaker, writer, and animator Lance Myers (A Scanner Darkly, Space Jam, Prince of Egypt) is our guest this week. We talk about developing video games, Mad Magazine, working with Richard Linklater, and more. Check out his blog here and his website here.    We also talk about: SXSW, The Astronomer, Iron Giant, WALL-E, Brad Bird, Looney Tunes, Arial Abshire, One Page Salon, Owen Egerton, and more!

This week we have artist and musician Chepo Pena as our guest. In this episode we talk about his band Karaoke Apocalypse, his artwork, and there's a good chance we geek out about Star Wars...like...a lot. Check out his band here and his website here.    We also talk about loteria, Tim Doyle, Comic Con, Britt Daniel, Spoon, JJ Abrams, George Lucas, A Curious Mix of People, Sincola, Gomez, and more!

Maggie Maye is part comedian, part actress, part writer, and ALL guest on this episode of Austin Sessions. Maggie joins us to talk about her comedy career, hosting the Comedy Talent Review, her writing style, and more! Follow her on Twitter @maggiemayehaha and check out her website here!   We also talk about: Meltdown at Highball, Kumain Nanjiani, Jonah Ray, Out of Bounds Comedy Festival, Moontower Comedy Festival, Punch!, racism, Erin Foley, Katie Pengra, Funny or Die, All Jane No Dick Festival, Velveeta Room, and more!

Austin Eavesdropper Tolly Moseley and Austin American Statesman tech writer Omar Gallaga join us this week to talk about movies, writing, social media, and their podcast Statesman Shots. Follow them on Twitter @TollyM and @omarg and @StatesmanShots. You can also check out their podcast here.    We also talked about The One I Love, Pulp Fiction, The Alamo Drafthouse, the fappening, Reddit, The Strain, Bojack Horseman, social media, and more!

Nine year old comedian Saffy Herndon joined us during the Out of Bounds comedy festival. We talked about religious freedoms, dinosaurs, music, and being a kid amongst adults in the comedy world. Follow her on Twitter @SaffronHerndon and check out her website! To listen, subscribe to Austin Sessions on iTunes or listen on Stitcher.  We also talked about: Nirvana, cussing, Parks and Rec, Aubrey Plaza, Oprah Winfrey, The Big Lebowski, Netflix, Kings of Leon, Fleetwood Mac, and more!

Dani Neff and Zach Humphrey, from the fantastic band Megafauna, are our guests this week as Austin Sessions returns from a brief but necessary hiatus. We talked about Radiohead, 90's rock, choreography, comedy, making videos and talked about their new album Maximalist. Follow them on Twitter @MegafaunaATX and check them out on Bandcamp. To listen, subscribe to Austin Sessions on iTunes or listen on Stitcher.     We also talk about Cody Hustak, Saffron Herndon, Nirvana, Courtney Love, Thom Yorke, touring, lawyers, and more!

Comedian Daniel Webb hangs out with us to talk politics, performing at the Moontower Comedy Festival, vacationing in Iceland, and meeting the President! Follow him on Twitter at @ruebenboobies.    We also talk about Bjork, Out of Bounds Festival, music, piano, Rick Perry, Barack Obama, drag queens, comedy, the Hideout, Stephen F Austin bar, John Lewis, La Barbeque, Franklin BBQ, Jameson Irish Whiskey and more!

This week The Texas KGB gets on mic to talk about their new album Captain Americana, their love for Christopher Guest movies, the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers and more! Follow them on Twitter @TheTexasKGB, like them on Facebook, and click here to catch them live!  Some of the things we talked about include: Spinal Tap, A Mighty Wind, Best in Show, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, comic books, Captain America and more!

This episode we had the opportunity to hang out with comedian and actor Damien Lemon. He tells us about growing up in Brooklyn, building a comedy career, working on MTV's Guy Code, and more! Follow him on Twitter at @dlemoncomedy and watch him on Guy Code here. We also talked about Russell Simmons, Eddie Murphy, Delirious, Moontower Comedy Festival, Jerry Seinfeld, Louis CK, Martin Lawrence, Dave Chappelle, Lucas Molandes, Mac Blake, Chris Rock, Artie Lang, D Lemon In the Morning, La Barbeque, iPhones, Macs, Aretha Franklin, Dick Gregory, Atlanta, Comedy Cellar, Cap City Comedy, and more!  

