From The English Basement

After an extended hiatus, we're back with some new life in the Garden Level. Long-time friend of the show, Nia Keturah Calhoun (@niaketurah), begins her extended stay as a third co-host. 

Musician Toyomansi (@damntoyo) joins the pod to discuss screen printing, the election, PS5, and his upcoming album No More Sorry.

It's a joint pod this week with the boys of Live From The Studio, Jimmy Solesky & Eric Glaeser. We discuss meme pages, wisdom teeth, growing your social profile and the deliciousness of school pizza. Be sure the check out the first part of the interview on the Live From The Studio podcast.

GARÇON (@damngarcon) joins the pod to discuss traveling around as a kid, making music in the Navy, and some other stuff.

The guys talk Criterion Collection, horror movies, annoying opinion people and more.

Time to reflect on the days of FM radio

Musician Bailey Straughn joins the pod to discuss his new album Onedayatatime. , beards, organic music discover, and the Vice-Presidential Debates. He also recorded this while coming down from acid.

DC rapper NAPPYNAPPA (@NAPPYNAPPA) joins the pod to discuss American History, fighting with teachers in Sunday school, playing Boiler Room and more.

Chris Cassius (@Chris_Cassius)and Miss Kam (@heymisskam) join the pod to discuss their recent ID magazine appearance, women in rap, and the future.

Baltimore rapper Height Keech joins the podcast to discuss live shows during quarantine, touring on a school bus, and his new album "Wild Height Keech".

Jarett Loeffler (@jarettloeffler) joins the podcast to discuss old Youtube, Salad Fingers, Michel Gondry and more.

I found some and it slaps.

POPE.LOUD joins the pod to discuss Squier bass guitars, DKTM Collective, Action Bronson, and more.

We have a new name that's easier to say.

This week, comedian Kevin Tit returns to the pod to discuss eating crickets, Faces of Death, and speaking in tongues.

Honestly, it was pretty good. Also, Last Of Us 2, Paper Mario, Dragon Quest, and more game stuff.

Comedian Natalie McGill (@nataliesmcgill) returns to the pod to discuss doing standup during the time of corona, 90s Fox Cartoons, and pretending to be six feet apart.

It's been us the whole time.

Remember watching movies in gym? Also, Alex once hooked up with his math teacher.

Our first in-person podcast in quite some time. We recorded outside, so imagine this as a type of white noise machine with bad jokes.

Something very horrible happened in Youcef's backyard.

Dan Mansion joins to pod to discuss quarantine, Jeffrey Epstein, new music and more.

Gabe Unger joins the show to discuss IP Relay, painkillers, and keeping busy during quarantine.

So here we are.

With Youcef in DC and Alex in Florida, we cross state lines to discuss peeing next to famous people, flying comfortably, quarantine music and more.

An ode to an OG.

The first episode in a world of Purell.

In this week's solo episode, we discuss a range of half-connected ideas like washing your hands, Fast and Furious movies, Bon Iver bros, and being old and cranky.

Xavier Gibson (@xavier__gibson) joins the pod to talk about his music, Netflix, old-school torrenting, and more.

DMV Rapper, Fonlon (@brokenfonlon), joins the pod to discuss spiked seltzer, family history, and Youtube, among other things.

Gabe Unger (@unger_the_radar) joins the pod to discuss Disney plots, getting E's instead of F's, and more.

Matt Sachs is back on the pod to discuss 9/11 conspiracy theories, the Moxy Hotel, immersive theater, and more.

Warning: This episode contains graphic descriptions of the time Alex got blood all over the other kids in his gymnastics class. Also discussed - dog ownership, Eminem, Scientology, and the Charmin Bears.

This week on the pod, Strawhat Dan (@StrawHatDan) and YTK (@yeahytk) come through to discuss being nice at TikTok, voiceover work, social media strategy, and more.

Alex and Youcef discuss bad music from the 90s, Big Dog clothing, Pokemon, and more.

On the first episode of the new year, Randi Gloss (@randigloss) joins us to talk about the stresses of filling out the FAFSA with your parents, STD stigmatization, her media company GLOSSRAGS, and her forthcoming book "Mining The Unseen".

It’s an English Basement Christmas! We didn't try very hard for this one, but it's short and there are still some good bits.

Paul Turner is back in the basement to discuss The Watchmen, TSA Pre, 80s cartoons, and more.

Musician and artist Abdu Ali (@abduali) joins us this week to discuss their creative curatorial platform "As They Lay”, being antisocial, the evolution of social media, their new album "Fiyah!!!", and more.

This week we're joined by Ahmed (@cckazmi) and Obi (@OBIYIBO) of KZMIBLZF (@KZMIBLZF) to discuss Charlamagne Tha God, synesthesia, Tulsi Gabbard, and baby skulls.

Jeremy Jacoby (@jaybone_capone) joins us to discuss 90's music, Orville Peck, Criterion Collection, Werner Herzog, and more.

Dan Mansion (@danmansion) and Shane Cromwell (@kidbridges) join the basement to discuss Marvel movies, nerf guns, Doja Cat, J.Cole, Bill Cosby, bad music video directors and more … also, early on in the pod, there’s a screaming child in the background. It stops after they succumb to their wounds.

Halfway through taping this episode, the recorder ran out of batteries. We figured we'd call it a day and started drinking heavily, before deciding to buy new batteries and continue. It got a bit too candid, and a lot of heavy editing was needed, but Nia Keturah (@NiaKeturah) returned for this episode, so it's still awesome.

Rapper K. Wood$ (kdotwoods.) and his business partner Langston (@TheBoyNamedLang) join the pod to discuss social media breaks, crying at Pokemon, Boris Johnson, and more.

This week on the pod, La Neve (@joeyquits) joins us to discuss talking politics with family, self care, getting your music discovered, and more.

Youcef is out of the country this week, but I found a really sweet article he wrote and probably thought I would never find.

Artists Dyyo (@dyyofasho) and Obi (@obiyibo) join us to discuss Edvard Munch, cruise trips, R. Kelly, lying as a kid, and much more.

Baltimore artist DDm (@UnkleLulu) joins the podcast to talk comic book movies, the Hong Kong protests, his new album Beautiful Gowns, and more.

No guest this week, but we do some thoughtful soul searching on moving, Dragon Ball Z, and peeing your pants.