Episode #63 Filmmaker Andy Young joins us for this episode! We discuss making movies, working on Keith and Heath, meeting Dan Harmon, and writing for Moviemaker Magazine, and more. Follow him on Twitter @AndyYoungFilm, find him on Facebook, and check out Keith and Heath here.  We also discuss Trey Parker, Jim Henson, Wes Anderson, Quenten Tarantino, Martin Scorcese, Sam Eidson, Katie Graham, Andrew Matthews, Zero Charisma, Mark Duplass, Jay Duplass, Book of Mormon, Kevin Gant, Intramural, Andrew Disney, and more!

This week we turned the tables on radio host Tracey Schultz to ask him about how he got into radio, the subtlties of interviewing, podcasts, and his show "What's New."  Follow him on Twitter @TraceySchulz, find him on Facebook, and check out his show here.   We also talked about: The Austin comedy scene, the Moontower Comedy Festival, SXSW, KGSR, KLBJ, Charlie Hodge, Katie Pengra, Dale Dudley, Matt Bearden, Chris Hardwick, Nerdist, Scott Auckerman, Richard Linklater, social media, 101X, Jason and Deb, Don Pitts, Luke Winky, Howard Stern, KOOP radio, and more!

The 2014 Funniest Person in Austin, Cody Hustak, joins us this week to talk about violent hecklers, easing into podcasting, and the Austin comedy scene. Follow him on Twitter @codyhustak and check out his website here.    We also talked about: Bobby Slayton, Moontower Comedy Festival, SXSW, Fun Fun Fun Fest, Omaha, Nebraska, Brent Weinbach, Sure Thing, Avalanche, Jazz Cigarrette, Bobcat Goldthwait, Matt Bearden, Punch!, Cap City Comedy Club, and more. 

Podcasters Ruca and Dave join us for this episode to talk about how they met, comedy, podcasting, and more! Follow them on Twitter @Ruca_Dave, Like them on Facebook, and check out their podcast The Ruca and Dave Show. Other stuff we talked about: The Dudley and Bob Show, Matt Bearden, Warriors, X-Men, Game of Thrones, Twitter, Moontower Comedy Festival.

This week we hang out with Greg Zeschuk and Mike Mann from the Beer Diaries. In this session we discuss how Greg and Mike met, their backgrounds, how the Beer Diaries came into existence, and of course beer!  Follow them on Twitter @BeerDiariesTV and watch their episodes here.    Also talked about: Bioware, Star Wars, Mass Effect, Dragon Age, Whip In, ABGB, Cananda, UT, Mars, Geoff Marslett Austin High, Brewed documentary, World Beer Diaries, AskMen, GABF

The sweet and funny Kerri Lendo joins us this week to chat about comedy, working on Inside Joke for the Moontower Comedy Festival, her smartphone philosophy, and more! Follow her on Twitter @KerriLendo and check out her website to find out where she'll be performing.   We also talked about Pictures of Superheros, John Merriman, Funniest Person in Austin, Punch, Funniest Filmmaker in Austin, First Date, Ryan Cownie, Matt Bearden, Erin Foley, Etsy, The Onion, Culturemap   

Actor, game designer, and native Austinite Wiley Wiggins is our guest this week! We talk about video games (including his own Thunderbeam), his latest movie Computer Chess, being in cahoots with The Octopus Project, and more! Follow him on Twitter @wileywiggins and check out his new projects here!    We also talk about: Dazed and Confused, Waking Life, Richard Linklater, Mad Men, The Wire, Ben Affleck, Occulus Rift, Fantastic Arcade, Fantastic Fest, Andrew Bujalski

This week artist Tim Doyle talks with us in this pop culture heavy episode. We talk about what led him to start his company Nakatomi Inc, the new Godzilla movie, Kurt Vonnegut, and more! Follow him on Twitter @NakatomiTim and buy some of his work here.    Other stuff we talked about: Dobie Mall, Alamo Drafthouse Theater, Die Hard, Spiderman, comic books, Captain America, video games, Fat Man on Batman, Lost, True Detective, Game of Thrones, The Dark Tower, Firefly, Star Wars, JJ Abrams, Iron Man

This week's guests are husband and wife blogging duo Chris and Kristen Sheppard. We talk about Kristen's Mad Betty blog, Chris' Craft Taste blog, using Wordpress, and some of our favorite movies and TV shows. Follow them both on Twitter @MadBettyATX and @crafttaste.  We also talked about: Game of Thrones, Mad Men, Austin craft beer and breweries, Godzilla, Wordpress, ATXBlogathon, Moontower Comedy Festival, Kids in the Hall, and more...

This week we hung out with filmmaker and veteran photographer Andrew Shapter. We sat on his patio and talked about his upcoming film The Teller and the Truth, how he became friends with Willie Nelson, and his evolution from photography to film. Follow him on Twitter @AndrewShapter and follow him on Facebook.    Also talked about: Happiness Is, Before the Music Dies, The Teller and the Truth, Benny Hill, Elvis Costello, Dave Matthews, Erykah Badu, John Mellancamp, Branford Marsellis, Eric Clapton, Doyle Bramhall II, Willie Nelson, Trigger. 

The amazingly sweet (and hilarious) Erin Foley was in town performing at the Moontower Comedy Festival and took some time to talk with us. We chatted about her Conan appearance, podcasting, dancing, her love of Austin, her role in Almost Famous and more! Follow her on Twitter @erinfoleycomic and on Facebook! More things we talked about:Dinah Shore Festival, Arcade Fire, Sports Without Balls Podcast, Jackie Kashian, Sklar Brothers, Fleshlight, sexism, Maria Bamford, Rory Scovel, Marc Maron, y mas...    

Austin Police Chief Art Acevedo hangs out with us this week to talk about growing up in Cuba, Cheech and Chong, social media, and more! Special guest host Vickie Grier sits in with us! Tags may or may not include Dale Dudley, SXSW, jaywalking, Los Angeles, CHIPS, Austin Sessions Podcast, and Hopfields. 

Comedian Matt Bearden is our guest this episode. We got into politics, comedy, his show Punch! at Cap City Comedy Club, having kids, the Dudley and Bob show, Austin Stories, the Moontower Comedy Festival, and crap load more stuff! 

For our 50th episode we hang out with the Seattle band Ephrata at Austin's Waveform Rehearsal Studio! We had a great chat about the current Seattle music scene, playing their first SXSW, making music videos, and they also play a live set for us! 

This episode shares the stories of 3 families affected by the Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and how they've adapted to their own unique circumstances. This is a departure from our normal format but we were extremely excited (and challenged) to give it our best to help promote the upcoming Give Autism A Chance Summit.  www.theautismtrust.org

We're closing out the month of March with the hilarious comedian Ryan Cownie! Ryan hosts Avalanche Comedy at Holy Mountain every Monday. In this episode we talk about performing at the Moontower Comedy Festival, being a nanny, and the new Spiderman reboot. Follow him on Twitter @RyanCownie and check out his MySpace page here. 

The amazing band Brass Bed talks with us this week to talk about playing SXSW multiple times, cajun food, having their instruments stolen, and being on NPR's Tiny Desk Concert! Follow them on Twitter at @brassbed and LIKE them on Facebook. 

Brian "Swifty" Peters and Amos Lowe, brewers at the ABGB, sat down with us to have a few beers and a great conversation. We talk about how they met, naming their beers, craft beer legislation, and live music at the ABGB! Follow them on Twitter @theabgb. 

SXSW documentary and international film programmer (and digital content producer) Jim Kolmar takes a break from the insanity that is SX to sit and talk with us! We chat about how Prometheus sucked, our mutual love of the British version of the Office, and we get a sneak peek of his favorite SXSW film picks!

The lovely, and amazingly talented portrait artist, Janis Fowler is our guest this week. We talk about her love of Snoop Dog (Lion?), Quentin Tarantino, Bill Murray, and getting tatoos! Follow her on Twitter @janisf, check out some of her artwork here and purchase some of her work at her Etsy store!

This week we have a trifecta of Austin BBQ goodness. John Lewis from La Barbecue, Shane Stiles from Stiles Switch BBQ, and Tom Micklethwait from Micklethwait Craft Meats all get together to talk shop. We dig into how these guys got started, favorite non-barbecue eating spots, and stripclubs? Wait...what? Follow them on Twitter @StilesSwitchBBQ, @CraftMeats, and @la_Barbecue. 

Blogger and screenwriter Lauren Modery joins us this week to talk about her movie Loves Her Gun, Steve Martin, musician Nicole Atkins, Christopher Guest, and lots more! Look for her movie on VOD and iTunes! 

This week we met comedian, podcaster, and all around good guy John Tole at the ABGB for a fantastic conversation. We talked about comedy, Star Wars, JJ Abrams, spirituality, and media programming. 

For our fortieth episode we hung out with owner Josh Hare and brewer Bob Galligan of Hops and Grain Brewing! The guys were kind enough to invite us into the brewery to check out their new tap room and discuss their recent expansion, living in Colorado, and beer! Follow them on Twitter @hopsandgrain and like them on Facebook!

Novelist, screenwriter, and performer Owen Egerton joins us for this session. We met Owen at the ABGB and discussed his writing process, Master Pancake, religion, and a LOT more. Follow him on Twitter @Owen_Egerton and Facebook.

KLBJ morning show host and Austin Monthly contributor Dale Dudley is our guest this week! Dale met up with us to talk about life on the radio, dealing with social media, and hanging out with Bill Hicks! Listen to him in the mornings from 6a-9a on 93.7 FM and follow him on Twitter @DaleDudley @DudleyandBob & @DudleyandBobLan!

Comedian Joe Hafkey joins us for this session to talk about his comedy roots, co-hosting Jazz Cigarrette, and he performs a surprise television intervention. Follow him on Twitter (@joehafkey) and Facebook. 

Actor Sam Eidson, the lead in the dramedy Zero Charisma, hangs out with us for this episode. We talked about Game of Thrones, Coen Brothers movies, and his first starring role in Zero Charisma! Follow him on Twitter @sammyeidson. 

Chris Troutman, co-founder of the Austin Beer Guide and the Draught Punk podcast joined us at the ABGB to chat over some pints. We talked about balancing his family life with his passions, the evolution of the ABG, podcasts, comedy, and music! You can follow him on Twitter at several places: @AustinBeerGuide @BeerTownAustin @Draught_Punk.

Frontman Michael Kingcaid of What Made Milwaukee Famous hangs out with us and talks about the watching The Divine Fits play live, the worst traffic in the world, an infatuation with the Smashing Pumpkins, and the evolution of What Made Milwaukee Famous! Follow them on Twitter @wmmfamous and like them on Facebook! 

Director, writer, and editor Don Swaynos is our guest on this episode of Austin Sessions. In this session we talked to Don about filming in Austin, working with comedians, shooting Jesse Dayton music videos, and his hilarious directorial debut Pictures of Superheroes. Follow him on Twitter @DonSwaynos and go to his website to check out his other projects! 

Daniel and Lauren Goans from the band Lowland Hum are our guests for this week's session. They visited Texas on the last leg of their "Native Air" tour and stopped in Austin for the first Austin Sessions Presents music showcase. We met up before the show to talk about their music, touring, and how they met. They also played some songs off their new album! 

Karen Yates, Mike Woolf and Andrew Yates, the creative minds behind the production company Beef and Pie are this week's guests! In this session we discuss how these guys met, making documentaries, and collaborating with Austin Beerworks! Check out their website here, follow them on Twitter @beefandpie and give them a Like on Facebook! 

This weeks guest is Matt Sever, aka Matt the Electrician. Matt's ninth and latest album "It's a Beacon, It's a Bell" was recorded in a friend's garage and released last month. In this session we talk about his origins, touring, the evolution of the music industry plus Matt plays some songs! Follow him on Twitter @MattTheE and check out his website to catch a show! 

It's Austin Beer Week and we thought it fitting to release the second part of our GABF series. This episode has "on the fly" mini-sessions with Adam from Austin Beerworks,  Darren from Avery Brewing, and craft beer enthusiasts in town for GABF! These interviews were recorded at Great Divide Brewing, Breckenridge Brewery (on Blake), Freshcraft, and of course the Beerliner. 

Katie Graham and Andrew Matthews, directors of Zero Charisma are this weeks guests! The dark comedy centers on Scott, the game master of a fantasy role playing game, and his circle of friends. Scott is simultaneously dealing with a strained family life and hipster Miles, who he believes is an incsincere RPG tourist and the catalyst of all his problems. We talk about their background, moving from California to Austin, their previous work and much more! Zero Charisma is available on VOD, Amazon, iTunes, Vudu,​Google Play and Xbox! 

This episode features craft beer ambassador Tony Drewry! The Great American Beer Festival was this past weekend in Denver and coincided with our photographer Taylor's bachelor party which means…we went to Denver! We caught up with Tony on the NXNW Beerliner to chat him up over a "few" beers. Michael Peticolas (Peticolas Brewing) makes a surprise guest appearance. Follow them both on Twitter @BeerPedaler and @Peticolas. 

Comedian Bryan Gutmann hangs out with Jason and I for our latest session. Funniest Person (2007), the Just For Laughs festival, Moontower comedy festival, and Live at Gotham are just a few scores Bryan has under his comedic belt. We had a great discussion about comedy, Twitter, and (spoiler free) Breaking Bad!